Updated October 2026

Pricing analysis

Dropcontact Pricing 2026: From €29/month, €79 for 4,000 Credits

Q: How much does Dropcontact cost?

Dropcontact starts at €29/month for 500 credits on Starter (€24/month billed yearly), and Growth starts at €35/month. The €79/month figure buys 4,000 credits on Starter (€120 on Growth). Enterprise is custom pricing from 200,000 credits/month. For a credit plan whose credits never expire while you stay on a paid plan, Derrick App starts at 20 EUR/month for 10,000 credits , spent in the web app and Google Sheets (Claude through MCP and the API from the Plus plan).

Q: Is Dropcontact free?

Dropcontact offers 50 free credits to try, shown under both Starter and Growth. It is a trial, not a recurring free plan, and the vendor's pricing page lists no standalone free email verifier. Paid plans start at €29/month. For a recurring free entry point, Derrick App offers a free tier with 100 credits/month.

Q: What's the real total cost of ownership for Dropcontact?

Dropcontact's entry price (€29/month) is for 500 credits only; the pricing page loads on the 4,000-credit quota (€79/month on Starter, €120/month on Growth), and the price keeps climbing with the quota (11,000 credits: €199 / €303). API & MCP access and the Google Sheets add-on are included from Starter. Credit carry-over is a Growth feature, so on Starter unused monthly credits are lost. Real-time enrichment latency (2-8 seconds per lookup) means batch jobs are slower than database-query tools like Apollo or Hunter.

Q: How does Dropcontact pricing compare to Derrick?

Dropcontact starts at €29/month for 500 credits and scales with the credit quota you choose (no per-seat price is published). Derrick App runs on credits : a free plan with 100 a month, then 10,000 for 20 EUR, spent row by row in the web app and Google Sheets (Claude through MCP and the API from the Plus plan), and credits never expire while you stay on a paid plan. For EU teams prioritising GDPR posture that don't need the full b2b contact data platform feature surface, Derrick is the lower-friction comparison anchor.

Q: Are Dropcontact credits / seats / tiers flexible?

You choose a monthly credit quota on Starter or Growth (500 to 150,000 credits), and the price follows it. See the plans table above for the quotas listed. Yearly billing is shown as -20% but the real gap is about 16%. Credit carry-over exists only on Growth; the 50 free credits are a one-time trial.

Q: What's the cheapest Dropcontact alternative for solo / SMB use?

For web app or spreadsheet workflows, Derrick App from 20 EUR/month is the most direct lower-cost alternative. For broader B2B database access at low entry cost, Apollo has a generous free tier (10K credits/month). For pure email finding, Hunter starts at €34/month. See the full Dropcontact alternatives guide for the ranked decision framework.

Tier-by-tier Dropcontact pricing for 2026 : Starter from €29/month (500 credits), Growth from €35/month, Enterprise from 200,000 credits/month, with the price set by the credit quota you pick. Where Derrick App's €20/month entry plan fits as a cheaper web app + Sheets alternative. Buyer-side analysis based on real G2 + Capterra reviews + the vendor's published pricing.

✓ Pick Dropcontact if

You're a FR / EU team where GDPR-defensibility + EU data coverage matter more than per-credit cost
Your motion is email-finder-heavy with high-quality French/Western European contacts

✕ Skip if

Your motion is US-heavy - Hunter, Findymail, Apollo Free all have stronger US coverage
You need mobile numbers - Dropcontact adds business phone numbers only, never private mobile numbers

Price transparency 8/10

Value at small team 6/10

Hidden costs Medium+

↓ See pricing plans what Dropcontact actually does →

Dropcontact vs Derrick · price for the same credit volume

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Heads up - Derrick is a data layer, not a sequencer. It enriches contacts (email, mobile, company, signals) in its web app (or Google Sheets, Claude, API). If you also need cold-email sequencing, dialer or CRM workflow, you'll keep your existing stack (La Growth Machine, Lemlist…) - Derrick replaces only the data-enrichment line of your Dropcontact bill.

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Plans

Dropcontact's 3 paid tiers, side by side

Dropcontact ships 4 tiers. Per-seat pricing combined with a credit system for data lookups - the listed price is rarely the real cost.

Free trial (50 credits)

€0 €0 monthly

CreditsOne-time trial
Min seats1

50 free credits shown under both Starter and Growth
Pay on success: credits are re-credited when no email is found
Not a recurring free plan
Native email validation is part of the paid plans

A trial, not a free plan: once the 50 credits are used you need a paid plan. The vendor's pricing page lists no standalone free email verifier plan.

Starter

From €24/mo billed yearly From €29/mo (500 credits) monthly

Credits6,000 at the 500-credit quota/yr
Min seats1

Price set by a monthly credit quota: 500 credits €29, 1,500 €59, 4,000 €79, 11,000 €199
Email enrichment + native email validation (advanced catch-all verification)
Google Sheets add-on, API & MCP access
SIREN, SIRET, NAF and VAT number for French companies

The headline €79/mo is the 4,000-credit quota, not 500 credits: the pricing page loads with 4,000 credits selected. Entry is €29/mo for 500 credits (€24/mo billed yearly). The yearly badge says -20%, the real gap is about 16%. No credit carry-over on Starter.

Growth

From €29/mo billed yearly From €35/mo (500 credits) monthly

Credits6,000 at the 500-credit quota/yr
Min seats1

500 credits €35, 1,500 €72, 4,000 €120, 11,000 €303
Credits carry over (no duration stated)
Company change detection and AI-powered job classification
Everything in Starter

Same quota ladder as Starter at a higher price per quota (4,000 credits: €120/mo vs €79/mo). What Growth adds: credit carry-over, company change detection and AI-powered job classification.

Enterprise

Custom pricing according to volume Custom monthly

CreditsCustom/yr
Min seats1

From 200,000 credits/month
Custom pricing according to volume
Real-time enrichment notifications
Everything in Growth

Sales-led, no public price. The self-serve ladder goes up to 150,000 credits/month; Enterprise starts at 200,000.

Why these tiers exist - full plan breakdown

Dropcontact pricing tiers - verified October 2026 against the vendor's own pricing page (monthly billing unless noted; price follows the credit quota you choose):

Plan	Price	Best for	Limits / Inclusions
Free trial	€0	Evaluation / testing	50 free credits (one-time) · Shown under both Starter and Growth · Credits re-credited when no email is found
Starter	From €29/mo (500 credits; €24/mo billed yearly)	Email enrichment and validation	500 credits €29 · 1,500 €59 · 4,000 €79 · 11,000 €199 · Google Sheets add-on, API & MCP access
Growth	From €35/mo (500 credits; €29/mo billed yearly)	Credit carry-over and company change detection	500 credits €35 · 1,500 €72 · 4,000 €120 · 11,000 €303 · Credits carry over
Enterprise	Custom	From 200,000 credits/month	Custom pricing according to volume · Real-time enrichment notifications

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Credits

How Dropcontact credits work

Dropcontact bills actions in credits with non-equal costs. A 5,000-credit plan does NOT mean 5,000 lookups.

Email enrichment 1

Email verification (paid tier) Included

Free trial credits (one-time) 50

Bulk file enrichment (per row) 1

API & MCP access (Starter) 1 per email found

Unused credits Carry-over on Growth only

Read the full credit-system breakdown

Dropcontact's pricing is credit-based: 1 credit per email found, and the credit is re-credited when no email is found (pay on success). You pick a monthly credit quota per plan (500 up to 150,000 credits) and the price follows the quota. On Starter, 500 credits cost €29/mo, 1,500 cost €59, 4,000 cost €79 and 11,000 cost €199; on Growth the same quotas cost €35, €72, €120 and €303 (monthly billing). Yearly billing shows a -20% badge, the real gap is about 16%. Credits carry over only on Growth; Derrick credits never expire while you stay on a paid plan.

Email validation is native to the paid plans, and every paid plan comes with 50 free trial credits. The vendor's pricing page lists no standalone free email verifier.

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Hidden costs

Hidden costs to know before buying Dropcontact

Things Dropcontact's pricing page doesn't put in big type.

GDPR-defensible by architecture (real moat)

Dropcontact doesn't store a contact database - it computes emails on-the-fly from public sources at query time. No persistent PII repository = lower GDPR exposure. For EU/FR procurement, this is the #1 reason teams pick Dropcontact over Apollo/Cognism.

Best-in-class FR / EU coverage

Dropcontact's match rate on French + Western EU contacts is materially higher than Apollo, Hunter, Findymail (US-leaning vendors). For FR/EU-heavy outbound, the per-credit cost is justified by the lift in deliverable emails.

Credit carry-over is a Growth feature only

Credits carry over on Growth ('Everything in Starter, plus: Credits carry over'); the vendor states no duration. Starter has no carry-over. For seasonal outbound (heavy Q1/Q3, quiet Q2/Q4), unused paid capacity on Starter is lost. Derrick credits never expire while you stay on a paid plan.

The price is set by a credit quota selector

The pricing page loads with 4,000 credits selected, so the headline €79/mo (Starter) or €120/mo (Growth) is the 4,000-credit price. 500 credits is €29/mo on Starter and €35/mo on Growth, and each tier steps up through 1,500 (€59 / €72), 11,000 (€199 / €303) and beyond. Yearly billing saves about 16% (the badge says -20%).

Real-time lookup = 2-8 seconds per query

Because Dropcontact computes emails on-the-fly (not from a stored DB), each lookup takes 2-8 seconds. Slower than database-backed tools (Apollo, Lusha = <1s). For high-volume real-time use (e.g., chatbot enrichment), latency matters.

Read the full hidden-costs analysis

What the pricing page doesn't show

The price you see first is the 4,000-credit quota (€79/mo on Starter, €120/mo on Growth), not the 500-credit entry price (€29/mo and €35/mo). API & MCP access and the Google Sheets add-on are listed under Starter, so there is no separate Business tier. Credit carry-over is a Growth feature with no stated duration; Starter has none, so unused monthly credits are lost there. Real-time enrichment latency (2-8 seconds per lookup) means batch jobs are slower than database-query tools like Apollo or Hunter.

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Compare

Dropcontact vs alternatives

How Dropcontact stacks against Derrick, Hunter, and the other tools we benchmarked.

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Detailed comparison + cost-per-action breakdown

Cost comparison between Dropcontact and Derrick across the dimensions that matter most for real-world budgeting :

Dimension	Dropcontact	Derrick App
Pricing entry	€29/month (500 credits) · €79/month for 4,000 credits	Free plan · from €20/month
Data architecture	Real-time public-source lookup	no-install enrichment (web app, Sheets, Claude, API)
GDPR posture	Defensible by architecture	Sheets stays your data
Speed per lookup	2-8 seconds	Real-time in Sheets
French / EU coverage	Best-in-class	Via integrated providers
Credits rollover	Carry-over on Growth only	Yes - credits never expire while you stay on a paid plan

Dropcontact wins on GDPR defensibility and on French / Western European data quality. Database-backed tools (Apollo, Lusha) win on speed and North American coverage. Derrick can be the enrichment layer (web app, Sheets, MCP, API) next to Dropcontact.

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What's included

What's included in every Dropcontact plan

What you actually get on Dropcontact's paid tiers (synthesised from real-user G2 + Capterra reviews) :

API & MCP access and a Google Sheets add-on from Starter - Both are listed under the Starter plan on the pricing page, so there is no separate tier to upgrade to for API use. French companies are enriched with SIREN, SIRET, NAF code and VAT number, and the platform adds business phone numbers (never private mobile numbers).
GDPR-defensible by architecture, not just policy - Most enrichment tools claim GDPR compliance through legal frameworks and opt-out flows. Dropcontact does it by never storing personal data - every lookup is real-time from public sources. For EU companies, this removes a real regulatory exposure with no extra work.
French + Western European data quality is unmatched - Dropcontact's coverage for France, Belgium, Switzerland, and parts of Germany/Netherlands is consistently rated highest in side-by-side tests versus Apollo, Lusha, and Cognism. For EU-focused outbound, the email-find rate justifies the platform on its own.
Data-cleaning engine that doubles as CRM hygiene - The platform's name-normalisation, dedup, and field-splitting engine is included on every paid tier. Running a 10K-row CRM export through Dropcontact gives you cleaner data even if you don't use the enrichment side. Reviewers cite this as a hidden time-saver.

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The verdict

Should you buy Dropcontact? Our verdict

Pick Dropcontact if…

You're a FR / EU team where GDPR-defensibility + EU data coverage matter more than per-credit cost
Your motion is email-finder-heavy with high-quality French/Western European contacts
You want a tool that doesn't store a database (architecture-level GDPR posture for procurement)

Skip Dropcontact if…

Your motion is US-heavy - Hunter, Findymail, Apollo Free all have stronger US coverage
You need mobile numbers - Dropcontact adds business phone numbers only, never private mobile numbers
You need a B2B database mode (search net-new accounts) - Dropcontact enriches lists you bring, no DB search

Pick Derrick instead if…

You want enrichment in a web app or right in your spreadsheet - from €20/month
You want 10,000 credits a month for €20 and credits that never expire while you stay on a paid plan (Dropcontact carry-over is Growth only)
You want email + phone + tech + firmographics in one tool (Dropcontact is email-focused and adds business phone numbers only)

Try Derrick free →

Dropcontact is the right tool for EU companies prospecting EU subjects who need GDPR-defensible enrichment without legal-team escalation. The architecture (real-time public-source lookup, no stored database) is materially different from Apollo, Lusha, and ZoomInfo - and that difference matters for regulated EU industries (legal, fintech, healthcare) and for any team where GDPR is on the procurement checklist. The platform fails versus database-backed tools on speed (2-8 seconds per lookup vs sub-1-second) and on North American coverage (competitive but not differentiated). For EU-first stacks where GDPR posture is non-negotiable, Dropcontact is the safest pick. For North American prospecting at scale, Apollo or Scalelist will deliver more per dollar.

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Switch to Derrick

How to switch from Dropcontact to Derrick in 3 steps

Derrick is a web app: nothing to install, no credit card, 100 free credits every month.

Open the Derrick web app

Import your Dropcontact list

Upload the CSV you exported from Dropcontact, paste LinkedIn URLs, or import from LinkedIn Sales Navigator. The same actions also run in Google Sheets, in Claude (MCP) and via the API.

Enrich your list with one click

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.

How much does Dropcontact cost?

Dropcontact starts at €29/month for 500 credits on Starter (€24/month billed yearly), and Growth starts at €35/month. The €79/month figure buys 4,000 credits on Starter (€120 on Growth). Enterprise is custom pricing from 200,000 credits/month. For a credit plan whose credits never expire while you stay on a paid plan, Derrick App starts at 20 EUR/month for 10,000 credits, spent in the web app and Google Sheets (Claude through MCP and the API from the Plus plan).

Is Dropcontact free?

Dropcontact offers 50 free credits to try, shown under both Starter and Growth. It is a trial, not a recurring free plan, and the vendor's pricing page lists no standalone free email verifier. Paid plans start at €29/month. For a recurring free entry point, Derrick App offers a free tier with 100 credits/month.

What's the real total cost of ownership for Dropcontact?

Dropcontact's entry price (€29/month) is for 500 credits only; the pricing page loads on the 4,000-credit quota (€79/month on Starter, €120/month on Growth), and the price keeps climbing with the quota (11,000 credits: €199 / €303). API & MCP access and the Google Sheets add-on are included from Starter. Credit carry-over is a Growth feature, so on Starter unused monthly credits are lost. Real-time enrichment latency (2-8 seconds per lookup) means batch jobs are slower than database-query tools like Apollo or Hunter.

How does Dropcontact pricing compare to Derrick?

Dropcontact starts at €29/month for 500 credits and scales with the credit quota you choose (no per-seat price is published). Derrick App runs on credits : a free plan with 100 a month, then 10,000 for 20 EUR, spent row by row in the web app and Google Sheets (Claude through MCP and the API from the Plus plan), and credits never expire while you stay on a paid plan. For EU teams prioritising GDPR posture that don't need the full b2b contact data platform feature surface, Derrick is the lower-friction comparison anchor.

Are Dropcontact credits / seats / tiers flexible?

You choose a monthly credit quota on Starter or Growth (500 to 150,000 credits), and the price follows it. See the plans table above for the quotas listed. Yearly billing is shown as -20% but the real gap is about 16%. Credit carry-over exists only on Growth; the 50 free credits are a one-time trial.

What's the cheapest Dropcontact alternative for solo / SMB use?

For web app or spreadsheet workflows, Derrick App from 20 EUR/month is the most direct lower-cost alternative. For broader B2B database access at low entry cost, Apollo has a generous free tier (10K credits/month). For pure email finding, Hunter starts at €34/month. See the full Dropcontact alternatives guide for the ranked decision framework.

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