Lusha alternative: when you need what each company's website publishes, not a person's direct dial
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Short answer: Lusha is a B2B contact database with a browser extension, CRM integrations, an API and MCP access. It works on credits: per its pricing FAQ (checked 22 Oct 2026), revealing a verified email costs 1 credit and a phone number 5 credits. The plan data on the page lists Free at $0 (40 credits a month), Starter at $49.90 a month billed monthly (400 credits) or $37.45 a month billed annually ($449.10 a year, 4,800 credits), Pro at $69.90 or $52.45 (600 credits a month) and Premium at $399.90 or $299.95 (3,400 credits a month). If your job is “I have a list of company websites and want the emails, phones, WhatsApp and social links each site publishes, one row per site”, our Website Contact Scraper on Apify does that, is free during launch, and you pay only Apify platform usage. If you need a named decision-maker's email or mobile number, Lusha is the better pick.
The pain this page is about
“I have 200 clinics, dealers or shops from Google Maps. I need a way to reach each business this week.” A contact database answers who works there and how to reach that person; a website scraper answers what this business publishes for customers to contact it. Paying 5 credits per phone reveal makes sense for a decision-maker's mobile, less so for a shop's own front-desk number that is already on its contact page.
Side by side (function and price, from public pages)
| Lusha | Unadhi Website Contact Scraper (Apify) | |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Find and reveal contact data for people and companies from Lusha's database; prospecting in its Workspace, browser extension, API and MCP | Visit each website in your list and return the public contact details it publishes |
| Input | Search filters, a LinkedIn or company page in the extension, or a CRM record | A list of domains, start URLs, or an Apify dataset (e.g. a Google Maps run) |
| Named people | Yes, that is the core job | Off by default: role mailboxes only; personal addresses dropped unless you switch them on |
| Phones and WhatsApp | Phone reveals at 5 credits each | Phones the site publishes, normalised to E.164; WhatsApp click-to-chat links turned into numbers with a ready wa.me link |
| Source of each contact | Lusha's database | The page on the company's own site where each detail was found (foundOn) |
| Price (public, checked 22 Oct 2026) | Free $0 (40 credits/month) · Starter $49.90/mo monthly, 400 credits, or $37.45/mo billed annually ($449.10/yr, 4,800 credits) · Pro $69.90 / $52.45 (600 credits/mo) · Premium $399.90 / $299.95 (3,400 credits/mo) · Scale: talk to sales | Actor fee: free during launch. Apify platform usage only; Apify Free plan includes $5 of usage a month |
| Unused credits | Monthly plans: roll over up to twice the plan's credit limit while subscribed. Annual plans: all credits up front, unused credits reset at the end of the year (per its FAQ) | No credits: you see each run's usage in Apify billing |
| Cancel | Any time from account settings; credits stay until the end of the billing period | No subscription with us. Blocked, failed and terms-blocked sites are not charged |
A function-and-price summary in our own words, not a review. Lusha's plan prices are quoted from the structured plan data published on its pricing page; the visible plan cards use a credit slider, so check the slider for other credit amounts. We do not repeat ratings or customer counts from either page.
Who should pick Lusha instead
- You sell to companies and need the named decision-maker's work email or direct phone, not the front desk.
- You prospect from LinkedIn or your CRM and want contacts revealed in place, with CRM sync.
- You want one credit balance across a web app, browser extension, API and MCP for AI agents.
- 40 free credits a month is enough for your volume.
Who our Actor fits better
- You start from a list of websites (Google Maps, a directory, a dealer list) and want what each publishes, including phones and WhatsApp that Indian SMEs, clinics and shops often list instead of email.
- You want a privacy-first default (shared role inboxes only) and the source page of every contact, so you can show where it came from if asked.
- You want to test at zero cost inside Apify's free $5 monthly usage, with no credits to budget.
Next step after the run: turn the scrape into a call sheet or a HubSpot or Pipedrive import file.
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).
Free gift: copy-paste input for a five-site test
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
Does Lusha have a free plan?
Yes. Its pricing page (checked 22 Oct 2026) describes a permanent Free plan with up to 40 credits a month, basic prospecting features, the browser extension and CRM integrations.
How many Lusha credits does a phone number cost?
Its pricing FAQ says revealing a verified email costs 1 credit and revealing a phone number costs 5 credits.
How much is Lusha Starter?
The plan data on its pricing page shows Starter at $49.90 a month billed monthly with 400 credits a month, or $37.45 a month billed annually ($449.10 a year for 4,800 credits), before tax.
Can the Unadhi Actor find a decision-maker's mobile number like Lusha?
No, not by design. It reads only what each company's website publishes and by default returns shared role inboxes and the business's own phone and WhatsApp numbers. Personal addresses are dropped unless you switch them on, which needs a lawful basis under India's DPDP Act or the GDPR.
What does the Unadhi Actor cost?
No Actor fee during launch. You pay Apify only for the platform usage of each run; Apify's free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
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
- Lusha pricing (plan data, credit costs, roll-over, cancellation FAQ) — https://www.lusha.com/pricing/ (checked 22 Oct 2026)
- Unadhi Website Contact Scraper on Apify Store (pricing model, features) — https://apify.com/laudable_instrument/contact-details-scraper-half-price (checked 22 Oct 2026)
- Apify docs: pay-per-usage Actors — https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage (checked 22 Oct 2026)
- Apify pricing (Free plan, $5 monthly usage) — https://apify.com/pricing (checked 22 Oct 2026)
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