Dropcontact vs Icypeas (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Dropcontact and Icypeas share a 2.6 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Icypeas starts cheaper, at $19 a month against about $26.81 a month.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Dropcontact grades higher on ease of use. Icypeas grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Dropcontact
GDPR-focused email finder that charges only for emails it finds
Which one is for you
Pick Dropcontact if
- Fits if you're in Europe and GDPR is on your mind
- Works for enriching one file with emails, then cancelling
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need phone numbers, since the plans list business emails only
- Not for you if you want to search for new leads, as there's no database
- Tight if you want your CRM enriched too, since email finder credits can't be used there
- Watch out: Starter quotas reset at each renewal, and credits carry over only on Growth
- Not for you if you want dollar prices, as the pricing page shows euros only
Pick Icypeas if
- Fits if you want emails and verification at a low price
- Works for people who like credits that never expire
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need phone numbers, as the phone finder is coming soon
- Not for you if you want a free plan, only 50 limited-time sign-up credits are offered
- Watch out: listed prices exclude VAT
- Watch out: only three integrations are listed
How we grade them
| 2.6GPADropcontactGood | 2.6GPAIcypeasGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B€24 a month billed yearly for 500 credits, and a credit goes only when a verified email comes back. It's priced by credits, not seats, and even for one person that's inside this category's cheaper quarter ($34). The listing doesn't say how many can share it. | A$19 a month for 1,000 credits, under 60% of the $33.25 cheaper quarter for lead-finding tools. Prices exclude VAT. |
| Free plan and trial | C50 free credits to try it, and no free plan after that. You can also pay for a month, run one file and cancel. | C50 free enrichment credits at sign-up, described as a limited-time offer, and no free plan. |
| Features | CEmail finding and checking from a file, one at a time or by API, with company data and job-change alerts on Growth. It does the email job fully, but that's a smaller job: no database to search, and no phone numbers below Entreprise. | CEmail finder and verifier, domain scan, scrapers and an API. The phone finder is still coming soon, which is a gap. |
| Ease of use | BNo App Store rating on record, but there's almost nothing to learn: drop in a CSV or Excel file and get it back with the emails filled in. | CNo store rating on record. Credits, scrapers and connectors to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with an API, an MCP server and a Google Sheets add-on, plus HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zapier and n8n. No desktop or phone apps. | BWeb only, with three connectors, an API and MCP. |
| Best for | GDPR-minded email finding for European teams | emails sold by the credit |
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: Dropcontact and Icypeas. How we grade
Price against what you get
Dropcontact starts at about $26.81 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Icypeas starts at $19 a month and scores 2.3.
Dropcontact scores higher, and starts $7.81 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other lead and email finders on the chart, none scores higher than Dropcontact for less, and none scores higher than Icypeas for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Icypeas also covers workflow automation and email verification.
At a glance
| Dropcontact | Icypeas | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | €24 per month for 500 credits, billed annually | $19 per month for 1,000 credits, excluding VAT |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 50 free credits to try it | 50 free data enrichment credits at sign-up, described as a limited-time offer |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Dropcontact | Icypeas |
| Price read from | dropcontact.com | icypeas.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Dropcontact
- Prices are in euros only; the pricing page shows no dollar prices.
- Email finder credits cannot be used for CRM enrichment, which is a separate subscription with its own pricing.
- Unused credits carry over only on Growth with an active subscription; Starter quotas reset at each renewal.
- The pricing page lists business emails only; mobile numbers are mentioned for the Entreprise CRM offer.
Icypeas
- Listed prices exclude VAT.
- The phone finder is listed as coming soon, so phone numbers are not available yet.
- Credits roll over with no expiry and no cap on how many can be stacked, even after a downgrade or cancellation.
- The page offers yearly billing at about 20% off, with Basic at $190 a year against $19 a month.
Key features
Dropcontact
- Pay on success
- A credit is charged only when a verified email is returned or an address is checked; if nothing is found the credit is refunded.
- Own algorithms, no database
- Emails are worked out and validated by Dropcontact's own algorithms on EU servers, including catch-all checks, rather than drawn from a contact database.
- File, single and API enrichment
- Drop in a CSV, XLS or TXT file, look up one person at a time, or use the API, MCP server and Google Sheets add-on.
- LinkedIn and company enrichment
- Growth adds enrichment from LinkedIn URLs without logging in, company data, job title cleaning and AI job classification.
- Company change detection
- Flags contacts who have moved to a new company, on the Growth plan and in the CRM product.
- CRM enrichment and deduplication
- A separate subscription works inside HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive to enrich records and merge duplicate contacts and companies.
Icypeas
- Email finder
- Finds a work email address for a named person at 1 credit per email found. Icypeas says you pay only for emails that are verified and deliverable.
- Email verifier
- Cleans a list at 0.1 credit per address, and the plans include verification of catch-all domains.
- Domain scan and reverse lookup
- Domain scan finds role-based addresses such as info@ at 1 credit per domain. Reverse email lookup finds a professional profile from an email at 10 credits.
- Profile and company scrapers
- Profile scraping costs 1.5 credits, company scraping 0.5, and finding a profile URL for a person or company 1 credit each.
- Search by people or company
- Find People and Find Companies searches cost 0.02 credit per result. The page lists a phone finder and lookalike finder as coming soon.
- API, connectors and MCP
- Every plan includes API access, no-code integrations with Make, Zapier and n8n, and an MCP connection.
Plans
Dropcontact
Starter€24
per month for 500 credits, billed annually (€29 billed monthly)
Email finding and verification, file and single searches, API, MCP and Google Sheets. €166 a month at 11,000 credits, billed annually.
Growth€29
per month for 500 credits, billed annually (€35 billed monthly)
Adds credit carryover, LinkedIn URL enrichment, AI job classification and company data. €253 a month at 11,000 credits, billed annually.
EntrepriseCustom
From 200,000 credits a month, with priority enrichment, real-time notifications, dedicated support and native CRM integrations.
Icypeas
Basic$19
per month for 1,000 credits ($190 a year billed yearly)
1,000 credits a month, enough for 1,000 found emails. Catch-all verification, API access and no-code integrations included.
Premium$39
per month for 4,000 credits ($390 a year billed yearly)
4,000 credits a month, with the same features as Basic.
Advanced$89
per month for 10,000 credits ($890 a year billed yearly)
10,000 credits a month, with the same features as Basic.
Hypergrowth$178
per month for 20,000 credits ($1,780 a year billed yearly)
Volume steps from 20,000 credits ($178) to 10 million ($34,930 a month); 100,000 credits is $499 a month.
Ways to pay less
Dropcontact
- Annual discount
About 20% off with yearly billing
Dropcontact's pricing page marks yearly billing -20%: Starter at 500 credits is €24 a month billed yearly against €29 monthly.
Icypeas
- Annual discount
Yearly billing, labelled 20% off
The pricing page marks yearly billing as saving 20%; for example Basic is $190 a year against $19 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Dropcontact or Icypeas?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Icypeas is cheaper to start with: $19 a month, against about $26.81 a month for Dropcontact. Dropcontact starts at €24 per month for 500 credits, billed annually, and Icypeas starts at $19 per month for 1,000 credits, excluding VAT.
Which has a free plan, Dropcontact or Icypeas?
As of Nov 12, 2026, neither Dropcontact nor Icypeas has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.