Lusha vs UpLead
One of fourteen models named Lusha first on the direct prompt; zero named UpLead. Lusha was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and UpLead by twelve and Lusha carries 52 labels and UpLead 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.
By Lusha Systems, Boston, United States, founded 2016. Named in five categories this edition.
Los Angeles, United States, founded 2017. Named in six categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the sales intelligence and contact data page.
By framing
LushaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsUpLead
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Lusha and UpLead were named in the same answer sixty-two times, of the 340 answers naming Lusha and the 107 naming UpLead. In those answers UpLead took the first choice four times and Lusha five.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Lusha UpLead first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lusha on the left and UpLead on the right.The direct prompt
Lusha first, UpLead not the choice
1 of 14 modelsUpLead was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
What the models said about Lusha
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“The credit model can feel like a trap... Users report accuracy has declined, particularly for phone numbers” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“For most SMB and mid-market teams, Lusha is the strongest overall pick” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about UpLead
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“UpLead: Lowest accuracy complaint rate (~1.7% of reviews) with real-time verification and published methodology” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · first choice
“UpLead is frequently cited as the best mid-market option when data accuracy is critical” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with UpLead or Apollo.io” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.