Can you trust the numbers in A-Leads?
A-Leads is a tool for searching business leads and filling in their emails, phone numbers and company details. Its own help pages give 4 reasons its numbers can look different from what you expect. The first to rule out: Your Net New Leads figure can be lower than the number of leads you pulled, because A-Leads, as its help pages say, does not count duplicates or contacts you saved before.
What does A-Leads keep track of?
A-Leads keeps a count of the leads you have chosen to keep, separate from the leads you have only searched.
In A-Leads's own words:
The specific leads you’ve chosen to save or export to your lists, CRM, or CSV.
Total Leads vs Net New Leads vs Saved Leads, read 2026-11-12.A-Leads keeps a running credit balance that goes down as you unlock or download contacts, which gives a rough record of how many leads you have pulled.
In A-Leads's own words:
Whenever you unlock or export a contact from A-Leads, a credit is deducted from your account.
Understanding Credits, read 2026-11-12.
What can make A-Leads's numbers look wrong?
Your Net New Leads figure can be lower than the number of leads you pulled, because A-Leads, as its help pages say, does not count duplicates or contacts you saved before.
In A-Leads's own words:
Duplicates or previously saved contacts don’t count here.
Total Leads vs Net New Leads vs Saved Leads, read 2026-11-12.A downloaded lead list can have empty email or phone fields, since A-Leads, as its help pages say, leaves a field blank when it cannot verify it at that moment.
In A-Leads's own words:
Emails, phone numbers, or other enrichment fields may be blank if we cannot verify them in real-time.
My Export Has Missing Data, read 2026-11-12.A downloaded file can hold less than the A-Leads screen shows, as its help pages say, so a count taken from the file may come out lower.
In A-Leads's own words:
Sometimes the missing data exists in the dashboard but isn't included in your export.
My Export Has Missing Data, read 2026-11-12.Some addresses can look good and still bounce, because, as A-Leads' help pages explain, catch-all domains accept any address.
In A-Leads's own words:
Some domains accept all emails (catch-all), which can falsely appear valid.
How A-Leads Verifies Data, read 2026-11-12.
How do I check A-Leads's numbers myself?
If a list looks thin, open a few leads one by one in A-Leads to see which details it really has for them.
In A-Leads's own words:
Review individual leads in A-Leads to confirm availability of emails, phones, and enrichment info.
My Export Has Missing Data, read 2026-11-12.The A-Leads dashboard lets you see which leads were counted against your credits and which were given back, so you can match your lead count to your credit use.
In A-Leads's own words:
Use your dashboard to monitor which leads were refunded or counted, helping you optimize usage.
Credit Refunds (Bad / Duplicate Data), read 2026-11-12.Before you download a list, check that the search includes every field you need, so the file matches what you expect to count.
In A-Leads's own words:
Make sure your search is set to include all desired fields before exporting.
My Export Has Missing Data, read 2026-11-12.
How does A-Leads work with Feder?
Connect A-Leads to Feder and it joins your Interest apps. Feder only reads. It never changes anything in A-Leads.
When you connect A-Leads, Feder checks the connection straight away and shows Connected only when that check passes. If a reading cannot be taken later, Feder shows it as not read, never as zero.
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Where do these answers come from?
Everything this page says about A-Leads comes from A-Leads's own pages, quoted above with the date we read them. Last reviewed 2026-11-12. We read them again by 2027-11-12. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.
Know the day a number breaks, not the month after.
Some numbers are too quiet to judge daily, such as a form filled in a few times a week. Until there is enough of your own history to judge a change, Feder says it is still learning and scores nothing, rather than guessing.