We compared 15 tools on price, data quality, export limits, and verdict for one specific use case: buying a verified B2B contact list for cold email outreach. Every claim is sourced.
Apollo charges ~$202 true cost for 5,000 contacts once you factor in the 30% bounce rate and re-verification fees.
Hunter charges 1.5 credits per verified contact (1 to find + 0.5 to verify) and its Discover database is company-first, not people-first.
RocketReach's Ultimate plan caps exports at 1,000/month - getting 50,000 contacts takes 50 months of subscription payments.
Lusha credits cover email AND phone - 400 credits on Pro isn't 400 emails, and getting 5,000 emails takes 12+ months of subscription.
ZoomInfo starts at $22,000 for a 2-year contract and requires a sales call before you see any pricing.
UpLead's 95% accuracy guarantee is real, but 170 credits/month on Essentials runs out in under two weeks for an active SDR.
Lead411 is a US-focused database with intent signals, but 200 exports/month on Spark means 5,000 contacts takes 25 months.
Snov.io's LinkedIn automation is effectively dead - LinkedIn suspends accounts at scale - and its database finds emails for only ~20% of searches.
BookYourData is the closest model to Quarvio - pay-as-you-go, no subscription - but charges $0.16/contact vs Quarvio's $0.026/contact at 5,000 contacts.
EasyLeadz is India's best tool for direct mobile numbers of Indian decision-makers - but email is secondary and it covers only India.
Accumn is India's most complete B2B database with 1.5M+ MCA-registered companies, directors, and financials - but pricing is custom quote only.
LakeB2B is a managed campaign service starting at $3,500/month - not a self-serve list builder - with delivery complaints across review platforms.
Denave is an India-based managed B2B data and telesales service - custom pricing, no self-serve option, built for enterprise teams.
Clay is a powerful enrichment workflow tool - but it requires technical setup, pulls from 50+ sources at extra cost, and doesn't deliver a ready list.
Instantly's Lead Finder is a bonus feature bundled with their sending platform - not a standalone product, and database quality is disputed.
Verified B2B contacts from $129 for 5,000. One-time purchase, 12 months valid, 90%+ deliverability guaranteed.