Kaspr vs Surfe (2026)
The choice turns on where the contact should end up. Surfe lives inside LinkedIn and the CRM at once: its extension shows whether a profile already exists in HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive or Copper, with the owner and open deals, and one click enriches the person through a waterfall of more than 15 providers and writes them into the record with fields mapped. Kaspr reveals emails and phone numbers on LinkedIn profiles, searches, groups and events and keeps leads in its own app until they are exported. Kaspr wins on email volume: Starter at $49 a user a month on annual billing gives unlimited business emails and 100 phone credits a month, where Surfe's Essential at $39 gives 150 email finds and 50 mobile finds. Surfe holds an ISO 27001 certificate and publishes an opt out page for the people in its data, while Kaspr runs no security page but emails people to tell them they are in its database.
- Reps need large volumes of work emails, with unlimited business email credits on Starter at $49 a seat billed annually.
- Recruiters reveal contact details inside LinkedIn Recruiter Lite, which Kaspr supports on Business.
- You want the data supplier to email the people in its database and offer them an opt out.
- Your CRM is HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive or Copper and reps should see existing owners and deals before adding anyone.
- You want each lookup run live through more than 15 providers rather than drawn from one stored database.
- Security review needs an ISO 27001 certificate, and European data residency on request matters.
This comparison is published by GTM Tech Index, an independent research platform that compares go to market software vendors objectively. Kaspr and Surfe are each graded against the same capability taxonomy, from each vendor's own public materials, under the GTM Tech Index verification standard. No vendor pays for placement, and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
Plain facts
| Kaspr | Surfe | |
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| Primary category | Data & Enrichment | Data & Enrichment |
| Founded | Not published | 2020 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France | Paris, France |
| Website | www.kaspr.io | www.surfe.com |
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The short version of each
Kaspr
Kaspr suits a rep who works LinkedIn all day and wants contact details on demand. Its Chrome extension reveals work emails, mobile numbers and direct emails on profiles, search results, groups and events, including inside Sales Navigator on Starter and Recruiter Lite on Business, and leads can be saved, enriched in bulk from a CSV file and pushed to a CRM, a dialer or Zapier. Paid plans include unlimited business emails under a fair use policy, with Starter at $49 a user a month billed annually and Business at $79, carrying 100 and 200 phone credits a month and 12,000 and 30,000 exports a year. The GTM Tech Index grades Kaspr B on AI safety and data stewardship, since its personal data charter commits that profiles customers share are never added to the database it sells.
Source: GTM Tech Index, 2026
Surfe
Surfe is built for teams that treat the CRM as the source of truth. Opening a LinkedIn profile shows whether the person is already in HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive or Copper, with their owner, lifecycle stage and open deals, and a click creates or updates the record after a live waterfall across more than 15 providers finds a work email or mobile. Essential costs $39 per seat monthly when paid yearly, or $49 month to month, with 150 email finds and 50 mobile finds a month, Pro $79 or $89 with 1,000 and 100 plus Salesloft, Outreach and Lemlist, and Enterprise adds SSO, SCIM and the enrichment API. Free accounts get 20 email finds a month. The GTM Tech Index grades Surfe B on ecosystem and integration depth, with public API documentation and an MCP server, though the API itself is sold only on Enterprise.
Source: GTM Tech Index, 2026
Common questions
Does Kaspr or Surfe give more emails for the money?
Kaspr does for email volume: Starter at $49 a user a month billed annually, or $65 monthly, carries unlimited business emails under a fair use policy, against 150 email finds a month on Surfe's Essential at $39 or $49 and 1,000 on Pro at $79 or $89. For mobiles Kaspr gives 100 phone credits a month on Starter and 200 on Business, and Surfe 50 on Essential and 100 on Pro. Both hold B on commercial transparency in the GTM Tech Index, and each pricing page leaves one point open, Kaspr's fair use limit and Surfe's $29 connector line.
Which keeps my CRM cleaner, Kaspr or Surfe?
Surfe checks the CRM before anything is captured, showing the owner, lifecycle stage and open deals on the LinkedIn profile, then writes the enriched contact with field mapping and keeps it in sync both ways. Kaspr saves leads in its own app and exports them to the CRM, drawing on a yearly export limit of 12,000 on Starter and 30,000 on Business. On ecosystem and integration depth the GTM Tech Index puts Surfe at B, for CRM checks and mapped writes, and Kaspr at C.
Are Kaspr and Surfe GDPR compliant for the people they find?
Kaspr operates from Paris under the French regulator, publishes a processing agreement and emails individuals to tell them it holds their details, with an opt out. Surfe publishes a legitimate interests assessment, a dedicated opt out page and a data protection page and offers European data residency on request, but the people it finds are not told. The GTM Tech Index grades Kaspr B and Surfe C on recipient disclosure, and Surfe B and Kaspr C on outreach compliance.
How do Kaspr and Surfe protect customer data?
Surfe holds an ISO 27001 certificate covering people, process and infrastructure, described on its own security page. Kaspr has no security page and states only that robust measures protect stored data. In the GTM Tech Index that difference reads as C for Surfe and D for Kaspr on security certifications.
Can AI agents query Kaspr or Surfe contact data?
Surfe runs an MCP server with its own documentation so assistants can call its enrichment waterfall, and names AI agents as a customer segment, but publishes no rules for how those assistants handle the personal data they retrieve. Kaspr offers its API on request, limited on Starter. The GTM Tech Index grades Kaspr B and Surfe C on AI safety and data stewardship, Kaspr for its commitment not to add customer uploaded profiles to the database it sells.
Related comparisons
Other published head to head assessments involving these vendors or their closest peers. The full set for this category is on the Data & Enrichment page.
Kaspr has been part of Cognism since April 2022. Both products place the personal work emails and mobile numbers of people who never opted in into a buyer's CRM. Kaspr's help center keeps California residents out of the product while its plans claim California privacy alignment. One line under Surfe's pricing questions sells a $29 a month CRM connector module, while both paid plans list the same connector as included.