Seamless AI alternatives: six tools with published plans and free starts

Seamless AI alternatives: the six tools

Seamless.AI says it is free for up to 50 credits and then sells through its sales team, and its pricing page forwards to a sales form that prints no price. The six alternatives print their plans. Five give a free allowance before any paid step, and UpLead gives a 7-day trial of 5 credits instead.

• Lusha, Apollo.io or Prospeo for a printed plan with a free tier before any paid step.
• UpLead for one user who wants the email and the mobile direct dial from one credit.

What Seamless.AI offers: 50 free credits, credit back and a sales quote

After its 50 free credits, Seamless.AI says it offers many pricing options through its sales team. Its sales form lists unlimited users, bulk credits, prospector, job changes, buyer intent and enrichment among the items it prices.

Seamless.AI says it refunds a credit automatically for an invalid email, and says credits return for invalid emails or bad data. Its bulk credits are one pool across search, enrichment, the AI Assistant, Autopilot and the API, per Seamless.AI. Its home page, pricing page and sales form print no plan price or credit count.

Free starts: Apollo.io, Lusha, Prospeo, Snov.io and Hunter

Apollo.io's Free plan gives 75 credits per seat a month. Lusha's gives 40 credits a month with no credit card. Prospeo's gives 100 credits a month, and Prospeo says the Free plan is available forever. Hunter's gives 50 credits a month, has no time limit and needs no credit card. Snov.io's Trial plan gives 50 credits and renews every month. Hunter's price stays on Hunter's own pricing page. Free B2B contact databases sets them side by side.

A two-person agency that needs about 300 contacts a month for outbound to US dental practices passes all five allowances, since none reaches 300 credits. Apollo.io alternatives prices the step after it.

UpLead for email and mobile in one credit

On UpLead's pricing page, one credit unlocks one contact for download or CRM export and includes the email and the mobile direct dial. Essentials is a single-user plan with 170 credits a month. With Valid Only selected, the help center says UpLead charges credits for valid emails only. UpLead vs Seamless.AI compares the two.

UpLead's home page promises refunds for bounces and poor data, so ask UpLead in writing how a refund is claimed.

Picking by credit unit

The credit unit decides what a phone number costs. Lusha charges 5 credits for a phone number, Prospeo 10 credits for a mobile number, and Hunter 0.5 credit to verify an email. UpLead charges 1 credit for a contact with the email and mobile direct dial. Credit units do not compare one to one, so a price per credit says little until you know how many credits a usable contact takes.

UpLead has no free tier like Seamless.AI's 50 credits. Its 7-day trial of 5 credits needs payment details at activation, and the help center says an account not canceled by day 7 is billed $890 annually for the Essentials Plan.