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ContactOut vs LeadIQ

Dead heat on metrics won: pick on the dimension you buy. Same frozen test sets, same run; the better value in each row is highlighted.

ContactOut

Contact data for recruiting and sales: browser extension, search / enrichment and API, personal and work emails.

★ 4.5 · 128 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · CSV · Batch · Webhooks · Integrations

LeadIQ

Prospecting platform built around a Chrome extension: verified work emails and mobile numbers, people and company search with technographics, job-change tracking, a GraphQL API and an MCP connector on shared universal credits.

★ 4.2 · 1,269 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · CSV · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	ContactOut · #14 of 29	LeadIQ · #17 of 29
Match rate	69.4%	78.3%
Valid email rate	64.7%	61.7%
Latency p50	1,024ms	682ms
Cost / valid email	-	$0.074
Invalid rate	11.8%	2.1%
Catch-all share	20.6%	34.0%
Business email	100.0%	100.0%
Right-person rate	94.1%	95.7%
Decoy hit rate	0.0%	0.0%
Catch-all detection	71.4%	0.0%
Confidence-score quality	+63.5 pts	+63.0 pts
Geographic coverage	9	8

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	ContactOut · #9 of 24	LeadIQ · #7 of 24
Match rate	85.7%	83.7%
Valid / reachable rate	73.8%	82.9%
Latency p50	490ms	680ms
Cost / mobile number	-	$0.600
Right-person rate	88.5%	78.3%
Mobile coverage	55.1%	63.3%
Disconnected rate	7.1%	0.0%
Low-activity share	19.0%	17.1%
Landline / mobile classification	-	92.5%
Country accuracy	83.3%	80.5%
Geographic coverage	9	8

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	ContactOut · #11 of 24	LeadIQ · not measured
Profile match rate	91.8%	-
Identity accuracy	97.8%	-
Latency p50	898ms	-
Price / matched profile	-	-
Current employer accuracy	97.8%	-
Move detection	75.0%	-
Decoy hit rate	0.0%	-
Job title accuracy	86.7%	-
Seniority label accuracy	81.6%	-
Location accuracy	95.6%	-
Work history completeness	8.2	-
Education completeness	100.0%	-
Skills present	91.1%	-
Social / profile URLs	100.0%	-
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	80.0%	-

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	ContactOut · #11 of 23	LeadIQ · #17 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	97.0%	95.3%
Company name accuracy	95.9%	98.4%
Latency p50	707ms	306ms
Price / matched company	-	$0.136
Industry accuracy	77.3%	75.4%
Employee count ±20%	26.0%	23.4%
HQ / location accuracy	93.8%	77.0%
Description present	96.9%	100.0%
Founding year accuracy	69.1%	62.3%
Domains / social profiles	100.0%	98.4%
Coverage by country / size	90.0%	84.6%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	ContactOut · #7 of 10	LeadIQ · #6 of 10
Coverage	85.0%	93.8%
Detection accuracy	35.5%	51.3%
Latency p50	707ms	306ms
Cost / lookup	-	$0.139
Live stack recall	37.1%	76.5%
Technologies per domain	80	87
Dated results	0.0%	0.0%
Coverage by geo / size	70.0%	84.6%

Questions about ContactOut vs LeadIQ

Which is better, ContactOut or LeadIQ?

They win the same number of metrics, 17 each, on the 4 benchmarks that measured both: pick on the data you buy. Leaderboard ranks: Email Data: ContactOut #14 of 29, LeadIQ #17 of 29; Phone Data: ContactOut #9 of 24, LeadIQ #7 of 24; Company Data: ContactOut #11 of 23, LeadIQ #17 of 23; Technographic Data: ContactOut #7 of 10, LeadIQ #6 of 10.

How do ContactOut and LeadIQ compare in user reviews?

ContactOut holds 4.5 / 5 across 128 reviews on G2 and Capterra; LeadIQ holds 4.2 / 5 across 1,269 reviews on G2, Capterra, Chrome Web Store and Product Hunt. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of ContactOut and LeadIQ?

ContactOut offers an MCP server, an API, CSV export, batch endpoints, webhooks and native integrations; LeadIQ offers an MCP server, an API, CSV export and native integrations. Both offer an MCP server, an API, CSV export and native integrations.