Tool profile
Hunter: cost, fit and limits
Hunter is an email finding and verification service made by Hunter Web Services, Inc. that searches a company domain for published addresses, finds a named person's address, checks deliverability and offers cold email sequences, sold by monthly credits for sales and outreach teams.
What to know first
Hunter bills in credits: an email found costs 1 credit and a verification costs 0.5 credit. Plans run from a free tier with 50 credits a month to Scale at 299 EUR monthly for 25,000, and Enterprise is quoted. Starter, Growth and Scale also differ by connected email accounts for sequences. The pages name hosting in Belgium and a 3-month search history.
Hunter at a glance
| Maker | Hunter Web Services, Inc., United States |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes |
| Entry price | 49 EUR per month for Starter (34 EUR billed yearly) |
| API access | Yes |
| Category | Best Sales Intelligence Software in 2026, rank 12 of 12 |
| Website | hunter.io |
Who Hunter is best for
Founders running their own outbound
The free plan gives 50 credits a month and Starter adds 2,000 for 49 EUR, so a single sender can find and verify addresses before any larger spend.
Agencies cleaning purchased lists
Bulk tasks find or verify addresses in batches and the verifier costs half a credit, which keeps list hygiene cheaper than re-running full searches.
Teams working from spreadsheets
A Google Sheets add-on and a browser extension bring search and verification into the tools a prospecting team already uses, so no export step stands between a lookup and the list.
EU buyers who want hosting information
The security page names Google Cloud in Belgium, and plans are priced in euros, which answers two questions procurement asks early.
Hunter plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 EUR | 50 credits a month that reset monthly and do not roll over, with core search and verification tools. |
| Starter | 49 EUR per month, or 34 EUR per month billed yearly | 2,000 credits, Discover B2B filters, an AI Assistant in Discover, Signals from existing leads, 1 connected email account, 500 recipients per sequence. |
| Growth | 149 EUR per month, or 104 EUR per month billed yearly | 10,000 credits, auto-verification, lead enrichment, advanced Discover filters, 3 connected email accounts, an AI Writing Assistant and priority support. |
| Scale | 299 EUR per month, or 209 EUR per month billed yearly | 25,000 credits, 10 connected email accounts, the AI Writing Assistant, and priority support with an account manager. Enterprise is a custom quote above this. |
Checked November 2026.
What Hunter does
- Domain Search and Email Finder
- Domain Search lists addresses published for a company domain, and Email Finder returns the address of a named professional at 1 credit per email found. Both feed straight into outreach lists.
- Email Verifier
- Verification checks an address and costs 0.5 credit. Growth adds auto-verification, so addresses are checked as they are collected instead of in a separate pass before a send.
- Signals and TechLookup
- Signals finds prospects through intent data tied to existing leads, and TechLookup lists websites by the technology they run. Both give a reason to contact a company beyond a bare address.
- AI Assistant and Writing Assistant
- Discover has an AI Assistant on Starter, and the AI Writing Assistant drafts cold emails for sequences from Growth upward. A Hunter for AI and Agents page covers links to outside AI tools.
- Sequences and add-ons
- Connected inboxes send sequences, with 500 recipients per sequence on Starter. A browser extension, Google Sheets add-on and an API cover lookups elsewhere, and the Data Platform sells bulk data separately.
How Hunter handles your data
The security page states that Hunter is hosted on Google Cloud Platform in Belgium. The privacy policy says account data is kept until the user deletes the account and that email search and verification history is kept for 3 months. It also states that user data is not used for training and that Hunter has contractually opted out of OpenAI using data processed through its integration for model training. No ISO or SOC certification was named on the security page we opened.
Where Hunter falls short in practice
- Credits expire monthly. Credits reset each month and do not roll over. A team with uneven outbound waves loses unused credits in quiet months and must move up a plan for busy ones.
- Inbox count caps sequences. Connected email accounts are limited to 1 on Starter, 3 on Growth and 10 on Scale, with a custom number on Enterprise. High-volume senders hit that ceiling before the credit ceiling.
- Bulk API is sold apart. The Data Platform is priced by search and verification credits, with a 1,000 search and 200,000 verification example on the pricing page. Heavy automation therefore means a second price list beside the plans.
- Narrow data scope. The pages describe email addresses, verification, technology lookups and intent signals, not phone numbers or firmographic depth. A team that wants a full prospect profile will need another source.
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Hunter: common questions
How many credits does a Hunter email search use?
An email found costs 1 credit and an email verified costs 0.5 credit. Free gives 50 credits a month, Starter 2,000, Growth 10,000 and Scale 25,000. Credits reset monthly and do not roll over, so size the plan on your monthly volume of lookups.
Is Hunter priced in euros?
Yes. The pricing page shows Free at 0 EUR, Starter at 49 EUR monthly or 34 EUR billed yearly, Growth at 149 EUR or 104 EUR, and Scale at 299 EUR or 209 EUR. Yearly billing is shown as a 30 percent saving. Enterprise is a custom quote.
Where does Hunter host data?
The security page states Google Cloud Platform in Belgium. The privacy policy says email search and verification history is kept for 3 months and account data until you delete the account. Check the contract for processing terms, because the security page names no certification.
Does Hunter use my data to train AI models?
The privacy policy says it does not train on user data, and Hunter states it has contractually opted out of OpenAI using data processed through its integration for model training. Ask for the current wording of that clause in your order form.
Which Hunter plan includes the AI Writing Assistant?
The AI Writing Assistant is listed from Growth upward, on Growth, Scale and Enterprise. Starter has an AI Assistant in Discover instead. Starter also includes Signals from existing leads, so check which of the two AI features your outreach actually needs.