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Best UpLead Alternatives

UpLead costs $99/mo for 170 contacts. 7 UpLead alternatives compared on price per contact, phone data and accuracy claims, prices checked Oct 1, 2026.

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Last updated By Victor Paraschiv

The short answer

The best UpLead alternatives in 2026 are Cleanlist AI ($49 per seat a month with 750 credits a seat, charged only for verified results from 25+ providers), Apollo.io (free plan, $49/user/mo annual, with sequences), ZoomInfo (enterprise, quote-based), Cognism (European mobiles, quote-based) and RocketReach (email lookups from $329 a year). UpLead itself costs $99 a month for 170 contacts on Essentials, each credit unlocking an email and a mobile direct dial.

10,000+ users, from founders to full sales teams

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Why Do Teams Look for UpLead Alternatives?

UpLead sells B2B contact data by the contact. Essentials is $99 a month for 170 credits and one user, Plus is $199 a month for 400 credits, and annual billing brings them to $74 and $149 a month (uplead.com/pricing, read October 1, 2026). One credit unlocks one contact with its email and mobile direct dial. Extra credits cost $0.60 on Essentials and $0.50 on Plus, and the only free entry is a 7-day trial with 5 credits. UpLead says it has 200M+ contacts, 16K+ technographic data points and intent data, and it advertises a 95%+ accuracy guarantee. Those are UpLead's own claims; we have not tested them.

Buyers who leave usually name one of three reasons. The first is price per contact: Essentials works out to about $0.58 a contact before overage. The second is seats: Essentials and Plus include one user each, so a team needs the custom Professional plan. The third is the shape of the work. Teams that want sequences in the same tool, European mobile coverage, or a waterfall that tries another source when the first comes back empty end up shopping.

UpLead is still the right tool for some teams. If you prospect by technology stack at a self-serve price and one seat is enough, it is hard to beat. The seven tools below each win a different job.

How much do UpLead alternatives cost?

The entry price of every tool on this list, from each vendor's own pricing page. Cleanlist AI starts at $49 per seat a month, and every seat adds its credits to one balance the whole team shares.

Starting priceVerified Oct 3, 2026 · re-verified monthly
Starting price, free tier, contract and notes for every tool on this list
ToolStarting priceFree tierContractNotes
Cleanlist AI$49/seat/mo (Pro $89/seat/mo)14-day Pro trial, 250 credits, up to 3 seats; then 50 credits/mo freeMonthly or annualPer seat, credits shared; email 1 credit, phone number 10
UpLead$99/mo (annual $74/mo)7-day trial, 5 creditsMonthly or annual170 contacts/mo, 1 user; extra credit $0.60; read Oct 1, 2026
Apollo.io$49/user/mo (annual)75 credits/seat/moMonthly or annualEmail 1 credit, phone 8; read Oct 3, 2026
ZoomInfoNo platform price. GTM AI credits from $20ZoomInfo Lite, 10 credits/moNegotiatedVendr median $33,500/yr across 1,571 purchases
CognismNot publishedNoNegotiated5 seats listed on Standard and Pro; read Oct 3, 2026
RocketReach$329/yr (Essentials, email only)5 free lookupsMonthly or annual1,200 exports/yr, or $49/mo; read Oct 3, 2026
Clay$185/mo Launch ($167 annual)500 actions, 100 data credits/moMonthly or annualActions and data credits are separate meters; read Oct 1, 2026
Seamless.AINot published50 creditsThrough salesFree up to 50 credits; /pricing redirects to a demo form (Oct 3, 2026)

Which features does each UpLead alternative include?

Each row is a tool and each column a capability. We checked every tick and dash against the vendor's own pricing or product page on September 1, 2026. If a vendor doesn't say, the cell reads “Not published”.

Capability check7 tools · 6 capabilities
Which capabilities each tool publishes
ToolEmail dataPhone dataCRM integrationChrome extensionAPI accessFree tier
Cleanlist AIYesYesYesYesYesYes
Apollo.ioYesYesYesYesYesYes
ZoomInfoYesYesYesYesYesYes
CognismYesYesYesYesYesNo
RocketReachYesYesYesYesYesNot published
ClayYesYesYesYesYesYes
Seamless.AIYesYesYesYesYesYes

Published and checkedNot offeredNot published by the vendor

What Cleanlist AI runs for you.

One sentence to Clu builds an agent. Every Monday it finds 500 new people who match your ICP in 1B+ profiles, gets their emails and phone numbers from 25+ providers, verifies them, adds them to your sequence and posts the run to Slack. Every capability below is in the 14-day Pro trial.

Clu and agents

Tell Clu the job. An agent runs it every week and posts the run to Slack.

  • GTM agent you talk to. Clu, in the app (⌘J) and in Slack
  • Agents on a schedule or a CRM trigger. Weekly, daily or the moment a CRM record changes
  • Runs and approvals in Slack. Every run posts to a channel, a DM or your inbox
  • AI research and qualification per lead. Research and Qualification skills, 5 credits a lead
  • ICP scoring. Fit score 0 to 100 with the reasons

Search

Search 1B+ profiles for free. Pay only for the contacts you enrich.

  • People search. 1B+ profiles, and search is free
  • Company search. Industry, headcount, funding stage, location
  • Chrome extension. LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Salesforce and HubSpot

Enrich and verify

25+ providers in one waterfall. A lookup that finds nothing costs nothing.

  • Waterfall enrichment. 25+ providers, stops at the first verified result
  • Verified work emails. 98% on the 500-lead benchmark, 1 credit each
  • Phone numbers. 85% on the same benchmark, 10 credits each
  • Email verification. Syntax, DNS, MX, SMTP and catch-all checks
  • A miss is free. 0 credits when nothing comes back

Sequences

Email from your own inbox, LinkedIn steps and call tasks in one sequence.

  • Email sequences. From your own Gmail or Outlook, on every paid plan
  • LinkedIn steps. Visit, invite and message steps
  • Call tasks. Call tasks with an agent-written call script

CRM, MCP and API

Write straight to your CRM, or run Cleanlist AI from Claude and ChatGPT.

  • Two-way CRM sync. HubSpot and Salesforce
  • Push to a sales engagement tool. Salesloft and Lemlist
  • MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT. 30+ tools, from the Starter plan
  • REST API. From the Pro plan

Pricing

Published prices. Every seat adds credits to one shared balance.

  • Free plan. $0, 50 credits a month, up to 3 seats
  • Free trial. 14 days of Pro, 250 credits, up to 3 seats
  • Paid plans from. $49 per seat a month, $37 billed annually
  • Credits shared and rolled over. One team balance, unused credits roll over
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7 best UpLead alternatives in 2026

Compared on data accuracy, price and features.

1. Cleanlist AI: Best for teams of 2 to 20 that want verified emails and phone numbers, paying only for results

Cleanlist AI: Teams of 2 to 20 that want verified emails and phone numbers, paying only for results.

Cleanlist AI runs every lookup through a waterfall across 25+ data providers and stops at the first verified result, so a contact one source cannot find gets tried against the next. Email and phone number come from one shared credit wallet, and Cleanlist AI syncs finished lists to HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive from the Pro plan. Cleanlist AI publishes this page.

  • Waterfall across 25+ providers
  • Verified work email 1 credit, phone number 10, miss free
  • One credit wallet shared by the whole team
  • Two-way sync with HubSpot and Salesforce (Pro and Enterprise)
  • People and company search at 0 credits

Strengths

  • Charged only when a verified email or phone number comes back
  • Unlimited seats on Starter and Pro, each adding credits to one shared balance, against one user on UpLead Essentials and Plus
  • 98% verified work emails and 85% phone numbers on our own 500-lead benchmark
  • Search costs nothing on every plan

Limitations

  • No built-in dialer today
  • No technographic or intent filters (UpLead has both)
  • A contact with email and phone number costs 11 credits, so phone-heavy lists use credits fast

2. Apollo.io: Best for founders and small teams that want a database and email sequences in one tool

Apollo.io: Founders and small teams that want a database and email sequences in one tool.

Apollo.io is the most common UpLead swap for teams that also want to send. It pairs a contact database and Chrome extension with built-in email sequences, and it has a free plan.

  • Contact and company search
  • Built-in email sequences
  • Chrome extension
  • Salesforce and HubSpot integrations
  • Free plan

Strengths

  • Data and sequences in one login
  • Free plan with 75 credits per seat a month
  • About $0.02 per email on Basic's published credit allowance

Limitations

  • Priced per user, so the bill grows with headcount
  • A phone number costs 8 credits
  • No accuracy guarantee comparable to UpLead's
See detailed Cleanlist AI vs Apollo.io comparison

3. ZoomInfo: Best for enterprise US sales teams that want intent data, org charts and technographics on one contract

ZoomInfo: Enterprise US sales teams that want intent data, org charts and technographics on one contract.

ZoomInfo is the enterprise move from UpLead: a large contact and company database with buyer intent signals, org charts, technographic filters and mature CRM integrations, sold on negotiated contracts.

  • Contact and company database
  • Buyer intent signals
  • Org charts
  • Technographic filters
  • Salesforce and HubSpot integrations

Strengths

  • Deep US coverage with intent data and org charts
  • Technographic targeting, which UpLead buyers rely on
  • Built for many seats

Limitations

  • No published price; every contract is negotiated
  • Contracts vary by seats, credits and term (Vendr)
  • Far more than a one-seat UpLead user needs
See detailed Cleanlist AI vs ZoomInfo comparison

4. Cognism: Best for teams selling into the UK and Europe that need compliant mobile numbers

Cognism: Teams selling into the UK and Europe that need compliant mobile numbers.

Cognism is the pick when the market is the UK and Europe. It is known for phone-verified mobile numbers (its Diamond Data) and compliance tooling for GDPR markets.

  • Phone-verified mobiles (Diamond Data)
  • EMEA coverage
  • Intent data via Bombora
  • Export to Salesforce, HubSpot and Pipedrive
  • Chrome extension

Strengths

  • Strong European mobile coverage
  • Compliance tooling built for GDPR markets
  • Standard and Pro plans list 5 seats included

Limitations

  • No published price
  • No free tier
  • More than a North America-only team needs
See the best Cognism alternatives

5. RocketReach: Best for individual reps and recruiters who need affordable email lookups without phone data

RocketReach: Individual reps and recruiters who need affordable email lookups without phone data.

RocketReach is a contact lookup tool used by sales teams and recruiters. Its email-only Essentials plan undercuts UpLead for teams that do not need phone numbers, and a lookup that finds nothing verified is refunded.

  • Email and phone lookup
  • Bulk lookup via CSV
  • API access

Strengths

  • Low cost per export on the email-only plan (about $0.27)
  • A lookup is refunded when no verified email or phone is found
  • Free account with 5 lookups

Limitations

  • Essentials includes no phone numbers
  • Essentials is billed annually
  • Team plans start at $6,000 a year
See the best RocketReach alternatives

6. Clay: Best for RevOps teams that want to build their own multi-source enrichment workflows

Clay: RevOps teams that want to build their own multi-source enrichment workflows.

Clay is a spreadsheet-style workflow tool that calls many data providers in sequence. Technical teams use it to build their own waterfall instead of relying on one database, and to add AI research columns.

  • Many data providers in one table
  • Build-your-own waterfall
  • Claygent AI research agent
  • CRM integrations from the Growth plan

Strengths

  • The most flexible enrichment logic on this list
  • Free plan to learn on (500 actions and 100 data credits a month)
  • Unlimited seats on every plan

Limitations

  • Two meters to manage: actions and data credits
  • Tables take setup time and someone to maintain them
  • CRM integrations start on Growth ($495/mo)
See detailed Cleanlist AI vs Clay comparison

7. Seamless.AI: Best for sales teams that want real-time search with phone and email on one credit

Seamless.AI: Sales teams that want real-time search with phone and email on one credit and will negotiate a plan.

Seamless.AI searches for contacts in real time and sells credits that each cover a phone number and an email. It publishes plan names but no prices, so every paid plan goes through sales.

  • Real-time contact search
  • Chrome extension
  • Autopilot list building
  • CRM integrations
  • Free tier with 50 credits

Strengths

  • One credit covers phone and email
  • Free tier to test with
  • Chrome extension and one-click CRM sync

Limitations

  • No published price on Pro or Enterprise
  • Paid plans require a sales conversation
  • No accuracy guarantee comparable to UpLead's
See the best Seamless.AI alternatives

Lusha and Hunter.io: Cleanlist AI treats these as suppliers to its waterfall, so they are credited here and left out of the ranking above. Cleanlist AI is not scored against them.

How does Cleanlist AI compare with UpLead on accuracy guarantees and credit pricing?

Cleanlist AI and UpLead both sell credits and charge for different things. UpLead charges one credit per contact unlocked, at $99 a month for 170 credits on Essentials, and backs its data with its own 95%+ accuracy guarantee. Cleanlist AI charges only when data comes back: a verified work email is 1 credit, a phone number 10, and a miss costs nothing. Starter is $49 per seat a month, and each seat adds 750 credits to one shared balance, which buys up to 750 verified emails, or about 68 contacts with both email and phone number, per seat. Cleanlist AI runs a waterfall across 25+ providers and returned 98% verified work emails and 85% phone numbers on our own 500-lead benchmark. Neither figure comes from an independent test.

Which UpLead alternative should you pick?

One pick per use case. Where another tool is the better choice, it gets the pick.

  1. Solo founder or one rep who also needs to send

    A free plan, then $49 per user a month on annual billing, with a database and email sequences in one tool.

    Apollo.io

  2. Team of 2 to 20 that needs emails and phone numbers in the CRM

    Priced per seat with every seat's credits in one shared balance, and a lookup is charged only on a verified hit. CRM sync starts on Pro at $89 per seat a month.

    Cleanlist AI

  3. Enterprise US team that wants intent data and org charts

    Intent, org charts and technographics on one negotiated contract. Vendr reports a median of $33,500 a year.

    ZoomInfo

  4. Selling into the UK and Europe

    Phone-verified mobiles and compliance tooling for GDPR markets, at a price it quotes on request.

    Cognism

  5. Individual reps and recruiters on email only

    Email-only Essentials at $329 a year for 1,200 exports, with lookups refunded when nothing verified comes back.

    RocketReach

  6. RevOps building custom multi-source workflows

    The most flexible way to chain providers and AI research, if someone will build and maintain the tables.

    Clay

  7. One seat that prospects by technology stack

    16K+ technographic data points and intent data on a self-serve plan from $74 a month on annual billing. Few tools match that at the price.

    UpLead (stay)

What is UpLead used for?

UpLead is a B2B prospecting database. Sales and marketing teams search it by title, company, industry, technology and intent, then spend one credit to unlock each contact's email and mobile direct dial and export it to a CSV or CRM. UpLead lists integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive and Dynamics, a Chrome extension, and Enrichment and Prospector APIs. Its pricing page lists no email sequences, so UpLead users pair it with a sending tool such as Outreach, Salesloft, Instantly or Smartlead.

How accurate is UpLead data?

UpLead advertises a 95%+ accuracy guarantee and says its contacts are verified as you search. Those are UpLead's own claims. We have not found an independent test of them, and we have not run one. A guarantee of this kind covers the contacts UpLead returns; it says nothing about how many of your target contacts it can find. To judge any vendor, Cleanlist AI included, run the same 100 to 200 of your own target contacts through each trial and count the verified emails and the dials that connect. Our guide to waterfall enrichment tools explains how multi-provider lookups change that count.

Which UpLead alternative is cheapest per contact?

On published list prices, Apollo.io is cheapest per email: Basic is $49 per user a month on annual billing with 30,000 credits a year per seat, and an email costs 1 credit, about $0.02 each; a phone number costs 8 credits (read September 1, 2026). RocketReach's email-only Essentials plan is $329 a year for 1,200 exports, about $0.27 an export. Cleanlist AI Starter works out to about $0.07 per verified email and $0.72 per contact with email and phone number, charged only on a hit. UpLead Essentials is about $0.58 per contact with email and mobile included. Cost per contact only holds if the data is right, so compare cost per verified result on your own list. Cleanlist AI pricing lists every credit option, and our ZoomInfo pricing guide covers the enterprise end.

Frequently asked questions

What teams ask before they move off UpLead.

What is the best UpLead alternative in 2026?

It depends on the job. For verified emails and phone numbers across a small team, charged only on a hit, Cleanlist AI ($49 per seat a month). For data plus email sequences, Apollo.io (free plan, $49 per user a month on annual billing). For enterprise intent data and org charts, ZoomInfo. For European mobiles, Cognism. For cheap email-only lookups, RocketReach. If you prospect by technology stack from one seat, UpLead may still be the best fit.

Is there a free alternative to UpLead?

Apollo.io has a free plan with 75 credits per seat a month. Cleanlist AI's Free plan gives 50 credits a month, and every new workspace starts with 14 days of Pro: 250 credits and up to 3 seats. Clay's free plan includes 100 data credits a month, Seamless.AI's free tier 50 credits and RocketReach's free account 5 lookups. UpLead itself offers a 7-day trial with 5 credits and no free plan.

Does UpLead include phone numbers?

Yes. UpLead's pricing page says one credit unlocks a contact for download or CRM export and gives access to the contact's email and mobile direct dial. How often a mobile number is present for your targets is something to check in the 7-day trial, because UpLead does not publish a phone coverage rate.

Is UpLead cheaper than ZoomInfo?

For one user, yes by a wide margin. UpLead Plus is $149 a month on annual billing, or $1,788 a year. ZoomInfo publishes no platform price; Vendr reports a median of $33,500 a year across 1,571 recorded purchases. ZoomInfo's case rests on intent data, org charts and many seats, which UpLead's self-serve plans do not aim to cover.

Can I keep technographic targeting if I leave UpLead?

Yes, at a higher price. ZoomInfo offers technographic filters inside its negotiated contracts. Cleanlist AI does not sell technographic filters, so teams that depend on them either keep UpLead for list building and use another tool for enrichment, or move to ZoomInfo.

Are 'up leads' and UpLead the same thing?

Yes. 'Up leads', 'uplead' and 'up lead' all refer to UpLead, the B2B prospecting database at uplead.com. The alternatives on this page apply to every spelling.

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