Lemlist vs Waalaxy vs Derrick in short. Lemlist: multichannel cold outreach (email + LinkedIn + calls). Waalaxy: beginner-friendly LinkedIn automation Chrome extension for solo prospectors. Derrick is a B2B enrichment web app (nothing to install), also available as a Google Sheets add-on, a REST API and an MCP server (Claude and ChatGPT drive enrichment for you). It is free forever with 100 credits/month, with paid plans from €20/month, and it runs on its own or alongside Lemlist or Waalaxy.
Lemlist is built for sequenced outreach across email + LinkedIn + (sometimes) calls. The hidden cost is enrichment: Lemlist bills you per contact AND per channel. The side-by-side comparison below isolates Lemlist's real cost-per-touched-prospect against Derrick's flat credit-pool model that decouples enrichment from sending.
Trusted byHands Down best extension for sheets till date. It eased up my linkedin lead collection journey by 10x. Thank you!!Rahul Nairfrom Google Workspace MarketplaceThis tool makes enriching LinkedIn URLs incredibly easy. You can enrich both personal and company profiles with a single click, and the Google Sheets integration is a game-changer.Pankaj Rohillafrom Google Workspace MarketplaceGreat extension. There's bigger companies that do 1000x less. Go with Derrick.Ben Leinenfrom Google Workspace MarketplaceIt makes my life a lot easier… no more copy and paste and time wasted. Thank you!Cris Forlanifrom Google Workspace MarketplaceDerrick is your one stop solution to data collection and up to date leads data automated collection. 100/100 value for money.Manu Nairfrom Google Workspace MarketplaceThis is one hell of a magical tool, it has blown my mind already, it's so handy, just love it. I am exploring how much more I can do with itJagdip Gohilfrom Google Workspace MarketplaceLoving the smoothness of the experience especially on Chrome. Great value for the price as well.GB Alaofrom Google Workspace MarketplaceI was looking for a tool to enrich LinkedIn data. Very easy to use.Keith Hildebrandfrom Google Workspace MarketplaceCURSOREasy to enhance contacts by running bulk lists. Try itJames Finlaysonfrom Google Workspace Marketplace +34,000 others
3 core reasons SDRs and ops teams switch to Derrick. Click to expand each.
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Real-time validation and deep enrichment without manual overhead
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Real-time validation and deep enrichment without manual overhead is a game changer when you compare Derrick to Lemlist and Waalaxy, which rely primarily on outreach workflows with only surface-level data accuracy. Derrick delivers real-time email validation and over 50 enrichment attributes directly in the web app (or in Google Sheets, Claude and the API), eliminating manual verification steps. This means you can deploy campaigns with higher deliverability and richer prospect profiles without leaving the web app or your sheet, saving 5-10 hours per month. For teams using Lemlist or Waalaxy, Derrick fills the data gaps that slow campaigns and degrade targeting, delivering immediate, actionable intelligence.
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Unified data intelligence with deeper company signals for reliability
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Lemlist and Waalaxy rely on surface-level signals and public profiles, which often miss deeper company context that drives reliability. Derrick delivers unified data intelligence with deeper company signals by enriching 50+ attributes and integrating AI-driven scoring, surpassing the data depth offered by Lemlist and Waalaxy. This translates to measurable reliability gains, reducing decision risk and improving targeting precision; users have reported noticeable improvements in match quality and pipeline confidence. With web app workflow (also in Google Sheets, Claude and the API), Derrick ensures consistent enrichment without complex imports or manual data stitching.
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Unified data intelligence is not enough without data quality controls
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Unified data intelligence is only as good as the quality of its signals, something Lemlist and Waalaxy struggle to guarantee with their surface-level enrichment and LinkedIn-reliant data; Derrick addresses this gap by delivering 50+ enrichment attributes and real-time email validation in the web app (or in Google Sheets, Claude and the API), ensuring cleansed, actionable records. Unlike Lemlist or Waalaxy, Derrick enforces data quality controls that prevent flawed leads from entering campaigns, reducing wasted outreach time. This translates to measurable gains: up to 20% higher deliverability and a 15-25% lift in qualified meetings when integrated into your workflow. Derrick also flagships editable data quality rules and deduplication to maintain a pristine pipeline across 3000+ integrations.
Replace Lemlist: enrich leads from their LinkedIn profile in Derrick's web app, nothing to install
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Honest comparison
What each tool does better
We're upfront - every tool has strengths. Here's where Lemlist, Waalaxy, and Derrick each genuinely win.
Headline pricing rarely tells the whole story. Here's the real cost of running each tool for a year.
Cost item
Lemlist
Waalaxy
Derrick
Starting price
$63/seat/mo (annual)
€19/user/mo (Pro) · Free 80 invites/mo
€0 (free) · €20/month paid
Annual cost (base)
~$756/yr
~€228/yr
€0/year free · €240/year on Standard
Free plan?
No (14-day free trial)
Yes - 80 invitations/mo permanently free
✓ Forever - 100 credits/mo
Setup cost
Hours to days
Hours to days
Nothing to install (web app)
Switching cost
CSV export + retraining
CSV export + retraining
Zero - works alongside any stack
Most teams pay 2-5x more on add-ons (extra seats, phone credits, integrations) than on the headline base price. Derrick keeps it to one transparent credit model.
Lemlist offers multi-channel outreach with pricing starting at entry-level plans, plus a free tier where available, and paid tiers scale with credits for campaigns; see the full pricing breakdown for complete details. View complete pricing details on the Lemlist pricing page.
While other tools pile on features, complex setups, and pricing tiers that grow faster than your results, Derrick focuses on what actually matters:
getting usable leads, in a web app with nothing to install (also in Google Sheets, Claude and the API).
No heavy workflows, No endless configuration. No learning curve.
Best for: Solo prospectors testing LinkedIn outbound for the first time
Waalaxy offers flexible pricing with a free tier and paid plans starting at accessible monthly rates, with more details available on the pricing page. For exact breakdowns, see the full pricing details.
Derrick is a web app - nothing to install, no formulas to learn, no pipelines to migrate. Sign up and you're enriching in under a minute.
Web appnothing to install
Google Sheetssidebar
Claude · MCPjust ask
REST APIPOST /v1/enrich
Same engine, same credits
Open the Derrick web app
Sign up on the Derrick web app. Nothing to install, no credit card required - you start with 100 free credits per month.
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Enrich Leads
1 credit / profile
Full nameAName
Enrich Leadsmax 4
column B
Import your Lemlist list
Upload the CSV you exported from Lemlist, paste LinkedIn URLs, or import from LinkedIn Sales Navigator. Prefer to stay in your tools? The same features run in Google Sheets, in Claude (MCP) and via the API.
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ANameEnrich Leads▶BJob title
1CamilleRunning✓ Done1 crRunningHead of Sales
2ThomasRunning✓ Done1 crRunningHead •• •••••
3SophieRunning✓ Done1 crRunningHe•• •• •••••
4InèsRunningNot found1 crRunning-
200 OK· or the same as JSON
Enrich your list with one click
Select the column with names, LinkedIn URLs, or company domains. Pick what you want - emails, phone numbers, LinkedIn data, company info, tech stack - and click "Enrich". Derrick fills the columns in your list. No pipelines, no waiting.
What teams say after switching from Lemlist vs Waalaxy
See what our customers say about Derrick.
323 reviews
"This app saved me so much time and effort. Great for anyone looking to build a contact list or network at scale quickly. As a start-up it's been invaluable."
Alex Clark
Director | SaaS GTM Leader
"Working pretty nifty compared to Snov.Io. Price wise it does give a fair shake, and IMO better interface since it's google sheets."
David Sire
Mortgage Broker at Zero Point Mortgage
"Derrick is a very simple and user-friendly app to enrich your contacts database. Best thing: you can test it for free. And then the price is so low, it's a no brainer."
Etienne Grange
CEO Form'actions
"I have been using other expensive apps or freemium like phantombuster, but Derrick has replaced them all. I love the simplicity of the Google sheet add-in, but what is best is the efficiency it delivers."
Julien Walon Cohen
CEO & Co-founder @ Diffly | B2B Sales Advisor
"Super easy to enrich linkedin urls using this tool. Both personal and company url data can be easily enriched with a click of a button."
Zaid Bilal
RevOps Professional
"Amazing Tool, I would like to advocate this to my colleagues. So that you can get more users. Keep it Up. 5 Stars!"
Asif Hanzala
Lead Generation Specialist at IdeaPeel
"The LinkedIn scraping and email finder combo is incredibly powerful. I can build a complete prospect list with contact info in under an hour. Absolute must-have for outbound."
Michael Kim
SDR Team Lead at CloudScale
"This app is fantastic. Brilliantly created to help small and mid sized businesses."
Dan Hughes
Founder/CEO, AlmanacIO
"Have tested over 10+ LI scraper apps, Derrick beats them all. Simple to use, accurate data, and affordable price."
Is Derrick better than Lemlist for multi-channel outreach?
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Derrick excels at multi-channel outreach when paired with your existing workflow, offering 50+ enrichment attributes and real-time email validation directly in the web app (or in Google Sheets, Claude and the API). Unlike Lemlist, which requires separate platform navigation and manual list refinement, Derrick integrates seamlessly into the web app (or in your spreadsheet, Claude and the API) without exports or complex configuration. While Lemlist handles sophisticated email sequencing and LinkedIn automation at scale, Derrick provides the data intelligence foundation that makes those campaigns more effective. For teams seeking to combine enrichment, validation, and outreach without juggling multiple tools, Derrick's web app approach (also in Google Sheets, Claude and the API) with integrated AI scoring and segmentation complements multi-channel strategies better than Lemlist alone, especially when cost and setup time matter.
How does Derrick compare to Waalaxy in features?
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Derrick and Waalaxy serve different prospecting needs. Waalaxy excels as a LinkedIn automation platform focused on connection requests and messaging sequences, while Derrick is a data enrichment engine available in the web app, Google Sheets, Claude and the API that provides 50+ contact and company attributes without leaving the web app or your spreadsheet. Derrick offers real-time email validation, integrated AI scoring with Claude and ChatGPT, and monthly rollover credits, whereas Waalaxy requires manual data enrichment and external tools for comprehensive contact intelligence. For teams prioritizing data depth and workflow efficiency in the web app (or in Google Sheets, Claude and the API), Derrick eliminates the need for multiple platforms and provides superior enrichment capabilities at a lower cost than combining Waalaxy with additional data providers.
Derrick vs Lemlist vs Waalaxy: which is the best overall?
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There's no single best overall winner-the choice depends on your specific needs. Lemlist excels at personalized email sequences and multi-channel campaigns with strong deliverability, making it ideal for teams focused on outreach volume. Waalaxy shines for LinkedIn automation and rapid campaign deployment, best suited for sales professionals prioritizing speed. However, if you need comprehensive data enrichment, real-time email validation, and seamless Google Sheets integration without complex setup, Derrick offers superior efficiency by combining 50+ enrichment attributes, native AI scoring with Claude and ChatGPT, and monthly rollover credits-all without requiring LinkedIn Sales Navigator or external platforms. Derrick works best when data quality and workflow simplicity matter most to your team.
Lemlist vs Waalaxy: which is the stronger data enrichment tool?
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Lemlist and Waalaxy are strong for broad outreach and automation, but they differ in data enrichment depth. Lemlist excels at multi-channel campaigns and AI-powered personalization, yet its built-in data enrichment is relatively shallow and may require external validation for high-accuracy B2B signals. Waalaxy offers solid LinkedIn-driven prospecting and easy automation but also relies on LinkedIn data, with limited native enrichment depth and fewer advanced data signals. Derrick complements both by providing deeper, intent-based lead intelligence, up to 50+ enrichment attributes per contact, real-time email validation, and the web app (plus Sheets, Claude, API) portability without CSV exports. If you need robust enrichment and scoring alongside scalable outreach, Derrick strengthens the data backbone while Lemlist or Waalaxy handle campaign execution; for pure enrichment, Derrick is the stronger option, but you may still pair Lemlist with Derrick for end-to-end efficiency.
Does Derrick offer better pricing than Lemlist or Waalaxy?
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Derrick offers significantly more flexible and affordable pricing compared to Lemlist and Waalaxy. Derrick's plans start at €0 with 100 free credits requiring no credit card, then scale from €20 monthly, with credits rolling over unused each month. Lemlist and Waalaxy operate on fixed subscription models without credit rollover, making them less cost-effective for teams with variable prospecting volumes. Additionally, Derrick eliminates the need for LinkedIn Sales Navigator-saving approximately twelve hundred dollars annually-while delivering fifty-plus enrichment attributes and integrated AI scoring capabilities that competitors charge separately for.
Can Derrick replace both Lemlist and Waalaxy for outreach?
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Derrick cannot fully replace Lemlist and Waalaxy for outreach, as each tool targets different parts of the prospecting stack. Lemlist excels in multi-channel email sequencing with AI-powered personalization and strong deliverability, while Waalaxy focuses on LinkedIn-driven automation and rapid campaign deployment. Derrick, by contrast, is a web app data enrichment platform (also in Google Sheets, Claude and the API) with 50+ enrichment attributes, real-time email validation, AI scoring, and broad automation through 3000+ integrations, but it does not replace Lemlist’s cross-channel sequence orchestration or Waalaxy’s LinkedIn-first workflows. Instead, Derrick complements them: use Lemlist for multi-channel outreach campaigns and leverage Derrick for deep lead intelligence, data quality, and scoring to feed into those campaigns, ensuring higher-quality inputs and better targeting. For teams prioritizing outreach depth and channel variety, a combined approach often yields the best results.
Hands Down best extension for sheets till date. It eased up my linkedin lead collection journey by 10x. Thank you!! Rahul Nair from Google Workspace Marketplace 
This tool makes enriching LinkedIn URLs incredibly easy. You can enrich both personal and company profiles with a single click, and the Google Sheets integration is a game-changer. Pankaj Rohilla from Google Workspace Marketplace 
Great extension. There's bigger companies that do 1000x less. Go with Derrick. Ben Leinen from Google Workspace Marketplace 
It makes my life a lot easier… no more copy and paste and time wasted. Thank you! Cris Forlani from Google Workspace Marketplace 
Derrick is your one stop solution to data collection and up to date leads data automated collection. 100/100 value for money. Manu Nair from Google Workspace Marketplace 
This is one hell of a magical tool, it has blown my mind already, it's so handy, just love it. I am exploring how much more I can do with it Jagdip Gohil from Google Workspace Marketplace 
Loving the smoothness of the experience especially on Chrome. Great value for the price as well. GB Alao from Google Workspace Marketplace 
I was looking for a tool to enrich LinkedIn data. Very easy to use. Keith Hildebrand from Google Workspace Marketplace CURSOR Easy to enhance contacts by running bulk lists. Try it James Finlayson from Google Workspace Marketplace +34,000 others 
