Kompass alternatives for finding distributors and suppliers
Kompass is a long-standing B2B directory: 57M+ companies in 70+ countries, classified into 55,000 products and services, with a paid prospecting database (EasyBusiness) and pay-per-list exports (EasyList).
Reasons to look further include a region where another directory is stronger, wanting published prices, needing shipment records that show who actually imports a product, or needing companies that are not in any directory. This guide covers ten alternatives for those cases, with each vendor’s own figures.
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.
Free seller registration. Seller packages from Rs 40,000 a year; Verified Exporter plans from Rs 1,15,000 a year (excl. tax).
Free seller account; buyers can post a requirement to receive supplier contacts.
How we chose
Same job as Kompass
Each tool helps you find companies by what they make, sell or import, so you can reach distributors, suppliers or buyers.
A clear difference from Kompass
Each one is here for a reason: a stronger region, a free tier, published prices, shipment records, or a different way of building the list.
Prices and limits as published
Where a vendor publishes prices, they are quoted. Where it only gives quotes, the guide says so. Limits are the ones vendors state themselves.
Checked on the vendor’s site
Every figure comes from the vendor’s own pages, on the date shown under each tool.
1.Kuration AI
Custom B2B database
Best for: Distributors that are not in a directory, in any country and language
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.
Where Kompass gives you its classification to browse, Kuration lets you describe the company you want in plain English, for example cosmetics importers that carry Korean or European skincare brands, builds the list from registers, exhibitor lists, dealer locators and maps, and scores each row against your description.
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.
For Europe, europages and wlw are free for buyers and only accept suppliers from their own region. For North America, Thomasnet. These are closest to Kompass in how you use them.
If you need contacts and buying signals
D&B Hoovers adds decision-makers, family trees and intent data, with a self-serve Essentials plan at $49 a month.
If you need to know who imports, not who lists
Volza and Export Genius search customs and shipment records by HS code, so the list is made of companies that actually import your kind of product.
If the companies you want are not listed anywhere
Kuration builds the list from local sources such as licence registers and exhibitor lists, in the local language, then finds the person who decides.
For European companies, europages and wlw are free for buyers. For North America, Thomasnet. D&B Hoovers adds contacts and buying signals across 220+ countries. Volza and Export Genius show importers from shipment records. Kuration builds a list from registers, exhibitor lists and maps in any country, and finds the decision-maker at each company.
Is there a free alternative to Kompass?
europages, wlw and Thomasnet are free for buyers. Export Genius has a free plan with limited searches. Kuration’s first list is free: 20 companies with contacts, plus 1,500 credits, no card.
How much does Kompass cost?
Kompass does not publish an EasyBusiness price; it offers a 14-day free trial on its main site (7 days on the UK site). EasyList company lists are priced at checkout, with a $13 minimum on the US site.
