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Pricing: Freemium
Editor rating: 4.3/5
Updated: September 2026

Email finder, verifier, B2B database and sequences. Free 50 credits/month; Starter $49 or $34 yearly (2,000 credits), Growth $149 or $104 (10,000), Scale $299 or $209 (25,000).

Editor's take: The cleanest pricing in B2B data: free 50 credits a month, then $34 to $209 on yearly billing — Sohail Akhtar

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Editor's Verdict

Official Review
Hunter is the honest email finder: free to try, $34 a month on yearly billing, and verification included. It is not a full sales-intelligence platform and does not price like one.
4.3 / 5.0
Editor Rating

Reviewed by Sohail Akhtar

Lead Editor & Founder

Pros

What we like

  • Free plan is usable
  • Monthly and yearly prices stated side by side
  • Verification built in

Cons

Limitations

  • Database is email-first; phone numbers and intent data are thin next to Apollo
  • Credits run out fast on the free plan
  • Sequencing is simpler than Lemlist or Smartlead

Pricing

PlanDetails
FreeFree – $0, 50 credits/month, one connected email account, 500 recipients per sequence
StarterStarter – $49/month billed monthly, or $34/month billed yearly ($408/year) (listed on 14 September 2026) – 2,000 credits/month
GrowthGrowth – $149/month, or $104/month billed yearly ($1,248/year) (listed on 14 September 2026) – 10,000 credits/month, 3 email accounts, lead enrichment
ScaleScale – $299/month, or $209/month billed yearly ($2,508/year) (listed on 14 September 2026) – 25,000 credits/month, priority support
OtherBulk credit purchases and API-only data plans available

Hunter has a free plan with 50 credits a month. Its pricing page on 14 September 2026 listed Starter at $49 per month billed monthly or $34 per month billed yearly ($588 or $408 a year) with 2,000 credits, Growth at $149 or $104 yearly ($1,788 or $1,248) with 10,000 credits, and Scale at $299 or $209 yearly ($3,588 or $2,508) with 25,000 credits, yearly billing stated as 30% off. A verification costs half a credit.

What is Hunter?

Quick Summary

Hunter finds and verifies professional email addresses by domain or name, adds a B2B lead database (Discover) and sends cold email sequences from your own accounts. Its pricing page on 14 September 2026 listed a free plan with 50 credits a month and paid plans at $49, $149 and $299 a month billed monthly, or $34, $104 and $209 billed yearly.

Hunter's core is Domain Search and Email Finder, backed by an Email Verifier, plus Discover for filtering a B2B database and Campaigns for sending sequences from connected mailboxes. Credits pay for searches and verifications (a verification costs half a credit). On 14 September 2026 the pricing page listed Free at $0 with 50 credits a month and one connected email account, Starter at $49 a month billed monthly or $34 billed yearly ($588 or $408 a year) with 2,000 credits, Growth at $149 or $104 yearly ($1,788 or $1,248) with 10,000 credits and three email accounts, and Scale at $299 or $209 yearly ($3,588 or $2,508) with 25,000 credits, with yearly billing stated as 30% off. Bulk credit purchases and API-only data plans are also offered. See top alternatives.

Associated Tags

email finder, email verification, b2b lead database, cold email sequences, apollo alternative

Key Features

Domain Search and Email Finder
Email Verifier at half a credit per check
Discover B2B database with filters
Campaigns: cold email sequences from your own mailboxes
AI writing assistant on paid plans
API and integrations

Target Audience

Who should use Hunter?

Anyone who needs verified emails without a sales callSmall teams that want finding and sending in one toolBudget buyers who value plain pricing
Real Use Cases

How professionals leverage Hunter – Email Finder, Verifier and Cold Email Sequences with a Free Plan

Discover practical workflows and real-world scenarios where Hunter delivers key solutions.

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A founder finds and verifies 2,000 prospect emails a month on Starter

02

A sales team enriches leads and sends sequences from three accounts on Growth

03

A developer uses the API-only data plan inside an internal tool

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Hunter free?
Yes, with 50 credits a month and one connected email account.
How much does Hunter cost?
Starter $49 a month or $34 billed yearly, Growth $149 or $104, Scale $299 or $209, with 2,000, 10,000 and 25,000 credits, as listed on 14 September 2026.
Hunter or Apollo?
Apollo has the larger database with phones and intent and a dialer; Hunter has cleaner pricing, a free plan and verification built in. For email finding alone, Hunter is cheaper.