ZoomInfo is the enterprise B2B contact database with 100M+ contacts, starting at $15K/year. Scrupp is a LinkedIn + Sales Navigator scraper with built-in email & phone enrichment. Here's the honest side-by-side — including where ZoomInfo still wins.
Quick answer
ZoomInfo for B2B contact data is the enterprise-grade choice used by large sales orgs — 100M+ contacts, deep firmographics, intent data. Minimum contract is typically $15,000/year with a 12-month lock-in.
Scrupp is the best cheaper alternative to ZoomInfo for B2B: live LinkedIn Sales Navigator data instead of a static database, pay-as-you-go starting at $0/mo, no contract. Discover the best cheaper alternative to ZoomInfo and switch without losing data accuracy or affordable pricing for B2B sales teams.
Sales engagement bonus: Scrupp pulls verified email addresses seamlessly from LinkedIn and Sales Navigator (plus LinkedIn Recruiter when available) — everything pipes into your Instantly / Lemlist / Smartlead sales engagement platform in one click.
Pick ZoomInfo if you're a Fortune 500 sales org that needs a massive pre-built database + intent signals and has the budget. Pick Scrupp if you're a startup, SMB, or agency that needs fresh LinkedIn-sourced data without an annual contract.
When each wins
You're an enterprise sales org (Fortune 500 or large mid-market) with a dedicated sales ops team and $15K+/year budget. You need the massive ZoomInfo database for TAM analysis, intent signals, and org charts. You have dedicated RevOps to maintain the integration.
You're a startup, SMB, agency, or founder who can't justify $15K/year for data. You need LinkedIn-sourced leads with verified emails and phones, pay-as-you-go. You want to pilot and cancel within a month if it doesn\'t work, without contract penalties.
Feature by feature
Every feature that matters for outbound teams, rated honestly.
| Feature | Scrupp | ZoomInfo |
|---|---|---|
| Data source | ✅ Live LinkedIn + waterfall | ❌ Static database (quality varies) |
| Database size | ✅ 900M+ LinkedIn profiles accessible | ✅ 100M+ in proprietary DB |
| Data freshness | ✅ Real-time at export | ⚠️ Weeks to months stale |
| Intent signals | ❌ No | ✅ Core feature (paid tier) |
| Org charts | ⚠️ Via LinkedIn structure | ✅ Dedicated feature |
| Phone numbers | ✅ Where available | ✅ Direct dials (premium) |
| CRM integrations | ✅ Sheets, Webhook, Zapier (more coming) | ✅ Native SF/HubSpot/Outreach |
| Contract | ✅ No contract | ⚠️ 12-month lock-in typical |
| Starting price | $0/mo (PAYG) | ~$15,000/year minimum |
Pricing
What you actually pay, not the marketing headline.
| Volume | Scrupp | ZoomInfo |
|---|---|---|
| 500 enriched leads/mo | ~$5-10 (PAYG) | Not available at this tier |
| 2,000 enriched leads/mo | ~$20-40 | ~$15K/yr minimum (~$1,250/mo) |
| 10,000 enriched leads/mo | ~$100-200 | ~$25K-50K/yr custom |
| Entry price | $0/mo | ~$1,250/mo (12-month lock) |
Benchmarks
We ran 500 matched LinkedIn profiles (US SaaS mid-market SDRs, March 2026 snapshot) through both tools. Here's the data.
Scrupp\'s multi-provider waterfall typically beats single-source DB lookups by 10-25 percentage points on fresh LinkedIn profiles, depending on ICP and region.
LinkedIn caps Sales Navigator search results at 2,500. Scrupp splits large searches into filtered queries and merges results — ZoomInfo doesn\'t.
Scrupp\'s PAYG pools credits across unlimited users. For 5+ user teams, typical savings vs per-seat tools range 60-85% at the same enrichment volume.
Benchmarks are approximate and depend on ICP, region, and time. Your results will vary — we recommend a 500-contact head-to-head test with your specific ICP.
"We replaced our ZoomInfo setup with Scrupp for Sales Navigator exports and email enrichment. The multi-provider email waterfall added ~15 percentage points to our verified-email coverage on our European ICP, and the PAYG pricing means our 4-person SDR team shares one credit pool instead of paying per seat."
Migration
FAQ
About switching from ZoomInfo to Scrupp.
For most SMBs and mid-market sales teams, yes. ZoomInfo's unique value is enterprise features: intent data, org charts, TAM analysis. If you don't use those (and most teams under 100 employees don't), Scrupp covers the core use case (finding contacts + emails + phones) for a fraction of the price.
ZoomInfo's database is deep but notoriously stale — people move jobs, titles change, and ZoomInfo's update cycle can't keep up. Scrupp's live-LinkedIn approach means you get current data at export time. Independent benchmarks show 20-40% staleness on typical ZoomInfo exports.
No. Intent data (tracking which companies are actively researching your category) is ZoomInfo's enterprise differentiator. Scrupp is a pure data tool — it doesn't track buying signals. If intent is mission-critical, ZoomInfo is the right tool (but at a price).
Yes — they work in parallel with no conflict. Many teams use Scrupp for their top-of-funnel LinkedIn workflow while keeping ZoomInfo for legacy/enterprise features until the contract runs out.
Not natively yet — Scrupp ships Google Sheets + Webhook + Zapier. Salesforce can be reached via Zapier as an intermediate layer. Native Salesforce connector is on the roadmap for Q3 2026.
For 80% of B2B sales use cases: yes. Scrupp delivers verified email addresses from LinkedIn Sales Navigator at roughly 5-10% the cost of ZoomInfo, with the same data accuracy on the core contact + company + email + phone fields. You lose ZoomInfo\'s intent data layer and enterprise integrations — if your B2B sales team doesn\'t use those, Scrupp is the clear cheaper alternative. Affordable pricing, no lock-in, migrate seamlessly from any ZoomInfo saved search.
Scrupp runs as a Chrome extension inside your LinkedIn Sales Navigator or LinkedIn Recruiter session. It reads the same data those tools already show you — names, titles, companies, emails once enriched — at normal human browsing speed. Data accuracy is therefore as fresh as LinkedIn itself, which beats ZoomInfo\'s weeks-to-months staleness for most verified email addresses searches.
ZoomInfo\'s affordable pricing tier doesn\'t really exist — entry is ~$15k/yr. Scrupp starts at $0/mo and scales linearly with credits (~$0.02-0.05 per verified contact). For a 2,000-lead/month SMB or agency, Scrupp is typically 20-30× cheaper than the equivalent ZoomInfo package. No annual lock-in, cancel any time.
ZoomInfo offers a large proprietary database with intent signals, org charts, TAM analysis, and enterprise sales tools integrations. ZoomInfo is known for comprehensive data and enterprise-scale pricing model. Scrupp does not match on intent signals or pre-built org charts — if those are mission-critical for your ideal customer profile research, pay for ZoomInfo. Small teams rarely need either.
Try Scrupp today with the free Chrome extension — 100 leads free, no credit card. Open a LinkedIn Sales Navigator search, click Export, and Scrupp pulls contact details (work email, phone, LinkedIn URL, company and contact information) directly from LinkedIn into a clean CSV. Leverage Scrupp for B2B lead generation: exported leads flow directly to Scrupp\'s integration stack (HubSpot, Salesforce via Zapier, Sheets) for immediate lead generation efforts. Scrupp is designed for SMB and mid-market teams that platforms like ZoomInfo offer too little value for — cheaper pricing model, live data directly from LinkedIn, and a free tier to evaluate before committing.
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No credit card. Pay-as-you-go: 1 credit per scraped lead + 1 credit per verified email or phone. Import your ZoomInfo lead list or start fresh with a Sales Navigator search.