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# The best Lusha alternatives in 2026, compared on credits, API terms and what you pay

Lusha sells emails and phones by the credit, and a phone reveal costs five. We compared six alternatives on price, API rules and AI agent support, using each vendor's own pages.

By Enrich.chat Editorial. Updated October 15, 2026.

**Short answer:** The best Lusha alternatives in 2026 are Enrich.chat for AI agents and apps, Apollo for data plus outreach, FullEnrich for waterfall enrichment, Kaspr for LinkedIn phone numbers, and ZoomInfo or Cognism for enterprise teams. [Lusha's Starter plan costs $49.90 a month](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/) and a phone reveal costs 5 credits. Enrich.chat sells monthly credit plans from $29 with unlimited seats, and a lookup that finds nothing uses 0 credits.

## Key takeaways

- Lusha's Starter plan costs $49.90 a month, or $37.45 a month billed yearly, for 400 credits. A verified email costs 1 credit and a phone 5.
- Lusha's API charges at least 1 credit per request, even when nothing comes back. One contact with an email and a phone costs 7 credits.
- For 500 contacts a month, each with an email and a mobile, Lusha costs $362.40 on monthly billing. Apollo costs $130, and Enrich.chat costs $90 on the Scale plan.
- Lusha's API page says API data cannot train AI or ML systems, and platforms cannot embed the API in their own product without consent.
- Lusha is the better pick for reps who reveal contacts on LinkedIn with its Chrome extension, or who want buying signals and CRM sync.

## The verdict

For people who want contact data inside an AI agent or their own app, **Enrich.chat** is the simplest Lusha alternative: one prompt, unlimited seats, and credits spent only on the emails and mobiles it finds.

- Best for agents and apps: Enrich.chat (One prompt, credit plans from $29 a month)
- Best all-in-one sales tool: Apollo (Data, sequences and a dialer in one seat)
- Best for a waterfall: FullEnrich (1 credit per email, 10 per mobile, unlimited users)
- Best for LinkedIn phones: Kaspr (Chrome extension, from $49 a user billed yearly)

## Lusha alternatives at a glance

|  | Enrich.chat | Lusha | Apollo | FullEnrich | Kaspr | RocketReach | Cognism | ZoomInfo |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Prices published | Yes: $29 to $299 | Yes: from $37.45/mo, billed yearly | Yes: from $49/seat/mo, billed yearly | Yes: from $49/mo, billed yearly | Yes: from $49/user/mo, billed yearly | Yes: from $33/mo, billed yearly | No: quote only | No: quote only |
| Free plan | Yes: 10 a day, no signup | Yes: 40 credits a month | Yes: 75 credits a month | Partial: 50 trial credits | Yes: 5 phone credits a month | Partial: 3 lookups | Not listed | Partial: Lite plan |
| Empty lookups cost nothing | Yes: 0 credits | Partial: API bills 1 credit | Partial: verified emails only | Yes: pay for data found | Not stated | Yes: refunded | Not stated | Not stated |
| No annual contract required | Yes | Yes: monthly costs a third more | Yes: Basic and Professional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated | No: 1 to 3 years typical |
| No per-seat fee | Yes: unlimited seats | Partial: 1 to 5 seats by plan | No: priced per seat | Yes: unlimited users | No: priced per user | Not stated | Partial: 5 seats included | No: priced per license |
| API access | Yes: no key to start | Yes: all plans, limits by plan | Yes: all plans | Yes: Pro plan | Partial: on request | Yes: all plans | Yes: Standard and Pro | Partial: through sales |
| Works in ChatGPT or Claude | Yes: MCP, no key | Yes: MCP, OAuth or key | Yes: MCP, OAuth | Yes: MCP server | Not stated | Yes: MCP | Yes: MCP | Yes: MCP |
| Mobile numbers | Yes: 250 credits | Yes: 5 credits | Yes: 8 credits | Yes: 10 credits | Yes: phone credits | Yes: Pro and up | Yes: Pro adds verification | Not stated |
| Chrome extension | No | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Yes |

## The 7 best Lusha alternatives, ranked

Ranked for people who want contact data in an AI agent, a spreadsheet or their own app, without per-seat fees or contracts. Prices come from each vendor's own pages, checked October 15, 2026.

### Enrich.chat

Contact data for AI agents and apps. Paste one prompt into ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor and get work emails and mobile numbers back, each with a status.

- Best for: Agents, spreadsheets and apps that need contacts without paying per seat
- Pricing: Plans from $29 a month with 100,000 monthly credits: 10 credits per email, 250 per mobile, 5 per profile
- Strength: Credits are spent only on matches, with unlimited seats and no annual contract
- Strength: Remote MCP server with no key, or one prompt in ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or code
- Strength: Email status is verified, catch_all or unknown, and mobile line type is mobile or unknown
- Strength: Takes a LinkedIn URL and never logs in to LinkedIn
- Watch out for: No Chrome extension or visual list builder
- Watch out for: No built-in sequences, dialer, buying signals or intent data

### Apollo

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

- Best for: Sales teams that want data and outreach in one tool
- Pricing: From $49 a seat a month billed yearly, or $65 monthly ([Apollo pricing](https://www.apollo.io/pricing), Oct 15, 2026)
- Strength: Sequences, dialer and extensions in the same seat
- Strength: Credits are pooled across the whole team
- Strength: MCP connector on any plan, including free
- Watch out for: A phone number costs 8 credits, so phone-heavy lists use credits fast
- Watch out for: Standard plans are for internal business use, not for powering a product you sell

### FullEnrich

Waterfall enrichment sold by credits, with an API, an MCP server and unlimited users.

- Best for: Teams that want a waterfall across many sources on one credit meter
- Pricing: From $55 a month for 1,000 credits, or $49 a month billed yearly ([FullEnrich pricing](https://fullenrich.com/pricing), Oct 15, 2026)
- Strength: A work email costs 1 credit and a mobile 10, and the page says you pay only for data found
- Strength: Unlimited users on every plan
- Strength: API and MCP server included
- Strength: Credits roll over for 3 months on monthly plans
- Watch out for: A mobile costs 10 credits, so 500 contacts with mobiles need the $499 tier
- Watch out for: No Chrome extension listed on the pricing page

### Kaspr

LinkedIn-first Chrome extension for phone numbers and emails, sold per user.

- Best for: Reps and recruiters who work one LinkedIn profile at a time
- Pricing: Starter $65 a user a month, or $49 billed yearly. Business $99, or $79 billed yearly ([Kaspr pricing](https://www.kaspr.io/pricing), Oct 15, 2026)
- Strength: Unlimited B2B email credits on paid plans
- Strength: 100 phone credits a month on Starter and 200 on Business, shared across a team
- Strength: Works on top of Sales Navigator and Recruiter Lite
- Watch out for: Priced per user, so teams pay for every seat
- Watch out for: API access is limited and available on request

### RocketReach

Contact search with a Chrome extension, an API and an MCP server, billed by lookups and exports.

- Best for: One person who searches in a web app and wants a flat yearly bill
- Pricing: Essentials $399, Pro $899 and Ultimate $1,699 a year, which is $33, $75 and $142 a month billed yearly ([RocketReach pricing](https://rocketreach.co/pricing), Oct 15, 2026)
- Strength: A lookup is refunded if no verified email or phone is found
- Strength: MCP and API access on every plan
- Strength: Pro adds phones plus Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, Salesloft and Bullhorn integrations
- Watch out for: Yearly plans cap exports at 1,200, 3,600 or 20,000 a year
- Watch out for: Essentials returns emails only

### Cognism

Compliance-first B2B data with mobile numbers and intent, sold by quote.

- Best for: Sales teams that want verified mobiles and intent and will buy through a sales team
- Pricing: No public prices. Standard and Pro editions, each with 5 seats included ([Cognism pricing](https://www.cognism.com/pricing), Oct 15, 2026)
- Strength: One credit equals one revealed contact, shared across the platform, Enrich and API
- Strength: MCP and API access on both editions
- Strength: Pro adds mobile verification on demand and intent data
- Watch out for: No public prices, so you cannot budget before a sales call
- Watch out for: Credits per seat are not published

### ZoomInfo

Enterprise sales intelligence with contact data, intent, a Chrome extension and an MCP server, sold by quote.

- Best for: Large teams that need depth and accept a sales-led contract
- Pricing: No public prices. [Vendr's buyer data](https://www.vendr.com/marketplace/zoominfo) shows a median of $33,500 a year, from $7,240 to $156,042
- Strength: Org charts, technographics and intent add-ons on one platform
- Strength: MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT
- Strength: Each export costs one credit, and packages include monthly credits
- Watch out for: No public prices, and Vendr lists 1 to 3 year terms as typical
- Watch out for: Priced by licenses and credit usage, so cost rises with team size

## How much does Lusha cost in 2026?

Lusha has a free plan with 40 credits a month and three self-serve paid plans, Starter, Pro and Premium, plus a custom Scale plan. On [Lusha's pricing page](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/) on October 15, 2026, Starter cost $49.90 a month for 400 credits. Pro and Premium prices rise with a credit slider, from $69.90 for 600 credits to $977.40 for 10,000 credits a month.

| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Credits and seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Not offered | 40 credits a month, 1 seat |
| Starter | $49.90 | $37.45 a month ($449.10 a year) | 400 credits a month, 1 seat |
| Pro | $69.90 to $362.40 | $52.45 to $279.95 a month | 600 to 3,200 credits a month, 2 seats |
| Premium | $399.90 to $977.40 | $299.95 to $794.95 a month | 3,400 to 10,000 credits a month, 5 seats |
| Scale | Through sales | Through sales | Custom credits and seats |

A verified email costs 1 credit and a phone number costs 5. [Lusha's credit guide](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/usage-analytics/how-credits-are-counted) says revealing both in the extension or app costs up to 6. Yearly billing takes 25% off, so monthly billing costs a third more. Lusha's plan table shows credits rolling over, up to twice the monthly amount, on Pro and Premium only, and annual credits reset at the end of the year. One credit balance covers the app, the Chrome extension, the API and MCP. Lusha tells teams of more than 5 users to contact sales.

## Why do people look for a Lusha alternative?

The reasons that Lusha's own pages support are credit math, API billing and API terms. Review sites add privacy complaints, which matter if you call the numbers you buy.

- **Phones cost five times an email.** Lusha Starter gives 400 credits for $49.90 on monthly billing, about $0.12 a credit, so a phone reveal costs about $0.62 if you use every credit. On Pro and Premium it runs from about $0.40 to $0.59 a phone, depending on volume and billing.
- **Monthly billing costs more.** Starter is $49.90 a month on monthly billing and $37.45 on yearly billing, so flexibility carries a premium.
- **API requests have a floor.** [Lusha's docs](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/usage-analytics/how-credits-are-counted) say a request costs at least 1 credit even when it returns nothing. Free and Starter plans allow 40 requests a minute and 100 a day.
- **API data has use limits.** [Lusha's API page](https://www.lusha.com/lusha-api/) says API data cannot train AI or ML systems, and platforms cannot embed the API in their own product without written consent.
- **Privacy complaints.** Lusha's pricing page shows a 4.3 out of 5 rating. [Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/lusha.com) shows 1.2 out of 5 from 781 reviews, 57% of them one star. Many reviewers say their personal numbers were listed and called, and some say deletion requests went unanswered. Trustpilot does not fact-check reviews, so read these as claims.

If you call the numbers you buy, learn the rules first. Our guide to [TCPA rules for B2B cold calling](https://enrich.chat/blog/tcpa-b2b-cold-calling/) explains them in plain words, and it is not legal advice.

## How does the Lusha API work, and what does it cost?

Lusha's API is on every plan, including Free, and it charges per data point plus 1 credit for the request. [Lusha's API guide](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/lushas-api/all-there-is-to-know-about-lushas-api) gives an example: an email and a phone for one contact cost 7 credits, which is 5 for the phone, 1 for the email and 1 for the request. A request with no result still costs 1 credit.

**Figure 1: What one contact costs through the Lusha API and through Enrich.chat.** Through the Lusha API, one contact with an email and a phone costs 7 credits: 1 for the request, 1 for the email and 5 for the phone. A request that finds nothing still costs 1 credit. On Enrich.chat, one contact with a work email and a mobile costs 260 credits, and a lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits.

*Credits through the Lusha API and through Enrich.chat for one contact. The units differ, so compare dollars in Figure 2, not credit counts. Sources: [Lusha API guide](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/lushas-api/all-there-is-to-know-about-lushas-api), [Lusha credit guide](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/usage-analytics/how-credits-are-counted), [Enrich.chat agents.md](https://enrich.chat/agents.md).*

A bulk request covers up to 25 results for 1 credit and takes up to 100 contacts. Company data is free in the app but costs 1 credit through the API. Rate limits depend on the plan, and every user gets an API key by default:

| Lusha plan | Per minute | Per hour | Per day |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free and Starter | 40 | No cap | 100 |
| Pro | 50 | 150 | 1,500 |
| Premium | 300 | 1,800 | 18,000 |
| Scale | 300 | 5,000 | 50,000 |

Lusha's [MCP server](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/mcp/lusha-model-context-protocol-mcp-server) connects Claude, ChatGPT and Codex through OAuth. Cursor, VS Code, n8n and other clients send the API key in an `x-api-key` header. MCP calls draw on the same credit balance. On paid plans, [Lusha's Data Waterfall](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/lushas-api/data-waterfall) falls through to third-party providers for a missing email or phone, at 2 credits per work email and 8 per phone, charged only on a match.

## What should a Lusha alternative do better?

A good Lusha alternative charges less for phones, bills nothing for empty calls and lets your agent reach it without another login. Check six things before you switch:

1. **The price of a phone.** Lusha charges 5 credits and [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/pricing) 8. [FullEnrich](https://fullenrich.com/pricing) charges 10. A mobile on Enrich.chat costs 250 credits, worth $0.0725 on Growth and $0.0299 on Pro if you use every credit. Credits are not one unit across vendors, so compare dollars.
2. **What a miss costs.** Lusha's API charges at least 1 credit per request. Enrich.chat uses 0 credits when `found` is false.
3. **Terms for agents and apps.** Read the clause on AI training and on embedding the API in a product before you build on any vendor.
4. **Agent access.** Lusha, [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/product/mcp), FullEnrich, RocketReach, Cognism and [ZoomInfo](https://www.zoominfo.com/solutions/zoominfo-mcp) all offer an MCP server. Most need an account. Enrich.chat's [remote MCP server](https://enrich.chat/install/) needs no key.
5. **Seat rules.** Lusha includes 1 to 5 seats by plan, and Apollo and Kaspr price per seat or user. Every Enrich.chat plan has unlimited seats.
6. **A free test.** Run 20 of your own contacts through a free tier and compare the results with what you have. Our guides to [direct dials](https://enrich.chat/blog/direct-dials/) and the [best direct dial providers](https://enrich.chat/blog/best-direct-dial-providers/) explain what to look for in a phone number.

## How much do 500 contacts a month cost on Lusha and its alternatives?

For 500 contacts a month, each with a work email and a mobile number, monthly list prices run from $90 to $499. On Enrich.chat the same contacts need 130,000 credits, which fits the Scale plan at $90 a month. Lusha costs $362.40 a month on its Pro plan.

| Tool | Plan that covers 500 a month | Billed monthly | Billed yearly |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Enrich.chat | Scale plan, 130,000 credits | $90 | Not offered, no annual contract |
| Apollo | 2 Basic seats, 5,000 credits | $130 | $98 a month |
| Kaspr | 3 Business seats, 600 phone credits | $297 | $237 a month |
| Lusha, app or extension | Pro, 3,200 credits | $362.40 | $279.95 a month |
| Lusha, API requests | Premium, 3,800 credits | $442.40 | $332.45 a month |
| FullEnrich | 10K credits a month tier | $499 | $454 a month |

Here is how each number was built from the vendor's pricing page on October 15, 2026:

- **Enrich.chat:** 500 emails × 10 credits + 500 mobiles × 250 credits = 130,000 credits if every contact returns both. A lookup that finds nothing uses 0 credits, and each response shows `credits_used`.
- **Lusha:** an app or extension reveal costs 1 + 5 = 6 credits, so 3,000 credits. The slider step that covers it is 3,200 credits on [Pro](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/). Single API requests cost 7 credits, or 3,500, which needs Premium at 3,800 credits. Bulk requests of 25 cut that to about 3,020.
- **Apollo:** an email costs 1 credit and a phone 8, so 4,500 credits. [Basic](https://www.apollo.io/pricing) grants 2,500 credits per seat per month on monthly billing, so you need two seats. Credits are pooled across the team.
- **Kaspr:** [Business](https://www.kaspr.io/pricing) includes 200 phone credits per user per month and unlimited B2B email credits, so 500 phones need three users.
- **FullEnrich:** a work email costs 1 credit and a mobile 10, so 5,500 credits. The 5K tier is too small, so the monthly price is the [10K tier](https://fullenrich.com/pricing). Yearly, 66,000 credits fit the 120K a year tier.
- **Not in the table:** [RocketReach](https://rocketreach.co/pricing) Ultimate costs $1,699 billed yearly with 20,000 exports a year. [ZoomInfo](https://www.zoominfo.com/pricing) and [Cognism](https://www.cognism.com/pricing) publish no prices.

**Figure 2: Monthly cost of 500 contacts with an email and a mobile.** List price per month on monthly billing for 500 contacts a month, each with a work email and a mobile number: Enrich.chat $90 on the Scale plan, Apollo $130 for two Basic seats, Kaspr $297 for three Business seats, Lusha $362.40 on Pro, and FullEnrich $499 on its 10K credit tier.

*List prices on monthly billing for 500 contacts a month, each with a work email and a mobile. The Enrich.chat bar is the Scale plan, which covers the 130,000 credits these contacts need. Lusha's bar is Pro at 3,200 credits. Sources: [Lusha](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/), [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/pricing), [Kaspr](https://www.kaspr.io/pricing), [FullEnrich](https://fullenrich.com/pricing), checked October 15, 2026.*

These are list prices at one volume, so a quote or a different volume will move them. Apollo costs less than Lusha here and adds sequences and a dialer. Enrich.chat plans bill a fixed monthly price with unlimited seats and every product included. See [Enrich.chat pricing](https://enrich.chat/pricing/) and our [Lusha pricing guide](https://enrich.chat/blog/lusha-pricing/) for more.

## Which Lusha alternative should you choose?

Choose by the job. Enrich.chat fits contact data that goes into an agent or an app, Apollo fits teams that want outreach in the same seat, and ZoomInfo or Cognism fit enterprise buyers who accept a sales contract.

**Figure 3: Which Lusha alternative fits which need.** Five needs and the alternative that fits each: contact data inside an AI agent or app points to Enrich.chat, email sequences and a dialer in the same seat to Apollo, a waterfall across many sources to FullEnrich, a browser extension for LinkedIn phone numbers to Kaspr, and intent data with an enterprise contract to ZoomInfo or Cognism.

*Which alternative fits which need. Fit is drawn from the vendors' own pages, checked October 15, 2026: [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/pricing), [FullEnrich](https://fullenrich.com/pricing), [Kaspr](https://www.kaspr.io/pricing), [ZoomInfo](https://www.zoominfo.com/pricing), [Cognism](https://www.cognism.com/pricing).*

Two head-to-head guides go deeper: [Apollo vs Lusha](https://enrich.chat/compare/apollo-vs-lusha/) and [ZoomInfo vs Lusha](https://enrich.chat/compare/zoominfo-vs-lusha/). For the other vendors, see our [Apollo alternatives](https://enrich.chat/alternatives/apollo/), [RocketReach alternatives](https://enrich.chat/alternatives/rocketreach/) and [ZoomInfo alternatives](https://enrich.chat/alternatives/zoominfo/).

## When is Lusha the better choice?

Lusha is the better choice when people reveal contacts one at a time in a browser and want signals, CRM sync and a compliance list in the same product. Pick Lusha if:

- Your reps reveal contacts on LinkedIn and other sites with the [Lusha extension](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/), which every plan includes, Free too.
- You want buying signals, intent topics and lookalike lists. Lusha sells them, and Enrich.chat has no signals or intent data.
- You want a workspace with tables, email sequences, call recordings and CRM export in one app.
- You need a published compliance list. Lusha's pricing page lists GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2 and ISO 27701 on every plan, and a do-not-call list on Scale.
- Your volume is small. The Free plan gives 40 credits a month, and Starter gives 400 for $49.90.

Choose Enrich.chat when the contact data goes into an agent, a sheet your agent fills or your own app, and you want credits spent only on what comes back. Enrich.chat has no Chrome extension, visual list builder, sequencing or dialer. For bigger databases with annual contracts, see the [best B2B data providers](https://enrich.chat/blog/best-b2b-data-providers/).

## How do you run Lusha-style lookups from an AI agent?

Add Enrich.chat's remote MCP server at `enrich.chat/mcp` (one-click links are on the [install page](https://enrich.chat/install/)), or paste one prompt into ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor so the agent reads [enrich.chat/agents.md](https://enrich.chat/agents.md). There is no key for the first 10 lookups each day. Each Lusha API has an Enrich.chat call in its place, apart from signals:

| Lusha API | What it returns | Enrich.chat call |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Person API | Email, phone and role from a LinkedIn URL, email, or name and company | `GET /v1/person` with `linkedin_url`, or `name` and `company` |
| Company API | Firmographics and technologies from a domain | `GET /v1/company` and `GET /v1/company/tech` |
| Prospecting API | Contacts and companies by title, seniority and location | `GET /v1/search` or `GET /v1/company/people` |
| Signals and Lookalike APIs | Job changes, hiring signals and similar accounts | No equivalent |

```text
Use www.enrich.chat to find a work email and mobile number for each LinkedIn URL on this list. Mark catch_all emails as risky and tell me the total credits used: [paste LinkedIn URLs]
```

The agent returns your rows with new columns and the total `credits_used`. It never logs in to LinkedIn, because a LinkedIn URL is only a lookup key. Each work email comes back with a status, `verified`, `catch_all` or `unknown`, and each mobile with a line type. Treat every 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/), where you log in with your email, pick Growth, Scale or Pro and pay at checkout. To try one profile in the browser first, use the free [LinkedIn email finder](https://enrich.chat/tools/linkedin-email-finder/). 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. See our [terms](https://enrich.chat/terms/).

## Frequently asked questions

### Is there a free alternative to Lusha?

Yes. Enrich.chat gives every IP address 10 lookups a day with no signup and no key. [Apollo's free plan](https://www.apollo.io/pricing) includes 75 credits a month, and [Kaspr's](https://www.kaspr.io/pricing) gives 15 B2B email credits and 5 phone credits a month. [FullEnrich](https://fullenrich.com/pricing) gives 50 trial credits. Lusha's own free plan has 40 credits a month. We checked each free tier on October 15, 2026.

### How much does Lusha cost per month?

[Lusha's Starter plan](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/) costs $49.90 a month for 400 credits, or $37.45 a month billed yearly. Pro runs from $69.90 for 600 credits and Premium from $399.90 for 3,400 credits on monthly billing, and both rise with a credit slider. A verified email costs 1 credit and a phone number costs 5. Scale is priced through sales. We checked these prices on October 15, 2026.

### Does Lusha have an API?

Yes. [Lusha's API](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/lushas-api/all-there-is-to-know-about-lushas-api) is on every plan, including Free, and each user gets a key by default. Rate limits run from 40 requests a minute and 100 a day on Free and Starter to 300 a minute and 50,000 a day on Scale. Each request costs at least 1 credit. Lusha also has an [MCP server](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/mcp/lusha-model-context-protocol-mcp-server) for Claude, ChatGPT and Codex.

### Does Lusha charge when nothing is found?

On the API, yes. [Lusha's credit guide](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/usage-analytics/how-credits-are-counted) says a request costs at least 1 credit even if no results come back. Unmatched rows in CSV enrichment and "not found" results in its waterfall cost 0 credits. On Enrich.chat, a lookup that returns found: false uses 0 credits, and each matched response shows credits_used.

### What is the cheapest Lusha alternative for phone numbers?

It depends on volume. For 500 contacts a month with an email and a mobile each, Enrich.chat costs $90 on the Scale plan. [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/pricing) costs $130 for two Basic seats and Lusha costs $362.40 on Pro, all on monthly billing. Cognism and ZoomInfo publish no prices. We read each price on October 15, 2026.

### Can I use Lusha data in my own AI agent or product?

[Lusha's API page](https://www.lusha.com/lusha-api/) says data brokers and other platforms cannot embed or expose the API in their own product without written consent. It also says API data cannot be used to train or develop AI or ML systems, except where its terms say otherwise. Read the terms of any vendor before you build. Enrich.chat's terms are at [enrich.chat/terms](https://enrich.chat/terms/).

## Sources

1. [Lusha pricing](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/)
2. [How credits are counted](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/usage-analytics/how-credits-are-counted)
3. [All there is to know about Lusha's API](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/lushas-api/all-there-is-to-know-about-lushas-api)
4. [Lusha API](https://www.lusha.com/lusha-api/)
5. [Lusha Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/mcp/lusha-model-context-protocol-mcp-server)
6. [Data Waterfall](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/lushas-api/data-waterfall)
7. [Lusha reviews](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/lusha.com)
8. [Apollo pricing](https://www.apollo.io/pricing)
9. [Apollo MCP](https://www.apollo.io/product/mcp)
10. [FullEnrich pricing](https://fullenrich.com/pricing)
11. [Kaspr pricing](https://www.kaspr.io/pricing)
12. [RocketReach pricing](https://rocketreach.co/pricing)
13. [Cognism pricing](https://www.cognism.com/pricing)
14. [ZoomInfo pricing](https://www.zoominfo.com/pricing)
15. [ZoomInfo MCP](https://www.zoominfo.com/solutions/zoominfo-mcp)
16. [ZoomInfo Software Pricing and Plans 2026](https://www.vendr.com/marketplace/zoominfo)

## Try this prompt

Run a Lusha-style list on Enrich.chat

```text
Use www.enrich.chat to find a work email and mobile number for each LinkedIn URL on this list. Mark catch_all emails as risky and tell me the total credits used: [paste LinkedIn URLs]
```

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