# SalesIntel — Lead Generation

SalesIntel by SalesIntel, Inc. holds a panel rating of 2/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 2/5), as of 2026-11-03. Provenance: provenance unknown; sovereignty: 1 of 6 dimensions proven.

- Vendor: SalesIntel, Inc. (https://www.salesintel.io)
- 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/salesintel
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/salesintel/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/salesintel/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-11-04 · evaluated 2026-11-03 · oldest source captured 2026-11-03

**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: SalesIntel, Inc.
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026
- Data hosting: Outside the EU by default [S2]
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026

## The panel's verdict

SalesIntel, a lead generation vendor, scored highest on visitor identification, CRM sync and export, and data coverage, all ranging 4 to 6. VisitorIntel matches IP and behavioral signals against a company database, identifies companies rather than individuals, writes back to CRM records in real time, and names Bombora among 60,000+ intent topics. Coverage is published by region — US, Canada, EMEA and APAC — with volumes of 200M+ verified B2B contacts and 54M+ verified mobile numbers, human verification every 90 days at a stated 95% accuracy, but no country breakdown; the captured pages also give different figures for the company database, 22M+ versus 30M+. The lowest band outside pricing is sovereignty, 2 to 4, a spread tracking how much weight judges gave the stated transfer basis — the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and SCCs "where applicable" — against a Delaware contracting entity, possible US processing, and no public information on EU hosting or a data processing agreement; prospecting compliance follows at 3 to 4 on US-framed compliance. No price is published for any tier; a free trial is offered.

**Speaks for it:**
- Identifies visiting companies rather than individual users — per the vendor's own note — with real-time alerts, ICP filters and real-time CRM writeback.
- Native integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot and Marketo, plus a documented RESTful API with webhooks in both directions.
- Published volumes and cadence: 200M+ verified B2B contacts, 54M+ verified mobile numbers, human verification every 90 days at a stated 95% accuracy.
- Third-party intent source named — Bombora, alongside in-house PredictiveIntent — across 60,000+ intent topics.
- Self-service opt-out for people in the database, with 2025 metrics showing 761,431 deletion requests complied with, 0 denied, at a median one-day response.

**Held against it:**
- Coverage stated only at region level — US, Canada, EMEA and APAC — with no country breakdown, while the privacy policy describes the Leads database as profiling decision makers based in the United States.
- The captured pages give different figures for the company database, 22M+ versus 30M+.
- Contracting entity is SalesIntel Research, Inc., a Delaware corporation whose policy says personal information may be stored, processed or transferred to servers in the United States, and we found no public information on EU hosting, an EU representative or a data processing agreement.
- We found no public information on a consent position for the VisitorIntel tracking script — consent mode, cookieless operation, or a statement under Germany's TDDDG.
- We found no public information on suppression lists, do-not-call register checks or EU cold-outreach guidance; the vendor's outreach compliance statement concerns its own CAN-SPAM compliance.

**Best for:**
- You run ABM on largely US traffic and want account de-anonymization that names its third-party intent source and pushes visitor audiences to social media and Google Ads.
- Your outbound team needs high contact volume with mobile numbers and a published 90-day verification cadence for multichannel sequences that include calls.
- Your RevOps team can build on a documented RESTful API with contact, company and technographic append endpoints plus webhooks.
- You target a niche ICP and want research-on-demand support to build custom lists.

**Avoid if:**
- You need German or DACH country-level data depth — coverage is stated at region level only, and the Leads database is described as profiling decision makers based in the United States.
- You must clear EU cold outreach with vendor-side guardrails — the published compliance posture is CAN-SPAM and an opt-out model, and we found no public information on suppression lists or do-not-call register checks.
- Your DPO requires EU hosting, an EU contracting entity or a data processing agreement — the pages show a Delaware corporation and possible transfers to US servers.
- You plan to point the tracking script at German website traffic — the only public statement on VisitorIntel's consent posture is a generic note of compliance with applicable privacy regulations.

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v2). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price, or the judge found no public information on that criterion.

| Criterion | The SDR Team Lead | The RevOps Manager | The Data Protection Officer | The ABM Marketer | The DACH Sales Director | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Coverage, accuracy & freshness | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Data sources & lawful basis | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Visitor identification & intent signals | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Prospecting workflow & outreach rules | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 2/5 |
| CRM sync, enrichment & export | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2/5** | **2.5/5** | **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: 1 of 6 dimensions proven.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Hosting location | Outside the EU | 0/4 | [S2] |
| Hosting options | Not determined | — | — |
| Open source | Not determined | — | — |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined | — | — |
| Transfer impact assessment | 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**
- Can spam: yes · CAN-SPAM [S2]
- Certifications: yes · yes · yes [S3]
- Data broker registration: yes · yes [S2]
- Dpf EU US: yes · EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework [S2]
- Dpf UK swiss: yes · yes [S2]
- Ftc enforcement: yes [S2]
- GDPR CCPA: yes · yes [S8]
- Google API policy: yes [S2]
- Identity verification: form · yes [S8]
- Scc: yes [S2]
- Security measures: yes · yes · yes · yes [S2]

**Data**
- CCPA do not sell: yes [S2]
- Children: yes · yes [S2]
- Delete act metrics: 2025 · 0 · 761431 · 761431 · 1 · 1 [S2]
- GDPR rights: Access · Correct · Erase · Object · Restrict · Portability · Withdraw Consent [S2]
- Legal bases: Consent · Contract · Legal Obligation · Legitimate Interest [S2]
- Opt out: salesintel.io/opt-out [S2]
- Record merging: 3 [S1]
- Refresh cycle: 90 · AI + human-verified [S1]
- Retention: as long as necessary to fulfill purposes; business contacts retained as long as useful [S2]
- Special categories: no [S2]

**Hosting**
- International transfer: yes [S2]

**Integrations**
- API: yes [S5]
- API: yes [S4]
- API capabilities: yes · contact · company · CRM · marketing automation platforms · custom applications [S10]
- API restful: yes · yes · yes [S10]
- API webhooks: yes · yes [S1]
- Custom export: yes [S10]
- Custom integration API: API · custom export applications [S10]
- Dev docs: yes [S9]
- Engagement and ads: Outreach · Salesloft · Marketo · social media Ads [S1]
- Gtm integrations: yes [S3]
- Gtm integrations: yes [S4]
- Listed: Salesforce · Hubspot · Outreach · Zoho · Marketo · Salesloft · Microsoft Dynamics · RevDriver Chrome Extension · API & Webhooks [S9]
- Native CRM map: Salesforce · HubSpot [S1]
- Native CRM map: Salesforce · HubSpot · Marketo [S7]
- Producer receiver model: producer-receiver · work in SalesIntel interface while pushing selected data to custom integrations [S10]
- Sequencing tools: Outreach · Salesloft [S7]
- Social ads push: social media · Google Ads [S7]
- Webhook producer: standardized files with essential metadata · users within admin parameters · yes [S10]
- Webhook receiver: extract, transform, and load data to destination systems · yes [S10]
- Webhooks API: yes · yes [S7]

**Legal**
- Entity: SalesIntel Research, Inc. [S2]
- Optout rights: view my data · hide my data · delete / do not sell my data · change my data [S8]
- Privacy policy agreement: yes [S8]
- Privacy policy updated: 2026-10-26 [S2]
- Registered office: 8614 Westwood Center Dr, Suite 460, Vienna, VA 22182 · Delaware [S2]

**Pricing**
- Free trial: yes [S3]
- Free trial: yes [S1]
- Free trial: yes [S7]
- Shared tier: yes [S1]
- Tier differentiated rates: contract may support different rates between tiers [S6]
- Unlimited data model: flat fee, unlimited data, no credit counting, no per-seat gates [S1]

**Product**
- Abm retargeting: yes [S7]
- Accuracy claim: 95 [S5]
- Adsintel: Account-based advertising serving display and social ads to in-market ICP accounts [S1]
- AI dialer: AI Dialer (beta) calling inside the sequence workflow [S1]
- API company append: company data append by domain or company name [S9]
- API company search: company search API by firmographic/technographic criteria [S9]
- API contact append: contact data append using email or name/domain/title combos [S9]
- API contact data accuracy: direct dials · email addresses · company name · size · industry · location · website · firmographics · technographics · 95% [S9]
- API contact search: contact search API by company domain or name [S9]
- API technographic append: technographic data append API by domain or company name [S9]
- Buying center access: yes [S4]
- Buying committee data: yes [S7]
- Certified rod researchers: 2000 [S5]
- Chrome extension: yes [S1]
- Companion adsintel: B2B advertising platform for retargeting identified visitor accounts [S7]
- Companion formsintel: Lead capture forms enriched with firmographic and contact data [S7]
- Companion signals: Signals · 30+ [S7]
- Company database size: 30M+ [S7]
- Company database size faq: 22M+ [S7]
- CRM writeback: yes [S1]
- CRM writeback: yes [S7]
- Custom routing rules: territory · account tier · visit behavior [S7]
- Data accuracy: 95 [S1]
- Data breadth: SalesIntel describes itself as managing the largest database of professional contact information [S8]
- Data model: United States [S2]
- Data processing volume: firmographic · technographic · over 3B [S3]
- Data quality tiers: two tiers: human-verified and machine-verified [S6]
- Data update coverage: technographic · firmographic · buyer intent [S5]
- Engagement scoring: Visitor priority scored by engagement depth and return frequency [S7]
- Enrichment on match: firmographic data · contact information · behavioral context [S7]
- Geographic coverage: US · Canada · EMEA · APAC [S3]
- Growth signals: Growth signals: funding rounds, executive hires, hiring surges [S1]
- Human researchers: 2000 [S1]
- Icp filtering: yes [S7]
- Icp intelligence: AI-analyzed ICP modeling with lookalike accounts and ICP Fit Score per account [S1]
- Icp intelligence lookalikes: ICP Intelligence surfaces lookalike accounts; Signal Intelligence narrows to in-market accounts [S7]
- Icp model data points: 100000 [S1]
- Identification method: IP address and behavioral signal matching against a company database [S7]
- Identifies companies not individuals: yes · no [S7]
- Intent topics: SalesIntel PredictiveIntent · Bombora · 60000 [S1]
- Intent tracking: tracks millions of buying signals across multiple sources [S3]
- Metrics claimed: 34% · 3x [S7]
- Multithreading: Buying committee multithreading across roles [S1]
- Open opportunity alerts: yes [S7]
- Opt out service provider: opt-out [S2]
- Pipeline attribution: Pipeline attribution from signal to revenue [S1]
- Platform description: SalesIntel is a pipeline generation platform for GTM teams [S1]
- Prospectconnect: Multi-channel sequencing across email, social, and calls [S1]
- Realtime alerts: yes [S7]
- Repintel: Daily rep dashboard ranking accounts by signal density and ICP fit [S1]
- Research on demand: yes [S5]
- Research on demand: research team finds missing data [S4]
- Revdriver extension: Chrome extension · RevDriver · find contact data on any company website [S4]
- Search filters: yes [S4]
- Sequence triggers: yes [S7]
- Signal categories: 30 [S1]
- Stat list building time: list-building time · case study · 40 [S10]
- Technologies tracked: 42000 [S1]
- Traffic visibility claim: 98 [S7]
- Verification: human-verified data [S3]
- Verification cycle: 90 [S5]
- Verification method: yes · yes [S5]
- Verified mobile numbers: 54000000 [S1]
- Verified parameter filtering: yes · verified [S6]
- Visitorintel deanonymization: De-anonymizes website traffic to reveal which accounts are actively researching you [S7]
- Weekly verification volume: 1750000 [S5]

**Subprocessors**
- Named: Stripe · Mailgun · MailChimp · Customer.io · payment processing · marketing analytics · marketing analytics · user experience analytics [S2]

**Support**
- All inclusive: yes [S1]
- Consulting: no [S1]
- Dpf response time: 45 [S2]
- Research on demand availability: research consultants ready to help - 24/7 · yes [S3]
- Tiers: yes [S1]
- Unsubscribe response time: 30 [S2]

## Questions

### Is SalesIntel European?

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

### Where does SalesIntel store data?

SalesIntel stores customer data outside the EU by default, per [the vendor’s page captured 3 Nov 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/17432).

### Does SalesIntel have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to SalesIntel?

As of 3 Nov 2026, the panel rates [Cognism (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/cognism), [Dealfront (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/dealfront) and [Vainu (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/vainu) highest among the other 40 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: [SalesIntel alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/salesintel/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 24 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 legal 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 data 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 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.
- 1 sovereignty dimension could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and is shown as unknown.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor page: https://www.salesintel.io (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S2] Privacy policy — found from the homepage: https://salesintel.io/privacy-policy/ (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S3] Coverage, accuracy & freshness — found from sitemap: https://salesintel.io/b2b-data/ (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S4] Coverage, accuracy & freshness — found from sitemap: https://salesintel.io/b2b-contact-data/ (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S5] Data sources & lawful basis — found from sitemap: https://salesintel.io/human-verification/ (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S6] Data sources & lawful basis — found from sitemap: https://developer.salesintel.io/salesintel-api-documentation/getting-started-with-salesintel-apis/use-cases/a-note-on-data-quality-tiers (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S7] Visitor identification & intent signals — found from sitemap: https://salesintel.io/products/identify-website-visitors/ (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S8] Prospecting workflow & outreach rules — found from sitemap: https://salesintel.io/opt-out/ (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S9] CRM sync, enrichment & export — found from sitemap: https://salesintel.io/solutions/integrations/api/ (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S10] CRM sync, enrichment & export — found from sitemap: https://salesintel.io/solutions/integrations/ (checked 2026-11-03)

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Cite as: whats-best.ai, "SalesIntel — Lead Generation", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-11-04. https://whats-best.ai/software/lead-generation/salesintel

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