Anymail Finder vs Hunter
We give Anymail Finder a 2.6 GPA and Hunter a 2.8, out of 4.0. Hunter grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Anymail Finder
Email finder that verifies each address live before charging
Hunter
Email finder and verifier with cold email sequences built in
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAAnymail FinderGood | 2.8GPAHunterGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A$29 a month billed monthly with unlimited team members, about $5.80 a head for five, well under this category's cheaper quarter ($34). That buys 400 verified emails a month, 80 each. Yearly, 4,800 credits are $228. | AStarter is $34 a month billed yearly for the whole team, about $6.80 a head for five, under 60% of this category's cheaper quarter ($34). That buys 2,000 credits a month, shared: an email found costs 1, a check 0.5. |
| Free plan and trial | DNo free plan. The 7-day trial gives 100 credits, but your card is checked at the start, though not charged until the trial ends. | CA free plan with 50 credits a month that reset, basic filters, 1 email account and unlimited team members. Fine for a taste, but 50 lookups won't last a working week. |
| Features | CFinds emails by name, LinkedIn link, domain or role, verifies them live, and works in bulk, by API, in Sheets, through MCP and from an extension. It does the email job fully, but that's a smaller job: no phone lookups. | CDomain search, an email finder and verifier, a lead database, cold email sequences, an API and an MCP server. It does the email job fully, but that's a smaller job: the pricing page lists no phone lookups. |
| Ease of use | BNo App Store rating on record, but there's nothing to set up: type a name and company, or paste a LinkedIn link, and you get a verified email or pay nothing. | BNo App Store rating on record, but this is about as simple as the category gets: type a company domain and the addresses come up, or click the extension on the site you're on. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb and a Chrome extension, with Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, n8n and Clay, a REST API and MCP for Claude and ChatGPT. No desktop or phone apps. | BWeb, Chrome and Firefox extensions and a Google Sheets add-on, with HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Zapier and Clay, plus an API. No desktop or phone apps. |
| Best for | verified emails on catch-all domains | work emails for a whole team on one bill |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Anymail Finder and Hunter. How we grade
Price against what you get
Anymail Finder starts at $29 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Hunter starts at $34 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Anymail Finder starts $5 a month lower. Of the other lead and email finders on the chart, none scores higher than Anymail Finder for less, and none scores higher than Hunter for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Anymail Finder starts at $29 per month for 400 credits, billed monthly. Hunter starts at $34 per month for 2,000 credits, billed annually.
- Hunter has a free plan. Anymail Finder does not, though it has a free trial.
- Hunter also covers web clipper and email campaigns.
At a glance
| Anymail Finder | Hunter | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $29 per month for 400 credits, billed monthly | $34 per month for 2,000 credits, billed annually |
| Free plan | None | 50 credits a month (an email found costs 1, a verification 0.5), basic Discover filters, 1 connected email account and 500 recipients per sequence. |
| Free trial | 7-day trial with 100 credits on any monthly plan; card checked but not charged until the trial ends | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | AMF Internet Services Limited | Hunter Web Services, Inc. |
| Price read from | anymailfinder.com | hunter.io |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Anymail Finder
- Outbound teams that want to pay only for verified addresses
- Lists with many catch-all company domains
- Teams that share one credit pool, since team members are unlimited
Hunter
- Teams that need work emails rather than phone numbers
- Companies with many users, since every plan has unlimited team members
- Small teams that want lookup and cold email in one tool
Worth knowing
Anymail Finder
- It finds email addresses only; the pricing page lists no phone number lookups.
- Credits roll over only while subscribed; after cancelling, unused credits expire at the end of the billing period.
- Yearly plans give all credits upfront and are not refunded for unused credits.
- Credit packs without a subscription start at 100,000 credits for $1,090, valid for 12 months.
Hunter
- Hunter finds email addresses only; the pricing page lists no phone number lookups.
- Credits reset monthly and do not roll over on monthly billing; yearly billing grants the whole year's credits upfront.
- Extra connected email accounts cost from $10 a month each on Starter and Growth.
- API-only access is sold separately as the Data Platform, with bulk credits usable for 12 months.
Key features
Anymail Finder
- Person email finder
- Find one person's email from their name and a domain or company name, or from a LinkedIn URL, for 1 credit if a verified address is found.
- Company and decision-maker search
- Get up to 20 verified emails at a company for 1 credit, or the email of a decision maker found by role with AI help, for 2 credits.
- Live verification
- Every result is checked against the mail server at search time, catch-all domains included. Checking an address from elsewhere costs 0.2 credits.
- Bulk search and API
- Upload lists for bulk searches, or use the REST API, which the company says has no rate limits. Repeating a search within 30 days is free.
- Integrations and MCP
- Find emails with a formula in Google Sheets, in Zapier, Make and n8n automations, from Clay tables, or by asking Claude or ChatGPT through MCP.
- Chrome extension
- Looks up a verified email for the person or company on the page being viewed, on company sites, public profiles and directories.
Hunter
- Domain Search and Email Finder
- List the addresses Hunter has for a company domain, or look up one person by name and company. Each email found costs 1 credit.
- Email Verifier
- Checks whether an address is deliverable for half a credit. Paid plans verify found addresses automatically.
- Discover lead database
- Search companies and people with filters and an AI assistant; paid plans add advanced filters and weekly suggestions of new leads.
- Sequences
- Send cold email from connected Gmail, Outlook or SMTP accounts with tracking, A/B testing and an AI writing assistant on paid plans.
- Browser extension and Sheets add-on
- Extensions for Chrome and Firefox find addresses on the site being viewed, and a Google Sheets add-on finds and verifies in a sheet.
- API and MCP server
- An API and an MCP server give Claude, ChatGPT and other tools access to Hunter's data; an API-only Data Platform is sold separately.
Plans
Anymail Finder
Subscription$29
per month for 400 credits, billed monthly
Every feature and unlimited team members. Rises with credits: $199 a month for 10,000 credits, up to $799 for 100,000.
Hunter
Free$0
50 credits a month that reset and do not roll over, basic filters, 1 email account and unlimited team members.
Starter$34
per month for 2,000 credits, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
Auto-verification, lead enrichment, advanced filters, AI Writing Assistant, 3 email accounts and 2,500 recipients per sequence.
Growth$104
per month for 10,000 credits, billed annually ($149 billed monthly)
10 email accounts, 5,000 recipients per sequence, 450 AI searches a month and 10 million saved leads.
Scale$209
per month for 25,000 credits, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)
20 email accounts, 15,000 recipients per sequence, unlimited signals and an account manager.
EnterpriseCustom
A custom number of credits and connected email accounts, through sales.
Ways to pay less
Anymail Finder
- Annual discount
Save 33% with yearly billing
Yearly billing saves 33% and delivers the year's credits upfront: 4,800 credits cost $228 a year against $348 on the monthly plan.
Hunter
- Annual discount
About 30% off with yearly billing
Hunter's pricing page marks yearly billing -30%: Starter is $34 a month billed yearly against $49 billed monthly.
