Enterprise B2B data platforms are built for large sales teams: ZoomInfo starts around $15,000/year, Cognism is custom-quoted in a similar range, and Seamless.ai runs ~$147/month. For a small exporter or a founder who needs a verified manufacturer list now and then, that's wildly over-scoped.
What you actually need
You don't need a 100M-record database with monthly credit resets. You need a clean, current list of real producers in a specific sector and country, with contact details — and you need it without a subscription.
The leaner approach
Tools that research the open web on demand (rather than reselling a static database) can charge a one-time fee. Fiorentis reads each company's own website live, scores it, and exports a colour-coded list — across 100+ sectors and 140+ countries, from $9 once.
See the full price comparison.