Ocean.io built its reputation on one thing done cleanly: give it the URLs of your best customers and it returns the companies that look and behave like them, with the filters to keep the result inside your market and the contacts at those companies a step away. AstroFabric treats lookalike discovery as one move in a longer mission: the prospecting agent finds the similar companies, then the enrichment, verification, signals, audience and personalization agents carry the list the rest of the way and deliver it into the tools you work from. The comparison is between a specialist you operate and an agent layer that runs the specialist's step and everything after it. Public information as of September 2026; Ocean.io's pricing is credit-based with figures that vary by commitment, so verify on their site.
The short version
Ocean.io answers "who else looks like our best customers" very well. AstroFabric answers that question and then keeps going: who at those companies, are they reachable, what changed there this week, which ad audience should they be in, what is the first line of the email. A specialist for one step versus agents for the whole chain.
What Ocean.io actually is
Ocean.io's core loop is lookalike search: input one or several company URLs and it returns companies with similar descriptions, industries, sizes and behaviors, refined by firmographic and geographic filters, with contact enrichment for the people at them and exports to CSV and CRMs. It is known for strong coverage in European markets and for precision in niche verticals where keyword-based industry codes fail. Access runs through the platform and, on higher plans, a REST API that draws on the same credit pool. Pricing in 2026 is credit-based on annual plans with unlimited users: independent breakdowns describe subscription credits at roughly six to eight cents each depending on commitment and volume, an entry subscription in the low tens of dollars a month for a small annual bundle of credits, pay-as-you-go top-ups at a premium, phone reveals costing several credits each, and enterprise pricing for volume. A 14-day trial is available. The honest read: for a team whose bottleneck is finding the right companies in a hard-to-define segment, and which has an operator to run the searches and exports, Ocean.io is a sharp tool at a modest price.
What AstroFabric actually is
AstroFabric is agentic AI for business intelligence, the GTM-data kind. The prospecting agent identifies companies by firmographics, technology, hiring, funding, location - including local businesses - and by similarity to your best customers, which is the lookalike step. What differs is what happens next, without a person operating it: the enrichment agent runs a waterfall to fill firmographics, technographics, funding, news and the buying committee with provenance per field; the verification agent checks emails and phones, dedupes and suppresses customers and competitors; the signals agent watches the list for hiring, funding, technology change and intent; the audience agent turns it into matched audiences on connected ad accounts; the personalization agent writes the first touch from each row's evidence. Pricing is credits with no seats, enrichment charged only when a source answers, approval gates on every external write, credit ceilings on every run, and an audit log throughout. The whole chain runs from the console, the REST API, MCP, the CLI, Slack, Telegram or email.
Side by side
| Dimension | Ocean.io | AstroFabric |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Lookalike account discovery, with contacts and exports | The full data chain: discovery, people, enrichment, verification, signals, audiences, personalization |
| Interaction model | An operator runs searches, filters and exports | Agents execute an objective and deliver into your tools |
| Enrichment | Contact and company enrichment from the platform | Waterfall across many sources, provenance per field |
| Pricing (published) | Credit-based annual plans, unlimited users; roughly six to eight cents per credit by commitment; enterprise custom | Credits, no seats, charged when a source answers, under credit ceilings |
| Signals and audiences | Outside the core scope | Standing monitors and matched audiences from the same list |
| Governance | Workspace settings | Approval gate on every external write, audit log |
Choose Ocean.io if
Choose Ocean.io if account discovery is your actual bottleneck and the rest of the chain is already handled - you have the operator, the sequencing tool and the verification step, and what you lack is a precise way to find the next hundred companies that resemble the ones that closed. Teams selling into niche verticals that standard industry codes misclassify, and teams focused on European markets, get particular value from it. Its unlimited-user pricing suits a sales team that wants everyone searching from the same account list.
Choose AstroFabric if
Choose AstroFabric if lookalike discovery is the first move of a motion rather than the whole job, if the list has to become verified people and ad audiences and a signal watch without three separate tools, if you want no operator in the loop beyond setting the objective and approving the writes, or if you integrate through an API, MCP or the CLI. Teams that already run Ocean.io can import its exports as a starting set for AstroFabric missions; the two are complementary more often than competing.
Frequently asked questions
Is AstroFabric an Ocean.io alternative?
For lookalike account discovery, yes: the prospecting agent identifies companies by similarity to your best customers. The larger difference is scope: AstroFabric’s agents also find and verify the people, run waterfall enrichment, watch signals, build audiences and write first touches, delivered into your tools under approval gates.
How does Ocean.io pricing compare in 2026?
Ocean.io is credit-based on annual plans with unlimited users; independent breakdowns put credits at roughly six to eight cents each depending on commitment, with an entry subscription in the low tens of dollars a month for a small annual bundle and enterprise pricing for volume. AstroFabric is credit-priced with no seats, charged when a source answers. Model both against your volume.
What is a lookalike account?
A company that resembles your best customers on the attributes that predicted the sale - industry, size, stack, behavior, description - found by starting from real customer examples rather than from filters. Both platforms offer it; AstroFabric chains the rest of the motion behind it.
Can I use Ocean.io and AstroFabric together?
Yes. Ocean.io exports can be the starting list for an AstroFabric mission that finds the people, verifies and enriches the rows, watches the accounts and builds the audiences, with delivery into the same CRM.
Sources
- Ocean.io - official pricing page
- Hacking Demand - Ocean.io pricing and review (independent, updated June 2026)
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