Innerfetch API vs Lusha
Lusha compared with Innerfetch API: about $130 per 1,000 companies, phone numbers, buying signals, customers and competitors, and where Lusha wins.
Lusha sells contact data: verified e-mails, direct phone numbers and buying signals, in a browser extension and through an API. Every plan, the free plan too, has an API key and an MCP server.
Innerfetch API is a company data API. It has no phone numbers and no buying signals. It returns the company profile and the company’s customers, competitors and vendors, each with the public page that shows it.
Prices
Lusha’s Starter plan costs $49.90 a month for 400 credits, or $37.45 a month billed yearly. A company profile through the API uses 1 credit, plus result credits. Lusha’s docs show a bulk call for 50 companies where 40 matched and the call used 42 credits. At the Starter price, 1,000 companies in bulk cost about $130. The docs are not clear on single calls, which can cost up to 2 credits each.
Every Lusha call uses at least 1 credit, even when it finds nothing. On Innerfetch API, every call has a fixed price in credits, and a domain we cannot find in a batch is free. The table below shows the cost of 1,000 company profiles.
Two jobs, two tools
Lusha helps a seller reach a person by phone at the right time. Innerfetch API helps a seller, a script or an AI agent understand the company: what it does, who it sells to, who it competes with and what it buys.
Innerfetch API vs Lusha, row by row
| What you get | Innerfetch API | Lusha |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 company profiles cost | $11.98 on the Scale plan; $29 pay as you go | About $130 on Starter, in bulk calls |
| Pay as you go | Yes. Credit packs from $29, valid for 12 months | No; monthly or annual plans |
| Free trial | 200 credits for 30 days with a work e-mail, no credit card | Free plan with 40 credits a month |
| Commitment | None. Monthly plans, cancel at any time | Monthly plan; annual saves 25% |
| How fresh | Stored data that refreshes in the background; add fresh=true to refresh a company now | Stored contact and company database |
| Company details | Industry, headquarters, headcount range, founded year, tech stack, e-mail pattern, open roles, executives | Firmographics, technologies, funding |
| Customers of a company | Yes, each with the public page that names it | No |
| Competitors of a company | Yes, each with the reason it is there | Lookalike companies; no competitors field found |
| Vendors a company uses | Yes, each with the public page that names it | Not published |
| People at a company | People of the company found on the public web | Contacts with verified e-mails |
| Work e-mail | Lookup with a verified, likely or unknown status | Yes, 1 credit an e-mail |
| Phone numbers | No | Yes, 5 credits a number |
| Funding and revenue | No | Yes, funding rounds |
| When nothing is found | 1 credit for a domain that is not a company; free in a batch | At least 1 credit a call, even with no result |
| AI agents | MCP server with the same API key | Official MCP server on every plan |
| Pay per call without an account | Yes, agents pay each call in USDC | No |
| Rate limit | 300 requests a minute per key on every paid plan | 40 a minute and 100 a day on Free and Starter |
Facts about Lusha come from its own public pages, verified in October 2026. Prices change, so check the sources below before you buy. "Not published" means we could not find the fact on a public page.
Where Innerfetch API wins
- A lower price for 1,000 company profiles
- In a batch of up to 50 domains, a domain we cannot find is free
- Customers, competitors and vendors of a company, each with the public page that shows it
- Credit packs with no subscription
Where Lusha wins
- Direct phone and mobile numbers
- Buying signals such as job changes, hiring surges and headcount growth
- Lookalike contacts and companies
- API and MCP on every plan, the free plan too
Choose Innerfetch API if
- You need company facts and relationships at a lower price per company
- You need to know who a company sells to, competes with or buys from
- You run large batches and do not want to pay for misses
Choose Lusha if
- You need phone numbers for your sales team
- You want buying signals on contacts and companies
- Your team works in Lusha's browser extension
Innerfetch API vs Lusha, answered
How much does Lusha cost per company?
Its Starter plan is $49.90 a month for 400 credits. Lusha's docs show a bulk call where 40 matched companies cost 42 credits, so 1,000 companies cost about $130. Single calls can cost more.
Does Lusha charge when nothing is found?
Yes. Its docs say every API call costs at least 1 credit, even with no result.
Does Innerfetch API return phone numbers?
No. Lusha is the better choice for phone numbers.
Should I use both?
Yes, if your team calls prospects. Use Lusha for phones and signals, and Innerfetch API for company profiles and relationships.
Sources
- Lusha pricing
- Lusha docs: pricing system
- Lusha docs: API overview and rate limits
- Lusha docs: billing and plans
Checked in October 2026. Our own prices come from our pricing page.
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