ContactOut Alternative
Contact enrichment
built for APIs, not browsers.
ContactOut is designed around a Chrome extension and recruiter workflows. PeopleDB is an API — pass in a LinkedIn or GitHub identifier, get back emails and phone numbers. No browser required, no per-seat pricing, no monthly credit resets.
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How they compare
| ContactOut | PeopleDB | |
|---|---|---|
| Access method | Chrome extension + API | API |
| Pricing model | Per-seat subscription | Pay per lookup |
| Credits expire | Yes (monthly reset) | Never |
| LinkedIn lookup | Yes | Yes |
| GitHub lookup | No | Yes |
| Email addresses | Yes | Yes |
| Phone numbers | Yes | Yes |
| Built for | Recruiters | Developers |
| Free tier | Limited trial | 10 free credits |
When PeopleDB makes more sense
You're building a pipeline, not clicking through profiles
ContactOut is optimized for a recruiter sitting in LinkedIn, clicking profiles one at a time. If you're enriching a list, running a background job, or building an internal tool, you need an API — not a browser extension.
You don't want per-seat pricing
ContactOut charges per seat per month. If one engineer is doing the enrichment in code, you're still paying for a seat. PeopleDB bills per lookup — the API key is shared, and you only pay for what you actually query.
You have GitHub identifiers to work with
If your data starts with a GitHub username or ID, ContactOut won't help. PeopleDB can look up contact information directly from a GitHub login — useful for developer outreach, open source contributor research, or any pipeline that starts on GitHub.
The API
GET /api/v1/people
curl "https://peopledb.co/api/v1/people?linkedin_public_identifier=dhh" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
// ←
{
"linkedin_public_identifier": "dhh",
"github_login": "dhh",
"email_addresses": ["[email protected]", "[email protected]"],
"phone_numbers": []
}Pricing
100 credits — $2 (2¢ / lookup)
500 credits — $8 (1.6¢ / lookup)
2,000 credits — $28 (1.4¢ / lookup)
10,000 credits — $100 (1¢ / lookup)
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