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What are smart columns?

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Written by Levon Adamyan
Updated this week

Smart columns are AI-powered columns that you can add to any lead list. They automatically analyze, score, classify, or enrich your leads using AI and third-party data.

How they work

  1. Open a lead list.

  2. Click Add Smart Column.

  3. Choose the type of analysis you want.

  4. The smart column processes each lead and populates the results in real-time via WebSocket updates.

Smart columns run asynchronously - you can continue working while they process. Each lead shows its status: Queued, Processing, Completed, or Failed.

Two tiers of smart columns

Smart columns are split into two tiers based on plan access:

  • Basic smart columns - Available on Starter+ plans (14 types)

  • AI smart columns - Available on Pro+ plans (3 types: Custom AI, Custom Classification, CRM Contact Lookup)

Basic smart columns (Starter+)

Smart Column

What it does

Cost per lead

Clean First Name

Normalize messy first names (capitalization, accents, formatting)

0.1 credits

Format Phone

Convert phone numbers to E.164 international format

0.1 credits

Email Validation

Run deliverability check (valid, invalid, risky, unknown)

0.2 credits

Enrich Company

Pull industry, headcount, description, founded year, social links

0.5 credits

LinkedIn Research

Summarize a contact's LinkedIn profile

0.5 credits

Find Competitors

Identify a company's top competitors

0.5 credits

Find Similar Companies

Find lookalike companies

0.5 credits

Website Analysis

Summarize a company website

0.5 credits

ICP Fit Analysis

Score a contact/company against a saved ICP profile

0.5 credits

Data Quality: Name Check

Detect malformed or placeholder names

0.5 credits

Data Quality: Domain Check

Detect personal/catch-all/disposable domains

0.5 credits

Contact Timezone

Infer local timezone from location data

0.5 credits

Duplicate Detection

Find duplicate records within the list

0.5 credits

Cold Intro Email

Generate a personalized cold outreach email

3.0 credits

AI smart columns (Pro+)

Smart Column

What it does

Cost per lead

Custom AI

Run a custom AI prompt over each row (e.g., "Write a 1-line opener")

1.0 credits

Custom Classification

Classify rows into your own categories (Yes/No/Unknown)

1.0 credits

CRM Contact Lookup

Check if a lead already exists in your connected CRM

0.5 credits

Tips

  • Smart columns access all available data on each lead: name, email, company, LinkedIn data, previous enrichment results.

  • Results are written as new columns and can be exported.

  • Failed processing does not consume credits.

  • You can run multiple smart columns on the same list.

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