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- Best for
- Small sales, recruiting and link-building teams that need to find and verify work emails and send simple cold email sequences
- Starting price
- $34/month, $408 billed yearly (Starter)
- Free plan
- ✓ Yes
- Free trial
- ✗ No
Hunter is a tool for finding and verifying professional email addresses, and for sending cold email sequences to the people you find. You enter a company or a person, Hunter returns the likely work email, and it tells you whether that address is valid.
Hunter now calls itself an all-in-one email outreach platform. Besides the original email finder, it includes a B2B lead database, automated sequences and an AI writing assistant.
Who is Hunter for?
Hunter suits small sales teams, founders, recruiters and SEO teams doing link-building outreach. It works well when you already know which companies you want to reach and need the right email address. Teams that need direct phone numbers, deep firmographic filters or large enterprise data contracts usually look at bigger sales intelligence platforms.
What are Hunter's main features?
Find email addresses
Domain Search lists the email addresses Hunter has found for a company, based on its name or website. Email Finder looks up one person's address at a company. You can also find emails with the browser extension while you visit a website, or find and verify them in bulk in Google Sheets.
Verify email addresses
The Email Verifier checks whether an address is valid before you send, which protects your sender reputation. Paid plans auto-verify leads. If you want to understand why this matters, read our guide to email deliverability.
Discover and Signals
Discover is Hunter's B2B lead database, with basic filters on the free plan and advanced filters on paid plans. An AI assistant helps you build searches. Signals suggests prospects based on intent data, and TechLookup lists websites by the technology they use.
Sequences
You can connect your email accounts and send automated cold email campaigns from Hunter. The number of connected accounts and recipients per sequence grows with your plan. Paid plans add an AI Writing Assistant for drafting emails.
Integrations and API
Hunter connects to CRMs and other apps, offers an API, and supports MCP so AI tools can use its data.
How much does Hunter cost?
US prices checked on 1 November 2026 in Hunter's help center, which lists the plans in US dollars.
| Plan | Billed yearly | Billed monthly | Credits per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 50 |
| Starter | $34/month ($408 a year) | $49/month | 2,000 |
| Growth | $104/month ($1,248 a year) | $149/month | 10,000 |
| Scale | $209/month ($2,508 a year) | $299/month | 25,000 |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Custom |
Credits are used for Email Finder, Email Verifier and Domain Search. All plans include unlimited team members, and extra credit packs are sold as add-ons.
What do users say about Hunter?
Hunter is rated 4.4 out of 5 on G2 at the time of checking. G2's summary of reviews says users most often praise ease of use, quick email verification, and the accuracy of found and validated emails when looking for decision makers.
The most common complaints on G2 are cost and credits: reviewers say credits run out quickly, so scaling beyond the basic plans gets expensive. Others mention gaps in data coverage, especially for small or new companies, and the lack of a LinkedIn integration.
When should you choose an alternative?
- You need phone numbers and richer company data. Look at a B2B data platform such as Cognism or UpLead.
- You want a fuller cold email and multichannel tool. Compare lemlist, Snov.io or Reply.io.
- You only need to clean a list. A dedicated email verification tool such as NeverBounce does just that one job.
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Key features
- Domain Search. Finds the email addresses at a company from its name or website.
- Email Finder. Finds the email address of a specific person at a company.
- Email Verifier. Checks whether an email address is valid before you send.
- Discover. Searches Hunter's B2B database for leads, with an AI assistant to help build searches.
- Sequences. Sends automated cold email campaigns from your connected email accounts, with an AI Writing Assistant on paid plans.
- Signals and TechLookup. Finds prospects through intent signals and lists websites by the technology they use.
- Extensions, add-ons and API. A browser extension, a Google Sheets add-on, CRM integrations, an API and MCP access for AI tools.
Hunter pricing
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 credits per month, basic Discover filters, 1 connected email account, 500 recipients per sequence, unlimited team members. |
| Starter | $34/month, $408 billed yearly, or $49/month billed monthly | 2,000 credits per month, auto-verification, lead enrichment, advanced Discover filters, 3 connected email accounts, AI Writing Assistant. |
| Growth | $104/month, $1,248 billed yearly, or $149/month billed monthly | 10,000 credits per month and 10 connected email accounts. |
| Scale | $209/month, $2,508 billed yearly, or $299/month billed monthly | 25,000 credits per month, 20 connected email accounts, priority support and an account manager. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom credits and email accounts. Talk to sales. |
Hunter FAQ
Is Hunter free?
Yes, Hunter has a free plan with 50 credits per month, basic Discover filters and one connected email account. Credits are used for Email Finder, Email Verifier and Domain Search.
How much does Hunter cost?
On 1 November 2026 Hunter listed Starter at $34 per month billed yearly ($408 a year) or $49 billed monthly for US customers. Growth and Scale cost more and include more credits and email accounts.
What is a Hunter credit?
Hunter uses credits for Email Finder, Email Verifier and Domain Search. The number of credits per month depends on your plan, and extra credit packs are available as add-ons.
Is Hunter GDPR compliant?
Hunter says it is compliant by design and shows GDPR and CCPA badges on its site. Your own use of the data must still meet the rules that apply to you, so check with your legal team before cold emailing in the EU.