If you need to connect Lusha to lemlist with your own API key, this article walks you through the exact setup flow shown in the product. You’ll open your settings, start the Lusha connection from Integrations, and paste your key into lemlist. This article covers the manual API-key setup only.
Limitations
This article applies only to the Lusha flow that asks for a Lusha API key.
For paying users, Lusha phone and email enrichment is built into the lemlist enrichment waterfall, with no Lusha API key, no Lusha account, and no extra credit charge. You accept Lusha's terms and conditions once, at your next enrichment. See Enrich leads with finder, verifier, and phone.
Prerequisites
You need access to Settings in your lemlist workspace.
You need a valid Lusha API key from your Lusha account.
Core lesson
Phase 1: Open your settings
Open Settings from your profile menu.
Click your profile name in the lower-left corner, then click Settings. This opens the page where you can manage integrations.
Phase 2: Start the Lusha connection
Open Integrations and click Connect for Lusha.
In the left sidebar, click Integrations. In the Integrations Marketplace, find Lusha and click Connect. This starts the Lusha API key setup flow.
Phase 3: Retrieve your API key and continue
Open your Lusha settings if needed, then continue.
In the Connect your Lusha API key window, click Open Lusha settings if you need to get your key from Lusha. Then click Next to move to the field where you can paste it.
Phase 4: Paste your key into lemlist
Paste your key into the Lusha API key field.
In Step 2/2, paste your key into the Lusha API key field. This is the field lemlist uses to connect your Lusha account.Click Add API key to lemlist.
After pasting your key, click Add API key to lemlist to finish the connection.✅ Verify: Lusha shows as connected in your Integrations settings.
Practical example
If your team uses the manual Lusha setup, you would click your profile name → Settings → Integrations, find Lusha in the Integrations Marketplace, click Connect, then paste your Lusha API key into the Lusha API key field and submit it.
Troubleshooting & pitfalls
Issue: You expected automatic activation, but you see Connect your Lusha API key
Root cause: You opened the manual Lusha API-key flow in Integrations.
For paying users, Lusha is already built into the enrichment waterfall, so you don't need to connect an API key. Accept Lusha's terms and conditions at your next enrichment.
Continue with the steps in this article only if you want to connect your own Lusha account.
Issue: You clicked Connect, but you do not have a key to paste
Root cause: You have not copied your API key from your Lusha account yet.
In the setup window, click Open Lusha settings.
Copy your API key from Lusha.
Return to lemlist and paste it into Lusha API key.
Issue: The Add API key to lemlist button is unavailable
Root cause: The Lusha API key field is still empty or incomplete.
Paste the full key into the Lusha API key field.
Check that nothing is missing from the beginning or end of the key.
Try again once the field is fully populated.
Issue: You can open Integrations but do not see Lusha
Root cause: Your workspace may not have access to the manual API-key flow.
For paying users, Lusha is built into the enrichment waterfall and needs no connection in Integrations.
If your case is different
If you want to use Lusha without an API key, see Enrich leads with finder, verifier, and phone.
If you want to set the order in which Lusha and other providers run, see Choose which enrichment providers run first with a custom waterfall.




