PhantomBuster is a cloud automation platform. Its “Phantoms” extract data and automate actions on platforms such as LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and Google Maps, and can be chained into workflows — for example a maps search export followed by a website crawler to look for emails.
LeadsIt does one job end to end: pick a business type and a city, and it searches public business listings live, crawls each website for publicly listed emails and phones, and puts the results in lists you can work and export. There are no automations to configure and you pay per city searched, not per hour of execution.
| Criterion | PhantomBuster | LeadsIt |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Cloud automation and scraping platform (“Phantoms”) with chaining and AI steps | Live discovery of local businesses from public listings, enriched with contacts |
| Where the data comes from | Platforms you point it at (LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Google Maps, websites…) | Public business listings searched live, plus each business’s own website |
| What you get | Whatever each Phantom extracts; emails via email-finder credits | Businesses (shops, practices, trades, agencies) and the contact details they publish |
| Pricing model | Monthly subscription based on execution time and credits | Prepaid credit packs, no subscription |
| Entry price | Start $69/mo ($56 billed annually), Grow $159, Scale $439 (PhantomBuster, July 2026); 14-day trial; limited free plan | Free account, no card. Packs from €3.45 (5 credits) |
| Credits | Execution hours and email/AI credits reset monthly, no rollover | Never expire. 1 credit = 1 city search (a whole region = 13) |
| CRM / follow-up | Exports, integrations and API; no built-in pipeline | Lists, pipeline and tasks (from the 10-credit pack), CSV export |
| Hosting & data | Cloud service, you configure sources and proxies | EU-hosted, public business data only |
Competitor prices were checked on their public pages in October 2026 and may change; check the vendor’s site before buying. LeadsIt prices include all features listed for each pack.
Yes. PhantomBuster offers a Google Maps search export Phantom, which you can chain with a website crawler to look for emails. LeadsIt packages that whole flow — live search, website enrichment and lists — into one search per city.
PhantomBuster’s plans (July 2026) start at $69 per month, or $56 per month billed annually, with 20 execution hours and 500 email credits that reset monthly. LeadsIt sells one-time credit packs from €3.45; one credit is one city search and credits never expire.
No. LeadsIt does not log into LinkedIn or automate social accounts. It works from public business listings and businesses’ own websites.
No. Type a business type and a city (or paste your website and let LeadsIt suggest targets), and results appear within minutes.
Free account, no credit card. Run a live search, watch emails and phones fill in, and only buy a pack when you want more.
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