# Hunter.io

Hunter.io finds and verifies professional email addresses by name, company or domain, and adds a B2B lead database and built-in cold email sequences. Website: hunter.io. Category: [B2B Data & Enrichment](https://gtmranked.com/best/b2b-data-enrichment/). Not enough independent evidence to rank (6 rated comments).

**Verdict:** Independent discussion is thin: only about six non-promotional comments give a real opinion. Those who like Hunter use it for a narrow job, finding a known person's work email or a company's email pattern and verifying it before sending; the two detailed negative reports describe bulk lists returning few usable addresses and refund requests being refused. Most of the Reddit mentions are promotional, including a one-day cluster of eight near-identical replies on 2024-06-08 pushing Mystrika, DoYouMail, FilterBounce and SocLeads as Hunter alternatives, plus a reply from a Hunter employee.

**What users like:**
- Reliable for the classic use: take a name from LinkedIn and get the person's work email or the company's email pattern [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/LeadGeneration/comments/1cdlsdl/_/l1ctqb6/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/8tqx1h/_/e1bimlr/) [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/growmybusiness/comments/1spv96y/_/oh8ytx6/) [4](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/8tqx1h/_/e19ip45/)
- Doubles as an email verifier, which users run before sending to protect their domain from bounces [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/LeadGeneration/comments/1cdlsdl/_/l1ctqb6/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/8tqx1h/_/e1bimlr/)

**What users complain about:**
- Weak on bulk lists: one buyer says only about 7% of an uploaded list came back usable after hours of manual cleanup, and another found too few verified addresses in its database and the interface clunky [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/agency/comments/1ec3xlv/_/oknad87/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/agency/comments/1ec3xlv/_/oiynf5s/)
- Two dissatisfied buyers say refund requests were refused; one was offered credits instead and filed a chargeback [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/agency/comments/1ec3xlv/_/oknad87/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/agency/comments/1ec3xlv/_/oiynf5s/)

**Best for:** Finding the work email of a specific, already-identified person; Checking a company's email pattern and verifying addresses before sending.
**Skip it if:** Bulk enrichment of large uploaded lists; Buyers who need a large contact database rather than an email finder.
**Pricing (vendor-stated, checked 2026-10-14):** Free plan with 50 credits a month. Starter from $34/mo billed yearly ($49 monthly) for 2,000 credits a month; Growth $104/mo yearly ($149 monthly) for 10,000; Scale $209/mo yearly ($299 monthly) for 25,000; Enterprise is custom. One credit pool covers finding (1 credit) and verifying (0.5 credit), with unlimited users on every plan. An API-only Data Platform sells search and verification credits separately. Figures are USD list prices; UK visitors are shown GBP (Starter £28/mo billed yearly).

Full review: https://gtmranked.com/tools/hunter/