For a B2B team that already runs its own outbound, Lensmor is our first recommendation for event-led research. The other five options solve specific parts of the workflow rather than replacing every part of Vendelux.
Choose by the job you need done:
- Research a named event: Evaluate Lensmor's available company and people records, source evidence, and exports. Basic costs $499/month or $4,990/year; contact reveals use additional credits.
- Buy a defined exhibitor dataset: Evaluate BizProspex against a sample and a scoped quote.
- Discover which events to attend: Start with 10Times, then verify the edition and audience with official sources.
- Research or enrich a sourced shortlist: Use Sales Navigator, Apollo, or ZoomInfo where their plans fit. They do not establish event attendance simply by finding an employee.
If you need a vendor to execute campaigns, include that service in your comparison. These six tools are not interchangeable managed-outreach offerings. The guide below explains what each can replace, what remains your responsibility, and how to test the result.
Written by the Lensmor team. Public product and pricing information checked October 13, 2026. Recommendations reflect the workflows described here, not a head-to-head accuracy test.
Vendelux alternatives and competitors at a glance
| Tool | Best fit | Role in an event workflow | What you still need to establish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lensmor | Teams running their own pre-show prospecting | Event-led company and people research, source review, shortlisting, and export | Coverage and evidence for your specific show; contact details where needed |
| BizProspex | Teams evaluating a particular event dataset | Purchased exhibitor or other B2B data | Record provenance, recency, delivery terms, and any claimed attendee status |
| 10Times | Building a longlist of events | Directory research by industry and location | Official dates, audience fit, and usable prospect data |
| LinkedIn Sales Navigator | Researching people at target accounts | Company and role research using LinkedIn | A separate source connecting each person to the event |
| Apollo.io | Enriching and contacting a shortlist | Contact research, enrichment, and sales engagement | Event context and confidence in the original list |
| ZoomInfo | Teams with an existing GTM data contract | Account and contact research within an established stack | Event-specific evidence and contract allowances |
This list includes a direct event-research option and tools that can replace individual steps. If you need vendor-operated outreach as well as data, compare that service separately. For the detailed two-product comparison, see Lensmor vs Vendelux: pricing, lead data, and outreach.
What are you replacing in Vendelux?
Vendelux combines event insights, profile access, and campaign services in different plans. Its published lead credits unlock attendee profiles; campaign credits are a separate allowance. The platform is therefore a different purchase from a contact database or a single exhibitor file.
Before choosing an alternative, name the gap you are trying to solve:
- Choosing events: Which shows overlap with your target market?
- Finding relevant accounts: Which companies are connected to this edition of the show?
- Finding people: Which roles should you research, and what evidence links each person to the event?
- Getting contact details: Which emails or phone numbers are missing from your existing CRM?
- Running outreach: Does your team handle messages and follow-up, or do you need a service provider?
An exhibitor record establishes a company's participation when the underlying source supports it. An employee profile, a public social signal, and an organizer-supplied visitor record provide different evidence. Do not label all three as confirmed attendees.
The 6 best Vendelux alternatives
1. Lensmor — Best for event-led research with your existing sales stack
Lensmor starts with the event. You review the available company and people records, inspect their sources, apply your targeting criteria, and export a shortlist. It fits teams that want an event-research layer without replacing the enrichment provider or outreach process they already use.
How it works: Unlock the data available for your show, narrow it to relevant companies and roles, and review the evidence before deciding whom to contact. Event access is separate from email and phone enrichment. Hidden contact details remain hidden in an export; you can search for them in Lensmor or with your existing provider.
Why consider it: You can research a show before paying to reveal every shortlisted person's contact details. Target Groups help reuse your criteria across events, while the API supports custom workflows. Paid subscribers can create API keys; access is not restricted to Enterprise.
What to check: Search your actual event and edition. Review the available data categories, source evidence, relevant roles, and export fields. Coverage can differ by show, and an associated profile should not be treated as proof of attendance. Lensmor supplies research and workflow options; your team remains responsible for running outreach.
Pricing: Basic is $499/month or $4,990/year; Growth is $14,900/year. The free account includes 2,000 credits, enough for a base event unlock. Contact reveals and Visitor upgrades require additional credits.
Best fit: A team that has SDRs, an enrichment provider, and a sending tool, but needs better event-specific inputs for that process.
2. BizProspex — Best for evaluating a specific event dataset
BizProspex offers B2B data services, including exhibitor-focused datasets. It is worth evaluating when you have a named event and want to purchase a defined deliverable rather than adopt a research platform.
How to evaluate it: Specify the event edition, target companies, geography, required job roles, and output fields. Ask for a sample containing source references and collection dates, then compare it with the organizer's exhibitor directory and your CRM.
What to check: Clarify whether a record means an exhibitor, an employee at an exhibiting company, or a person with independent attendance evidence. Ask how corrections, missing fields, refreshes, and replacements are handled. Do not assume that every delivered record is current or that every listed person is registered.
Pricing: Request a quote for your event, fields, and delivery requirements. A custom dataset's price is not directly comparable with a subscription until you account for repeat purchases and the work needed after delivery.
Best fit: A defined research project where your team can assess and process the delivered file.
3. 10Times — Best for event discovery and early research
10Times is a useful place to browse trade shows and conferences by location and category. Use it to build a longlist, discover regional events, and find shows to investigate with official sources.
How to use it: Identify possible events, then verify the current edition's dates, venue, and audience on the organizer's website. Review an official exhibitor directory where one exists before building a target-account list.
What to check: A directory listing helps answer whether an event may be relevant. It does not, by itself, provide a verified list of this year's attendees. Review each page's recency and source rather than assuming consistent data depth across the directory.
Pricing: Public event browsing is available. Check the vendor directly for the scope and price of any paid product you need.
Best fit: Teams still deciding which events deserve deeper research. It is a starting point, not a substitute for validating the people you plan to contact.
4. LinkedIn Sales Navigator — Best for researching roles at known accounts
Sales Navigator helps you research companies, find relevant people, and understand professional relationships. It is particularly useful after an organizer's directory or an event platform has identified the accounts you want to approach.
How to use it: Start with those company names. Find the roles relevant to your offer, review their profiles, and look for event-specific evidence before using an attendance-based message.
What to check: Someone working at an exhibitor is a possible prospect, not automatically an attendee. A role match or nearby location does not establish registration. If attendance is unknown, write an account-relevant message without claiming that you will see that person at the show.
Pricing: Check LinkedIn's current plans and your existing subscription. Available search and CRM features depend on the plan.
Best fit: Teams already using LinkedIn for account research and relationship-led outreach. It complements the event source rather than replacing it.
5. Apollo.io — Best for enrichment and outreach after shortlisting
Apollo combines B2B contact research, enrichment, and sales engagement. It can help turn a relevant company shortlist into people to research and contact.
How to use it: Begin with an event-derived account list, match company identities carefully, find the appropriate roles, and check your CRM before spending on missing contact details. Keep the event source attached to the record through the handoff.
What to check: Finding a contact's email does not validate attendance. Test match quality and contact results on a small sample, and account for your plan's credits and export or sending limits. An existing subscription does not mean every additional action is free.
Pricing: Review Apollo's current package and usage allowances. Include those costs when comparing an event platform plus Apollo with a vendor bundle.
Best fit: Teams that already have a credible event list and need enrichment or a familiar outreach workflow.
6. ZoomInfo — Best for using an existing enterprise data stack
ZoomInfo supports company and contact research for GTM teams. If your company already has a contract, evaluate how much of the post-event-research workflow it can handle before buying overlapping enrichment capacity.
How to use it: Bring in a sourced target-account list, match it to your CRM, identify relevant contacts, and route the selected records through your established sales process.
What to check: General account or contact intelligence is different from proof of participation in a named show. Check the event connection separately, and confirm that the research, enrichment, export, and integration actions you need fall within your agreement.
Pricing: Use your contract or a vendor quote. Existing access can reduce duplication, but additional usage or features may still cost money.
Best fit: Enterprises that want to keep their current data stack and add event-specific research where it is missing.
How to compare the cost of Vendelux alternatives
Vendelux does not publish dollar prices on its official pricing page. Third-party figures are useful context, not a replacement for a scoped quote: Vendr currently displays a $30,000 median annual cost, while Capterra lists $1,667 per month. Neither establishes what your team would pay for a particular current plan.
Compare the same workload: your named events, seats, usable records, contact details, integrations, and outreach responsibilities. If a Vendelux quote includes managed campaigns, compare that component with the people or service you would otherwise use. If you already own enrichment capacity, count only what you actually need to add.
Keep onsite capture separate too. Vendelux offers a free lead scanner; that is not the same purchase as its paid intelligence platform. Needing a scanner does not by itself mean you need an annual event-research contract.
Choose a Vendelux alternative for your situation
| Your situation | What to evaluate first | What to validate before buying |
|---|---|---|
| You already use Apollo and HubSpot | Lensmor for missing event context; keep existing enrichment and CRM tools | Your event's available records, export fields, Apollo match requirements, and HubSpot handoff |
| You research only a few shows a year | A monthly event-research plan or a scoped dataset quote | Subscription periods, event unlocks, contact costs, and whether the sample covers your target accounts |
| You are still choosing events | 10Times plus the organizer's current pages | Dates, audience, exhibitor fit, and the cost of getting usable prospect data later |
| You already have ZoomInfo or Sales Navigator | Existing account and role research plus a separate event source | Contract allowances and person-level event evidence; avoid buying overlapping data blindly |
| You need outsourced campaign execution | A vendor or service package that explicitly includes outreach | List preparation, message writing, replies, scheduling, and total service scope |
For a five-person team with Apollo and HubSpot, the question is usually whether you need an event-research layer—not another general contact database. Test an event-derived shortlist in your existing tools first. Lensmor's API is available to paid subscribers for custom workflows, but API access does not make every connection a native integration.
For a few shows, calculate both access and usage. Three Lensmor base event unlocks use 6,000 credits before contact reveals or other actions; your subscription cost depends on the billing periods in which you need the service. A dataset quote should identify the editions, fields, and refresh terms. Neither approach guarantees confirmed attendance or enrichment success. The Lensmor vs Vendelux pricing comparison includes a worked three-show budget.
Test the alternatives on one real event
Pick a show your team is genuinely considering, then use the same sample accounts and criteria for each option.
- Verify the edition. Confirm the event, location, dates, and official exhibitor source.
- Inspect representative records. Include several known target accounts and a few unfamiliar companies. Check company matching, job roles, and the evidence connecting people to the event.
- Build a shortlist. Keep relevant people, remove duplicates and existing customers, and preserve source labels. Do not convert uncertain associations into attendance claims.
- Test the handoff. Check whether the export contains the fields your enrichment provider and CRM need. Review what stays hidden and what costs credits to reveal.
- Record the result. Track relevant accounts found, usable contacts returned, research time, and total cost. Later, measure replies, meetings held, and qualified pipeline separately.
This gives you a purchase decision based on your workflow. A large database, a low advertised price, or a long feature list alone cannot tell you whether the tool helps with your next show.
What a checked handoff looks like
We tested the Lensmor part of this process on UNBOUND 2026 on October 13, 2026. A Company Name filter for Captello returned six profiles. We selected two director-level roles, downloaded CSV, and verified that the file contained two rows. Both selected records had blank email and phone fields because we had not requested contact reveals; one included a LinkedIn URL and the other did not.
That is a concrete research-and-export result, not evidence of confirmed attendance or a guarantee that enrichment will succeed. We did not test the other five tools against this sample. See the full UNBOUND export walkthrough for the observed fields and limitations, then run a comparable sample in the tools you are considering.
Which option should you choose?
Choose Lensmor when event-led research is the missing step and your team can run outreach. Evaluate BizProspex when you want a specific data deliverable. Start with 10Times when you are still selecting events. Use Sales Navigator, Apollo, or ZoomInfo for the research and enrichment their existing subscriptions can support.
If you need the vendor to execute campaigns, include that requirement explicitly rather than treating all six options as interchangeable. Our Lensmor vs Vendelux comparison explains the pricing and service differences in more detail.
Start free with Lensmor and use the 2,000 trial credits to unlock one event's base data. Review the available companies, people, and sources before deciding whether to add it to your stack. No credit card is required.
