Neuron

Overview

Neuron combines corporate contact search with tools for finding and developing sales prospects. It will suit outbound professionals and teams that need both email and phone data, particularly when they work across several major regions.

Its browser workflow and sales integrations make it more than a contact lookup, but the free allowance is small. Neuron is a stronger fit for teams prepared to pay per user for ongoing prospecting than for people seeking a generous free research tool.

Key features

Neuron says it verifies email addresses in real time using more than 15 techniques, including SMTP and MX checks. That focus is relevant to teams building outreach lists, though the Free plan’s 15 emails per week leaves little room for sustained prospecting.

Phone data includes telecom-verified mobile numbers identified by more than 10 attributes, as well as direct office and mainline numbers. Paid plans include unlimited mobile numbers, making the service better suited to regular use than its weekly free quota suggests.

The browser workflow supports bulk prospecting, recommendations based on prospecting activity, job-change alerts, and account-based prospecting. These tools help teams develop leads as well as find contacts. Neuron supports company and people searches, an email finder, phone numbers, and CRM sync.

Neuron says its corporate contact data covers major markets in North America, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC; it does not provide personal contact data. Its listed integrations are Salesforce, Google Sheets, Outreach, and Salesloft, included in seat-based pricing.

Neuron states that it meets SOC 2 Type II standards and is GDPR- and CCPA-compliant. It says sales-stack data is encrypted in transit and at rest, treated as transient, and retained in some cases for support, license management, analytics, and reporting. Its cloud infrastructure runs on AWS, primarily in Oregon, USA, across multiple availability zones. Support can help with integrations and security issues; Enterprise customers can request a SOC 2 report or vendor security questionnaire.

Pricing

Free: free, with 15 emails and 5 mobile numbers per week. This is enough for limited exploration, not regular list building.

Lite: $79 a month per user, with unlimited emails and mobile numbers. Monthly or yearly billing is available. This is the practical choice for individuals or teams that need ongoing contact prospecting; its per-user charge means costs rise with each seat.

Enterprise: custom pricing on a yearly contract with annual billing. It includes unlimited emails and mobile numbers, and a custom SLA is available as a paid add-on. The annual commitment makes it a better fit for organizations seeking a contracted arrangement than for teams wanting a flexible monthly plan.

Paid tiers include unlimited profile exports, while the Free plan is capped at 15 emails and 5 mobile numbers per week.

Platforms

Neuron is available as a browser extension and for macOS and Windows. That combination suits teams working across desktop environments, with prospecting tools also available through the browser workflow.

Who it's for

Neuron is aimed at sales professionals and outbound teams that need corporate contact data, both email and phone numbers, and prospecting features in one service. Its regional coverage and named sales integrations may suit teams building outreach across markets. It is less compelling for occasional users who can work within a small weekly quota or need personal contact data.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Paid plans provide unlimited emails, mobile numbers, and profile exports, removing the main limits that constrain the free tier.
• Pro: The browser workflow includes bulk prospecting, activity-based recommendations, job-change alerts, and account-based prospecting.
• Pro: Salesforce, Google Sheets, Outreach, and Salesloft integrations are included in seat-based pricing.
• Con: The Free plan’s 15 emails and 5 mobile numbers per week are too few for sustained prospecting.
• Con: Lite is priced per user, so a team’s subscription cost grows with its seat count.
• Con: Neuron provides corporate contact data only, not personal contact data.

Alternatives

Sales Prospecting Software is the category directory for comparing prospecting tools. Consider Wappalyzer instead if its free plan’s 50 technology lookups and 50 email verifications per month, plus website alerts and sample lead lists, better match your research needs. Clay offers a free allowance of 500 actions and 100 data credits per month, with unlimited seats and tables; it may suit readers who want that credit-based starting plan. BuiltWith has a free allowance of 10 detailed lookups per day and an Advanced plan at $144 a year, making it an option for readers who prefer its lookup limits and annual price.

Datanyze is another alternative, with a 90-day trial on its Nyze Lite plan. Dealfront starts at €2,388 a year for three seats and 2,500 annual credits, which may fit buyers comparing a stated multi-seat annual package. Dealmayker has a free plan with 5 credits and a Solo plan at $99 a month for 100 credits. Leadfeeder offers a free-forever Lite plan with unlimited users, 7 days of visitor history, and up to 100 identified companies per month. Persana AI starts with a free plan of 50 credits, 50 emails, 5 phones, and searches for up to 500 people per company.

Verdict

Choose Neuron if your outbound work depends on corporate email and phone prospecting and you want lead-development tools and sales integrations alongside contact searches. Its strongest case is unlimited contact data on paid plans; its clearest drawback is that Lite’s per-user price is necessary for regular use, while the free weekly allowance is narrow. Readers who need personal contact data or want to avoid a recurring seat cost should look elsewhere.