Comparison · QD vs LeadIQ
LeadIQ captures one contact from LinkedIn. We deliver 750, verified.
LeadIQ lives in the rep’s browser and captures a contact while they are looking at a profile. We build the list that exists before anyone starts looking. This page sets the two side by side — including the part they do better than us — with a source and a date on every figure.
- 92%+
- Deliverability target
- Stated guarantee · 2026
- 750
- Verified leads, Pilot
- 250 companies · 3 contacts each · 2026
- 5–7d
- Turnaround
- From a confirmed brief · 2026
The difference
A capture tool and a finished list.
| Measure | LeadIQ | Qualified Deals |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A prospecting tool built around a Chrome extension and a database search, with CRM enrichment and exporting. A rep captures contacts as they browse. leadiq.com/pricing · checked 18 Aug 2026 | A research project. You brief a senior analyst once, and a finished file comes back. Pilot scope · 2026 |
| Where it runs | In the rep’s browser, at the moment they are looking at a profile. “Track Job Changes for Champions” is listed on every plan. leadiq.com/pricing · checked 18 Aug 2026 | Before any rep goes looking. You describe the ICP once and the list arrives built. Pilot scope · 2026 |
| Phone and mobile data | Published at 85% global mobile match-rate — 70% in EMEA — and 90% accuracy on verified numbers via carrier checks. Mobile capture is what they are built for. leadiq.com/pricing · checked 18 Aug 2026 | We do not source personal mobiles at all. Work email and direct business lines where available — a published compliance position rather than a coverage gap. Published sourcing policy · /compliance |
| What you receive | Contacts captured or exported against a credit allowance — 50 credits on the free plan. leadiq.com/pricing · checked 18 Aug 2026 | 750 verified leads across 250 companies, as XLSX and a CSV that imports cleanly, 5–7 days from a confirmed brief. Pilot scope · 2026 |
| Bounce policy | None stated on LeadIQ’s published pricing page. leadiq.com/pricing · checked 18 Aug 2026 | Seven-day bounce replacement. Report above 8% inside the window and every bounced record is replaced, re-verified, within 5 working days. Stated guarantee · 2026 |
These are not substitutes. LeadIQ is built for the moment a rep is on a profile and wants the contact; we are built for the list that exists before anyone opens LinkedIn. On mobile numbers specifically they are the stronger tool, and the row above says so — we do not source personal mobiles at all.
Every LeadIQ figure above is theirs, published on their own pricing page and quoted as they word it. We have not tested LeadIQ’s data and publish no measurement of it.
How we verify
Brief, Source, Verify, QA and deliver.
| Stage | What happens | Artifact produced |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Brief | A 30-minute Project Brief call with a senior analyst — not an SDR — to scope the ICP, territory, titles, volume and timeline. Ten fields, all required before research begins. If the brief shows we are not a fit, we say so before any work starts. | The signed research brief |
| 02 Source | Analysts map the territory across twenty-plus sources — ZoomInfo, Apollo, Clay, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Cognism, Lusha, Crunchbase, PitchBook and company websites — triangulated rather than exported. Accounts outside the brief are dropped here. | The raw master source sheet |
| 03 Verify | Every contact is cross-checked by a person against LinkedIn and the company website: current role confirmed, employer matched, email format validated. The date of that check is recorded on the row. SMTP-only verification is the floor, not the ceiling. | The LinkedIn cross-check log |
| 04 QA and deliver | A 10% spot-check by a second person, with zero QA failures permitted — anything that fails goes back to the analyst. Records that cannot be confirmed are removed, not shipped as Pending. Then a CRM-ready XLSX and CSV with a count summary. | The QA spot-check sheet |
What you receive
One workbook, four sheets, and a CSV that imports cleanly.
Delivered as QD_[Client]_[Package]_[YYYYMMDD].xlsx with a matching UTF-8 CSV for direct CRM import. Phone columns are formatted as text, so long numbers do not arrive as scientific notation.
1 · Read Me
Client, package, ICP summary, delivery date, record counts, the verification method, and the guarantee stated verbatim.
2 · Verified Leads
One row per person. Company, contact, exact title, LinkedIn URL, verified email, confirmation date, status.
3 · Companies
One row per company. Domain, employee band, HQ country, sector, and the accounts we excluded.
4 · Method
Sources used, the verification steps applied, the exclusions, and the QA sample size.
| Company | Contact | Title | Confirmed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N•••••• Systems | D. R••••• | VP Engineering | 2026-07-28 | Verified |
| C•••••• Labs | R. M••••• | Head of Infrastructure | 2026-07-29 | Verified |
| A••••••• Digital | S. T••••• | Director, Service Delivery | 2026-07-29 | Verified |
| V•••••• Cloud | J. P••••• | Chief Technology Officer | 2026-07-30 | Verified |
If your reps already use LeadIQ
Three things buyers say first.
Our reps already capture leads with the Chrome extension.
Capture is not a list
That tool does one contact at a time, while a rep is on a profile, and it does it well. A Pilot delivers 750 contacts as one finished file, checked before it arrives — so the list exists before anyone starts looking, rather than accumulating as they go.
LeadIQ verifies in real time too.
A different check entirely
Their strength is catching a role or company change at the point of capture, and it is listed on every plan. That answers a question about the one contact in front of a rep. Building a verified list at volume, before outreach starts, is a separate problem — and it is the one we are for.
We need phone numbers, not just emails.
Then they may be the better tool
LeadIQ publishes 85% global mobile match-rate and 90% accuracy on verified numbers, and mobile capture is what they are built for. We do not source personal mobiles at all — work email and direct business lines only, which is a compliance position we publish rather than a gap. If mobiles at volume are what your ICP needs, we are not the answer.
Cost
A tool you keep running, against a project you finish.
LeadIQ’s figures are their published rate card, read on 18 August 2026: Free at $0 with 50 credits, Pro at $200 a month, Enterprise on request, with 25% off annual billing. Their page states no per-user rate on Pro. Ours is the published Pilot price. Both sides publish a card here. Both rows exclude tax.
Figures outside USD are converted at the mid-market rates recorded for 16 August 2026. Our own prices are unchanged from the pricing page.
FAQ
What buyers ask when reps already use LeadIQ.
Is Qualified Deals a LeadIQ alternative, or a complement to it?
A complement, and not a close call. LeadIQ lives in the rep’s browser and captures a contact at the moment they are looking at a profile. We build the list that exists before anyone opens LinkedIn. A team can run both without either being redundant — the extension for opportunistic capture, a project for the campaign list.
How does a 750-lead Pilot compare in cost to a year of LeadIQ?
LeadIQ publishes Pro at $200 a month, which is $2,400 across a year, or roughly $1,800 with their 25% annual discount. They also publish a free tier with 50 credits. A Pilot is $420 or ₹35,000, once, for 750 verified leads. Those are different purchases rather than competing quotes: one is a tool your team operates all year, the other is a file that arrives finished. The number worth comparing is not per record but what you are left holding when you stop paying.
Does Qualified Deals verify phone numbers the way LeadIQ verifies them?
No, and the honest answer is that LeadIQ is the stronger tool here. They publish 85% global mobile match-rate — 70% in EMEA — and 90% accuracy on verified numbers through carrier checks, and mobile capture is what they are built for. We do not source personal mobile numbers at all. What we deliver is work email addresses and direct business lines where available, each confirmed against LinkedIn and the company website. That is a compliance position we publish at /compliance, not a coverage gap we are working around — but if mobile numbers at volume are the requirement, we are not the right supplier for that part.
Can reps keep using the LeadIQ extension alongside a Qualified Deals Pilot?
Yes, and nothing about the two conflicts. Delivery is a CRM-ready XLSX plus a UTF-8 CSV with a BOM, with field mapping agreed before delivery, so a Pilot lands in the same CRM the extension already enriches. Reps carry on capturing what they find; the campaign list arrives separately, verified.
Related comparisons
Weighing more than one of these.
- A seat for the lookup
- Both sides publish a rate card here. What RocketReach claims, what independent testing reports, and what a per-seat tool leaves your team to do afterwards.
- A lookup on the profile
- A Chrome extension that reveals a contact while a rep is on their LinkedIn page, against a finished list. Their published card in three currencies, and what their own data page is scoped to.
Book a project brief
Let the reps keep capturing. Tell us who you sell to and the list arrives verified.
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