ContactOut
Detailed Description
ContactOut is a powerful B2B contact discovery platform focused on helping users uncover both email addresses and direct-dial phone numbers, particularly through LinkedIn profiles. Popular among recruiters, sales teams, and marketers, ContactOut excels at providing multi-channel contact details and enriching prospecting workflows. Its Chrome extension is one of the most effective LinkedIn scraping tools on the market, making it easy to discover and export contact information at scale.
Key Features
- Large Contact Database: Access hundreds of millions of professional profiles globally.
- Chrome Extension: Find emails and phone numbers while browsing LinkedIn and other websites.
- Email and Phone Finder: Retrieve work and personal emails, plus direct-dial numbers.
- Search Portal: Perform advanced searches across the database by title, company, industry, etc.
- Data Enrichment: Append job histories, company information, and social links.
- CRM Integrations: Integrate with Salesforce and other major CRM platforms.
Pros and Cons
✅ Pros:
- Extensive contact database.
- Strong integration with LinkedIn.
- Access to direct phone numbers (rare among email tools).
- Generally high data accuracy.
- Free plan available for light users.
❌ Cons:
- Paid plans are relatively expensive.
- Interface could be more intuitive.
- Focus leans more toward recruitment use cases.
- Some concerns about GDPR compliance and data sourcing.
Pricing Information
- Free Plan: Limited daily searches (~120 emails/month).
- Sales Plan: $99/month for 500 email credits.
- Recruiter Plan: 1000 credits (contact sales for pricing).
- Team Plan: Custom pricing with CRM integrations and team features. Higher tiers offer more credits, data enrichment, and team collaboration features.
User Feedback
ContactOut enjoys positive reviews, particularly within the recruiting and business development communities. Users appreciate its large database and LinkedIn integration, giving it a strong reputation for sourcing hard-to-find contacts. Cost is a common concern, and some users mention a steeper learning curve compared to simpler tools. Average user rating is ~4.4/5 across G2 and Capterra.
