The Lusha alternativefor teams that need the whole territory
Lusha runs a proper prospecting platform - SIC and NAICS filters, technographics across more than 25,000 technologies, Bombora intent, a browser extension and a free plan carrying 40 credits a month. Hermes Data answers a different question: every general manager at every Chevrolet store in Texas, priced and delivered as one file. Set filters, check the count, download the CSV.
How do I build a whole dealership territory instead of one contact at a time?
Start from a dataset with a closed universe. Lusha searches a general B2B index and is designed to reveal contacts as you go - its own documentation caps a CSV export from Search at 150 contacts, exports saved contacts in groups of 25, and notes that the full contact list cannot come out as a single file. Hermes Data starts at the far end instead: a fixed universe of more than 27,000 US and Canadian dealership rooftops holding more than 270,000 verified decision-makers. Describe the territory with filters - OEM franchise, dealer group, job role, state or province - preview how many records match, then take the whole match as one CSV. A contact costs one credit, and that credit includes the phone column.
Hermes Data vs Lusha
| Feature | Hermes Data | Lusha |
|---|---|---|
| The universe | A closed set of 27,000+ US and Canadian dealership rooftops | A general B2B index of contacts and companies across all industries |
| Getting the list out | One CSV covering the entire filter match, re-downloadable free | Their docs cap a CSV export from Search at 150 contacts at a time |
| What one credit buys | The whole row - name, title, verified email, phone, LinkedIn, store | An email reveal costs 1 credit; revealing a phone number costs 10 |
| Unused credits | Roll forward with no ceiling and no expiry date | Monthly credits roll up to twice the plan limit; annual credits reset yearly |
| Free entry point | No standing free allowance - $0.99 buys a 20-credit look | A free plan providing up to 40 credits every month |
| Team size | One balance, any number of users, no per-seat charge | Published plans cover up to five users; larger teams go to sales |
Territory first, names second
You are not hunting individuals here. You pick a market - every Ford store in the Southeast, every rooftop inside two dealer groups, every controller in Ontario - and the list comes back complete. The universe is closed, so a filter result is the territory itself rather than whatever a search happened to surface.
The phone is part of the record
One credit buys the full 15-column row: person, verified work email, work phone, LinkedIn URL where we hold it, and the store's address, website, inventory count and franchises. Nothing is metered separately, so a list with phone numbers on it costs exactly what a list without them costs.
What Lusha offers that we cannot
A free plan you can work from month after month, an extension that surfaces details while you browse, technographic filters spanning more than 25,000 technologies, Bombora-sourced buying intent, and every industry rather than one. For a prospector working across markets, that toolkit is simply wider than ours.
Waste is designed out
Re-buying a contact already in your account is blocked before the credit moves, so paying twice for one row is not possible. If a row turns out wrong, report it within 30 days: after a review of about two business days, a confirmed hard bounce or wrong person returns five times the credits it cost, straight back to the shared balance.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best way to build a full dealership territory list?
Work from a dataset whose universe is already defined. Hermes Data holds more than 270,000 verified decision-makers at more than 27,000 franchised and independent dealerships across the United States and Canada. Filter by OEM franchise, dealer group, job role and state, confirm the match count, then export every matching record in a single order rather than assembling it a reveal at a time.
How does exporting compare between the two?
Lusha's documentation states that a CSV export from Search covers up to 150 contacts, that saved contacts export in groups of 25, and that the complete contact list cannot be exported as one file. Hermes Data delivers a filter match as a single UTF-8 CSV with a header row that imports into Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach or a spreadsheet; download links stay live for seven days and any past order can be pulled again at no cost.
Which is cheaper for a small team?
Honestly, it depends on volume. Lusha has a free plan providing up to 40 credits a month and publishes its paid tiers, so a light user can work without paying at all. Hermes Data has no standing free allowance: $0.99 opens a 20-credit trial and Starter is $99 a month for 150 credits. Where Hermes Data pulls ahead is bulk automotive work, since one credit covers a complete dealership record including the phone number, and extra users never add to the bill.
What happens if a contact turns out to be wrong?
Report it within 30 days of the order and send the proof. After a review of roughly two business days, a confirmed bad row - a hard bounce, or the wrong person - returns five times the credits it cost. The remedy is wallet credit rather than cash, and it lands back in the same balance the whole account draws on.
More on dealership contacts
Try Hermes Data for $0.99
Self-serve access to the automotive data your business runs on. The $0.99 trial gives you 20 credits to spend across Contacts, Dealers, and Dealer Groups. Then auto-upgrade to Starter ($99/mo) — or cancel any time.
Contacts, Dealers, and Dealer Groups are all self-serve on one credit wallet — spend your trial credits on any of them. Vehicle Listings is live too, on its own API subscription (separate from the credit wallet). Explore Listings.