Comparison · Pricing checked October 2026
LeadMerlin vs D7 Lead Finder
Both can help you build lead lists, but they are different kinds of tools. D7 Lead Finder is a daily-search local lead finder. LeadMerlin is a live local-business search with a full enrichment pipeline on every lead, built to be called from an API or an AI agent.
Verdict
Pick D7 Lead Finder for: Marketers who want lots of leads per day with ad and pixel signals for agency pitches.
Pick LeadMerlin for: enriched local business leads — owner names, labelled emails, phone line types and tech stack — at one price per lead.
Side by side
| Feature | D7 Lead Finder | LeadMerlin |
|---|---|---|
| Limits | Searches per day | Enriched leads per month |
| Free usage | 5 searches/day, not exportable | 100 leads, exportable |
| Ad / pixel detection | Yes | Ad pixels and analytics in tech stack |
| Phone numbers | Yes (listed on every plan) | Yes |
| Phone line type + carrier | Not listed | Main number, within a monthly allowance (1,000–4,000) |
| Email verification label | Email provider detection | verified / catch-all / invalid / unverified |
| Owner name | Not listed | When the website states it |
Pricing checked October 2026. “Not listed” means we could not find it on D7 Lead Finder’s public pages — it may still exist.
What D7 Lead Finder is
D7 Lead Finder returns local business leads per search with emails, socials, review scores and marketing signals such as ad activity and tracking pixels. Plans are limited by searches per day.
- Business name, email, website, postal address and social links (Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter). [1]
- Review scores from Yelp, Facebook and Google; detects paid ads, Facebook Pixel, Google Remarketing, Google Analytics, schema and WordPress. [1]
- Links to API documentation. [1]
D7 Lead Finder pricing
- Free tier with 5 searches per day; basic details only and results are not exportable. [1]
- Paid plans by daily searches: Starter 10/day (~3,500 leads/day), Agency 30/day (~10,000), Professional 100/day (~30,000). Prices were not displayed when we checked. [2]
- Up to 1,200 business leads per search. [1]
LeadMerlin pricing
- Free — $0, 100 leads to start
- Starter — $39/mo ($29/mo yearly), 10,000 leads/mo
- Pro — $49/mo ($39/mo yearly), 20,000 leads/mo
- Agency — $97/mo ($79/mo yearly), 50,000 leads/mo
- That works out to about $1.94–$3.90 per 1,000 enriched leads at full plan usage, with the full pipeline on every lead.
How LeadMerlin credits work
- 1 lead credit per business that has a website to enrich.
- Listings without a website are never charged (counted as skipped, not returned in results).
- Off-niche listings removed by the niche filter are never charged.
- Failed enrichments are refunded automatically.
- A search charges only what your balance covers: with 40 credits left, it enriches the 40 top-ranked matches. Set max_leads to cap any search.
- Locations, niche suggestions, polling and demo endpoints are free.
- Phone line-type lookups have a monthly allowance: 100 on the free start, 1,000 Starter, 2,000 Pro, 4,000 Agency. Numbers looked up before are free. Past the allowance, phones still come back without a line type.
Where D7 Lead Finder is better
- Very high daily lead volumes per plan.
- Ad-activity signals across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Yelp.
- Review scores from several platforms, not just Google.
Where LeadMerlin is better
- Email verification labels and phone line type with carrier.
- Owner names and business summaries extracted from website content.
- Agent skill and a documented async API with a no-key demo mode.
Choose D7 Lead Finder if…
- Ad activity and multi-platform review scores are central to your pitch.
- You want the highest raw volume per day.
- A free, non-exportable preview tier is enough to start.
Choose LeadMerlin if…
- You need to know which emails are verified before sending.
- You want owner names and phone line types.
- You run lead gen from an AI agent or automation.
Sources
Checked on 2026-10-18. Competitor pricing and features change often — confirm on www.d7leadfinder.com before deciding. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.
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