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People search API for B2B SaaS

Find the right person.

What B2B SaaS teams need from people search, what Forager returns, and how teams like yours test it.

4 recipes use people search for B2B SaaS teams.

  • $5 free credits
  • 800M+ people
  • 65M+ companies

A selection of teams in B2B SaaS using Forager for people search

  • Clay
  • Juicebox
  • Nooks
  • Coram
  • Bitscale
  • HubSpot
  • Disguise
  • Powerweave Group
For B2B SaaS teams
The job
Return the full buying committee (economic buyer, champion, technical evaluator) for an account so reps and agents can multi-thread deals.
When
An account is marked target or an opportunity is created with a single contact.
Outcome
Reps multi-thread deals, shorten cycles and raise win rates.
Lead recipe 1

Source a role-tagged buying committee for every target account

When to use it: An account is marked target or an opportunity is created with a single contact.

  1. Call POST /person_role_search/ with organization_domains and role_title groups per committee role
  2. Tag each result with a committee role from role_title and seniority
  3. Enrich with /work_emails/ and /phone_numbers/
  4. Write contacts to the CRM opportunity with role tags and push to the agent's sequence
InputsOutputs
account domaincommittee role tag
committee role definitionsperson name
role_title
work_email
phone_number
Lead recipe 2

Qualify PLG sign-ups and route enterprise accounts to sales

When to use it: A user activates a free workspace or crosses a usage threshold.

Show the steps
  1. Resolve the sign-up with POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ when the address is personal; otherwise use the work domain
  2. Score the employer with POST /organization_search/ (employees_start, industries, funding_types)
  3. For accounts above threshold, find decision makers with POST /person_role_search/ (organization_domains, role_title)
  4. Add work emails and create a routed task for the BDR with the user's product activity
InputsOutputs
sign-up emailfit score
product usage eventsorganization employees/industry
decision-maker contacts
work_email
Open the recipe: Qualify PLG sign-ups and route enterprise accounts to sales
Lead recipe 3

Revive a dead CRM with a one-time contact refresh

When to use it: A team inherits a large CRM where most contacts have left or never had phones.

Show the steps
  1. Export accounts and contacts; verify current role with POST /person_detail_lookup/
  2. Replace leavers with current personas via POST /person_role_search/ (organization_domains, role_title)
  3. Fill work_email and mobile via contact endpoints
  4. Write back with refreshed_at and route revived accounts to reps
InputsOutputs
CRM exportrole_is_current flag
persona definitionsreplacement contacts
work_email
phone_number
Open the recipe: Revive a dead CRM with a one-time contact refresh
Fields

Fields you get back

  • committee role tag
  • person name
  • role_title
  • work_email
  • phone_number
  • fit score
  • organization employees/industry
  • decision-maker contacts
  • role_is_current flag
  • replacement contacts

From the workflows above. Full field reference: People search and the People search API reference.

Who owns this

Who evaluates people search at B2B SaaS teams, and what they are judged on

  • Product manager who owns the enrichment feature: judged on what users see when they open a record
  • Engineering lead integrating the API: judged on response time and errors they can route on
  • Partnerships or data lead managing vendors: judged on cost per valid result

A selection of teams in B2B SaaS using Forager for people search

  • Clay
    • GTM workflow builders

    Selected use case: Forager mobile numbers, emails and people data inside Clay tables.

  • Juicebox
    • AI candidate sourcing

    Selected use case: Forager data behind its PeopleGPT search and sourcing agents.

  • Nooks
    • Power & parallel dialers

    Selected use case: mobile numbers inside their dialer.

  • Coram
    • Internal use

    Selected use case: mobile numbers for outbound calling.

  • Bitscale
    • GTM workflow builders

    Selected use case: Forager in its contact waterfall for mobile numbers.

  • HubSpot
    • CRM add-ons

    Selected use case: enriching contact and company records with people, company and job-posting data.

  • Disguise
    • Internal use

    Visual experience platform for live events and virtual production.

  • Powerweave Group
    • Internal use

    B2B ecommerce software and managed services provider.

“Forager leads in accuracy across all regions, Forager's dual strength in accuracy and volume makes it a powerhouse for sales teams that are targeting businesses around the globe.”
ClayStefan K.Data Partnerships
800M+people
65M+companies
How to test it

Test people search on your own sample

  1. Pull a sample. Take profiles your users looked up last week.
  2. Run it. Use a self-serve key, or book a demo and send us the list.
  3. Measure what your users feel. Connect rate for mobiles, bounces for emails, and whether the right person answers.
  • $5 free credits
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do B2B SaaS companies use Forager people search?

Return the full buying committee (economic buyer, champion, technical evaluator) for an account so reps and agents can multi-thread deals. Find the people who hold a role at target companies, filtered by title, seniority, department and location. This page walks through 3 workflows with the exact steps.

What does people search cost for B2B SaaS companies?

People search: people search 1 credit per request and people search: role details 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. 1,000 search requests use 1,000 credits: about $13 of Starter credits month to month, or about $10 on Pro with yearly billing. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. See plans and prices

Which B2B SaaS workflows use people search?

Source a role-tagged buying committee for every target account, qualify PLG sign-ups and route enterprise accounts to sales and revive a dead CRM with a one-time contact refresh. Each is on this page with its trigger, steps and outcome.

How do I find buying committee contacts at target account?

Call POST /person_role_search/ with organization_domains and role_title groups per committee role. Tag each result with a committee role from role_title and seniority.

What inputs does it take and what does it return?

You send account domain, committee role definitions and CRM export. You get back work_email, phone_number, committee role tag and decision-maker contacts, from POST /person_role_search/, as JSON.

Am I charged when nothing is found?

Yes. People search is charged per request, whether or not data comes back. Only mobile and email lookups are free when nothing is found, so try your inputs on a small run before you scale.

Can B2B SaaS companies test people search for free?

Yes. Create a free account at app.forager.ai: it comes with $5 in free credits and an API key, and there is no credit card to sign up. Run it on records you already know, or book a demo and send us a list: we run it and show you what we find.

How do I route plg signups to sales by company size?

Resolve the sign-up with POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ when the address is personal; otherwise use the work domain. Score the employer with POST /organization_search/ (employees_start, industries, funding_types).

How accurate is Forager data?

The test that counts is your own: send a list of profiles you care about. We run it and show you what we find, number by number, so you can measure hit rate and connect rate yourself.

How is a people search API different from searching profiles by hand?

Searching by hand works for a handful of accounts. A people search API filters by title, seniority, department and location across your target companies in one request, returns people your product can act on, and hands off to a contact lookup for the mobile or email.

Where can I use Forager people search?

Native in Clay, partner-built in Deepline and Cargo and called through the API from your own code. Everything else connects through the REST API with one API key.

Do I need a subscription?

Not to test: a free account comes with $5 in credits. To keep using people search, choose a monthly or yearly plan. Monthly plans cancel anytime and unused credits roll over; yearly plans grant all credits upfront and cost 10% less. Larger volumes are agreed with our team.

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