salesnow.jp

What It Is

SalesNow is a company database and AI-powered sales data platform for B2B sales organizations in Japan. The site highlights that it covers more than 14 million corporate and organizational records, enabling users to quickly filter for companies that are “more likely to convert” based on criteria such as industry, company size, intent signals, hiring trends, and more. It is positioned for new business development, ABM, CRM data enrichment, sales meeting preparation, and enterprise data API integration.

Core Capabilities

Its core value is not just as a simple lead list database, but in how data is applied across the sales process. On one hand, it can generate sales lists, identify white-space opportunities, and analyze existing customers as well as lost or dormant leads. On the other, it consolidates company profiles, news, IR information, job postings, employee-count trends, affiliated companies, services used, and department contact details into company detail pages. Automatic integration with Salesforce and HubSpot is a key capability, making it suitable for enriching SFA/CRM systems with external company data. API, MCP, Claude/Cursor access, and custom AI Agent support also suggest that SalesNow is expanding toward becoming an AI data infrastructure layer.

Pricing and Trial

Pricing is not public. The SaaS plan is quoted based on contract length and number of users, and includes initial setup, onboarding, training, and target analysis. The monthly fee is based on an annual contract, and integration features may be offered as add-ons. API pricing is tiered by request volume, with optional AI workflow implementation or AI consulting available. For trials, SalesNow provides a 5-day limited environment where users can try the interface and extract companies based on target criteria, but there is no information about a long-term free version.

Pros and Cons

The main advantages are its rich coverage of Japanese company data, a daily large-scale automated update mechanism, and a combination of technology, human research, and user-submitted information. The UI is described as easy for newcomers to learn quickly. After implementation, customers receive a dedicated account representative, regular meetings, and support for building AI workflows. Limitations include quote-only pricing, making costs hard to estimate before procurement; the FAQ also states that not all phone numbers or company information are guaranteed to be up to date, so outdated data may exist. Details around permissions, security certifications, self-hosting, and other enterprise-grade requirements are not sufficiently disclosed.

Best Fit and Access from China

SalesNow is best suited for B2B sales, sales operations, marketing, customer success teams, and AI/system teams that need Japanese company data APIs and are deeply focused on the Japan market. If your primary use case is lead generation for companies in mainland China or Chinese-language sales scenarios, the available materials do not indicate a clear data coverage advantage. Access from China is unknown, and payment methods are not disclosed. Alternatives to compare include ZoomInfo, Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, as well as Japan-focused products such as Sansan, FORCAS, and Musubu.