Pricing analysis SignalHire's free plan is 5 credits a month (10 with the Chrome extension) and every paid tier lists at $69 a month : 1,000 email credits, 435 phone credits, or 435 combined. Credits are deducted only on a successful reveal, and rollover exists on annual billing only. Derrick sits next to it as the cheaper entry point, with a permanent free plan of 100 credits a month and paid plans from 9 EUR, usable from a Google Sheet, from the REST API or from an MCP client such as Claude. Figures below are the vendor's published tiers, read on 17 May 2026.
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 - verified May 2026 against the vendor and cross-checked with our review data:
| Plan | Price | Best for | Limits / Inclusions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Evaluation / testing | 5 credits (10 with extension) · 5 credits/mo (10 if you install Chrome ext) · Multi-platform reveals (LinkedIn, GitHub, AngelList, Stack Overflow) |
| Lead Generation Pro - Emails | $69/mo ($57/mo annual (-17%, $684/year)) | 1,000 email reveals/mo | 1,000 credits · 1,000 email reveals/mo · Multi-platform reveals (LinkedIn + GitHub + AngelList + Stack Overflow) |
| Lead Generation Pro - Phones | $69/mo ($57/mo annual (-17%)) | 435 phone reveals/mo (~14/day) | 435 phone credits · 435 phone reveals/mo (~14/day) · Multi-platform phone discovery |
| Lead Generation Pro - Emails & Phones | $69/mo ($57/mo annual (-17%)) | 435 credits/mo (1 credit = email OR phone) | 435 combined credits · 435 credits/mo (1 credit = email OR phone) · Unified credit pool |
| Unlimited / Scale | Custom | Unlimited credits across channels | Custom unlimited · Unlimited credits across channels · Multi-seat workspace |
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 since the 2026 restructure every paid tier carries the same headline price : $69 per month monthly, $57 per month billed annually. A credit is one successful contact reveal, and a failed lookup consumes nothing. What separates the tiers 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 about 15 % and is the only way to get credit rollover, since monthly subscribers forfeit whatever they do not spend that month. And the channel split means a phone number costs roughly 2.3 times what an email costs on the same $69 : price your own mix of emails and phones before choosing a tier, because moving between channels means changing plan rather than reallocating credits.
Derrick prices the same operations per unit instead of per tier : 1 credit to enrich a profile or a company, 5 credits for an email and 150 for a phone number, both charged only when a result is found. Credits roll over on every paid plan, and the same catalogue answers from a Google Sheet, from the REST API or from an MCP client.
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 tier 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) | 9 EUR/month (4,000 credits) |
| Cost of one contact record | 1 credit per successful reveal | 1 credit to enrich a profile, 5 to find an email, 150 to find a phone |
| Credit rollover | Annual billing only, monthly forfeits | Yes, on every paid plan |
| Where it runs | Web app and Chrome extension, recruiter-first UI | Google Sheets, REST API and MCP client from 20 EUR/month, web app arriving |
| Platform coverage | LinkedIn + GitHub + AngelList + Stack Overflow | LinkedIn, company registries and web sources |
| ATS integrations | Greenhouse + Lever + Workable + Bullhorn | 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 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.
Beyond the headline plan name : here's what SignalHire delivers per tier that matters in real production use :
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 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 9 EUR a month, and Derrick's free plan of 100 credits lets you measure your own match rate before spending anything.
Every SignalHire paid plan lists at the same headline price : $69 per month on monthly billing, or $57 per month billed annually. What changes between tiers is not the price but what the price buys : 1,000 email credits, 435 phone credits, or 435 combined. The Scale tier is quote-only. The free plan is 5 credits a month, 10 with the Chrome extension. For comparison, Derrick runs on credits that roll over : a permanent free plan of 100 credits a month, then 4,000 credits for 9 EUR a month, usable from a Google Sheet, from the REST API or from 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 rollover requires annual billing : monthly subscribers forfeit unused credits every month. Credit pools are channel-specific, so an Emails plan does not reveal phones and you buy the other tier rather than switching. And 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 number costs roughly 2.3 times what an email costs on the same spend. Price your own mix before choosing a tier.
SignalHire lists at $69 per month on every paid tier, $57 annually, with credit pools that differ by channel. Derrick runs on credits rather than tiers : a free plan of 100 credits a month, then 9 EUR for 4,000, 20 EUR for 10,000 with the REST API and MCP access included, up to 320 EUR for 200,000 credits at 0.0016 EUR each. Unused credits roll over on every paid plan, not only on annual billing. A profile or company record costs 1 credit, an email 5 credits charged only when one is found. 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.
Flexibility is limited by design. Credit pools are channel-specific : the Emails plan reveals emails, the Phones plan reveals phones, and moving between them means changing tier rather than reallocating credits. Rollover exists on annual billing only, so monthly subscribers lose what they do not spend. The free tier of 5 credits is genuinely free and genuinely small. Check the plans table above for per-tier 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 9 EUR a month for 4,000 credits, with unused credits rolling over. A profile or company record costs 1 credit, an email 5 credits charged only when one is found. It runs from a Google Sheet, from the REST API or from an MCP client, 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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