Pricing analysis Hunter ships 4 tiers from Free (50 credits/mo) to Scale (€209-€299/mo, 25,000 credits). One unified credit pool: 1 credit per email found, 0.5 per verification. The bundled Campaigns + verifier replaces 3 separate subscriptions - finder + verifier + sender - from €34/mo billed yearly (€49 monthly). Below : tier breakdown + hidden cost triggers + the Domain Search use case that makes Hunter unique vs LinkedIn-first competitors.
Plans
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 October 2026 on the vendor's pricing page (EUR):
| Plan | Price | Best for | Limits / Inclusions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | €0 | Evaluation / testing | 50 credits/month · Unified pool (email finds + verifications) · Chrome extension + Domain Search |
| Starter | €49/mo (€34/mo billed yearly, €408/year) | Solo SDRs and small outbound | 2,000 credits/mo · Unified pool (1 credit per email found, 0.5 per verification) · Campaigns sender, 3 mailboxes |
| Growth | €149/mo (€104/mo billed yearly, €1,248/year) | Active SDR teams | 10,000 credits/mo (5× Starter) · Hunter Campaigns sender 10 mailboxes, 1,000 emails/day each |
| Scale | €299/mo (€209/mo billed yearly, €2,508/year) | Larger outbound teams | 25,000 credits/mo (2.5× Growth) · Hunter Campaigns sender 20 mailboxes |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom credit volumes | Custom · Custom credit volumes · Dedicated support + SLA |
The API, the MCP server and the Google Sheets add-on are available on every plan, Free included.
Credits
Hunter bills actions in credits with non-equal costs. A 5,000-credit plan does NOT mean 5,000 lookups.
Hunter uses a single unified credit pool for email finds and verifications : 1 credit per email found, 0.5 credit per verification, 1 credit per up to 10 emails on a Bulk Domain Search. If an email can't be found, it's free. On monthly billing credits reset every month and don't roll over ; yearly billing deposits all credits upfront. Mailbox connections + daily send caps tier with the plan (separate from credits).
Three pricing model details that matter most :
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How Hunter stacks against Derrick, Hunter, and the other tools we benchmarked.
Cost-per-credit math across Hunter's tiers (annual billing) ; one email found costs 1 credit :
| Tier (annual) | Monthly cost | Credits / month | Cost / credit (= per email found) | Bundled Campaigns? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | €0 | 50 | €0 | Yes (1 mailbox, 25/day) |
| Starter | €34 | 2,000 | €0.017 | Yes (3 mailboxes, 500/day) |
| Growth | €104 | 10,000 | €0.0104 | Yes (10 mailboxes, 1K/day) |
| Scale | €209 | 25,000 | €0.0084 | Yes (20+ mailboxes) |
| Derrick STANDARD | 20 EUR | 10,000 | 0.010 EUR per email (5 credits) | No (pair with sender) |
On pure cost per email found, Hunter Growth (€0.0104, annual billing) and Derrick STANDARD (€0.01) land in the same range ; Hunter Scale goes lower at higher volume. The difference is what you get around the email : Hunter has a bundled Campaigns sender and Domain Search, no phone numbers and a domain-first workflow, while Derrick adds phone, tech and firmographic enrichment in a web app or spreadsheet. For Domain Search + Campaigns workflow, Hunter wins on cost. For LinkedIn-first or phone-heavy outbound, a phone-capable data tool is a better fit.
What's included
Across all Hunter tiers, you get :
What's not included : phone numbers (Hunter is email-only), AI-written icebreakers (the AI Assistant is for company search and enrichment, not email writing), LinkedIn automation (Hunter is finder-only, not LinkedIn-sender).
The verdict
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) with one bill - Hunter Growth is €104/mo billed yearly (€149 monthly) for 10,000 credits, API and MCP server included.
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).
For web app or spreadsheet workflows, pair Derrick (20 EUR/mo) with Hunter Free (€0) for a 20 EUR/mo total stack - Derrick handles enrichment (web app and Google Sheets add-on ; MCP and API from PLUS) with 10,000 credits a month, Hunter provides 50 free credits a month for company-level Domain Search lookups. For higher volume, Derrick + Hunter Starter (€34/mo billed yearly) = €54/mo total stack.
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Switch to Derrick
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, 50 credits/mo, 1 mailbox), Starter (€49 monthly, €34 billed yearly - 2,000 credits, 3 mailboxes), Growth (€149 monthly, €104 billed yearly - 10,000 credits, 10 mailboxes), Scale (€299 monthly, €209 billed yearly - 25,000 credits, 20+ mailboxes). All tiers bundle Domain Search + Email Finder + Verifier + Campaigns sender. One email found costs 1 credit, one verification 0.5 credit.
Yes - Hunter has a genuinely useful Free tier : 50 credits/month (1 credit per email found, 0.5 per verification) + 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 50-credit 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. If no emails are found, no credits are used. 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 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-email-account model, and Hunter Campaigns has no AI icebreakers (Smartlead includes its AI assistant on all plans from $39/mo monthly, Closely includes AI agents from its Growth plan at $95/mo billed annually). For pure cold-email-at-scale, Saleshandy ($34/mo billed annually) or Smartlead ($32.50/mo billed annually) beat Hunter Campaigns on per-email economics. For finder + sender combo at SMB scale, Hunter Starter (€34 billed yearly) is competitive.
Per-credit math at the Growth tier (annual billing) : Hunter Growth = €104/mo for 10,000 credits = about €0.0104/credit (1 credit per email found) vs Apollo Pro = $59/seat/mo (833 credits/mo) = about $0.071/credit. Hunter is several times cheaper per credit. 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 (20 EUR/mo) = 20 EUR/mo total stack. Hunter Free gives you 50 credits a month for company-level Domain Search lookups, Derrick handles no-install enrichment (email + phone + tech ; web app and Google Sheets add-on, MCP and API from PLUS) with 10,000 credits a month. For higher volume, upgrade Hunter to Starter (€34 billed yearly) = €54/mo total stack. For agency scale, Hunter Growth (€104 billed yearly) + Derrick STANDARD (€20) = €124/mo total, covering 10,000 Hunter credits + 10,000 Derrick credits.
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