Updated September 2026

Pricing analysis

Dropcontact Pricing 2026 : Real Cost vs Listed €79/month Plans

Q: How much does Dropcontact cost?

Dropcontact starts at €79/month (Free Email Verifier tier - Verification only, no enrichment). Higher tiers scale to Custom (Custom (Volume)). For a credit plan whose unused credits roll over, Derrick App starts at 20 EUR/month for 10,000 credits spent in the web app, Google Sheets, Claude or the API.

Q: Is Dropcontact free?

Dropcontact's free tier provides Free email verifier (no credits) - useful for evaluation but rarely enough for production use. Paid plans start at €79/month. For a genuinely free entry point, Derrick App offers a free tier with 100 credits/month.

Q: What's the real total cost of ownership for Dropcontact?

Dropcontact's headline price (€79/month) is the floor. API access is gated to Business tier (€74/mo) - Pro tier customers wanting API must upgrade. Native HubSpot and Pipedrive integrations are included from Business up but Salesforce sync is Enterprise-only. Unused monthly credits do NOT roll over - "use it or lose it" pressure that's unusual in the category (Scalelist rolls over by default, for instance). Real-time enrichment latency (2-8 seconds per lookup) means batch jobs are slower than database-query tools like Apollo or Hunter.

Q: How does Dropcontact pricing compare to Derrick?

Dropcontact starts at €79/month and scales with usage + seats. Derrick App runs on credits : a free plan with 100 a month, then 10,000 for 20 EUR, spent row by row in the web app, Google Sheets, Claude or the API, and what you do not use rolls over. For EU teams prioritising GDPR posture that don't need the full b2b contact data platform feature surface, Derrick is the lower-friction comparison anchor.

Q: Are Dropcontact credits / seats / tiers flexible?

Tier-by-tier flexibility on Dropcontact depends on the plan. See the plans table above for per-tier credit caps, seat counts, and upgrade triggers. Annual billing typically saves ~15-30% versus monthly across the category. The free tier (Free email verifier, no credits) is genuinely free, but caps usage tightly.

Q: What's the cheapest Dropcontact alternative for solo / SMB use?

For web app or spreadsheet workflows, Derrick App from 20 EUR/month is the most direct lower-cost alternative. For broader B2B database access at low entry cost, Apollo has a generous free tier (10K credits/month). For pure email finding, Hunter starts at €34/month. See the full Dropcontact alternatives guide for the ranked decision framework.

Tier-by-tier Dropcontact pricing for 2026 : what's included, what scales the bill, and where Derrick App's €20/month entry plan fits as a cheaper web app + Sheets alternative. Buyer-side analysis based on real G2 + Capterra reviews + the vendor's published pricing.

✓ Pick Dropcontact if

You're a FR / EU team where GDPR-defensibility + EU data coverage matter more than per-credit cost
Your motion is email-finder-heavy with high-quality French/Western European contacts

✕ Skip if

Your motion is US-heavy - Hunter, Findymail, Apollo Free all have stronger US coverage
You need phone finder - Dropcontact is email-only, no phone reveals at any tier

Price transparency 8/10

Value at small team 6/10

Hidden costs Medium+

↓ See pricing plans what Dropcontact actually does →

Dropcontact vs Derrick · price for the same credit volume

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Heads up - Derrick is a data layer, not a sequencer. It enriches contacts (email, mobile, company, signals) in its web app (or Google Sheets, Claude, API). If you also need cold-email sequencing, dialer or CRM workflow, you'll keep your existing stack (La Growth Machine, Lemlist…) - Derrick replaces only the data-enrichment line of your Dropcontact bill.

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Plans

Dropcontact's free plan and its 3 paid tiers

Dropcontact ships 4 tiers. Per-seat pricing combined with a credit system for data lookups - the listed price is rarely the real cost.

Free Email Verifier (standalone)

€0 €0 monthly

CreditsFree forever/yr
Min seats1

Public web form for one-off email verification
No card required
Separate from paid Starter/Growth tiers
Useful for ad-hoc verification

Verification ONLY, no enrichment. Rate-limited. For actual prospecting workflow, mandatory paid tier.

Starter

~€67/mo annual (-15%) €79/mo monthly

Credits6,000/yr
Min seats1

500 enrichments/mo (~16/day)
Real-time public-source lookup
GDPR-defensible architecture (no DB stored)
Best-in-class FR/EU coverage

PRICE INCREASED €79 → €79 in 2026 (+193%) - Dropcontact consolidated 6 tiers into 3 with significant entry price jump. Same 500 credits as old Pro tier but at near-Starter price.

Growth

~€102/mo annual (-15%) €120/mo monthly

Credits6,000/yr
Min seats1

500 credits/mo WITH 12-month rollover
LinkedIn enrichment included
Advanced features (priority support, advanced workflows)
Real-time queue priority

Same 500 credits as Starter but with rollover + LinkedIn + premium features. For consistent users, the rollover alone often justifies the +€41/mo over Starter.

Enterprise

Annual contract typical Custom monthly

Credits2.4M+/yr
Min seats1

200,000+ enrichments/mo
Custom annual pricing
Dedicated CSM
Custom data residency options

Sales-led - 2-4 week procurement. Volume tier gap is huge (Growth 500 → Enterprise 200K) - mid-volume teams (5K-50K/mo) forced into Custom quote.

Why these tiers exist - full plan breakdown

Dropcontact pricing tiers - verified May 2026 against the vendor and cross-checked with our review data:

Plan	Price	Best for	Limits / Inclusions
Free Email Verifier (standalone)	€0	Evaluation / testing	Verification only (rate-limited) · Public web form for one-off email verification · No card required
Starter	€79/mo (~€67/mo annual (-15%))	500 enrichments/mo (~16/day)	500 · 500 enrichments/mo (~16/day) · Real-time public-source lookup
Growth	€120/mo (~€102/mo annual (-15%))	500 credits/mo WITH 12-month rollover	500 + LinkedIn + rollover · 500 credits/mo WITH 12-month rollover · LinkedIn enrichment included
Enterprise	Custom	200,000+ enrichments/mo	From 200,000 · 200,000+ enrichments/mo · Custom annual pricing

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Credits

How Dropcontact credits work

Dropcontact bills actions in credits with non-equal costs. A 5,000-credit plan does NOT mean 5,000 lookups.

Email enrichment 1

Email verification (paid tier) Included

Bulk file enrichment (per row) 1

API call (Business+) 1 per lookup

Unused credits No rollover

Read the full credit-system breakdown

Dropcontact's pricing is credit-based, with monthly enrichment allowances that expire, where tools that also run in Sheets like Derrick roll unused credits over. The cheapest paid tier is €79/mo for 1,000 enrichments - a reasonable price for a solo SDR enriching ~30-40 contacts a day. Heavier volumes scale to €39/mo (2K), €74/mo (5K), Enterprise custom (15K), and up from there. Annual billing is available with ~15% discount versus monthly.

The free email verifier (no credits, public web form) is genuinely useful as a one-off tool for verifying suspect emails before sending. It's separately rate-limited from the paid tiers and doesn't require a credit card.

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Hidden costs

Hidden costs to know before buying Dropcontact

Things Dropcontact's pricing page doesn't put in big type.

GDPR-defensible by architecture (real moat)

Dropcontact doesn't store a contact database - it computes emails on-the-fly from public sources at query time. No persistent PII repository = lower GDPR exposure. For EU/FR procurement, this is the #1 reason teams pick Dropcontact over Apollo/Cognism.

Best-in-class FR / EU coverage

Dropcontact's match rate on French + Western EU contacts is materially higher than Apollo, Hunter, Findymail (US-leaning vendors). For FR/EU-heavy outbound, the per-credit cost is justified by the lift in deliverable emails.

Credits don't roll over

Unused enrichments expire at month-end on all paid tiers. For seasonal outbound (heavy Q1/Q3, quiet Q2/Q4), you lose ~25-40% of paid capacity. Scalelist and Findymail offer rollover ; Dropcontact doesn't.

API + CRM sync gated to Business (€74/mo)

Below Business, no API and no native CRM integrations. Starter and Pro users must use bulk CSV upload + manual export. Most teams hit this constraint mid-Pro and forced upgrade to Business.

Real-time lookup = 2-8 seconds per query

Because Dropcontact computes emails on-the-fly (not from a stored DB), each lookup takes 2-8 seconds. Slower than database-backed tools (Apollo, Lusha = <1s). For high-volume real-time use (e.g., chatbot enrichment), latency matters.

Read the full hidden-costs analysis

What the pricing page doesn't show

API access is gated to Business tier (€74/mo) - Pro tier customers wanting API must upgrade. Native HubSpot and Pipedrive integrations are included from Business up but Salesforce sync is Enterprise-only. Unused monthly credits do NOT roll over - "use it or lose it" pressure that's unusual in the category (Scalelist rolls over by default, for instance). Real-time enrichment latency (2-8 seconds per lookup) means batch jobs are slower than database-query tools like Apollo or Hunter.

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Compare

Dropcontact vs alternatives

How Dropcontact stacks against Derrick, Hunter, and the other tools we benchmarked.

See all Dropcontact alternatives, ranked →

Detailed comparison + cost-per-action breakdown

Cost comparison between Dropcontact and Derrick across the dimensions that matter most for real-world budgeting :

Dimension	Dropcontact	Derrick App
Pricing entry	€79/month (1,000 credits)	Free plan · from €20/month
Data architecture	Real-time public-source lookup	no-install enrichment (web app, Sheets, Claude, API)
GDPR posture	Defensible by architecture	Sheets stays your data
Speed per lookup	2-8 seconds	Real-time in Sheets
French / EU coverage	Best-in-class	Via integrated providers
Credits rollover	No rollover	N/A - 4,000 credits a month

Dropcontact wins on GDPR defensibility and on French / Western European data quality. Database-backed tools (Apollo, Lusha) win on speed and North American coverage. Derrick is the enrichment layer (web app, Sheets, Claude, API) most EU teams pair with Dropcontact.

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What's included

What's included in every Dropcontact plan

What you actually get on Dropcontact's paid tiers (synthesised from real-user G2 + Capterra reviews) :

GDPR-defensible by architecture, not just policy - Most enrichment tools claim GDPR compliance through legal frameworks and opt-out flows. Dropcontact does it by never storing personal data - every lookup is real-time from public sources. For EU companies, this removes a real regulatory exposure with no extra work.
French + Western European data quality is unmatched - Dropcontact's coverage for France, Belgium, Switzerland, and parts of Germany/Netherlands is consistently rated highest in side-by-side tests versus Apollo, Lusha, and Cognism. For EU-focused outbound, the email-find rate justifies the platform on its own.
Data-cleaning engine that doubles as CRM hygiene - The platform's name-normalisation, dedup, and field-splitting engine is included on every paid tier. Running a 10K-row CRM export through Dropcontact gives you cleaner data even if you don't use the enrichment side. Reviewers cite this as a hidden time-saver.

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The verdict

Is Dropcontact worth paying for? Our verdict

Pick Dropcontact if…

You're a FR / EU team where GDPR-defensibility + EU data coverage matter more than per-credit cost
Your motion is email-finder-heavy with high-quality French/Western European contacts
You want a tool that doesn't store a database (architecture-level GDPR posture for procurement)

Skip Dropcontact if…

Your motion is US-heavy - Hunter, Findymail, Apollo Free all have stronger US coverage
You need phone finder - Dropcontact is email-only, no phone reveals at any tier
You need a B2B database mode (search net-new accounts) - Dropcontact enriches lists you bring, no DB search

Pick Derrick instead if…

You live in Google Sheets and want enrichment to land in the spreadsheet - from €20/month
You want 10,000 credits a month + credit rollover (Dropcontact credits expire monthly)
You want email + phone + tech + firmographics in one tool (Dropcontact is email-only)

Try Derrick free →

Dropcontact is the right tool for EU companies prospecting EU subjects who need GDPR-defensible enrichment without legal-team escalation. The architecture (real-time public-source lookup, no stored database) is materially different from Apollo, Lusha, and ZoomInfo - and that difference matters for regulated EU industries (legal, fintech, healthcare) and for any team where GDPR is on the procurement checklist. The platform fails versus database-backed tools on speed (2-8 seconds per lookup vs sub-1-second) and on North American coverage (competitive but not differentiated). For EU-first stacks where GDPR posture is non-negotiable, Dropcontact is the safest pick. For North American prospecting at scale, Apollo or Scalelist will deliver more per dollar.

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Switch from Dropcontact to Derrick

Web app: import a list or paste LinkedIn URLs, nothing to install
Free plan: 100 credits every month, no credit card
Also in Google Sheets, in Claude (MCP) and via the API
Native LinkedIn and Sales Navigator import

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Switch to Derrick

How to switch from Dropcontact to Derrick in 3 steps

Derrick is a web app: nothing to install, no credit card, 100 free credits every month.

Open the Derrick web app

Import your Dropcontact list

Upload the CSV you exported from Dropcontact, paste LinkedIn URLs, or import from LinkedIn Sales Navigator. The same actions also run in Google Sheets, in Claude (MCP) and via the API.

Enrich your list with one click

Pick the column to enrich and the data you need: emails, phone numbers, LinkedIn data, company info, tech stack. Derrick fills the columns, and the email and phone finders only charge for what they find.

How much does Dropcontact cost?

Dropcontact starts at €79/month (Free Email Verifier tier - Verification only, no enrichment). Higher tiers scale to Custom (Custom (Volume)). For a credit plan whose unused credits roll over, Derrick App starts at 20 EUR/month for 10,000 credits spent in the web app, Google Sheets, Claude or the API.

Is Dropcontact free?

Dropcontact's free tier provides Free email verifier (no credits) - useful for evaluation but rarely enough for production use. Paid plans start at €79/month. For a genuinely free entry point, Derrick App offers a free tier with 100 credits/month.

What's the real total cost of ownership for Dropcontact?

Dropcontact's headline price (€79/month) is the floor. API access is gated to Business tier (€74/mo) - Pro tier customers wanting API must upgrade. Native HubSpot and Pipedrive integrations are included from Business up but Salesforce sync is Enterprise-only. Unused monthly credits do NOT roll over - "use it or lose it" pressure that's unusual in the category (Scalelist rolls over by default, for instance). Real-time enrichment latency (2-8 seconds per lookup) means batch jobs are slower than database-query tools like Apollo or Hunter.

How does Dropcontact pricing compare to Derrick?

Dropcontact starts at €79/month and scales with usage + seats. Derrick App runs on credits : a free plan with 100 a month, then 10,000 for 20 EUR, spent row by row in the web app, Google Sheets, Claude or the API, and what you do not use rolls over. For EU teams prioritising GDPR posture that don't need the full b2b contact data platform feature surface, Derrick is the lower-friction comparison anchor.

Are Dropcontact credits / seats / tiers flexible?

Tier-by-tier flexibility on Dropcontact depends on the plan. See the plans table above for per-tier credit caps, seat counts, and upgrade triggers. Annual billing typically saves ~15-30% versus monthly across the category. The free tier (Free email verifier, no credits) is genuinely free, but caps usage tightly.

What's the cheapest Dropcontact alternative for solo / SMB use?

For web app or spreadsheet workflows, Derrick App from 20 EUR/month is the most direct lower-cost alternative. For broader B2B database access at low entry cost, Apollo has a generous free tier (10K credits/month). For pure email finding, Hunter starts at €34/month. See the full Dropcontact alternatives guide for the ranked decision framework.

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