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Clay alternative or Clay add-on: RichAPI as the data step
Clay is a workflow platform: tables, waterfalls across 150+ providers, an AI research agent and CRM sync, billed in actions plus data credits. RichAPI is a data API and MCP server. You can call it from inside Clay as an HTTP column, or skip the platform and call it from code or an agent.
In short: Clay is a workflow platform: tables, waterfalls across 150+ providers, an AI research agent and CRM sync, billed in actions plus data credits. RichAPI is a data API and MCP server. You can call it from inside Clay as an HTTP column, or skip the platform and call it from code or an agent.
Last updated October 19, 2026
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