Dropcontact vs Hunter
We give Dropcontact a 2.6 GPA and Hunter a 2.8, out of 4.0. Hunter grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Dropcontact
GDPR-focused email finder that charges only for emails it finds
Hunter
Email finder and verifier with cold email sequences built in
How we grade them
| 2.6GPADropcontactGood | 2.8GPAHunterGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B€24 a month billed yearly for 500 credits, and a credit goes only when a verified email comes back. It's priced by credits, not seats, and even for one person that's inside this category's cheaper quarter ($34). The listing doesn't say how many can share it. | 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 | C50 free credits to try it, and no free plan after that. You can also pay for a month, run one file and cancel. | 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 | CEmail finding and checking from a file, one at a time or by API, with company data and job-change alerts on Growth. It does the email job fully, but that's a smaller job: no database to search, and no phone numbers below Entreprise. | 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 almost nothing to learn: drop in a CSV or Excel file and get it back with the emails filled in. | 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, with an API, an MCP server and a Google Sheets add-on, plus HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zapier and n8n. 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 | GDPR-minded email finding for European teams | 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: Dropcontact and Hunter. How we grade
Price against what you get
Dropcontact starts at about $26.89 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 Dropcontact starts $7.11 a month lower. Of the other lead and email finders on the chart, none scores higher than Dropcontact 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
- Dropcontact starts at €24 per month for 500 credits, billed annually. Hunter starts at $34 per month for 2,000 credits, billed annually.
- Hunter has a free plan. Dropcontact does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Hunter lists a browser extension.
- Hunter also covers web clipper and email campaigns.
At a glance
| Dropcontact | Hunter | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | €24 per month for 500 credits, billed annually | $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 | 50 free credits to try it | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Dropcontact | Hunter Web Services, Inc. |
| Price read from | dropcontact.com | hunter.io |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Dropcontact
- European teams that want GDPR-compliant email enrichment
- Enriching a one-off file, then cancelling
- Teams that only want to pay for emails actually found
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
Dropcontact
- Prices are in euros only; the pricing page shows no dollar prices.
- Email finder credits cannot be used for CRM enrichment, which is a separate subscription with its own pricing.
- Unused credits carry over only on Growth with an active subscription; Starter quotas reset at each renewal.
- The pricing page lists business emails only; mobile numbers are mentioned for the Entreprise CRM offer.
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
Dropcontact
- Pay on success
- A credit is charged only when a verified email is returned or an address is checked; if nothing is found the credit is refunded.
- Own algorithms, no database
- Emails are worked out and validated by Dropcontact's own algorithms on EU servers, including catch-all checks, rather than drawn from a contact database.
- File, single and API enrichment
- Drop in a CSV, XLS or TXT file, look up one person at a time, or use the API, MCP server and Google Sheets add-on.
- LinkedIn and company enrichment
- Growth adds enrichment from LinkedIn URLs without logging in, company data, job title cleaning and AI job classification.
- Company change detection
- Flags contacts who have moved to a new company, on the Growth plan and in the CRM product.
- CRM enrichment and deduplication
- A separate subscription works inside HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive to enrich records and merge duplicate contacts and companies.
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
Dropcontact
Starter€24
per month for 500 credits, billed annually (€29 billed monthly)
Email finding and verification, file and single searches, API, MCP and Google Sheets. €166 a month at 11,000 credits, billed annually.
Growth€29
per month for 500 credits, billed annually (€35 billed monthly)
Adds credit carryover, LinkedIn URL enrichment, AI job classification and company data. €253 a month at 11,000 credits, billed annually.
EntrepriseCustom
From 200,000 credits a month, with priority enrichment, real-time notifications, dedicated support and native CRM integrations.
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
Dropcontact
- Annual discount
About 20% off with yearly billing
Dropcontact's pricing page marks yearly billing -20%: Starter at 500 credits is €24 a month billed yearly against €29 monthly.
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.
