Is Kustiq cheaper than Apollo?
For a 3-seat team, Kustiq Insight is $39 / mo vs Apollo's ~$177 / mo (3 × $59 / seat, post-Q4 2025 price). That's $1,656 / year saved before usage. On per-contact economics Kustiq runs $0.20 to $0.60 with SMTP verification at send time, vs Apollo's bundled-in-seat static database. Apollo is cheaper if you only need contact reveals from a 275M static DB; Kustiq is cheaper if you want a verified email and a full company profile. Full breakdown at /vs/apollo.
How much does Kustiq cost?
1 credit = 1 profile. Extra credits start at $0.30 each and drop to $0.20 at the 10,000-credit volume floor. A full 5-phase Targeted Outreach run costs ~3.00 credits per prospect. Free plan: 3 credits / week, no card. Insight $39 / mo (200 credits). Pro $119 / mo (800 credits). Annual saves ~25% on Insight and Pro.
What is a credit?
One credit = one full company profile with a verified contact. Free plan gives you 3 / week. Paid plans start at 200 / mo (Insight) or 800 / mo (Pro). Targeted Outreach is split across 5 phases at 0.50–1.00 credits each (Discover 1.00, Research / Qualify / Enrich / Emails 0.50 each), so a full run costs ~3.00 credits per prospect. Extra credits start at $0.30 and drop to $0.20 at volume. They never expire.
What does a full Targeted Outreach run cost in credits?
The 5-phase Targeted Outreach pipeline costs about 3.00 credits per prospect at Standard quality: Discover 1.00, Research 0.50, Qualify 0.50, Enrich 0.50, Emails 0.50. Pro users (800 credits / month) can process up to 266 prospects through the entire pipeline every month. At the $0.20 volume floor that's $0.60 per delivered prospect (with a 4-touch draft sequence ready to push to your sender; Kustiq does not send).
Is Kustiq cheaper than ZoomInfo or Clay?
ZoomInfo Professional starts ~$15,000 / yr with a 12-month minimum and per-seat fees on top. Clay's entry tier starts at $149 / mo for 1 seat (~2,000 credits). Kustiq Pro is $119 / mo for 800 profile-credits with the full 5-phase outreach pipeline included, no seats, no annual minimum. See /vs/zoominfo and /vs/clay for the full breakdown.
Annual vs monthly savings?
Annual billing saves ~25% vs paying month-by-month. Insight annual is $349 / yr (effective $29.08 / mo, $119 saved). Pro annual is $1,069 / yr (effective $89.08 / mo, $359 saved). Annual plans are billed up front and renew yearly; you keep all unused credits and any extra credits you've bought.
Can I cancel, downgrade, or get a refund?
Cancel or downgrade from billing settings any time. Monthly plans cancel at end of period: no contract, no cancellation fee, no proration. Annual plans have a 14-day refund window, no questions asked; after 14 days they're non-refundable but you keep all unused credits until the period ends. Any extra credits you've bought never expire, even after cancellation. Full mechanics on /docs/billing. Email support@kustiq.com if your case sits outside that and Kustiq will review it.
Is Kustiq seat-based?
Pricing is credit-based, not seat-based. Add unlimited teammates to the same workspace at no extra cost; they share the credit pool. Compare to Apollo at $59 / seat / mo (Basic) or ZoomInfo at custom per-seat contracts.
Is Kustiq worth it?
Worth it if you need verified contacts on demand (not from a static database) and want one credit primitive across profile, churn, and outreach. A 3-seat Apollo team costs $177 / mo and ships ~792 reveals from a static DB; the same $39 Kustiq Insight gets you 200 SMTP-verified profiles with the full 20-field structure (vertical, segment, account tier, region, churn risk, fit score, growth signal, contact). Not worth it if you need a 275M-record static DB you query in bulk; Apollo wins on raw lookup volume.
What happens if I run out of credits?
Your monthly credits reset on your billing date. If you need more before then, buy a credit pack from billing settings. Packs start at $0.30 / credit and never expire. Pipelines that fail mid-run on the last credit are auto-refunded to your account; you only pay for delivered profiles.
Do failed profiles cost a credit?
Failed profiles auto-refund. If Kustiq cannot deliver a profile (domain unreachable, no public site, classifier failure), the credit is refunded within seconds. You only pay for delivered profiles with at least one verified contact and the full 20-field structure.
Does Kustiq have a free tier?
1 free profile / week with no signup, 3 / week with a free account, forever, no card required. That works out to ~12 profiles / month with an account, which is enough to evaluate the platform but not enough to run a real outbound pipeline. Anonymous one-shot profiles at /try also work without an account, capped at 1 per week per IP.