Key takeaways
- Lusha suits sellers who want email and phone lookups in the browser and CRM on credits.
- Cognism, Kaspr and LeadIQ also return phone or mobile numbers, by their own descriptions.
- Hunter focuses on finding and verifying email addresses.
- Pebbles Ai finds work emails at named companies and does not return phone numbers.
Why do teams look for Lusha alternatives
Teams look for Lusha alternatives when they want different coverage, a different buying model or contacts that flow into a wider workflow. Lusha offers email and phone lookups through a browser extension, CRM integrations, API and MCP, on credit-based plans with a free tier.
A team that calls first may want verified mobile numbers sold in packages. An SDR team may want capture and CRM sync in one click. A founder may want lookups to sit next to account research and the first draft of an email.
What matters when you compare Lusha alternatives
What matters most is how each tool performs on your own market and how contacts reach the place your team works. Run the same test list through every tool on your shortlist and compare the results side by side.
Take an illustrative two-person consultancy that sells to finance directors at UK manufacturers and calls before it emails. Phone coverage in the UK is the first filter; the second is whether numbers land in the CRM the partners already use.
- Phone and mobile coverage in your regions, if you call.
- Email verification and how uncertain addresses are marked.
- Where lookups happen: browser, CRM or a separate app.
- Buying model: credits per contact against seats or packages.
How do the main Lusha alternatives compare
Most Lusha alternatives are contact data tools that differ in coverage, channel and buying model. The notes rely on each vendor's own public pages, linked from the cards below.
- Cognism: verified mobile numbers, data it describes as compliance-first and intent data on Pro, in quote-based packages.
- Kaspr: a Chrome extension revealing emails and phone numbers from LinkedIn profiles, with CRM export and a free tier.
- Seamless.AI: a real-time contact search engine with a data engine, an engagement hub and AI agents.
- LeadIQ: browser capture with CRM sync, emails and mobile numbers on credits, and an AI message writer.
- Hunter: domain search, email finder and verifier, with simple sequences, an API and a free plan.
- Apollo.io: a self-serve contact database with sequences, a dialler and deliverability tools, and a free plan.
Where does Pebbles Ai fit as a Lusha alternative
Pebbles Ai fits teams that want to go from a list of target companies to researched, written outreach in one place, rather than look up contacts one at a time. You name one to ten companies, a role and a location, and it returns up to a hundred leads a run as CRM contacts with a work email where one is found, a confidence score and a catch-all flag.
Leads come from Pebbles Ai's own growing B2B contact database, GDPR compliant; it does not provide phone numbers or a browser extension. Its built-in CRM is labelled Beta, and the Marketing and Strategy assistants can research each account with numbered citations and draft outreach from your company knowledge.
Lusha alternatives at a glance
Who each alternative suits and whether it publishes a free plan, in each vendor's own terms.
| Best for | Free plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Cognism | Teams that call first and want verified mobile numbers, with intent data on the Pro package. | No |
| Kaspr | Sellers prospecting on LinkedIn who want contact details in one click. | Yes |
| Seamless.AI | Sellers who want to look up contact details for named prospects quickly. | Yes |
| LeadIQ | SDRs who prospect from LinkedIn and company sites in the browser and want contacts captured and synced straight into their CRM. | Yes |
| Hunter | Anyone who needs to find and verify professional email addresses quickly, with a free start. | Yes |
| Apollo.io | Sales teams that want a large self-serve contact database and a full outbound engine (sequences, calling, deliverability tools) in one subscription, starting free. | Yes |
| Pebbles Ai | Teams going from target companies to researched, drafted outreach; it has no phone numbers, browser extension, automated sequences or dialler. | No; Pro and Team start with a 1-month free trial |
From each product's own public pages, checked 2 November 2026. Plans change, so confirm on each vendor's site.
The products compared
Cognism
B2B contact and mobile data
A B2B data provider selling verified mobile numbers and contact data it describes as compliance-first, with intent data on Pro and a CRM enrichment add-on in quote-based packages.
Best for: Teams that call prospects and want phone-verified mobile numbers, with intent data and CRM enrichment from the same data vendor.
Pricing model: Standard and Pro, quote-based, 5 seats included; 1 credit = 1 revealed contact. Source: Cognism pricing
Kaspr
LinkedIn contact finder
A Chrome extension that reveals emails and phone numbers from LinkedIn profiles, with CRM export and per-user plans, including a free tier.
Best for: Sellers prospecting on LinkedIn who want contact details in one click.
Pricing model: Free, Starter, Business and Enterprise, per user. Source: Kaspr pricing
Seamless.AI
Real-time B2B contact search
A B2B contact search engine that finds sales leads in real time, with a data engine, an engagement hub and AI agents, and a free start with limited credits.
Best for: Sellers who want to look up contact details for named prospects quickly.
Pricing model: Plans and prices are on their own pricing page. Source: Seamless.AI pricing
LeadIQ
B2B prospecting and contact data
A B2B prospecting platform that captures contacts from the browser, returns emails and mobile numbers on credits, syncs to the CRM and adds AI message writing, job change tracking and an agent.
Best for: SDRs who prospect from LinkedIn and company sites in the browser and want contacts captured and synced straight into their CRM.
Pricing model: Free, Pro and Enterprise; Pro is priced by monthly credit volume, with monthly or annual billing and an annual discount; Enterprise is custom. Source: LeadIQ pricing
Hunter
Email finder and verifier
An email finding and verification tool with domain search, an email finder, a verifier, simple sequences, company discovery and an API, with a free plan.
Best for: Anyone who needs to find and verify professional email addresses quickly, with a free start.
Pricing model: Free, Starter, Growth, Scale and Enterprise; yearly billing at a discount. Source: Hunter pricing
Apollo.io
Sales intelligence and engagement platform
A go-to-market platform built around a B2B contact and company database it sizes at 240M+ contacts, with prospecting, enrichment, sequences, a dialler, meetings and deal tracking in one product, plus a free plan.
Best for: Sales teams that want a self-serve contact database and a full outbound engine (sequences, calling, deliverability tools) in one subscription, starting free.
Pricing model: Free, Basic, Professional and Custom plans; credits shared across the team and reset monthly; monthly or annual billing with an annual discount. Basic adds email sequencing, Professional adds AI features and call recording, Custom adds SSO and API. Source: Apollo.io pricing
We make Pebbles Ai. Facts about other products come from their own public pages, checked on .
Where Pebbles Ai fits
- CapabilityProspecting & customer recordsFind fresh leads at one to ten named companies by role and location; each lead uses one lead from your wallet and lands as a CRM contact.
- CapabilityAI workspaceThe Marketing and Strategy assistants research accounts and draft outreach in chat, in Auto, Plan or Manual mode.
Common questions
Which Lusha alternative is best for mobile numbers?
Cognism centres its data on verified mobile numbers, and Kaspr and LeadIQ also return phone numbers, according to their own pages. Pebbles Ai does not provide phone numbers.
Is there a free Lusha alternative?
Kaspr, Seamless.AI, LeadIQ, Hunter and Apollo.io publish free plans or tiers on their own pricing pages. Cognism does not list one. Pebbles Ai has no free plan; Pro and Team start with a 1-month free trial.
Can you import Lusha contacts into Pebbles Ai?
Yes. Export Lusha contacts as a CSV file and import them into the Pebbles Ai CRM.
About this page. Written by the Pebbles Ai team for people who run sales, marketing and growth. Last updated .
