# Dropcontact — Lead Generation

Dropcontact by Dropcontact holds a panel rating of 2/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 1.5/5), as of 2026-10-21. Provenance: provenance unknown; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: Dropcontact (https://www.dropcontact.com)
- Category: [Lead Generation](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): provenance unknown
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/dropcontact
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/dropcontact/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/dropcontact/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-10-21 · evaluated 2026-10-21 · oldest source captured 2026-10-20

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: Dropcontact
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026

## The panel's verdict

Dropcontact is a French B2B contact tool that finds, enriches and cleans contacts the buyer supplies from minimal input — first name, last name, company — rather than a searchable prospect database. Data provenance is strongest, at 6-8: the captured pages state no stored contact database, no purchased datasets, no scraped directories and no user-contributed reuse, results are generated in real time, and an on-site CNIL audit in 2019 closed in 2020 with no fine or formal notice. Visitor identification is weakest, scores sitting at 0. Data coverage scored 2-4 — validity rates of 99% nominative and 97% catch-all are published, but no per-country figures, and company fields (SIREN, NAF code, VAT number) come from French registers. CRM sync and export scored 5-6, with native Pipedrive and HubSpot cleaning, duplicate merging and company-change detection, Salesforce and Zoho planned. Judges split on sovereignty, 4-7: compliance pages state processing exclusively on European servers with no transfer outside the EU, while the privacy charter cites standard contractual clauses for subcontractor transfers, and we found no public information naming subprocessors or hosting infrastructure.

**Speaks for it:**
- Emails are generated in real time from minimal input with no stored contact database, no purchased datasets, no scraped directories and no user-contributed reuse
- An on-site CNIL audit in 2019 covering servers, stored data and source code closed in November 2020 with no fine and no formal notice
- Published validity rates of 99% for nominative and 97% for catch-all emails, with verification on the vendor's own European servers
- Native Pipedrive and HubSpot integrations clean and enrich existing CRM records, merge duplicates even without common fields and detect contacts who changed company
- A public data processing agreement grants audit rights and 72-hour breach notification by email, with a request route for contacts to stop enrichment of their data

**Held against it:**
- We found no public information on website visitor identification or intent signals — the pages describe enrichment of contacts the buyer already supplies
- We found no public information on per-country coverage, and the published company fields — SIREN, NAF code, VAT number — are French register data
- The captured pages give different positions on transfers outside the EU, and we found no public information naming the subprocessors or hosting infrastructure
- Salesforce and Zoho are named as planned, and we found no public information on API rate limits, per-call credit costs or export retention after cancellation
- The only price on the captured pages is 50 emails for free, with no public information on tier prices, seat costs or credit expiry

**Best for:**
- You need to find, verify and enrich emails for contacts you already hold, with real-time generation instead of a stored database
- Your team runs Pipedrive or HubSpot and wants automated cleaning, duplicate merging and company-change detection on existing records
- Your compliance review weights European processing — the pages state processing exclusively on European servers, backed by a closed CNIL audit and a public data processing agreement
- You run GDPR-based email outreach and want vendor guidance that legitimate interest covers B2B prospecting with a mandatory easy unsubscribe in every email

**Avoid if:**
- You need to know which companies are visiting your website — visitor identification scored 0, and the product described enriches contacts you already supply
- Your CRM is Salesforce or Zoho — both are named as planned integrations, with Pipedrive and HubSpot the available native ones
- Your pipeline depends on German, Austrian or Swiss register data — ask the vendor: the public pages we read do not show it

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price.

| Criterion | The SDR Team Lead | The RevOps Manager | The Data Protection Officer | The ABM Marketer | The DACH Sales Director | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Coverage, accuracy & freshness | 1/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 1/5 | 1.5/5 |
| Data sources & lawful basis | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 |
| Visitor identification & intent signals | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
| Prospecting workflow & outreach rules | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| CRM sync, enrichment & export | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **1.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** |

### The judges

- **The SDR Team Lead** (v1.0): Runs eight SDRs against a monthly meeting target. Wants filters that find the right buyer at the right company, emails that do not bounce, and direct dials that reach a person. Measures a database by connect rate, not by the record count on the homepage.
- **The RevOps Manager** (v1.0): Owns the CRM and cleans up after every tool sales buys. Wants sync with field mapping and deduplication, re-enrichment that updates rather than duplicates, objections that propagate into synced records, and exit terms that say what the company may keep.
- **The Data Protection Officer** (v1.0): Knows the company becomes controller the moment a list is exported. Wants the source and legal basis of every record stated, the Art. 14 notice actually sent, a removal route for the people in the database, and a visitor script that does not fire before consent.
- **The ABM Marketer** (v1.0): Works a list of three hundred target accounts and wants to know which of them are in market. Cares about company-level visitor identification, intent data with a named source, and alerts that reach the account owner while the signal is still warm.
- **The DACH Sales Director** (v1.0): Sells into German Mittelstand companies that are barely visible in US-built databases. Wants register-based company data, coverage stated for Germany, Austria and Switzerland rather than for "Europe", and a tool that knows a cold call under UWG §7 is not a growth hack.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has read "98% accuracy" and "GDPR-compliant data" on every homepage in the category. Reads instead for the refresh cadence, the credit-back rule for a bounced email, what a mobile number costs in credits, and the source the privacy notice admits to.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Ownership | Not determined | — | — |
| Data residency | Not determined | — | — |
| Subprocessors | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- Audit rights: yes [S3]
- Breach notification: email · 72 [S3]
- Cnil audit: servers, stored data, and source code · CNIL [S5]
- Cnil audit 2019: 2019 · servers · stored data · source code · full GDPR compliance validation · CNIL [S4]
- Cnil audit 2019: 2019 · yes [S5]
- Cnil audit closure: no · 2019-168C · Marie-Laure Denis · 2020-11-06 · no [S5]
- Cnil audit reference: ART/DI191278 [S5]
- Data subject requests: yes [S5]
- DPA: DPA offered [S6]
- DPA available: yes [S4]
- Encryption: SSL/TLS on collection channels and in transit [S3]
- EU processing: yes · no [S5]
- GDPR: yes · yes [S2]
- GDPR: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 · yes [S3]
- GDPR claim: yes [S1]
- GDPR requests: GDPR request mechanism exists to stop enriching a contact's data [S6]
- Google API limited use: yes [S2]
- Google API policy: yes [S3]
- Legal basis not applicable: Legal basis: Not applicable (because no personal data is stored) [S5]
- Legal documents: Data Processing Agreement (DPA) · Terms & Conditions of Use · Privacy Policy [S5]
- No data storage: no [S5]
- No personal database: no · no [S1]
- No purchased data: no · no · no · no [S5]
- Opt out requirement: easy opt-out in every email [S4]
- Register of processing: yes [S3]
- Security measures: yes [S2]
- Supervisory authority: CNIL [S2]

**Data**
- Deletion: one month [S3]
- No third party transfer: no [S3]
- Payment cards: no · yes [S2]
- Portability: free of charge · yes [S2]
- Post mortem guidelines: yes [S2]
- Retention cookies: 13 [S2]
- Retention prospects: 3 · 4 [S2]

**Hosting**
- Location: yes [S2]
- Transfer mechanism: yes [S2]

**Integrations**
- API: yes [S1]
- API key: yes [S7]
- API mcp: API and MCP server available [S6]
- Automation platforms: Zapier · Make · n8n · 1200 [S1]
- Clay: yes [S7]
- CRM list: Pipedrive and HubSpot CRM integrations documented in help center [S6]
- CRM native: Salesforce · Zoho CRM · Pipedrive · HubSpot [S1]
- CRM setup time: setup under 5 minutes, requires CRM admin rights [S1]
- CSV support: CSV · yes [S7]
- File upload: Excel · CSV · .txt [S1]
- Google sheets: yes [S7]
- Google sheets extension: yes [S1]
- Icloud contacts import: .abbu · yes [S7]
- List: HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce, n8n, Zapier, Google Sheets, MCP server [S6]
- Listed: HubSpot · Pipedrive · Salesforce · n8n · Zapier · Google Sheets · MCP server [S1]
- Listed: HubSpot · Pipedrive · Salesforce · n8n · Zapier · Google Sheets · MCP server [S3]
- Listed integrations: HubSpot · Pipedrive · Salesforce · n8n · Zapier · Google Sheets · MCP server [S7]
- Make: yes [S7]
- Mcp server: yes [S7]
- Named: HubSpot · Pipedrive · Salesforce · n8n · Zapier · Google Sheets · MCP server [S5]
- Named integrations: HubSpot · Pipedrive · Salesforce · n8n · Zapier · Google Sheets · MCP server [S4]
- Nocode platforms: yes · Zapier · Make · n8n [S7]
- Phantombuster: yes [S7]
- Salesnavigator link tool: yes [S7]
- Zapier: yes [S7]

**Legal**
- Document update date: 2026-01-05 [S3]
- DPA available: yes [S1]
- Effective date: 2025-08-05 · 2020-06-04 [S2]
- Entity: 823 752 647 · simplified joint stock company · 7, place de l'Hotel de Ville – 93600 Aulnay-Sous-Bois, France [S2]
- Entity: Dropcontact · 7, place de l'Hotel de Ville – 93600 Aulnay-Sous-Bois, France · R.C.S. Bobigny N° 823 752 647 [S3]

**Pricing**
- CRM first year pricing: CRM subscription has a different first-year price [S6]
- CRM free trial: Free trial available for CRM integration [S6]
- Free credits: 50 [S1]
- Free tier emails: 50 [S4]
- Free trial emails: 50 [S3]

**Product**
- Act as subcontractor: processor/subcontractor · data controller [S2]
- API: yes · yes [S3]
- B2b prospecting allowed: yes [S4]
- Cleaning duplicates: yes · yes · yes [S1]
- Company change detection: yes [S1]
- Company enrichment fields: website, LinkedIn page, industry sector, NAF code, salary range, SIREN number, intra-community VAT number [S1]
- Consent not required b2b: no [S4]
- CRM cleaning enrichment: Dropcontact cleans and enriches CRM records [S6]
- Duplicate merging CRM: duplicate detection and merging in CRM even without common fields [S1]
- Enrichment algorithm: first name · last name · company · yes [S5]
- Enrichment fields: email addresses, civilities, LinkedIn profiles, websites, company size, industries, SIREN code [S1]
- Free trial: 50 [S5]
- Google sheets addon: Dropcontact acts as subcontractor (processor) for data enrichment via Google Sheets add-on [S2]
- Legitimate interest basis: legitimate interest [S4]
- Mailbox synchronisation: yes [S3]
- Mcp server: API & MCP offered in resources [S1]
- No database storage: real-time · no [S4]
- No deletion requests needed: no [S4]
- Privacy by design: yes [S3]
- Services scope: cleaning · correcting · synchronising · enriching · organising · directing contact details · duplicate detection and merging · updating erroneous emails via mailbox synchronisation [S3]
- Subscribers rights support: yes [S3]

**Support**
- Response time: Support team answers in a few hours [S4]
- Response time: answers in a few hours [S5]

## Questions

### Is Dropcontact European?

Not determined: the vendor’s pages as captured do not say where Dropcontact is based.

### Where does Dropcontact store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026.

### Does Dropcontact have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to Dropcontact?

As of 21 Oct 2026, the panel rates [Cognism (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/cognism), [Dealfront (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/dealfront) and [Apollo.io (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/apollo) highest among the other 35 Lead Generation products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Cognism](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/cognism) (UK / wider Europe). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [Dropcontact alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/dropcontact/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 3 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 3 subprocessors facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 compliance facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 hosting fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 integrations fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 support fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 3 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor page: https://www.dropcontact.com (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S2] Privacy policy — found from the homepage: https://www.dropcontact.com/personal-data-charter (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S3] Data processing agreement (dpa) — found from the homepage: https://www.dropcontact.com/data-protection-agreement (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S4] Prospecting workflow & outreach rules — found from sitemap: https://www.dropcontact.com/help/gdpr-and-cold-emailing (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S5] Prospecting workflow & outreach rules — found from sitemap: https://www.dropcontact.com/help/gdpr-compliance (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S6] CRM sync, enrichment & export — found from sitemap: https://www.dropcontact.com/help-category/crm-integrations (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S7] CRM sync, enrichment & export — found from sitemap: https://www.dropcontact.com/help-category/api-integrations (checked 2026-10-20)

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Cite as: whats-best.ai, "Dropcontact — Lead Generation", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-10-21. https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/dropcontact

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