Pricing analysis BetterContact pricing in a nutshell: Starter $15/mo · Pro 1K $49/mo · Pro 3K $149/mo · Pro 5K $199/mo · Pro 10K $399/mo · Enterprise from $799/mo. Annual billing gives 2 months free. Full tier breakdown, credit costs and hidden fees analysed below.
Plans
Bettercontact ships 4 tiers. Per-seat pricing combined with a credit system for data lookups - the listed price is rarely the real cost.
BetterContact pricing tiers - verified October 2026 against the vendor's own pricing page (monthly billing; annual billing is 2 months free):
| Plan | Price | Best for | Limits / Inclusions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $15/mo | 200 credits = 200 emails OR 20 phones | 200 · 200 credits = 200 emails OR 20 phones · Waterfall enrichment across 20+ data sources |
| Pro 1K | $49/mo | 1,000 credits = 1K emails OR 100 phones | 1,000 · 1,000 credits = 1K emails OR 100 phones · Premium support |
| Pro 3K | $149/mo | 3,000 credits = 3K emails OR 300 phones | 3,000 · All Pro 1K features |
| Pro 5K | $199/mo | 5,000 credits = 5K emails OR 500 phones | 5,000 · All Pro 1K features |
| Pro 10K | $399/mo | 10,000 credits = 10K emails OR 1,000 phones | 10,000 · All Pro 1K features |
| Pro 20K / 30K / 50K | $799 / $1,199 / $1,999/mo | 20,000 / 30,000 / 50,000 credits per month | 20K / 30K / 50K · All Pro 1K features |
| Enterprise | From $799/mo | Custom credit volumes above 20,000/mo | Custom · Dedicated account manager · Use your own API keys |
Credits
Bettercontact bills actions in credits with non-equal costs. A 5,000-credit plan does NOT mean 5,000 lookups.
How Bettercontact charges per action - the credit table buyers should memorise before signing :
| Action | Credits / cost |
|---|---|
| Email found + verified | 1 |
| Phone found + verified | 10 ! |
| Catch-all email (no charge) | 0 ✓ |
| Data not found (no charge) | 0 ✓ |
| Waterfall lookup (20+ sources) | 1 per row |
| Unused credits | Roll over up to 2× cap |
The; markers are bundled / free. The; markers are the line items that compound the bill - watch these closely when sizing your plan.
Compare
How Bettercontact stacks against Derrick, Hunter, and the other tools we benchmarked.
| Tool | Plan | Credits/month | Price/month | Cost/credit | Credits/email | Real cost/email |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BetterContact | Starter | 200 | $15 | $0.075 | 1 | $0.075 |
| BetterContact | Pro 1K | 1000 | $49 | $0.049 | 1 | $0.049 |
| Derrick | STANDARD | 10,000 (roll over) | €20 | €0.002 | 5 | ~€0.01* |
*How Derrick bills: Derrick is credit-based and priced in euros, with no per-seat fee. Derrick’s email finder consumes 5 credits per email and is charged only when an email is actually found (per result), which works out to about €0.01 on the STANDARD plan (€20/mo, 10,000 credits) only. Unused credits roll over on paid plans.
| Tool | Plan | Credits/month | Price/month | Cost/credit | Credits/phone | Real cost/phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BetterContact | Starter | 200 | $15 | $0.075 | 10 | $0.75 |
| BetterContact | Pro 1K | 1000 | $49 | $0.049 | 10 | $0.49 |
| Derrick | STANDARD | 10,000 (roll over) | €20 | €0.002 | 200 | ~€0.40 |
For phone finding, Derrick’s Phone Finder is 200 credits per phone, also billed only when a number is found: about €0.40 on STANDARD. Credits are shared across your whole team, with no separate phone quota to track.
Goal: Enrich 1,000 professional emails per month.
BetterContact Pro 1K:
Derrick STANDARD:
Takeaway: Derrick STANDARD covers double the email capacity (2,000) at €20/month, and unused credits carry over to the next month.
Goal: Monthly enrichment mix.
BetterContact:
Derrick PLUS:
Takeaway: Derrick handles the full phone-heavy mix on a single published plan (PLUS, €47.5/month), with no separate phone quota and one credit pool for your whole team.
What's included
| Feature | Starter | Pro | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support | Chat | Premium | Dedicated Account Manager |
| Catch-all verification | ✕ | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Mobile phone verification | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clay integration | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use your own API keys | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ Included |
| Enterprise bulk discounts | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
Rate limits: Not publicly documented. According to the FAQ, no strict limit as long as usage remains “reasonable” relative to your subscribed plan.
Geographic coverage: BetterContact excels on US/Europe data. Discovery rates may be lower in APAC, LATAM, or MEA markets according to community feedback.
No built-in outreach tool: BetterContact is purely an enrichment tool. You’ll need to combine it with a cold email/LinkedIn tool (Lemlist, La Growth Machine, etc.) for your campaigns.
Dependency on data providers: If one of the 20+ sources experiences downtime or modifies its API, discovery rates may temporarily drop for certain segments.
Need a standalone solution? Derrick works in its web app, in Google Sheets, through MCP (Claude, ChatGPT) and via the REST API. Discover Derrick →
The verdict
Bettercontact earns its place when :
- You want a single subscription replacing 5-10 individual data provider subscriptions via waterfall
- Your motion is enrichment-quality-obsessed and you want catch-all + not-found = $0 (no waste)
- You want public pricing on every tier, from Starter to Pro 50K, with annual billing at 2 months free
It doesn't earn its place when :
- You want a larger free trial: BetterContact gives 50 free credits at signup, then the lowest paid plan is Starter at $15/month
- Your motion is phone-heavy - 10-credit phones burn 10× faster than email
- You only need 1-2 data sources (e.g., FR-only Dropcontact, US-only Apollo) - waterfall premium isn't worth it
Why teams pick Derrick instead :
- You want enrichment in a web app with nothing to install, or IN your spreadsheet - credit-based pricing from €20/mo (STANDARD, 10,000 credits) with no per-seat fee
- You want credits that never expire while you stay on a paid plan (BetterContact caps rollover at 2× your plan)
- You want one credit pool shared across your whole team, with no per-seat fee
derrick •
Install the add-on and enrich your lists without leaving your spreadsheet.
Install in Google Sheets →
https://app1.derrick-app.com/mcp Call the same enrichment endpoints straight from your own stack or workflow.
Read the API docs →No credit card · No contract
Switch to Derrick
Derrick is a web app: nothing to install, no credit card, 100 free credits every month.
Sign up on the Derrick web app. Nothing to install, no credit card required: you start with 100 free credits per month.
Upload the CSV you exported from Bettercontact, paste LinkedIn URLs, or import from LinkedIn Sales Navigator. The same actions also run in Google Sheets, in Claude (MCP) and via the API.
Pick the column to enrich and the data you need: emails, phone numbers, LinkedIn data, company info, tech stack. Derrick fills the columns, and the email and phone finders only charge for what they find.
BetterContact starts at $15/month for the Starter plan (200 credits). Pro 1K is $49/month for 1,000 credits, and the higher Pro tiers are public too: 3K $149, 5K $199, 10K $399, 20K $799, 30K $1,199 and 50K $1,999 per month. Enterprise starts from $799/month (billed monthly) for volumes above 20,000 credits. 1 email = 1 credit, 1 mobile phone = 10 credits.
BetterContact gives 50 free credits when you sign up, no credit card needed, to test the waterfall. The lowest paid plan is Starter at $15/month.
Starter at $15/month for 200 credits. It's the entry point for testing the 20+ provider waterfall on small lists; teams running real volume move to Pro 1K ($49/mo) or higher.
BetterContact queries 20+ enrichment providers (RocketReach, Apollo, ContactOut, Datagma, People Data Labs, Prospeo, Hunter and more) sequentially until it finds a verified contact. You're charged 1 credit per successful work email, 10 per mobile phone - failed lookups don't consume credits.
Yes. BetterContact's pricing page has a Monthly/Annual toggle: annual billing is advertised as '2 months free' (you pay for 10 months and keep all 12) and it also extends credit rollover to 12 months. For example, Starter drops from $15 to about $12.50/mo and Pro 1K from $49 to about $40.83/mo.
Single-provider finders (Hunter, Findymail) are cheaper per credit but have lower hit rates on harder contacts. BetterContact's multi-provider waterfall lifts coverage at the cost of higher per-credit pricing - worth it for teams where contact completeness matters more than raw cost.
1 verified work email = 1 credit. 1 mobile phone number = 10 credits. Personal emails and other data points have their own credit weights. Only successful enrichments are billed, which makes effective cost depend heavily on your list quality.
For single-source email finding at lower cost: Hunter (€34/mo), Findymail ($99/mo) or Prospeo. Derrick is different: enrichment in a web app, in Google Sheets, through MCP (Claude, ChatGPT) or the API, with transparent, credit-based pricing in euros, from €20/month (STANDARD, 10,000 credits), no per-seat fee, and credits that roll over.
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