Key takeaways
- LeadIQ is built around capturing contacts in the browser and syncing them to your CRM.
- LeadIQ returns mobile numbers as well as emails; Pebbles Ai returns work emails only.
- Pebbles Ai starts from your ideal customer and finds companies, then people at up to ten of them.
- Leads in Pebbles Ai land in its own CRM, labelled Beta, beside the assistants that write outreach.
What is each product built for
LeadIQ is built for SDRs who prospect as they browse, while Pebbles Ai is built for teams that want an assistant to do the searching and the follow-on work in one place. LeadIQ describes itself as a B2B prospecting platform: its Chrome extension captures a lead from a profile or company site, returns contact details and syncs the record to your CRM.
Pebbles Ai is a go-to-market operating system. Its assistants find companies that match the customer you describe, find the right people at them, keep everyone in a built-in CRM and write outreach from the business knowledge and brand voice your team has set up.
Where is LeadIQ stronger
LeadIQ is stronger when a rep needs a phone number or wants to grab a contact without leaving the page they are on. It returns mobile numbers as well as emails, captures from the browser and pushes contacts straight into the CRM you already run.
It also tracks job changes for champions and surfaces signals from sources such as 10-K filings, podcasts and hiring, and its Lando agent combines your CRM data with third-party intelligence in the browser. If your team calls as much as it emails, those are deciding points.
- Mobile numbers as well as emails.
- Capture from the browser with a Chrome extension.
- CRM sync for captured contacts.
- Job-change tracking for champions.
Where does Pebbles Ai work differently
Pebbles Ai starts from a description rather than a page you are looking at. Describe your ideal customer and the assistant finds matching companies, up to 50 a search; Find fresh leads then searches 1 to 10 of them by role and location, 1 to 100 people a run. Each lead lands as a CRM contact with a work email where one is found, a confidence score and a catch-all flag.
The records stay in the workspace where the writing happens. The CRM, labelled Beta, holds deals, Kanban, saved views, ICPs, tasks and notes, and the assistants draft outreach from Company Intel. When a reply comes in, Smartbox writes a response in Fast, Balanced or Comprehensive mode from the thread and your brand voice.
Which team should pick which
Pick LeadIQ when your reps already work in a mature CRM and want fast capture with phone numbers; pick Pebbles Ai when you need the list, the records and the first drafts to come from one workspace. The split usually follows who owns the CRM.
Picture an illustrative five-person software start-up with no CRM yet. The founder describes the target market once, reviews the companies the assistant returns, finds two or three decision makers at each and gets a drafted email per person. A twenty-rep SDR floor on Salesforce that dials every morning would weigh it the other way.
- LeadIQ: SDR teams on an existing CRM, phone-led outreach, browser-first prospecting.
- Pebbles Ai: small teams building their first list and CRM, founders who also write the outreach.
What should you check before switching
Check whether your team needs phone numbers or a browser extension, because Pebbles Ai returns work emails, not phone numbers, and has no Chrome extension. Teams that rely on mobile numbers usually keep LeadIQ alongside.
Then plan the move of your existing contacts and records. Export LeadIQ contacts to CSV and import them into the Pebbles Ai CRM, and check where your system of record will live: Pebbles Ai has no native sync with HubSpot or Salesforce. Finally compare the units each product charges in on its pricing page, since LeadIQ counts credits and Pebbles Ai counts leads and AI credits.
Pebbles Ai and LeadIQ side by side
How each product approaches the same jobs, from Pebbles Ai's product records and LeadIQ's own public pages.
| Pebbles Ai | LeadIQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | A workspace of AI assistants for research, leads, outreach drafting, CRM and inboxes | Describes itself as a B2B prospecting platform |
| Finding prospects | Describe your ideal customer to find companies, up to 50 a search, then people by role and location at 1 to 10 named companies | Prospector Chrome extension captures leads from the browser, plus people search |
| Contact details returned | A work email where one is found, a confidence score and a catch-all flag; no phone numbers | Emails and mobile numbers, charged in credits |
| Outreach | Drafts email and LinkedIn outreach up to seven touches; emails saved as drafts in Gmail or Outlook | Scribe, an AI outbound message writer |
| CRM | Built-in CRM, labelled Beta: deals, Kanban, saved views, ICPs, tasks and notes; Attio and Pipedrive through MCP, each write following your execution mode | Syncs captured contacts to your CRM |
| AI control | Auto, Plan and Manual modes; the web app starts in Manual, where actions wait for approval | Lando, a conversational agent that combines CRM data with third-party intelligence in the browser |
| Company context | Company Intel holds your business knowledge and brand voice; memory carries context between chats | See their site |
Checked 2 November 2026 on each vendor's public pages. Where a cell says See their site, their pages did not state it when we checked, so confirm it with them.
About 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.
What its own pages say
- Describes itself as a B2B prospecting platform; its Prospector Chrome extension captures leads and syncs them to the CRM. Source: LeadIQ
- Emails and mobile numbers through people search, charged in credits: an email costs 1, a phone number 10 and an account enrichment 3. Source: LeadIQ
- An AI outbound message writer, job change tracking for champions, and signals from sources such as 10-K filings, podcast mentions and hiring, on every plan. Source: LeadIQ
- Lando, a conversational agent that combines first-party CRM data with third-party intelligence in the browser. Source: LeadIQ
- 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
Where LeadIQ is stronger
- Mobile numbers as well as emails for contacts.
- Capture from the browser with a Chrome extension and CRM sync.
Where Pebbles Ai differs
- Finds fresh leads inside 1 to 10 named target companies by role and location, 1 to 100 per run, landing as CRM contacts with a work email where one is found, a confidence score and a catch-all flag.
- Instead of capturing one profile at a time in the browser, you describe your ideal customer in chat and the assistant lists matching companies before finding people at up to ten of them.
- A built-in CRM, labelled Beta, with deals, Kanban, saved views, ICPs, tasks and notes, in the same workspace as the assistants.
- Smartbox works across Gmail and Outlook, with more than one inbox per provider, and Write with AI in Fast, Balanced and Comprehensive modes that use the thread and your brand voice.
Before you switch
- Pebbles Ai returns work emails, not phone numbers, and has no Chrome extension.
- Export LeadIQ contacts to CSV and import them into the Pebbles Ai CRM; teams that need mobile numbers may keep LeadIQ alongside.
We make Pebbles Ai. Facts about other products come from their own public pages, checked on .
Where Pebbles Ai fits
- CapabilityProspecting & customer recordsDescribe your ideal customer; your assistant finds matching companies, then the right people at up to ten of them, saved as CRM contacts.
- FoundationCompany IntelCompany Intel holds your business knowledge and brand voice, built from your website, files and pasted text, and the assistants write from it.
- CapabilitySmartboxSmartbox works across Gmail and Outlook and writes replies in Fast, Balanced or Comprehensive mode from the thread and your brand voice.
Common questions
Can I capture contacts into Pebbles Ai while browsing, as with LeadIQ?
No. Pebbles Ai has no Chrome extension. It works in its own web app, where you describe the companies and roles you want and the assistant finds them.
How do I import LeadIQ contacts into the Pebbles Ai CRM?
Export them from LeadIQ as a CSV and import the file into the Pebbles Ai CRM, which is labelled Beta and also imports contacts from Google and Microsoft.
How does Pebbles Ai count the leads it finds?
Each lead found uses one lead from your wallet, while company discovery uses AI credits by task size. Plan allowances are on the pricing page.
Are the contacts I import into Pebbles Ai used to train AI models?
No. Neither imported contacts nor your company information are used to train an AI model, and each business works in its own secured tenant.
About this page. Written by the Pebbles Ai team for people who run sales, marketing and growth. Last updated .
