ZoomInfo is enterprise software with enterprise pricing. If you're a small team or solo founder doing your own outbound, Rova gets you company emails, phones, and LinkedIn for a one-time $49 — no annual contract, no minimum seats, no negotiation.
The ZoomInfo problem for small teams: Minimum contracts start around $15,000-25,000/year and require 1-3 year commitments. They don't sell to teams under 3-5 seats. If you're a founder or a small team doing your own outbound, you are simply not their customer.
The market for B2B contact data, honest pricing.
| Tool | Price | Min Commitment | Emails | Phones | Runs Locally | No Subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rova | $49 once | None | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ZoomInfo | $25,000+/yr | 1-3 years | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Apollo.io | $49-149/mo | Monthly | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Clay | $134/mo | Monthly | Yes | Via add-ons | No | No |
| UpLead | $149-199/mo | Monthly | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Hunter.io Free | $0 | None | 25/mo free | No | No | Yes |
Finds the best contact email for each company via Hunter.io. 25 free lookups/month included with a free Hunter account. Paid Hunter plans from $49/month if you need more volume.
Scrapes main office and support phone numbers directly from company homepages. Works for companies that publish contact info publicly.
Finds company LinkedIn URLs from homepages. Use them for manual research and personalizing outreach with recent company news.
Extracts city, state, and country from Contact pages and homepage footers. Useful for geographic targeting and localization.
Pulls clean 1-2 sentence descriptions from meta tags and About pages. Feed directly into your cold email templates for personalization.
Everything outputs to a clean CSV you can import directly into your CRM, sequencer, or spreadsheet. No formatting required.
For SMB and startup prospecting: yes, for most people. ZoomInfo's real differentiation is intent data (which accounts are actively researching your category) and contact-level data (specific person's direct dial, verified email). Rova gets you company-level contact data. If you need intent signals or individual decision-maker direct dials at scale, ZoomInfo has no peer. If you need "how do I reach this company," Rova covers it.
ZoomInfo maintains a large verified database with regular updates — their data quality is excellent. Rova pulls from public sources (company websites, Hunter.io) which means the data is fresh but limited to what companies publish. For companies with public contact info, quality is high. For companies that don't publish contact info, you won't get as much as ZoomInfo would provide.
ZoomInfo: $15,000-50,000+/year depending on team size, with 1-3 year contracts. Apollo: $49-149/month. Clay: $134/month. Rova: $49 once. For a solo founder doing 100 company lookups/month, you'd spend $1,800-25,000/year on alternatives vs $49 once on Rova. You save the difference immediately.
Yes. The README includes Windows setup with PowerShell commands. Python 3.8+ is available free for Windows. Full instructions included with purchase.
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Get company emails, phones, and LinkedIn contacts for a one-time purchase. No annual commitment.