The cheapest way in is the Free plan: 1 user and 50 credits. LeadIQ also says you can try any plan free for 30 days. The cheapest paid plan is Pro: 200 credits a month for $20 on monthly billing, or $15 a month billed yearly ($180 a year) (LeadIQ pricing, October 2026).
LeadIQ does not mark a most popular step. The biggest self-serve step is 6,750 credits for $290.25 a month, or $217.69 billed yearly.
What 1M records cost: no public 1M price. Self-serve stops at 6,750 credits a month, and anything above that is Enterprise, on a custom quote.
Plans
LeadIQ sells Free, Pro and Enterprise. Pro is one slider from 200 to 6,750 credits a month, with 5 users included at every step. The page opens on annual billing, which it shows as 2,400 to 81,000 credits a year at 25% off.
| Plan | Price | Credits | Seats | API access | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 | 1 user | Listed | Credits expire after one year. LeadIQ can end a Free account at any time. |
| Pro, entry | $20 a month; $15 a month billed yearly ($180 a year) | 200 a month (2,400 a year) | Up to 5 users | Listed | $0.100 a credit on monthly billing. |
| Pro, 1,000 | $50 a month; $37.50 billed yearly ($450 a year) | 1,000 a month (12,000 a year) | Up to 5 users | Listed | $0.050 a credit. |
| Pro, 2,000 | $94 a month; $70.50 billed yearly ($846 a year) | 2,000 a month (24,000 a year) | Up to 5 users | Listed | $0.047 a credit. |
| Pro, 3,000 | $135 a month; $101.25 billed yearly ($1,215 a year) | 3,000 a month (36,000 a year) | Up to 5 users | Listed | $0.045 a credit. |
| Pro, 4,000 | $180 a month; $135 billed yearly ($1,620 a year) | 4,000 a month (48,000 a year) | Up to 5 users | Listed | $0.045 a credit. |
| Pro, 5,000 | $215 a month; $161.25 billed yearly ($1,935 a year) | 5,000 a month (60,000 a year) | Up to 5 users | Listed | $0.043 a credit. |
| Pro, 6,750 | $290.25 a month; $217.69 billed yearly ($2,612.25 a year) | 6,750 a month (81,000 a year) | Up to 5 users | Listed | Largest self-serve step. $0.043 a credit. |
| Enterprise | Custom quote | Not published | Custom | Not itemised | Annual plan only. Adds file enrichment by CSV upload, governance controls, Salesforce duplicate detection and team analytics. |
Source: LeadIQ pricing, October 2026. The slider has more steps between these rows, and the prices come from the page's own price table. The Free and Pro cards list the same twelve features, including API access, exporting, the Chrome extension and the AI message writer. Free database search is limited, and the page marks it the same way on Pro.
What a credit buys
LeadIQ prices by data point. The pricing page lists four actions, and the developer docs add the finer MCP rates. Credits are called Universal Credits (UC) in the docs.
| Action | Credit cost | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Work email | 1 credit | Pricing |
| Direct phone number | 10 credits | Pricing |
| Email and phone for one person | 11 credits | Pricing |
| Account (company) enrichment | 3 credits per distinct company | Pricing, developer docs |
| Profile only (name, title, seniority, LinkedIn URL, employer) | 0.1 UC per record, over MCP | Developer docs |
| Email verification | 0.1 UC per check, over MCP | Developer docs |
| Email that fails verification | Not returned, no charge | Developer docs |
| Same data point looked up again within a year | Free | Developer docs |
| Lists, saved prospects, credit balance | Free | Developer docs |
All sources checked October 2026. A returned work email is billed whatever its verification status. Email and phone replace the profile fee instead of stacking on it, so a person with both costs 11 UC, not 11.1.
Hidden costs
The credit price is only part of the bill. These are the items that move the total.
- Credits expire. Monthly plan credits expire at the end of each month. Annual plan credits expire at the end of the year. Payments for credits are non-refundable (LeadIQ terms, October 2026).
- Phones cost ten times an email. A list of 1,000 people with email and phone is 11,000 credits. The same list with email only is 1,000.
- Company data costs 3 more. Each distinct company is 3 credits on top of the person (LeadIQ developer docs, October 2026).
- Self-serve stops at 6,750 credits a month. Above that is Enterprise, annual only. File enrichment by CSV upload is also listed under Enterprise (LeadIQ pricing, October 2026).
- Auto-renewal and lock-in. Plans renew for the same term, and fees can change at renewal. Annual cancellations need 30 days' notice, and only upgrades are allowed mid-term (LeadIQ terms, October 2026).
- MCP and the GraphQL API use different rates. MCP charges per data point. The GraphQL API runs on its own ratesheet, and LeadIQ does not publish it (LeadIQ developer docs, October 2026).
- Rate limits are not in the developer docs. The docs publish no request limit for the GraphQL API, so ask before you plan a bulk pull.
- Deep paging is capped. Offset paging stops at 10,000 results. Cursor paging reads further (LeadIQ developer docs, October 2026).
Worked examples
LeadIQ publishes no price above 6,750 credits a month, so these examples show the credits each volume needs and where the public price stops. Email only is 1 credit a person. Email and phone is 11.
10k records a month
- Email only: 10,000 credits. The largest Pro step buys 6,750 for $290.25 a month, so the other 3,250 need Enterprise.
- Email and phone: 10,000 x 11 = 110,000 credits, sixteen times the largest Pro step.
- Inside self-serve, 6,750 credits buys about 610 people with email and phone.
- LeadOcean Pro: $499 flat. For email only up to 6,750 a month, LeadIQ is cheaper at list. With phones it runs out first.
1M records a month
- No public 1M price.
- Email only: 1,000,000 credits, about 148 times the largest Pro step.
- Email and phone: 1,000,000 x 11 = 11,000,000 credits.
- Company records: 1,000,000 x 3 = 3,000,000 credits.
- LeadOcean Pro: $499 flat. Exports run at up to 500,000 rows a day, so a 1M pull takes two days.
25M records a month
- No public 25M price.
- Email only: 25,000,000 credits. Email and phone: 275,000,000 credits.
- LeadOcean Pro: $499 flat. Past the fair-usage line a very large month is paced down to one request a minute until the reset, not cut off. One email to support raises the headroom.
| Records a month | LeadIQ credits, email only | LeadIQ credits, email and phone | LeadIQ price | LeadOcean Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10k | 10,000 | 110,000 | Enterprise quote | $499 flat |
| 1M | 1,000,000 | 11,000,000 | No public 1M price | $499 flat |
| 25M | 25,000,000 | 275,000,000 | No public 25M price | $499 flat |
Credit rules from LeadIQ pricing, October 2026. LeadOcean figures come from LeadOcean pricing.
Is it worth it
LeadIQ is worth it when reps prospect in a browser and the credit count stays small. It is poor value when volume or phone numbers climb.
- SDR team of 2 to 5: Pro at 1,000 to 2,000 credits ($50 to $94 a month) covers the extension, job-change tracking and CRM sync. Watch phones: 1,000 credits is about 90 people with email and phone.
- RevOps on Salesforce: Pro includes CRM and webform enrichment. File enrichment by CSV upload and duplicate detection need Enterprise.
- Engineer or agent builder: The API and a 23-tool MCP server are included. You face two rate cards, a 6,750-credit self-serve ceiling and credits that expire. A flat fee is easier to forecast.
- High volume, 1M or more: There is no public price. Ask for an Enterprise quote and compare it with a flat fee.
- Agency or reseller: The terms bar making any portion of the Services, including Data, available to third parties (LeadIQ terms, October 2026). Get written approval first.
For a feature comparison, see the LeadIQ alternative page and LeadIQ alternatives.
Alternatives with a different price model
These three do not charge on a credit slider with a cap at 6,750.
Apollo: seats plus credits. Basic is $65 per seat a month with 2,500 credits, or $49 billed yearly. An email is 1 credit and a phone is 8. Credits expire each cycle. For 1M emails the list cost is $24,750 a month on monthly billing, or $19,600 billed yearly (Apollo pricing, September 2026).
FullEnrich: pay per found contact. Pro starts at $29 a month for 500 credits. A work email is 1 credit and a mobile is 10. There is no public 1M price. The top monthly tier is 100,000 credits for $3,500 (FullEnrich pricing, September 2026).
LeadOcean: flat fee. Free is 1,000 records, one-off, with no card. Pro is $499 a month with unlimited searches, enrichments and lookups, 100 requests per second per key and 5 API keys. There are no credits and no overage invoice. It has no rep workspace, so pair it with your own sending tool (LeadOcean pricing).
FAQ
How much does LeadIQ cost per month?
Pro starts at $20 a month for 200 credits and reaches $290.25 for 6,750 credits. Billed yearly, that is $15 to $217.69 a month. Enterprise is a custom quote (LeadIQ pricing, October 2026).
How much is one LeadIQ credit worth?
It runs from $0.100 on the entry step to $0.043 on the 5,000 and 6,750 steps, on monthly billing. Billed yearly, the best rate is $0.03225. An email is 1 credit and a phone is 10.
Does LeadIQ have a free plan?
Yes. Free gives you 1 user and 50 credits. The pricing page also says any plan can be tried free for 30 days. The terms say Freemium credits expire after one year (LeadIQ terms, October 2026).
Do LeadIQ credits roll over?
No. Credits on a monthly plan expire at the end of the month. Credits on an annual plan expire at the end of the year (LeadIQ terms, October 2026).
Does LeadIQ charge extra for the API?
There is no separate API fee on the page, and API access is listed on Free and Pro. The GraphQL API bills credits on its own ratesheet, which LeadIQ does not publish. MCP bills per data point (LeadIQ developer docs, October 2026).
Is LeadIQ cheaper than a flat-fee API?
At small volume, yes. The largest Pro step is $290.25 a month for 6,750 credits. Past that you need an Enterprise quote, and phones use 10 credits each.
Related: Wappalyzer pricing, Harmonic pricing, ZeroBounce pricing, LeadOcean pricing. Back to the blog.
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