ContactOut plans and prices
The prices below come from contactout.com/pricing and the fair use numbers from section 10 of ContactOut's terms, both read in October 2026. The pricing page draws its numbers in the browser, so some reviews that ranked for this search quote placeholders or older tiers. ContactOut's own page shows the prices with US and UK data coverage included; several reviewers note the price moves with that coverage setting, so look at it before you pay.
| Plan | Billed yearly | Month to month | Emails | Phones | Exports | Users |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 5 a day | 5 a day | 5 a day | 1 |
| $49 a month | $99 a month | Unlimited, fair use 2,000 a month | No | 300 a month | 1 | |
| Email + Phone | $99 a month | $199 a month | Unlimited, fair use 2,000 a month | Unlimited, fair use 1,000 a month | 600 a month | 1 |
| Team / API | Quote | Quote | By contract | By contract | Bulk license | Team |
What each tier adds: Email brings email campaigns and a list builder. Email + Phone adds data enrichment and an AI email writer. Team / API adds API access, team management and reports, Salesforce and ATS integrations, compatibility with LinkedIn Recruiter Pro, a bulk license to its 700 million plus profiles and a dedicated account manager.
Is ContactOut really unlimited?
No, and the limits are written down. Section 10 of ContactOut's terms says paid unlimited plans run under a fair use policy of 2,000 email credits and 1,000 phone credits per account per month, unless an order form sets something else. That is generous for one recruiter working profiles by hand. It is the ceiling for everyone else.
The tighter limit is exports. Revealing an email in the extension and getting it into a CSV, a sequencer or a CRM are different actions. The Email plan allows 300 exports a month and Email + Phone 600. For anyone who works in lists rather than one profile at a time, that number sets the real price.
2,000
emails a month per account under fair use
1,000
phone credits a month on Email + Phone
300 / 600
exports a month on Email and Email + Phone
What one usable email really costs on ContactOut
Divide the plan price by the exports you get. That is the fair comparison for a team that sends from a sequencer or pushes contacts to a CRM.
| Plan and billing | Price per year | Exports per year | Cost per export |
|---|---|---|---|
| Email, yearly | $588 | 3,600 | 16.3 cents |
| Email, monthly | $1,188 | 3,600 | 33 cents |
| Email + Phone, yearly | $1,188 | 7,200 | 16.5 cents |
| Email + Phone, monthly | $2,388 | 7,200 | 33 cents |
| EmailExtractor Starter | $588 | 12,000 verified finds | 4.9 cents |
Those ContactOut figures assume every export is used and every exported email delivers. Neither is true in practice, so the real cost per delivered email is higher. Our Starter row counts only verified addresses; misses and unconfirmed guesses cost nothing. Growth works out to about 3 cents.
The honest other side: if you copy emails one at a time from the extension and never export, the 2,000 a month fair use makes the Email plan cost about 2.5 cents a reveal on yearly billing. ContactOut also returns personal emails and mobile numbers, which we do not. For a solo recruiter sourcing on LinkedIn that can be the better deal.
Who ContactOut pricing suits
A single recruiter or sourcer who works LinkedIn profiles by hand, wants personal emails and phone numbers next to work addresses, and rarely exports more than a few hundred contacts a month. Once candidates reply, the next bottleneck is screening, and an AI interview agent that runs first-round screening interviews takes that off the recruiter's calendar.
Sales teams and agencies with more than one person, who already know the names and companies and need verified work emails in a CSV or CRM. Use the email finder by name for single people, the employee email finder for several people at one account, and the recruiter email finder for hiring managers.
ContactOut compared with other contact tools
Entry prices on yearly billing, read from each vendor's own page in our earlier breakdowns.
| Tool | Entry price | What limits you | Users |
|---|---|---|---|
| ContactOut Email | $49 a month | 300 exports a month | 1 |
| RocketReach Essentials | $19 to $33 a month | 1,200 exports a year | Per seat |
| Lusha Starter | $37.45 a month | 4,800 credits a year | 1 |
| Hunter Starter | $34 a month | 2,000 credits a month | Unlimited |
| EmailExtractor Starter | $49 a month | 1,000 verified finds a month | 2 |
Sources and the full plan ladders are in the RocketReach pricing, Lusha pricing and Hunter.io pricing breakdowns. If RocketReach is the other name on your shortlist, our RocketReach alternative page puts the cost per contact side by side.
ContactOut pricing questions
How much does ContactOut cost?
ContactOut costs $49 a month billed annually ($99 month to month) for the Email plan and $99 a month billed annually ($199 month to month) for Email + Phone. Both are for one user. Team and API plans are quoted by sales. A Free plan gives 5 emails, 5 phones and 5 exports a day.
Is ContactOut free?
ContactOut has a Free plan with 5 emails, 5 phone numbers and 5 exports a day, the browser extension, the search portal and a trial of premium features, limited to one user per company. It is enough to test data quality on a few profiles. Any real prospecting or sourcing volume needs a paid plan.
Is ContactOut really unlimited?
No. ContactOut's terms put its unlimited plans under a fair use policy of 2,000 email credits and 1,000 phone credits per account per month, unless a separate order form says otherwise. Exports are capped separately: 300 a month on Email and 600 on Email + Phone. Plan around those numbers, not the word unlimited.
Does ContactOut have an API?
Yes, but not on the self-serve plans. API access sits in the Team / API tier, which is priced by ContactOut sales and also adds team management, Salesforce and ATS integrations, a bulk license to its profile data and a dedicated account manager. Expect an annual contract rather than a card checkout.
How many users can use one ContactOut plan?
One. The Free, Email and Email + Phone plans all state a limit of one user per company on the pricing page. Teams go to the Team plan through sales, and ContactOut also markets a sales package where the whole team pays for credits used rather than for seats, described as under $299 a month.
Is ContactOut worth it?
For a single recruiter who sources on LinkedIn and wants personal emails and phones from a browser extension, yes. For a team that needs verified work emails in bulk, the one user limit and the 300 or 600 export cap push the cost per exported contact to 16 cents or more, well above a per-result email finder.
Already holding a ContactOut export? Run it through bulk email verification before a cold send. Only verified rows count against the plan.