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Best ContactOut Alternatives

ContactOut caps one user at 300 or 600 exports a month. Kaspr, Apollo.io, RocketReach, Cleanlist and four more, compared on price, phones and seats.

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Last updated By Victor Paraschiv

The short answer

The main ContactOut alternatives are Kaspr and Apollo.io for sellers who prospect profile by profile, RocketReach and UpLead for larger exports or a phone with every contact, Snov.io for a cheap finder with campaigns, Cognism for a team contract with phone-verified mobiles, and BetterContact for phone-led teams. Cleanlist, which we make, suits teams that enrich whole lists and want several people on one account, from $79 a month with 2 seats. For one recruiter exporting a few hundred contacts a month, ContactOut is still the better deal.

Why teams look for a ContactOut alternative

ContactOut is a browser extension and search portal for finding emails and phone numbers, used by recruiters and sellers. On its paid plans reveals are unlimited: the Email plan is $49 a month and Email + Phone is $99 a month, as read on October 1, 2026. What the plan meters is exports, 300 a month on Email and 600 on Email + Phone, and every self-serve plan carries a one-user-per-company limit.

Those two limits are why people look elsewhere. A team cannot share the self-serve plans, and the Team / API plan has no published price. Anyone enriching a whole list reaches the export cap quickly, at about 16 cents per exported contact. And the page lists each paid plan against a higher original price, which makes the renewal price a fair question to ask.

The right alternative depends on how you work. If you look people up one at a time, the other extension-first tools are the closest match. If you enrich lists, look at the tools that charge per contact found. If you need a team contract, look at the vendors that sell one.

We make Cleanlist, and it is listed first because this is our page. Several email and phone finders that ContactOut users often compare it with supply data to Cleanlist's waterfall; we buy from them, so they are left off this list. Every price below is the vendor's own published price. Prices checked October 1, 2026.

How We Picked These ContactOut Alternatives

Each tool here returns work emails, phone numbers or both for B2B prospecting, and we compared what each charges per contact, whether it limits exports, how it prices seats, and whether it publishes a price at all. ContactOut is also widely used for recruiting and personal emails; the tools here are compared on work contacts for sales, so check personal-email coverage separately if you recruit. Nothing here was tested by us on a shared input list, and the feature table marks anything a vendor does not publish as not published.

How Much Do ContactOut Alternatives Cost?

Entry-level pricing for every tool on this list, taken from each vendor’s own published rate. Cleanlist is $79 a month to start, with 2 seats included, extra seats at $20 a month, and one shared credit wallet for the whole team.

Starting priceVerified Oct 1, 2026 · re-verified monthly
ToolStarting priceFree tierContractNotes
Cleanlist$79/mo30 credits/moMonthly, or annual at 25% off2 seats included, $20/mo per extra seat
ContactOut$49/mo5 emails, 5 phones, 5 exports a dayMonthly or annual300 exports a month; 1 user per company
Kaspr$49/user/mo (annual)15 email and 5 phone credits/moMonthly or annual12,000 exports a year on Starter
Apollo.io$49/user/mo (annual)900 credits/seat/yrMonthly or annual; Organization annual onlyPer seat; phone number 8 credits
RocketReach$329/yr (email only)5 lookupsAnnual1,200 exports a year on Essentials
Snov.io$39/moTrial, 50 credits every 30 daysMonthly, or annual at 25% offUnlimited seats; phone data sold as tokens
UpLead$99/mo, $74 annual7-day trial, 5 creditsMonthly or annual170 credits a month on Essentials
CognismNot publishedNoQuoted by sales5 seats included in each package
BetterContact$15/mo50 credits at signupMonthly, or annual with 2 months freePro from $49/mo for 1,000 credits

Which Features Does Each ContactOut Alternative Include?

Read across a row to see what a tool covers, and down a column to see how many of them cover it. Every Yes and every No was checked against the vendor’s own published pricing or product page on September 1, 2026. Where a vendor does not publish the answer the cell reads “Not published” rather than “No”.

Capability check8 tools · 6 capabilities
ToolEmail dataPhone dataCRM integrationChrome extensionAPI accessFree tier
Cleanlist
Kaspr
Apollo.io
RocketReachNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Snov.io
UpLead
CognismNot published
BetterContactNot publishedNot published

What Cleanlist puts behind one lookup.

One waterfall across every provider we hold a contract with, one shared credit wallet for the whole team, and a miss that costs nothing.

25+data providers in the enrichment waterfall, cascaded cheapest first
98%verified work email on a 500-lead stratified benchmark
85%direct dial on the same 500-lead benchmark
0credits to search, unlimited on every plan including Free
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A verified work email costs 1 credit however many providers it took to find. A direct dial costs 10, both together 11, validation 0.5 and AI qualification 5.

8 Best ContactOut Alternatives in 2026

Compared by data accuracy, pricing value, and overall feature set.

1. Cleanlist: Best for B2B teams under 300 people who want verified emails

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Cleanlist: B2B teams under 300 people who want verified emails and direct dials from 25+ providers in one waterfall, paying only for results

Cleanlist enriches whole lists and searches, with several people on one account. Each lookup runs through a waterfall of 25+ data providers and stops at the first verified result, returning a work email and a direct dial on the same row, and a lookup that finds nothing costs nothing. On Pro and Scale, the finished list syncs both ways with HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive.

Pricing
Free plan (30 credits/mo). Starter $79/mo with 2 seats
Waterfall enrichment across 25+ data providersVerified work email and direct dial on the same rowPeople and company search at 0 creditsTwo-way HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive sync on Pro and Scale14-day Scale trial with 250 credits and 3 seats

Strengths

  • A direct dial is 10 credits from the same credit pool as the email
  • A lookup that finds nothing costs nothing
  • Search is free, so you pay only for the contacts you keep
  • Seats are bundled: 2 on Starter, 5 on Pro, 10 on Scale

Limitations

  • Costs more per phone number than ContactOut's Email + Phone plan for a single user under its export cap
  • Built for work contacts in B2B sales, with no recruiting integrations
  • The public API starts on the Pro plan

2. Kaspr: Best for sellers who prospect on LinkedIn profile by profile and want more exports than ContactOut allows

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Kaspr: Sellers who prospect on LinkedIn profile by profile and want more exports than ContactOut allows

Kaspr, part of Cognism, is the closest match to ContactOut's way of working: a LinkedIn-first Chrome extension, with CRM integrations for Salesforce, HubSpot and Pipedrive. Paid plans include unlimited B2B email credits within an export cap, plus phone credits.

Pricing
Free plan. Starter $49/user/mo on annual billing, $65 monthly
LinkedIn Chrome extensionUnlimited B2B email credits within an export capPhone credits on every paid planSalesforce, HubSpot and PipedriveFree plan with email and phone credits

Strengths

  • 12,000 exports a year on Starter, against ContactOut Email's 3,600
  • Phone credits on every paid plan and a free plan with 5 phone credits a month
  • Unlimited B2B email credits within the export cap

Limitations

  • Phone credits are capped: 1,200 a year on Starter
  • Priced per user, so a team costs a seat each
  • Full API access starts on Business; Starter gets limited access on request
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3. Apollo.io: Best for sellers who want a database, sequences and a dialer in one account

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Apollo.io: Sellers who want a database, sequences and a dialer in one account

Apollo.io combines a large B2B database, email sequences and a dialer in one account, with a free plan and a Chrome extension. It prices per seat, and each seat carries its own credits: an email costs 1 credit to reveal and a phone number 8.

Pricing
Free plan. Paid $49 to $119/user/mo on annual billing
B2B contact and company databaseChrome extensionEmail sequences and a US dialer from ProfessionalPublished credit costs for every actionFree plan at 900 credits per seat per year

Strengths

  • $19.60 per 1,000 emails on Basic annual, far below ContactOut's export price
  • Sequences and a dialer in the same account
  • Seats can be added for a team

Limitations

  • Per-seat pricing grows with the team
  • A phone number is 8 credits
  • Bulk enrichment of an uploaded list is 2 credits a record
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4. RocketReach: Best for sellers who need more exports a year than ContactOut's self-serve cap

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RocketReach: Sellers who need more exports a year than ContactOut's self-serve cap

RocketReach is a people search and lookup tool that returns emails and phone numbers, priced by exports on annual plans. A lookup is used only if RocketReach finds and verifies an email or phone, and is otherwise refunded.

Pricing
Essentials $329/yr (email only); Pro $829/yr with phones
People search and lookupsEmails on every plan, phones from ProAnnual plans priced by exportsAn API that returns emails and phone numbersFree account with 5 lookups

Strengths

  • Ultimate's 20,000 exports a year bring the cost to about $85 per 1,000
  • A lookup that finds nothing is refunded
  • Phones included from Pro

Limitations

  • The entry plan is email only
  • Priced by exports, like ContactOut
  • Team plans start at $6,000 a year, per its pricing page
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5. Snov.io: Best for small teams that want to find, verify and email leads from one cheap account

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Snov.io: Small teams that want to find, verify and email leads from one cheap account

Snov.io puts an email finder, a verifier, warm-up and email campaigns on one credit plan with unlimited team seats. A saved prospect or an email verification costs 1 credit.

Pricing
Trial free. Starter $39/mo for 1,000 credits
Email finder and database search7-tier email verifierEmail and LinkedIn campaigns with warm-upUnlimited team seatsFree Trial plan that renews every 30 days

Strengths

  • Unlimited team seats on every plan
  • About $39 per 1,000 emails on Starter, falling below $10 on Pro M
  • Campaigns and warm-up included

Limitations

  • Phone data is a separate token purchase
  • Verifying what the finder returns costs a second credit
  • Phone tokens are sold in packages that expire after 90 days
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6. UpLead: Best for teams that want a direct dial with every contact and buy fewer, chosen records

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UpLead: Teams that want a direct dial with every contact and buy fewer, chosen records

UpLead is a B2B contact database in which one credit unlocks one contact, email and mobile direct dial together, with a Chrome extension, APIs and integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive and Dynamics.

Pricing
Essentials $99/mo for 170 credits, $74/mo on annual billing
Verified emails and mobile direct dialsOne credit per contact, phone includedChrome extensionEnrichment and Prospector APIsSalesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive and Dynamics

Strengths

  • A mobile direct dial with every contact
  • A wide list of CRM integrations
  • Published self-serve prices

Limitations

  • 170 credits a month on Essentials, or $435.29 per 1,000 on annual billing
  • No free plan, only a 7-day trial with 5 credits
  • One user on Essentials
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7. Cognism: Best for teams that want a contract with phone-verified mobiles and will go through a sales process

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Cognism: Teams that want a contract with phone-verified mobiles and will go through a sales process

Cognism is a sales intelligence platform sold on team contracts, known for phone-verified mobile numbers, with exports to Salesforce, HubSpot and Pipedrive and data delivered by API. Its Standard and Pro packages show 5 seats included and no price.

Pricing
No published price; team packages quoted by sales
Phone-verified mobile numbersTeam packages with 5 seats includedExports to Salesforce, HubSpot and PipedriveData delivered by API1 credit per revealed contact

Strengths

  • Phone-verified mobiles
  • Sold as a team package, so seats come with the contract
  • CRM exports and an API

Limitations

  • Publishes no price
  • No free tier
  • A sales process before you can start
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8. BetterContact: Best for phone-led teams that want many data vendors behind one bill

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BetterContact: Phone-led teams that want many data vendors behind one bill

BetterContact is a waterfall enrichment tool that sends each lookup to 20+ data vendors in sequence and charges only for valid results: 1 credit for an email and 10 for a mobile phone. Unused credits roll over, up to twice the monthly amount.

Pricing
Starter $15/mo for 200 credits; Pro from $49/mo for 1,000
Waterfall across 20+ data vendorsCharged only for valid emails and mobilesCredit rollover up to twice the monthly amountAPI and integrations on every plan50 free credits at signup

Strengths

  • Charges only when a valid email or mobile is found
  • Priced per valid result, with no export allowance on its pricing page
  • About 40 cents a mobile from 5,000 credits a month up

Limitations

  • Seat terms are not published on the pricing page
  • Phone and catch-all verification start on Pro
  • No recurring free plan

How much does Cleanlist cost compared with ContactOut?

Cleanlist Starter is $79 a month for 1,500 credits with 2 seats included, against $49 a month for one user and 300 exports on ContactOut's Email plan. A verified work email costs Cleanlist 1 credit and a direct dial 10, charged only when a result comes back, which is $52.67 per 1,000 verified emails on Starter billed monthly, against about $163 per 1,000 exports on ContactOut's Email plan. For phone numbers, ContactOut's $99 Email + Phone plan is cheaper per contact for one user under its 600-export cap. Cleanlist's own 500-lead benchmark returned 98% verified work email and 85% direct dial, which is our own test on our own sample; it did not test ContactOut.

Which ContactOut Alternative Should You Pick?

Honest recommendations by use case. Cleanlist does not win every category, and we say so where it does not.

Best for one recruiter or seller exporting a few hundred contacts

ContactOut

Unlimited reveals from $49 a month, and unlimited phones on the $99 plan, are hard to beat for one person under the export cap.

Best extension-first alternative

Kaspr

The same LinkedIn-first way of working, with more exports a year on Starter and seats a team can buy.

Best for more exports a year

RocketReach

Annual plans up to 20,000 exports, with lookups refunded when nothing is found.

Best for a team contract with mobiles

Cognism

Phone-verified mobiles and team packages with seats included, at a price you get from sales.

Best for enriching whole lists with a team

Cleanlist

2 to 10 seats bundled, a waterfall of 25+ providers, 1 credit per verified work email and 10 per direct dial, and nothing charged on a miss.

Best all-in-one with sequences

Apollo.io

A database, sequences and a dialer in one account, priced per seat.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best alternative to ContactOut?
For one person who looks people up on LinkedIn, Kaspr is the closest match, with more exports a year. For a database with sequences and a dialer, Apollo.io. For more exports, RocketReach. For a team contract with mobiles, Cognism. For enriching whole lists with several people on the account, Cleanlist or BetterContact, which charge per result found.
Is there a free alternative to ContactOut?
Apollo.io's free plan is 900 credits per seat per year, Kaspr's is 15 email and 5 phone credits a month, and Snov.io's Trial is 50 credits every 30 days. Cleanlist's Free plan is 30 credits a month, and every new workspace can start with a 14-day Scale trial with 250 credits and 3 seats.
Which ContactOut alternative works for a team?
ContactOut's self-serve plans allow one user per company. Kaspr, Apollo.io and UpLead sell seats per user, Cognism sells team packages with 5 seats included, Snov.io includes unlimited seats, and Cleanlist bundles 2 seats on Starter, 5 on Pro and 10 on Scale, with more at $20 a month each.
Which alternative is cheapest for phone numbers?
For one user under its 600-export cap, ContactOut's own Email + Phone plan is hard to beat at about $165 per 1,000 exports with phones. Among the alternatives, Apollo.io Basic works out to $156.80 per 1,000 phone numbers on annual billing at 8 credits each, per seat, and BetterContact to about $400 per 1,000 valid mobiles from its 5,000-credit tier.
How do I move my contacts out of ContactOut?
Export the contacts you want before you cancel, keeping within your plan's export cap, then import the CSV into the new tool. ContactOut's help article says clicking Cancel Subscription cancels immediately and does not state what happens to access or unused exports, so export first.

How to switch from ContactOut

Export first. ContactOut meters exports, so the contacts you want to keep count against this month's cap, and its help article says the Cancel Subscription button cancels immediately. If you have more contacts than exports left, spread the export over the months you have paid for.

Re-verify before you send. Contacts revealed months ago may have changed jobs, so run the exported list through the new tool's verification before a campaign, and add direct dials in the same pass if phones were the reason you switched.

Check personal emails separately. If you used ContactOut for personal emails, for recruiting for example, confirm that the new tool returns them before you cancel.

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