# Hunter.io: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/hunter-io

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Recruiting CRM and sourcing](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/recruiting-crm-and-sourcing/index.md) | 0% | 32 | 0% | 5 |

## By model

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

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Hunter.io, from 4 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- heytalent.app: 2
- lever.co: 2
- matchr.io: 2
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 2
- talentsummoner.com: 2
- apollo.io: 1
- augtal.com: 1
- beamery.com: 1
- breezy.hr: 1
- freesourcingtools.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://heytalent.app/en/blog/affordable-sourcing-tools-recruiters-2026: 2
- https://lever.co/insights/best-candidate-sourcing-tools: 2
- https://matchr.io/blog/top-40-best-sourcing-tools: 2
- https://apollo.io/insights/surfe-alternatives: 1
- https://augtal.com/blog/candidate-sourcing-tools-ranked-by-roi-for-independent-recruiters: 1
- https://augtal.com/blog/candidate-sourcing-tools-roi-independent-recruiters: 1
- https://beamery.com/resources/recruitment-marketing-employer-branding/8-of-the-best-recruiting-tools: 1
- https://breezy.hr/blog/ai-sourcing-tools-for-recruiters: 1

## In its own words

What Hunter.io's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. 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: Free (https://hunter.io/)
- Starting price: 0 (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/)
- Certifications: GDPR, CCPA
- 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/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.