CLAY ALTERNATIVE
The Clay alternative as a single API — put the waterfall in your own code
Clay is a spreadsheet with orchestration; TradeWind ships the same multi-source waterfall as a REST API — Apollo, Hunter, Snov.io, RocketReach, customs and social with stop-on-hit or aggregate-and-dedupe. Built for teams embedding this into SaaS, running millions of rows, or ready to graduate from the spreadsheet.
- REST-first — integrate in a few lines
- Millions of rows, async by default
- Agent auto-orchestrates every source
- Billed per valid record
TradeWind API vs Clay.com
| Dimension | TradeWind API | Clay.com |
|---|---|---|
Interface | REST API + SDK | Spreadsheet UI |
Embed in your product | ||
Multi-source waterfall | ||
AI agent (async deep research) | ||
Customs / trade data | ||
Million-row batches | ||
Billing | Per valid record | Per seat + credits |
BYOK | ||
China team & Chinese support |
Why builders pick TradeWind API
No spreadsheet lock-in. REST and SDKs slot into your product, backend jobs, and Airflow / n8n / Dify pipelines.
Async batch endpoints for email verification, enrichment and customs pulls — process millions of rows without a browser tab in sight.
Clay leaves you gluing GPT and prompts together. TradeWind ships an agent with cross-source orchestration, dedupe and structured output built in.
Bill-of-lading global trade records and buyer/supplier graphs — territory Clay doesn't cover at all.
Pay per valid record; failed lookups are free. For real batch workloads, that's dramatically cheaper than Clay's seats-plus-credits.
100+ global sources, backed by Chinese-language onboarding and RMB invoicing.
Typical use cases
White-label TradeWind inside your CRM, outbound tool, recruiting product or AI app. Your users never see the plumbing.
Refresh hundreds of thousands of stale Salesforce or HubSpot rows in a single job, billed per valid record.
Plug-and-play B2B data tools for LangChain, Dify, n8n and Zapier.
Customs shipment → contact enrichment → email verification → straight into Smartlead, Instantly or Lemlist.
Pricing & billing
- 1 USD = 40 credits, prepaid
- Email verify: 0.1 credits per record
- Customs record: 0.14 credits per record
- Agent task: 0.54 credits per valid record
- Cache hits are free
- BYOK cuts orchestration fees in half
FAQ
›Biggest difference vs Clay?
Clay is a spreadsheet for ops. TradeWind is a REST API for developers — embed it inside your product or run million-row batch jobs.
›Can it run the same waterfall?
Yes — both first-match (stop-on-hit) and aggregate (cross-source dedupe), running over Apollo, Snov.io, Hunter, RocketReach and more.
›Anything Clay doesn't have?
Bill-of-lading customs data, buyer/supplier graphs and async agent deep research — these are unique to TradeWind.
›Can I bring my own Apollo or Hunter key?
Yes. In BYOK mode your vendor quota is consumed as usual and TradeWind charges half its normal orchestration fee — no double billing.