> Enrich.chat gives AI agents verified work emails and mobiles. To use it from an agent, read https://enrich.chat/agents.md . This is the Markdown version of https://enrich.chat/alternatives/contactout/

# The best ContactOut alternatives in 2026, compared on limits, price and API access

ContactOut sells flat plans with caps behind the word unlimited, one user per company and an API key you get by booking a call. We compared eight alternatives on price, limits and how your agent or app can call them.

By Enrich.chat Editorial. Updated October 19, 2026.

**Short answer:** The best ContactOut alternatives in 2026 depend on the job: Enrich.chat for contacts inside an AI agent or app, Lusha, Apollo or Wiza for LinkedIn reveals, and SignalHire or RocketReach for recruiting. ContactOut's [unlimited plans](https://contactout.com/terms) are capped at 2,000 emails and 1,000 phones a month, and its [API key](https://api.contactout.com/) comes through a meeting. Prices were checked October 16, 2026.

## Key takeaways

- ContactOut's Email and Email + Phone plans cost $49 and $99 a month with US/UK data, or $25 and $49 without it, on its pricing page on October 16, 2026. Every plan allows one user per company.
- Its Terms of Use cap the unlimited plans at 2,000 email credits and 1,000 phone credits per account per month, and its pricing page lists exports as a separate monthly limit of 300 or 600.
- ContactOut lists API access only on its contact-us Team / API plan, and its API docs say you request a key by booking a meeting.
- For 500 contacts a month, each with an email and a mobile, Enrich.chat needs 130,000 credits, which fits the Scale plan at $90 a month. ContactOut's Email + Phone plan costs $99.
- Enrich.chat has no Chrome extension or ATS integration, and it looks up work emails only. Its dashboard does have saved lists shared by the team, CSV and Excel export and a bulk enrich that can run on the server.

## The verdict

For people who want contact data inside an AI agent or their own app, **Enrich.chat** is the simplest ContactOut alternative: a plain API with a free tier and no sales call, and credits spent only on the emails and mobiles it finds. If one person reveals contacts by hand inside LinkedIn, an extension tool, or ContactOut itself, fits better.

- Best for agents and APIs: Enrich.chat (10 free lookups a day, plans from $29 a month)
- Best for LinkedIn reveals: Lusha (Extension on LinkedIn, 1 credit per email and 5 per phone)
- Best for recruiting: SignalHire (Unlimited users on every paid plan)
- Best all-in-one sales tool: Apollo (Data, sequences and a dialer, with a free plan)

## ContactOut alternatives at a glance

|  | Enrich.chat | ContactOut | Apollo | Lusha | Wiza | SignalHire | RocketReach | Prospeo | FullEnrich |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chrome extension | no | yes: incl. Sales Navigator, Recruiter | yes | yes | partial: profile pages only | yes | yes | yes | Not confirmed |
| Starting price, monthly billing | Free, then $29/mo | $49/mo, or $25 without US/UK | $65 a seat | $49.90 | $49 a user | $57, billed yearly | $69 | $49 a user | $29 |
| Free option | yes: 10 a day, no signup | partial: 5 a day, limited time | yes: 75 credits a month | yes: 40 credits a month | partial: 20 emails, 5 phones | partial: 5 credits | partial: 3 lookups | yes: 100 credits a month | partial: 50-credit trial |
| No charge for a miss | yes: 0 credits | partial: API may charge a search credit | yes: verified emails only | no: API costs 1 credit minimum | yes: valid data only | yes: successful lookups only | yes: refunded | yes: finds only | yes: finds only |
| Self-serve API or MCP | yes: free tier needs no key | partial: key by meeting | yes: API and MCP, any plan | partial: API from Pro | partial: API priced by call | yes: API on paid plans | yes: API and MCP on paid plans | yes: API from Starter, MCP | yes: API and MCP on Pro |
| Personal emails | no: work emails only | yes | yes: within the email credit | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | yes: lists a finder | yes | Not confirmed | yes: 3 credits |
| ATS or CRM sync | no | yes: Lever, Greenhouse, Bullhorn, CRMs | yes: Salesforce, HubSpot | yes: CRM export | yes: CRM sync | yes: ATS and CRM | partial: from Pro | partial: from Growth | partial: HubSpot |
| No per-seat fee | yes: unlimited seats | no: 1 user per company | no: priced per seat | partial: 2 free seats on Pro | no: priced per user | yes: unlimited users | no: seats cost extra | no: priced per user | yes: unlimited users |

## The 8 best ContactOut alternatives, ranked

Ranked for people who want contact data in an AI agent or app, then grouped by the job: LinkedIn reveals, recruiting and API enrichment. Prices come from each vendor's own site, checked October 16, 2026.

### Enrich.chat

Contact and company data for AI agents and apps over a plain GET API. Paste one prompt into ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor, or add the MCP server, and get work emails and mobile numbers with a status on each.

- Best for: Agents, sheets and apps that look people up by LinkedIn URL, work email, or name plus company website
- Pricing: Monthly plans from $29 for 100,000 credits: 10 credits per email, 250 per mobile
- Strength: Every plan and credit rate is public, billed monthly, cancel anytime
- Strength: Unlimited seats, and a lookup that finds nothing uses 0 credits
- Strength: Remote MCP server with no key, or one prompt in ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or code
- Strength: Each email has a status and each mobile a line type
- Strength: A LinkedIn URL works as a lookup key, and Enrich.chat never logs in to LinkedIn
- Watch out for: No Chrome extension, recruiting or ATS integrations or sequencing, and no SSO or SAML
- Watch out for: Work emails only: personal mailboxes such as Gmail are not looked up
- Watch out for: A mobile costs 250 credits, 25 times an email

### Apollo

All-in-one sales platform with contact data, sequences, a dialer, a Chrome extension, an API and an MCP connector.

- Best for: Sales teams that want data and outreach in one seat
- Pricing: Basic is $65 a seat a month on monthly billing, or $49 billed annually ([Apollo pricing](https://www.apollo.io/pricing), Oct 16, 2026)
- Strength: An email costs 1 credit, personal or business, and a phone 8
- Strength: Extensions and API access are listed on the free plan, and MCP works on any plan
- Strength: Unlimited sequences from Basic
- Watch out for: Credits expire at the end of each billing cycle
- Watch out for: Priced per seat, and Organization needs 3 seats on annual billing

### Lusha

Contact data with a browser extension for LinkedIn, CRMs and any website, plus an API, all on one credit balance.

- Best for: Reps who reveal emails and phones while they browse LinkedIn
- Pricing: Starter $49.90 a month for 400 credits, Pro $69.90 for 600, on monthly billing ([Lusha pricing](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/), Oct 16, 2026)
- Strength: An email costs 1 credit and a phone 5
- Strength: Credits roll over up to 2x on Pro and Premium
- Strength: Pro adds the API, CSV enrichment and 2 free seats
- Watch out for: An API request costs at least 1 credit even when nothing comes back
- Watch out for: API access starts at the Pro plan

### Wiza

LinkedIn and Sales Navigator prospecting with a Chrome extension, a list tool called Wiza Prospect and CRM sync.

- Best for: People who reveal one profile at a time and sync it to a CRM
- Pricing: Starter $49 a user a month for 100 valid emails and 100 phones, Email $99, Email + Phone $199 ([Wiza pricing](https://wiza.co/pricing), Oct 16, 2026)
- Strength: Starter includes both emails and phones
- Strength: API credits are deducted only when valid data comes back
- Strength: Yearly plans add unlimited reveals, with 2,500 list exports a month
- Watch out for: Since August 20, 2026 the extension offers no bulk export on LinkedIn search pages
- Watch out for: Priced per user, and its API page says to book a call for API pricing

### SignalHire

Contact finder with a browser extension, ATS and CRM export, an API and unlimited users on every paid plan.

- Best for: Recruiting and sales teams that share one pool of credits across many users
- Pricing: Emails or Phones $57 a month billed yearly, Emails & Phones Unlimited $83 a month billed yearly ([SignalHire pricing](https://www.signalhire.com/pricing), Oct 16, 2026)
- Strength: Unlimited users, API access and ATS or CRM integration on every paid plan
- Strength: One credit per person, and only a successful lookup uses one
- Strength: One credit balance for the site, extension and API
- Watch out for: Its terms cap Unlimited packages at 2,000 credits a month for the whole account
- Watch out for: We could not read its monthly-billing view, so the price shown is the yearly one

### RocketReach

Contact and company data with an extension, an API and MCP on every paid plan, and ATS and CRM sync from Pro.

- Best for: Recruiting and sales teams that want personal and professional emails with Bullhorn sync
- Pricing: US prices on monthly billing: Essentials $69 for 100 lookups, Pro $119 for 250, Ultimate $209 for 1,000 ([RocketReach pricing](https://rocketreach.co/pricing), Oct 16, 2026)
- Strength: A lookup that finds no verified email or phone is refunded
- Strength: Plans list verified personal and professional emails
- Strength: Bullhorn, Salesforce and HubSpot integrations on Pro and Ultimate
- Watch out for: Annual plans cap exports at 1,200, 3,600 or 20,000 a year
- Watch out for: Essentials returns emails only, and extra seats cost extra

### Prospeo

Email and mobile finder with a Chrome extension, an API that takes a LinkedIn URL, and an MCP server.

- Best for: Small teams that want an extension and an API on one credit balance
- Pricing: Starter $49 a user a month for 2,000 credits, Growth $99 for 5,000, Pro $249 for 15,000, on monthly billing ([Prospeo pricing](https://prospeo.io/pricing), Oct 16, 2026)
- Strength: An email costs 1 credit, and a mobile 10 with the email included
- Strength: Nothing found costs 0 credits, and paid plans roll unused credits over
- Strength: The API accepts a LinkedIn URL, a work email, or a name plus company website
- Watch out for: Priced per user
- Watch out for: API and CSV enrichment start at Starter

### FullEnrich

Waterfall enrichment that returns work emails, personal emails and mobiles through an app, an API and an MCP server.

- Best for: Teams that want personal emails and mobiles through an API
- Pricing: One Pro plan priced by credit tier on monthly billing: $29 for 500 credits, $55 for 1,000, $255 for 5,000, $499 for 10,000 ([FullEnrich pricing](https://fullenrich.com/pricing), Oct 16, 2026)
- Strength: A work email costs 1 credit, a personal email 3 and a mobile 10
- Strength: Credits are spent only when something is found, and Pro includes unlimited users
- Strength: Unused monthly credits roll over for 3 months
- Watch out for: One paid plan, so price climbs with each credit tier
- Watch out for: We did not find a Chrome extension on its site

## Who is ContactOut for, and why do people look for alternatives?

ContactOut is a contact finder for sales reps and recruiters who work inside LinkedIn. Its [Chrome extension](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-contactou/jjdemeiffadmmjhkbbpglgnlgeafomjo) runs on LinkedIn Standard, Sales Navigator and Recruiter, and its [integrations page](https://contactout.com/integrations-feature) lists Salesforce, HubSpot, Lever, Greenhouse and Bullhorn. The Chrome Web Store shows 4.1 out of 5 from 800 ratings and 700,000 users.

Per [ContactOut's pricing page](https://contactout.com/pricing) on October 16, 2026, the Email plan costs $49 a month and Email + Phone $99. A toggle halves them to $25 and $49 if you exclude US/UK data, which its tooltip defines as profiles in the USA, Canada and the UK. Our [ContactOut pricing guide](https://enrich.chat/blog/contactout-pricing/) covers the plans. Six points in ContactOut's own pages send buyers looking elsewhere:

- **Unlimited has ceilings.** Section 10 of the [Terms of Use](https://contactout.com/terms) caps paid unlimited plans at 2,000 email credits and 1,000 phone credits per account per month. The pricing page also lists exports, 300 a month on Email and 600 on Email + Phone. We found no ContactOut page that says what counts as an export.
- **One user per company.** Every plan, including Free, carries that limit. ContactOut's [sales page](https://contactout.com/sales-users) says a whole team can be on a plan for under $299 a month, billed on credits and not seats, but you reach it through sales.
- **The API sits behind a call.** The Team / API plan is contact us, and the [API reference](https://api.contactout.com/) says you request a key by booking a meeting. Its MCP server needs a key too.
- **Plan details move the price.** The free plan is 5 emails, 5 phones and 5 exports a day and is marked limited time only. The $25 and $49 prices exclude US/UK data.
- **The extension lives inside LinkedIn.** LinkedIn's Help Center says it [does not permit browser extensions](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1341387) that scrape, change the look of or automate activity on its site, and that members who use them risk restrictions. Our [best LinkedIn email finders](https://enrich.chat/blog/best-linkedin-email-finder/) guide covers what vendors say about that risk.
- **Free-plan uploads carry a license.** Section 5 of the same terms says free or subsidized users who submit data, such as contact names and phone numbers, grant ContactOut a perpetual, irrevocable license to use it, unless a separate agreement replaces that clause.

**Figure 1: ContactOut monthly limits on its two paid plans.** ContactOut lists unlimited emails on both paid plans, but its Terms of Use cap them at 2,000 email credits a month. Phones on the Email + Phone plan are capped at 1,000 a month. Exports are limited to 300 a month on the Email plan and 600 on the Email + Phone plan. Every plan allows one user per company.

*Where ContactOut's unlimited plans stop. Email and phone caps come from section 10 of its Terms of Use, export limits and the one-user rule from its pricing page. Sources: [ContactOut Terms of Use](https://contactout.com/terms), [ContactOut pricing](https://contactout.com/pricing), checked October 16, 2026.*

Review sites mix customers with the people listed in the data. [Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/contactout.com) shows ContactOut at 1.2 from 134 reviews, and the recent reviews we read are mostly from people who say their own details are listed without consent, not from paying users. Trustpilot adds that ContactOut has not invited reviews lately, so they may not be representative. [TrustRadius](https://www.trustradius.com/products/contactout/reviews) shows 8.6 out of 10, but from only 3 reviews and ratings. G2 and Capterra blocked us, so we cite neither. Whichever database you use, expect some recipients to ask where you got their details. See our notes on [cold email data](https://enrich.chat/blog/cold-email/).

## What should a ContactOut alternative do better?

A good alternative removes the limit that stops you and states its own limits on the page. Check five things before you switch:

1. **A cap you can price.** ContactOut's unlimited plans stop at 2,000 emails and 1,000 phones a month. Other vendors cap other meters. [Wiza](https://help.wiza.co/en/articles/12315280-wiza-plan-limits-emails-phones-and-export-credits) gives unlimited reveals on yearly plans but 2,500 list exports a month, and [RocketReach](https://rocketreach.co/pricing) yearly plans give unlimited lookups but 1,200, 3,600 or 20,000 exports a year.
2. **Seats.** ContactOut allows one user per company. [SignalHire](https://www.signalhire.com/pricing) and [FullEnrich](https://fullenrich.com/pricing) list unlimited users, Enrich.chat has unlimited seats, and Apollo, Wiza and Prospeo price by seat or user.
3. **What a miss costs.** ContactOut's [API](https://api.contactout.com/) takes an email credit only when it finds an email, but a search credit when a profile has no contact info. [Lusha's API](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/usage-analytics/how-credits-are-counted) charges at least 1 credit per request, and [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/pricing/about-credits) charges only for emails it can verify. [Prospeo](https://help.prospeo.io/en/article/how-prospeo-credits-work-yso5gk) and [FullEnrich](https://docs.fullenrich.com/api/v2/general/credit) charge only for finds. An Enrich.chat lookup that returns `found: false` uses 0 credits.
4. **A way in for your agent.** ContactOut issues keys through a meeting. [Apollo's MCP](https://www.apollo.io/product/mcp) works on any plan, RocketReach lists MCP and API on every paid plan, and FullEnrich lists both on Pro. Enrich.chat's free tier needs no key.
5. **Personal emails and ATS sync, if you recruit.** ContactOut returns personal emails and syncs to Lever, Greenhouse and Bullhorn. RocketReach's [plan data](https://rocketreach.co/v2/product/multi-seat?country_code=US) lists verified personal and professional emails with Bullhorn sync from Pro, and FullEnrich sells personal emails at 3 credits. Enrich.chat has neither.

## Which ContactOut alternative fits what you need?

Pick the tool by the job you hire ContactOut for: contacts from LinkedIn profiles, recruiting, or enrichment by API. Figure 2 maps six jobs to the tool that fits each.

**Figure 2: Which ContactOut alternative fits which job.** Six jobs and the tool that fits each. Contact data inside an AI agent, a sheet or your own app fits Enrich.chat. Contacts while you browse LinkedIn profiles fit Lusha, Apollo or Wiza. Recruiting with ATS sync and personal emails fits RocketReach or SignalHire. Emails and mobiles through an API paid by the credit fit Prospeo or FullEnrich. Data, sequences and a dialer in one seat fits Apollo. A flat price for one person's heavy LinkedIn use is a reason to stay on ContactOut.

*Six jobs and the tool that fits each. SignalHire's $57 is a yearly-billing price, so it is not in the Lusha, Apollo and Wiza range, which is monthly billing. Sources: [Lusha](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/), [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/pricing), [Wiza](https://wiza.co/pricing), [RocketReach](https://rocketreach.co/pricing), [SignalHire](https://www.signalhire.com/pricing), [Prospeo](https://prospeo.io/pricing), [FullEnrich](https://fullenrich.com/pricing), [ContactOut](https://contactout.com/pricing).*

### Contacts from LinkedIn profiles

- **Lusha** when you want an extension that works on LinkedIn, CRMs and any website. [Lusha's plans](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/) list all three and charge 1 credit per email and 5 per phone. See our [Lusha alternatives](https://enrich.chat/alternatives/lusha/) and [Lusha pricing guide](https://enrich.chat/blog/lusha-pricing/).
- **Apollo** when you want the extension plus sequences and a dialer in one seat. Its [pricing page](https://www.apollo.io/pricing) lists extensions on the free plan. See our [Apollo Chrome extension review](https://enrich.chat/blog/apollo-chrome-extension/).
- **Wiza** when you reveal one profile at a time and sync it to a CRM. On August 20, 2026, its [help center](https://help.wiza.co/en/articles/16500453-update-changes-to-chrome-extension-for-linkedin-sales-navigator-and-recruiter) said LinkedIn had tightened what extensions can do, and removed bulk export from LinkedIn search pages. Lists now come from Wiza Prospect, CSV upload or CRM import. See [Wiza alternatives](https://enrich.chat/alternatives/wiza/).

### Recruiting

- **SignalHire** when many recruiters share one pool of credits. Every paid plan on its [pricing page](https://www.signalhire.com/pricing) lists unlimited users, an extension, API access and ATS or CRM integration. Its [terms](https://www.signalhire.com/terms) cap Unlimited packages at 2,000 credits a month for the whole account. See [SignalHire alternatives](https://enrich.chat/alternatives/signalhire/) and [SignalHire pricing](https://enrich.chat/blog/signalhire-pricing/).
- **RocketReach** when you want personal and professional emails with Bullhorn sync. Its [pricing page](https://rocketreach.co/pricing) refunds a lookup that finds no verified email or phone. See [RocketReach alternatives](https://enrich.chat/alternatives/rocketreach/) and [RocketReach pricing](https://enrich.chat/blog/rocketreach-pricing/).

### Enrichment by API or from an AI agent

- **Enrich.chat** when contact data goes into an agent, a sheet or your own app. One GET request takes a LinkedIn URL, a work email, or a name plus company website, and returns a work email and a mobile with a status on each. See [Enrich.chat for AI agents](https://enrich.chat/agents/) and the [LinkedIn URL to contact API](https://enrich.chat/api/linkedin-to-contact/).
- **Prospeo** when you want an extension and an API on one balance. Its [API docs](https://prospeo.io/api-docs/enrich-person) accept a LinkedIn URL, a work email, or a name plus company website. See [Prospeo pricing](https://enrich.chat/blog/prospeo-pricing/).
- **FullEnrich** when you need personal emails and mobiles through an API. Its [pricing page](https://fullenrich.com/pricing) lists one Pro plan with unlimited users. See [FullEnrich pricing](https://enrich.chat/blog/fullenrich-pricing/).

## How much do ContactOut alternatives cost?

On monthly billing, entry plans cost $29 to $69 a month at the seven other tools, and Enrich.chat's Growth plan is $29. SignalHire's $57 is billed yearly. ContactOut costs $25 to $99 depending on the plan and whether you include US/UK data. This table shows each entry price, what it buys and what you can test free, as checked on October 16, 2026:

| Tool | Entry price | What it buys | Free option |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Enrich.chat | $29 a month (Growth) | 100,000 credits: 10 per email, 250 per mobile | 10 lookups a day, no signup |
| [ContactOut](https://contactout.com/pricing) | $49 a month (Email), $25 without US/UK data | Unlimited emails and 300 exports. Email + Phone is $99, or $49 without US/UK data, and adds unlimited phones and 600 exports | 5 emails, 5 phones, 5 exports a day, limited time |
| [FullEnrich](https://fullenrich.com/pricing) | $29 a month (Pro, 500 credits) | Work email 1 credit, personal email 3, mobile 10 | 50 credits, no card |
| [Wiza](https://wiza.co/pricing) | $49 a user a month (Starter) | 100 valid emails and 100 phone numbers | 20 valid emails, 5 phones |
| [Prospeo](https://prospeo.io/pricing) | $49 a user a month (Starter) | 2,000 credits: 1 per email, 10 per mobile | 100 credits a month |
| [Lusha](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/) | $49.90 a month (Starter) | 400 credits: 1 per email, 5 per phone | 40 credits a month |
| [SignalHire](https://www.signalhire.com/pricing) | $57 a month billed yearly (Emails or Phones) | 12,000 email credits or 5,400 phone credits a year | 5 credits, or 10 a month with the extension |
| [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/pricing) | $65 a seat a month (Basic) | 2,500 credits a seat: 1 per email, 8 per phone | 75 credits a month |
| [RocketReach](https://rocketreach.co/pricing) | $69 a month (Essentials) | 100 email lookups, US prices | 3 lookups |

Yearly billing lowers the price at Apollo to $49 a seat, at Lusha to $37.45 a month and at Prospeo to $37 a user. It adds unlimited reveals at Wiza, for $83 and $166 a month. Each brings back a 12-month commitment. Apollo credits also [expire at the end of each billing cycle](https://www.apollo.io/pricing/about-credits).

### What do 500 contacts a month cost?

For 500 contacts a month, each with a work email and a mobile, list prices on monthly billing run from $90 to $499. Figure 3 shows the cheapest published plan that covers the list at each tool. ContactOut's Email + Phone plan is $99, or $49 without US/UK data.

**Figure 3: Monthly bill for 500 contacts with an email and a mobile.** Cheapest published plan that covers 500 contacts a month, each with a work email and a mobile, on monthly billing. Enrich.chat costs $90 on the Scale plan, ContactOut $99, Prospeo $99, Apollo $130, Wiza $199, RocketReach $209, Lusha $399.90 and FullEnrich $499.

*Monthly bill for the cheapest published plan that covers 500 contacts a month, each with a work email and a mobile. Enrich.chat needs 130,000 credits and uses the Scale plan. ContactOut's bar is the plan with US/UK data. SignalHire is left out because we could only read its yearly view. Sources: [ContactOut](https://contactout.com/pricing), [Prospeo](https://prospeo.io/pricing), [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/pricing), [Wiza](https://wiza.co/pricing), [RocketReach](https://rocketreach.co/pricing), [Lusha](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/), [FullEnrich](https://fullenrich.com/pricing), [Enrich.chat pricing](https://enrich.chat/pricing/), checked October 16, 2026.*

Here is how each bar was built:

- **Enrich.chat:** 500 emails at 10 credits plus 500 mobiles at 250 credits is 130,000 credits, which fits the Scale plan at $90 a month. Pro-rated, those credits are worth $23.40, but the plan price is what you pay. A lookup that finds nothing uses 0 credits.
- **ContactOut:** Email + Phone is $99 with US/UK data. The 500 contacts fit inside its caps of 2,000 emails, 1,000 phones and 600 exports, for one user.
- **Prospeo:** a mobile costs 10 credits and includes the email, so 500 contacts need 5,000 credits, exactly what [Growth](https://help.prospeo.io/en/article/how-prospeo-credits-work-yso5gk) includes.
- **Apollo:** 500 emails at 1 credit and 500 phones at 8 come to 4,500 credits. A Basic seat has 2,500, so two seats at $65 cover it.
- **Wiza:** Email + Phone includes 500 valid emails and 500 phone numbers a month.
- **RocketReach:** Pro has 250 lookups, so Ultimate's 1,000 at $209 is the cheapest plan that covers 500 lookups with phones.
- **Lusha:** an email costs 1 credit and a phone 5, so 500 contacts need 3,000 credits. Pro's 600 fall short, and Premium includes 3,400.
- **FullEnrich:** 500 work emails at 1 credit and 500 mobiles at 10 come to 5,500 credits. Its slider jumps from $255 at 5,000 credits to $499 at 10,000.

SignalHire is not charted. Its Emails & Phones Unlimited package is $83 a month billed yearly, with a cap of 2,000 credits a month.

## How do you get ContactOut-style data from an AI agent or an API?

Add Enrich.chat's remote MCP server at `enrich.chat/mcp`, or paste one prompt so your agent reads [enrich.chat/agents.md](https://enrich.chat/agents.md). Either way, the agent calls a plain HTTPS API with the identifiers you already have. The first 10 lookups each day need no sign-in and no key. The [install page](https://enrich.chat/install/) has one-click links and steps for Cursor, VS Code, Claude, ChatGPT and Codex.

Several jobs in ContactOut's API have a call or an MCP tool in Enrich.chat. Where Enrich.chat has no equivalent, the table says so:

| ContactOut job | Enrich.chat call or MCP tool | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Contact info from a LinkedIn URL | `GET /v1/person` or `find_person_contact` | Pass a profile URL and `fields=email,mobile`. It never logs in to LinkedIn. |
| LinkedIn profile from an email | `GET /v1/person` with `email` | Work addresses only. Personal mailboxes such as Gmail are not looked up. |
| People search with filters | `GET /v1/search` or `search_people` | Pass `q` in plain English, plus title, seniority, industry or country. |
| Decision makers at a company | `GET /v1/company/people` or `company_people` | Pass a company website and a title such as CFO. |
| Company info from a domain | `GET /v1/company` or `company_profile` | Pass a company website, a LinkedIn company page or a company ID. |
| Chrome extension | No equivalent | Paste a URL into the free [LinkedIn email and phone finder](https://enrich.chat/tools/linkedin-email-finder/), or ask your agent. |
| List building and bulk export | Dashboard lists and Bulk enrich, `POST /v1/jobs` or `POST /v1/batch` | Save people to a list your team shares and export it as CSV or Excel, or upload a CSV of up to 5,000 rows and run it on the server, where it keeps going after you close the tab. |
| Personal emails, ATS and CRM sync, campaigns, dialer | No equivalent | Enrich.chat returns data. Bring your own sender, phone system and recruiting tools. |

To replace a contact search, paste a prompt like this into ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor:

```text
Use www.enrich.chat to find the head of sales at each company on this list. Return each work email with its status and each mobile with its line type, mark misses as not found, and tell me the total credits_used: [paste company websites]
```

Every email comes back as `verified`, `catch_all` or `unknown`, and every mobile with its line type, `mobile` or `unknown`. Treat each contact as a strong lead, not a guarantee. When the free lookups run out, the API returns 402 with a link to [your account page](https://enrich.chat/account/). There you log in with your email, pick Growth, Scale or Pro, and pay at checkout, and your key appears on the same page. Plans and terms are on [pricing](https://enrich.chat/pricing/) and [terms](https://enrich.chat/terms/).

## When is ContactOut the better choice?

ContactOut is the better choice when one person does the prospecting inside LinkedIn and wants an extension, personal emails and a flat price. Pick it if:

- You reveal contacts by hand on LinkedIn Standard, Sales Navigator or Recruiter. Enrich.chat has no Chrome extension, so you would paste a URL into a finder or ask an agent.
- You recruit and need personal emails with Lever, Greenhouse or Bullhorn sync, both of which ContactOut lists. Enrich.chat has no recruiting or ATS integrations and looks up work emails only.
- You want a flat monthly price for heavy use by one person. Email + Phone covers unlimited phones for $99, inside the Terms' caps of 2,000 emails and 1,000 phones.
- You want email campaigns, a list builder and an AI email writer in the same tool. They are listed on ContactOut's pricing page. Enrich.chat has no campaigns, sequencing or email writer.

Choose Enrich.chat when the data goes into an agent, a sheet your agent fills or your own app. Its honest gaps next to ContactOut are the missing extension, recruiting and ATS tools, sequencing and personal emails, plus no CRM sync and no SSO or SAML. Your agent can use the [MCP server](https://enrich.chat/install/) or call the API after reading agents.md. For wider lists, see the [best email finder tools](https://enrich.chat/blog/best-email-finder-tools/), and our guides to finding a [phone number from LinkedIn](https://enrich.chat/blog/find-phone-number-from-linkedin/) and an [email on LinkedIn](https://enrich.chat/blog/find-email-on-linkedin/).

## How do you test a replacement before you leave ContactOut?

Keep ContactOut running while you run a sample through the replacement:

1. Write down what you rely on: the extension, personal emails, ATS sync, campaigns or the API. Check your renewal date in your ContactOut account.
2. Pick 20 rows from contacts you already saved. Use LinkedIn URLs where you have them.
3. Run those rows through a free tier: Enrich.chat, Apollo, Lusha, Prospeo, Wiza or FullEnrich. Each has one, as the cost table shows.
4. Compare each field with what you hold. The free [catch-all checker](https://enrich.chat/tools/catch-all-checker/) shows whether a domain accepts every address.
5. Overlap for one billing cycle, then cancel only when the replacement works for your team.
6. Honor removals. Anyone can opt out at [enrich.chat/opt-out](https://enrich.chat/opt-out/), and you stay responsible for TCPA, CAN-SPAM and GDPR rules.

You can run step 4 without code. Paste this into ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor with 20 rows from your export:

```text
Use www.enrich.chat to look up the first 20 rows of my ContactOut export by LinkedIn URL, or by name and company website. Pace the requests at about one a second. Return each work email with its status and each mobile with its line type, mark misses as not found, and tell me the total credits_used: [paste rows]
```

For a sample bigger than 20 rows, the dashboard's [Bulk enrich](https://enrich.chat/features/bulk-enrichment/) takes a CSV of up to 5,000 rows and can run it as a [background job](https://enrich.chat/features/background-jobs/). For other tools in this group, compare [RocketReach alternatives](https://enrich.chat/alternatives/rocketreach/), [SignalHire alternatives](https://enrich.chat/alternatives/signalhire/) and the [best LinkedIn email finders](https://enrich.chat/blog/best-linkedin-email-finder/). For Enrich.chat plans, see [pricing](https://enrich.chat/pricing/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the best alternative to ContactOut?

It depends on the job. [Enrich.chat](https://enrich.chat/pricing/) suits contact data inside an AI agent or app, with 10 free lookups a day and monthly plans from $29. Lusha, Apollo and Wiza suit people who reveal contacts on LinkedIn. SignalHire and RocketReach suit recruiting teams that need ATS sync. Prospeo and FullEnrich suit API enrichment. If one person reveals hundreds of contacts a month inside LinkedIn, ContactOut's flat plans may still fit best.

### Is ContactOut really unlimited?

No. The Email and Email + Phone plans list unlimited emails and phones, but section 10 of ContactOut's [Terms of Use](https://contactout.com/terms) caps paid unlimited plans at 2,000 email credits and 1,000 phone credits per account per month. Its [pricing page](https://contactout.com/pricing) also lists exports as a separate monthly limit, 300 on Email and 600 on Email + Phone, and every plan allows one user per company.

### Does ContactOut have an API or an MCP server?

Yes, but both need a key from ContactOut. Its [API docs](https://api.contactout.com/) say you request a key by booking a meeting, and its pricing page lists API access on the contact-us Team / API plan. The same docs describe an MCP server at contactout.com/mcp that signs in with your API token, and say the key comes from a free account or a meeting. Enrich.chat's free tier needs no key.

### Is there a free alternative to ContactOut?

Yes. Enrich.chat gives each IP address 10 API lookups a day with no signup. [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/pricing) includes 75 credits a month, [Lusha](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/) 40 and [Prospeo](https://prospeo.io/pricing) 100. [Wiza](https://wiza.co/pricing) gives 20 valid emails and 5 phone numbers, and [FullEnrich](https://fullenrich.com/pricing) a 50-credit trial. ContactOut's own free plan is 5 emails, 5 phones and 5 exports a day, marked limited time only.

### Is ContactOut reputable?

It depends on which reviews you read. ContactOut's [Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-contactou/jjdemeiffadmmjhkbbpglgnlgeafomjo) shows 4.1 out of 5 from 800 ratings and 700,000 users. [Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/contactout.com) shows 1.2 from 134 reviews, with recent ones mostly from people who say their details are listed without consent. [TrustRadius](https://www.trustradius.com/products/contactout/reviews) has only 3 ratings. Test a sample list before you buy.

### Which ContactOut alternatives work inside ChatGPT or Claude?

Several have an MCP server. [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/product/mcp) says any plan qualifies, including free. [RocketReach](https://rocketreach.co/pricing) lists MCP access on every paid plan, and [FullEnrich](https://fullenrich.com/pricing) lists an MCP server on Pro. Enrich.chat's remote MCP server needs no key: see the [install page](https://enrich.chat/install/). ContactOut has one too, but you need an API token first.

## Sources

1. [ContactOut pricing](https://contactout.com/pricing)
2. [ContactOut Terms of Use](https://contactout.com/terms)
3. [ContactOut API reference](https://api.contactout.com/)
4. [ContactOut for Sales](https://contactout.com/sales-users)
5. [ContactOut for Recruiters](https://contactout.com/recruiters)
6. [ContactOut integrations](https://contactout.com/integrations-feature)
7. [Email Finder by ContactOut (Chrome Web Store)](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-contactou/jjdemeiffadmmjhkbbpglgnlgeafomjo)
8. [ContactOut reviews](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/contactout.com)
9. [ContactOut reviews and insights](https://www.trustradius.com/products/contactout/reviews)
10. [Prohibited software and extensions](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1341387)
11. [Apollo pricing](https://www.apollo.io/pricing)
12. [What are Apollo credits?](https://www.apollo.io/pricing/about-credits)
13. [Apollo MCP](https://www.apollo.io/product/mcp)
14. [Lusha pricing](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/)
15. [How credits are counted](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/usage-analytics/how-credits-are-counted)
16. [Wiza pricing](https://wiza.co/pricing)
17. [Changes to the Chrome extension for LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and Recruiter](https://help.wiza.co/en/articles/16500453-update-changes-to-chrome-extension-for-linkedin-sales-navigator-and-recruiter)
18. [Wiza plan limits: emails, phones and export credits](https://help.wiza.co/en/articles/12315280-wiza-plan-limits-emails-phones-and-export-credits)
19. [Credit deduction behavior](https://docs.wiza.co/using-the-api/credit-deduction-behavior)
20. [Wiza contact enrichment API](https://wiza.co/wiza-api)
21. [SignalHire pricing](https://www.signalhire.com/pricing)
22. [SignalHire Terms of Use](https://www.signalhire.com/terms)
23. [SignalHire API pricing](https://docs.signalhire.com/api-pricing)
24. [RocketReach pricing](https://rocketreach.co/pricing)
25. [RocketReach plan data (US)](https://rocketreach.co/v2/product/multi-seat?country_code=US)
26. [Prospeo pricing](https://prospeo.io/pricing)
27. [How Prospeo credits work](https://help.prospeo.io/en/article/how-prospeo-credits-work-yso5gk)
28. [Enrich Person API](https://prospeo.io/api-docs/enrich-person)
29. [FullEnrich pricing](https://fullenrich.com/pricing)
30. [Credits and testing tips](https://docs.fullenrich.com/api/v2/general/credit)

## Try this prompt

Test your ContactOut list before you switch

```text
Use www.enrich.chat to look up the first 20 rows of my ContactOut export by LinkedIn URL, or by name and company website. Pace the requests at about one a second. Return each work email with its status and each mobile with its line type, mark misses as not found, and tell me the total credits_used: [paste rows]
```

## Related

- [ContactOut pricing: plans, the US/UK toggle and the Unlimited caps](https://enrich.chat/blog/contactout-pricing/)
- [Best LinkedIn email finders (2026): 9 tools compared](https://enrich.chat/blog/best-linkedin-email-finder/)
- [SignalHire alternatives (2026): 7 tools for recruiting, sales and API use](https://enrich.chat/alternatives/signalhire/)