# ContactOut: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 13 judge labels across 2 categories by 7 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/contactout

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Recruiting CRM and sourcing](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/recruiting-crm-and-sourcing/index.md) | 0% | 20 | 8% | 12 |
| [Talent intelligence](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/performance/talent-intelligence/index.md) | 0% | 44 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "ContactOut and HireEz are top recommendations for recruiting teams based on accuracy, usability, and recruiter-specific functionality" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Recruiting CRM)
- "Use free LinkedIn tools combined with lightweight contact extensions like ContactOut or Lusha." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Recruiting CRM)
- "Quickly getting personal contact info for candidates you've already identified." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Recruiting CRM)
- "You need contact info but don't want to pay much: Try ContactOut or SignalHire" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Recruiting CRM)

## And against it

- "Be cautious with data‑harvesting and scraping tools (e.g., ContactOut, SignalHire, ZoomInfo and similar plugins)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Recruiting CRM)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named ContactOut, from 16 of the 18 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- dishertalent.com: 9
- lever.co: 8
- leonar.app: 6
- pin.com: 6
- recruitcompare.io: 6
- g2.com: 5
- leadchangegroup.com: 5
- corporatenavigators.com: 4
- matchr.io: 4
- sourcingtools.org: 4

### Pages cited

- https://dishertalent.com/blog/sourcing-tools-review: 9
- https://lever.co/insights/best-candidate-sourcing-tools: 8
- https://corporatenavigators.com/articles/candidate-sourcing/top-sourcing-tools: 4
- https://matchr.io/blog/top-40-best-sourcing-tools: 4
- https://recruitcompare.io/category/sourcing-tools: 4
- https://firsthr.app/compare/hiring/sourcing-tools: 3
- https://leadchangegroup.com/software/hireez/alternatives: 3
- https://leadchangegroup.com/software/seekout/alternatives: 3

## In its own words

What ContactOut's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: A B2B email finder and lead generation platform to find verified emails and phone numbers for 350M+ professionals. (https://contactout.com/)
- For: Recruiters and sales reps (https://contactout.com/)
- Price stated: 0 (https://contactout.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Sign up to get 5 free credits daily (https://contactout.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA
- Customers named: Google, Tenstorrent, Societe Generale, CNN, Robert Half, HSBC, Yelp, WarnerMedia

## What it publishes

Every page contactout.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 187 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 142 pages, 14 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- comparison: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-02-01
- glossary or explainer: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-09-01
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Email warmup how to build a strong sender reputation https://blog.contactout.com/2026/09/email-warmup-how-to-build-a-strong-sender-reputation
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: How do growing service businesses modernize their day to day operations https://blog.contactout.com/2026/09/how-do-growing-service-businesses-modernize-their-day-to-day-operations
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: How to write a b2b cold email sequence https://blog.contactout.com/2026/09/how-to-write-a-b2b-cold-email-sequence
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Why modern talent acquisition requires sales skills https://blog.contactout.com/2026/09/why-modern-talent-acquisition-requires-sales-skills
- Recent: 2026-09-04 blog: Your best sales representative isnt always your most consistent one and why that matters https://blog.contactout.com/2026/09/your-best-sales-representative-isnt-always-your-most-consistent-one-and-why-that-matters
- Recent: 2026-09-03 blog: The recruiting skill nobody trains you on saying candidate names right https://blog.contactout.com/2026/09/the-recruiting-skill-nobody-trains-you-on-saying-candidate-names-right

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.