More than a contact card. Full profile per credit, no extension.Lusha sells per-seat contact credits via a Chrome extension ($37-$79/user/mo). 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. The lookups aren't manual either.
§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 10 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 (1, 2, or 5 seats included) with monthly credit caps.
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 · 2 seats included
- Lusha Premium
- $399.90 / mo · 3,400 credits / mo · 5 seats included
- Kustiq Pro
- $119 / mo total · 800 credits · whole team, one plan.
- Free tier
- Kustiq · 3 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 | ~$1.28 / full contact (11 credits) | $49.90 to $399.90 / mo by plan | Database match, no live handshake |
| Apollo | Bundled in seat (4,800 mobile + 36,000 export credits / yr) | $49 / seat / mo | Catch-all aware, separate credit on send |
Lusha prices reflect the public pricing page on 2026-07-20. 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 10 credits.
A full contact costs 11 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.
Records refresh on Lusha's schedule. Long-tail addresses go stale between cycles.
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-bundled seats with monthly credit caps.
Pro includes 2 seats. Premium includes 5, with extra seats addable on either plan.
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.
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
- 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 Lusha alternatives we compete with
§7Six questions, six intents
01 · Real?Is Kustiq a real Lusha alternative?
Different products. Lusha sells contact reveals: 1 credit for an email and 10 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, paid only when generated. 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?
Export the company list (not the contact list) from Lusha to CSV and run it through Contact Finder: paste or upload, and Kustiq sources its own contacts, up to 3 per company, SMTP-verified. The contact-card data doesn't directly migrate; Contact Finder starts fresh from the company list.
04 · MissingIs Kustiq missing anything Lusha has?
Lusha's Chrome extension is the product, built around the moment a rep opens a LinkedIn profile and wants a phone number in two clicks. And the per-reveal economics scale linearly with reveal count, not profile count, which is the right shape for that motion. Kustiq has neither and doesn't pretend to.
05 · PricingHow does Kustiq pricing compare to Lusha at 5 seats?
Five users on Lusha means the Premium plan at $399.90 / mo · $4,799 / yr. 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 bill, with sales intelligence on top.
06 · Both?Can I use Kustiq and Lusha together?
It works well in a tiered motion. Kustiq scores companies and writes ICP-fit + 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 3 profiles a week, no card up front.