Updated October 2026

Pricing analysis

Scalelist Pricing 2026 - Plans, Hidden Costs + Cheaper Alternatives

Q: How much does Scalelist cost?

Scalelist starts at $29/month for 500 credits a month (annual: $24/month). It is one plan scaled by credits: 1,000 credits $49/mo, 2,000 $89/mo, 5,000 $199/mo, 10,000 $349/mo, 20,000 $649/mo, and Custom above 100,000 credits. Every tier includes the same features, API and integrations included, and there are no per-seat fees. For a credit plan whose unused credits carry over, Derrick App starts at 20 EUR/month for 10,000 credits spent in the web app, Google Sheets, Claude or the API.

Q: Is Scalelist free?

Scalelist has a small free plan : 50 free credits valid for 14 days (the pricing-page button says 20 credits), no credit card required, to try finding emails and mobile numbers, plus Live Contact Monitoring for up to 500 contacts. It is useful for evaluation but not for production use. Paid plans start at $29/month. For a genuinely free entry point with a recurring monthly allowance, Derrick App offers a free tier with 100 credits/month and no credit card required.

Q: How many credits does a mobile number cost on Scalelist?

An email found and verified is 1 credit , but a mobile number is 10 credits on the pricing page (the leads-finder and mobile-finder pages say 20). On the 5,000-credit plan ($199/mo) that is at most 500 mobile numbers a month. You are only charged for successful results. If your motion is phone-heavy, size the plan on mobile reveals, not on emails.

Q: Do Scalelist credits really roll over?

Yes, with a cap. As long as you have an active paid subscription, unused monthly credits roll over and accumulate in your account up to 2x the credit limit of your current plan (a 5,000-credit plan holds at most 10,000). Hunter, Snov.io, and Apollo all reset credits at month-end ("use it or lose it"). For seasonal outbound workflows where Q1 is light and Q2 is heavy, rollover can save money versus a higher tier sized for the peak month. Cancelling the subscription voids the rollover balance.

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

For web app or spreadsheet workflows, Derrick App from 20 EUR/month is the most direct lower-cost alternative - 10,000 credits a month, no tier-upgrade math. 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 Scalelist alternatives guide for the ranked decision framework.

Q: How does Scalelist compare to Hunter and Snov.io on real total cost?

Per 5,000 credits/mo : Scalelist $199/mo (triple verification included in the email credit, credits roll over up to 2x), Hunter Growth €104/mo + verification charged separately (~€20-30/mo extra), Snov.io 5K $69/mo + verification credits separate. At this volume the headline price favors Snov.io and Hunter ; Scalelist's case rests on what is bundled (job-change monitoring, API and integrations on every plan, MCP server) rather than on price. Hunter wins for Domain Search use cases (account-based outbound, not contact enrichment).

Scalelist lists $29-$649/mo across 6 credit tiers (500 to 20,000 credits a month, custom above that), with no per-seat fees and credits that roll over up to 2x your plan. Yearly billing is 2 months free. The real story : triple email verification, job-change monitoring, the API and the integrations are bundled in every plan. Below : tier breakdown + 5 hidden cost triggers + how Derrick's from €20/month fits as a no-install web app alternative.

✓ Pick Scalelist if

You're a solo SDR or 3-5 person pod where rollover credits + bundled job-change monitoring matter more than database breadth
You want one tool that finds emails and mobiles, monitors job changes and plugs into Claude or ChatGPT through an MCP server

✕ Skip if

You need a full B2B database mode (deep search filters, lookalikes, intent data) - Scalelist's lead finding is an AI Leads Finder plus Chrome extension extraction
You want a full cold-email sequencer stack - Scalelist's core is data, so you'll likely still run a sequencer such as Smartlead / Instantly / Lemlist on top

Price transparency 7/10

Value at small team 7/10

Hidden costs Medium

↓ See pricing plans Scalelist feature breakdown →

Scalelist 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 Scalelist bill.

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Plans

Scalelist's 7 paid tiers, side by side

Scalelist ships 7 tiers. Per-seat pricing combined with a credit system for data lookups - the listed price is rarely the real cost.

500 credits/mo

$24/mo billed annually ($290/year, 2 months free) $29/mo monthly

Credits6,000/yr
Min seats1

500 credits/month - light, occasional prospecting
Triple email verification, mobile finder (10 credits), job-change monitoring
API, Zapier, Make and HubSpot integration on every plan
Rollover up to 2x your plan with an active subscription

The smallest paid tier. A credit is 1 email found and verified, or 1 lead extracted with the Chrome extension (email included); a mobile number costs 10 credits on the pricing page, so 500 credits = 50 mobiles at most.

1K credits/mo

$41/mo billed annually ($490/year, 2 months free) $49/mo monthly

Credits12,000/yr
Min seats1

1,000 credits/month - solo SDR, light volume
Triple email verification, mobile finder (10 credits), job-change monitoring
API, Zapier, Make and HubSpot integration on every plan
Rollover up to 2x your plan with an active subscription

1,000 credits/mo = ~33 leads/day. Mobile reveals burn fast: 10 credits each on the pricing page (20 on the product pages), against 1 for an email. The Yearly toggle shows $41/mo billed $490 a year.

2K credits/mo

$74/mo billed annually ($890/year, 2 months free) $89/mo monthly

Credits24,000/yr
Min seats1

2,000 credits/month - active SDR
Triple email verification, mobile finder (10 credits), job-change monitoring
API, Zapier, Make and HubSpot integration on every plan
Chrome extension + bulk CSV enrichment

Per-credit cost is $0.0445 at this tier. Everything is included in every plan, so the tier only changes your credit volume.

5K credits/mo

$166/mo billed annually ($1,990/year, 2 months free) $199/mo monthly

Credits60,000/yr
Min seats1

5,000 credits/month - active SDR or small pod
Triple email verification, mobile finder (10 credits), job-change monitoring
API, Zapier, Make and HubSpot integration on every plan
Chrome extension + bulk CSV enrichment

Per-credit cost is about $0.04. The Yearly toggle shows $166/mo billed $1,990 a year. API, Zapier, Make and HubSpot are included at every tier, so you never need to upgrade just to automate.

10K credits/mo

$291/mo billed annually ($3,490/year, 2 months free) $349/mo monthly

Credits120,000/yr
Min seats1

10,000 credits/month - sales pod
Triple email verification, mobile finder (10 credits), job-change monitoring
API, Zapier, Make and HubSpot integration on every plan
Chrome extension + bulk CSV enrichment

Per-credit cost is about $0.035. Rollover accumulates up to 2x the plan (20,000 credits) while the subscription stays active.

20K credits/mo

$541/mo billed annually ($6,490/year, 2 months free) $649/mo monthly

Credits240,000/yr
Min seats1

20,000 credits/month - growing sales team
Triple email verification, mobile finder (10 credits), job-change monitoring
API, Zapier, Make and HubSpot integration on every plan
Rollover up to 2x your plan with an active subscription

The largest listed self-serve tier. Above it the pricing page shows 'Custom' for 100,000+ credits a month (Talk to Sales).

Custom (100,000+ credits/mo)

Talk to Sales Custom monthly

Creditsn/a/yr
Min seats1

100,000+ credits/month
Priced on request
Talk to Sales
Same feature set as every plan

Sales-led: the pricing page shows 'Custom' with a Talk to Sales button for 100,000+ credits a month. No public price.

Why these tiers exist - full plan breakdown

Scalelist pricing tiers - verified October 2026 against the vendor's own pricing page (one plan scaled by credits per month, USD; yearly billing is 2 months free):

Plan	Price	Best for	Limits / Inclusions
500 credits/mo	$29/mo ($24/mo billed annually)	Light, occasional prospecting	500 credits · every feature included · rollover up to 2x
1,000 credits/mo	$49/mo ($41/mo billed annually)	Solo SDR, light volume	1,000 credits · every feature included · rollover up to 2x
2,000 credits/mo	$89/mo ($74/mo billed annually)	Active SDR	2,000 credits · every feature included · rollover up to 2x
5,000 credits/mo	$199/mo ($166/mo billed annually)	Active SDR or small pod	5,000 credits · every feature included · rollover up to 2x
10,000 credits/mo	$349/mo ($291/mo billed annually)	Sales pod	10,000 credits · every feature included · rollover up to 2x
20,000 credits/mo	$649/mo ($541/mo billed annually)	Growing sales team	20,000 credits · every feature included · rollover up to 2x
Custom	Talk to Sales	100,000+ credits/month	Custom volume · priced on request

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Credits

How Scalelist credits work

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

Email reveal 1

Mobile phone reveal 10

Email verification (triple-source) Included

Bulk CSV enrichment (per row) 1

Job-change monitoring (per contact) Included

Unused credits Roll over (up to 2x your plan)

Read the full credit-system breakdown

Scalelist's pricing is volume-tiered, not per-seat. One plan, scaled by credits per month ($29 for 500 credits up to $649 for 20,000), gives you the credit pool whether you're 1 user or 5 - there are no seat fees. A credit = 1 email found and verified, OR 1 lead extracted with the Chrome extension (email included). A mobile number is 10 credits on the pricing page (20 on the product pages). You only pay for successful results. Triple email verification is included, and unused credits roll over month-to-month up to 2x your plan while the subscription is active.

The Chrome extension, bulk file/CSV enrichment, API, Zapier/Make integrations, HubSpot CRM integration and job-change monitoring are listed under 'All Plans Include' - there is no feature gating between tiers.

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Hidden costs

Hidden costs to know before buying Scalelist

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

Credits roll over (up to 2x your plan)

Unlike Hunter, Snov.io, or Apollo where unused credits expire at month-end, Scalelist credits roll over month-to-month while your subscription is active, up to 2x the credit limit of your plan (a 5,000-credit plan holds at most 10,000). Cancelling the subscription voids the balance.

Email verification is bundled in the email credit

Triple-source email verification is included in every plan: 1 credit buys one email found and verified, and you are only charged for successful results. No separate verification line item to budget.

Mobile reveals cost 10 credits, not 1

The pricing page says 1 mobile = 10 credits (the leads-finder and mobile-finder pages say 20). An email is 1 credit. A 5,000-credit plan therefore covers 500 mobiles at most, so phone-heavy SDRs burn through the pool much faster than email-only users.

Annual billing = 2 months free (Yearly toggle)

The pricing page has a Yearly toggle labelled '2 months free': the 5K tier is $166/mo billed $1,990 a year instead of $199 monthly, and the 1K tier is $41/mo billed $490 a year instead of $49.

API, Zapier and HubSpot are included at every tier

The pricing page lists 'API, Zapier, Make & more' and the HubSpot CRM integration under 'All Plans Include', so you do not have to buy a bigger tier just to automate. The real cost driver is your credit volume.

Read the full hidden-costs analysis

What the pricing page doesn't show

There's a small free plan, not a perpetual free tier : the FAQ gives 50 free credits valid for 14 days (the pricing-page button says 20 credits), no card required. Mobile-number reveals consume 10 credits each on the pricing page (20 on the product pages) against 1 for an email, so phone-heavy prospecting adds up fast. Rollover is capped at 2x your plan and only works while the subscription is active. Above 100,000 credits a month the price is Custom (Talk to Sales). Lead discovery is limited to the AI Leads Finder and Chrome extension extraction : if you need a filter-based database to discover net-new accounts/contacts, Scalelist won't replace Apollo or Cognism.

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Compare

Scalelist vs alternatives

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

See all Scalelist alternatives, ranked →

Detailed comparison + cost-per-action breakdown

Side-by-side : Scalelist versus Derrick App on the cost lines that drive total spend, not just the headline tier price :

Dimension	Scalelist	Derrick App
Pricing entry	$29/month (500 credits)	Free plan · from €20/month
Credit model	One plan scaled by credits, roll-over up to 2x	Credit-based : 5 credits per work email, 200 per phone
Per-seat fees	None (flat per tier)	None
Email verification	Triple-source, included in the email credit	Included : a found work email is already verified
Job-change monitoring	Bundled, all plans	Via integrated providers
Workflow	Chrome extension + web app + Google Sheets sync + MCP server	Web app + Google Sheets add-on (sidebar) + MCP + REST API
People-search / DB mode	AI Leads Finder (describe your leads)	Search Companies / Search Leads

Scalelist is strongest on its Chrome-extension workflow, rollover economics and bundled job-change monitoring. Derrick fits better when you want one credit pool across the web app, Google Sheets, MCP and API.

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What's included

What's included in every Scalelist plan

What you actually get on Scalelist's paid tiers (synthesised from the vendor's pricing page and real-user G2 + Capterra reviews) :

Job-change monitoring at no extra cost - Upload a list of former customers, hot leads, or champions - Scalelist pings you when any of them takes a new job. Most enrichment tools either don't offer this or charge a separate monitoring fee.
Credits roll over, verification is included - Two billing details that punch above their weight. Unused credits roll over month-to-month (up to 2x your plan) while the subscription is active. And triple email verification is bundled in the email credit rather than billed as a separate line item.
Triple-source verification keeps bounce rates low - Scalelist runs three independent SMTP checks (different sources, different timing) before marking an email "verified". Reviewers consistently report < 4% bounce rates on cold-outbound campaigns sourced from Scalelist.
API, Zapier, Make and HubSpot on every plan - the vendor lists them under 'All Plans Include', next to the Chrome extension and bulk CSV enrichment.

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The verdict

Should you buy Scalelist? Our verdict

Pick Scalelist if…

You're a solo SDR or 3-5 person pod where rollover credits + bundled job-change monitoring matter more than database breadth
You want one tool that finds emails and mobiles, monitors job changes and plugs into Claude or ChatGPT through an MCP server
You need triple-source email verification included in the email credit (not billed separately)

Skip Scalelist if…

You need a full B2B database mode (deep search filters, lookalikes, intent data) - Scalelist's lead finding is an AI Leads Finder plus Chrome extension extraction
You want a full cold-email sequencer stack - Scalelist's core is data, so you'll likely still run a sequencer such as Smartlead / Instantly / Lemlist on top
Your volume is below 500 credits/mo - the smallest paid tier is 500 credits at $29/mo, and the free plan is only 50 credits valid for 14 days

Pick Derrick instead if…

You want enrichment in a web app with nothing to install, or right in Google Sheets
You want a flfrom 20 EUR/mo with credits spent row by row, shared across the team
You want to start free (100 credits/mo, no card) and scale without per-tier upgrade math

Try Derrick free →

Scalelist is the right tool for SDRs who already have a lead source and want a clean layer for enrichment + job-change monitoring. The rollover credits and bundled verification turn out to be bigger deals in practice than they sound on paper - they remove two recurring sources of cost-creep. The product is not a one-stop solution : lead discovery stops at the AI Leads Finder and Chrome extension extraction, with no filter-based database. If you've outgrown Hunter on price-per-credit, or you're hunting for a way to track moving champions without buying a second tool, Scalelist is a strong upgrade.

For web app or spreadsheet workflows where you want enrichment to happen IN your existing spreadsheet (not in another Chrome extension), Derrick from €20/month is the lower-friction comparison anchor - 10,000 credits a month, no per-tier upgrade math, and the same email + phone + tech stack data via integrated providers.

derrick •

Switch from Scalelist to Derrick

Web app: import a list or paste LinkedIn URLs, nothing to install
Free plan: 100 credits every month, no credit card
Also in Google Sheets, in Claude (MCP) and via the API
Native LinkedIn and Sales Navigator import

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Switch to Derrick

How to switch from Scalelist 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 Scalelist list

Upload the CSV you exported from Scalelist, 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 Scalelist cost?

Scalelist starts at $29/month for 500 credits a month (annual: $24/month). It is one plan scaled by credits: 1,000 credits $49/mo, 2,000 $89/mo, 5,000 $199/mo, 10,000 $349/mo, 20,000 $649/mo, and Custom above 100,000 credits. Every tier includes the same features, API and integrations included, and there are no per-seat fees. For a credit plan whose unused credits carry over, Derrick App starts at 20 EUR/month for 10,000 credits spent in the web app, Google Sheets, Claude or the API.

Is Scalelist free?

Scalelist has a small free plan : 50 free credits valid for 14 days (the pricing-page button says 20 credits), no credit card required, to try finding emails and mobile numbers, plus Live Contact Monitoring for up to 500 contacts. It is useful for evaluation but not for production use. Paid plans start at $29/month. For a genuinely free entry point with a recurring monthly allowance, Derrick App offers a free tier with 100 credits/month and no credit card required.

How many credits does a mobile number cost on Scalelist?

An email found and verified is 1 credit, but a mobile number is 10 credits on the pricing page (the leads-finder and mobile-finder pages say 20). On the 5,000-credit plan ($199/mo) that is at most 500 mobile numbers a month. You are only charged for successful results. If your motion is phone-heavy, size the plan on mobile reveals, not on emails.

Do Scalelist credits really roll over?

Yes, with a cap. As long as you have an active paid subscription, unused monthly credits roll over and accumulate in your account up to 2x the credit limit of your current plan (a 5,000-credit plan holds at most 10,000). Hunter, Snov.io, and Apollo all reset credits at month-end ("use it or lose it"). For seasonal outbound workflows where Q1 is light and Q2 is heavy, rollover can save money versus a higher tier sized for the peak month. Cancelling the subscription voids the rollover balance.

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

For web app or spreadsheet workflows, Derrick App from 20 EUR/month is the most direct lower-cost alternative - 10,000 credits a month, no tier-upgrade math. 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 Scalelist alternatives guide for the ranked decision framework.

How does Scalelist compare to Hunter and Snov.io on real total cost?

Per 5,000 credits/mo : Scalelist $199/mo (triple verification included in the email credit, credits roll over up to 2x), Hunter Growth €104/mo + verification charged separately (~€20-30/mo extra), Snov.io 5K $69/mo + verification credits separate. At this volume the headline price favors Snov.io and Hunter ; Scalelist's case rests on what is bundled (job-change monitoring, API and integrations on every plan, MCP server) rather than on price. Hunter wins for Domain Search use cases (account-based outbound, not contact enrichment).

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