# Saved vs. Lists: why both exist

Source: https://listplus.ai/en/help/inbox-and-saved/saved-vs-lists
Last updated: 2026-09-28

**Saved** and **Lists** both hold contacts, but they're for two different
stages of the same job: Saved is where people wait before you've decided
what to do with them, and a list is where you actually get them ready for
something — checked, enriched, exported.

## What each one is for

**Saved** is a lightweight holding area. Anyone you look at in Person
Search, Segment Search, AI Research or the Inbox is saved automatically
once a lookup finds data, sorted into folders you create, with no notes,
statuses or deal stages — it's deliberately not a CRM. You can reopen and reload anyone in Saved for free
at any time, whether or not you've decided on a list for them yet.

A **list** is a real, structured table: columns, checks, evaluations
(Cold Email, CRM Quality, …), enrichment, and export or sync to another
tool. Working on a list is where credits get spent and where data actually
becomes usable for a campaign or a CRM push.

Both belong to the **workspace**: every member sees the same Saved contacts
and the same lists, and each workspace has its own of both.

## The practical differences

- **Structure.** Saved has no columns of its own beyond what a person's
  profile carries; a list has whatever schema you or an import gave it, and
  every list can look completely different.
- **Record limit.** Rows in lists count toward the record limit of the
  workspace owner's plan; people sitting in Saved do not — Saved has its
  own, separate caps per workspace (up to 1,000 saved people outside
  folders, up to 300 more filed across the folders, plus up to 50
  viewed-only entries kept for 30 days — Person Search's Recently viewed
  shows the 6 most recent) that have nothing to do with the plan.
- **What you can do there.** In Saved you can reload a profile, add-on
  reveals like a verified email or mobile, and move people to a list. Full
  enrichment jobs, checks, evaluations, exports and syncs only run inside a
  list.
- **Lifetime.** People you've saved, filed into a folder, or enriched stay
  in Saved indefinitely; merely-viewed entries drop out after 30 days. A
  list stays until you delete it.

## Moving between them

Saved is a one-way step into a list: tick people in Saved and click **Add**
→ **Add to list** to send them into an existing or new list, merging with
matching rows instead of duplicating. **Add** → **Send to pipeline** is the
third destination: it hands the selected people to a pipeline (for example
your CRM or Slack) straight from Saved, without a list in between — see
"[Pipelines — send records on to your CRM, Slack, e-mail or API](https://listplus.ai/en/help/pipelines/pipelines-overview)". There's no "send a list row back to Saved" —
if you want to keep working a contact without committing to a specific
list, keep them in Saved until you're ready.

## FAQ

### Why does ListPlus have both Saved and Lists?

They cover two stages: Saved is a lightweight place to collect people as you find them, without deciding on a list yet; a list is where you structure, check, enrich and export contacts for a specific job like a campaign or a CRM push.

### Do people in Saved count toward my plan's record limit?

No. The record limit only counts rows inside lists, against the plan of the workspace owner. Saved has its own separate limits per workspace instead — up to 1,000 saved people outside folders, up to 300 more across the folders, plus up to 50 viewed-only entries kept for 30 days.

### Can I run enrichment or checks on people while they're still in Saved?

You can reload a profile and run individual add-ons like revealing a verified email in Saved, but full enrichment jobs, quality checks and evaluations only run inside a list — add the people to a list first for those.

### Does adding someone to a list remove them from Saved?

No. Adding a person to a list doesn't remove them from Saved — they stay there too, so you can still find them later, add them to a second list, or file them into a folder.

### Can I move a contact from a list back into Saved?

Not directly — opening that person's profile from the list only adds them to Recently viewed. To keep them in Saved, choose a folder under Save in … in the profile drawer, or click Load; they stay once a lookup finds data. The list row stays where it is either way.

### Can I send saved contacts to a pipeline without putting them in a list first?

Yes. On the Saved page, tick the people, click Add and choose Send to pipeline, then pick the pipeline. They wait there as entries until someone clicks Send in the pipeline; see "[Pipelines — send records on to your CRM, Slack, e-mail or API](https://listplus.ai/en/help/pipelines/pipelines-overview)" for how that works.

### Which one should I use to start finding new contacts?

Either works — opening someone's profile from Person Search, Segment Search, AI Research or the Inbox saves them automatically once a lookup finds data, so Saved fills up as you search. Use it to collect over several sessions, then send a batch to a list once you know which campaign or CRM push they're for.