Guide
Hunter.io: Email Finder, Verifier, Pricing & Alternatives
Hunter.io is a tool that finds and verifies professional email addresses from a name and a company domain, and can send cold email from accounts you connect. Here's how each tool works, what it costs, how accurate it is and the alternatives.
- [email protected]Valid
- [email protected]Accept-all
- [email protected]Unknown
- [email protected]Invalid
Send to valid · test accept-all · drop the rest
Overview
What is Hunter.io and how does it work?
Hunter started as a way to find the email addresses behind a website and now covers finding, verifying and sending. Finding and verifying draw on the same monthly credits, and every plan includes unlimited team members.
- users, according to Hunter
- 7M+
- free credits every month
- 50
- credit per Domain Search or Email Finder search
- 1
- credit per verification
- 0.5
| Tool | You give it | You get back |
|---|---|---|
| Domain Search | A company domain | Email addresses found for that domain, with public sources |
| Email Finder | A full name and a domain | The most likely address, verified or with a confidence score |
| Email Verifier | An email address | Valid, invalid, accept-all, disposable or unknown |
| Discover | Filters or an AI prompt | Companies and leads from Hunter's B2B database |
| Sequences | A lead list and your email accounts | Cold email campaigns with follow-ups |
Pricing
Hunter.io pricing
From Hunter's pricing page as of October 2026. Monthly credits reset and don't roll over; yearly plans get the whole year's credits upfront.
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Credits | Email accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 50/mo | 1 |
| Starter | $49/mo | $34/mo ($408/yr) | 2,000/mo | 3 |
| Growth | $149/mo | $104/mo ($1,248/yr) | 10,000/mo | 10 |
| Scale | $299/mo | $209/mo ($2,508/yr) | 25,000/mo | 20 |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom |
Extra email accounts, managed email accounts and Hunter's inbox protection are paid add-ons on Starter and above.
Accuracy & extension
Does Hunter.io work? Accuracy and the Chrome extension
Email Finder starts from the likely patterns for a name on a domain, then uses Hunter's data and a live verification to pick one address. Addresses that pass get a green Verified shield; the rest come with a confidence score. Hunter is open about the limits: an accept-all domain accepts mail for any address, so nobody can fully verify it, and Hunter says those addresses tend to bounce at about half your list's invalid rate.
- Install Hunter for Chrome (it's also available for Firefox and Edge) and sign in with a free Hunter account.
- Visit a company's website and click the Hunter icon to list the addresses found for that domain, with sources and dates.
- Type a person's name to find their address, then check its verification status or confidence score.
- Run anything without a Verified shield through the Email Verifier before it goes into a campaign.
Data is half the job; deliverability is the other half
Verdict
Hunter.io pros, cons and alternatives
| Strengths | Trade-offs |
|---|---|
| Transparent sources and confidence scores | Some names return nothing; then it's a manual search |
| Unlimited users on every plan | Monthly credits don't roll over |
| Cheap verification at 0.5 credit | Recipients per sequence capped (500 on Free) |
| Find, verify and send in one tool | Connected email accounts capped by plan |
| Tool | Free tier | Entry paid plan | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter.io | 50 credits/mo | $34/mo, billed annually | Finding emails by domain |
| Apollo.io | Yes | $49/seat/mo, billed annually | Database plus sequencing |
| RocketReach | 5 lookups | $33/mo, billed annually | Personal and work emails |
| Lusha | 40 credits/mo | $37.45/mo, billed annually | Quick LinkedIn lookups |
| ZoomInfo | ZoomInfo Lite | Quote only | Enterprise data and intent |
Entry paid plan, per month on annual billing
Apollo is per seat. ZoomInfo doesn't publish prices.
| RocketReach | $33 |
|---|---|
| Hunter.io | $34 |
| Lusha | $37.45 |
| Apollo.io | $49 |
Next step
Found your leads? Send from mailboxes that land
Hunter gets the addresses right. Where you send from decides whether anyone reads them.
Step 1
Find
Domain Search or Email Finder for each account.
Step 2
Verify
Keep valid; test accept-all in small batches.
Step 3
Pre-warmed mailboxes
Separate domains, mailboxes with history.
Step 4
Send
About 30 emails per mailbox per day.
Step 5
Reply
Short, plain text, one question.
Jetmail mailboxes connect with 1-click OAuth to 50+ sequencers. Compare more data tools in the Apollo.io and RocketReach guides, or read the cold email guide.
Sources: hunter.io/pricing · hunter.io/email-finder · hunter.io/email-verifier · hunter.io/chrome · apollo.io/pricing · lusha.com/pricing · rocketreach.co/pricing
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What is Hunter.io?
Hunter.io is an email-finding and outreach platform. Domain Search lists the email addresses found for a company's domain, Email Finder guesses and verifies a specific person's address, Email Verifier checks deliverability, and Sequences sends cold email from accounts you connect.
Is Hunter.io free?
Yes. The free plan gives 50 credits a month, one connected email account and unlimited team members. A search costs 1 credit and a verification 0.5, so the free plan covers up to 100 verifications a month.
How much does Hunter.io cost?
As of October 2026: Starter is $49 a month or $34 a month billed yearly (2,000 credits a month), Growth $149 or $104 (10,000 credits) and Scale $299 or $209 (25,000 credits). Enterprise is custom.
Does Hunter.io work, and how accurate is it?
Yes, within limits. Every address it returns is verified or given a confidence score, along with the public sources Hunter found it in. Hunter doesn't publish one overall accuracy figure and says no verifier can confirm accept-all domains or guarantee a valid address won't bounce later.
How does the Hunter email verifier work?
It checks the format, flags disposable and webmail addresses, looks up the domain's MX records and runs a live SMTP check without sending an email. You get valid, invalid, accept-all, disposable or unknown; disposable and unknown results are free.
What are the best Hunter.io alternatives?
Apollo.io for a large database with sequences, RocketReach for personal and work emails plus phones, Lusha for quick LinkedIn lookups, and ZoomInfo for enterprise data on a custom quote.