The honest comparison between Ecommerce Leads and Clay

Clay has been preached as the future of lead enrichment. But it has drawbacks. Here you'll learn where it excels, where it lacks, and where Ecommerce Leads fits in.

A honest breakdown of the pros and cons

Want the TL;DR? With Clay you'll have to build the system yourself and spend months on it. With Ecommerce Leads you'll get something that works from day 1.

Ecommerce Leads

Clay

Ease of Use

You build your lead sourcing system yourself

You get a working system from the start

Price

Free Plan is more generous

Paid Plan is more generous

Type of offering

A product; Do It Yourself

A service; Done For You

Historical Metrics

None

Yes, for every data point

How easy is it to use?

Ecommerce Leads

  • You get leads as soon as you subscribe;
  • All our leads are qualified - need to build your system;
  • We have 500,000 stores being analyzed.

Clay

  • You get qualified leads after you build a working system;
  • You need to fine tune your lead generation system;
  • You spend time and money to find new leads.

What's the pricing?

Ecommerce Leads

  • Free Plan only gives 4 leads per week;
  • Paid Plan starts at $99/month.

Clay

  • Free Plan lets you search 100 companies per month;
  • Paid plans start at $149/month.

What's the offering?

Ecommerce Leads

  • You get a service that sends personalized leads every week;
  • If you need help the founder, Diogo, will help you;
  • I can also share tips on how to improve your outreach.

Clay

  • You get a product and you have to built your system yourself;
  • If you need help, you wait in the support queue;
  • They'll give you leads, and nothing else.

What's the quality of the data?

Ecommerce Leads

  • Over 25 data points collected by every store;
  • We cover all the costs of collecting the data;
  • We collect historical metrics to give a better overview of the store.

Clay

  • Lots of data points, often redudant (e.g. multiple providers of traffic data)
  • You use up credits to collect data;
  • No historical metrics provided so you only get a snapshot.

Ready to give the underdog a chance?

Ecommerce Leads is built by a team of one and yet I'm providing leads for dozens of agencies. Support the underdog and get better value at the same time!

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