# Hunter: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 34 judge labels across 6 categories by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/hunter

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data enrichment](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/data-enrichment/index.md) | 0% | 10 | 5% | 20 |
| [Sales intelligence and contact data](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/sales-intelligence-and-contact-data/index.md) | 0% | 13 | 0% | 8 |
| [Market intelligence platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/market-intelligence/index.md) | 0% | 75 | 0% | 2 |
| [Value selling tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/value-selling-tools/index.md) | 0% | 56 | 0% | 2 |
| [B2B intent data providers](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/b2b-intent-data/index.md) | 0% | 31 | 0% | 1 |
| [Identity resolution](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/identity-resolution/index.md) | 0% | 80 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Generally better-reviewed; focuses on pattern-matched business emails rather than scraped personal data" (Kimi K2, Sales intel)
- "Hunter.io is one of the best data enrichment tools for small-scale usage as a free data enrichment tool" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Enrichment)
- "Pricing starts with a free plan (25 searches/month), with paid plans beginning at $49/month." (Claude Haiku 4.5, Sales intel)
- "Low-cost plans and a free tier, but fewer broader enrichment features." (Perplexity Sonar, Enrichment)

## And against it

- "Avoid for high-volume campaigns to prevent deliverability issues." (Grok 4.20, Enrichment)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Hunter, from 79 of the 108 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- lemlist.com: 24
- g2.com: 20
- databar.ai: 16
- prospeo.io: 16
- miniloop.ai: 14
- apollo.io: 13
- demandbase.com: 13
- marketbetter.ai: 13
- bookyourdata.com: 12
- reddit.com: 12

### Pages cited

- https://lemlist.com/blog/data-enrichment-tools: 12
- https://albato.com/blog/publications/best-data-enrichment-tools: 11
- https://zapier.com/blog/data-enrichment-tools: 11
- https://demandbase.com/blog/b2b-data-enrichment-tools: 10
- https://miniloop.ai/blog/b2b-data-enrichment: 10
- https://salespanel.io/resources/data-enrichment-tools: 10
- https://databar.ai/blog/article/best-sales-intelligence-tools-small-teams-2026: 8
- https://snov.io/blog/data-enrichment-tools: 8

## The company

Hunter.io; https://hunter.io; United States; founded 2015. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What Hunter's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: the all-in-one email outreach platform to find verified decision makers and turn them into leads (https://hunter.io/)
- For: founders, marketers, sales teams, and product owners (https://hunter.io/)
- Price stated: Pay as you go (https://hunter.io/)
- Starting price: 0.00 (https://hunter.io/)
- Free plan or trial: 50 free leads/month No credit card No trial (https://hunter.io/)
- Integrations claimed: 5000 (https://hunter.io/); 5 (https://hunter.io/pricing) (pages disagree)
- Customers named: Canva, Acquire.com, 95 Projects, Modgility, Planhat CRM, Lattice, REsimpli

## What it publishes

Every page hunter.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 3694 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 209 pages, 12 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 46 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-17
- webinar or virtual event: 13 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 8 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-08
- template or tool: 547 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-05-12
- podcast or video: 16 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Data provenance for ai agents https://hunter.io/blog/data-provenance-for-ai-agents/
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: Email infrastructure https://hunter.io/blog/email-infrastructure
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: Should you email more than one person per company https://hunter.io/blog/should-you-email-more-than-one-person-per-company
- Recent: 2026-09-08 comparison: 11891855 static vs dynamic lists in hunter leads http://help.hunter.io/en/articles/11891855-static-vs-dynamic-lists-in-hunter-leads
- Recent: 2026-09-01 blog: Llms get email data wrong https://hunter.io/blog/llms-get-email-data-wrong
- Recent: 2026-08-25 blog: 15 ways to find similar leads https://hunter.io/blog/15-ways-to-find-similar-leads

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.