The cheapest UpLead plan is the Test Drive trial: $0 for 7 days with 5 credits. The cheapest paid plan is Essentials at $99 a month. Plus at $199 a month is the top public tier (UpLead pricing, September 2026). UpLead does not say which plan most teams buy.
UpLead has no public price at 1M records. Extra credits are capped at $2,000 of purchases a day, which is about 124,400 credits in a 31-day month on Plus, for $62,199. Past that you need a custom Professional quote.
UpLead is a verified-contact app first. You pay per credit, and the API sits on the Professional plan only.
Plans
UpLead sells two self-serve plans and one custom plan. Prices are US dollars, monthly list price first, billed-yearly figure after it.
| Plan | Price | Credits | Seats | API access | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Drive | $0 for 7 days | 5 | 1 | Not listed | Verified emails, mobile phones, Chrome extension |
| Essentials | $99 a month, $74 a month billed yearly ($888 a year) | 170 a month (2,040 a year) | 1 | Not ticked | Extra credits $0.60 each. CRM integration |
| Plus | $199 a month, $149 a month billed yearly ($1,788 a year) | 400 a month (4,800 a year) | 1 | Not ticked | Extra credits $0.50 each. Adds enrichment, technographics, advanced filters |
| Professional | Custom quote, annual billing only | Custom | Custom | Full API access | Adds buyer intent, all filters, CRM sync, team management |
Source: UpLead pricing and UpLead API docs, checked September 2026. The pricing comparison ticks the Enrichment API, Prospector Pro API and Full API Access only on Professional. The docs also name Elite and Enterprise plans that are not on the pricing page. Treat those as legacy names.
The API allows 500 requests per minute (UpLead API docs, September 2026).
What a credit buys
One credit buys one contact or company record. Email contacts are billed only when the email checks out (UpLead API docs, September 2026).
| Action | Credit cost | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Contact record with an email | 1 credit, only if email_status is Valid or Accept All | API docs |
| Contact with an Invalid or Unknown email | No charge | API docs |
| Company record | 1 credit | API docs |
| The same record twice | Not charged twice | API docs |
| Unmatched enrichment row | Refunded | API docs |
| Mobile direct dial | Listed as a plan feature. No separate phone price on the pricing page | Pricing |
| Bounced email or poor data | Credit refunded, per UpLead | UpLead data page |
All sources checked September 2026. Effective price per credit on the plan itself is about $0.58 on Essentials ($99 / 170) and about $0.50 on Plus ($199 / 400). Billed yearly it drops to about $0.44 and $0.37.
Hidden costs
The sticker price covers one seat and a few hundred credits. The costs that move the bill are below.
- The API needs Professional. Essentials and Plus do not tick any API line. Professional is a custom quote, annual only (UpLead pricing, September 2026).
- One seat per plan. Essentials and Plus include one user. A team needs a Professional quote.
- Extra credits are capped. Purchases stop at $2,000 a day. Over the cap the purchase fails and you are sent to support (UpLead help center, September 2026). It is not stated whether the cap also applies to Professional.
- Annual extra credits. The $0.60 and $0.50 rates appear in the monthly comparison only. The page lists no extra credit price for annual plans.
- Expiry is unclear. UpLead pages do not say whether unused credits expire. Remaining credits roll to a new plan on downgrade, and a $2 a month Hibernation Plan preserves unused credits (UpLead help center, September 2026). Ask support before you plan on unused credits.
- Rate limit sets pace. The API allows 500 requests a minute (UpLead API docs, September 2026). The docs do not say how many records a request returns.
- Professional price is hidden. There is no per-credit or per-seat price on the page, so you cannot budget before a sales call.
Worked examples
Each example assumes one credit per record, every record found and a valid email. Plus and Essentials list no API, so these are app pulls. API pulls need a Professional quote.
10k records a month
- Plus: 10,000 - 400 included = 9,600 extra x $0.50 = $4,800, plus $199 = $4,999 a month. That is three days of purchases at the $2,000 cap.
- Essentials: 10,000 - 170 included = 9,830 extra x $0.60 = $5,898, plus $99 = $5,997 a month.
- LeadOcean Pro: $499 flat.
1M records a month
- No public 1M price.
- The most a Plus account can buy: $2,000 a day / $0.50 = 4,000 credits a day x 31 days = 124,000 extra credits. Add 400 included for 124,400 credits. Cost: $62,000 + $199 = $62,199.
- 1,000,000 credits is about 8 times what the cap allows in a month. Only a Professional quote can cover it, and it is not published.
- LeadOcean Pro: $499 flat.
25M records a month
- No public price at 25M.
- 25,000,000 credits is about 200 times the capped monthly maximum on Plus.
- LeadOcean Pro: $499 flat. A very large month is paced down to one request a minute past the fair-usage line rather than cut off. One email to support gets more headroom.
UpLead on Plus passes $499 at about 1,000 records a month: $199 + 600 extra credits x $0.50 = $499. Below that, UpLead is cheaper. Above it, the gap widens with every record.
Is it worth it
UpLead is worth it for a rep who prospects in the app and sends a few hundred emails a month. You pay for a Chrome extension, CRM integrations and an accuracy guarantee.
- Solo founder or one rep: Essentials at $99 covers 170 contacts. Plus at $199 gives 400 and enrichment. Stay here until credits run out.
- Sales team of 3 to 10: Each plan is one seat. You will need Professional and a quote, so ask what the credit price is before you sign.
- RevOps or data engineer: The API is on Professional only, and extra credits cap at $2,000 a day. This buyer should compare a flat fee.
- Agency doing volume: The cap blocks a large one-day pull. Expect to negotiate credits.
- Buyer who wants a refund promise: UpLead refunds credits for bounces (UpLead, September 2026). A flat-fee API does not.
For a wider comparison, see the UpLead alternative page and UpLead alternatives.
Alternatives with a different price model
These three do not use a seat-plus-small-credit-pool model.
FullEnrich: pay per found contact. Pro starts at $29 a month for 500 credits and $55 a month for 1,000 credits. Billed yearly, the entry tier is $26 a month for 6,000 credits a year. A work email is 1 credit and a mobile number is 10. The top public monthly tier is 100,000 credits for $3,500, and there is no public 1M price (FullEnrich pricing, September 2026). See FullEnrich alternatives.
People Data Labs: pay per record. Free gives up to 100 credits a month with contact data obscured. Pro starts at $98 a month for 350 credits, or $78 a month billed yearly. Above about 100,000 profiles it quotes Enterprise only (People Data Labs pricing, September 2026). See People Data Labs alternatives.
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 seats, no credits and no overage invoice. It covers 693M people and 63M companies over REST and MCP. It has no sequencer, dialer or CRM, so pair it with your own sending tool. See pricing.
FAQ
How much does UpLead cost per month?
Essentials is $99 a month on monthly billing, or $74 a month billed yearly. Plus is $199 a month, or $149 billed yearly. Professional is a custom quote with annual billing only (UpLead pricing, September 2026).
How much does one UpLead credit cost?
Extra credits are $0.60 on Essentials and $0.50 on Plus. The credits inside a plan work out to about $0.58 and $0.50. UpLead publishes no Professional per-credit price.
Does UpLead have a free plan?
Not a plan. It has a Test Drive trial: $0 for 7 days with 5 credits. It includes verified emails, mobile phones and the Chrome extension.
Does UpLead include API access?
Only on Professional. The pricing comparison ticks the Enrichment API, Prospector Pro API and Full API Access on that plan alone (UpLead pricing, September 2026). The API limit is 500 requests per minute.
Can I buy 1M credits from UpLead?
Not self-serve at a public price. Extra credit purchases are capped at $2,000 a day, about 124,000 credits in a 31-day month (UpLead help center, September 2026). A 1M month needs a Professional quote.
Does UpLead charge for emails that bounce?
UpLead only bills an email contact when the status is Valid or Accept All. It also states that it refunds credits for bounces and poor data (UpLead API docs, September 2026; UpLead data page, September 2026).
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