Skip the extension. Web + API, no LinkedIn dependency.LeadIQ is a Chrome extension that reveals contacts on top of LinkedIn Sales Navigator, with Pro priced at $200/mo flat for up to 5 users. Kustiq returns a 20-field company profile per credit with SMTP-verified contacts, ICP scoring, and rule-based churn risk on every profile. No extension to install. No LinkedIn dependency. Mobile credits aren't priced separately either.
§1The short version
Kustiq differs from LeadIQ in three ways outbound teams care about.
- No Chrome extension or LinkedIn dependency. Paste a domain into Kustiq, get a 20-field profile back. LeadIQ is a Chrome extension that works on top of LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
- One credit returns a full profile, not a contact reveal. Kustiq returns a 20-field profile with verified contact, ICP score, and churn risk per credit. LeadIQ charges email and mobile credits separately.
- Per-credit pricing with no seat fees. Kustiq Pro is $119/mo total for the team. LeadIQ Pro is $200 per month flat for up to 5 users.
Sales Nav workflow vs account scoring. LeadIQ owns the in-extension push-to-Salesloft motion. Kustiq owns the question of whether the account in front of the SDR is worth the reveal in the first place. The common stack: Kustiq scores accounts in the morning, LeadIQ pulls reveals on the qualified ones throughout the day.
§2The price anchor
- LeadIQ Free
- $0 · 50 credits · 1 user.
- LeadIQ Pro
- $200 / mo flat · up to 5 users.
- Kustiq Pro
- $119 / mo total · 800 credits · no split mobile/email pools, no seat fees.
- Free tier
- Kustiq · 3 profiles a week, signed in. LeadIQ · $0 · 50 credits · 1 user.
| Tool | Per-contact cost | Per-seat fee | Verification quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kustiq | $0.15 to $0.30 | $0 | SMTP handshake on every contact |
| LeadIQ | ~ $0.07 per email, ~ $1.30 per mobile credit | $200 / mo flat (Pro, up to 5 users) | Database match + waterfall validation |
| Apollo | Unified pool (30,000 credits / seat / yr, granted upfront) | $49 / seat / mo | Catch-all aware, separate credit on send |
LeadIQ plan prices were verified against the public pricing page on 2026-08-02. The per-email and per-mobile-credit rates are Kustiq estimates because LeadIQ does not publish per-credit rates. Apollo price reflects current Basic tier ($49/seat from 2025-10-01).
Comparison page for LeadIQ.
§3Where the products diverge
Sales intelligence and profiling.
20 fields per company. The contact is one of them, not the product.
Contact reveal on LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
One-click reveal + push-to-CRM. Built around the LinkedIn workflow.
Live SMTP RCPT TO handshake.
Real handshake to the recipient MX at the moment the profile returns.
Database match + waterfall validation.
Lower freshness on long-tail addresses.
0-100 ICP + 90-day churn band on every profile.
Pro adds a calibrated churn probability and Stripe-grounded CLTV bands.
Not offered.
LeadIQ has search filters but no scoring layer.
Per-credit, no seat fees, no split mobile/email pools.
Kustiq Pro covers the whole team for $119/mo.
Flat team price, not per-user.
LeadIQ Pro is $200/mo for up to 5 users.
Web app + REST API.
Use Kustiq from any tool. No browser dependency.
Chrome extension on LinkedIn.
Designed for browse-time reveals. Workflow assumes users live in LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
Teams that pre-qualify before contacting.
Founders, 2-10 person GTM, RevOps.
SDR teams that live in LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
Where one-click push-to-CRM is the daily motion.
§4What Kustiq has, today
§5Kustiq pricing in full
- Free $0
- 3 profiles a week, signed in. No card. Anonymous: 1 per week. Outreach not included.
- Insight $39 / mo
- 200 credits. ~ 12 weeks of solo prospecting at the typical 16-profile-a-week pace.
$0.20effective per profile. - Pro $119 / mo
- 800 credits. Targeted Outreach included. HubSpot 2-way sync.
$0.15effective per profile at full use. - Extra credits $0.30 ea
- Top-up at any time, no expiry. Counts toward the same monthly cap as plan credits. No seat fees, ever.
§6Other LeadIQ alternatives we compete with
§7Six questions, six intents
01 · Real?Is Kustiq a real LeadIQ alternative?
Different products. LeadIQ is a Chrome extension that reveals contacts on top of LinkedIn Sales Navigator with one-click push-to-CRM. Kustiq returns a 20-field profile, verified contact, ICP score, and churn risk per credit. For company-level intelligence, pick Kustiq. For in-LinkedIn reveal speed, LeadIQ owns that workflow.
02 · Catch?What is the catch · why is Kustiq cheaper?
Kustiq doesn't sell per-contact reveals at the LinkedIn-extension volume LeadIQ ships for. $0.15 to $0.30 per profile, billed only when generated. There's no per-mobile credit and no extension subscription. The pricing doesn't depend on a LinkedIn seat either.
03 · MigrateCan I migrate my LeadIQ lists to Kustiq?
Export the company list from LeadIQ to CSV and paste or upload it into Contact Finder. Kustiq returns up to 3 SMTP-verified contacts per company, 1.00 credit each; the push-to-CRM step still runs through your CRM API, and the Kustiq HubSpot integration mirrors the LeadIQ-to-HubSpot writeback pattern.
04 · MissingIs Kustiq missing anything LeadIQ has?
LeadIQ is built for the SDR who lives inside Sales Navigator all day. The Chrome extension overlays Sales Nav with one-click reveals; the push-to-Salesloft / Outreach.io workflow happens without leaving the page. That's the entire product, and Kustiq makes no attempt at it.
05 · PricingHow does Kustiq pricing compare to LeadIQ at 5 users?
LeadIQ Pro is $200 / mo flat for up to 5 users. Five users on Kustiq Pro is $119 / mo · $1,428 / yr, with no seat fee or split credit pool. Kustiq adds sales intelligence on top.
06 · Both?Can I use Kustiq and LeadIQ together?
Kustiq scores accounts and writes ICP-fit + churn-risk back to HubSpot. LeadIQ runs the LinkedIn-extension reveal layer at the qualified accounts and syncs contacts to Salesloft or Outreach.io. Both write to the same CRM company records.
Profile a company free. No card, no scheduled call.
Profile a company without opening Sales Navigator. Paste a domain in /try; Kustiq returns the full account intel: no extension, no LinkedIn dependency. 3 profiles a week free, no card.