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# Best RocketReach alternatives in 2026 | SpecStream

Compared on Nov 9, 2026.

# RocketReach alternatives in 2026

**Accounts with contacts from 5¢ a row.**

RocketReach sells pre-paid lookups that expire at the end of the term. SalesIntel reports Essentials at $329 a year for email only, Pro at $829 with phone numbers and Ultimate at $1,699 with API access.

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-rocketreach&utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=rocketreach&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fask%3Fq%3DSaaS%2520companies%2520in%2520the%2520United%2520States%2520with%2520100%2520to%25201%252C000%2520employees%2520that%2520raised%2520a%2520Series%2520B%2520in%2520the%2520last%252012%2520months%252C%2520with%2520the%2520CRO%252C%2520the%2520VP%2520of%2520Sales%2520and%2520a%2520work%2520email%2520and%2520direct%2520phone%2520for%2520each)

New accounts get $10 of credit, no card.

## SpecStream and RocketReach side by side

|  | SpecStream | RocketReach |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What you get back | Structured rows, one record per company or person, with facts from many sites joined. Source URL and read time on every value | Lookup Information on people. Subscribers pre-pay for a set number of Lookups and Exports |
| 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 pre-paid Lookup. Cognism reports extra lookups at $0.30 to $0.45 each |
| Phone numbers | 15¢ on a delivered row that carries the phone, on every plan | From Pro up. SalesIntel reports Essentials at $329 a year as email only and Pro at $829 a year with phone numbers |
| 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 | SalesIntel reports Essentials at $329 a year, Pro at $829 and Ultimate at $1,699, custom team plans from $6,000 a year, and 5 free lookups for a new account |
| Seats | No seats. People and agents spend from one balance | Priced per user. Cognism reports Essentials at $80, Pro at $150 and Ultimate at $833 per user a month, and team plans from $83 per user a month billed annually |
| Unused balance | A top-up never expires, and whatever a run does not use goes back to your balance | Lookups expire at the end of the subscription term |
| API and delivery | MCP server, REST API, Python and TypeScript SDKs, a CLI and A2A. Rows go to Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable, Notion, monday.com, HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Attio, Slack, Teams, Zapier, Make, n8n and signed webhooks | SalesIntel reports API access with Ultimate at $1,699 a year and above. Its terms ban automated data collection on the service without written consent |

## Why RocketReach 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. SalesIntel reports RocketReach's Pro plan at $829 a year for 3,600 exports, and its Essentials plan carries no phone numbers.

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. RocketReach lookups are paid up front, and its terms say they expire at the end of the subscription 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=rocketreach). Funding rounds, new executives and layoffs are at [specstream.ai/signals](https://specstream.ai/signals?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=rocketreach). 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=rocketreach).

### 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 RocketReach 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.

### Apollo

A sales platform billed in credits. One click exports up to 10,000 leads, and credits reset at the start of each billing cycle with no rollover. A SpecStream top-up never expires, and a row costs the same on every plan.

### 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.

### 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.

### 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 RocketReach

Write the accounts you want in plain words, or import the contacts you exported from RocketReach, 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": "SaaS companies in the United States with 100 to 1,000 employees that raised a Series B in the last 12 months, with the CRO, the VP of Sales and a work email and direct 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-rocketreach&utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=rocketreach&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fask%3Fq%3DSaaS%2520companies%2520in%2520the%2520United%2520States%2520with%2520100%2520to%25201%252C000%2520employees%2520that%2520raised%2520a%2520Series%2520B%2520in%2520the%2520last%252012%2520months%252C%2520with%2520the%2520CRO%252C%2520the%2520VP%2520of%2520Sales%2520and%2520a%2520work%2520email%2520and%2520direct%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 RocketReach cost?

SalesIntel reports RocketReach Essentials at $329 a year for email only, Pro at $829 a year with phone numbers and Ultimate at $1,699 a year with API access, and custom team plans from $6,000 a year. Cognism reports the same three plans at $80, $150 and $833 per user a month. SpecStream charges 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row, plus 5¢ for an email and 15¢ for a phone.

Do RocketReach lookups expire?

Yes. RocketReach's terms say subscribers pre-pay for a set number of lookups and that lookups expire at the end of the subscription term. A SpecStream top-up never expires, and what a run does not use goes back to your balance.

What is the best RocketReach 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 RocketReach for phone numbers?

A phone adds 15¢ to a SpecStream row, on every plan. SalesIntel reports RocketReach's phone numbers start on Pro at $829 a year, and Cognism reports extra lookups at $0.30 to $0.45 each. 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=rocketreach).

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=rocketreach). In a row, each email says whether a page printed it, and a likely one is labeled.

### Sources

SpecStream wrote this page. RocketReach's terms come from its own page. Its prices come from SalesIntel and Cognism, which publish them; Cognism sells a rival product.

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.  [RocketReach terms](https://rocketreach.co/terms)rocketreach.co/terms, read Nov 9, 2026
7.  [SalesIntel, RocketReach pricing](https://salesintel.io/blog/rocketreach-pricing-plans/)salesintel.io/blog/rocketreach-pricing-plans/, read Nov 9, 2026
8.  [Cognism, RocketReach pricing](https://www.cognism.com/rocketreach-pricing)cognism.com/rocketreach-pricing, read Nov 9, 2026
9.  [Apollo pricing](https://www.apollo.io/pricing)apollo.io/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026
10.  [Lusha pricing](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/)lusha.com/pricing/, read Nov 9, 2026
11.  [Cognism pricing](https://www.cognism.com/pricing)cognism.com/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026
12.  [ZoomInfo pricing](https://www.zoominfo.com/pricing)zoominfo.com/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026