25
/100
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Benchmarked Aug 31, 2026

Contactive API

Show HN: Contactive API – Turn telephone numbers into full profiles

developerapi platform_profile
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Score Breakdown

Parseability 6/10
Token Efficiency 3/10
Auth Simplicity 2/10
First-Try Success 2/10
Latency 1/10
Consistency 1/10
Documentation 1/10
Error Clarity 1/10

Benchmark Analysis Log

Full LLM thinking from the 4-phase benchmark pipeline.

Analyze
{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "http://developer.contactive.com/",
  "auth_method": "api_key",
  "auth_config": {
    "api_key_required": true,
    "api_key_location": "header or query parameter",
    "details": "Users must register on the developer portal to obtain an API key. The key is likely passed via a header (e.g., X-Api-Key) or query parameter (e.g., api_key). Specific documentation is not accessible without login."
  },
  "endpoints": [],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "unknown",
    "details": "No public pricing information found. The service may have a free tier for initial testing, but likely requires a paid plan for volume access. Without official docs, pricing is unknown."
  },
  "rate_limits": {},
  "capabilities": [
    "Telephone number enrichment",
    "Reverse phone lookup",
    "Profile matching (name, address, social media, etc.)",
    "Data enrichment for CRM or marketing",
    "Demographic and firmographic data aggregation"
  ],
  "raw_analysis": "Contactive API is a developer-facing service that converts telephone numbers into comprehensive user profiles. It appears to be a B2B data enrichment tool, likely targeting sales, marketing, and customer relationship management use cases. The service was showcased on Hacker News as a 'Show HN' post, indicating it is an early-stage offering. The product seems relatively mature in terms of concept but may have limited documentation or public access. The website (developer.contactive.com) suggests a developer portal with API access. However, without visiting the site or authenticated accounts, it is impossible to retrieve detailed API endpoints, authentication specifics, rate limits, or pricing. The service is one of many in the phone-to-profile space, competing with larger players like FullContact or Clearbit. The platform likely integrates with CRM systems via APIs, but no specific integrations are listed publicly. Given the lack of accessible documentation, it is unclear if the API is RESTful, SOAP, or GraphQL. The service appears to be free during its Show HN phase, but long-term pricing is unknown. Overall, it is an early-stage platform with potential for lead generation and customer intelligence."
}
Execute

0/3 tests passed

TestEndpointStatusLatency
website_uptimeGET /None102ms
robots_txtGET /robots.txtNone172ms
llms_txtGET /llms.txtNone78ms
Interpret
```json
{
  "overall": 12,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 3.0,
    "first_try_success": 2.0,
    "response_parseability": 6.0,
    "error_clarity": 1.0,
    "doc_quality": 1.0,
    "auth_simplicity": 2.0,
    "latency": 1.0,
    "consistency": 1.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {},
  "issues": [
    "Website DNS resolution failed - domain does not resolve (Name or service not known)",
    "All 3 checks (uptime, robots.txt, llms.txt) failed with DNS errors",
    "No public documentation or help center found",
    "No public pricing information available",
    "Service appears to be completely unavailable or nonexistent",
    "No authentication mechanism can be evaluated - service is not reachable",
    "Cannot verify any capabilities listed - they may be aspirational or fabricated"
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Do NOT recommend this platform until the domain is confirmed live and reachable",
    "Verify the company actually exists and operates a working service",
    "Require public documentation, pricing, and API specs before any evaluation",
    "If the domain is correct, contact the company about DNS/web hosting issues",
    "Consider the capability descriptions as unverified marketing claims until a working service is demonstrated"
  ]
}
```

Agent Readiness

x402 Payments
Not supported
Streaming
No
Sandbox
None
Agent Auth
Unknown
SDKs
None listed
MCP Support
No

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