Key takeaways
- UpLead sells verified contacts by the credit, with intent data on its top plan.
- Lusha, Cognism and LeadIQ add mobile or phone numbers; Hunter focuses on email finding and verification.
- Seamless.AI offers real-time lookup, and ZoomInfo enterprise data packages.
- Pebbles Ai finds leads at companies you name from its own GDPR-compliant B2B contact database, with a work email where one is found.
Why do teams look for UpLead alternatives
Teams look for UpLead alternatives when they need different coverage, phone numbers, team plans or a workflow beyond buying lists. UpLead is a B2B contact database with credit-based plans for finding and verifying emails, intent data on its Professional plan and single-user plans below it.
Teams growing past one seller, or wanting contacts captured where they already prospect, often start comparing at that point.
What should you look for in an UpLead alternative
Look at the data you actually use in outreach, then at how it reaches your CRM. Buying more fields than you use costs credits without helping.
As a worked example, an invented company selling fleet software to UK haulage firms mostly emails operations directors and rarely calls. Email coverage and verification matter most to it, mobile numbers much less. A phone-led team would rank the same tools differently.
- Data types: work email, mobile numbers and company data.
- Regions you sell into, and how compliance is handled.
- Verification: how emails are checked before you send.
- Workflow: browser extension, CRM integration or API.
- Pricing structure: credits, seats or packages.
How do the main UpLead alternatives compare
The main alternatives are contact data tools with different strengths, plus a workspace that finds leads per account. Each line names the data the product returns; the cards further down link to each site.
- Lusha: emails and phone numbers through a browser extension, CRM integrations, an API and MCP, with a free tier.
- Cognism: verified mobile numbers, data it describes as compliance-first and intent data on Pro, quote-based.
- Seamless.AI: real-time contact search for named prospects, with a free start with credits.
- Hunter: domain search, an email finder and verifier, simple sequences and an API, with a free plan.
- LeadIQ: contact capture from the browser with emails, mobile numbers and CRM sync, plus AI message writing.
- ZoomInfo: enterprise contact and company data with intent and website visitor data, quote-based.
- Pebbles Ai: leads found inside named companies by role and location, kept in a CRM labelled Beta and followed by drafted outreach.
How is Pebbles Ai different from UpLead
Pebbles Ai differs by finding leads for specific accounts instead of selling access to a database. In Find fresh leads you name 1 to 10 target companies with at least one role and one location, and get 1 to 100 leads 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, and each lead found uses one lead from your wallet. It does not provide phone numbers. Assistants then research the account and draft email and LinkedIn outreach from Company Intel.
UpLead alternatives at a glance
Who each option suits and whether its own site lists a free plan.
| Best for | Free plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Lusha | Sellers who want email and phone lookups from a browser extension, CRM integrations or an API, on credit-based plans. | Yes |
| Cognism | Teams that want verified mobile numbers, with intent data on Pro, in quote-based packages. | No |
| Seamless.AI | Sellers who look up contact details for named prospects in real time. | Yes |
| Hunter | Anyone who needs to find and check professional email addresses by domain or by name, starting on a free plan. | Yes |
| LeadIQ | SDRs who prospect from LinkedIn and company sites in the browser and want contacts captured and synced straight into their CRM. | Yes |
| ZoomInfo | Larger sales and marketing organisations that want contact and company data, buyer intent and conversation intelligence in quote-based packages. | No |
| Pebbles Ai | Teams that want leads found at named companies, with a work email where one is found, then drafted outreach; no phone numbers. | No |
Best for is our own summary of each product's public pages, and the free plan column is what each site lists. Pebbles Ai has no free plan; Pro and Team start with a 1-month free trial. Plans change, so check their sites before you decide.
The products compared
Lusha
B2B contact data and enrichment
A B2B contact data tool for finding emails and phone numbers through a browser extension, CRM integrations, API and MCP, on credit-based plans with a free tier.
Best for: Sellers who want email and phone lookups in the browser and CRM with simple credit pricing.
Pricing model: Free, Starter, Professional, Premium and Scale, by monthly credits. Source: Lusha pricing
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
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
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
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
ZoomInfo
B2B data and sales intelligence platform
An enterprise B2B data platform for sales and marketing teams, offering contact and company data, buyer intent, website visitor data and AI email generation in packaged, quote-based plans.
Best for: Larger sales and marketing organisations that need deep contact coverage, intent signals and conversation intelligence under one enterprise contract.
Pricing model: Packages priced by features, licences and credits (1 export = 1 credit); quote-based. Source: ZoomInfo pricing
We make Pebbles Ai. Facts about other products come from their own public pages, checked on .
Where Pebbles Ai fits
- CapabilityProspecting & customer recordsName up to ten target companies with a role and a location; leads land as CRM contacts with a work email where one is found, a confidence score and a catch-all flag.
- CapabilityOutreach contentDraft email and LinkedIn outreach of up to seven touches for the leads you found, saved in your connected Gmail or Outlook mailbox.
- FoundationCompany IntelCompany Intel holds your business knowledge and brand voice, so the drafts speak to the buyer's problem in your words.
Common questions
Does Pebbles Ai add phone numbers to the leads it finds?
No. Each lead comes with a work email where one is found, a confidence score and a catch-all flag; teams that move from UpLead and call prospects keep a phone data source.
Which UpLead alternatives include mobile numbers?
Lusha, Cognism, LeadIQ and ZoomInfo each list phone or mobile numbers on their own sites. Check coverage for your regions before you buy.
Can I move my UpLead lists into Pebbles Ai?
Yes. Export them from UpLead as CSV and import the file into the Pebbles Ai CRM.
About this page. Written by the Pebbles Ai team for people who run sales, marketing and growth. Last updated .
