Influencer database software is a searchable index of creator profiles: you filter by platform, country, follower range and niche, and see each creator’s followers, views, engagement and usually a contact email. This page compares eight tools to find influencers on what a buyer can check, as of October 2026: each vendor’s database claim in its own words, how fresh it says its numbers are, what you get free, how emails are metered and what the first paid plan costs.
Kolect makes one of the tools compared. Every fact about another product links to that vendor’s own page, read in October 2026; where a vendor’s pages don’t state something, the table says so rather than guessing. For a broader view that includes marketplaces and full campaign suites, see our comparison of influencer marketing platforms.
Influencer database software compared (October 2026)
The vendors’ database claims range from Upfluence’s 14M+ to Modash’s 380M+, and only four of the eight say how fresh their numbers are14 5 6 7 12 1.
| Tool | Database claim (vendor’s words) | Platforms | Freshness (vendor’s statement) | Free access | First paid plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolect | “300M+ creators”, plus live platform data on every search | TikTok, Instagram, YouTube | Followers and views “refreshed before each result is shown” | 5 creators without an account; 90 credits on sign-up (1 credit = 2 creators) | Light $7.20/mo (regular $9); yearly billing gives 2 months free |
| Modash | “380M+ profiles”, creators with 1K+ followers | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube | “Search results are updated within 2 weeks”; unlocked profiles every 2–4 weeks | 14-day trial, no card: 20 profiles, 6 email unlocks | Essentials $199/mo billed yearly ($2,388 a year) |
| HypeAuditor | “227.8M+ profiles” | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, Twitch | “Weekly, more frequent for high-activity accounts” | Free sign-up with media plans, campaign management and demo versions | Pricing page shows a demo form; its compare pages list Basic at $299/mo |
| Influencity | “350M+ public creator profiles” | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch | Not stated on the pages we checked | 7-day free trial on all plans | Discover $198/mo or $1,900 a year |
| influencers.club | “340M+ profiles” | “47 platforms”, including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube | Fetches stats and posts “in real-time when you request them” | 10 free credits with Pro features, no payment details | Starter from $140/mo, no annual commitment |
| Heepsy | “20M+ creators” | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn | Not stated on the pages we checked | Free plan: 500 results and 10 advanced profiles a month | Starter $89 monthly or $69/mo billed annually |
| Upfluence | “14M+ creators database” | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, Pinterest | Not stated on the pages we checked | Free trial set up after an initial call | Custom quote; 12-month minimum contract |
| TikTok One | No creator count on the help pages we checked | TikTok only | Filters on median video views and engagement rate; no refresh schedule stated | Not covered here; see our TikTok One guide | Not covered here |
Vendor claims as published on each vendor’s own pages, read in October 20261 2 5 6 7 9 8 10 11 12 13 14 15.
Three of these are different kinds of product. Upfluence sells its database inside a custom-quoted suite with a 12-month minimum14. TikTok One is TikTok’s own marketplace, where you contact creators through in-platform invitations15. influencers.club sells both a dashboard and an API, with integrations such as HubSpot, Salesforce, Clay and MCP12 (MCP options are compared in AI influencer MCP servers). Our TikTok One guide covers access and setup for the native option.
Database size claims: what each number counts
A database claim is the vendor’s own count, and the eight tools count different things, so the biggest number is not necessarily the biggest pool of creators you can use. Modash counts “profiles” of creators with more than 1,000 followers on three platforms5; influencers.club counts “profiles” across “47 platforms” and calls its 340M+ “the world’s largest creator database”, below Modash’s own figure12; Kolect counts “creators” on three platforms1; Influencity also publishes a per-platform figure, “+130M TikTok influencers”11.
What a size claim doesn’t tell you:
- Whether one creator is one row. A creator with TikTok, Instagram and YouTube accounts can be three profiles in one count and one creator in another.
- The follower floor. Modash states a 1K-follower minimum5; most other vendors don’t state one on the pages we checked.
- Coverage of your market. A global total says nothing about how many micro beauty creators in Germany are indexed. Run your real brief in the trial and count usable results.
- Whether the numbers are current. A row with last quarter’s follower count and no recent views is a lead, not a shortlist.
The last point matters more than the headline size, because followers alone overstate reach. The median TikTok account’s typical video gets views equal to 14.36% of its followers, the median Instagram account 28.63% and the median YouTube channel 16.88%4. On TikTok, 15.8% of accounts with 5K+ followers had median views below Kolect’s warning line for their size, against 1.1% on Instagram and 11.7% on YouTube4. A database that shows follower counts without current views cannot separate those accounts from healthy ones; our guide to identifying fake followers explains the views check.
Freshness: how old are the numbers you see?
Freshness is how old the followers, views and engagement figures in a result are when you read them, and it is the number to compare across databases. As of October 2026, four vendors state it on their own pages6 7 12 1:
| Tool | What the vendor says about refresh |
|---|---|
| Kolect | Followers and views are refreshed before each result is shown; every search also queries live platform data |
| influencers.club | Fetches social stats and posts “in real-time when you request them”; monitoring costs 0.3 credits per creator per day |
| HypeAuditor | “Weekly, more frequent for high-activity accounts” |
| Modash | “Search results are updated within 2 weeks”; unlocked profile data “refreshes every 2-4 weeks” |
| Heepsy, Influencity, Upfluence | No refresh schedule on the pages we checked |
Vendor statements as published1 12 7 6 13 10 14.
A two-week-old follower count rarely changes a decision; a two-week-old view count can, because a creator’s recent videos are what predict your post. For creators growing fast or going quiet, a refresh at the moment you look is worth more than a larger index refreshed on a schedule.
How to test an influencer database in 10 minutes
Every tool here offers some free access, so test before you pay. The same five steps work on any of them:
- Pick five creators you already know in your target market: one that grew sharply in the last month, one that has gone quiet, and three typical ones.
- Look each up in the tool and note followers, average or median views, and the latest post it shows.
- Open each live profile and compare. A gap of a few percent on followers is normal; a view figure from before the creator’s last five videos is stale.
- Run your real brief (country, platform, follower range, niche) and count how many of the first 20 results posted in the last 30 days and fit the brief.
- Check what you can take out: whether the email is shown, how many unlocks your plan includes, and whether CSV export costs extra.
Repeat the test with the same five creators in two or three tools and the differences in freshness, coverage and email access become obvious within an afternoon. Kolect’s free Chrome extension helps with step 3: on a TikTok, Instagram or YouTube profile, a K beside the creator’s name opens a panel with followers, median views of the videos on screen, view rate, viral rate and, on TikTok, likes and an estimated engagement rate.
Free influencer databases and their limits
A free influencer database is usually a free plan, a trial or sign-up credits on a paid tool; what you can do with it differs a lot13 2 5 11 12 7 14.
| Tool | What’s free | Limit | Next step up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heepsy | Free plan, no end date stated | 500 results and 10 advanced profiles a month, 1 project | Starter $69/mo annual or $89 monthly |
| Kolect | Search without an account; credits on sign-up | 5 creators without an account; 90 credits, about 180 creators; 20 authenticity checks a day | Light $7.20/mo or credit packs from $24 that never expire |
| Modash | 14-day trial, no card | 20 profiles, 6 email unlocks, 10 tracked creators | Essentials $199/mo billed yearly |
| Influencity | 7-day trial on all plans | Trial length | Discover $198/mo |
| influencers.club | 10 credits with Pro features, no payment details | 10 credits | Starter from $140/mo |
| HypeAuditor | Free sign-up | Media plans, campaign management and demo versions; Discovery needs a paid subscription | Basic $299/mo per its compare pages |
| Upfluence | Trial after an initial call | Set up by sales | Custom quote, 12-month minimum |
As published on each vendor’s pricing or product page, October 202613 2 3 5 11 10 12 7 8 14.
Which free option is best depends on the job. For browsing volume, Heepsy’s 500 results a month is the most generous allowance13. For a first shortlist with contact emails, Kolect’s sign-up credits cover about 180 creators with emails included2. For a trial of a full suite, Modash’s 14 days is the longest trial here, and it needs no card5. Separately, Kolect’s free fake follower checker runs six of the eight authenticity checks with no sign-up3.
Emails and exports: what you can take out
Most influencer databases show public contact emails, but they meter them differently, and the meter decides how many creators you can actually contact2 5 8 13 12.
- Kolect: contact emails are included in every plan; viewing emails and exporting CSV cost no extra credits2.
- Modash: Essentials includes 150 unlocked creator emails a month and Performance 4005.
- HypeAuditor: the Basic plan lists 1,000 creator contact unlocks8.
- Heepsy: contact-details export is listed on Plus, and exported emails come only from unlocked advanced profiles with public contact details13.
- influencers.club: Starter lists a “valid email” per creator, and emails carry status flags for quality12.
- TikTok One: you invite creators to a project inside the platform; creators not on TikTok One can be reached with a Lite project invite link15.
If outreach is the bottleneck, see our influencer email finder notes and the outreach templates.
Who should pick each tool
Kolect
Pick Kolect if you mainly need sourcing and vetting on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, want numbers refreshed at the moment you look, and work on a small budget. You describe the creators in one sentence, edit the filters it builds, and each result shows why it matches, its matching videos and a 0–100 audience authenticity score from eight checks1. It does not suit you if you need LinkedIn, X or Twitch, or outreach, CRM, audience demographics and creator payments inside the tool: the self-serve product covers search, vetting, emails and exports, and the Kolect team runs outreach and payment only as a managed service.
Modash
Pick Modash if you want the largest stated profile count and a full workflow after the shortlist: its Performance plan adds payments and affiliates, with a 0% fee up to $10K a year5. Budget for the email meter (150 a month on Essentials) and a refresh window of up to two weeks on search results5 6. Our Modash alternatives page goes deeper.
HypeAuditor
Pick HypeAuditor if vetting depth and platform breadth matter more than price: it covers X and Twitch as well as the big three, and the Basic plan includes 500 creator analyses and 10 advanced creator reports a month7 8. Its pricing page leads to a demo, and Basic excludes lookalike search9 8. See HypeAuditor alternatives and the head-to-head Modash vs HypeAuditor.
Influencity
Pick Influencity if you want a campaign suite with published prices and Twitch coverage; annual billing comes out about 20% lower than monthly10. It does not state a refresh schedule on the pages we checked. See Influencity alternatives.
influencers.club
Pick influencers.club if you need creator data inside your own systems: it sells an API plan alongside the dashboard, connects to HubSpot, Salesforce and Clay, and says it covers 47 platforms12. Its own pricing page lists Starter from $140 a month while its FAQ mentions $199, so confirm the price before you commit12. See influencers.club alternatives.
Heepsy
Pick Heepsy if you want a free plan for browsing, LinkedIn creators, or a low-cost paid plan with workflow tools ($69/mo billed annually)13. Its stated database (20M+) is the smallest of the indexed tools here, and contact export starts on Plus13. See Heepsy alternatives.
Upfluence
Pick Upfluence if you want discovery inside a modular creator-marketing suite and can commit to 12 months after a sales conversation; it also covers Twitch and Pinterest14. Its pricing page doesn’t list prices: plans are custom-quoted, with a fixed platform fee and no percentage of sales14. See Upfluence alternatives.
TikTok One
Use TikTok One for TikTok-only programs: it filters creators by country, audience location, age and gender, median video views and engagement rate, and handles invitations inside TikTok; Search with AI is available to select customers15. It does not cover Instagram or YouTube.
Which influencer database fits your budget
Most buyers can narrow the list by monthly budget before comparing features2 13 12 10 5 8 14:
| Monthly budget | Options | What you give up |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | Heepsy free plan, Kolect sign-up credits, trials, TikTok One for TikTok | Volume, exports or platforms |
| Under $100 | Kolect Light $7.20 or Plus $47.20; Heepsy Starter $69–$89 | In-app outreach and CRM |
| $140–$300 | influencers.club Starter from $140; Influencity Discover $198; Modash Essentials $199 billed yearly; HypeAuditor Basic $299 | Metered emails or reports on entry plans |
| Custom, annual | Upfluence | Flexibility: 12-month minimum |
Entry plans only, as published by each vendor, October 20262 13 12 10 5 8 14.
If the database is only the first step and you also need outreach, rates and contracts handled, compare the full suites in our influencer marketing software pricing table. If you mainly need fresh creator data on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube with emails, try Kolect Creator Search on the free credits before you pay for anything.