Lusha review: features, pricing and verdict

What is Lusha?

Lusha is a B2B data platform for sales, marketing and recruiting teams. This Lusha review covers its contact database, its browser extension for LinkedIn and the credit-based plans that decide how much you can use.

The company also connects its data to AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT, and offers an API for teams that want contact details inside their own workflows.

How Lusha works

Lusha keeps a large database of contacts and companies and layers its own scoring on top. You reach that data through a browser extension, a web workspace, an API or AI assistants.

Step 1: Install the extension

Sign up for the free plan and add the browser extension.

Step 2: Browse as usual

Open a LinkedIn profile or company page, and Lusha shows the contact details it has.

Step 3: Reveal with credits

Each email or phone number you reveal uses credits from your monthly allowance.

Step 4: Save and sync

Save contacts to lists, send them to your CRM or export a file.

Step 5: Go further on paid plans

On higher plans, use lookalikes, buying signals and bulk enrichment to build lists faster.

Who is Lusha best for?

Lusha fits sales reps and small teams who want quick contact details next to the profiles they're already looking at. Its free plan makes it easy to judge the data on your own market before committing.

Credits are where Lusha needs the most thought. A single reveal of an email or a phone number uses credits, and an active rep can use up a Starter allowance of 400 faster than expected. Before you upgrade, check which of your prospects actually need a phone number, since that's where most credits go.

It also helps to judge Lusha against your own market rather than its headline numbers. A database of more than 515 million contacts sounds complete, but users who sell into smaller countries or niche industries are the ones who most often report gaps. Our editorial policy page explains why we lean on that kind of real-world feedback when we can't test a tool ourselves.

Lusha has also grown beyond the extension. Its workspace scores accounts against your ideal customer profile, suggests lookalike companies and shows buying signals such as funding rounds and hiring surges. Those features sit on the paid plans, so the free tier is best treated as a way to sample the data itself.

A good fit if you

• Want phone numbers and emails while browsing LinkedIn
• Need a free plan to try contact data before paying
• Work in a small sales team that shares credits
• Want buying signals such as job changes and funding

Skip it if you

• Need guaranteed accuracy in niche or local markets
• Plan to pull thousands of contacts a month on a budget
• Want a tool that sends outreach for you
• Dislike credit limits

Why use Lusha at all?

Finding a direct phone number or work email by hand can take ages. Lusha shortens that to a click while you're on the profile, which is why many reps keep it open all day.

The free plan is the strongest reason to try it. Forty credits a month won't run a campaign, but it's enough to see whether the data covers your market.

Teams that sell into Europe often weigh it against the next tool in our series, so read the Kaspr review before deciding.

If you mainly need verified emails from Sales Navigator searches, Wiza takes a different approach worth comparing.

How we reviewed it

Our Lusha review relies on lusha.com, whose pricing we viewed in its monthly setting on October 16, 2026, and on the praise and complaints that keep recurring across G2 and Capterra.

We looked at the data Lusha says it holds, how the credits work in practice and the complaints that come up most often, then scored it with our scoring process, which rates every tool out of 5.

What we liked

Big database

Lusha says it holds more than 515 million contacts and 29 million companies, with 117 million direct dials. That breadth makes it a quick first stop for many prospects.

Simple to use

Reviewers consistently praise the extension and workspace as easy to pick up, with little training needed.

Useful buying signals

Job changes, funding rounds and hiring surges show up as dated events, which helps you time outreach better.

What we didn't like

Data quality varies by market

Independent reviews on G2 and Capterra repeatedly mention outdated or incomplete contact details in some regions. How good Lusha's data is depends heavily on who you sell to, so test it on your own targets first.

Credits run out fast

Starter gives 400 credits a month and Premium 3,400. Heavy users can run through credits quickly, and reviewers often call the credit model restrictive.

Lusha pricing

These are the month-to-month rates. Paying yearly lowers the monthly cost, but credits are then granted upfront for the year.

On Pro and Premium, unused credits roll over up to twice the monthly amount. Pro includes two free seats and Premium five.

Prices checked October 16, 2026.

Is Lusha safe?

Lusha reveals data rather than acting on your profile, so it never acts on your profile and no invites or messages go out under your name. Its trust centre explains how it sources data and handles privacy, which matters if you sell into Europe under the GDPR.

Using any extension on LinkedIn still carries some risk. LinkedIn's prohibited software page explains which add-ons it doesn't permit, so read it and use contact tools in moderation.

Lusha review: our verdict

Lusha is one of the easiest ways to get contact details while you browse, and the free plan lets you test it properly. The catch is consistency: plenty of users find gaps and stale data, and credits go quickly on lower plans. Try the free tier on your real prospects, then line it up against the LinkedIn automation tools and data tools we've reviewed.

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