Lusha alternatives in India: Lusha pricing vs Starleads
Lusha's pricing and credits against Apollo.io, EasyLeadz and Starleads.
By Saurabh Khatri · Published · 6 min read
Starleads wrote this comparison and is one of the services compared. Facts about Lusha come from its own website, checked on 18 October 2026; prices change, so check before you buy.
Lusha in short
Lusha is a contact-finder tool. You look up a person in its web workspace or with its Chrome extension, and it shows their email address or phone number. According to its website it has "515M+ contacts, 29M+ companies, 165M+ verified emails". It gives no figure for India. It suits anyone who needs the details of particular people rather than a whole market.
Lusha pricing and credits. Everything runs on credits, and the rule is clear: an email costs 1 credit and a phone number costs 5.
- Free plan: 40 credits a month, which is 40 emails or 8 phone numbers.
- Starter: $37.45 a month billed yearly, with 4,800 credits a year, or $49.90 billed monthly. Billed yearly, that is $449.40 a year, and 4,800 credits buy 4,800 emails, 960 phone numbers or a mix.
Used fully on phone numbers, Starter works out to about 47 US cents a number; on emails, about 9 cents each. The API comes with the Pro plan and above. Lusha also offers CSV and CRM export and an MCP connection for AI assistants. Prices are in US dollars, so the rupee cost moves with the exchange rate.
Lusha vs Starleads at a glance
Lusha's prices are as shown on its pricing page on 18 October 2026.
| Lusha | Starleads | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Global contact-finder tool | Ready-made Excel contact lists of Indian businesses and professionals by industry, state and city |
| What you get | The email or phone number of each person you look up | Every contact in a list, with the share of rows that have a mobile, an email, an address and a contact name shown before you buy |
| How you pay | Monthly or yearly plan; 1 credit an email, 5 a phone number | One payment per list by UPI or bank transfer, confirmed by hand; no subscription or credits |
| Starting price | $37.45 a month billed yearly (4,800 credits a year); $49.90 billed monthly | ₹499 per city, state or specialisation list; All-India bulk lists ₹1,999; no GST added |
| Free option | Free plan, 40 credits a month | 60 sample contacts on every list page; free Excel and PDF sample |
| How you get the data | Workspace, Chrome extension, CSV or CRM export, API (Pro and up), MCP | Excel file in your account with an invoice; download link valid for 30 days |
| Best for | Quick look-ups of named contacts, in India and abroad | Calling or mailing every business or professional of one kind in an Indian city, state or industry |
Where Lusha is the better choice
- You need specific people. When you know the person, say the HR head of one company, Lusha looks them up and you know the cost in credits before you start. Starleads can't look up a named executive.
- Your contacts are global. Lusha is a global tool with "515M+ contacts" by its own count. Starleads covers India only.
- You work in a CRM. Lusha exports to CSV or your CRM, and Pro and higher plans add an API. Starleads has no CRM integration or API.
- You need very few contacts. If 8 phone numbers or 40 emails a month is enough, the free plan costs nothing.
Where Starleads is the better choice
- You need volume. A thousand phone numbers on Lusha would use 5,000 credits, more than Starter's 4,800 a year. A Starleads list costs ₹499 whatever its size, and an All-India list ₹1,999.
- You sell to a role across India. Our CEOs, MDs & Directors list has 38,331 contacts in 224 cities; 100% of rows name the person, 99% have an email and 83% a mobile number.
- You see the data first. Every list page shows 60 real contacts, partly masked, and the share of rows with each field.
- No subscription. You pay in rupees, once per list, with no GST added and nothing that renews.
- CEOs, MDs & Directors 38,331 contacts · 99% email · 83% mobile ₹1,999
- HR Professionals 18,069 contacts · 90% email · 94% mobile ₹1,999
Directors by city:
- Mumbai 7,689 contacts · 99% email · 75% mobile ₹499
- Bengaluru 3,592 contacts · 98% email · 98% mobile ₹499
- Hyderabad 2,878 contacts · 98% email · 84% mobile ₹499
- Pune 2,477 contacts · 99% email · 87% mobile ₹499
What Starleads doesn't do. The data is compiled from business directories and similar sources, so not every row has an email or a named person, and contact details change. There is no look-up of one named executive, no card or gateway payment (orders are paid by UPI or bank transfer and confirmed by hand), no CRM integration or API, and no data outside India. Before calling, check numbers against the DND register; our DND guide explains how.
Other Lusha alternatives
Apollo.io is a sales platform with a contact database and outreach tools, priced per seat: Basic is $49 a seat a month billed annually, and the free plan gives 75 credits a month. See Apollo.io alternatives.
EasyLeadz is an Indian contact-finder for mobile numbers and director look-ups by DIN or CIN, priced in rupees: from ₹2,419 a month plus 18% GST for 40 numbers, with 5 free mobile numbers. See EasyLeadz alternatives.
Zintlr claims "400M+ contacts and 70M+ companies" and lists a "Premium Indian Database". Pro is $69 a month billed annually, and the free plan has 5 phone and 5 email credits. See Zintlr alternatives.
ZoomInfo suits large sales and marketing teams; prices are quoted on request. See ZoomInfo alternatives, or the overview of B2B data providers in India.
Our verdict
Choose Lusha if you look up a limited number of named people, in India or abroad, and want each one's email or phone number in your CRM; its credit rule makes the cost easy to work out. Choose Starleads if you want hundreds or thousands of Indian businesses or professionals of one kind in one Excel file, at a fixed rupee price per list. For a few key accounts plus a wider market, the two work well together.
Questions people ask
Is Lusha free?
Lusha has a free plan with 40 credits a month. Since an email costs 1 credit and a phone number 5, that is 40 emails or 8 phone numbers a month.
How much does Lusha cost per contact?
On Starter billed yearly, $449.40 buys 4,800 credits: about 9 US cents an email or 47 cents a phone number if you use every credit. Billed monthly, Starter is $49.90 a month.
Lusha vs Apollo: which is better?
Lusha is a contact-finder with a per-contact credit rule; Apollo.io is a wider sales platform priced per seat, with outreach tools built in. Lusha's free plan gives 40 credits a month and Apollo.io's 75. Neither publishes a figure for India, so try both on your own targets.
What is a good Lusha alternative in India?
For Indian mobile numbers of named people, EasyLeadz or Zintlr, both of which have free plans. For whole lists of Indian businesses or professionals by city and industry, Starleads.