Use the Tomba extension to find, verify and enrich contacts inside your Airtable bases. It writes its answers to new fields or a new table.
Before you start
You need a paid Airtable plan. Airtable's Free plan doesn't include extensions.
You need a Tomba account. Create a free account if you don't have one yet.
To run a tool, you need permission to edit the table, and to add fields or tables when the tool creates them.
Add the extension
Step 1. In Tomba, open Integrations in the left menu and click the Spreadsheets tab.
Step 2. Under Tomba For Airtable, click Get add-on. The Airtable Marketplace listing opens.
Step 3. Click Add extension and pick your base.
Connect your Tomba account
The extension connects with an API key and a secret. These are two codes that link it to your Tomba account.
Step 1. Open API in the Tomba left menu. In the API Key & Secret column, copy your key and your secret.
Step 2. Paste them into the extension and click Check and connect.
Your key and secret stay in your browser. They are never saved in the base.
Run a tool
Step 1. Choose a tool in the extension.
Step 2. Pick a table and a view, then let Auto-map match your fields.
Step 3. Check the cost and confirm. The run can cover up to 1,000 records.
Step 4. Keep the extension open until the run ends. If you close it, the run stops, but records already done keep their answers.
The extension has 17 tools:
Find: Reveal, Domain Search, Email Finder, LinkedIn Finder, Author Finder and Phone Finder
Check: Email Verifier, Phone Validator and Domain Status
Enrich: Email Enrichment and Company Enrichment
Learn about a domain: Email Sources, Email Count, Email Format, Location, Similar Domains and Technology
A domain is a company's website name, such as tomba.io. Enrichment adds details to what you already have, such as a person's name or a company's size. Reveal builds a list of companies.
What the results mean
Each tool adds its own status field, so you can see what happened to every record and filter on it.
Status | What it means |
Found | The answer is written. Running again skips this record. |
Not found | Tomba has no answer for it. Running again skips this record too. |
Error | The reason is in the field. The next run tries this record again. |
What it costs
💳 Credits: The extension uses your Tomba account's credits and shows the cost before each run. Most lookups that find nothing aren't charged.
Tool | Cost |
Domain Search | 1 search credit for every 10 results you ask for, only when an address is found |
Email Finder, LinkedIn Finder, Author Finder | 1 search credit |
Email Enrichment, Company Enrichment | 1 search credit |
Email Verifier | 1 verification credit |
Phone Finder | 5 search credits, or 1 when the row has a domain, only when a number is found |
Reveal | 1 search credit per page of up to 50 companies |
Similar Domains | 1 search credit for every 10 results you ask for |
Technology | Free, but you need search credits left |
Phone Validator | 1 search credit for every check, even with no result |
Email Count, Email Format and Location use 1 email count credit for every check, even with no result. Email Sources uses 1 sources credit. Domain Status is free.
Common questions
What if my table has more than 1,000 records?
Run the tool again. Records already done are skipped, so it carries on from where it stopped.
Will it change the fields I already have?
Answers go to new fields or a new table. If a tool would write to a field you already have, the extension tells you before the run starts.
Do runs start by themselves?
No. You start each run from the extension, and new records aren't enriched automatically.
Can my team use it?
Yes. Each person connects their own API key, which stays in their browser.
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