Doctor Email List vs UpLead
UpLead is priced on its site; Doctor Email List is one fixed price per specialty file, paid once, built from the public CMS file. Pick UpLead if you want contacts verified at the moment you export, with credits back below a stated accuracy. Pick ours if you want a specialty list. UpLead picks physicians by job title; we sell a file per specialty.
We make Doctor Email List, so we are on both sides of this page. Everything about UpLead is what it publishes on its own site, read on Oct 6, 2026, and each cell links to the page it came from. We did not buy a list from UpLead.
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 6, 2026, sellers' pages read the same day.
Side by side, checked Oct 6, 2026
| Doctor Email List | UpLead | |
|---|---|---|
| How you buy | One-time CSV per specialty, paid once | One-time lists or a subscription |
| Price on its site | $295 per specialty, $995 for all 36 | $6,999 for 112,656 US contacts, one time |
| What it says it has | 1,190,183 clinicians in 36 specialties, one per NPI | 226,033 physician contacts, 112,656 in the US |
| Free sample or trial | Real rows shown on each specialty page, no signup | 7-day free trial |
| Source it names | CMS Doctors and Clinicians file dated Aug 18, 2026 | public filings, registries, company sites, news |
| Refund or accuracy terms | If more than 5% of the verified emails hard-bounce on your first send within 30 days, send the bounce report and the list price is refunded; you keep the file. | 95% accuracy, credits back below it |
When UpLead is the better pick
- You want contacts verified at the moment you export, with credits back below a stated accuracy.
- You want a general B2B database, not just physicians, in one account.
- You want a free trial before you spend anything.
When Doctor Email List is the better pick
- You want a specialty list. UpLead picks physicians by job title; we sell a file per specialty.
- You want a lower one-time price for one specialty.
- You want each row tied to an NPI.
Where we are weaker: coverage stops at physicians enrolled in Medicare, and the email column is built for your file after you order, so check the data page for what a row holds before you buy.
What we could not check
UpLead's physician list is selected by job title, so check whether a title search returns the specialty you need. We did not buy it.
Questions buyers ask
UpLead prints this on its page: $6,999 for 112,656 US contacts, one time. Ours is $295 for one specialty, paid once. The two buy different things, so compare what one row is before you compare the totals.
UpLead offers: 7-day free trial. Each of our specialty pages shows real rows with no signup.
No. Everything about UpLead on this page is what it publishes on its own site, read on Oct 6, 2026. We can't tell you how accurate its emails are.