HHunter.io
Finds and verifies a prospect's business email from their company domain, so your cold outreach for new clients actually lands.
About Hunter.io
Hunter.io is a focused email-finding and verification tool: point it at a company domain and it surfaces the most likely professional email addresses and verifies deliverability, which is exactly what freelancers and agency owners need before cold-emailing a prospective client. It's deliberately narrower than a full sales platform like Apollo — no CRM, no built-in sequencing — but that focus keeps it simple and lets it plug into whatever outreach tool you already use (Instantly, Lemlist, your own inbox). The Free plan includes 50 credits/month, enough to test a small outreach list. Paid plans run Starter at $34/mo (annual billing) for 500 searches and 1,000 verifications, Growth at $104/mo for 5,000 searches, and Business at $244/mo for 30,000 searches, with every tier including unlimited team members and monthly (vs annual) billing costing 20-30% more. One credit finds an email via Domain Search or Email Finder, half a credit verifies one. For freelancers doing manual, targeted outreach to a short list of dream clients, Hunter is usually cheaper than a full sales-intelligence suite. The natural comparison is Hunter vs Apollo: Hunter wins on simplicity and price for pure email-finding, Apollo wins if you also want a searchable prospect database and sequencing built in. Best for freelancers and small agencies doing targeted, low-volume cold outreach to specific companies.
What you can do with it
- Domain search for company email patterns
- individual email finder and verifier
- bulk domain/email search
- unlimited team members on every plan
- Chrome extension and Google Sheets add-on
- API access for custom workflows
Pros
- Free plan (50 credits/mo) is enough to test real outreach before paying
- Cheaper and simpler than full sales platforms if you only need email finding/verification
- Unlimited team seats included on every paid tier at no extra cost
- Annual billing gives a flat 30% discount plus a non-profit discount option
Cons
- No built-in outreach sequencing or CRM — you'll need a separate tool to actually send campaigns
- Credit system means heavy prospecting runs out fast on lower tiers
- Each additional email account for verification costs an extra $10/mo
- Monthly billing costs meaningfully more than the advertised annual price
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