# Marrow looks someone up when you ask, not before

Marrow reads a person's public profile when you ask, fills the fields that are still empty, and asks you which profile it is when it is not sure. Dex and Mesh update contacts on their own; folk enriches when you choose it.

Marrow enriches a person by reading their public profile. It does that on request, and Marrow is in Beta. This post says what a lookup does, and where other apps do more on their own.

## What a Marrow lookup does

After a card is saved, Marrow's reply offers to enrich the person from their public profile. You can also tap Enrich on a person's screen, or ask in the chat.

It reads the headline, role, company, place, latest posts and photo.
It fills the fields that are still empty.
When unsure which profile is the person, it lists the likely ones for you to review.
It is a snapshot, counted as one lookup.

If none fits, tap No. Where Marrow finds nobody, Search again tries another way, three searches in all, each counted. Marrow does not watch your contacts for job changes, and a lookup does not find email addresses or phone numbers. A profile link you hand Marrow is read straight away.

## What the others say on their own pages

Read on 15 October 2026.

| App | What its own pages say |
| --- | --- |
| Dex | The profile sync keeps your connections updated and, each run, sets the job title to the connection's current headline, replacing any title you typed yourself. Once connected it runs on its own |
| Mesh | Mesh refreshes profile data automatically, on average every few months. Its free Personal plan lists life updates such as job changes and news mentions. Whether you confirm a match before data is added is not stated on that page as of 15 October 2026 |
| folk | One click enrichment runs when you choose it and finds email, phone number, company name, job title and contact links. Its help page says enriched data "will be added, even if the field already has data" and that the new data "will not replace the existing data" |
| Covve | The home page offers an "AI research assistant to enrich leads"; how it is triggered is not stated there. The Essential plan lists "Instant bios on leads" |

## Choose them if

- You want contacts kept current without asking. Dex's sync runs on its own once connected, and Mesh surfaces job changes on a free plan. Marrow does not watch for changes.
- You need email addresses and phone numbers. folk's enrichment finds both. Marrow looks for neither.
- You want a free plan to start. Mesh lists a Personal plan as "Free". Marrow is free for 30 days, then paid.

## Choose Marrow if

- You want a lookup to be your decision, one person at a time, and counted. Marrow looks someone up when you ask or reads a profile link you give it. It does not look up everyone you save.
- You want a lookup that fills only the fields that are still empty. folk's help page also says new data "will not replace the existing data"; Dex's sync replaces a title you typed.
- You want Marrow to show the candidates and ask when it is not sure which profile is the person.

## Related

- [Find people you have not met](/blog/find-people-you-have-not-met)
- [Enrichment without data brokers](/blog/enrichment-without-data-brokers)
- [Enrichment](/features/enrichment)
- [Personal CRM apps compared](/blog/personal-crm-apps-compared)
- [Blog](/blog)

## Sources

- Dex's profile sync adds your connections from a professional network and keeps them updated; each run sets a contact's job title to the connection's current headline, replacing any title you typed yourself; once connected it runs on its own, about once a day while the desktop app runs (https://getdex.com/docs/integrationsandfeatures/syncfeatures/sync-linkedin, verified 2026-10-15)
- Mesh's help page says it refreshes profile data automatically, "On average, Mesh refreshes data for a profile every few months." (https://library.me.sh/knowledge-base/why-is-some-of-my-contact-data-stale-missing-or-incorrect/, verified 2026-10-15)
- Mesh's free Personal plan lists importing people from email, calendar and social accounts and "life updates: job changes, location changes, news mentions and more" (https://me.sh/pricing, verified 2026-10-15)
- not stated on https://library.me.sh/knowledge-base/why-is-some-of-my-contact-data-stale-missing-or-incorrect/ as of 2026-10-15 (whether you confirm a match before data is added) (https://library.me.sh/knowledge-base/why-is-some-of-my-contact-data-stale-missing-or-incorrect/, verified 2026-10-15)
- folk's help page says its 1-click enrichment runs when you choose it from a contact, a group or the extension, finds email, phone number, company name, job title and contact links, uses a monthly allowance of credits, and that "Enriched data will be added, even if the field already has data. The new, enriched data will not replace the existing data." (https://help.folk.app/en/articles/6804416-1-click-enrichment-find-emails-phone-numbers, verified 2026-10-15)
- Covve's home page says "Use Covve's AI research assistant to enrich leads, personalize follow-ups, and understand who you're really connecting with."; how it is triggered is not stated on https://covve.com/ as of 2026-10-15 (https://covve.com/, verified 2026-10-15)
- Covve Essential lists "Unlimited business card and QR scanning", "Offline scanning", "60+ languages recognition", "Instant bios on leads", "Outlook integration" and "Google contacts integration"; Pro adds "Event badge scanning" and a "Web-based admin portal" (https://covve.com/pricing, verified 2026-10-15)

Last updated 15 October 2026. Canonical: https://usemarrow.com/blog/profile-lookups-on-request