RocketReach vs UpLead
We give RocketReach a 2.4 GPA and UpLead a 2.2, out of 4.0. RocketReach grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
RocketReach
Contact database for finding work emails and phone numbers
UpLead
B2B contact database with verified emails and mobile numbers
How we grade them
| 2.4GPARocketReachFair | 2.2GPAUpLeadFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | D$74 a month billed yearly for one user and 170 credits, which is where this category's dearest tenth starts ($74). Team seats need the custom Professional plan, so there's no five-person figure on record. Extra credits are $0.60 each. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | CA 7-day free trial with 5 credits, and no free plan. Five contacts is enough to check the data looks right, not much else. |
| Features | 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. | BOver 200 million contacts with filters, a verified email and mobile for one credit, a Chrome extension, technographics and enrichment from Plus, and intent data on Professional. It covers the whole job. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo App Store rating on record. The work is building target lists from filters such as industry, size and tech used, which takes a little learning. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | BWeb and a Chrome extension, with Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Outreach, Salesloft and Zapier. Full API access only on Professional. |
| Best for | looking up emails and numbers for sales and hiring | verified emails and mobiles for target lists |
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: RocketReach and UpLead. How we grade
Where they differ
- RocketReach has a free plan. UpLead does not, though it has a free trial.
- RocketReach also covers email campaigns.
At a glance
| RocketReach | UpLead | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | Not published | $74 per month for 170 credits, billed annually |
| Free plan | RocketReach's MCP page refers to free and paid plans, but the free plan's limits could not be read. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial with 5 credits |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | RocketReach LLC | UpLead |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | uplead.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
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
UpLead
- Sales teams that need direct mobile numbers as well as emails
- Building target lists by industry, size or technology used
- Buyers who want monthly billing without an annual contract
Worth knowing
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.
UpLead
- Essentials and Plus are single-user accounts; team seats need the custom Professional plan.
- Essentials includes 170 credits a month, one per contact; extra credits cost $0.60 each ($0.50 on Plus).
- Data enrichment and technographics start on Plus; intent data and full API access only on Professional.
- The trial gives 5 credits over 7 days; there is no free plan.
Key features
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.
UpLead
- Prospector search
- Filter a database the company puts at over 200 million contacts and 16 million companies by industry, size, revenue, location and job details.
- Verified emails and mobile numbers
- One credit unlocks one contact's verified email and mobile direct dial for download or CRM export. UpLead states 95% email accuracy.
- Chrome extension
- Shows contact and company data while browsing LinkedIn or a company's website, and sends leads to a CRM or a CSV file.
- Technographics and enrichment
- From the Plus plan, search companies by more than 16,000 technologies they use and fill in missing contact and company data.
- Intent data and competitor intelligence
- The Professional plan adds buyer intent data on companies researching a topic and lookalikes of existing customers.
- CRM and sales tool connections
- Exports to Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Outreach, Salesloft and others, plus Zapier.
Plans
RocketReach
Pricing could not be confirmed. See rocketreach.co.
UpLead
Essentials$74
per month for 170 credits, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
One user, verified emails and mobile numbers, the Chrome extension and CRM integrations. Billed yearly it comes as 2,040 credits for the year.
Plus$149
per month for 400 credits, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)
One user. Adds data enrichment, technographics, email patterns, advanced filters and suppression lists; 4,800 credits a year when billed yearly.
ProfessionalCustom
Custom seats and credits, sold through a demo and billed annually only. Adds intent data, full API access, two-way CRM sync and a success manager.
Ways to pay less
RocketReach
No public discounts listed.
UpLead
- Annual discount
About 25% off with yearly billing
UpLead's pricing page shows Essentials at $74 a month billed yearly against $99 monthly, and Plus at $149 against $199.
