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# Best LeadIQ alternatives in 2026 | SpecStream

Compared on Nov 9, 2026.

# LeadIQ alternatives in 2026

**An email and a phone for 20¢ on each row.**

LeadIQ's Pro plan shows $200 a month for 200 credits, for up to 5 users. An email takes 1 credit, a phone number 10 and both 11, and paid credits expire at the end of each term.

SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. Describe the accounts you want by any trait, and each one reaches your CRM with its buying committee at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row, plus 5¢ an email and 15¢ a phone.

[Describe your data](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-leadiq&utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=leadiq&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fask%3Fq%3DCybersecurity%2520companies%2520in%2520North%2520America%2520with%2520200%2520to%25202%252C000%2520employees%2520that%2520are%2520hiring%2520SDRs%252C%2520with%2520the%2520VP%2520of%2520Sales%252C%2520the%2520head%2520of%2520sales%2520development%2520and%2520a%2520work%2520email%2520and%2520phone%2520for%2520each)

New accounts get $10 of credit, no card.

## SpecStream and LeadIQ side by side

|  | SpecStream | LeadIQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The unit you pay for | A delivered row: 5¢, 15¢ or $1 by how much the row needs, plus 5¢ for an email and 15¢ for a phone. The same rate on every plan | A credit: 1 for an email, 10 for a phone number, 11 for both and 3 for an account enrichment |
| An email and a phone | 20¢ on a delivered row: 5¢ for the email and 15¢ for the phone | 11 credits. Pro shows $200 a month for 200 credits |
| Plans | $10 of credit, no card. Pro $19, Scale $99 and Team $499 a month, all spent as credit at the same row rates. A yearly plan adds 20% more credit | Free for 1 user with 50 credits. Pro shows $200 a month for 200 credits, with 25% off billed annually. Enterprise is custom. Any plan can be tried free for 30 days |
| Seats | No seats. People and agents spend from one balance | Pro covers up to 5 users. Enterprise is custom |
| Unused balance | A top-up never expires, and whatever a run does not use goes back to your balance | Paid credits expire at the end of each subscription term, so monthly credits expire each month. Free credits expire after 1 year |
| Refunds and renewal | Duplicates, rows you already own and rows a page contradicts are not charged, and a run that finds nothing costs nothing | Fees and payments for credits are non-refundable, and plans renew automatically |
| A list you already have | Import a CSV, Excel file, Google Sheet or Airtable base of up to 20,000 rows. SpecStream fills in or checks each row and matches it to one identity, with any namesakes shown alongside their evidence. Import is free. A row that matches pays its rate, and a row that does not costs 5¢ | File enrichment by CSV upload is listed on Enterprise |

## Why LeadIQ buyers move to SpecStream

### Accounts by a trait no filter lists

Your best accounts share a trait no filter lists. Describe it, and every account that has it reaches your CRM with its buying committee and a link to where the trait shows.

The trait can be the tools a company runs, the roles it hires for or the markets it entered. SpecStream reads the request back as parts you can edit before anything runs, then checks each account against each condition on the live web. An account that fails one is not delivered and not billed.

### The committee and its contacts come on the row

1,000 accounts with the buying committee cost $150 on SpecStream, plus 5¢ for each email and 15¢ for each phone. On LeadIQ, an email and a phone for 1,000 people take 11,000 credits, and Pro shows 200 credits for $200 a month.

Each email says whether a page printed it, and a likely one is labeled. Source URL and read time on every value.

### The price is set before the run

Every request gets a quote of the most it can cost, good for 30 minutes. Nothing runs until you approve it, the charge never goes past that amount, and whatever the run does not use goes back to your balance. LeadIQ's terms say payments for credits are non-refundable, and paid credits expire at the end of each term.

### Signals that say who to call this week

SpecStream reads public databases every morning. In the week of November 2, 2026, 494 operating companies filed a Form D reporting $29.51 billion sold, and each one is a row on [specstream.ai/data/form-d](https://specstream.ai/data/form-d?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=leadiq). Funding rounds, new executives and layoffs are at [specstream.ai/signals](https://specstream.ai/signals?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=leadiq). Ask for your own cut of any of them.

The same account runs the Search API, the most accurate web search API in the world: 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official SimpleQA Verified questions (978 correct), and 64.0 item F1 and 43.4 row F1 on all 200 official WideSearch tasks. The scores and method are on [benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=leadiq).

### The accounts stay up to date in your CRM

Save the request and it reruns hourly to yearly. Each row comes back labeled changed, unchanged or no longer matching, a changed or new row costs half its rate and an unchanged row costs 1¢. New matches and changes land in HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Attio, Sheets, Slack or Teams with no code, or in your agent through the MCP server. Rows you already own are never charged again.

## Other LeadIQ alternatives

### SpecStream

The live web data engine for teams and agents. One request in plain words returns the accounts that meet every condition, with the buying committee, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row, plus 5¢ for an email and 15¢ for a phone, under a maximum you approve before the run. The Search API costs $5 per 1,000 searches and the Extract API $0.80 per 1,000 pages.

### Cognism

Sold on credits, where 1 credit is 1 revealed contact and viewing a contact already revealed costs nothing. Its pricing page sends you to a Cognism expert for a price. SpecStream's rates are on its pricing page, and sign-up comes with $10 of credit.

### Lusha

A contact database sold in credits. The Free plan gives 40 credits a month, an email takes 1 credit and a phone number takes 5. On SpecStream an email adds 5¢ to a row and a phone adds 15¢, on every plan.

### ZoomInfo

A go-to-market platform priced by licenses and credit usage, with credits priced by the depth of information you need and one tier showing 75K included credits. On SpecStream, 1,000 accounts with the buying committee cost $150, and you see the price before the run.

## How SpecStream scores

The same numbers as the benchmarks page, from the official tasks and scorers.

ResultsWideSearchCostSimpleQA Verified

|  | SpecStream | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/parallel.svg)Parallel | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/exa.svg)Exa | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/tavily.svg)Tavily | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/perplexity.svg)Perplexity |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Web research**WideSearch, GPT-5.6 Luna | 60.9 | 45.5 | 53.0 | 47.9 | 47.0 |
| **Factual accuracy**SimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Luna | 96 | 94 | 91 | 94 | 94 |
| **Factual accuracy**SimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Sol | 99 | 97 | 91 | 92 | 95 |

## How to switch from LeadIQ

Write the accounts you want in plain words, or import the contacts you exported from LeadIQ, up to 20,000 rows, and SpecStream fills in or checks each row. Sign up and you get $10 of credit, no card. At 5¢ a row, that is up to 200 rows.

Or send the request from code. This call spends nothing: the `402` reply shows how SpecStream read the request, the columns and the most it can cost.

```
curl -i https://api.specstream.ai/v1/agent/lists \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"request": "Cybersecurity companies in North America with 200 to 2,000 employees that are hiring SDRs, with the VP of Sales, the head of sales development and a work email and phone for each", "count": 25}'
```

Approve that maximum by card through Stripe's Link agent wallet, or in USDC on Base, Arbitrum or Polygon, and you pay for the rows found. On an account, your agent uses the MCP server at `https://api.specstream.ai/mcp` and your team uses the workspace, from the same balance.

[Describe your data](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-leadiq&utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=leadiq&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fask%3Fq%3DCybersecurity%2520companies%2520in%2520North%2520America%2520with%2520200%2520to%25202%252C000%2520employees%2520that%2520are%2520hiring%2520SDRs%252C%2520with%2520the%2520VP%2520of%2520Sales%252C%2520the%2520head%2520of%2520sales%2520development%2520and%2520a%2520work%2520email%2520and%2520phone%2520for%2520each)

## Frequently asked questions

Something we didn't answer? [Talk to a human](https://specstream.ai/talk-to-a-human.md)

How much does LeadIQ cost?

LeadIQ's Pro plan shows $200 a month for 200 credits, with 25% off billed annually, and covers up to 5 users. Free gives 1 user 50 credits, and Enterprise is custom. SpecStream charges 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row, plus 5¢ for an email and 15¢ for a phone.

How do LeadIQ credits work?

An email takes 1 credit, a phone number 10, both 11 and an account enrichment 3. Paid credits expire at the end of each subscription term, and LeadIQ's terms say payments for credits are non-refundable. On SpecStream each row has a price in cents, and a top-up never expires.

What is the best LeadIQ alternative?

SpecStream, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row. You describe the accounts in plain words, approve the most the run can cost, and get each account that meets every condition with its buying committee, an email for 5¢ more and a phone for 15¢ more. The rows land in HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Attio or your sheet, and stay up to date on your schedule.

Is there a cheaper alternative to LeadIQ for phone numbers?

A phone adds 15¢ to a SpecStream row, and an email and a phone together add 20¢. On LeadIQ a phone number takes 10 credits, and Pro shows 200 credits for $200 a month. SpecStream bills only delivered rows, and a run that finds nothing costs nothing.

Can SpecStream fill in a list I already have?

Yes, up to 20,000 rows from a CSV, Excel file, Google Sheet or Airtable base. Importing is free. Each row that matches your request pays its row rate, and a row that does not match costs a 5¢ check.

Does SpecStream have an API?

Yes. The Search API costs $5 per 1,000 searches of up to 10 results, the Extract API $0.80 per 1,000 pages, and Deep Search returns rows at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 each. All three run through the REST API, the Python and TypeScript SDKs, the CLI and the MCP server at `https://api.specstream.ai/mcp`. The docs start at [specstream.ai/docs/api](https://specstream.ai/docs/api?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=leadiq).

How accurate is SpecStream?

SpecStream's Search API scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official SimpleQA Verified questions (978 correct), and 64.0 item F1 and 43.4 row F1 on all 200 official WideSearch tasks. It is the most accurate web search API in the world, and the scores and method are on [benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=leadiq). In a row, each email says whether a page printed it, and a likely one is labeled.

### Sources

SpecStream wrote this page. Each rival figure comes from that company's own page.

1.  [SpecStream pricing](https://specstream.ai/pricing)specstream.ai/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026
2.  [SpecStream for agents](https://specstream.ai/agents.md)specstream.ai/agents.md, read Nov 9, 2026
3.  [SpecStream benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks)specstream.ai/benchmarks, read Nov 9, 2026
4.  [SpecStream data, Form D](https://specstream.ai/data/form-d)specstream.ai/data/form-d, read Nov 9, 2026
5.  [SpecStream signals](https://specstream.ai/signals)specstream.ai/signals, read Nov 9, 2026
6.  [LeadIQ pricing](https://www.leadiq.com/pricing)leadiq.com/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026
7.  [LeadIQ terms](https://www.leadiq.com/terms)leadiq.com/terms, read Nov 9, 2026
8.  [Cognism pricing](https://www.cognism.com/pricing)cognism.com/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026
9.  [Lusha pricing](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/)lusha.com/pricing/, read Nov 9, 2026
10.  [ZoomInfo pricing](https://www.zoominfo.com/pricing)zoominfo.com/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026