# lemlist — Lead Generation

lemlist by lemlist 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: lemlist (https://www.lemlist.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/lemlist
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/lemlist/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/lemlist/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: lemlist
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention France [S6]
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026

## The panel's verdict

lemlist is a lead-generation and multichannel outreach tool whose bench strength is CRM integration: CRM sync and export scores run from 5 to 7, resting on bidirectional HubSpot sync with per-field direction control, deduplication by email and domain, and Salesforce activity logging. Prospecting compliance follows at 4 to 6, crediting a published country model naming Germany and Switzerland as double opt-in markets. The weakest area is visitor identification, spanning 0 to 2: the website-visitor signal identifies individual contacts via a tracking pixel, and we found no public statement of a consent position, so judges split on how far the filtering options offset that silence. Data coverage and data provenance sit at 3 to 4, capped by captured pages giving different database figures — 650M+ and 600M+ leads, 450M+ verified contacts — with no per-country breakdown. Sovereignty scores 4 to 5, with help pages stating hosting in France on OVH within the EEA and terms under French law, while subprocessors and enrichment providers stay unnamed. We found no price for any tier on the captured pages, and persona-weighted verdicts span 3.2 to 4.6.

**Speaks for it:**
- Deep CRM integrations — bidirectional HubSpot sync with per-field direction control, deduplication by email and domain, and Salesforce call logging — earned the bench's highest scores, from 5 to 7.
- A published country model names Germany and Switzerland as double opt-in markets, earning prospecting compliance scores from 4 to 6.
- Help pages state all data is stored within the EEA on OVH servers in France, with the terms governed by French law before the Paris courts.
- A published data processing agreement defines lemlist as processor and users as controllers, with deletion requests taken by email at privacy@lemlist.com, a 30-day response window, and confirmation on completion.
- Filters by tech stack, funding and revenue go beyond a bare headline count, holding data coverage at 3 to 4.

**Held against it:**
- Visitor identification scored 0 to 2, with person-level identification of website visitors via a header tracking pixel, and we found no public statement of a consent position or cookieless mode.
- The captured pages give different figures for database size — 650M+ and 600M+ leads, plus 450M+ verified contacts — and we found no per-country breakdown or refresh cadence beyond 'refreshed regularly'.
- We found no public statement of the lawful basis for LinkedIn-sourced records, no notification practice toward the people listed, and no self-service removal route described.
- Unsubscribe clicks block that user only, and we found no public information on account-wide do-not-contact suppression or checks against do-not-call registers.
- Enrichment is credited to unnamed 'market's top data providers', we found no published subprocessor list, and the contracting entity's jurisdiction is not confirmed on the vendor's pages as captured.

**Best for:**
- You run HubSpot or Salesforce as your system of record and need bidirectional, per-field sync with call and activity logging — the bench's strongest scores, from 5 to 7.
- Your outbound targets Germany or Switzerland and you want the double opt-in requirement spelled out per market before you build sequences.
- Your vendor review starts from a published data processing agreement and help pages stating hosting in France on OVH within the EEA.

**Avoid if:**
- Your data protection officer must sign off on person-level visitor tracking before any pilot — visitor identification scored 0 to 2, and we found no public statement of a consent position for the tracking pixel.
- You need to size per-country or DACH coverage before committing — ask the vendor: the public pages we read do not show it
- Your procurement requires a published subprocessor list and a confirmed contracting-entity jurisdiction — ask the vendor: the public pages we read do not show it
- You need suppression shared across the whole account — the documented unsubscribe block applies per user, and we found no public information on an account-wide do-not-contact list.

## 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 | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 2/5 |
| Data sources & lawful basis | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 |
| Visitor identification & intent signals | 0.5/5 | 0/5 | 0.5/5 | 0.5/5 | 0/5 | 1/5 |
| Prospecting workflow & outreach rules | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| CRM sync, enrichment & export | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **2/5** | **2.5/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** | **1.5/5** | **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**
- Breach notification: yes [S2]
- Certifications: GDPR · CCPA · ISO 27001 · SOC2 [S2]
- Consent records: keep consent records updated and accessible for audits [S7]
- Corporate email rule: relevant to professional role · yes [S7]
- Data deletion request: privacy@lemlist.com · email [S6]
- Data subject request deadline: 30 [S7]
- Deletion confirmation: email upon deletion completion [S6]
- DPA: yes [S3]
- DPA: processor · yes [S2]
- DPA available: controllers · processor · online · yes [S6]
- Export consent: contact exports using lemlist credits · yes [S6]
- Fine threshold: 20000000 · 4 [S7]
- GDPR scope: GDPR is a European data protection law implemented in 2018, harmonizing privacy laws across the EU [S7]
- Green countries: opt-out · Croatia · Estonia · Finland · France · Hungary · Ireland · Latvia · Portugal · Slovenia · Sweden · United Kingdom [S7]
- Green country rule: yes · no [S7]
- In app certification: in-app GDPR certification setting · yes [S6]
- Not legal advice: no [S7]
- Other regulations: CAN-SPAM (US) · CASL (Canada) · PECR (UK) [S7]
- Red countries: double opt-in · Germany · Switzerland [S7]
- Red country rule: yes · yes [S7]
- Roles: data controllers · data processor [S6]
- Uptime SLA: Service Level Addendum in Order Form · 5 [S2]
- Yellow countries: single opt-in · Iceland · Spain · Italy · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Austria · Czech Republic · Slovakia · Belgium · Poland · Lithuania · Norway · Denmark · Netherlands · Luxembourg [S7]

**Data**
- Account access on termination: no [S2]
- Ownership: yes [S2]
- Termination deletion: 30 [S2]

**Hosting**
- Region: France · yes · OVH [S6]

**Integrations**
- API reference: yes [S3]
- Chrome extension: yes [S4]
- Count: 500+ [S1]
- Hubspot activity logging: yes [S9]
- Hubspot activity storage: Emails · Notes [S9]
- Hubspot contact identifiers: email · LinkedIn URL · company domain [S9]
- Hubspot custom fields: yes [S9]
- Hubspot deduplication: domain/name · email [S9]
- Hubspot default ownership: No owner · yes [S9]
- Hubspot default property values: Contact · Company · Deal [S9]
- Hubspot direction: bi-sync · HubSpot priority · lemlist priority · Deactivate sync · yes · yes [S9]
- Hubspot enrichment imports: yes [S9]
- Hubspot list sync: yes [S9]
- Hubspot logs: yes [S9]
- Hubspot mandatory properties: yes [S9]
- Hubspot objects: contacts · companies [S9]
- Hubspot scope: team · Deal creation triggers configured at campaign level [S9]
- Hubspot support delays: 1 hour [S9]
- Hubspot sync timing: 2-10 [S9]
- Hubspot user automap: yes [S9]
- Hubspot user mapping: yes [S9]
- Pipedrive import: yes [S4]
- Salesforce import: yes [S4]
- Structured data for llms: yes [S3]
- Tracking pixel: tracking pixel script in website header [S5]

**Legal**
- Agreement transfer: yes [S2]
- Breach cure period: 30 [S2]
- DPA: yes [S1]
- Effective date: as of September 17th, 2025 [S2]
- Entity: lempire [S3]
- Entity: LEMPIRE SAS · France [S2]
- Force majeure exit: 60 [S2]
- Governing law: French law · Paris courts [S2]
- Hierarchy: Specific Terms · Terms · Sending Policy [S2]
- Liability cap: 12 months of fees paid [S2]
- Other regulations: CAN-SPAM (US) · CASL (Canada) · PECR (UK) [S6]
- Publicity withdrawal: 30 [S2]
- Terms change notice: 30 [S2]

**Pricing**
- Billing frequency: yes · monthly · annually [S2]
- Commitment period: 12 [S2]
- Credits: monthly · monthly · quarterly · annually [S2]
- Credits rollover: end of Credits Subscription · yes · no [S2]
- Currency localization: currency matches billing address country [S2]
- Fee structure: Minimum Annual Fee · Variable Fee per email volume [S2]
- Free plans: yes · daily email limits · monthly email limits · support ticket limits · API call limits [S2]
- Non refundable: no [S2]
- Paid plans: Email · Multichannel Expert · Enterprise [S2]
- Price change notice: 30 [S2]
- Taxes: no [S2]
- Termination no refund: no [S2]
- Trial: 14 [S1]
- Website visitors credit cost: 20 [S5]

**Product**
- AI agent: yes [S1]
- AI agents: lemAgent · Intent Signal Agents · Data Enrichment Agents · Smart Messaging · lemlist MCP · lemlist CLI [S3]
- API limit policy: yes · reasonable volume [S2]
- Bot exclusion: yes [S5]
- Cli: yes [S1]
- Company: lempire [S1]
- Custom AI signal agent: custom AI signal agents exist in lemlist [S5]
- Data enrichment agents: yes [S1]
- Database filters: tech stack · funding · revenue [S3]
- Deliverability hub: yes [S1]
- Demo available: yes [S3]
- Eligibility: 18 · yes [S2]
- Enrichment email phone: explicitly provided by users during contact enrichment · no [S6]
- Enrichment sources: CRM · CSV [S1]
- Export to sequences: yes [S3]
- In app calling: yes [S1]
- Intent signal agents: yes [S1]
- Intent signals: company growth · hiring trends · technology stack · website visitors [S3]
- Lead database size: 650M+ [S3]
- Lead database size alt: 600M+ [S1]
- Mcp: yes [S1]
- Multichannel channels: email · LinkedIn · phone · WhatsApp · SMS [S3]
- Multichannel sequences: yes [S1]
- No migration required: no · no · no [S5]
- People database actions: push_to_campaign · push_to_contacts · enrichment [S4]
- People database data freshness: yes [S4]
- People database deduplication: yes [S4]
- People database enrichment options: find_verified_emails · find_phone_numbers · yes [S4]
- People database exclusion filter: yes [S4]
- People database filters: job title · location · seniority [S4]
- People database no data sharing: no [S4]
- People database privacy: yes · yes [S4]
- People database results per page: 100 [S4]
- People database saved searches: yes · yes · yes [S4]
- People database size: verified contacts · 450000000 [S4]
- People database source: publicly available LinkedIn profiles [S4]
- Person level identification: Website visitors signal identifies individual contacts, including name, role, and seniority, not just companies [S5]
- Public data only: public LinkedIn profiles · names · job titles · company names · employment history [S6]
- Resale subaccounts: yes · yes [S2]
- Salesforce activity sync: Activity sync brings every email sent, open, click, reply and call from lemlist directly into the lead's Salesforce activity timeline [S8]
- Salesforce activity types: Email Sent · Reply Received · Interested · Open · Click · yes [S8]
- Salesforce call description order: note · AI summary · recording link · transcript [S8]
- Salesforce call result default: lemlist call status label [S8]
- Salesforce call result field: CallDisposition [S8]
- Salesforce call sync: Task (subtype Call) · yes [S8]
- Salesforce call toggles: Calls note · Calls recording · Calls transcript · Calls summary · yes [S8]
- Salesforce logs tab: yes [S8]
- Salesforce permission requirement: Create on Task · Create on Event [S8]
- Salesforce prerequisites: yes · yes [S8]
- Salesforce related capabilities: lead import from Salesforce · field and user mapping · field type mapping restrictions [S8]
- Salesforce storage options: Task · Event [S8]
- Seat email restriction: yes · no [S2]
- Sending limit sanction: yes [S2]
- Signal processing options: manual review · auto-create tasks · auto-push leads to campaign [S5]
- Trial available: yes [S3]
- Unified inbox: yes [S1]
- Unified inbox: yes [S3]
- Unsub links: unsubscribe links visible and functional in every email [S7]
- Unsubscribe behavior: yes · yes [S6]
- Unsubscribe link: yes · yes [S6]
- Visit inclusion criteria: any page or custom landing pages · minimum visit duration · minimum pages viewed · target geographies [S5]

**Support**
- Channel: support@lemlist.com · email [S2]
- Channels: in-app chat [S1]
- Help center: yes [S3]
- Lemcoach contents: campaign reviews · shared dashboard · 10000 · 4 [S2]
- Lemcoach eligibility: yes [S2]
- Lemcoach validity: 90 [S2]
- System status: yes [S3]
- Tiered model: client Administrator · second level [S2]

## Questions

### Is lemlist European?

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

### Where does lemlist store data?

The default storage location for customer data is not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026. The vendor’s pages mention France as hosting location, per [the vendor’s page captured 20 Oct 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/9574).

### Does lemlist have a free plan?

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

### What are the best alternatives to lemlist?

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: [lemlist alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/lemlist/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 18 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.
- 6 integrations 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 compliance 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 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.
- 2 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor page: https://www.lemlist.com (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S2] Terms of service — found from the homepage: https://www.lemlist.com/legal/terms (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S3] Coverage, accuracy & freshness — found from sitemap: https://www.lemlist.com/product/b2b-lead-database (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S4] Coverage, accuracy & freshness — found from sitemap: http://help.lemlist.com/en/articles/8255808-use-the-people-database (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S5] Visitor identification & intent signals — found from sitemap: http://help.lemlist.com/en/articles/14077041-how-to-create-signal-agent-for-website-visitors (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S6] Prospecting workflow & outreach rules — found from sitemap: http://help.lemlist.com/en/articles/10213761-how-lemlist-handles-gdpr-compliance (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S7] Prospecting workflow & outreach rules — found from sitemap: http://help.lemlist.com/en/articles/10213662-gdpr-and-cold-emailing-what-you-need-to-know (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S8] CRM sync, enrichment & export — found from sitemap: http://help.lemlist.com/en/articles/15377666-how-to-sync-activities-to-salesforce (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S9] CRM sync, enrichment & export — found from sitemap: http://help.lemlist.com/en/articles/10308771-how-to-configure-the-hubspot-integration-in-lemlist (checked 2026-10-20)

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