ContactOut
Sales intelligence software
Lead capture software
Lead intelligence software
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Recruiting automation software
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What is ContactOut
ContactOut is a sales and recruiting contact data platform used to find and verify professional email addresses and phone numbers for prospects and candidates. It is commonly used by sales development teams, recruiters, and sourcing specialists to enrich lead lists and accelerate outreach. The product is delivered as a web app and browser extension that surfaces contact details while users browse professional profiles, and it also supports list building and exports for downstream workflows.
Browser-based contact discovery
ContactOut provides a browser extension that helps users capture contact details while researching people online. This supports fast, in-context sourcing for both sales prospecting and recruiting workflows. It reduces manual copy/paste and lookup steps compared with spreadsheet-driven processes.
Email and phone enrichment
The platform focuses on finding direct email addresses and phone numbers and presenting them in a usable format for outreach. This is valuable for teams that need to move from a name/profile to a reachable contact quickly. It can also support list enrichment use cases where existing records are missing key fields.
Supports sales and recruiting use
ContactOut is used across go-to-market and talent acquisition teams, which can simplify tooling for organizations that run both outbound sales and candidate sourcing. The product’s workflows align with common prospecting and recruiting tasks such as building lists and exporting contact data. This cross-functional applicability can reduce the need to maintain separate point tools for similar data-collection work.
Data coverage and accuracy vary
As with most contact data providers, coverage and accuracy can vary by geography, industry, and seniority level. Users typically need to validate deliverability and phone reachability before large-scale outreach. Teams with strict data quality requirements may need additional verification steps or secondary sources.
Limited end-to-end engagement features
ContactOut primarily addresses contact discovery and enrichment rather than full outbound sequencing, multichannel engagement, or pipeline management. Many teams still require separate systems for campaign execution, CRM workflows, and reporting. This can add integration and process overhead.
Compliance and usage constraints
Using personal and professional contact data for outreach can introduce privacy, consent, and retention obligations depending on jurisdiction and internal policy. Organizations may need legal review, role-based controls, and audit processes to manage acceptable use. These requirements can slow deployment for regulated industries or global teams.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 per month | 40 emails / month; 3 phone numbers / month; works on LinkedIn Standard only; work & personal emails; 1 user per company limit. |
| Personal | $29 per month ($348 billed annually) | 150 emails / month; 15 phone numbers / month; 1,800 emails / year; 180 phone numbers / year; works on LinkedIn Standard only; 1 user per company limit. |
| Sales | $99 per month ($1,188 billed annually) | 500 emails / month; 50 phone numbers / month; 6,000 emails / year; 600 phone numbers / year; works on LinkedIn Recruiter Lite & Sales Navigator; limited ATS integration; Salesforce integration; 1 user per company limit. |
| Recruiter | $199 per month ($2,388 billed annually) | 1,000 emails / month; 50 phone numbers / month; 12,000 emails / year; 600 phone numbers / year; works on LinkedIn Recruiter Pro & all LinkedIn versions; full ATS integration; Salesforce integration; includes additional contacts; 1 user per company limit. |
| Team | Custom pricing | Everything in Recruiter plus volume discounts, team collaboration, enterprise support, dedicated account manager, bulk licenses and API/team plans; contact sales. |
