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Seamless.AI
Search-engine-for-leads, in a market with a generous free tier leader.
YES
why this verdict
Cancel it — switch to Apollo.io
Apollo.io and Hunter.io now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $147/mo is optional.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Free and near-free contact search. OpenAI, February 2, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers all of it editorial call
- The whole core job — the thing the subscription was actually for.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Apollo.io and Hunter.io.
- What the call is worth $1,764/yr
- $147/mo at the entry paid tier — $1,764 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- February 2, 2025
- List price
- $147/mo
- Per year
- $1,764
The backstory
Seamless positioned itself as a real-time search engine for B2B contacts. Data quality complaints aside, the structural problem is that Apollo gives away a usable free tier with a bigger database and bundled sending, and waterfall tools make single-vendor subscriptions obsolete.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $1,764/yr A 
Apollo.io Free tier, larger database.
apollo.io open_in_new H 
Hunter.io Cheap email finding.
hunter.io open_in_new2 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.