For most buyers the deciding question is phones. SalesQL charges 1 credit per person and includes mobile numbers at no extra cost on its paid plans, from $39 a month for 2,000 credits on one account. ContactOut splits emails and phones into separate plans and caps any paid account at 2,000 email credits and 1,000 phone credits a month, and its own prices are hard to confirm. SalesQL facts are from its pricing page, help center and terms (version 2.1, 3 June 2026); ContactOut's from its terms, extension page and data page, all read on 10 November 2026.
Three buyers, three answers
A recruiter or seller who wants mobiles for a few hundred people a month. On SalesQL Basic, 500 people use 500 of the 2,000 credits whether or not a phone comes back, and a person with no email found costs nothing. On ContactOut you need the email-and-phone plan, and the 1,000-phone monthly cap is the ceiling however much you pay on the self-serve plans. ContactOut's pricing page does not render its prices as text; its comparison pages quote $49 a month for that plan, and Cleanlist's guide of 1 October 2026 quotes $99, or $79 billed yearly. Confirm at checkout.
A team of three. SalesQL Professional is $79 a month for 5,000 credits shared by 3 seats, with extra seats at $5 a month. ContactOut's self-serve plans are for one user; teams go to a sales-quoted plan, and the pricing page also mentions unlimited sales users for $299 without saying per what period.
Someone working from Sales Navigator lists. SalesQL's extension can select a whole results page, up to 25 people, and reveal them in one action on Sales Navigator and LinkedIn searches; adding several pages of a lead list at once needs a filter workaround its help center describes. ContactOut's extension page promises bulk reveal of LinkedIn results in one click but does not mention Sales Navigator or give a batch size.
Small print that differs
| SalesQL | ContactOut | |
|---|---|---|
| Free use | 50 credits a month, no exports, no phones | 5 free credits a day, per its extension page |
| Unused credits | Expire at the end of the month, or of the year on annual plans | Not stated in the terms |
| Refunds | First purchase within 30 days, if the credits are not all used, once per account | Not covered by the terms; a separate subscription agreement applies |
| Personal emails | Included where they can reasonably be linked to a professional role; legal basis stated as legitimate interest | Offered; its data page claims GDPR and CCPA compliance without stating a legal basis |
| Export | CSV and Excel, unlimited on paid plans | Monthly export allowances on each plan, per third-party guides |
Both sell personal addresses. If you email people in the EU at their private inbox, the legal question is yours, not the vendor's.
Where Scrupp and other alternatives fit
Both SalesQL and ContactOut reveal contacts directly on the LinkedIn page in front of you. However, B2B sales teams often look for dedicated alternatives like Scrupp, which allows you to export entire LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, or Apollo search results to a CSV or Excel file. It bypasses the 2,500 result viewing limit on Sales Navigator, offers a built-in email finder with waterfall enrichment, and charges no per-user fees, making it a strong alternative for bulk data extraction and CSV enrichment.