Difference Between Find People at Company and Find Contacts at Company Features

Joe H. · 2026-01-24T02:12:57.739Z

What's the difference between "Find People at Company" and "Find Contacts at Company"? Why does one cost multiple credits and the other doesn't?

Difference Between Find People at Company and Find Contacts at Company Features | Clay

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The key difference is the data source and enrichment level:
"Find People at Company" is free because it uses our regularly ingested people database - basically pre-collected data that we've already gathered.
"Find Contacts at Company" costs credits when you choose "save results to current table" because it pulls live data directly from profiles and includes additional enrichment. It's essentially doing real-time lookups and enriching each contact as it finds them.
However, if you select "save results in a new table" with Find Contacts, it actually redirects you to the free Find People search instead.
So the credit cost comes down to whether you're getting live, enriched data (costs credits) or using our existing database (free).
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Joe H.
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Yep
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Hey Joe,
Find Contacts at Company runs a real-time search per row. Each row triggers its own lookup, which is why it consumes multiple credits and can be controlled with run conditions.
Find People at Company runs as a table-level search. It pulls results for the whole table in one go, doesn’t run per row, and doesn’t support run conditions. Because it’s not executing individual lookups, it doesn’t cost credits the same way.
Let me know if you have more questions.
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The key difference is the data source and enrichment level:
"Find People at Company" is free because it uses our regularly ingested people database - basically pre-collected data that we've already gathered.
"Find Contacts at Company" costs credits when you choose "save results to current table" because it pulls live data directly from profiles and includes additional enrichment. It's essentially doing real-time lookups and enriching each contact as it finds them.
However, if you select "save results in a new table" with Find Contacts, it actually redirects you to the free Find People search instead.
So the credit cost comes down to whether you're getting live, enriched data (costs credits) or using our existing database (free).
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Joe H.
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Yep
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Thanks for confirming. If you need any more help, just let me know.
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Our support team has got your message and we'll get back to you soon! We're currently outside of our standard office hours (9 AM to 9 PM EST, Monday through Friday), so it may take a little longer for us to respond.

If you’re dealing with a specific table, drop the URL below so we can help you quicker. Otherwise, someone from our team will be in touch soon!

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Bo (.
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Hey Joe,
Find Contacts at Company runs a real-time search per row. Each row triggers its own lookup, which is why it consumes multiple credits and can be controlled with run conditions.
Find People at Company runs as a table-level search. It pulls results for the whole table in one go, doesn’t run per row, and doesn’t support run conditions. Because it’s not executing individual lookups, it doesn’t cost credits the same way.
Let me know if you have more questions.
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We haven't heard back from you here, so we're going to go ahead and close this thread out.

Still need help here? Reply back and someone will jump back in.

Have a question thats not related to this thread? We recommend kicking off a new ticket in the support channel!