SalesQL review (2026): is the free plan enough?
LinkedIn email finder with a contact database and campaigns
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SalesQL report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for a LinkedIn email finder on a budget
SalesQL is a LinkedIn email finder with a contact database and campaigns, with a free plan and paid from $29.25 a month. The free plan has 50 credits and no phones, and the API starts on Professional.
Who SalesQL is for
- Fits if you find emails from LinkedIn profiles
- Works for one person on a small budget
Who SalesQL is not for
- Tight if you're staying free: 50 credits a month and no phone numbers
- Skip it if you need the API on Basic, since it starts on Professional
- Pricey if you add seats: $5 each a month, sharing the plan's credit pool
- Watch out: the daily API limits are marked proposed and pending final validation
Why SalesQL gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money$29.25 a month billed annually for 2,000 credits, $39 monthly. That's inside the cheapest quarter, which tops out at $33.25.
- CFree plan and trialA free plan with 50 credits a month for 1 seat and no phone numbers.
- CFeaturesLinkedIn extension, contact database, CSV enrichment, campaigns, API and MCP. Basic has no API, and phones are paid only.
- BEase of useA Chrome extension you install and use. No store rating on record.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb and a Chrome extension, with four integrations, an API from Professional and MCP.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from SalesQL's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/salesql#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/salesql.svg" alt="SalesQL: 2.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where SalesQL stands among lead and email finders
SalesQL's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 34 of the 49 other lead and email finders we grade, and level with 7.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 34 of 49) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $29.25 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 8 of the 39 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 50 lead and email finders we grade, cut by the letter each got. SalesQL’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 34 of 49, level with 5
- CFree plan and trialAbove 11 of 49, level with 37
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 49, level with 34
- BEase of useAbove 34 of 49, level with 15
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 9 of 49, level with 40
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 40 lead and email finders. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep SalesQL, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace SalesQL you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 34 of the 49 other lead and email finders we grade. It costs $351 a year.
What you could make
- Web clipper: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
- It plugs into other products, HubSpot, Zoho and Mailchimp among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. SalesQL’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is SalesQL?
SalesQL reveals work and direct emails and phone numbers for people you find on LinkedIn, through a Chrome extension, a searchable contact database, CSV enrichment or an API. Each successful reveal costs one credit. Paid plans add email campaigns, and an MCP connection lets AI assistants search from a chat.
Worth knowing
- The Free plan has 50 credits a month and no phone numbers; phones come with reveals on paid plans only.
- Basic has no API access; the REST API starts on Professional.
- Daily API limits are marked as proposed and pending final validation on the pricing page.
- Extra seats cost $5 per seat per month ($45 per year on annual) and share the plan's credit pool.
Key features
- LinkedIn extension
- The Chrome extension reveals emails and phone numbers from LinkedIn profiles and search results, including Sales Navigator, Recruiter and Recruiter Professional Services.
- Contact database
- A Prospector searches a database the site puts at 185 million professional profiles by title, company, industry and location, then reveals or exports many contacts at once.
- CSV enrichment
- Upload a spreadsheet of names, companies or LinkedIn URLs and get verified emails, phone numbers and company data back, with file size limits that depend on the plan.
- Campaigns
- Email sequences go out from your own inbox with opens and clicks tracked per step. Each plan has a monthly recipient quota, and sending does not use credits.
- API and MCP
- A REST API comes with Professional and Premium. An MCP server lets assistants such as Claude or Cursor search and enrich contacts, using plan credits.
SalesQL pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, SalesQL has a free plan, and paid plans start at $29.25 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $29.25 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- 50 credits a month for 1 seat, with the Chrome extension, 100 campaign recipients a month and limited MCP access.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 credits a month, 1 seat, LinkedIn prospecting with the extension, 100 campaign recipients and limited MCP access. |
| Basic | $29.25per month for 2,000 credits, billed annually ($39 billed monthly) | 2,000 credits a month, 1 seat, phone numbers with each reveal, unlimited exports and CSV enrichment up to 1,000 rows. |
| Professional | $59.25per month for 5,000 credits, billed annually ($79 billed monthly) | 5,000 credits a month, 3 seats, API access, CSV enrichment up to 5,000 rows and priority support. |
| Premium | $89.25per month for 12,000 credits, billed annually ($119 billed monthly) | 12,000 credits a month, 5 seats, CSV enrichment up to 50,000 rows, higher API limits and priority support. |
Read from salesql.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with SalesQL before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount25% off with annual billing
Annual plans are billed once a year ($351 Basic, $711 Professional, $1,071 Premium) with all of the year's credits granted upfront.
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Common questions
Does SalesQL have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. SalesQL is listed for Web.
Does SalesQL have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. SalesQL is listed for Web.
Is SalesQL open source?
SalesQL is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does SalesQL have an API?
Yes. SalesQL offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.