Elva vs Tables.so: Features, Pricing & Which Is Better (2026)

A side-by-side comparison of Elva and Tables.so — features, pricing, and ideal use cases — to help you decide which AI tool fits your workflow.

Elva

Theneo

Freemium

Reads your repositories to discover every API, scores and governs them, then exposes them to developers and AI agents via hosted MCP servers.

Spec-Free API Discovery: Elva scans repository code directly to find endpoints and generates OpenAPI 3.1 as output, so no existing spec is needed to start.
Endpoint Scoring: Every collection is graded on design, developer experience, AI readiness, security and performance, with the weakest collection surfaced first.
AI Fix Pass: A one-click agent writes missing descriptions from code, types response schemas and documents auth, then rescores the collection.
API Contracts: Per-audience contracts pin the exact endpoints and fields a partner, internal team, public developer or MCP client receives, excluding PII and internal fields.
Breaking Change Enforcement: Each commit is diffed against published contracts, showing the schema diff, affected consumers and tools, and blocking publish by policy.
Hosted MCP Servers: Contracts generate MCP servers hosted behind Elva's gateway with OAuth2, scoped keys, per-tool authorization and exportable call logs.
MCP Playground and Agent Feedback: Test the server with a live model, then read the complaints agents file about confusing or failing tools, scored back into the catalog.
Multi-Target Publishing: One approved contract ships as OpenAPI spec, Theneo docs, MCP server, Postman collection and a typed TypeScript SDK in sync.

API Inventory Audit: Discover undocumented or forgotten endpoints across a large codebase and get a ranked list of what to fix first.
Agent Enablement: Expose an internal service to Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT as a governed MCP server instead of hand-writing tool wrappers.
Partner Integration Safety: Publish a restricted contract to an external partner and have Elva block commits that would break their integration.
PII Scoping: Keep customer emails and internal ops annotations out of a public or agent-facing surface while the same endpoints serve them internally.
Zombie Endpoint Retirement: Prove no active consumer references an endpoint before deleting it, using contract and call-log evidence.
Enterprise Security Review: Satisfy SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR questions and wire agent access into an existing SSO and SCIM identity provider.
Documentation Drift Control: Keep docs, SDKs and Postman collections regenerated from code on every merge instead of maintained by hand.

Tables

Freemium

AI prospecting platform that searches 300M+ contacts, enriches leads with verified emails and phone numbers, and researches every prospect.

AI Search: Describe your ideal customer in plain language and get a scored, qualified lead list in minutes instead of hand-building filters.
Contact Database: Search over 300 million contacts and companies across 30+ criteria including title, seniority, technology stack, and geography.
Verified Contact Data: Reveal verified work emails, mobile numbers, and direct dials, with credits charged only when data is actually found.
Custom AI Research Columns: Add scores, dropdowns, and yes/no fields answered by AI, each with its reasoning and source citations.
Claude MCP Server: Run agentic prospecting workflows inside Claude, including reading local lead lists and enriching them with live data.
Chrome Extension: Reveal emails and phone numbers on any LinkedIn profile and push contacts straight to your CRM.
CRM Sync: Export whole lists or cherry-pick individual leads into your CRM and keep records in sync as they change.
ICP Scoring: Every prospect is scored for fit against your ideal customer profile so reps focus on the highest-value accounts.

An outbound SDR team builds a targeted prospect list for a new segment without hours of manual scraping.
A founder-led sales motion needs verified mobile numbers and emails for decision makers at specific company types.
A RevOps lead enriches an existing CRM export with missing contact details and firmographic data.
A marketer researches which prospects use a given technology — Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento — before running a campaign.
A seller preparing for a call pulls AI-researched context on a prospect's business, hiring, and priorities.
An agent-driven workflow in Claude reads a local CSV of leads and enriches each row automatically via MCP.