ContactOut Alternatives for B2B Teams Who Need Work Emails, Not Personal Ones

ContactOut is very good at one thing: finding people's personal emails. That's why recruiters love it.

But if you sell to businesses, a personal Gmail address usually isn't what you want. A VP of Sales doesn't expect a vendor pitch in their personal inbox, and it's harder to justify under India's new data protection rules. What you need is their verified work email and a direct number that connects.

That's where most B2B teams start looking for a ContactOut alternative. This guide covers what ContactOut costs, the limits that catch teams out, and the alternatives worth testing.

The short version: for verified work emails and direct phone numbers, billed monthly in rupees, where you pay only for verified contacts, try prospiq. For a full sales platform with sequences, Apollo. For recruiting teams that need personal emails on several seats, SignalHire.

What ContactOut costs (October 2026)

ContactOut's price changes a lot depending on one toggle: whether you include US and UK data.

Free: 5 emails, 5 phones and 5 exports a day. Team and API plans: contact sales.

Source: ContactOut pricing, checked 24 October 2026. Prices are in US dollars.

Where ContactOut falls short for B2B teams

1. One user per company

Self-serve plans are limited to one user per company. The moment a second SDR or recruiter needs access, you're in a sales conversation for a team plan.

2. "Unlimited" isn't unlimited

Plans are sold as unlimited, but exports are capped at 300 or 600 a month. A third-party review by Saleshandy also reports fair-use limits of about 2,000 emails and 1,000 phone numbers a month. ContactOut doesn't publish that limit on its pricing page.

3. Strong on personal, weaker on business

Reviewers rate ContactOut well for personal emails and less well for verified work emails at B2B companies. If work email is what you need, you're paying for a strength you don't use.

4. Dollar pricing with a timer on it

The headline prices are labelled "limited time", and they're in dollars. For an Indian team, that's a price that can move with the offer and with the exchange rate.

The alternatives worth testing

1. prospiq: verified work emails and direct numbers, billed in rupees

prospiq does one job: give you a person's verified work email and direct phone number from their name and company. It was built by a B2B sales founder who got tired of paying for emails that bounced.

How you're charged

• 1 credit for a verified work email, 10 for a phone number.
• Nothing is charged if nothing is found.
• Every email is checked with the recipient's mail server before you're charged.
• If a verified email still bounces, send it to support@prospiq.net within 30 days and you get the credit back.
• Looking up someone you've already revealed is free, even months later.
• Unused credits carry forward for one month.

What you get

• Single lookups, bulk enrichment from a CSV, and verification of lists you already have.
• A Chrome extension for LinkedIn and Sales Navigator, so you can reveal a contact without leaving the profile.
• prospiq AI at no extra cost: cold email writer, ICP builder, company research and a prospecting coach.
• Team add-ons when more people need access.

Pricing in rupees, monthly, no lock-in

Prices exclude 18% GST. You get a GST invoice. Cancel any month.

Good to know: prospiq returns business contact details only, not personal emails. If you need candidates' personal Gmail addresses, ContactOut is still the specialist.

Best for: B2B sales teams, staffing agencies reaching HR and TA heads, and founders doing their own outreach.

Try prospiq free with 20 credits, no card needed →

2. SignalHire

$57 a month billed yearly for emails or phones, $83 for both. Unlimited users on paid plans, and personal as well as work emails. Monthly billing costs much more. More in our SignalHire alternatives guide.

Best for: recruiting teams who need personal emails on several seats.

3. Apollo.io

Basic at $49 per user a month billed yearly, Professional at $79. Data, sequences and a dialer in one platform.

Best for: sales teams that want one platform and will use all of it.

4. Lusha

Starter at $49.90 a month for 400 credits. Phone numbers cost 5 credits. More in our Lusha pricing guide.

Best for: small teams who live in the browser extension.

5. RocketReach

Pro from Rs 4,367 a month, or Rs 19,084 a year upfront with an export cap. More in our RocketReach alternatives guide.

Best for: teams happy to pay for a full year upfront.

Work email or personal email?

• Recruiting a candidate? A personal email can make sense, because you're talking about their next job, not their current one.
• Selling to a business, or pitching your agency to a company's HR team? Use their work email. It reaches them in their professional role, it's what they expect, and it's easier to justify as India's DPDP Act comes into force. Read more in our guide to cold email under the DPDP Act.

How to test any tool in 20 minutes

1. Take 20 people from your real target list, including a few hard ones.
2. Run them through each tool.
3. Count only work emails you'd actually send to, and numbers that connect.
4. Divide your monthly cost by that number.

That's your real cost per usable contact. prospiq's 20 free credits are enough to run this test before you pay anything.

FAQ

How much does ContactOut cost?

As of October 2026, the Email plan is $49 a month including US and UK data or $25 excluding it. Email + Phone is $99 a month including US and UK data or $49 excluding it. The US/UK prices are shown as limited-time offers.

Can more than one person use a ContactOut plan?

Self-serve plans are limited to one user per company. For more users, ContactOut asks you to contact sales.

What's the best ContactOut alternative for B2B sales in India?

If you need verified work emails and direct numbers, billed monthly in rupees with a GST invoice, prospiq. If you want data and sequences in one platform, Apollo.

Does prospiq find personal emails?

No. prospiq finds verified work emails and phone numbers for business contacts.

Can I try prospiq before paying?

Yes. The free plan gives you 20 credits with no card needed.