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Sales-tech & GTM platforms · Multi-vendor enrichment/waterfall products

People search API for enrichment waterfalls

Find the right person.

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

1 recipe uses people search for multi-vendor enrichment/waterfall products.

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

A selection of waterfall enrichment platforms using Forager for people search · plus other sales-tech platforms

  • Clay
  • Deepline
  • Nooks
  • Airscale
  • Popl
  • HubSpot
  • Bitscale
  • BetterContact
For multi-vendor enrichment/waterfall products
The job
Turn thousands of stale CRM accounts into callable contacts by refreshing people, roles and channels in one pass.
When
A team inherits a large CRM where most contacts have left or never had phones.
Outcome
Stale accounts turn into new pipeline.
Lead recipe 1

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.

  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
Related recipe

Power an AI SDR's email and phone waterfall from a chat prompt

When to use it: A rep asks the AI SDR to 'find heads of finance at Series B fintechs in Germany and start a sequence'.

Show the steps
  1. Agent translates the prompt into POST /person_role_search/ filters (role_title, organization_industries, person_locations)
  2. Use /person_role_search/totals/ to size the audience before paying for pages
  3. Enrich each result with /person_contacts_lookup/work_emails/ and /phone_numbers/
  4. Drop contacts without a verified channel and write the rest to the sequence
  5. Report found rate per channel to the platform's waterfall router
InputsOutputs
natural-language promptperson name
ICP filtersrole_title
organization
work_email
phone_number
Open the recipe: Power an AI SDR's email and phone waterfall from a chat prompt
Fields

Fields you get back

  • role_is_current flag
  • replacement contacts
  • work_email
  • phone_number
  • person name
  • role_title
  • organization

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

Who owns this

Who evaluates people search at multi-vendor enrichment/waterfall products, 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 waterfall enrichment platforms using Forager for people search · plus other sales-tech platforms

  • Clay
    • GTM workflow builders

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

  • Deepline
    • Waterfall enrichment

    Selected use case: Forager lookups as typed tools inside enrichment waterfalls.

    19 typed Forager tools available inside Deepline1

  • Nooks
    • Power & parallel dialers

    Selected use case: mobile numbers inside their dialer.

  • Airscale
    • Waterfall enrichment

    Selected use case: a Forager step in its mobile number waterfall.

  • Popl
    • Waterfall enrichment

    AI event lead-capture platform with an enrichment waterfall behind its badge scanner.

  • HubSpot
    • CRM add-ons

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

  • Bitscale
    • GTM workflow builders

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

  • BetterContact
    • Waterfall enrichment

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

Sources

1 Deepline: deepline.com/integrations/forager (public page, read 2026-10-21).

“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.
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do enrichment waterfalls use Forager people search?

Turn thousands of stale CRM accounts into callable contacts by refreshing people, roles and channels in one pass. 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 enrichment waterfalls?

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

Why do enrichment waterfalls add people search?

Fill your waterfall’s top slot without paying for dead numbers. Products like yours are judged on connect rate and cost per valid result, which is why the cost that counts is per result that reaches the right person. Run your own sample to see what people search returns for your users before you build on it.

How do I refresh old CRM data contacts?

Export accounts and contacts; verify current role with POST /person_detail_lookup/. Replace leavers with current personas via POST /person_role_search/ (organization_domains, role_title).

What inputs does it take and what does it return?

You send persona titles, account list and ICP description. You get back work_email, role_title, phone_number and organization, from POST /person_role_search/, as JSON.

Can our users see Forager data in our product?

Yes, under platform terms. Self-serve plans cover internal use by your own team. Showing Forager data to your users, or passing records on, is licensed separately: talk to sales about volume and which fields your users need to see.

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 enrichment waterfalls 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 build guest list from target accounts?

Load target accounts and resolve them with POST /organization_search/. Find invite-worthy executives per account with POST /person_role_search/ (seniority, department, location near the venue).

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.

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