Pricing analysis Hunter ships 4 tiers from Free (25 searches/mo) to Scale (€209-€259/mo, 5K searches). The bundled Campaigns + verifier replaces 3 separate subscriptions - finder + verifier + sender - at €49-€129/mo. Below : tier breakdown + 4 hidden cost triggers + the Domain Search use case that makes Hunter unique vs LinkedIn-first competitors.
Plans01 / 09
Hunter ships 5 tiers. Per-seat pricing combined with a credit system for data lookups - the listed price is rarely the real cost.
Hunter pricing tiers - verified May 2026 against the vendor and cross-checked with our review data:
| Plan | Price | Best for | Limits / Inclusions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | €0 | Evaluation / testing | 50 · 100 credits/month (recurring) · Mix email finds + verifications (unified pool) |
| Starter | €49/mo (€34/mo annual (-31%)) | 2,000 credits/mo unified pool (email find + verify) | 2,000 · 2,000 credits/mo unified pool (email find + verify) · Was 500 searches + 1K verifications in 2024 → unified 2K credits now |
| Growth | €149/mo (€104/mo annual (-30%)) | 10,000 credits/mo (5× Starter) | 10,000 · 10,000 credits/mo (5× Starter) · Hunter Campaigns sender 10 mailboxes, 1,000 emails/day each |
| Scale | €299/mo (€209/mo annual (-30%)) | 25,000 credits/mo (2.5× Growth) | 25,000 · 25,000 credits/mo (2.5× Growth) · Hunter Campaigns sender 20 mailboxes |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom credit volumes | Custom · Custom credit volumes · Dedicated support + SLA |
Credits02 / 09
Hunter bills actions in credits with non-equal costs. A 5,000-credit plan does NOT mean 5,000 lookups.
Hunter bills credits across searches + verifications (separate pools) - both reset monthly. Mailbox connections + daily send caps tier with the plan (separate from credits).
Three pricing model details that matter most :
Compare04 / 09
How Hunter stacks against Derrick, Hunter, and the other tools we benchmarked.
Cost-per-search math across Hunter's tiers (annual billing) :
| Tier (annual) | Monthly cost | Searches | Cost / search | Bundled Campaigns? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | €0 | 25 | €0 | Yes (1 mailbox, 25/day) |
| Starter | €34 | 500 | €0.068 | Yes (3 mailboxes, 500/day) |
| Growth | €104 | 5,000 | €0.021 | Yes (10 mailboxes, 1K/day) |
| Scale | €209 | 10,000 | €0.021 | Yes (20+ mailboxes) |
| Apollo Pro | $59/seat | 833 | $0.071 | Yes (built-in sequencer) |
| Derrick STANDARD | 20 EUR | 2,000 | 0.010 EUR | No (pair with sender) |
Hunter Growth at €0.021/search is competitive with Apollo Pro at $0.071/credit (3× cheaper per-credit). The trade-off : Hunter doesn't have phone numbers + LinkedIn coverage is weaker than Apollo's 275M contact database. For Domain Search + Campaigns workflow, Hunter wins on cost. For LinkedIn-first or phone-heavy outbound, Apollo + Lusha are better fits.
What's included05 / 09
Across all Hunter paid tiers (Starter and up), you get :
What's not included : phone numbers (Hunter is email-only), AI icebreakers (no AI personalization features), LinkedIn automation (Hunter is finder-only, not LinkedIn-sender).
The verdict06 / 09
Hunter is the right tool for account-based outbound where Domain Search (finding all emails for a company domain in one query) is the deciding workflow. The bundled Campaigns + verifier replaces 3 separate subscriptions (finder + verifier + sender) at materially lower total cost - Hunter Growth at €104/mo annual covers what would be Apollo Pro ($79/seat) + NeverBounce ($9) + Lemlist ($59) = $147/mo combined for the same functionality.
The platform fails for phone-heavy outbound (Hunter is email-only - no mobile reveals), for LinkedIn-first prospecting (Apollo's 275M database has better LinkedIn coverage), and for agency-scale operations (Saleshandy's unlimited-mailbox model beats Hunter's per-tier caps at $59/mo annual).
For web app or spreadsheet workflows, pair Derrick (9 EUR/mo) with Hunter Free (€0) for a 9 EUR/mo total stack - Derrick handles enrichment (web app, Sheets, Claude, API) with 4,000 credits a month, Hunter provides 25 ad-hoc Domain Searches/mo for company-level lookups. For higher search volume, Derrick + Hunter Starter (€34 annual) = $44/mo total stack - still ~3× cheaper than Apollo Pro alone.
derrick •
Install the add-on and enrich your lists without leaving your spreadsheet.
Install in Google Sheets →
https://app1.derrick-app.com/mcp Call the same enrichment endpoints straight from your own stack or workflow.
Read the API docs →No credit card · No contract
Switch to Derrick07 / 09
Derrick is a web app: nothing to install, no credit card, 100 free credits every month.
Sign up on the Derrick web app. Nothing to install, no credit card required: you start with 100 free credits per month.
Upload the CSV you exported from Hunter, paste LinkedIn URLs, or import from LinkedIn Sales Navigator. The same actions also run in Google Sheets, in Claude (MCP) and via the API.
Pick the column to enrich and the data you need: emails, phone numbers, LinkedIn data, company info, tech stack. Derrick fills the columns, and the email and phone finders only charge for what they find.
Hunter has 4 tiers : Free (€0, 25 searches/mo, 1 mailbox), Starter (€49 monthly, €34 annual - 500 searches, 3 mailboxes), Growth (€129 monthly, €104 annual - 5K searches, 10 mailboxes), Scale (€259 monthly, €209 annual - 10K+ searches, 20+ mailboxes). All tiers bundle Domain Search + Email Finder + Verifier + Campaigns sender.
Yes - Hunter has a genuinely useful Free tier : 25 searches/month + 50 email verifications/month + 1 connected mailbox + 25 emails/day for Campaigns. Most solo SDRs can run ad-hoc Domain Search lookups for months on Free. Upgrade triggers : hitting the 25 searches/mo cap, wanting >25 emails/day, or needing >1 mailbox for Campaigns.
Domain Search is Hunter's biggest moat : enter a company domain, get back all emails associated with that domain in one query - name + role + email + verification status. Different from LinkedIn-first tools (Apollo, Lusha) which require knowing the prospect's name first. For account-based outbound where you target companies (not individuals), Domain Search is unmatched.
No. Hunter is email-only - no mobile reveals, no direct dial. Phone-outbound teams need to pair Hunter with a phone-data tool : Lusha ($49.90/mo, mobile-first), Cognism (enterprise mobile + Diamond Data), or Apollo ($59/seat annual, mobile reveals at 8 credits each). Hunter alone won't cover calling-first SDR workflows.
Hunter Campaigns is bundled with all paid tiers, so it's the cheapest way to start cold email if you're already on Hunter for email finding. Trade-offs : mailbox caps (3 on Starter, 10 on Growth) are tighter than Saleshandy's unlimited model, and Hunter Campaigns has no AI icebreakers (Smartlead bundles AI at $39, Closely at $17/sender). For pure cold-email-at-scale, Saleshandy ($23 annual) or Smartlead ($32.50 annual) beat Hunter Campaigns on per-email economics. For finder + sender combo at SMB scale, Hunter Starter (€34 annual) is competitive.
Per-search math at the Growth tier (annual billing) : Hunter Growth = €104/mo (5K searches) = €0.021/search vs Apollo Pro = $59/seat/mo (833 credits/mo) = $0.071/credit. Hunter is ~3× cheaper per search. The trade-off : Apollo's 275M database has better LinkedIn-first coverage + phone reveals (8 credits each) + bundled sequencer. Hunter is finder-first + email-only. For LinkedIn-heavy or phone-heavy outbound, Apollo wins ; for domain-based account targeting + email-only, Hunter wins.
Hunter Free (€0) + Derrick (9 EUR/mo) = 9 EUR/mo total stack. Hunter Free gives you 25 Domain Searches/mo for company-level lookups, Derrick handles no-install enrichment (email + phone + tech; web app, Sheets, Claude, API) with 4,000 credits a month. For higher search volume, upgrade Hunter to Starter (€34 annual) = $44/mo total stack - still ~3× cheaper than Apollo Pro alone ($59/seat). For agency scale, Hunter Growth (104 EUR) + Derrick STANDARD (20 EUR) = 124 EUR/mo total, covering 5,000 searches + 10,000 credits.
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