CreatorLookup vs Modash
Same Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube data. ~10x cheaper per verified email. Credits never expire. No profile-view cap. We host the inboxes.
CreatorLookup is the Modash alternative for teams that actually research creators before emailing them. Modash caps profile views at ~2x your email balance — the $300/mo entry plan gives you 150 emails and only 300 profile opens, so 30 normal research sessions of 10 profile checks each and you're locked out of looking. CreatorLookup has no profile-view cap. On the same Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube searches, CreatorLookup returns ~94% verified emails vs Modash ~88%, at about $0.18 per verified email vs ~$2.00 on Modash's entry plan. CreatorLookup credits roll over forever — Modash credits reset every month. CreatorLookup runs outreach through our own managed, purpose-built warmed inboxes — Modash makes you connect and warm your own Gmail.
Plans start at $39/mo · Credits never expire · Cancel anytime
Researched and benchmarked by the CreatorLookup team. We ran 50 identical searches across every tool listed. See the full study →
CreatorLookup vs Modash
Every row in this table is sourced from public pricing pages, vendor documentation, or our own May 2026 benchmark study.
| Feature | CreatorLookup | Modash |
|---|---|---|
| Cost per verified email (entry plan) | ~$0.18 | ~$2.00 ($300/mo for 150 email unlocks) |
| Credit policy | Credits never expire — roll over forever | Credits reset every month — use it or lose it |
| Profile views per billing cycle (entry $300/mo plan) | Unlimited — research without a meter | ~300 (capped at 2x your 150 email unlocks) |
| Email deliverability infrastructure | Managed — purpose-built warmed inboxes we operate | DIY — connect your own Gmail/Outlook, you own deliverability |
| Verified email rate (May 2026 benchmark) | 94% | 88% |
| Match rate vs ground truth on identical queries | 96% | 94% |
| Search latency (median, May 2026) | 0.7s | 1.9s |
| Phone numbers included | Yes — 38% of profiles | No |
| Native CRM / outreach sequencing | Built in | Limited — most users add a 2nd tool |
| AI-assisted creator search | Natural language queries | Filter-based only |
| Fake-follower detection | Yes — included on all plans | Yes — gated to higher tiers |
| Starting price | $39/mo (credits, rollover) | $199/mo monthly / $99/mo annual |
| Annual contract required | No — monthly available | No — monthly available |
| Self-serve sign-up | Yes | Yes |
| Creator database size | 350M+ creators | 350M+ creators |
| Platforms covered | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube |
| Free trial | 3-day free trial | 14-day free trial, no credit card |
| Long-tail creator coverage (under 5K followers) | Yes | Yes — strong |
Last updated May 2026 · Public pricing pages, vendor disclosures, and our own benchmark study referenced.
We ran 50 identical searches across every tool in the category.
CreatorLookup led on data quality, speed, and contact accuracy across all 50. See the full study →
Why teams switch from Modash to CreatorLookup
~10x cheaper per verified email
Modash's entry monthly plan is roughly $300 for 150 email unlocks — about $2 per verified email. CreatorLookup's entry credits land closer to $0.18 per verified email on the same data. If you send any meaningful volume of creator outreach, the per-email math is the single biggest line item in the comparison, and it favors CreatorLookup by an order of magnitude.
Your credits never expire. Modash's do.
Modash credits reset every billing cycle. Unused exports evaporate. That creates a perverse incentive: at the end of every month, teams burn credits on creators they don't actually want, just to not lose them. CreatorLookup credits roll over indefinitely — you only spend them when you have a creator worth contacting. Pipeline quality goes up; budget pressure goes down.
Modash charges you for looking. Not just for emailing.
On Modash's entry $300/mo plan you get 150 email unlocks and roughly 300 profile views per billing cycle — they cap profile opens at ~2x your email balance. The math sounds reasonable until you do real research, where opening 8–15 profiles to find one creator worth emailing is normal. At a 10:1 look-to-email ratio, 30 quick research sessions burn your entire 300-view budget while you've only sent ~30 emails — you still have 120 email unlocks left and you're locked out of even looking at creators until next month. CreatorLookup has no profile-view cap. View 50 candidates for every one you export. The pricing model assumes you actually research before you email.
We host the inboxes. You don't connect your own.
Every Modash outreach customer eventually has to connect their own Gmail, Outlook, or SES — which means they own deliverability, IP warming, DKIM/DMARC, bounce-rate damage from cold sends, and the eventual sender-reputation cliff. CreatorLookup runs outreach through our own managed, purpose-built, meticulously warmed inboxes. We isolate sender reputation, route around blacklists, and enforce send rates. Your campaigns land in inboxes, not spam folders, without you ever touching email infrastructure.
Same data on the same searches. Why pay 10x?
On head-to-head identical searches across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, CreatorLookup and Modash return roughly the same creators with comparable accuracy (CreatorLookup: 96% match rate, 94% verified email; Modash: 94% match, 88% verified email). We are not winning on data quality alone. We are winning on the price you pay for it, the credit policy you live under, and the operational surface area you don't have to manage.
When Modash is actually the right pick over CreatorLookup
You specifically value Modash's 14-day, no-credit-card trial as your evaluation window, you're fine with credits that expire each month, you don't plan to send much outreach, and the brand polish matters to you more than per-email economics.
We'd rather you find out we're a bad fit before signing up than after.
Switching from Modash to CreatorLookup
Migrating from Modash to CreatorLookup takes about 15 minutes for most teams. Export your existing creator lists from Modash as CSV; import directly to CreatorLookup. Saved searches translate automatically — name your filter, paste your last Modash query, and run. Your first 500 credits are free for verified account holders — email jose@creatorlookup.com with a screenshot of your Modash account page.
Frequently asked questions
Is CreatorLookup actually cheaper than Modash?
On a per-verified-email basis, yes — by roughly an order of magnitude. Modash's entry monthly plan is about $300 for 150 email unlocks, which works out to ~$2 per verified email. CreatorLookup credits at the entry tier work out to roughly $0.18 per verified email. On top of that, CreatorLookup credits roll over indefinitely while Modash credits reset every month, which compounds the cost difference further over a real campaign cycle.
Does Modash really cap profile views at 2x credits?
Yes — and this is the wedge most Modash switchers cite. On the $300/mo entry plan you get 150 email unlocks and roughly 300 profile views per billing cycle. The implicit assumption is that you'll open exactly 2 profiles for every creator you decide to email — which is nothing like how real research works. A normal discovery session is opening 10 profiles to find 1 worth emailing. Thirty of those sessions and you've burned all 300 of your profile views, sourced 30 creators, and still have over 100 email credits sitting unused. You either upgrade or stop looking. CreatorLookup has no profile-view cap — research as much as you want, and only spend credits when you actually export.
Do I have to connect my own inbox to send creator outreach?
On Modash (and most competitors), yes — you connect your own Gmail, Outlook, or SES, and you own the deliverability story: IP warming, DKIM/DMARC, bounce-rate damage from cold sends, and your sender reputation. On CreatorLookup, no — outreach runs through our own managed, purpose-built inboxes that we warm and maintain. Your domain reputation stays clean and your messages land in primary inboxes.
Is the data quality really comparable?
On the Big Three platforms (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube), yes — within a few percentage points. In our May 2026 benchmark, CreatorLookup returned a verified email on 94% of exports vs. 88% for Modash, with 96% vs. 94% match rate against ground truth on identical queries. Both tools index 350M+ creators on the same three platforms. The data isn't the wedge. The economics and operational surface are.
Do Modash credits really expire every month?
Yes — Modash credits reset at the end of each billing cycle. Unused exports do not roll over. CreatorLookup credits roll over month-to-month with no expiration, so seasonal campaigns and slow research weeks don't cost you budget.
Can I migrate my Modash creator lists to CreatorLookup?
Yes. Export your lists from Modash as CSV; CreatorLookup imports them in one click and re-enriches every profile with current contact data. Most teams complete the migration in under 30 minutes. Email jose@creatorlookup.com for 500 free migration credits with a screenshot of your Modash account.
When is Modash actually the better choice over CreatorLookup?
You specifically want the 14-day no-credit-card trial as your evaluation window, you don't plan to do much outreach (so per-email economics don't matter much), and the polished brand experience is something you actively value. Under those conditions, Modash earns its price. For teams running real outbound campaigns at any volume, the per-email math, the credit-rollover policy, the no-profile-view-cap, and the managed deliverability all push the decision the other way.
Does CreatorLookup have a free trial?
Yes — 3 days. We require a credit card so you can run real campaigns end-to-end, including sending live outreach through our managed inboxes. Modash's 14-day no-credit-card trial is genuinely the gentlest evaluation in the market, and it's a real reason some teams pick them.
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