Apollo combines a database of 240M+ contacts and 30M+ companies with email sequences and a dialer, at published per-seat prices, which makes it a common first tool. It publishes global totals only, with no breakdown by country, and suggests searching by region in the product to see what it has for your market.
If that search comes back thin for Southeast Asia, the Gulf, Latin America or Africa, these alternatives either publish their regional coverage, are built from local registries or trade records, or build the list from local sources.
Updated 23 October 2026 · 10 tools · prices and features as each vendor published them, checked 23 October 2026
We make Kuration, and it is on this list. It is described the same way as every other tool: what it does, what it costs, and its limits.
Core US$119.99/month or US$1,079.88/year; Advanced US$159.99/month or US$1,799.88/year; Advanced Plus by quote.
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How we chose
A different way to reach emerging markets
Published regional contact counts, official registry records, customs and shipment records, or lists built from local sources.
Clear about what it covers
Where a vendor publishes coverage by region or country, it is quoted; where it doesn’t, the guide says so.
Prices as published
Published prices are quoted as published; quote-only vendors are labelled.
Facts from the vendor
Every figure comes from the vendor’s own pages, on the date shown under each tool.
1.Kuration AI
Custom B2B database
Best for: Companies that are not in contact databases, in any language, with outreach built in
Builds your own list of the companies that buy, distribute or import a physical product, in any country, from the places they actually show up (licence registers, trade-show exhibitor lists, dealer locators, maps, PDFs and directories), then finds the person who decides at each one.
Like Apollo, Kuration includes outreach (email, LinkedIn and WhatsApp). Unlike a fixed database, it builds each list from the places companies show up in that market, such as licence registers, trade-show exhibitor lists and maps, in the local language.
What it does well
Finds companies that are not in contact databases: registers, exhibitor lists, dealer locators, maps and PDFs, in any language.
Finds the decision-maker at each company and reaches them by email, LinkedIn and WhatsApp from the same workspace.
API on every plan, Free included; CRM sync (HubSpot, Zoho, Salesforce, Attio) and MCP from Starter.
Limits it documents
Free plan exports up to 25 rows per list, for 1 user.
Starter includes 1 email inbox and 1 each of LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Sales Navigator.
Credit-based: searches and enrichments use credits (Starter: 2,500 a month).
Coverage
Any country and any language: each source is read on the day you ask, rather than taken from a pre-built index.
Price
Free $0; Starter from $49/month; Pro from $149/month; Scale from $499/month; Enterprise on request. Annual billing is 20% less.
Free option
Free plan with 1,500 credits a month, no card. Your first list is free: 20 companies with contacts.
Best for: Contacts with counts published by country: Asia, South America, Africa
A B2B contact data platform with a browser extension, API and MCP server for revealing verified emails and phone numbers.
What it does well
Reveal emails and direct phones from LinkedIn, company sites and CRMs with the extension.
Publishes contact counts by country and region.
MCP server on all plans, plus an API.
Limits it documents
A phone number costs 5 credits; an email 1.
Lusha states that Italian contact data is not currently available.
API rate limits are strict on Free and Starter.
Coverage
515M+ contacts and 29M+ companies. By region (contacts): North America 162.5M+; Asia 144.1M+ (India 57.8M+, China 19M+); Europe 103.1M+; South America 62.3M+ (Brazil 36.6M+); Africa 29.6M+.
Price
Free; Starter $37.45, Pro $52.45, Premium $299.95 per month, billed yearly.
Best for: One platform with regional figures published by continent
A go-to-market data platform: company and contact data, intent signals, technographics and job postings, delivered to CRMs and AI agents.
What it does well
Contacts, companies, intent (4,500+ topics), technographics and job postings in one platform.
Corporate hierarchies and 158M+ company locations.
API, MCP and native CRM integrations.
Limits it documents
Each export uses one credit.
Pre-packaged integrations require a minimum purchase of bulk credits.
Its website-visitor identification works in the United States only.
Coverage
500M+ contacts and 122M+ company records. By region (companies / contacts): North America 79.6M+ / 157.8M+; Europe 20.5M+ / 66M+; Asia 4.8M+ / 68.3M+; South America 2.6M+ / 28.7M+; Africa 824K+ / 18.1M+.
Price
Not published (sales quote); priced by features, licences and credit usage.
Free option
ZoomInfo Lite, a permanent free plan with no card; a free trial of the full platform, typically 7 days.
Best for: Registry company records in the Gulf, Africa and Latin America
Company data sourced from official business registries, sold as custom lists, a self-service platform, an API and bulk files.
What it does well
Company lists by country, sector, size and founding year, from registries in 190+ countries.
Registration numbers, legal form, status and ownership for verification.
REST API or bulk files with monthly or quarterly updates.
Limits it documents
Field completeness varies with what each local register publishes.
Mailing lists include business contact data only.
Bulk datasets typically start at about one million records.
Coverage
375M+ companies in 190+ countries. Its Middle East page lists, for example, Saudi Arabia 838,593 and the UAE 752,890 companies; Africa and Latin America have their own pages.
Price
Custom lists from $0.386 per company (1,000 records) down to $0.030 (1,000,000), plus a one-time $175 selection fee.
Free option
150 free API calls; 10 free platform credits; a free 10-record sample.
Take one real target, for example purchasing managers at building-material distributors in Saudi Arabia, and run it in Apollo’s free plan and in each alternative’s free tier or sample. Read the first 25 results, not the total count.
Contacts or companies first
Contact databases (Lusha, ZoomInfo, Cognism) give named people. Registry providers (CompanyData, InfobelPRO, Econodata) give official company records; you then need contacts.
If your buyers are importers
Trade data such as Volza shows which companies already import your kind of product, from shipment records.
If you want outreach in the same tool
Apollo and Kuration both include outreach; most data providers here export to your own sequencing tool.
Apollo publishes 240M+ contacts and 30M+ companies worldwide, without a breakdown by region, and suggests searching by region in the product to see totals for your market. In February 2026 it announced increased direct-dial coverage across APAC, LATAM and EMEA.
What is a good Apollo alternative for Southeast Asia or the Middle East?
Lusha publishes contact counts for Asia by country. For company records, InfobelPRO covers 46 Asian markets including Gulf free-zone companies, and CompanyData lists Saudi and UAE registry counts. Kuration builds lists from local registers, exhibitor lists and maps, and finds the decision-maker.
Is there a free alternative to Apollo?
Lusha (40 credits a month), ZoomInfo Lite and Kuration have free plans; Kuration’s first list is free: 20 companies with contacts. Registry providers such as CompanyData offer free API calls and samples.
