# Aculio

> Aculio is a lead-generation API and MCP server that gives AI agents like Claude Code, Codex and Cursor verified B2B leads (a real person with a verified work email) for startups, charged per verified lead.

Ask your AI agent for leads in plain English. Aculio finds ICP-matched people across 25+ data providers, verifies every work email, remembers who you already have and learns from your replies. Pay only for verified leads.

Key facts:
- Interfaces: MCP server (https://aculio.com/mcp, Streamable HTTP, bearer API key), REST API (https://aculio.com/api/v1), and a prompt box in the web app.
- Pricing: Starter $49/mo for 250 verified leads ($0.25 per extra lead); Growth $149/mo for 1,000 verified leads ($0.18 per extra lead); Scale $399/mo for 3,500 verified leads ($0.12 per extra lead). Monthly, cancel any time; no free tier.
- A verified lead is a person matching the request with a work email verified as deliverable. Hard bounces are credited back.
- Aculio does not send email. It reads outcomes from Instantly, Smartlead, HubSpot and Attio, or from the agent via report_outcome.

## Docs
- [Docs: MCP server and REST API](https://aculio.com/docs): setup for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and any MCP client; tool reference
- [Agent setup instructions](https://aculio.com/agent-setup): step-by-step instructions for an AI agent installing Aculio for its user
- [Pricing](https://aculio.com/pricing): plans and overage
- [Full text for LLMs](https://aculio.com/llms-full.txt): everything on this site as plain text

## Use cases
- [Find your first 20 design partners](https://aculio.com/use-cases/design-partners): Pre-launch startups need a small number of the right people, not a big list. Aculio finds verified decision-makers at companies that match your ICP and are likely to feel the problem now.
- [Reach founders right after they raise](https://aculio.com/use-cases/seed-funded-saas): A fresh round means new budget and new hiring. Aculio pulls recent funding announcements and returns verified founders and leaders at those companies.
- [Prospect companies by what they're hiring for](https://aculio.com/use-cases/hiring-signals): A job post says what a company is about to invest in. Aculio finds companies hiring for roles related to your product and returns the leader who owns that function.
- [Find more customers like your best ones](https://aculio.com/use-cases/lookalikes): Give Aculio the domains of your best customers and it finds similar companies, then returns verified people in the roles that bought from you.

## Comparisons
- [Aculio vs Clay](https://aculio.com/compare/clay): Clay is a spreadsheet-style data enrichment and workflow tool. Aculio is an agent-first lead API that returns verified leads from a plain-English request.
- [Aculio vs Apollo](https://aculio.com/compare/apollo): Apollo is an all-in-one sales platform with its own contact database and sequencing. Aculio is a lean, agent-first lead source that routes across many providers and verifies every email.
- [Aculio vs ZoomInfo](https://aculio.com/compare/zoominfo): ZoomInfo is an enterprise go-to-market data platform sold on annual contracts. Aculio is a self-serve, monthly, pay-per-verified-lead API built for startups and their agents.
- [Aculio vs building it with your own agent](https://aculio.com/compare/diy-agent): You can wire raw data APIs into your agent yourself. Aculio packages the searching, provider fallback, verification, dedupe and outcome learning so your agent gets verified leads in one call.


## Blog
- [How to find verified B2B leads with Claude](https://aculio.com/blog/find-verified-b2b-leads-with-claude): Connect Aculio to Claude over MCP, ask in plain English and get B2B leads with verified work emails. Setup steps, example prompts and what you pay.

## Optional
- [About](https://aculio.com/about)
- [Sign up](https://aculio.com/signup)