Lusha vs LeadIQ: which is right for you?
Features, pricing and fit, compared from a cold calling point of view. Not affiliated with either tool.
Lusha and LeadIQ are both B2B contact data tools that give reps phone numbers and emails and sync them to a CRM or sales tool. Neither one tells you whether a person will pick up. The differences are in how you pay, how you try each one, and who each is built for, so this page sets out what each vendor says on its own site.
- From
- Credits
- $0
- Free plan
- Yes
- Yes
The short answer
Here is who each of Lusha and LeadIQ suits best, from what each vendor says on its own site.
- You want a public price list, with credit costs shown for each reveal, so you can estimate what a call list will cost before you export it.
- You are a small team or a rep who prospects from LinkedIn, and a Chrome extension, API or MCP connection fits how you work.
- You want to test the data first on a free plan with 40 credits a month.
- You are an SDR, BDR or sales operations team that wants mobile numbers and emails in people search on every plan, including the free one.
- You want job change alerts that tell a rep when a past buyer moves to a new role.
- You want a 30-day trial of any plan, and you are happy to ask LeadIQ about Pro credits before you budget.
Side by side
| FEATURE | Lusha | LeadIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Startups, SMBs | Not listed |
| Starting price | Credits | $0 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Credits | Tiered plans |
| Works with | Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, monday CRM | Salesforce, HubSpot, Salesloft, Gong, Outreach |
Key features
- Reveal credits for emails and phones
- Direct dial database
- Buying signals
- Chrome extension, API and MCP
- CSV export
- People search with mobile numbers
- Prospector extension
- Champion tracking
- CRM enrichment and API
- AI account prospecting
Pricing
Free plan with 40 credits a month. Paid plans are Starter ($49.90 a month for 400 credits), Professional ($69.90 for 600) and Premium ($399.90 for 3,400), as listed monthly. Billed yearly, the page shows them as $37.45, $52.45 and $299.95 a month. An email reveal costs 1 credit and a phone reveal costs 5 credits.
See Lusha pricingFree plan with 1 user and 50 credits, Pro at $200 per month for up to 5 users, and Enterprise on custom annual pricing. Annual billing shows a 25% discount, with no annual Pro price stated.
See LeadIQ pricingWhere each fits in your calling
Lusha and LeadIQ sit at the same step of a calling day, so most teams choose one rather than both.
- STEP 1Find the numberBuild the list and fill in mobilesLushaLeadIQ
- STEP 2See who will pick upCheck the list before you dial
Will This Person Answer - STEP 3DialCall the high chance contacts
- STEP 4Log the callRecord the outcome and follow up
Frequently asked questions
Lusha publishes a full price list, from a free plan to Premium at $399.90 a month. LeadIQ shows Pro at $200 a month for up to 5 users but does not state Pro credit amounts or an annual price. Because of that gap, you cannot compare cost per phone number from the pages alone.
Lusha is credit based. Its pricing page says an email reveal costs 1 credit and a phone reveal costs 5. LeadIQ is tiered, with a Free plan, Pro and a custom-priced Enterprise plan. Pro shows a credit slider, so the amount you get depends on your selection.
Yes. Lusha advertises direct dials, and its CSV export has Phone 1 and Phone 2 columns with a phone type. LeadIQ lists emails and mobile numbers in people search on Free, Pro and Enterprise. Neither page says how likely a given number is to be answered.
Both have a free plan. Lusha's Free plan has 40 credits a month, which covers eight phone reveals at 5 credits each. LeadIQ's Free plan has 1 user and 50 credits, and its pricing page also says any plan can be tried free for 30 days.
Lusha describes a path for small teams and individual reps, with published prices and a free plan to test the data. LeadIQ is aimed at SDRs, BDRs and sales operations teams, and Pro is for up to 5 users. Ask LeadIQ about Pro credit amounts before you decide.
Both list Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, Salesloft, Gong, Clay, Zapier and Nooks. Lusha adds Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, monday CRM, Make, n8n and Bullhorn. LeadIQ adds Groove by Clari, Workato, Chili Piper and Orum. LeadIQ's HubSpot connection runs through Workato.
Lusha lists 26 buying signals such as funding, hiring and leadership changes, plus company data. LeadIQ tracks job changes, enriches CRM records and webforms, and adds AI account prospecting and CSV file enrichment on Enterprise. Both can enrich records you already hold.
With Lusha, only revealed contacts appear in a CSV, and a search export is limited to 150 contacts at a time. LeadIQ contacts can be exported as a CSV from LeadIQ or from the CRM it syncs to. Check each vendor's export limits before you plan a large list.
Yes. Neither connects to Will This Person Answer directly, so you export a CSV, check it, and load the results back. Only US phone numbers are checked, and the first 250 contacts are free. Each contact comes back as High chance, Low chance or Bad data.
Send High chance contacts to your dialer or call tasks first, move Low chance contacts to email and LinkedIn touches in Outreach or Salesloft, and drop Bad data numbers. For Lusha exports, Phone 2 is there if you want a second try on a Bad data contact.
Know who’ll answer
before you call.
Ask your AI tool who on your list will pick up. Every contact comes back High chance, Low chance or Bad data, with the best way to reach them.
No card required. US phone numbers only.