To choose a plan, work out what you'll do in a typical month, turn that into credits, then pick the smallest plan that covers it. It takes a few minutes, and the examples below show how.
Count what you'll do in a month
Write down rough numbers for a normal month:
How many people you need an email address for
How many companies you'll look at with Domain Search, and about how many emails at each
How many emails you'll verify before you send
How many phone numbers you need
How many company searches you'll run in Reveal
Use real numbers from a past campaign if you have them. A rough guess is fine to start.
Turn your tasks into credits
Tomba has two main balances. Search credits pay for finding emails, phone numbers and companies. Verification credits pay for checking emails. Count them separately, because one can't pay for the other.
Task | What it costs |
Find one person's email (Email Finder, Author Finder, Enrichment) | 1 search credit when an email is found |
See the emails at a company (Domain Search) | 1 search credit for every 10 emails shown |
Find a phone number (Phone Finder) | 5 search credits when a valid phone is found, or 1 for a website |
Verify an email (Email Verifier) | 1 verification credit |
Search for companies (Reveal) | 1 search credit per search with results |
Find look-alike companies (Similar) | 1 search credit for every 10 results |
A search that finds nothing is usually free. Running the same search again before your credits reset is free too, except in bulks. In Domain Search, each new filter or page counts as a new search. Bulks use the same kinds of credits, and you pay when you first download the results.
Pick the plan that covers both balances
Choose the smallest plan whose search credits and verification credits both cover your month. Leave some room for busy months.
Plan | Search credits a month | Verification credits a month | Price a month |
Free | 25 | 0 | $0 |
Basic | 2,500 | 2,500 | $49 |
Growth | 5,000 | 5,000 | $89 |
Pro | 20,000 | 20,000 | $199 |
Pro Plus | 50,000 | 50,000 | $449 |
Scale 100k, 200k, 350k | 100,000, 200,000, 350,000 | Same as search | $899, $1,620, $2,499 |
Enterprise | By contract | By contract | Contact sales |
Every plan from Basic to Scale gives the same number of search credits and verification credits. For example, Basic gives 2,500 search credits and 2,500 verification credits for $49 a month. The Free plan gives 25 search credits every 30 days and no verification credits, and it limits some tools, such as exports and team features. Scale plans are on request: the Upgrade page shows Request access for them. For Enterprise, see Tomba Enterprise: what's included and how to get it.
Ways to pay less or add more
Once you know which plan fits, these options can lower the cost or add credits:
Pay yearly: it saves 25%, shown as 3 months free. You still get your credits every 30 days.
Credit packs: one-time purchases, from 20,000 search credits and 20,000 verification credits for $239. Pack credits last 12 months, and Tomba uses them after your plan credits, oldest pack first. They suit one-off projects and busy months.
Auto-upgrade: on a paid plan, it moves you to the next plan when 10% of your search credits remain. It's off until you turn it on.
A workspace for your team: members use the owner's credits, so one plan covers everyone. The owner or an admin can set a credit limit for each member. Workspaces need a paid plan.
Plan credits reset at each billing date on monthly plans, and every 30 days on yearly plans. Unused plan credits don't carry over.
Examples
Here's how three kinds of customer would estimate their credits and choose a plan.
A freelancer who finds and checks about 200 emails a month
Email Finder on about 250 names finds about 200 emails: about 200 search credits. Names with no email found cost nothing.
Verifying those 200 emails: 200 verification credits.
The Free plan has only 25 search credits and no verification credits, so it's too small. Basic covers this easily, with 2,500 search credits and 2,500 verification credits. Paying yearly saves 25%.
A recruiter who runs Domain Search on 300 companies a month
Looking at about 50 emails at each company: 5 search credits per company, so 1,500 search credits.
Adding a department filter at 150 of them: about 150 more search credits.
Phone numbers for 120 candidates: up to 600 search credits, at 5 for each valid phone found.
Verifying 1,000 emails before sending: 1,000 verification credits.
That's about 2,250 search credits and 1,000 verification credits a month. Basic's 2,500 search credits would leave little room, so Growth is the safer choice, with 5,000 search credits and 5,000 verification credits.
A team that verifies a 10,000-contact list once
A bulk Email Verifier on 10,000 emails uses up to 10,000 verification credits, charged when you first download the results.
For a one-off job, you don't need a plan that renews every month. You have two options:
A credit pack of 20,000 search credits and 20,000 verification credits costs $239. It doesn't renew, and the credits left over last 12 months.
Pro gives 20,000 verification credits for $199 a month. Cancel before it renews if you only need it once.
In a workspace, the bulk uses the owner's credits. See Can I use Tomba for one time only?
Common questions
What if I chose a plan that's too small?
Buy a credit pack to finish the month, or move to a bigger plan. See I've used all my credits: what now?
Where do I see how many credits I use?
Open the Credits usage panel at the bottom of the left menu. After a month, compare what you used with your plan. See Read your usage pages.
💳 Credits: Estimating costs nothing. Credits are only used when you run searches, verifications and downloads.
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