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ContactOut vs RocketReach

We give ContactOut a 2.6 GPA and RocketReach a 2.4, out of 4.0. ContactOut grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, features and platforms.

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

ContactOut

Email and phone finder for recruiters and sales, priced flat

Free plan · from $39/mo
Full detailscontactout.com

RocketReach

Contact database for finding work emails and phone numbers

Free plan
Full detailsrocketreach.co

How we grade them

2.6GPAContactOutGood2.4GPARocketReachFair
Value for money
COne person pays $39 a month billed yearly for emails, or $79 with phone numbers, right at this category's middle ($39). Self-serve is one user per company, so a team of five gets a quote from sales, with no figure on record.
CNo self-serve prices on record, as the pricing page turned our reader away, so it sits at the ordinary grade. The one figure on record: custom plans for teams of five or more start at $6,000 a year, with 20,000 exports a year per license.
Free plan and trial
CA free plan for one user with 5 emails, 5 phone numbers and 5 exports a day, plus the extension and the search portal. Handy for the odd lookup, but 5 a day goes quickly.
CRocketReach's MCP page mentions a free plan, but we couldn't read its limits. A free plan with caps we can't name sits at the ordinary grade.
Features
BWork and personal emails, phone numbers, a search portal with 20-plus filters, a LinkedIn extension, email campaigns, enrichment and recruiting integrations. It covers the whole job, though numbers need the dearer plan.
BOver 700 million contacts with filters for skills, tech used and job changes, a Chrome extension, sequences, self-updating Autopilot lists, buyer signals, an API and an MCP server. It covers the whole job.
Ease of use
BNo App Store rating on record, but it's a Chrome extension on the LinkedIn and Sales Navigator you already use. Open a profile and the details are there.
CNo App Store rating on record. A single lookup is simple, but there's a big database to filter, plus sequences and Autopilot lists to set up before it does the lot.
Platforms and integrations
BWeb and a Chrome extension, with Salesforce, HubSpot, Lever, Greenhouse, Bullhorn, Zapier and Gmail. The API comes with team plans. No desktop or phone apps.
BWeb and a Chrome extension, with Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, Salesloft, Bullhorn and Zapier, plus an API and connectors for ChatGPT and Claude. No phone apps on record.
Best forpersonal emails and numbers for recruiterslooking up emails and numbers for sales and hiring

The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: ContactOut and RocketReach. How we grade

Where they differ

    In commonFree planWebBrowser extensionPublic APIAI featuresWeb clipperEmail campaigns

    At a glance

    ContactOutRocketReach
    PricingFree planFree plan
    Starts at$39 per month, billed annuallyNot published
    Free plan5 emails, 5 phone numbers and 5 exports a day for 1 user, with the browser extension, the search portal and a trial of premium features.RocketReach's MCP page refers to free and paid plans, but the free plan's limits could not be read.
    Free trialNone listedNone listed
    Web
    Browser extension
    Made byContactOutRocketReach LLC
    Price read fromcontactout.comNot confirmed
    CheckedOct 17, 2026Oct 17, 2026

    Who each one suits

    ContactOut

    • Recruiters reaching candidates at personal addresses
    • Single users who want a flat price instead of credits
    • Prospecting from LinkedIn and Sales Navigator

    RocketReach

    • Sales and recruiting teams looking up individual contacts
    • Prospecting from company websites and social profiles in Chrome
    • Teams of five or more that want unlimited lookups on one contract

    Worth knowing

    ContactOut

    • Paid self-serve plans allow 1 user per company; teams and API access go through sales.
    • Unlimited plans fall under a fair use cap of 2,000 emails and 1,000 phone numbers per account a month in the terms of service.
    • Phone numbers need the Email + Phone plan; the Email plan has no phone lookups.
    • Exports are capped separately from lookups: 300 a month on Email and 600 on Email + Phone, billed monthly.

    RocketReach

    • Prices could not be confirmed: the pricing page and help center answered automated readers with a bot check.
    • Custom team plans are for teams of 5 or more and start at $6,000 a year, with 20,000 exports a year per license.
    • The pages that could be read mention a desktop Chrome extension but no mobile apps or other browsers.
    • RocketReach Verify, for checking emails already in a CRM, is in beta as an early-access program.

    Key features

    ContactOut

    Chrome extension
    Shows personal and work emails and phone numbers on LinkedIn and Sales Navigator profiles, and saves people to a CRM or campaign.
    Search portal
    Search people and companies with more than 20 filters, including job title, revenue, company size, skills and technologies used.
    Email campaigns
    Send outreach to saved prospects and track opens, clicks and replies, with an AI Email Writer on the Email + Phone plan.
    Data enrichment and API
    Refresh CRM and spreadsheet records with contact data, through ContactSheets, Gmail enrichment or the API on team plans.
    Recruiting integrations
    Save candidates straight to Lever, Bullhorn and Greenhouse, alongside Salesforce and HubSpot for sales teams.

    RocketReach

    Contact database
    Search people and companies with filters for skills, technologies used and recent role changes. Team plan pages cite over 700 million contacts and 60 million companies.
    Chrome extension
    Looks up contact details for a person spotted on a social network or a company website, with a tab for the company's size, revenue and contacts.
    Email sequences
    Multi-step sequences and single messages sent from RocketReach, with an AI writer, templates, and tracking of replies, clicks and bounces.
    Autopilot
    A beta feature that builds search lists that update themselves on a schedule and feeds new leads into sequences.
    Insights
    Company and contact signals such as news, buyer intent and tech stack, to time outreach and tailor messages.
    API and MCP
    A contact data API available on any plan, and an MCP server with a ChatGPT plugin and Claude connector on free and paid plans.

    Plans

    ContactOut

    • Free$0

      5 emails, 5 phones and 5 exports a day, the browser extension and search portal, 1 user per company.

    • Email$39

      per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)

      1 user. Unlimited emails under a fair use cap of 2,000 a month, 3,600 exports a year (300 a month billed monthly), email campaigns and list builder.

    • Email + Phone$79

      per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)

      1 user. Adds unlimited phone numbers under a fair use cap of 1,000 a month, 7,200 exports a year, data enrichment and the AI Email Writer.

    • Team / APICustom

      Team plans and API access through sales, with bulk licensing, Salesforce and ATS integrations, team reports and an account manager.

    RocketReach

    Pricing could not be confirmed. See rocketreach.co.

    Ways to pay less

    ContactOut

    • Annual discount

      About 20% off with annual billing

      ContactOut's pricing page lists the Email plan at $39 a month billed annually ($468 a year) against $49 monthly, and Email + Phone at $79 against $99.

    RocketReach

    No public discounts listed.

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