# RocketReach Alternative: SalesQL vs RocketReach Compared

> Compare SalesQL and RocketReach on price per email at list price, plans and features. What RocketReach users complain about, and where RocketReach is the better pick.

- URL: https://salesql.com/salesql-vs-rocketreach
- Data as of: 2026-11-13
- Comparisons: [SalesQL alternatives](https://salesql.com/salesql-alternatives)

Looking for a RocketReach alternative? Here's how SalesQL compares

Price first: what each one costs per email, at list price. Then what users complain about, the details, and where RocketReach is the better pick.

We make SalesQL. Every fact links to a public source and a date, and we say where RocketReach wins.

## Quick answer

**Price per email:** 12× more per email at RocketReach.

- SalesQL: $7–20 per 1,000
- RocketReach: $69–390 per 1,000

Per 1,000 emails, at list price, over each vendor's paid plans.

- **SalesQL:** You want work and personal emails at the lowest price per email, from LinkedIn or the database.
- **RocketReach:** You need the API on the cheapest plan, or phone numbers from Pro up.
- **Either one:** You need a Chrome extension, an API and a way to use it from ChatGPT or Claude, and you only want to pay when there is data.

## SalesQL vs RocketReach: price, plans, then features

### Price

| What we compared | SalesQL | RocketReach |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1,000 emails, at list price | $7–20 — One credit per contact found, work and personal email together. | $69–390 (about 12× more) — One lookup each; yearly plans counted per export. |
| 1,000 contacts with email + phone | $7–20 — The same credit, but few profiles come with a direct number. | $69–316 — Pro and Ultimate only. |
| Free when nothing is found | Yes — Credits are used only for contacts it finds. | Yes — “A lookup is used if we find and verify email or phone, otherwise it is refunded.” |

### Plans

| What we compared | SalesQL | RocketReach |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cheapest paid plan | $39/month — Basic · 2,000 credits a month · $29.25/month billed yearly. | $39/month — Essentials · 100 lookups a month, email only · $229/year: “unlimited” lookups under a fair-use policy, 1,200 exports a year. |
| Free plan | Yes, but… — 50 credits a month, without phone numbers or exports. | Yes, but… — “Some free lookups”: no number on the pricing page. |
| Phone numbers | Yes, but… — On paid plans, not on Free. Few direct numbers. | Yes, but… — On Pro and Ultimate; Essentials is email only. |

### Features

| What we compared | SalesQL | RocketReach |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chrome extension | Yes — On LinkedIn profiles and search results. | Yes — On LinkedIn profiles and company pages, other social sites and company websites. |
| Search a database | Yes — Prospector, with AI search. Searching doesn't use credits. | Yes — Search people and companies with filters. |
| Work and personal email, each in its own field | Yes — Work email and direct email in two fields, both through the same SMTP check. | Yes — Tagged work or personal; you can ask for personal emails only. |
| REST API | Yes, but… — From Professional ($79/month). | Yes — On all three plans, Essentials included. |
| Inside ChatGPT and Claude (MCP) | Yes — Official plugin in ChatGPT; custom connector in Claude, Cursor and others. On every plan; Free has lower daily limits and no phones. | Yes — MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and others. It needs API access, which comes with Essentials, Pro and Ultimate. |
| CRM integrations | Yes, but… — HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive and more, on paid plans. | Yes, but… — Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach and more, on Pro and Ultimate. |

### In their own words

| What we compared | SalesQL | RocketReach |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Data quality claim | No figure — We don't publish an accuracy rate. Every email goes through an SMTP check; A+ = highly likely to be delivered. | “98% accuracy” — From their pricing page. We didn't test it. |

Sources: [salesql.com/pricing](https://salesql.com/pricing) and [rocketreach.co/pricing](https://rocketreach.co/pricing) and each feature's public page, checked Nov 12 – 13, 2026. Quotes are each vendor's own words.

## What RocketReach users complain about

Themes that come up again and again in reviews on G2, Trustpilot and Chrome Web Store. Each one links to the reviews, with their dates; the examples leave out reviews that quote prices or credits.

### Data goes stale after job changes

Reviewers say emails and titles lag behind when people move to a new company.

- 23 of the 100 most recent reviews on G2 · Apr – Nov 2026 · also on Trustpilot
- [Read the reviews](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1173483)
- [G2 review, Apr 21, 2026](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews/rocketreach-review-12666682)
- [G2 review, Feb 10, 2026](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews/rocketreach-review-12339291)
- [G2 review, Apr 17, 2026](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews/rocketreach-review-12645777)
- [G2 review, May 11, 2026](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews/rocketreach-review-12789347)
- [Trustpilot review, May 14, 2026](https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a057370d21a9f60309bc792)

### Phone numbers often missing

Reviewers say many contacts have no phone number, or one that doesn't connect; one names Asia and Oceania as the weakest regions.

- About 14 reviews on G2 · Dec 2025 – Sep 2026
- [Read the reviews](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1174233)
- [G2 review, Dec 6, 2025](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews/rocketreach-review-12054156)
- [G2 review, Apr 21, 2026](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews/rocketreach-review-12664627)
- [G2 review, Apr 21, 2026](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews/rocketreach-review-12663732)

### Several possible emails for one person

Some lookups return several addresses, often personal ones, and users have to work out which one is right.

- About 12 reviews on G2 and Chrome Web Store · Feb – Jun 2026
- [G2 review, Feb 4, 2026](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews/rocketreach-review-12309167)
- [G2 review, Feb 10, 2026](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews/rocketreach-review-12339762)
- [G2 review, Apr 22, 2026](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews/rocketreach-review-12668776)
- [Chrome Web Store review, Mar 9, 2026](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/oiecklaabeielolbliiddlbokpfnmhba/reviews)

### Annual plans renew without a reminder

Customers describe renewals they didn't expect and refunds that were refused.

- 20 of the 43 most recent reviews on Trustpilot · Nov 2025 – Oct 2026 · Rare on G2.
- [Read the reviews](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/rocketreach.co)
- [Trustpilot review, Sep 1, 2026](https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a97034f24f9940dd1df5d6f)
- [Trustpilot review, Jun 12, 2026](https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a2b7ce8f519d14b5031dc70)
- [Trustpilot review, May 19, 2026](https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a0b96d53d205553cc19dd74)

RocketReach users also praise [its ease of use](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1175583), [a broad database with good filters](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1176946) and [the Chrome extension](https://www.g2.com/products/rocketreach/reviews/rocketreach-review-12354420).

## Which one fits how you work

### Pick SalesQL if…

- You want the lowest price per email: RocketReach charges about 12 times as much.
- You want CRM integrations on the cheapest paid plan: SalesQL includes them on Basic; RocketReach starts them on Pro.
- You want to use it from ChatGPT or Claude on a free account: RocketReach's MCP needs API access, which comes with its paid plans.

### Pick RocketReach if…

- You need the API on the cheapest plan: RocketReach includes it on Essentials; SalesQL starts it on Professional.
- You need phone numbers: they're on Pro and Ultimate, and our direct-number coverage is thin.
- You prospect on company websites as well as on LinkedIn.

## How we compared

We make SalesQL, so read this as a vendor's comparison.

**Price.** Prices and credits come from each vendor's public pricing page in English, in US dollars before tax, on the date shown. Price per email = plan price ÷ credits in the plan × credits for one email, over each vendor's paid plans. Some plans are sold as “unlimited” under a fair-use policy the vendor sets; we don't count that as an allowance and divide by the exports the plan allows, unless the vendor's terms state a monthly credit limit, which we use instead. The multiplier compares the average of a vendor's plans with the average of ours, monthly with monthly and yearly with yearly, and shows the lower of the two, rounded down.

Email + phone per 1,000 contacts adds the credits for one phone number, on the plans that include phones.

**Features.** Features come from each vendor's public product pages and docs, on the date next to each source. Text in quotes is what each vendor says about itself; we didn't measure it.

**Reviews.** Complaints come from public reviews, linked with their dates. The examples leave out reviews that quote prices or credits.

**What we didn't test.** Data coverage and accuracy, for either tool. We compare published prices, features and public reviews.

**Sources.**

- [rocketreach.co/pricing](https://rocketreach.co/pricing) · Nov 12, 2026
- [rocketreach.co/resources/unlimitedcredits-faq](https://rocketreach.co/resources/unlimitedcredits-faq/) · Nov 12, 2026
- [knowledgebase.rocketreach.co/hc/en-us/articles/230561248](https://knowledgebase.rocketreach.co/hc/en-us/articles/230561248) · Nov 12, 2026
- [knowledgebase.rocketreach.co/hc/en-us/articles/360047771994](https://knowledgebase.rocketreach.co/hc/en-us/articles/360047771994) · Nov 12, 2026
- [docs.rocketreach.co/reference/mcp](https://docs.rocketreach.co/reference/mcp) · Nov 12, 2026
- [chromewebstore.google.com/detail/oiecklaabeielolbliiddlbokpfnmhba](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/oiecklaabeielolbliiddlbokpfnmhba) · Nov 12, 2026
- [rocketreach.co/person](https://rocketreach.co/person) · Nov 13, 2026
- [salesql.com/pricing](https://salesql.com/pricing) · Nov 13, 2026
- [salesql.com/linkedin-email-finder](https://salesql.com/linkedin-email-finder) · Nov 13, 2026
- [salesql.com/ai-prospecting-tool](https://salesql.com/ai-prospecting-tool) · Nov 13, 2026
- [salesql.com](https://salesql.com/) · Nov 13, 2026
- [salesql.com/mcp](https://salesql.com/mcp) · Nov 13, 2026

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## Try it on your own list

The fairest test is yours: run the same LinkedIn profiles through both tools and compare what comes back.

- [Start free](https://app.salesql.com/accounts/sign-up): 50 free credits a month · No credit card