# Smartlead, $94 monthly, Pro, POST /search-contacts: People search API

> Search for contacts with filters

Smartlead's people search API on its Pro plan. It returns 2 of the 13 key fields we check: Experience, Location.
In [our people search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt), Smartlead scores 27.6 out of 100 on this plan.
This plan costs $94 a month. We rank 606 plans for people search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $4.574 per 1,000 people or less.
[Coresignal's $49 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/coresignal/49-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 people: as little as $0.0000038. Coresignal's $49 monthly plan covers up to 12,960,000 pages a month at no extra cost. Each page holds 1,000 people.
[PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack (/api/v1/search)](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack-starter-post-api-v1-search/llms.txt) covers any number of people. PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack costs less up front than Coresignal's $49 monthly plan.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/getprospect/49-monthly-starter-post-v2-people-search-people-search/llms.txt), [QuickEnrich](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/quickenrich/29-monthly-starter-post-api-employees-contact-finder/llms.txt) and [AnyAPI](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10-manual-top-up-post-v1-run-people-search-quickenrich/llms.txt) are the best people search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/smartlead/94-monthly-pro-post-search-contacts
- [People lookup API: 30+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://prospect-api.smartlead.ai/api/v1/search-email-leads/search-contacts`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.smartlead.ai/api-reference/smart-prospect/search-contacts?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Smartlead (https://www.smartlead.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-10-23

## In the answer

- Completeness: 15%
- Experience: ✓
- Location: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 27.6
- Price score: 0
- Accuracy score: 42
- Cost to get started score: 74
- Bundle score: 50
- Performance score: 12

## Price

- Billing: monthly
- $ a month: $94

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: PATCH /campaigns/{id}/status (email sends: 90,000 a month)

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search for contacts with filters

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: We may remove or delete all User Data after one month has passed from the day of termination
- Use data: for your ordinary business use or as otherwise set out in the Fair Use Policy and your Subscription Plan. You must not: use the Service for any purpose other than the Permitted Purpose, use the Service in any way which is in breach of any applicable laws or which infringes any person’s rights, including Intellectual Property Rights, use the Service to conduct fraudulent activity [...], use the Service for the purpose of sending unsolicited commercial electronic messages or making unsolicited phonecalls, as defined by the Spam Laws, use bots or other automated tools to operate the Service other than automated tools provided by Smartlead in the Service, [...] resell, assign, transfer, distribute or make available the Service to third parties without our prior written consent

## Plan

- Pay: $94

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.84 s

## The call

- You send: limit. Optional: name, firstName, lastName, title, excludeTitle, excludeCompany, excludeCompanyDomain, includeTitle, includeCompany, includeCompanyDomain, department, level, companyName, companyDomain, companyKeyword, companyHeadCount, companyRevenue, companyIndustry, companySubIndustry, city, state, country, dontDisplayOwnedContact, scroll_id, titleExactMatch, companyExactMatch, companyDomainExactMatch
- Method: POST
- Path: /search-contacts

## About the plan

- Plan: Pro
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 25 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, message, person ID, first name, last name, full name, job title, company name, company website, department, level, industry, sub-industry, company headcount, company revenue, country, state, city, email, LinkedIn URL, email deliverability, address, scroll ID, filter ID, total results

## Smartlead's plans (6)

- [Smartlead, $94 monthly, Pro, POST /search-contacts](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/smartlead/94-monthly-pro-post-search-contacts/llms.txt): 15% complete, stored
- [Smartlead, $174 monthly, Unlimited Smart, POST /search-contacts](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/smartlead/174-monthly-unlimited-smart-post-search-contacts/llms.txt): 15% complete, stored
- [Smartlead, $379 monthly, Unlimited Prime, POST /search-contacts](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/smartlead/379-monthly-unlimited-prime-post-search-contacts/llms.txt): 15% complete, stored
- [Smartlead, $939.60 yearly, Pro (billed annually), POST /search-contacts](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/smartlead/939-60-yearly-pro-billed-annually-post-search-contacts/llms.txt): 15% complete, stored
- [Smartlead, $1,734 yearly, Unlimited Smart (billed annually), POST /search-contacts](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/smartlead/1734-yearly-unlimited-smart-billed-annually-post-search-contacts/llms.txt): 15% complete, stored
- [Smartlead, $3,775.20 yearly, Unlimited Prime (billed annually), POST /search-contacts](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/smartlead/3775-20-yearly-unlimited-prime-billed-annually-post-search-contacts/llms.txt): 15% complete, stored

## Smartlead's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /fetch-contacts`: [Smartlead, $94 monthly, Pro, POST /fetch-contacts](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/smartlead/94-monthly-pro-post-fetch-contacts/llms.txt)
- `POST /search-contacts`: [Smartlead, $94 monthly, Pro, POST /search-contacts](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/smartlead/94-monthly-pro-post-search-contacts/llms.txt)

## Smartlead's APIs (2)

- [Smartlead: email finder API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/smartlead/94-monthly/llms.txt)
- [Smartlead: people search API pricing, 6 plans, POST /search-contacts](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/smartlead/94-monthly-pro-post-search-contacts/llms.txt)

## Smartlead: people search API alternatives

- [GetProspect, $49 monthly, Starter, POST /v2/people/search, People Search](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/getprospect/49-monthly-starter-post-v2-people-search-people-search/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete, stored
- [Instantly, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/instantly/9-monthly/llms.txt): 15% complete, stored
- [Argorant, $49 monthly, Starter 2,000 credits a month, GET /api/v1/companies/{domain}/people](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/argorant/49-monthly-starter-2000-credits-a-month-get-api-v1-companies-domain-people/llms.txt): no limit, 15% complete, stored
- [Exellius Systems Inc, $59 monthly, Basic, GET /api/v1/people/search/domain/email](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/exellius-systems-inc/59-monthly-basic-get-api-v1-people-search-domain-email/llms.txt): 15% complete, stored

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-23.

- https://api.smartlead.ai/api-reference/smart-prospect/search-contacts.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://smartlead.ai/b2b-lead-finder?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://www.smartlead.ai/fair-use-policy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://www.smartlead.ai/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://www.smartlead.ai/new-terms-and-conditions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing.md