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ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo is used in the source layer by 2 operators documented on GTM Vault, including Mark van Oppen, SecureAuth, where it ran as the account and contact data at SecureAuth, in heavy use.

Updated 24 Sep 2026, the date of the latest episode or confirmation citing ZoomInfo. Cite as: GTM Vault, The Stack Index, “ZoomInfo”, https://pro.gtmvault.co/stack/tool/zoominfo, updated 24 Sep 2026.

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Superseded bythe Clay approach

Who named it, and what it did

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Runs alongside

Tools that appear in the same operators’ stacks as ZoomInfo. The count is how many of those operators run both.

Others in source

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ZoomInfo: named by 3 operators on the GTM Vault Stack Index
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Common questions

Which operators use ZoomInfo?
2 operators on GTM Vault have described running ZoomInfo in a working system: Mark van Oppen (SecureAuth) and Umar Farooq Adam (Hitachi Vantara). Each entry is one citation per episode, in the operator's own words. Mark van Oppen, SecureAuth described it as the account and contact data at SecureAuth, in heavy use (Confirmed Sep 2026). Elliot O'Connor (Frontier) named it on the record as displaced from their stack, which is counted as a displacement, not as use.
What layer of revenue architecture does ZoomInfo serve?
ZoomInfo is placed on the Source layer, which serves Identity in the eight-layer model of revenue architecture. Where raw records enter: companies, people, firmographics, scraped listings. Placement follows the job the tool did in an operator's system, not the category its marketing claims.
What runs alongside ZoomInfo?
In the stacks of operators who run ZoomInfo, the tools that appear most often are Clay (2), Salesforce (2), Slack (1), Apollo (1) and Claude (1). The number is how many of those operators run both.
Has ZoomInfo replaced or been replaced by another tool?
On the record, ZoomInfo was displaced by the Clay approach in at least one operator's stack. Displacements are recorded only when an operator said so on an episode, never inferred from usage or reviews.
What entry tier is ZoomInfo?
ZoomInfo is listed at the enterprise tier. The index records budget as a posture (self-serve, mid-market, enterprise), not a price, because public pricing in this category is unreliable.

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