Dropcontact alternative: start from a company name instead of a contact file
Dropcontact and Veriphee are two French tools that deliver verified business email addresses, but they do not answer the same question. Dropcontact completes contacts you already know. Veriphee starts from the company and first tells you who to contact.
By Bertrand Menesguen, founder of Créacodeal · Updated : 2026-11-14
The short answer
Keep Dropcontact if you have a file of named contacts (first name, last name, company) to complete at volume, or a CRM to keep clean. Look at Veriphee if all you have is French company names or SIREN numbers, without knowing who runs them, or if you prospect irregularly and do not want a subscription.
Dropcontact and Veriphee, point by point
| Dropcontact | Veriphee | |
|---|---|---|
| You start from | A contact: first name, last name and company | A company: name, SIREN or SIRET |
| The tool identifies the directors | No, the contact must be known | Yes, it is the first step |
| You get | The contact's email, found and validated | The directors, their addresses and a verdict per address |
| Pricing model | Monthly or annual subscription, by credit tier | Credits bought at decreasing prices, valid for one year, no subscription |
| Billing unit | 1 credit per email found | 1 credit per whole company |
| To try it | 50 free credits | 2 free searches |
| CRM integration, API | Yes | No: PDF report and CSV export |
| Countries covered | International | Companies registered in France |
Price: decreasing credits, no subscription (prices recorded on 14 November 2026)
| Veriphee | Dropcontact | |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | None: you buy credits when you need them | Yes, monthly or annual |
| Price | Decreasing: from €2.50 excl. VAT per search (pack of 10) down to €0.77 (pack of 1,000). Example: 100 searches for €93 excl. VAT | From €19 per month for 500 credits (Starter), €29 per month (Growth). Billed yearly: €15 and €23 per month |
| What one credit covers | A whole company: its directors, their addresses and the verification | One email address found |
| Credit validity | One year from purchase | Monthly credits; credit carry-over on the Growth plan |
| To try it | 2 free searches when you sign up | 50 free credits |
Sources: pricing pages of Dropcontact and Veriphee. Prices change: check them on the vendor's website. The units are not equivalent: a Dropcontact credit is one address found, a Veriphee credit is a whole company, however many directors are identified.
When Dropcontact remains the right choice
- You already have the people's names and only their email is missing.
- You process thousands of contacts a month: the price per address falls with volume.
- You want to enrich and deduplicate a CRM continuously.
- Your prospects are also outside France.
When Veriphee fits better
- You have a list of companies (website visitors, trade show exhibitors, a SIREN file) and not the people. See finding an email from a SIREN number.
- You want the whole management team of a company, not a single contact.
- You prospect in waves: credits valid for one year avoid paying every month.
- You want a readable report per company, with a clear verdict: Valid, To confirm or Not found.
What Veriphee does not do
- No bulk enrichment of a file of already-named contacts.
- No CRM integration and no public API.
- No phone numbers.
- No foreign companies: directors are identified for companies registered in France.
The two tools complement each other: Veriphee to learn who runs the companies on a list, Dropcontact to keep a contact file up to date. Wider comparison in the tools comparison. Dropcontact is a trademark of its owner; Veriphee has no connection with that vendor.
Frequently asked questions
- Which Dropcontact alternative has no subscription?
- Veriphee works with prepaid credits valid for one year, with no monthly charge: from €2.50 down to €0.77 excl. VAT per search depending on the pack, each search covering a whole company. Two searches are free when you sign up.
- Can Dropcontact find a company's directors from its name alone?
- Dropcontact is designed to complete a contact whose name and company you supply. To start from the company alone and first identify its directors, you need a tool built for that starting point, such as Veriphee.
- Do both tools verify addresses?
- Yes, each with its own method. Veriphee shows a verdict for each address (Valid, To confirm or Not found) and returns half the credit if no valid address is found for a company.

