LeadIQ runs a free tier, self-serve plans reported at roughly $36 to $89 per user per month on annual billing, and custom enterprise pricing. Everything now draws from one Universal Credit pool, and the exchange rate is the number that matters: an email costs 1 credit and a phone number costs 10.
LeadIQ pricing in 2026
| Plan | Reported price | Users | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 | 50 credits, people search, Chrome extension, API access |
| Essential | ~$36 to $45 / user / month | 1 | Annual at the lower rate, monthly at the higher |
| Pro | $200 / month, or ~$79 to $89 / user | Up to 5 | Credit slider from 200 to 6,750 a month |
| Enterprise | Custom, annual only | Custom | SSO, governance, CSV enrichment, team analytics |
Annual billing is 25 percent off. The Pro tier is bought by choosing a monthly credit volume on a slider rather than a fixed allowance, which makes it flexible but harder to compare against fixed-tier competitors.
Universal Credits and the 10x phone rate
LeadIQ unified its meters into a single Universal Credit pool. Published rates:
| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| Unlock an email | 1 |
| Unlock a phone number, mobile or work | 10 |
| Export a company to CRM | 3 |
| Access company data via API | 3 |
| Unlock a profile via API or MCP | 0.1 (10 profiles per credit) |
| Generate 3 Scribe emails | 1 |
A plan quoted at 2,000 credits is 2,000 emails, or 200 phone numbers, or some blend. If your motion is calling-led, divide the seat price by the phone allowance rather than the credit allowance. That is the honest cost of the product for you, and it is roughly ten times the headline.
Credits generally do not roll over between months, so an oversized plan is waste and an undersized one means top-ups.
What real companies pay
Purchase benchmark data across 93 recorded deals shows a median annual cost of $26,400, a low end of $6,096 and a high end of $58,240, with average negotiated savings of 21 percent. That range is wide because the credit slider and seat count move independently.
What is not in the sticker price
- Monthly billing is roughly 25 percent more than annual on the same plan.
- Credits do not roll over.
- Pro caps at five users. Beyond that you are in an Enterprise conversation.
- SSO, governance controls, CSV enrichment and team analytics are Enterprise only.
- API and MCP profile unlocks are charged at 0.1 credits each for subscriptions from March 2026 onward, which did not apply to earlier contracts.
The MCP angle
LeadIQ exposes its data through an MCP server, so the same credit pool can be spent from inside an AI assistant rather than the web app. That is the same direction Scalelist has taken, and it is worth noting that the credit cost is identical across channels: an email is 1 credit whether you unlock it in the extension or from a chat window.
Where Scalelist sits on this
Both products can be driven from an AI client over MCP, and both meter phone data well above email. The difference is the seat model and the rollover. LeadIQ Pro caps at five users with credits that expire monthly. Scalelist has no seat charge and rolls unused credits over up to twice the monthly allowance.
| Monthly credits | Price / month |
|---|---|
| 500 | $29 |
| 1,000 | $49 |
| 2,000 | $89 |
| 5,000 | $199 |
| 10,000 | $349 |
| 20,000 | $649 |
One credit finds a lead, one credit returns a verified email, twenty credits return a verified mobile number. You are only charged when something is actually found. Annual billing is two months free and unused credits roll over up to twice your monthly allowance.
