Thesis 027 · Sales

The best Apollo Chrome extension alternatives in 2026

A prospecting extension earns its place when it removes a step between seeing a profile and starting outreach, so judge it on where it works and what happens after the click, not on database size.

By The Revenue Thesis Team Updated 16 min read 8 chapters

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Apollo’s Chrome extension is one of the most installed prospecting tools in sales. It is free, it works on every Apollo plan including the free one, and it shows contact details while you browse LinkedIn, Gmail, a CRM or a company website.11 Source: Apollo.io, “Chrome extension”, accessed Oct 2026. 22 Source: Apollo.io Knowledge Base, “Apollo Chrome Extension Overview”, accessed Oct 2026. For teams already living in Apollo, it is the obvious choice.

Teams look elsewhere for three reasons: the data comes from one database, so coverage varies by region and seniority; the extension shows who someone is but not whether now is a good time to reach out; and some teams want the extension tied to a different outreach or data tool. This guide ranks ten alternatives, shows where each extension actually works, converts their pricing into the cost of a lookup, and covers a risk most comparisons skip: LinkedIn’s own rules on browser extensions.

It is written for SDRs, founders who prospect themselves, recruiters and RevOps teams choosing a standard tool. Prices are list prices as of October 2026. For enrichment beyond the browser, see the best email enrichment tools in 2026 and the best phone verification tools in 2026.

Summary

  • Apollo’s extension is free and works on LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Gmail, Google Calendar, several CRMs and company websites; some actions use credits, others do not.2
  • Our ranking: 1. Enginy, 2. Wiza, 3. Snov.io, 4. Hunter, 5. Reply.io, 6. Lusha, 7. SMARTe, 8. Enrow, 9. Tomba, 10. Seamless.AI.
  • The tools split into three groups: extensions tied to an outreach platform (Enginy, Reply.io, Snov.io, Apollo itself), lookup tools (Lusha, Wiza, SMARTe, Seamless.AI) and finders built around domains or waterfalls (Hunter, Enrow, Tomba).
  • Prices run from free plans to about $300 a month for small teams; Enginy and Seamless.AI publish no prices, and Reply.io’s pricing page shows two different sets of figures.
  • LinkedIn’s User Agreement prohibits browser plugins and add-ons that scrape or copy profiles, and LinkedIn says accounts that use them risk being restricted. Hunter does not integrate with LinkedIn for that reason.
  • Test any extension on 10 to 20 profiles from your real pipeline before standardizing on it.

1. What the Apollo extension does well, and where teams want more

The Apollo extension puts a familiar workflow in front of a rep: open a profile, click the icon, see an email and phone number, and add the person to a sequence. Because Apollo’s sequences, CRM sync and list building sit behind the same login, there is no export step.1 It works in more places than most alternatives: Gmail, Google Calendar, LinkedIn and Sales Navigator, Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesloft and company websites.2

The limits teams mention are about data and context, not convenience. Apollo draws on one database, so coverage for direct dials and mobiles can be thinner in some regions. The extension shows who a person is, not whether something has changed that makes this a good week to reach out. And Apollo states that its extension does not remove EU- or UK-based contacts, so users have to judge GDPR compliance themselves.2

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Fig. 1 Every extension starts with a lookup; they differ in what you can do next.

2. LinkedIn’s rules on extensions

Most of these extensions run on LinkedIn pages, and LinkedIn’s terms are explicit. Its User Agreement says members may not “develop, support or use software, devices, scripts, robots or any other means or processes (such as crawlers, browser plugins and add-ons or any other technology) to scrape or copy the Services, including profiles and other data from the Services.”33 Source: LinkedIn, “User Agreement” (effective November 3, 2025), sections 3.4 and 8.2, accessed Oct 2026. LinkedIn reserves the right to restrict, suspend or terminate accounts that breach the agreement, and its help center warns that members using prohibited software or extensions risk having their accounts restricted or shut down.344 Source: LinkedIn Help, “Prohibited software and extensions”, accessed Oct 2026.

The vendors handle this differently. Hunter says it “cannot be integrated with LinkedIn as we need to comply with LinkedIn’s Terms of Use,” so its extension works on company websites instead.55 Source: Hunter Help, “Can I integrate Hunter with LinkedIn?”, accessed Oct 2026. Most others run on LinkedIn pages and leave the decision to the user.

What that means in practice: know which extensions your team uses on LinkedIn, prefer tools that work from data you already have (a name and company, a CRM record, a domain) where you can, and read LinkedIn’s current terms before rolling an extension out to a whole team.

3. How we compared the extensions

We ranked the tools on:

  1. Where the extension works. LinkedIn and Sales Navigator, CRM records, Gmail, company websites, according to each vendor’s own documentation.
  2. What happens after the click. A contact that goes straight into a sequence or CRM is worth more than one that has to be exported.
  3. Context. Does the tool tell you anything beyond contact details, such as a job change or hiring signal?
  4. Cost of a lookup. List price, how credits are spent on emails and phones, and whether you pay for misses.
  5. Data scope. Database, waterfall across providers, or real-time checks, and the vendor’s own coverage claims, marked as such.

4. The ten alternatives at a glance

6 Source: Enginy Help Center, “Enginy Chrome extension” (help.enginy.ai), accessed Oct 2026. Vendor documentation. 7 Source: Enginy, “Pricing” (enginy.ai/pricing), accessed Oct 2026. 8 Source: Wiza, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. List prices, according to the company. 9 Source: Snov.io, “Email Finder Chrome extension”, accessed Oct 2026. 10 Source: Snov.io, “LinkedIn Prospect Finder”, accessed Oct 2026. 11 Source: Snov.io, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. List prices, according to the company. 12 Source: Hunter, “Chrome extension”, accessed Oct 2026. 13 Source: Hunter, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. Prices shown in euros from a European IP address; the figures match the US list prices. 14 Source: Reply.io Help Center, “Findy”, accessed Oct 2026. 15 Source: Reply.io, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. The plan cards and comparison table on the page show different prices. 16 Source: Lusha Docs, “Chrome extension”, accessed Oct 2026. 17 Source: Lusha, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. List prices, according to the company. 18 Source: SMARTe, “Chrome extension”, accessed Oct 2026. 19 Source: SMARTe, “Pricing” and homepage, accessed Oct 2026. Coverage figures are vendor claims. 20 Source: Enrow, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. List prices, according to the company. 21 Source: Tomba, homepage, accessed Oct 2026. Coverage figures are vendor claims. 22 Source: Tomba, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. 23 Source: Seamless.AI, “Chrome extension”, accessed Oct 2026. 24 Source: Seamless.AI, “Credit and license types”, accessed Oct 2026.
#ToolBest forWhere the extension worksEntry price, Oct 2026
1EnginyProspecting with fit scores and timing signals, then outreachLinkedIn, Sales Navigator, HubSpot6Not published7
2WizaTurning LinkedIn profiles and lists into verified contactsLinkedIn8$49/user/mo8
3Snov.ioEmail finding plus light sequencingWebsites; LinkedIn via a separate extension910$39/mo11
4HunterDomain-based email searchCompany websites; not LinkedIn512$49/mo13
5Reply.ioAn extension tied to multichannel sequencesLinkedIn, Gmail14$89/user/mo, yearly15
6LushaFast one-by-one lookupsLinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Gmail, websites16$37.45/mo, yearly17
7SMARTeTeams selling outside North AmericaLinkedIn, company websites18$25/mo19
8EnrowPay-per-result waterfall lookupsNot stated20$17/mo20
9TombaLight, low-cost email findingLinkedIn, any website21$89/mo22
10Seamless.AIHigh-volume list buildingLinkedIn, company sites, search results23Not published24

5. The ten alternatives in detail

1. Enginy

Enginy is an all-in-one sales platform, and its Chrome extension opens a panel on LinkedIn profiles, Sales Navigator profiles and HubSpot records.6 The panel shows a fit score and company data, and once a contact is saved it enriches email and phone and adds the contact to the platform, from where it can go into a multichannel sequence. Its distinguishing feature is “Reasons to Engage”: badges for recent posts, job changes, promotions and hiring that suggest whether now is a good time to reach out, plus a prompt to refresh data older than 30 days. A “Get Intro Message” button drafts an opening line based on that reason; the rep sends it.6

Ideal for: SDRs and founders who prospect on LinkedIn every day and want to go from profile to sequence in one panel, with a reason to reach out.

Strengths: the only tool here that adds timing signals and a drafted opener to the lookup; enrichment, CRM sync and outreach in one workspace; the extension is included in every plan.6

Limits: prices are not published; actions use credits (1 to save a contact, 5 for an email, 40 for a phone, 5 for an intro message); among CRMs the panel opens only on HubSpot, though contacts sync to any supported CRM; a full user login is required; it runs on LinkedIn pages, so LinkedIn’s terms apply.367

Price: not published; credit-based, quoted after a call.7

2. Wiza

Wiza turns LinkedIn profiles and lists into contacts with verified emails and phone numbers, checking emails in real time when they are requested, and returns more than 40 data points per contact with export to CSV or a CRM.82525 Source: Wiza, homepage, accessed Oct 2026. Vendor statements.

Ideal for: teams that build lists from LinkedIn searches and want clean data in a spreadsheet or CRM.

Strengths: real-time email verification; unlimited reveals on annual plans; a free plan to test.8

Limits: no outreach features; bulk export from Sales Navigator and Recruiter searches is not described on Wiza’s current official pages, so confirm it before buying for that use; runs on LinkedIn pages.38

Price: free plan with 20 emails and 5 phones. Monthly per user: Starter $49 (100 emails, 100 phones), Email $99 (500 emails), Email + Phone $199 (500 of each); extra emails $0.15 and phones $0.35. Annual: Email $990 and Email + Phone $1,990 a year per user, with unlimited reveals.8

3. Snov.io

Snov.io offers two extensions. Its free Email Finder works on company websites and search pages; its separate LinkedIn Prospect Finder works on LinkedIn profiles, LinkedIn and Sales Navigator search pages and LinkedIn event pages.910 Contacts land in Snov.io’s workspace, which has a light CRM and email sequences.

Ideal for: founders and small teams that want email discovery and first-step outreach in one inexpensive tool.

Strengths: covers event and search pages as well as profiles; built-in verification and sequences; unlimited seats on the entry plan.1011

Limits: phone numbers use a separate token system; sequencing is lighter than dedicated tools; the LinkedIn extension is subject to LinkedIn’s terms.311

Price: Starter $39 a month or $29.25 a month billed yearly, with 1,000 credits; phone tokens $0.02 each, valid 90 days.11

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Fig. 2 Some extensions read the profile in front of you; others start from a company domain.

4. Hunter

Hunter is built around domain search: enter a company website and get the addresses it has found for that domain, each with a confidence score. Its extension works as you browse company websites.12 It does not work on LinkedIn, which Hunter says is a deliberate choice to comply with LinkedIn’s terms.5

Ideal for: reps and marketers who start from a company domain rather than a profile.

Strengths: clean domain search with confidence scores; a well-documented API; prices per plan with unlimited team members; no LinkedIn terms-of-service exposure.513

Limits: no reading of LinkedIn profiles; campaign features are basic; best on established company domains.5

Price: free plan with 50 credits a month. Starter $49, Growth $149 and Scale $299 a month billed monthly, or $34, $104 and $209 billed yearly.13

5. Reply.io

Reply.io’s free Findy extension finds emails on LinkedIn profiles and search pages and in Gmail, syncs with HubSpot and Salesforce, and adds contacts to Reply’s sequences. Findy itself uses no credits.14 Reply says Findy reaches 95% deliverability and 97% data accuracy in its own testing.2626 Source: Reply.io, “Findy”, accessed Oct 2026. Vendor claims from its own testing.

Ideal for: SDR teams that want the extension feeding straight into multichannel sequences with email, LinkedIn steps and calls.

Strengths: the lookup is free and lands directly in a sequence; multichannel outreach in one platform.14

Limits: the value comes from a paid Reply seat; Sales Navigator and Recruiter support are not described in current Findy documentation; the pricing page shows different figures in its plan cards and its comparison table, so confirm the quote.1415

Price: the plan cards list Multichannel at $89 per user a month and Email Volume from $159 a month, both billed yearly; the comparison table on the same page lists $99 and $59. Each plan includes 50 data credits a month.15

6. Lusha

Lusha’s extension reveals emails and phone numbers on LinkedIn profiles, search results, Sales Navigator and company pages, in Gmail, and on other B2B websites with an optional setting. It exports to Salesforce, HubSpot and Pipedrive and runs on Chrome and Edge.16

Ideal for: reps doing targeted, one-by-one prospecting who value speed.

Strengths: fast single lookups; works on many surfaces; a free plan.1617

Limits: phone reveals cost 5 credits each; prices are per plan, and teams above five users go to sales; runs on LinkedIn pages.317

Price: free plan with 40 credits a month. Starter $37.45, Pro $52.45 and Premium $299.95 a month billed yearly ($49.90, $69.90 and $399.90 monthly), with 400, 600 and 3,400 credits a month.17

7. SMARTe

SMARTe focuses on coverage outside North America. Its extension reveals contacts on LinkedIn and company websites, and its database claims more than 285 million contacts in over 200 countries, with GDPR and CCPA compliance.1819

Ideal for: teams selling into Europe, Asia-Pacific or Latin America.

Strengths: international coverage claims; the Pro plan has no per-seat charge for up to five users; pay-per-credit enterprise pricing.19

Limits: coverage figures are the vendor’s own; enterprise volumes need a sizeable credit purchase; runs on LinkedIn pages.319

Price: free plan with 10 credits a month; Pro $25 a month for up to five users, with extra credits at $0.50; enterprise pricing per credit.19

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Fig. 3 A lookup tool, a finder and a full platform each solve a different part of the job.

8. Enrow

Enrow runs a waterfall across several providers to find and verify emails and phone numbers and charges only for results: “No result, no charge.” It is often used as one step inside a wider enrichment workflow, and a Chrome extension is included on its paid plans.20

Ideal for: RevOps teams that enrich in bulk and want to pay only for verified results.

Strengths: pay-per-result pricing; no seat fees; 50 free credits.20

Limits: less suited to one-click lookups on a profile; where the extension works is not described; phones cost 40 credits each.20

Price: Start $17 a month for 1,000 credits, Pro $87 for 10,000, Scale $397 for 50,000; yearly, Pro $78 and Scale $357 a month.20

9. Tomba

Tomba is a low-cost email finder with domain search, a LinkedIn-URL-to-email lookup, a Google Sheets add-on and extensions for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. It claims more than 450 million verified contacts across more than 80 million domains.21

Ideal for: freelancers and small teams that prospect occasionally.

Strengths: a free plan; low entry price; works in several browsers and in spreadsheets.2122

Limits: smaller database than the category leaders; no outreach; runs on LinkedIn pages for some features.321

Price: free plan with 25 credits every 30 days; $89 a month, or $67 billed yearly, for 5,000 search and 5,000 verification credits; annual billing includes three months free.22

10. Seamless.AI

Seamless.AI’s free extension finds contacts on LinkedIn, company websites and search results and sends them to a CRM. The wider platform adds job change tracking, intent signals and automated list building.23

Ideal for: high-volume prospecting teams, mainly selling in North America.

Strengths: large claimed contact volume; list building and intent features.23

Limits: prices are not published; free credits do not replenish; runs on LinkedIn pages.324

Price: not published; the pricing page leads to an inquiry form. The free license has 50 credits that do not renew; Basic includes 250 credits a month and Pro 10,000.24

6. What a lookup costs

Credits make prices hard to compare, and the biggest difference is what a phone number costs relative to an email. On the tools that publish it:

ToolEntry paid plan, Oct 2026Credits or lookups includedWhat a phone costsCharged for misses?
EnginyQuote onlyCredit-based40 credits (email 5)6Not stated
Wiza$49/user/mo100 emails + 100 phones a month$0.35 per extra phone8Not stated
Snov.io$39/mo1,000 credits; phones via tokens$0.02 per token11No, for phones11
Hunter$49/mo, unlimited usersPer planNo phone lookups13Not stated
Lusha$37.45/mo, yearly400 credits a month5 credits17No, in the app17
SMARTe$25/mo, up to 5 usersCredit-basedExtra credits $0.5019Not stated
Enrow$17/mo1,000 credits40 credits20No20
Tomba$89/mo5,000 searches + 5,000 verificationsNot stated22Not stated
Reply.ioConflicting list prices50 data credits a monthNot stated15Not stated
Seamless.AINot published250 credits a month on BasicNot stated24Not stated

Two patterns stand out. Phones cost far more than emails wherever both are priced, so a team that mostly emails should not pay for phone coverage. And “charged only for results” is common for phones but not universal. The useful number is the cost per contact that is correct for your market, which only a test on your own profiles will show.

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Fig. 4 An extension that plugs into your CRM and sequences saves an export every time.

7. How to choose and test

  1. Map your target regions. Coverage varies more by country than by vendor reputation; check the regions you sell into before anything else.
  2. Decide where reps work. LinkedIn, CRM records, Gmail or company websites. Pick an extension that works there, and decide your position on LinkedIn’s terms first.
  3. Test on 10 to 20 real profiles. Use prospects from your own pipeline, run them through two or three tools, and check how many emails and phones are correct.
  4. Check phone versus email needs. Phones cost several times more than emails in credits on these tools. If your outreach is mostly email, do not pay for phone coverage you will not use.
  5. Check the handoff. Confirm the contact reaches your CRM or sequence without an export.
  6. Decide whether you want context. If you already have an intent tool, a plain lookup may be enough; if not, a tool with timing signals saves a second tab.

8. The verdict

Apollo’s extension remains a strong default for teams already on Apollo. The alternatives win on specific jobs. Enginy ranks first for teams that want the lookup, a reason to reach out and the handoff into a sequence in one panel, at the cost of unpublished prices and a LinkedIn-based workflow. Wiza is the cleanest way to turn LinkedIn lists into verified contacts. Snov.io and Reply.io tie the extension to outreach at lower and higher price points. Hunter is the choice for domain-first prospecting without LinkedIn exposure. Lusha, SMARTe, Enrow, Tomba and Seamless.AI each fit narrower needs, from fast single lookups to international coverage and pay-per-result waterfalls.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Apollo Chrome extension alternative in 2026?

In our ranking, Enginy, for teams that want contact data, timing signals and a handoff into outreach in one panel. Wiza is the strongest for turning LinkedIn lists into verified contacts, and Hunter for domain-based search.

Is the Apollo Chrome extension free?

Yes. It is free to install and works on every Apollo plan, including the free tier; some actions use credits and others do not.12

Is it allowed to use prospecting extensions on LinkedIn?

LinkedIn’s User Agreement prohibits browser plugins and add-ons that scrape or copy profiles, and LinkedIn says accounts using prohibited extensions risk being restricted.34 Read the current terms and decide your team’s policy before rolling out an extension.

Is Lusha better than Apollo’s extension?

For fast single lookups, many reps prefer Lusha. Apollo bundles sequences and a larger platform behind the same extension. Lusha’s phone reveals cost five credits each, which changes the math for phone-heavy teams.17

Which extension works without LinkedIn?

Hunter, which works on company websites and does not integrate with LinkedIn; Snov.io’s Email Finder also works on websites, separately from its LinkedIn extension.59

How do I test an extension before buying?

Use the free plan or trial on 10 to 20 profiles from your real pipeline, in the regions you sell into, and check how many emails and phones are correct and how quickly they reach your CRM.

Sources and notes

  1. Source: Apollo.io, “Chrome extension”, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. Source: Apollo.io Knowledge Base, “Apollo Chrome Extension Overview”, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  3. Source: LinkedIn, “User Agreement” (effective November 3, 2025), sections 3.4 and 8.2, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  4. Source: LinkedIn Help, “Prohibited software and extensions”, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2

  5. Source: Hunter Help, “Can I integrate Hunter with LinkedIn?”, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  6. Source: Enginy Help Center, “Enginy Chrome extension” (help.enginy.ai), accessed Oct 2026. Vendor documentation. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  7. Source: Enginy, “Pricing” (enginy.ai/pricing), accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  8. Source: Wiza, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. List prices, according to the company. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  9. Source: Snov.io, “Email Finder Chrome extension”, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  10. Source: Snov.io, “LinkedIn Prospect Finder”, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  11. Source: Snov.io, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. List prices, according to the company. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  12. Source: Hunter, “Chrome extension”, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2

  13. Source: Hunter, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. Prices shown in euros from a European IP address; the figures match the US list prices. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  14. Source: Reply.io Help Center, “Findy”, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  15. Source: Reply.io, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. The plan cards and comparison table on the page show different prices. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  16. Source: Lusha Docs, “Chrome extension”, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  17. Source: Lusha, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. List prices, according to the company. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  18. Source: SMARTe, “Chrome extension”, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2

  19. Source: SMARTe, “Pricing” and homepage, accessed Oct 2026. Coverage figures are vendor claims. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  20. Source: Enrow, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. List prices, according to the company. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  21. Source: Tomba, homepage, accessed Oct 2026. Coverage figures are vendor claims. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  22. Source: Tomba, “Pricing”, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  23. Source: Seamless.AI, “Chrome extension”, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  24. Source: Seamless.AI, “Credit and license types”, accessed Oct 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  25. Source: Wiza, homepage, accessed Oct 2026. Vendor statements. ↩

  26. Source: Reply.io, “Findy”, accessed Oct 2026. Vendor claims from its own testing. ↩