Two extensions. The difference is the meter.
Lusha and Cuvy are both browser extensions, so the difference is not the surface — it is the meter. Cuvy charges one credit per person it hands you an address for, nothing for a miss, and pauses rather than billing overage at the ceiling. Read Lusha's own definition of a credit before comparing totals.
- Both are
- Browser extensions
- Cuvy charges
- Per person handed an evidenced address
- Cuvy at the ceiling
- Pauses and asks
- Mobile numbers
- 5 credits, where one exists
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A credit is whatever the vendor says it is
Two prices per credit are not comparable until you know what each vendor spends one on. That sentence is the whole of this comparison.
Here is when the Cuvy meter moves: when an address is handed over for somebody you did not already have one for. It does not move when the lookup tries and fails. It does not move for a role mailbox. It does not move again for the second or third address belonging to the same person, or for a personal address alongside the work one, or when a lookup merely agrees with something you imported yourself.
Every vendor in this category publishes its own version of that paragraph, and they are not the same paragraph. Some meter the attempt, some meter the reveal, some meter each contact detail separately. Before putting two prices next to each other, find both definitions and read them — ours is on the billing page, in the same words as here.
The second question is what happens at the end of the allowance. A Cuvy run stops at that person and asks; there is no overage line on the invoice because there is no overage. Whatever else you are weighing, find out what its plan does at the ceiling, because that is where a predictable monthly cost stops being predictable.
Same surface, different billing shape
Where a cell points at their documentation, it is because we will not put a number in their column that we cannot verify.
| Row | Cuvy | Lusha |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | A browser extension, plus a web app for lists and credits | Also a browser extension |
| What one unit of purchase buys | One person handed an evidenced address, once, ever | Read their definition of a credit before comparing |
| A lookup that finds nothing | Free, and not on the invoice | Governed by their credit rules |
| A second address for the same person | Included in the same credit | Depends how their unit is defined |
| At the plan ceiling | The run pauses and asks; no overage exists | Check their terms for overage or automatic top-up |
| Unused allowance at month end | Rolls over to twice the monthly allowance; bought packs never expire | Stated in their billing terms |
| What the tool is primarily for | Working a whole search page at once, into a file | Contact and company data in the browser and through integrations |
Four honest reasons to stay where you are
The comparison is close enough that these matter more than the price per address.
You need a dialler and a direct dial
Cuvy finds one mobile per person, at five credits rather than one, and no direct dials or switchboard numbers. If half your sequence is a call, a tool that sells phone data as its main product is doing a job this one only touches.
You want enrichment inside the CRM
Finished lists push into HubSpot. What there is not is a panel that sits on an open CRM record and fills it in while you read it.
Procurement wants a longer record
Cuvy was founded in 2026 and holds no security certifications. There is a data processing agreement, and a trust page that answers where data sits and how it is removed — but there is no badge to put in a vendor form.
The team already knows the other one
Switching a workflow costs more than most people budget for. If your reps are fluent in a tool and it is doing the job, a lower price per address is not a reason on its own.
Three numbers that are ours to state
Nothing in this row describes anybody else's product.
- 3.8s
- of processing for 400 people on one search
- 50
- addresses a month on the free plan, without a card
- 15
- places a finished list can go today
The run continues after you close the tab, so the wait is not something you sit through.
Enough to put the same search through two tools and compare the exports row by row.
CSV, HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Attio, Creatio, Outreach, Salesloft, Gong Engage, Zapier, Clay, Slack, Webhook, API — with duplicates against your CRM removed on the way out. Salesforce, Zoho CRM, Outreach need a developer app registered before a workspace can connect one.
What people ask when the two look alike
Is Cuvy a drop-in replacement for a contact-data extension?
For work email off a search page, yes — that is the same job and Cuvy does it a whole page at a time. For phone numbers, CRM-record enrichment or company firmographics, no. It is worth checking which of those your team actually uses before treating the two as interchangeable.
Does Cuvy find phone numbers or direct dials?
One mobile per person, where a source has it, on its own meter — five credits rather than the one an address costs, because the numbers are scarcer and cost more to source. Finding nothing is free, and so is a number that only agrees with one you already had; an unconfirmed find charges, the same way a single-source address does. There are no direct dials and no switchboard numbers, and email is what the product is built around.
Can I keep another extension installed at the same time?
Yes. Cuvy reads the results page you opened and does not interfere with anything else on it, and nothing is ever sent from your LinkedIn account. Running both for a month and comparing the two exports is a better test than any comparison page, and the free plan is sized so you can.
Which pages does Cuvy actually work on?
LinkedIn people search, Sales Navigator lead and account searches, and Recruiter, plus an individual profile. It works from the results page rather than from a directory of its own, so if you can get the people on screen, they are in scope.
Cuvy is newer than the tool we use. What does that mean for a security review?
It means there is no certificate to hand over, and we will not imply one is coming. What exists is a data processing agreement, contact data held on business contacts only with the source and date on every row, deletion requests honoured within 30 days, and a trust page that states plainly which certifications we do not hold. If the review needs a badge, that is a real reason to stay put.
Where does a finished list sit, and can I get rid of it?
In the web app, under the run that produced it, until you delete it. Deleting a list removes those rows; closing the workspace removes everything held for it, and a written request is handled on the same terms as any other deletion request. Files you have already exported are yours and are not touched by any of that.
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