UpLead costs $99 or $199 a month, or $74 and $149 on annual billing. One credit equals one contact, which makes this the easiest pricing in the category to evaluate and also the one where the arithmetic is least flattering: the entry plan is 170 contacts a month.
UpLead pricing in 2026
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per month) | Credits | Users | Extra credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free trial | $0 for 7 days | n/a | 5 | 1 | n/a |
| Essentials | $99 | $74 | 170 / month (2,040 / year) | 1 | $0.60 each |
| Plus | $199 | $149 | 400 / month (4,800 / year) | 1 | $0.50 each |
| Professional | Custom | Annual only | Custom | Custom | Custom |
The whole story is cost per contact
Because one credit returns one contact, UpLead is unusually easy to compare. Divide the price by the credits and you have the real number.
| Plan | Effective cost per contact (monthly billing) | Effective cost per contact (annual) |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | ~$0.58 | ~$0.44 |
| Plus | ~$0.50 | ~$0.37 |
| Extra credits on Essentials | $0.60 | $0.60 |
| Extra credits on Plus | $0.50 | $0.50 |
Two things follow. First, the top-up rate is close to the in-plan rate, which is unusually honest and means overage is not punitive. Second, at roughly 40 to 60 cents a contact, UpLead is priced as a precision tool rather than a volume one. That is a deliberate positioning around data accuracy, and it is the right trade only if you are working small, carefully chosen lists.
What is not in the sticker price
- Both self-serve plans are single user. A second person means a second subscription or a move to the annual-only Professional tier.
- 170 credits a month is genuinely small. For a full-time SDR that is under nine contacts a working day.
- Professional is annual billing only.
- Monthly plans have no contract, which is a real advantage over the annual lock-ins elsewhere in this category.
Where Scalelist sits on this
The comparison here is clean because both charge per contact found. UpLead’s Essentials plan is 170 contacts for $74 a month on annual billing, roughly 44 cents each and single user. Scalelist’s entry plan is 500 credits for $29 with no seat limit. The models differ in one respect worth checking against your own list: a Scalelist mobile number costs twenty credits, so price a calling motion on the mobile rate rather than the headline credit rate.
| 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.
