Clay alternative for one job: public contact details from a list of websites

Updated 14 Oct 2026 · Disclosure: the Apify Actor compared here is built and published by Unadhi. Competitor facts below come only from their own public pages, read on 14 Oct 2026; each is linked in Sources. We did not log in, start trials or read paywalled material. No ratings, no reviews, no scores of our own.

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Short answer: Clay is a go-to-market workspace that runs enrichment across 150+ data providers, AI research (Claygent), signals and CRM sync. Its pricing page lists a Free plan (100 data credits and 500 actions a month, up to 200 rows per table, no phone enrichment) and paid Launch and Growth plans; the page's FAQ says Launch starts at $185/month and Growth at $495/month, while the plan cards show lower slider-based figures for some billing and volume options — check the live page. If all you need is the contact details a business publishes on its own website, our Apify Actor does that one job, free during launch plus Apify platform usage.

The pain this page is about

Clay is powerful, and powerful tools take time to learn and budget for. If your table has one column you actually need filled — “how do I contact this company?” — a single-purpose tool may be enough.

Side by side (from public pages)

	Clay	Unadhi Website Contact Scraper (Apify)
Main job	Multi-provider enrichment waterfalls, AI web research, signals, sequencing, CRM and warehouse sync	Visit each website you list and return its public contact details
Data source	150+ third-party providers via data credits, or your own API keys	Only the websites you give it
Phones	Phone enrichment on Launch and above (not on Free, per the plan table)	Phones and WhatsApp numbers published on the site, normalised to E.164
Free start	Free plan: 100 data credits + 500 actions a month, up to 200 rows per table	Actor free during launch; Apify Free plan includes $5 usage a month
Paid price (public, 14 Oct 2026)	FAQ: Launch “starting at $185/mo”, Growth “starting at $495/mo”; Enterprise custom. Annual billing saves 10% per the toggle	No subscription with us; Apify platform usage only
Learning curve	Tables, actions, credits, waterfalls (documented on Clay's site)	One input list, one output table

Who should pick Clay instead

You need people-level data (names, titles, verified emails) from several providers with fallbacks.
You run ongoing GTM workflows: job-change signals, CRM auto-sync, ad audiences.
You want AI research columns written for every row.

Who our Actor fits better

You need the company's own published contacts — shared inbox, phone, WhatsApp, social pages — with the source page recorded.
You want to stay at zero subscription while you test a market.
You prefer privacy-first defaults: role mailboxes only unless you switch personal emails on.

Try it on five of your own websites first

Actor fee: free during launch · you pay only Apify platform usage

The Website Contact Scraper: Emails, Phones & WhatsApp is a pay-per-usage Actor on Apify. Apify's own docs explain the model: you pay only for the platform resources the run uses, with no extra charge from the developer (Apify docs). Apify's free plan is $0 and includes $5 of platform usage a month, with no credit card (apify.com/pricing). We do not quote a cost per 1,000 sites, because it depends on the sites; Apify suggests a small test run to measure it. Sites that block bots, disallow crawling or forbid scraping in their terms are skipped and not charged. Built and published by Unadhi (disclosure).

Open the Actor on Apify (free during launch)

Free gift: copy-paste input for a five-site test

{ "urls": ["example-one.com", "example-two.in", "example-three.com", "example-four.co.uk", "example-five.de"], "maxPagesPerSite": 4, "checkEmailMx": true, "includePersonalEmails": false, "defaultCountry": "IN" }

Replace the five domains with real ones from your list. Check the rows by hand against two of the sites before you run hundreds. More walk-throughs: find public role emails on a company website · add emails and phones to a Google Maps export.

Frequently asked questions

What is a simple Clay alternative for company website contacts?

If all you need is the contact details a business publishes on its own website, Unadhi's Website Contact Scraper on Apify does that one job: role emails, phones normalised to E.164, WhatsApp numbers and social pages, with the source page recorded. Our Actor is free during launch; you pay only Apify platform usage, and Apify's free plan includes $5 of usage a month. Clay suits multi-provider, people-level enrichment.

How much does Clay cost in 2026?

Clay's pricing page, read on 14 Oct 2026, has a Free plan with 100 data credits and 500 actions a month and up to 200 rows per table. Its FAQ says Launch starts at $185 a month and Growth at $495 a month, though plan cards show other slider-based figures. Enterprise is custom; check the live page.

Does Clay's free plan include phone numbers?

No. According to Clay's plan table, phone enrichment is available on Launch and above, not on the Free plan. The Unadhi Actor returns phone and WhatsApp numbers only when the business has published them on its own website, and it normalises them to E.164 format.

Can I use the Apify contact scraper together with Clay?

Possibly, but Unadhi has not tested an integration and makes no claim about one. The simple path is to export the Actor's dataset as a CSV file and import it into your table. Check the rows by hand against a couple of websites before you run hundreds.

Does the Actor return personal email addresses?

Not by default. Only shared role mailboxes such as info@ or sales@ are returned; personal addresses are dropped and counted. You can switch them on, but only with a lawful basis under India's DPDP Act 2023 or the EU/UK GDPR, and you stay responsible for how you use the output.

How much does Clay cost?

Clay's pricing page (read 14 Oct 2026) has a Free plan with 100 data credits and 500 actions a month. Its FAQ says Launch starts at $185 a month and Growth at $495 a month; the plan cards show other slider-based figures depending on billing and volume. Enterprise is custom.

Can I use the Apify Actor together with Clay?

Possibly, but we have not tested an integration, so we make no claim. The simple path is to export the Actor's dataset as CSV and import it.

Does the Actor return personal emails?

Not by default. Only shared role mailboxes are returned; personal addresses are dropped and counted unless you turn them on with a lawful basis.

Not legal advice. Work emails and phone numbers of identifiable people are personal data under India's DPDP Act 2023 and the EU/UK GDPR; you decide what to do with the output and you stay responsible for it. Competitor prices and plans change; re-check their pricing pages before you decide. Spotted an error about any product on this page, including ours? Write to mininglife7@gmail.com and we correct it.

Sources

Clay pricing page (plans, plan table and FAQ) — https://www.clay.com/pricing (read 14 Oct 2026)
Unadhi Website Contact Scraper on Apify Store — https://apify.com/laudable_instrument/contact-details-scraper-half-price (read 14 Oct 2026)
Apify docs: pay-per-usage Actors — https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage (read 14 Oct 2026)
Apify pricing — https://apify.com/pricing (read 14 Oct 2026)

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