HubSpot acquired Clearbit in late 2023 and folded it into Breeze Intelligence — standalone free tools were sunset, the old API was deprecated for non-HubSpot customers, and using it now requires a paid HubSpot subscription plus separate credit packs. If you're not on HubSpot, or just want out, here's how LinkFinder AI and four other real alternatives compare.
| Tool | Best for | Starting price | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinkFinder AI | Flat-rate LinkedIn & company data, no platform lock-in | $49/mo flat | 150 credits, no card |
| Apollo.io | Database plus built-in outreach sequencing | ~$49/user/mo | Free plan available |
| ZoomInfo | Phone-verified data at enterprise scale | Custom (quote-based) | No public free tier |
| Cognism | EMEA-focused, GDPR-first compliance | Custom (~$15K+/yr) | No public free tier |
| OutX | Buying signals from LinkedIn activity | $99/mo | Free plan + 7-day trial, no card |
Pricing above is approximate and changes often — ZoomInfo and Cognism don't publish pricing at all. Check each vendor's site or sales team before budgeting.
curl -X POST 'https://api.linkfinderai.com/v1/company_domain_to_employees' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"domain": "acmecorp-example.com", "limit": 10}'LinkFinder AI covers email finder, LinkedIn profile enrichment, company data, and phone lookup through a dashboard or a full REST API on every plan, with no requirement to run HubSpot, Salesforce, or any other platform underneath it. Pricing is flat: $49, $89, or $149 a month for a fixed number of credits, plus PAYG packs from $25 that never expire.
Why it's here: if your old Clearbit workflow just needs to keep working — enriching contacts and companies via API — without being pulled into a specific CRM ecosystem, this replaces that directly.
Tradeoff: LinkFinder AI doesn't offer Clearbit's native, embedded-in-HubSpot workflow — if you're already deep in HubSpot and specifically want enrichment inside that UI rather than via API, Breeze Intelligence's native integration is hard to fully replicate from outside the platform.
Try LinkFinder AI free →Apollo is the most commonly cited Clearbit replacement — it combines a large contact database (275M+ contacts) with email sequencing and CRM integration, adding execution tools Clearbit never had as a pure enrichment product.
Tradeoff: pricing is per-seat rather than usage-based, and Clearbit's company-level enrichment (firmographics, technographics) is generally considered stronger than Apollo's — Apollo's edge is contact volume, not data depth.
ZoomInfo pairs a large, human-verified contact database with intent signals and outreach tooling — a genuine step up in scale and phone-number accuracy from what Clearbit ever offered.
Tradeoff: it's priced and sold like enterprise software, with custom quotes commonly running into five figures annually.
Cognism is built around explicit-consent, GDPR-first data collection with strong European coverage and phone-verified mobile numbers — a common pick for teams selling internationally who need a defensible compliance story.
Tradeoff: like ZoomInfo, it's an enterprise sale with custom pricing and annual contracts, generally more expensive than SMB-focused options.
OutX approaches the problem from the intent side: instead of enriching a list you already have, it monitors LinkedIn posts and engagement around the keywords, companies, and people you care about, so revenue teams can see who is actively talking about a problem and reach out while it's timely.
Tradeoff: it's a signal and social-listening tool rather than a firmographic database, so it complements an enrichment API instead of replacing Clearbit's company data on its own.
Flat monthly pricing, a full REST API on every plan, and no dependency on any other platform.
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