... builders and asked about their experience with the best and worst lead gen tools they have used. I am curious to know the opinion of this group on this matter. Some common ones that many use today are: > Apollo > Clay > Lusha > Zoominfo Feel free to name and mention any other tools that you have come across. Comment from Sudipta Biswas(@sudipta_biswas4): @joshua_kelly3  glad this is helpful Comment from kabandi saikia(@kabandisaikia): I feel ... ... mean... I'll always be kinda biased towards Datacrecy ;) Comment from Serhub07(@serhub07): Do you use computer from perplexity to find leads? Comment from Haritha Vijayakumar(@harithavijayakumar): Still early in my lead-gen journey as a solo founder, but Apollo

... haven't checked out Jesse- do check it out and show your support and feedback: https://www.producthunt.com/prod... Jesse was born with the simplest of idea that sales folks should not have to rely on old scraped data from Apollo and Clay. Search has moved on form Google to Perplexity to Claude. Yet, prospecting is still hidden behind the wall of 10 filters and old stale data. Jesse allows anyone- starting a business, leading SDR teams at large sales orgs ... ... their next 100 customers by doing live internet search. Building a fintech for debt collection? Just type any of the following: VPs of Risk at mid-sized NBFCs ($5M $50M ARR) posting about defaults / hiring underwriters want real-time alternative

... actually help with this." Comment from Freya(@freya24): SEO advice from 2018 still dominates way too many conversations Meanwhile search engines have evolved massively around intent, relevance, and topical depth. Comment from Rishav Rajak(@rishav_rajak): "Is this like Apollo?" Yes and no. Apollo

... 299/month) Scans public records, social media, news, and professional networks for deep background checks. Good for faculty and donor research. 2. Clearbit Prospector ($299/month) Enriches LinkedIn profiles with additional data (publications, patents, social presence). Integrates with CRM tools. 3. Apollo.io ($499/month) Combines LinkedIn scraping, email verification, and social media research. Useful for applicant and donor outreach. 4. ZoomInfo ($2000+/month) Enterprise-grade for B2B research (faculty, donors). Includes social media, news, and SEC filings. 5. Muck Rack ($1000+/month) Tracks ... ... writing, media mentions, and social activity of journalists, academics, and influencers. 6. SageIntel ($199/month) Specializes in academic/researcher profiling (publications, grants, social presence). Best combo for your needs: - Use Intelius IQ or SageIntel for applicant/faculty research. - Pair with ZoomInfo or Apollo.io

... Clay and Apollo market their product extremely well and they are blasted all over LinkedIn and X. I decided to try both out and Clay is definitely not easy to use. I've heard great things, but as a first time found beginning my lead generation and prospecting phase, there has to be easier tools. The learning curve felt steep to me. Apollo

... been experimenting with different ways to build outbound lists recently. The usual tools show up quickly. Clay. Apollo. A bunch of automations promising endless leads. And they are useful. @Apollo.io

... modern sales stack is a mess. Apollo, Lemlist, Clay, Phantombuster, Dropcontact, Smartlead, a CRM. That's 6-8 tools, $500-1k/month, and 20+ hours/week just to operate them. And most founders I talk to have bought at least three of these and barely use any of them. Here's what I've noticed: The real cost isn't the subscriptions, it's the learning curve. Clay is genuinely powerful, but you need to understand waterfall enrichment, which data providers ... ... messages based on actual signals (not just inserting a first name), sequences the outreach, and tracks replies. No workflows to build. No APIs to connect. No 8 different UIs to learn. The thing most people miss about "AI features" Apollo

... Dhisana AI integrates natively with Apollo.io and uses Apollo

... contact database available with the highest coverage email and mobile waterfalls. Our waterfall coverage is c. 93% for phone numbers and 78% for emails, while our accuracy is around 98% for emails and 78% for phone numbers, unlike Apollo or RocketReach which are closer to 30%. In other words, if you can t find it in Sendr..... TL;DR - Move across to data that actually connects And don't forget our biggest discounts for life come ... ... Filters + Bulk Search launched Email Waterfall - Highest quality email waterfall available comprising TryKitt, Findymail, Icypeas, Prospeo, LeadMagic and Datagma with Bounceban validation Mobile Waterfall - Nine vendor global mobile waterfall, comprising upcell, Prospeo, Leadmagic, Forager, Cleon1, Datagma, ContactOut, Rocketreach and Apollo