Hunter.io Pricing vs Easy Email Finder Pricing: Full Breakdown

Understanding Hunter.io's Pricing Structure

Hunter.io uses a tiered monthly subscription model that has remained relatively stable over the years. As of 2026, their pricing breaks down as follows:

• Free Plan: 25 searches and 50 verifications per month. No cost, but the limits are tight enough that serious prospecting requires upgrading quickly.
• Starter ($49/month): 500 searches and 1,000 verifications per month. This works out to roughly $0.10 per search if you use all 500.
• Growth ($149/month): 5,000 searches and 10,000 verifications. Per-search cost drops to about $0.03 at full utilization.
• Business ($399/month): 10,000 searches and 20,000 verifications. Roughly $0.04 per search at capacity.

Annual billing discounts these prices by about 30 percent, but requires committing to a full year upfront.

Understanding Easy Email Finder's Pricing

Easy Email Finder uses a single pricing model: $0.25 per email found. You buy credits in advance, use them when you need them, and they never expire. New accounts receive 5 free credits. There are no tiers, no monthly fees, and no annual contracts.

The critical distinction: you only spend a credit when an email is actually found. If a business does not have a discoverable email on its website, you are not charged. This is different from Hunter.io's search-based counting, where a search that returns no results still consumes a credit.

Cost Comparison at Different Volumes

Let us compare actual costs across common usage scenarios:

Light Prospecting: 50 Emails per Month

On Hunter.io, you would need the Starter plan at $49 per month, using only 10 percent of your allocation. On Easy Email Finder, 50 emails costs $12.50. Annual savings with Easy Email Finder: $438.

Regular Prospecting: 200 Emails per Month

Hunter.io Starter still covers this at $49 per month. Easy Email Finder costs $50 per month — essentially the same. But with Hunter, you are paying whether you use 200 or 20. With Easy Email Finder, a light month costs less.

Heavy Prospecting: 500 Emails per Month

Hunter.io Starter covers exactly 500 searches at $49 per month. Easy Email Finder costs $125 per month. At this volume, Hunter.io is cheaper per email — assuming you consistently use all 500 searches every month.

High Volume: 2,000 Emails per Month

Hunter.io Growth plan at $149 per month covers up to 5,000 searches. Easy Email Finder costs $500 per month. For consistent high-volume prospecting, Hunter.io's subscription model delivers better unit economics.

The Variable Usage Factor

The comparison above assumes consistent monthly usage, which is where subscription models look best. Reality is messier. Most small businesses and freelancers have irregular prospecting patterns. You might need 300 emails when onboarding a new client and zero for the next two months.

With Hunter.io, you pay $49 (or more) every month regardless. Three months of 300-0-0 usage costs $147 on Hunter versus $75 on Easy Email Finder. The pay-per-email model wins whenever usage is uneven, which for most small operators is most of the time.

What You Get for the Price

Price per email is not the only consideration. Hunter.io includes email verification, a Chrome extension, bulk search by domain, and email campaign features in paid plans. These are genuinely useful if you use them.

Easy Email Finder includes richer business data: Google ratings, addresses, phone numbers, tech stack detection, social links, and franchise detection. It also includes CSV export and API access at no additional cost. For local business prospecting, this context is arguably more valuable than email campaigns because it helps you qualify leads before reaching out. Read more about what sets our data apart in why email pattern guessing is unreliable.

Which Pricing Model Is Right for You?

Hunter.io's subscription makes financial sense if you prospect at consistent, predictable volumes above 200 emails per month and you use their additional features (verification, campaigns, Chrome extension).

Easy Email Finder's pay-per-email model makes financial sense if your volume varies, you prospect in bursts, you focus on local businesses, or you simply prefer not to manage another subscription. Visit easyemailfinder.com to try the pay-per-email model with 5 free credits.

For a broader comparison of subscription-free tools, see our post on email finder tools that do not require a subscription.