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SignalHire Alternatives: 10 Compared by Price, Free Plans Included

SignalHire sells contact data to tech and sales recruiters, and 10 alternatives cover the same ground for teams hitting pricing ceilings, geographic gaps or stack misfit. Derrick App is the no-install web app option in that list, from €9/month, with a free plan at 100 credits.

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Overview01 / 08

Comparison table of SignalHire alternatives

Entry price, headline strength, ideal profile and overall score. Tools are ranked by curator's overall fit, not by alphabet.

# Tool Typical use Starting price What it does differently
1
Derrick App Recommended
Enrichment in a web app, plus Sheets, Claude and API €9/month (MINI) The Web App Alternative, Also in Sheets, Claude and API
2
ContactOut
Recruiters needing personal emails from LinkedIn at scale Free 4 emails/day · Email $49/mo (annual) The recruiter-favorite LinkedIn personal-email finder.
3
RocketReach
Solo recruiters and BDRs needing big-DB lookups Free 5 lookups · Essentials $33/mo (annual) The breadth play.
4
Lusha
SDRs prospecting on LinkedIn $49.90/month Lusha is a Chrome-extension-first B2B contact finder built for sales reps who live on LinkedIn.
5
Apollo
SMB & mid-market outbound Free / $49/seat/mo All-in-one B2B sales intelligence + outreach platform with 250M+ contact database.
6
Hunter
Solo SDRs and small teams doing email-first outbound Free 50 credits/mo · Starter €34/mo (annual) The original email finder.
7
BetterContact
Outbound teams who want best-find-rate at one subscription cost Free 50 credits · Starter $15/mo The waterfall enrichment specialist.
8
Breeze Intelligence
Existing HubSpot customers wanting native enrichment $45/mo (100 credits, annual) + HubSpot sub What used to be Clearbit, now folded into HubSpot as a native credit-metered enrichment + buyer-intent layer.
9
Clay
GTM ops & technical SDR teams Free / $134/mo (annual) Best-in-class waterfall enrichment platform with AI (Claygent) and 150+ data providers.
10
Clearbit
Existing HubSpot customers (use Breeze instead) Discontinued standalone - see Breeze ($45/mo) The original Clearbit was the gold-standard B2B enrichment API for nearly a decade - 4.4/5 across 629+ G2 reviews.
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Starting price, ranked

Cheapest first. Bars capped at $200/mo so SMB-tier tools stay readable ; tools with diagonal-stripe bars continue beyond the cap. The dashed line marks SignalHire's own starting price ($69/mo) so cheaper-than-SignalHire tools are unambiguous.

Derrick App
€9/mo
BetterContact
$15/mo
RocketReach
$33/mo
Hunter
€34/mo
Breeze Intelligence
$45/mo
Clearbit
$45/mo
ContactOut
$49/mo
Apollo
$49/seat/mo
Lusha
$49.90/mo
Clay
$134/mo

Context02 / 08

SignalHire is a recruiter-focused B2B contact finder - strong on candidate sourcing for tech + sales roles, with ATS integrations and bulk LinkedIn-list extraction. Per-credit pricing from $39/mo (350 credits). Best for in-house recruiters + agencies sourcing senior tech talent ; less compelling for general sales prospecting.

Despite SignalHire's strengths, teams often look for alternatives when they hit known constraints - most commonly phone-number coverage is weaker than dedicated phone tools, pricing complexity, or workflow misfit with their existing stack. This guide walks through the 10 most credible SignalHire alternatives in 2026, with a frank trade-off framework so you can pick the right tool for your specific use case.

The featured pick : Derrick App for web app or spreadsheet workflows. Below, you'll find each of the 10 options ranked by entry price, with profile-fit recommendations for solo, mid-market, and enterprise teams.

Alternatives03 / 08

The 10 B2B contact data tools ranked against SignalHire

Each card shows the tool's positioning, headline features, real pricing and who it's actually for. Click any tool name to read the full review when available.

#1

Derrick App Our pick

5/5
From €9/month (MINI)

The Web App Alternative, Also in Sheets, Claude and API

Headline features

  • 28+ modular workflows: LinkedIn scraping, email finder, phone finder, website tech lookup, G2 insights
  • Integrated AI enrichment: GPT-4 and Claude 3.5 Sonnet for scoring, summaries, automatic classification
  • Background processing: launch your enrichments and receive an email notification when complete
  • Automatic data cleaning: built-in cleaning and deduplication
  • Credit rollover: your unused credits never expire while you stay on a paid plan

Strengths vs SignalHire

  • Web app, nothing to install - also in Sheets, Claude, API
  • from €9/month - credits that roll over, no per-seat fees
  • MCP-ready for AI / LLM agent workflows
Best for : Enrichment in a web app, plus Sheets, Claude and API
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  1. #2

    ContactOut

    3.4/5

    The recruiter-favorite LinkedIn personal-email finder.

    From Free 4 emails/day · Email $49/mo (annual)
    Best for Recruiters needing personal emails from LinkedIn at scale
  2. #3

    RocketReach

    3.6/5

    The breadth play.

    From Free 5 lookups · Essentials $33/mo (annual)
    Best for Solo recruiters and BDRs needing big-DB lookups
  3. #4

    Lusha

    3.4/5

    Lusha is a Chrome-extension-first B2B contact finder built for sales reps who live on LinkedIn.

    From $49.90/month
    Best for SDRs prospecting on LinkedIn
  4. #5

    Apollo

    4/5

    All-in-one B2B sales intelligence + outreach platform with 250M+ contact database.

    From Free / $49/seat/mo
    Best for SMB & mid-market outbound
  5. #6

    Hunter

    4/5

    The original email finder.

    From Free 50 credits/mo · Starter €34/mo (annual)
    Best for Solo SDRs and small teams doing email-first outbound
  6. #7

    BetterContact

    4.3/5

    The waterfall enrichment specialist.

    From Free 50 credits · Starter $15/mo
    Best for Outbound teams who want best-find-rate at one subscription cost
  7. #8

    Breeze Intelligence

    3.5/5

    What used to be Clearbit, now folded into HubSpot as a native credit-metered enrichment + buyer-intent layer.

    From $45/mo (100 credits, annual) + HubSpot sub
    Best for Existing HubSpot customers wanting native enrichment
  8. #9

    Clay

    4.2/5

    Best-in-class waterfall enrichment platform with AI (Claygent) and 150+ data providers.

    From Free / $134/mo (annual)
    Best for GTM ops & technical SDR teams
  9. #10

    Clearbit

    3.5/5

    The original Clearbit was the gold-standard B2B enrichment API for nearly a decade - 4.4/5 across 629+ G2 reviews.

    From Discontinued standalone - see Breeze ($45/mo)
    Best for Existing HubSpot customers (use Breeze instead)

Pros and cons04 / 08

Advantages and disadvantages of leaving SignalHire

What you actually gain (and what you might lose) when switching off SignalHire to one of the alternatives above.

Why teams leave SignalHire

  • Phone-number coverage is weaker than dedicated phone tools
  • Monthly billing forfeits unused credits
  • Sales prospecting workflows feel bolted-on

What you might lose

Multi-platform coverage beyond LinkedIn
GitHub, AngelList, Stack Overflow, and personal websites are all supported in the Chrome extension. For technical recruiters sourcing engineers, this materially expands the addressable pool - most can…
ATS integrations actually handle candidate stages
Native bidirectional sync to Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, and Bullhorn that handles candidate stage transitions - not just contact-record creation. For recruiters whose pipeline lives in the ATS, this…
Bulk LinkedIn extraction with reasonable rate limits
Sales Nav and LinkedIn Recruiter searches can be bulk-exported up to 2,000 candidates per query. Most recruiter-focused alternatives cap at 500-1,000 or require enterprise commits. The ceiling matters…

ContactOut

  • Best personal email coverage in the category
  • Dead-simple Chrome extension UX

RocketReach

  • Massive contact database (700M+ profiles)
  • Order-of-magnitude cheaper than ZoomInfo

Lusha

  • Best-in-class direct phone numbers
  • Chrome extension UX

Apollo

  • Massive 250M+ contact database
  • All-in-one stack at SMB price

How to choose05 / 08

Choosing a B2B contact data tool after SignalHire

Two filters : a per-profile pick (cards below) and a granular criteria matrix (budget / workflow / use case / team size).

If you work a list, not one profile at a time

Derrick App (web app or Google Sheets sidebar)

Recruiting tools are built around a single profile in a browser tab. Derrick starts from the list : you paste the rows, pick the feature in the sidebar, map the input columns, and the emails and direct phone numbers come back in new columns beside them.

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If the blocker is what a seat costs

Derrick App

€9 a month for 4,000 credits, €320 for 200,000, which is €0.0016 per credit at the bottom of the grid. Billed per row and never per seat, and unused credits roll over rather than expiring at the end of the month.

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If the enrichment belongs in a workflow

Derrick App (REST API and MCP)

From the €47.50 PLUS plan, one authenticated call per record returns structured JSON, so an ATS sync or a nightly job can run it unattended. The same account answers from Claude or any MCP client, and the web app runs the same enrichments with nothing to install.

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By budget

  • < $50 / month Derrick App ContactOut RocketReach Lusha Apollo Hunter BetterContact Breeze Intelligence Clearbit
  • $50-$200 / month Derrick App Clay

By workflow

  • Web app + Sheets Derrick App
  • Cloud platform / web app RocketReach Apollo Hunter BetterContact Breeze Intelligence Clay Clearbit
  • Chrome extension first ContactOut Lusha

By use case

  • Data enrichment Derrick App RocketReach Lusha Apollo BetterContact Breeze Intelligence Clay Clearbit
  • Cold outreach ContactOut Hunter

By team size

  • Solo / freelance Derrick App RocketReach Hunter
  • Mid-market (10-100) Derrick App ContactOut Lusha Apollo BetterContact Breeze Intelligence Clay Clearbit

The verdict06 / 08

Verdict : which SignalHire alternative to pick

The right SignalHire alternative depends primarily on your use case + budget + workflow shape. Four questions settle it faster than a feature matrix.

  • Per seat or per row ? One bill follows the team, the other follows the list. Derrick App charges per row, from €9/month for 4,000 credits, so headcount never changes the price.
  • What is the entry tier hiding ? Credit caps, daily limits and annual-only pricing are where the real cost sits. Read the column above before the headline number.
  • Does it cover your geography ? Coverage collapses outside a vendor's home market more often than depth does. Run 50 of your own rows through each shortlisted tool and compare what comes back.
  • Where does the result have to land ? A spreadsheet, an ATS or a script are three different answers. Derrick reaches all three from one account : the web app, the Sheets sidebar, a REST API and an MCP server.

SignalHire works for its core ICP. The alternatives matter when a stack misfit, a pricing ceiling or a geographic gap pushes you out. Spend a fortnight testing 2-3 shortlist candidates on real prospect lists.

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  • Web app: import a list or paste LinkedIn URLs, nothing to install
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  • Native LinkedIn and Sales Navigator import
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Key terms glossary

To dig deeper into B2B contact data + enrichment concepts, see our glossary of B2B sales terms. Key concepts referenced throughout this guide : waterfall enrichment, intent data, GDPR-defensible architecture, identity graph, fuzzy match.

Switch to Derrick07 / 08

How to switch from SignalHire 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

Sign up on the Derrick web app. Nothing to install, no credit card required: you start with 100 free credits per month.

Import your SignalHire list

Upload the CSV you exported from SignalHire, 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.

Any questions?

Stop copying data around. Start enriching.

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What is the best SignalHire alternative in 2026?

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The answer depends on the job. For enrichment that happens where your list already lives, Derrick App runs in its web app or the Google Sheets sidebar from €9/month, with a free plan at 100 credits a month. For one-profile-at-a-time sourcing in a browser, the table above ranks the ten options on price, coverage and workflow fit, from free tiers to annual enterprise contracts.

Is there a free SignalHire alternative?

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Several alternatives offer free tiers : Derrick App (free plan, 100 credits per month, no card), Apollo (Free forever with 10K credits), and Hunter (limited free tier). Derrick's free plan renews 100 credits every month, with no card and no trial clock, so an evaluation can run as long as it needs to. Most paid alternatives start in the $10-50/month range for solo use.

How does SignalHire pricing compare to its alternatives?

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SignalHire starts at $39/month. Comparable alternatives range from Free 50 credits · Starter $15/mo (cheapest) to enterprise custom contracts ($1K-10K+/year) at the high end. The right comparison isn't just headline price - factor in credit caps, seat fees, and bundled features per tier. Derrick App's 9 EUR/month entry plan is unique in giving you 4,000 credits to spend row by row in its web app, Google Sheets, Claude or the API.

Can I switch from SignalHire to a tool that also runs in Sheets?

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Yes - Derrick App is built specifically for this migration. Export your data from SignalHire as CSV, then import it into the Derrick web app, or paste it into Google Sheets and use the Derrick sidebar (pick the feature, map your columns) for enrichment. No platform onboarding, no Zapier integration to maintain. Most teams complete the switch in under 30 minutes.

Which SignalHire alternative is best for b2b contact data?

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Judge it on your own rows rather than on a category label : take 50 real prospects, run them through two or three of the tools above, and compare hit rate against cost per found record. For web app or spreadsheet workflows, Derrick App from €9/month replaces the data layer itself, billed per row at 4,000 credits a month, and reaches the same data through a REST API and an MCP server when the lookup has to run outside the spreadsheet.

Keep exploring08 / 08

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