Clay vs. UpLead

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Clay
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Clay is a GTM enrichment product that combines access to 100+ data sources and AI agents with automated workflows to build any growth use case. Companies use it for tasks like recurring CRM enrichment to targeted outreach.
$149
per month 2000 credits per month
UpLead
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
UpLead is a B2B data provider and technology company based in Southern California providing access to verified B2B contacts with direct email addresses. Search by industry, location, sales volume, number of employees, public vs private, contact title, job function, management level, technologies used and more to find customers. API and CRM integrations available.
$99
per month
Pricing
ClayUpLead
Editions & Modules
Starter
$149
per month 2000 credits per month
Explorer
$349
per month 10,000 credits per month
Pro
$800
per month 50,000 credits per month
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Basic
$99.00
per month
Plus
$199.00
per month
Professional
$399.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ClayUpLead
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
ClayUpLead
Features
ClayUpLead
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
Clay
-
Ratings
UpLead
9.3
Ratings
18% above category average
Advanced search00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Identification of new leads00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
List quality00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
List upload/download00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Load time/data access00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
Clay
-
Ratings
UpLead
8.8
Ratings
13% above category average
Contact information00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Company information00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Industry information00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
Clay
-
Ratings
UpLead
9.0
Ratings
19% above category average
Lead qualification process00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Salesforce integration00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Company/business profiles00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Alerts and reminders00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Data hygiene00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Automatic data refresh00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Tags00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Filters and segmentation00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
Clay
-
Ratings
UpLead
8.7
Ratings
16% above category average
Sales email templates00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Append emails to records00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
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User Ratings
ClayUpLead
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ClayUpLead
Likelihood to Recommend
Sales automation is the most suited use case of Clay. You could generate GTM motions that are auto triggered by the signals, so you could actually create workflows that are triggered on specific signals. For example, a company gets new funding, you can reach out to the company within in a matter of minutes and you can track a lot of news that's happening on Google or using RSS feeds. You can patch that news into Clay and then manipulate that and get insights out of it. The second best use case is the data enrichment or data cleanup. Usually companies have CRMs with messy data. You can import that. Clay has native integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Marketo, and you can import those lists into Clay and then clean the data, enrich the data, and then push that forward, update the data in the CRMs. That's the second best use case that I use it for and would recommend it for.
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This is a highly recommended product. The
platform is compiled of all the good features to be a part of any organization
of any masses. The
account-based product marketing which is one of the best features in UpLead
which allows users to target the audience which is the best for the product and
help in increasing conversion. It provides data of different companies and
contacts with the picture, email addresses, and social media accounts.
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Pros
  • Pros, I think there are a lot of pros, so I mentioned a couple of them already, so being able to use different data providers. I think being able to massage the data, I call it a data orchestration where I can get different points of inputs of data. I can throw everything in Clay and then I can make all the changes before I use them for campaigns, for email, for LinkedIn, for whatever reason I'm going to use my data, but it's really easy to enrich, it's really easy to do research. It's really easy to build agents that tie to each row in your dataset, like there are a lot of things that you could use it for that are huge pros.
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  • UpLead is the best lead database in terms of price per lead and provided the most accurate and valid emails.
  • It constantly updates their list and adding new people, companies and removes bad leads. However, you need to very careful when you are filtering and sorting data, and any wrong selection can cause tons of garbage leads/ emails.
  • It allows us to send the information directly to our CRM, saving me time and keeping us organized.
  • We especially appreciate the real-time email verification feature of UpLead.
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Cons
  • A max column limit. I run into the column limit all the time and kind of have to figure out using multiple tables. Just bugs really. I mean if you start getting too crazy on it, I feel like takes a long time. You can't really identify that it's working or if it's not. So that kind of slows things down a little bit.
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  • I would like to see an easier way to enter a contacts name to get immediate information
  • I would like to see more access to comparable competitors to the company I am searching
  • It would be great if UpLead would suggest targets based upon criteria I can load
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Usability
I think it's actually before the launches today, I would say eight, but after they launch, what's the name of the product? I dunno if it was the web intent or the sculpture. 10, because I think that the sculpture was the missing part of plates till now.
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The tool is robust, it's powerful, it's accurate, and it's extremely helpful and pivotal in my current banking sales role. I could not succeed without UpLead's accurate data and contact information. I'm thankful that such an incredible service exists at such a fair and reasonable price, thank you for the value that you provide your customers and thank you for making me a very successful salesman and wealthier man
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
i like their support bot.
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Alternatives Considered
Honestly, not really any alternatives. I would find it really difficult to think of an alternative because if you have the right pick, basically the cost of switching for me is just too much to look further. So I'm really happy with what I'm getting for my money basically. I haven't really tried any alternatives. I wouldn't even know any alternatives to be honest.
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These both software are the lead bases but both have differences, and UpLead is a better database than ZoomInfo. The major difference that I encountered while using ZoomInfo was that a lot of my emails bounced back. On the other hand, UpLead has real-time email verification. So, there was a high chance when using ZoomInfo that a large number of my emails were bounced back as the email ids were either fake or didn't even exist in the first place.
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Return on Investment
  • Clay software enables us to find the best connect to build more qualified leads and ensure personalised outreach.
  • Use of the software in our organisation has promoted email marketing and content monetization.
  • The product has enhanced lead management enabling a full pipeline visibility from first contact to conversion.
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  • We use the data to conduct highly targeted email campaigns, on average we're seeing open rates anywhere from 35% to 60% which is very good.
  • We have been able to reduce our cost per lead (CPL) by 20% using UpLead.
  • Using their intent data we can now actively market to warm leads.
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