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Best prospecting and lead finder tools in 2026, grouped by what they find
Lead finders differ in what they find (emails, phones, people on LinkedIn, accounts with signals) and in what the price counts (seats, credits, exports or tiers). Each vendor below states its own data size, which this page repeats as the vendor's claim and does not test. There is no ranking. Sellinger is on the list as a database of 700M+ contacts inside an AI SDR, not as a standalone data vendor.
Published by Sellinger AI. Numbers and settings checked on 19 October 2026 against the fact register. Report an error.
How this page was built
- Inclusion: a product whose own pages describe finding contacts, accounts or emails as a main job.
- Every cell links to the vendor page it was read from, dated 19 October 2026. Data sizes are the vendor's own statements and were not tested, and no accuracy figure is repeated as fact.
- Prices are as the vendor states them, with the unit. Seamless.AI is not listed because its pricing page showed no plans or prices on the date read.
- There is no total score, no ranking and no winner badge. Rows are alphabetical.
What each one states
| Tool | What it finds | Data size the vendor states | Price as stated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo | Contacts and accounts, with intent topics and a sequencer | 240M+ contacts and 30M+ accounts | Free $0; Basic $65; Professional $99 per seat a month |
| Clay | Leads and companies, enriched across a marketplace of data vendors | Not stated; 200+ vendors named on some pages and 150+ on others | Free $0; Launch $185; Growth $495 a month, unlimited seats |
| Cognism | European focused contacts with phone verified mobiles | Not published on the pages checked | Quote on request |
| Hunter | Emails by domain or name, with verification | 150,430,313 addresses verified and 1.2B+ public sources | Free 0€; Starter 49€; Growth 149€; Scale 299€ a month, pay monthly view |
| Lusha | Contacts with emails and phones | 515M+ contacts and 29M+ companies | Free $0; Starter $49.9; Professional $69.9; Premium $399.9 a month |
| RocketReach | Emails and phones | Not published on the pages checked | Essentials $19; Pro $52; Ultimate $115 a month billed annually |
| Sales Navigator | People and accounts on LinkedIn, with alerts | Search across more than a billion members, per LinkedIn | Core $119.99; Advanced $159.99 per license a month |
| Snov.io | Emails and contacts, with a CRM and sequences | 500M+ contacts and 60M+ companies | Starter $39; Pro S $99 a month, unlimited seats |
| ZoomInfo | Contacts, companies and intent | 500M+ contacts and 100M+ companies | Quote on request |
| Sellinger | People and companies, with verified emails and phones, plus intent signals | a database of 700M+ contacts | Lookups from $0.01; LinkedIn $198 per agent per month for 1 to 2 agents, $168 at 10 or more agents |
Sources: apollo.io, read 19 October 2026; clay.com, read 19 October 2026; cognism.com, read 19 October 2026; hunter.io, read 19 October 2026; lusha.com, read 19 October 2026; rocketreach.co, read 19 October 2026; business.linkedin.com, read 19 October 2026; snov.io, read 19 October 2026; zoominfo.com, read 19 October 2026. Sellinger from the facts page and pricing. Data sizes are each vendor's own and are not comparable counts.
Grouped by what you do with the data
| You want | Tools that list it | What the pages say |
|---|---|---|
| Data to export into your own tools | Cognism, Hunter, Lusha, RocketReach, ZoomInfo | These sell data first, by credits, exports or quote, with CRM connections for Salesforce and HubSpot |
| Data and sequences in one suite | Apollo, Snov.io | A database with a sequencer and in Snov.io's case a CRM, priced per seat or per tier |
| Data enriched step by step in a table | Clay | A table with a marketplace of data vendors and credits for actions and data |
| Data and an agent that does the outreach | Sellinger | Search over 700M+ contacts, then the agent writes and answers |
The grouping is ours, based on the vendors' own descriptions.
Where Sellinger sits
Sellinger lets you search people and companies over a database of 700M+ contacts, find verified emails and phone numbers at from $0.01 a lookup, and add intent signals on LinkedIn, then have the agent write to them. This page makes no accuracy claim for the data and did not test any vendor's.
When not to choose Sellinger
- You need contact data and no outreach. Hunter, Lusha and RocketReach start at a price below a Sellinger agent, and Hunter and Lusha have free plans.
- You prospect mainly in Europe and want phone verified mobiles with Do Not Call screening. That is Cognism's stated focus.
- You want to search LinkedIn natively with alerts for one human seller. Sales Navigator is LinkedIn's own product.
- You need Salesforce or Pipedrive connected today. Sellinger lists Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zoho as coming soon, with a two way HubSpot sync today.
Common questions
Which lead finder has the biggest database?
Which lead finders have a free plan?
Does Sellinger sell data on its own?
Why is Seamless.AI missing?
Sources and method
Vendor cells read from each vendor's own pages on 19 October 2026, linked in the tables. Sellinger from the facts page.
Related: Hunter alternatives, Lusha alternatives, Signal based vs database prospecting.
