Where to buy leads, checked September 2026

Buy B2B Leads, Verified Before You Send

Short answer

The cheapest verified way to buy B2B leads is a live database with verification included, not a static list. With Getlead that is $0.002 to $0.012 a row as a one-off export, or $697 a month for unlimited leads, mailboxes and an AI SDR.

Where to buy leads

Six ways to buy leads, each with a price

From free to unlimited. Every option below is verified before it reaches you.

#01Best value if you send weekly

Unlimited Outbound

Stop buying lists. Take as many leads as you can send to, verified, with the sending done for you.

  • Unlimited leads from 177M+ people in 181 markets
  • Unlimited SMTP email verification
  • 36 pre-warmed mailboxes on 12 domains
  • AI SDR: writes, sends, follows up, sorts replies
$697a month

Flat, per block. Cancel anytime.

Per lead
No per-lead fee
Delivery
Live in the app, same day
Verification
Unlimited
Fair use
500,000 leads/mo
See Unlimited pricing

Starts with 1,000 free leads, no card

#02$0.002 to $0.012 a row

Apollo or Sales Nav export

$29 / $49 / $99
2,500 / 10,000 / 50,000 rows, one-off

Paste a search URL. Get every matching row back as a clean CSV.

  • Deduplicated rows from your own search
  • SMTP verification status on every email
  • No paid Apollo plan needed
CSV, typically within 24 hours
Order an export
#03$0.002 to $0.012 a store

Ecommerce and Shopify store leads

$29 / $49 / $99
2,500 / 10,000 / 50,000 stores, one-off

Store lists filtered by platform, country and category, from 10.1M stores (3.4M with an email).

  • 5.4M Shopify, 4.5M WooCommerce, 165K PrestaShop
  • Email, phone and social links where the store publishes them
  • Estimated sales on WooCommerce stores
CSV, typically within 24 hours
See store leads
#0452,451 records for $49

Investor and VC database

$49
One payment, one download

Every VC, angel, family office and accelerator we hold, in one spreadsheet.

  • 52,451 investor records
  • 16,911 with an email address
  • Excel workbook plus CSV
Instant download after checkout
Get the investor list
#05Built live, verified at export

Email lists by industry

From $19.90/mo
1,000 leads a month on Starter, or unlimited

12 ready industry lists, or any industry and country you filter for.

  • Dentists, attorneys, SaaS, CEOs and more
  • Filter by title, size and country
  • Verified at the moment you export
Export or send from the app
Build an email list
#06Free

1,000 leads free

$0
No card, no call

Try the data before you pay for any of it.

  • 1,000 leads with every field
  • Verify and export them
  • Nothing charged when they run out
Instant, in the app
Get 1,000 free leads

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Which option fits you?

The market

Price per lead, compared

From $500 a lead down to a fraction of a cent. Read the unit as closely as the price.

Option
$0.001$0.01$0.10$1$10$100$1,000
Price
Pay-per-lead agencies
Qualified lead
$200 to $500 a lead
ZoomInfoEstimate
Per credit
about $3 to $7 a credit
Vendr median $33,500 a year
UpLead
Per contact
$0.37 to $0.58 a contact
List brokers
Static list
$40 to $350 per 1,000
$0.04 to $0.35 a record
ApolloEstimate
Per credit
about $0.02 a credit
Basic $49 annual, 30,000 credits a year
Getlead one-off exports
Per row
$0.002 to $0.012 a row
$99 for 50,000 down to $29 for 2,500
Getlead Unlimited
Flat monthly
$697 a month, no meter
About $0.0014 a lead at the 500,000 a month fair-use ceiling
Log scale: each gridline is 10x the one before. Prices checked September 2026 on each vendor's own page or the third-party source linked. Estimates are marked. A credit, a contact and a qualified lead are not the same thing, so read the unit next to each name.

Buyer's checklist

Before you buy any list

Five questions to put to every vendor, us included.

1.Verification date
When was each email last checked, and how?
Red flag: "Verified" with no date, or a date older than the list.
GetleadSMTP check at the moment you export.
2.Bounce guarantee
What happens to the addresses that bounce?
Red flag: No written bounce threshold at all.
GetleadInvalid and catch-all flagged before you send.
3.Source
Where did the records come from?
Red flag: "Proprietary" and nothing else.
GetleadEach source's last-seen date travels with the lead.
4.GDPR and CAN-SPAM
Can I show a lawful basis for every contact?
Red flag: Personal emails sold as B2B data.
GetleadBusiness contacts only, unsubscribe built in.
5.Exclusivity
How many other buyers get the same list?
Red flag: "Exclusive" at a shared-list price.
GetleadNot exclusive. Your filters and timing are.
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FAQ

Buying leads: questions

Is it legal to buy leads?

Buying B2B contact data is legal in most markets. What the law governs is how you use it. In the US, CAN-SPAM requires an honest sender, a postal address and a working unsubscribe. In the EU and UK, B2B outreach usually relies on legitimate interest, which you should document, and some countries such as Germany expect prior consent even for B2B cold email. This is general information, not legal advice.

How much do leads cost?

It depends on what you buy. Pay-per-lead agencies charge $200 to $500 per qualified lead. Data platforms run from about $3 to $7 a credit at ZoomInfo (estimate) to $0.37 to $0.58 at UpLead and about $0.02 at Apollo. List brokers charge $40 to $350 per 1,000 records. Getlead one-off exports cost $0.002 to $0.012 a row, and Unlimited is a flat $697 a month. Prices checked September 2026.

Are bought lead lists safe for deliverability?

Only if they are verified right before you send. In our study of 383,368 SMTP checks, 23.9% of raw addresses were invalid and 16.7% were catch-all. Send an unverified list and a quarter of it can hard bounce, which is how a new domain lands in spam in its first week. Verify every list, bought or not, before it touches a campaign.

What is the difference between shared and exclusive leads?

Shared leads are sold to many buyers, so they are cheaper and your competitors may email the same people. Exclusive leads are sold once, usually by pay-per-lead agencies at $200 to $500 each. Database leads, including ours, are not exclusive. What makes a list yours is how tightly you filter it and how fast you reach people.

How fresh are Getlead leads?

The warehouse is rebuilt from its sources on a rolling basis, and each source's last-seen date travels with the lead so you can judge a record yourself. Freshness for today comes from verification: every export gets a live SMTP check, so dead mailboxes are flagged before you send.

Where is the best place to buy B2B leads?

If you send cold email every week, a subscription with verification and sending included beats buying lists one at a time: that is Getlead Unlimited at $697 a month. For a single campaign, a one-off export from $29 is cheaper than any platform seat. Pay-per-lead agencies only make sense when you want qualified conversations and have $200 or more per lead to spend.

Can I buy leads once, without a subscription?

Yes. The Apollo and Sales Navigator export ($29, $49 or $99), the ecommerce store lists and the $49 investor database are all one-off purchases with no plan attached. All sales are final, so start with the free 1,000 leads if you want to see the data first.

How quickly are the leads delivered?

Unlimited and the free leads are live in the app the moment you sign up. The investor database downloads right after checkout. Apollo, Sales Navigator and ecommerce exports arrive as a CSV, typically within 24 hours.

Stop buying lists one at a time

Unlimited verified leads, 36 pre-warmed mailboxes and an AI SDR for $697 a month.

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1,000 leads free, no card · Cancel anytime