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by OpenCNAM 4067 days ago
The site is back up. We had attempted a hotfix that did not deploy correctly to the front end. In terms of comparisons, while we do not like to mention competitors in a negative light, we can say that our data is returned in milliseconds. Additionally, our coverage is extremely accurate and built from authoritative sources. We also provide a more robust set of data-points that are not offered by those services.
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You don't want to say anything negative about your competition?

Why did you start a new service to compete then?

Edit:

Our goal is to compete based on offering a superior product rather than to disparage competing services.

I hear ya.

Can you provide points on where everyoneapi excels over Fullcontact or Whitepages (vendor we use, vendor we're evaluating)?

We do not have that sort of collateral drafted yet, but it is something we would like to be able to offer folks such as yourself. Real time results are something that jumps out at me with respect to Full Contact. There are times where they do not have the record immediately and that can hinder some businesses depending on the use case. The added data-points offered is also something that stands out to me with respect to both. Perhaps the carrier or line provider data is important because you may need to know if a phone number is a Google Voice number. Or if you are looking for address and some bit of social data such as hometown or education, that might be a combination you can only find with EveryoneAPI.

As I mentioned we will be working to develop some collateral to that end. After well over 10 years in the data space I would say that the best way to compare is to do a batch > 1000 records head to head. :)