More than a contact card. Full profile per credit, no extension.Lusha sells plan-bundled contact credits via a Chrome extension ($49.90 to $399.90 per month by plan; self-serve plans cover up to 5 users). Kustiq returns a 20-field company profile per credit with SMTP-verified contacts, churn risk, and ICP fit. No per-seat fees and no Chrome extension to install. Paste a domain and Kustiq runs the lookup for you.
§1The short version
Kustiq differs from Lusha in three ways most outbound buyers notice.
- One credit, one full profile, not a single contact reveal. Kustiq returns a 20-field company profile with a verified contact per credit. Lusha charges 1 credit for an email and 5 for a phone number, with no sales intelligence attached.
- Live SMTP verification, not a database match. Every Kustiq email is verified with a live RCPT TO handshake. Lusha serves pre-collected records.
- Per-credit pricing with no seat fees. Kustiq Pro is $119/mo total for the team. Lusha runs $49.90 to $399.90 a month by plan with monthly credit caps; self-serve plans cover teams of up to 5 users.
Different unit of work. Lusha sells reveals: one phone number, one email at a time. Kustiq sells profiles: 20 fields, ICP score, churn risk, one verified contact per credit. If you already have Lusha and the team likes the in-extension flow, leave it. Add Kustiq for the scoring layer Lusha doesn't ship.
§2The price anchor
- Lusha Pro
- $69.90 / mo · 600 credits / mo
- Lusha Premium
- $399.90 / mo · 3,400 credits / mo
- Kustiq Pro
- $119 / mo total · 800 credits · whole team, one plan.
- Free tier
- Kustiq · 10 profiles a week, signed in. Lusha · 40 credits / mo.
| Tool | Per-contact cost | Per-seat fee | Verification quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kustiq | $0.15 to $0.30 | $0 | SMTP handshake on every contact |
| Lusha | ~$0.70 / full contact (6 credits) | $49.90 to $399.90 / mo by plan | Database match, no live handshake |
| Apollo | Unified pool (30,000 credits / seat / yr, granted upfront) | $49 / seat / mo | Catch-all aware, separate credit on send |
Lusha prices reflect the public pricing page on 2026-10-20. Apollo price reflects current Basic tier ($49/seat from 2025-10-01).
Comparison page for Lusha.
§3Where the products diverge
Full 20-field company profile + verified contact.
ICP score and churn risk included. One credit, one profile.
Email 1 credit, phone 5 credits.
A full contact costs 6 credits, with no sales intelligence attached.
Live SMTP RCPT TO handshake.
Real handshake to the recipient MX at the moment the profile returns.
Database match, no live verification.
Lusha serves records from its database on its own refresh schedule.
0-100 ICP + 90-day churn band, on every profile.
Pro adds a calibrated churn probability and Stripe-grounded CLTV bands.
Not offered.
Lusha is a contact reveal tool. Account scoring is on your CRM.
Per-credit, no seat fees.
Kustiq Pro covers the whole team for $119/mo.
Plan bundles with monthly credit caps.
Self-serve plans cover teams of up to 5 users.
Web app + REST API.
Use Kustiq in the web app or through the REST API. No Chrome extension is required.
Chrome extension on LinkedIn.
Designed for browse-time reveals. Workflow assumes users live in LinkedIn.
Teams that pre-qualify before contacting.
Founders, 2-10 person GTM, RevOps.
SDR teams running LinkedIn-heavy reveals.
Where contact reveal speed in-browser is the priority.
§4What Kustiq has, today
§5Kustiq pricing in full
- Free $0
- 10 profiles a week, signed in. No card. Anonymous: 1 per week. Outreach not included.
- Insight $39 / mo
- 200 credits a month, reset on the billing date.
$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. No seat fees.
§6Other Lusha alternatives we compete with
§7Six questions, six intents
01 · Real?Is Kustiq a real Lusha alternative?
Kustiq is a Lusha alternative for company profiles instead of single contact reveals. Lusha sells contact reveals at 1 credit for an email and 5 for a phone number. Kustiq returns a 20-field profile with a verified contact, ICP score, and churn risk per credit. For company-level intelligence, pick Kustiq. For pure LinkedIn-time reveals, Lusha is the dedicated tool.
02 · Catch?What is the catch · why is Kustiq cheaper?
Kustiq sells profiles, not contact reveals. $0.15 to $0.30 per profile, credits spent only on delivered profiles (failed runs auto-refund). The honest catch: contact volume. At 1,000+ reveals a month inside LinkedIn, Lusha's plan economics can win.
03 · MigrateCan I migrate my Lusha contacts to Kustiq?
Kustiq takes a Lusha company list (not the contact list): export it to CSV, paste or upload it into Contact Finder, and Kustiq sources up to 3 SMTP-verified contacts per company. The contact-card data doesn't directly migrate; Contact Finder starts fresh from the company list.
04 · MissingIs Kustiq missing anything Lusha has?
Kustiq does not offer Lusha's Chrome extension for LinkedIn profile reveals. Kustiq also does not price individual email and phone reveals by reveal count. Kustiq has neither and doesn't pretend to.
05 · PricingHow does Kustiq pricing compare to Lusha for a 5-person team?
Kustiq Pro costs $119 / mo for the whole team with no per-seat fees and 800 profile credits included. A five-person team revealing 500 full contacts a month on Lusha needs 3,000 credits, which means the Premium plan at $399.90 / mo · $4,799 / yr ($3,599 / yr billed yearly). Five users on Kustiq Pro is $119 / mo · $1,428 / yr, with no seat cap, ICP scoring and churn risk on every profile. Kustiq covers the team for about 30% of the Lusha Premium bill, with sales intelligence on top.
06 · Both?Can I use Kustiq and Lusha together?
Kustiq can run with Lusha when Kustiq scores companies before Lusha reveals contacts. Kustiq writes ICP-fit and churn-risk back to HubSpot. Lusha pulls additional contacts at the qualified accounts via the LinkedIn extension. Both can sync to the same CRM company records.
Profile a company free. No card, no scheduled call.
Lusha tells you the contact. Kustiq tells you whether the account is worth the call. Paste a domain in /try. Free tier is 10 profiles a week, no card up front.