lemlist alternative: 5 tools for your need

You run a services firm of 10 to 49 people and you prospect yourself. lemlist does a lot. On G2, out of 2,402 reviews, 208 cite missing features, 141 the price and 125 the learning curve (lemlist reviews on G2). Here are five other tools, what each one does, what it costs and what it does not do.

This article is written by the FindMyLead team, one of the tools compared. The other tools' prices were read on their pages on 14 October 2026, with links.

lemlist alternatives, by need

Prices are monthly, without commitment.

Pharow shows its prices excluding VAT. La Growth Machine, Waalaxy and Hunter do not say on their pricing page whether VAT is included.

For lemlist's own prices (Email plan at €69 excl. VAT, Multichannel plan at €109 excl. VAT per user, credits on top), read lemlist: pricing and reviews or lemlist's pricing page. lemlist states that its prices exclude VAT in its help center.

FindMyLead: the right person, and the message written

You describe the people you are after in one sentence. The AI turns it into criteria shown on screen (job, location, size, industry), which you correct. Seeing and counting the people found is free. An example: "Directors of consulting firms with 10 to 49 employees in Île-de-France": 1,326 people in October 2026 (the founders' use case).

One credit pays for a contact and their LinkedIn profile. Their work email is looked up at no extra credit, found or not. For each person, the AI writes a LinkedIn message and an email from their role, their profile and their company's description. You review before sending.

Emails go out from addresses created in your company's name, domains included, with automatic follow-ups. FindMyLead never acts on your LinkedIn account: you open the profile and send the prepared message yourself.

FindMyLead costs €69 a month for 500 credits, €119 for 1,000, for the whole team and without commitment (our pricing). VAT does not apply: the price shown is the price paid (our pricing).

It does not give mobile numbers yet, does not automate LinkedIn, and has neither buying signals nor a revenue filter.

Choose it if you want to write to the director, the HR director or the finance director rather than to contact@, if several people on the team prospect, and if you want nothing automated on your LinkedIn account.

La Growth Machine: LinkedIn and email, automated

La Growth Machine is a French company based in Saint-Mandé. From your own LinkedIn account it automates profile visits, invitations, messages and voice messages, then email, in one sequence. It says it operates "entièrement dans le cloud", entirely in the cloud, with no extension (La Growth Machine's security page).

It is paid per identity, that is per person who launches campaigns. The Basic plan costs €60 a month per identity without commitment, with 250 contacts whose email is looked up each month and one sending address per identity; the Pro plan costs €120 (€110 billed semi-annually). For three people on Basic, that is €180 a month. The page opens on yearly prices, from €50 (La Growth Machine pricing). The trial lasts 14 days, with no card.

Emails go out from your Gmail, Outlook or SMTP mailbox: the domain and the addresses are yours to provide. Its database lists companies; the people mostly come from the LinkedIn or Sales Navigator searches you import.

Choose it if you want to automate LinkedIn and email together, for one or two people, with LinkedIn lists you already have. Our article on La Growth Machine alternatives covers its prices and its limits.

Waalaxy: LinkedIn, for beginners

Waalaxy is a company from Montpellier. Its Chrome extension automates invitations, visits and messages from your LinkedIn account. It has no people database: it imports your LinkedIn or Sales Navigator searches. It is built for beginners: "75 % de nos utilisateurs n’avaient jamais fait de prospection LinkedIn", 75% of its users had never prospected on LinkedIn (Waalaxy's home page).

The Pro plan costs €39 a month per user, for 300 invitations a month. Email sending only comes with the Business plan, at €139 per user, with 500 emails to find each month (Waalaxy pricing). Its French pricing page opens on the Annual tab: €19, €49 and €69 a month; the prices without commitment (€39, €99 and €139) are those of the monthly tab on its English pricing page.

Choose it if you are new to LinkedIn and want to automate your invitations, on your own, at the lowest paid price in this comparison. Our article on Waalaxy alternatives covers its prices and the risk to your account.

Pharow: French companies, finely filtered

Pharow, created in Paris, combines French companies' legal data, LinkedIn, the web and hiring data, "10 M+ de prospects en France", over 10 million prospects in France (Pharow's data sources). You search by job title and filter on signals: hiring, fundraising, recent job changes.

The Essentiel plan costs €139 excl. VAT a month without commitment, for 1,000 credits and one user; each extra user costs €45 excl. VAT. Email is included, a phone number found costs 10 credits, and unused credits roll over (Pharow pricing).

Pharow does not send messages: it exports to your CRM or your sending tool, lemlist and La Growth Machine included (Pharow integrations).

Choose it if you target French companies by their signals, want phone numbers and already have a sending tool. See our comparison Pharow or FindMyLead.

Hunter: emails, for the whole team

Hunter finds work emails from companies' websites (Hunter's data), then sends email sequences from your connected mailboxes.

The Starter plan costs €49 a month for 2,000 credits, one credit per email found, three connected mailboxes and unlimited users. A free plan gives 50 credits a month (Hunter pricing).

The LinkedIn profile is not guaranteed: the LinkedIn field in its API can be empty (null), and Hunter publishes no coverage rate (Hunter API).

Choose it if you mostly prospect by email, as a team, on the smallest budget.

Stay with lemlist if…

• you automate LinkedIn, calls and email in one sequence, and it brings you replies;
• your sequences already run: switching tools means rebuilding them;
• someone on the team has the time to build and follow them.

Frequently asked questions

What is the French alternative to lemlist?

La Growth Machine (Saint-Mandé), Waalaxy (Montpellier) and Pharow (Paris) are French companies. The first two automate LinkedIn like lemlist; Pharow provides the data and sends nothing.

Which lemlist alternative is cheapest?

For one person, Waalaxy Pro at €39 for LinkedIn, with no email sending (Waalaxy pricing), Hunter at €49 for email only (Hunter pricing). Hunter's price does not change with the number of users.

FindMyLead costs €69 a month for the whole team, search, emails and messages included (our pricing).

Is there a lemlist alternative without LinkedIn automation?

Yes. Hunter does email only, Pharow data only. FindMyLead prepares the LinkedIn message, and you send it from your own account.

Can I keep lemlist alongside another tool?

Yes. Pharow exports directly to lemlist. FindMyLead exports your contacts to CSV and connects to Zapier and n8n (our API).