Leads
Apollo, Clay and ZoomInfo alternative: leads without renting the file
August 28, 2026 · 1 min read · Navin team
Apollo, Clay, ZoomInfo, Cognism, Sales Navigator, Lemlist: six seats. Navin scrapes, scores, exports a CSV you own. Not a CRM. Compliance first.
Apollo rents a list. Clay rents enrichment. ZoomInfo rents the phone book. Cognism, Sales Navigator, Lemlist: one more seat. You own nothing. You rent the right to call back.
If you want an Apollo alternative, a Clay alternative or a ZoomInfo alternative, the test is not “who has the most numbers”. The test is: who builds a file you own, scores it, then hands it to marketing and code.
Navin Leads does that. Local desktop. Install $0. Not a CRM.
What you pay to rent
| Tool | List / year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo | ~$708 | List + sequence |
| Clay | ~$1,608 | Enrichment |
| ZoomInfo | ~$14,995 | The phone book |
| Cognism | ~$12,000 | The EU phone book |
| LinkedIn Sales Navigator | ~$1,199 | The LinkedIn seat |
| Lemlist | ~$708 | The sequence |
Your contract may be lower. ZoomInfo stays a CFO line. Navin does not buy that book. It pulls the public web, scores, exports. Compliance first: what is public, a file you own, not a rented CRM.
Score, then export
A list without a score is a CSV of noise. Navin puts 92, 88, 76. You keep the file. Then marketing writes the page. Then Code if the landing lies.
What Navin is not
- Not a CRM. (We will not sell you one.)
- Not ZoomInfo.
- Not a dialer.
Keep Sales Navigator if the LinkedIn seat is the job. Drop Apollo + Clay + Lemlist the day the list should be born here.
FAQ
Does Navin replace ZoomInfo?
For a team that builds its list, yes. For a fund that wants 10 million records, no.
And Apollo?
Apollo rents. Navin builds. /compare/apollo.
Clay?
Clay is strong on table enrichment. Navin chains into the page and the code.
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