u/Shuntarou77

So I've been dealing with this for weeks. Tried the obvious stuff like searching LinkedIn and Google but it's just spray and pray without any real targeting.

Started with RocketReach since a friend recommended it, but honestly the data felt pretty outdated. Kept getting bounced emails and contacts for people who left companies months ago. Plus they want you to upgrade pretty quickly just to export a decent number of contacts, which feels steep when half the data is wrong.

ZoomInfo is accurate but they wanted me to do a full demo just to get pricing. When they finally told me it was like 15k/year minimum I almost laughed. Maybe works for bigger companies but not for a solo founder trying to find companies to sell to.

Right now testing Seamless.AI which is better on accuracy but still pricey at over a hundred a month. Also been looking at Prospeo since they let you search by things like which companies are hiring or using certain software. Could be useful for lead generation when you're trying to find companies that actually have budget.

What are you all using to build your company list? Especially if you're bootstrapped and can't drop thousands on a b2b data provider.

my heads spinning looking at all these data enrichment platforms. weve been using Clearbit for ages but the pricing keeps climbing and our match rates are dropping hard (like 45% on average now?). Clay looks powerful but feels like id need a phd to use it properly.

we're a 40 person saas company, mostly outbound to mid-market. need to enrich about 5k contacts monthly from our crm plus whatever new lead enrichment we pull. accurate emails are critical, mobile numbers would be a huge bonus.

been digging into Prospeo and Lusha as alternatives. Prospeo's weekly data refresh caught my eye since Clearbit data feels stale lately. thier near-zero bounces claim seems agressive but if true that'd solve our bounce rate problem. Lusha's got decent mobile numbers from what ive heard but the per-credit pricing adds up fast.

also keep seeing Clay mentioned for waterfall enrichment but honestly the setup looks like a whole project in itself and i dont have time to become a no-code engineer on top of everthing else lol. my vp wants a decision before q1 planning locks our budget so im trying to move quick.

anyone made a similar switch recently? what data enrichment tool are you running and why?