Pricing analysis SignalHire's free plan is 5 credits a month (10 with the Chrome extension) and the paid plans list at $69 a month ($57 billed annually) : 1,000 email credits, 435 phone credits, or 435 for emails and phones. An Unlimited package ($79 to $99 a month) is capped at 2,000 credits a month under the fair-usage policy. Credits are deducted only on a successful reveal, MCP access is on every plan and the vendor does not charge per seat. Derrick sits next to it as the cheaper entry point, with a permanent free plan of 100 credits a month and paid plans from €20, usable from the web app, a Google Sheets sidebar, the REST API or an MCP client such as Claude. Figures below are the vendor's published tiers, read on 15 October 2026.
Plans
SignalHire ships 5 tiers. Per-seat pricing combined with a credit system for data lookups - the listed price is rarely the real cost.
SignalHire pricing tiers (USD) - checked in October 2026 against the vendor's own pricing page:
| Plan | Price | Best for | Limits / Inclusions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Evaluation / testing | 5 credits (10 with extension) · MCP access · Unlimited users |
| Lead Generation Pro - Emails | $69/mo ($57/mo annual (-17%, $684/year)) | 1,000 email reveals/mo | 1,000 credits · Emails only · API access and ATS/CRM integration |
| Lead Generation Pro - Phones | $69/mo ($57/mo annual (-17%)) | 435 phone reveals/mo (~14/day) | 435 credits (5,400 per year on the annual card) · Phone numbers only |
| Lead Generation Pro - Emails & Phones | $69/mo ($57/mo annual (-17%)) | 435 credits/mo (emails or phones) | 435 combined credits (5,400 per year on the annual card) · Unified credit pool |
| Unlimited package | Emails $79/mo ($63 annual) · Phones and Emails & Phones $99/mo ($83 annual) | Higher volume on each plan type | Fair-usage cap of 2,000 credits a month |
| Scale | Custom (quote-only) | Prospecting at large scales | Job changes tracking · Contact Sales |
Credits
SignalHire bills actions in credits with non-equal costs. A 5,000-credit plan does NOT mean 5,000 lookups.
SignalHire's pricing is credit-based, and every standard paid plan carries the same headline price : $69 per month on monthly billing, $57 per month billed annually. A credit is deducted when at least one email address or phone number is returned, and a lookup that finds nothing consumes nothing. What separates the plans is the credit pool and the channel it applies to : 1,000 email credits, 435 phone credits, or 435 credits usable across both. Scale is quote-only.
Two mechanics decide the real cost. Annual billing saves 17% ($57 instead of $69 a month). And the channel split means a phone reveal costs roughly 2.3 times what an email reveal costs on the same $69 : price your own mix of emails and phones before choosing a plan, because moving between channels means changing plan rather than reallocating credits. Each plan type also has an Unlimited package ($79 to $99 a month) with a fair-usage cap of 2,000 credits a month.
Derrick prices the same operations per unit instead of per plan : 1 credit to enrich a profile or a company, 5 credits for a work email (already verified) and 200 for a phone number. Credits never expire while you stay on a paid plan, and the same catalogue answers from the web app, a Google Sheets sidebar, the REST API or an MCP client.
Compare
How SignalHire stacks against Derrick, Hunter, and the other tools we benchmarked.
Side-by-side : SignalHire versus Derrick App on the cost lines that drive total spend, not just the headline plan price :
| Dimension | SignalHire | Derrick App |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 5 credits a month, 10 with the Chrome extension | 100 credits a month, permanent, no card |
| Paid entry | $69/month (1,000 email credits) | €20/month (10,000 credits) |
| Cost of one contact record | 1 credit per successful reveal | 1 credit to enrich a profile, 5 to find a work email, 200 to find a phone |
| Credit rollover | Carried over month after month per the vendor sales page; the pricing page is silent | Credits never expire while you stay on a paid plan |
| Where it runs | Web app and Chrome extension, recruiter-first UI | Web app, Google Sheets add-on (sidebar), MCP and REST API (API and MCP from the PLUS plan, €47.50/month) |
| Platform coverage | LinkedIn + GitHub + AngelList + Stack Overflow | LinkedIn, company registries and web sources |
| ATS integrations | ATS/CRM integration listed on the paid plans | Through the API and 3,000+ integrations via Zapier, Make and N8N |
The two tools answer different questions. SignalHire is a recruiting platform that reveals contacts across several developer-facing sites and pushes them into an ATS. Derrick is the data layer underneath a prospecting or recruiting workflow : you bring the list, it fills the fields, and the same catalogue answers whether you work in the web app or a sheet, call the API or ask an MCP client. If the job is sourcing engineers inside an ATS, that is SignalHire's shape of problem. If the job is completing a list you already own, at a known cost per field, that is Derrick's.
What's included
Beyond the headline plan name : here's what SignalHire delivers per plan that matters in real production use :
The verdict
SignalHire is built for technical recruiters and recruiting agencies sourcing engineers across LinkedIn, GitHub, AngelList and Stack Overflow. The multi-platform coverage and the ATS/CRM integrations are the real differentiators, and the free plan at 5 credits a month is an evaluation allowance rather than a working one. It reads less well as a sales-prospecting tool, because the recruiter UX is friction for an SDR working a list, and phone coverage is uneven outside tech roles. The pricing question that decides it is simple : at $69 a month you are buying a recruiting platform. If what you actually need is fields on a list you already own, a per-credit enrichment tool answers that for €20 a month, and Derrick's free plan of 100 credits lets you test the data on your own list before spending anything.
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Install the add-on and enrich your lists without leaving your spreadsheet.
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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 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.
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.
Every standard SignalHire paid plan lists at the same headline price : $69 per month on monthly billing, or $57 per month billed annually. What changes between plans is not the price but what the price buys : 1,000 email credits, 435 phone credits, or 435 combined. An Unlimited package costs $79 per month for Emails and $99 for Phones or Emails & Phones (fair-usage cap of 2,000 credits a month). Scale is quote-only. The free plan is 5 credits a month, 10 with the Chrome extension. For comparison, Derrick runs on credits that never expire while you stay on a paid plan : a permanent free plan of 100 credits a month, then 10,000 credits for €20 a month, usable from the web app, a Google Sheets sidebar, the REST API or an MCP client.
SignalHire has a permanent free tier of 5 credits a month, 10 if you install the Chrome extension. That is an evaluation allowance : 5 credits is 5 reveals. Paid plans start at $69 a month. If you need a free tier you can actually run a small list on, Derrick's free plan is 100 credits a month with no card, which enriches 100 company or profile records.
The $69 headline is the floor, and three line items move the real number. Credit pools are channel-specific, so an Emails plan does not reveal phones and you buy the other plan rather than switching. The per-channel ratio matters more than the price : at an identical $69 you get 1,000 email credits or 435 phone credits, so a phone reveal costs roughly 2.3 times what an email reveal costs on the same spend. And the Unlimited package is capped at 2,000 credits a month. Price your own mix before choosing a plan.
SignalHire lists at $69 per month on every standard paid plan, $57 annually, with credit pools that differ by channel. Derrick runs on credits rather than plans : a free plan of 100 credits a month, then €20 for 10,000, €47.50 for 25,000 (with the REST API and MCP access from the PLUS plan), up to €320 for 200,000 credits at €0.0016 each. Unused credits never expire while you stay on a paid plan. A profile or company record costs 1 credit, a work email 5 credits and a phone 200 credits. The two are priced for different jobs : one is a recruiting platform, the other is a data layer you call from a sheet, an API or an AI assistant.
Seats are flexible : the vendor says you can invite an unlimited number of users and does not charge per seat. Credits are less so. Pools are channel-specific : the Emails plan reveals emails, the Phones plan reveals phones, and moving between them means changing plan rather than reallocating credits. The vendor sales page says unused credits are carried over month after month, but the pricing page does not state a rollover rule. The free tier of 5 credits is genuinely free and genuinely small. Check the plans table above for per-plan credit caps before committing to a billing period.
Derrick App is the most direct lower-cost route : a permanent free plan of 100 credits a month, then paid plans from €20 a month for 10,000 credits, with credits that never expire while you stay on a paid plan. A profile or company record costs 1 credit, a work email 5 credits. It runs from the web app, a Google Sheets sidebar, the REST API or an MCP client (API and MCP from the PLUS plan), so it fits a solo workflow and an automated one without changing tool. If you want a wider survey of the market, the full SignalHire alternatives breakdown lists the other options side by side.
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