What is Lusha and who does it work well for?
Lusha is an international (Israel-founded) B2B contact data lookup tool: its flagship product is the Chrome extension that reveals email and phone on a LinkedIn profile, on top of a self-declared base of ~300M profiles. It has a 4.3/5 on G2 with over 1,600 reviews.
The good, to its credit: the extension is among the fastest and simplest on the market for one-off lookups, it has a free plan to try, transparent public pricing and solid Salesforce and HubSpot integrations. For occasional lookups of US or UK contacts, it more than does the job.
The limits are the axes of this comparison: its own reviews and analyses point out that its strength is the US, UK and Canada and that coverage drops significantly in continental Europe — to the point of recommending complementing it with regional providers; the credit system penalizes phones (10 credits per number); the real accuracy users report falls short of the advertised figures; and it's not an outreach platform: no LinkedIn automation, no campaigns, no agents. It gives you the data and the rest of the work is yours. That's where a Lusha alternative like WaLead changes category.
Capability coverage: WaLead and Lusha
Spanish, specialized in Spain
These counts show how many capabilities from a list defined by WaLead each tool covers. It is a feature-coverage count, not a quality score: several criteria are defined by WaLead, so a higher count does not mean a tool is better for your use case.
Three reasons to switch
AI agents, not templates with variables
WaLead's Prospector agent reads each lead's profile, their latest post, their latest like and searches Google before writing: a unique message per person. The Screener qualifies against your ICP, the Scorer scores and creates branches, and the Closer carries the conversation all the way to the meeting.
See the agents →16M contacts in Spain, with email and mobile
WaLead gives you 16M B2B contacts in Spain and 55M companies, and enriches them in cascade with 20+ providers: 94% accuracy on email and 71% on the decision-maker's mobile. You only pay for data found.
The safest automation on the market
Up to 800 invitations per month with three layers of protection: Health Score that monitors and pauses the account at any sign of risk, a dedicated proxy per user and country, and auto-removal of pending invitations. Zero documented bans in our entire history.
How Health Score works →WaLead vs Lusha, capability by capability
The thesis in one sentence: Lusha gives you the data; WaLead turns data into meetings — 16M Spanish contacts, verified waterfall with Lusha inside, AI agents and safe LinkedIn on the same platform. Capability by capability:
Comparison built with publicly available Lusha information (reviewed in August 2026). Lusha is a trademark of its owner; we mention it for comparison purposes only. If something has changed in their product, write to us and we'll update it.
Lusha's fine print (according to its own users)
European coverage. 2026 analyses are explicit: strong in the US, UK and Canada, with a significant drop in continental Europe and a recommendation to add regional providers for European mobiles. Translation for your business: for Spain, Lusha alone doesn't cut it.
The phone tax. Revealing a mobile number costs 10 credits (up from 5), ten times an email. According to published analyses, a Pro plan used for phone numbers yields around 60 contacts a month, not 600. And on annual plans, unused credits are lost at renewal.
Advertised vs real accuracy. Lusha advertises figures of up to 98% on email and 86% on phone; independent tests report real email deliverability in the 60-87% range, phone validity between 50% and 68% depending on the test, and in one published test on 300 mid-market contacts it only returned an email in 31% of lookups. Finding little and with middling accuracy: you pay the credit either way.
Data origins. Industry analyses point out that part of its database comes from community contributions — users who share their contacts in exchange for credits.
None of this makes Lusha a bad extension. It makes it one more source — one of the 20 WaLead already queries for you.
Inside WaLead, Lusha is already included
With Lusha you depend on a single source: if it doesn't have the data or it's outdated, credit spent and on to the next thing.
WaLead queries +20 providers in a waterfall — Lusha among them, alongside Apollo, MasLeads, Prospeo, Findymail and more — verifies every record before giving it to you and, if one source fails, moves on to the next. You only pay for data found and verified. With Spanish-market specialists (like MasLeads) inside the waterfall: that's why Spain hit rates are what they are. Result: 94% verified email accuracy and 71% on decision-maker mobiles.
Don't choose between Lusha and its alternatives. WaLead queries them all and keeps the best record.
The data is the starting point; the meeting is the goal
With Lusha, once you have the data, YOUR work begins: build the list, write the messages, reach out by hand or with another tool, qualify, push it to the CRM.
With WaLead, once you have the data, the PLATFORM's work begins: workbooks enrich and research every lead with AI; the Screener qualifies it with deep research; the Prospector writes a unique message by reading their profile, posts and likes; LinkedIn automation (Health Score, dedicated proxy, zero documented bans) reaches out safely; the Closer carries the conversation through to the meeting; and the lead lands in your CRM — HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive or Spanish ones like Clientify — or goes out via webhook, n8n, Make or Zapier wherever you say.
Filters a one-off lookup can't give you: company lists for your TAM, bio and experience keywords, premium/creator profiles, and real LinkedIn activity (e.g., more than 500 followers) so you don't waste effort on dead accounts.
Pricing: Lusha vs WaLead in 2026
Lusha publishes plans from Free up to ~52 $/user/month, with the Scale plan at custom pricing and mobiles at 10 credits per number (public prices reviewed in August 2026). WaLead: 65 €/month per sender, everything included — database, email and mobile waterfall, AI agents, workbooks and integrations on a single invoice, with no expiring credits.
- LinkedIn automation with Health Score
- 16M contacts in Spain · 55M companies
- Email and mobile waterfall (20+ providers)
- AI agents and workbooks
- Unibox, CRM integrations and API
- Spanish-language support
Per sender, plus taxes. One single invoice and one single login.
- Lusha Pro (per user)~52 $/month
- Mobile numbers (10 credits/number)+
- Safe LinkedIn tool+
- Campaign tool+
- Local Spain data+
Several invoices, several logins, and your data jumping from one tool to another.
WaLead turns data into meetings: verified waterfall, AI agents, safe LinkedIn and your CRM, in a single platform.
Switching takes an afternoon, not a quarter
We walk with you through the three steps. You don't lose a single lead along the way.
Pull your list out of Lusha to CSV, or bring it straight from LinkedIn, Sales Navigator or Google Sheets.
Upload it as-is and WaLead dedupes, cleans and enriches it with verified email and mobile.
On the onboarding call we set up the sequence and the agents with you. You're sending that same day.
Which platform is right for your team?
Choose WaLead if…
- You sell to Spanish companies and need quality data.
- You want the decision-maker's mobile, not just the email.
- Your templates no longer work and you need real personalization.
- You manage several accounts and can't afford a ban.
- You're tired of duct-taping five tools together.
Choose Lusha if…
- ✓You only need one-off contact lookups, mostly for the US or UK.
- ✓You want a fast extension with no commitment.
- ✓You've already solved outreach with other tools and just need the occasional record.
Teams that already made the leap
The multi-account model is a before and after: you scale prospecting without sending costs through the roof. And the Spanish-language support gets you results fast.
We automate campaigns across several accounts safely and affordably. We've achieved 60% more meetings and save 2-3 hours a day.
Switching tools noticeably improved our sales process. The interface is clean and intuitive, and results come sooner.
Questions about WaLead and Lusha
Can I migrate my campaigns from Lusha?▼
Yes, and it takes an afternoon. Export your leads to CSV and import them into WaLead, or bring them straight from LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Google Sheets or our own database. On the onboarding call we help you get your first campaigns set up.
Is it safe for my LinkedIn account?▼
We work within LinkedIn's limits (up to 800 invitations/month) and add real-time Health Score, a dedicated proxy per user and country, progressive warm-up, automatic withdrawal of pending invitations, and automatic pausing if we detect anomalies. We don't have a single review from a banned user.
How much do mobile numbers cost in Lusha and in WaLead?▼
In Lusha, revealing a phone number costs 10 credits (ten times an email) under its public credit system; in WaLead the mobile comes out of the waterfall with 71% accuracy and you only pay if it comes back verified.
How does the price compare to Lusha's?▼
WaLead costs €65/month per sender and includes the database, email and mobile enrichment, AI agents, workbooks and integrations. Around Lusha you need to add the pieces it doesn't include, each with its own invoice.
Do I need a card to try WaLead?▼
You can try WaLead for 30 days. Set up your plan and get started in minutes.
What's the best Lusha alternative for the Spanish market?▼
WaLead: 16M B2B contacts in Spain with local-market specialist providers in its waterfall, and Lusha included as just another waterfall source.
Does Lusha work well in Spain?▼
Its documented strength is the US, UK and Canada; independent analyses point to a significant coverage drop in continental Europe and recommend complementing it with regional providers.
Is it true that WaLead uses Lusha?▼
Yes: it's one of the +20 providers WaLead queries in its waterfall. The difference is that WaLead verifies every record before delivering it and, if Lusha doesn't have it, moves on to the next provider — you only pay for data found and verified.
Does Lusha run LinkedIn or email campaigns?▼
No: it's a data lookup tool. WaLead includes native LinkedIn automation with Health Score and agentic campaigns, and integrates with Instantly, Smartlead and ReachInbox for email.
What real-world accuracy does each one have?▼
Independent tests put Lusha's real accuracy below the advertised figures (email in the 60-87% range and phones between 50% and 68% depending on the test); WaLead delivers 94% on email and 71% on mobiles because it verifies every record before giving it to you.
