B2B contact data SignalHire Review: Is It Still Worth It in 2026?
SignalHire is a B2B contact data tool for recruiter sourcing, with emails, phones and ATS integrations, best for tech and sales recruiters. A free plan gives 5 credits, or 10 with the extension, and paid plans cost $69/mo or $57/mo billed annually (pricing read on 3 August 2026). Skip it if your main use is sales prospecting or you need credit rollover.
SignalHire is a recruiter-focused B2B contact finder: strong on candidate sourcing for tech and sales roles, with ATS integrations and bulk LinkedIn-list extraction. Paid plans start at $69 a month, or $57 a month billed annually, and at that same price you get either 1,000 email credits or 435 phone credits. Best for in-house recruiters and agencies sourcing senior tech talent, less compelling for general sales prospecting.
- You're a tech recruiter sourcing engineers from GitHub + LinkedIn + AngelList
- Your team operates inside an ATS (Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, Bullhorn)
- You source 100-500 candidates/month with email-first outreach
- Your primary use case is sales prospecting (Apollo, Lusha, or Cognism fit better)
- Phone outreach is critical (Lusha or Cognism have stronger mobile data)
- You bill monthly and need credit rollover for spiky workloads
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Overview01 / 09
What is SignalHire?
SignalHire is a contact data platform headquartered in London and trading since 2015, originally positioned for sales prospecting and gradually refocused around recruiter workflows from 2020 onwards. The 2026 product is a candidate-sourcing tool: find email and phone for a prospect through a Chrome extension on LinkedIn, GitHub, AngelList and Stack Overflow, bulk-extract from LinkedIn lists, and sync directly to ATS systems such as Greenhouse, Lever, Workable and Bullhorn. Its Scale tier advertises a bulk licence to a database of 850M+ profiles. Where Lusha and Apollo target sales SDRs, SignalHire targets in-house recruiters and recruiting agencies sourcing tech and sales talent.
Pricing02 / 09
SignalHire pricing 2026
Pricing read directly from signalhire.com/pricing on 3 August 2026. The page is JS-rendered, so the figures were fetched twice and matched on both passes. We publish what the vendor's own page states, and we say explicitly what it does not state.
| Plan | Price | Typical use | Key limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Evaluation | 5 credits, 10 with the browser extension · no card required |
| Emails | $69/mo · $57/mo annual | Email-only sourcing | 1,000 credits/mo · 12,000 on annual billing |
| Phones | $69/mo · $57/mo annual | Phone-led outreach | 435 credits/mo · 5,400 on annual billing |
| Emails and Phones | $69/mo · $57/mo annual | Both channels on one plan | Bundles email and phone reveals at the same headline price |
| Scale | Quote only | Bulk licence, multi-seat, API | No published price · bulk licence to a database advertised at 850M+ profiles |
What the pricing page doesn't show
The pricing page publishes no credit rollover or expiry policy, so treat unused credits as non-guaranteed rather than assuming they carry over. Phone credits are the real cost driver: the same $69 buys 435 of them against 1,000 email credits. Scale carries no published price at all, so any multi-seat, API or bulk-licence requirement means a sales conversation rather than a self-serve checkout. One thing to watch when you compare write-ups: several third-party reviews still circulate a $39 entry tier and a $169 top tier, and neither appears on the vendor's own pricing page as of 3 August 2026.
Where SignalHire is fair value
If you're an in-house tech recruiter or recruiting agency sourcing 100-500 candidates/month from LinkedIn + GitHub + AngelList, SignalHire's combination of platform coverage + ATS integrations + reasonable per-credit cost is competitive with Lusha and AmazingHiring (recruiter-focused tools). For pure sales prospecting workflows, Apollo (free tier 10K credits) or Hunter ($49) will deliver more for less. The platform's recruiter-first positioning is genuinely different from sales-first tools: it's the right fit only if recruiting is your use case.
Verdict in detail03 / 09
SignalHire Pros & Cons - Summary That Actually Helps You Decide
Pulled from G2 + Capterra verified-buyer reviews (Q1 2026), filtered for substance. SignalHire's strongest signals : GitHub + AngelList + Stack Overflow coverage, ATS integration depth, and the recruiter-first product surface.
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 candidates' best public signal lives outside LinkedIn.
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 removes a real friction line.
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 for campaign-driven sourcing.
Phone coverage is the scarce resource, and the pricing says so
The vendor's own grid prices the gap: at an identical $69 a month you get 1,000 email credits but only 435 phone credits. Mobile-fill percentages for SignalHire circulate widely across review sites without a published methodology, so we do not repeat them. Where phone outreach is the primary channel, budget for that ratio rather than for the headline price.
No published rollover or expiry policy
As of 3 August 2026 the pricing page says nothing about what happens to unused credits, in either direction. That is a planning problem for recruiters with spiky workloads, three active searches one month and one the next, because you cannot tell from the public page whether unused capacity survives the cycle. Confirm it in writing before committing to annual billing.
Sales prospecting workflows feel bolted-on
Although SignalHire technically supports sales-style prospecting, the product UX is recruiter-first: candidate stages, ATS-style pipelines, hiring-funnel metrics. Sales SDRs running outbound outreach often find the recruiter framing more friction than help.
The honest comparison04 / 09
SignalHire vs Derrick - Side by Side
We're biased - Derrick is our product. So this table is the version we'd want our prospects to see before they sign elsewhere.
| SignalHireB2B contact data | DerrickWeb app · Sheets · Claude · API | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing entry | $69/month (1,000 email credits) | Free plan · from €9/month |
| Platform coverage | LinkedIn + GitHub + AngelList + Stack Overflow | Via integrated providers |
| ATS integrations | Greenhouse + Lever + Workable + Bullhorn | Via API or Zapier/Make/n8n |
| Phone-number coverage | 1,000 email credits vs 435 phone credits at $69 | Via integrated providers |
| Credit rollover | No published policy as of 3 August 2026 | Credits roll over on paid plans |
| Sales workflow fit | Recruiter-first UI | Web app, plus Sheets, Claude, API |
Decision tree05 / 09
Should You Use SignalHire?
A short, opinionated guide. We'll tell you when SignalHire is the right pick - and when it isn't.
Alternatives06 / 09
B2B contact data alternatives to SignalHire
Tools we'd recommend instead, depending on your stack and budget. Derrick first because it's the only one that lives where you actually prospect.
| Tool | Typical use | Starting price | What it does differently | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Derrick Recommended | Enrichment layer (web app, Sheets, Claude, API) | from €9/month | Pairs with SignalHire for sourcing workflows · Credits roll over · MCP-ready | → |
 ContactOut | Recruiter-focused Chrome extension | $49/mo+ | Similar recruiter positioning, weaker GitHub coverage | → |
 RocketReach | Recruiter + sales hybrid | $49/mo+ | Broader DB, less recruiter-specific UX | → |
 Lusha | Phone-first SDR tool | $49.90/mo+ | Better phone coverage, sales-focused UX | → |
 Apollo.io | Database + sender + dialer | $49/user/mo | Free tier 10K credits, sales-focused | → |
 Hunter | Domain-first email search | $49/mo | Cheaper for non-recruiter use cases | → |
The verdict07 / 09
Who should skip SignalHire
SignalHire is the right tool for technical recruiters and recruiting agencies sourcing engineers across LinkedIn + GitHub + AngelList + Stack Overflow. The multi-platform coverage and deep ATS integrations are genuinely differentiated versus sales-focused tools: for technical recruiting, no major sales-prospecting alternative does what SignalHire does. The platform fails as a sales-prospecting tool (the recruiter UX is friction for SDRs) and as a phone-first solution (mobile coverage lags Lusha + Cognism). For its core ICP (in-house tech recruiters and recruiting agencies operating inside an ATS), SignalHire is one of the cleanest recruiter-specific contact tools in 2026.
Score breakdown
- Ease of use4.0/5The Chrome extension covers LinkedIn, GitHub, AngelList and Stack Overflow, with bulk exports up to 2,000 per query.
- Data quality3.0/5Phones are scarce: $69 a month buys 1,000 email credits but only 435 phone credits.
- Pricing value3.0/5Pricing is public, but the page states no rollover or expiry policy for unused credits.
- Support & reliability4.0/5Native bidirectional sync with Greenhouse, Lever, Workable and Bullhorn handles candidate stages.
derrick •
Switch from SignalHire 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
Install the add-on and enrich your lists without leaving your spreadsheet.
Install in Google Sheets → https://app1.derrick-app.com/mcp Call the same enrichment endpoints straight from your own stack or workflow.
Read the API docs →No credit card · No contract
How we review
We read SignalHire's public pricing page and documentation, analyse verified user reviews on G2 and Capterra, and compare it with Derrick on the same criteria. Derrick is our product, and we say so in every comparison.
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