Locus product guide · Updated November 10, 2026

Hunter.io pricing in 2026: plans, credits and API costs

Hunter.io has a Free plan with 50 credits a month and three paid plans: Starter at $49 a month or $34 billed yearly for 2,000 credits a month, Growth at $149 or $104 for 10,000, and Scale at $299 or $209 for 25,000. A found email costs 1 credit, a verification 0.5 and an enrichment 0.2. Every plan includes the API, MCP access and unlimited users. Prices checked November 10, 2026.

How much does each Hunter plan cost?

Hunter prices by credits, not seats. The whole team shares one pool. Yearly billing saves 30% and grants the year of credits up front. Figures from hunter.io/pricing on November 10, 2026.

How much does each Hunter plan cost?
Plan	Billed monthly	Billed yearly	Credits	Connected email accounts
Free	$0	No yearly option	50 a month	1
Starter	$49 a month	$34 a month ($408 a year)	2,000 a month or 24,000 a year	3
Growth	$149 a month	$104 a month ($1,248 a year)	10,000 a month or 120,000 a year	10
Scale	$299 a month	$209 a month ($2,508 a year)	25,000 a month or 300,000 a year	20
Enterprise	Talk to sales	Custom quote	Custom volume	Custom number

What does one Hunter credit buy?

Credits count the same in the web app, the API, the browser extension and Google Sheets. Repeating the same search or verification in one billing period is free. Hunter’s API docs list these costs.

What does one Hunter credit buy?
Action	Credits	Charged when
Email Finder	1	An email is found. A miss is free.
Domain Search (API)	1 per 10 emails returned, rounded up	At least one email is returned
Email Verifier	0.5	The result is valid, invalid or accept_all. Unknown is free.
Person, company or combined enrichment	0.2	Data is found. You need 1 credit left to start.
Email Count and Discover company search	0	Never

What does a Hunter credit really cost on each plan?

Divide the plan price by its credits, assuming you use them all. Starter billed monthly costs almost 3 times as much per credit as Scale billed yearly. Unused monthly credits raise the real price further. Prices checked November 10, 2026.

What does a Hunter credit really cost on each plan?
Plan	Cost per credit, billed monthly	Cost per credit, billed yearly
Starter	$0.0245	$0.0170
Growth	$0.0149	$0.0104
Scale	$0.0120	$0.0084

What does it cost to find and verify 1,000 emails?

Finding 1,000 emails uses up to 1,000 credits, and verifying them uses 500 more. That fits in one month of Starter, so the job costs $49 if you subscribe for a month and cancel. Hunter says one-month subscriptions are fine.

At steady volume a bigger plan pays off. Scale billed yearly costs about $0.0084 a credit, so a found and verified email costs about $0.0125.

What are the catches in Hunter’s pricing?

Hunter is simpler than most data vendors. Watch these points.

Monthly credits reset and do not roll over.
The pricing page says Domain Search costs 1 credit per email found. The API docs say 1 credit per 10 emails returned. Check the X-Credits-Used header on your own calls.
Rate limits per API key: 15 requests a second and 500 a minute for Domain Search, Email Finder and enrichment, 10 a second and 300 a minute for Email Verifier, and 50 a second across all calls.
Hunter skips disposable addresses and does not charge for them.
The API-only Data Platform sells search and verification credits in bulk. They last 12 months from purchase.

Can an agent use Hunter without a Hunter plan?

Yes. Locus Pro calls Hunter’s API for you and bills each call to one prepaid credit balance. You need no Hunter account, plan or key, and the same balance pays for Apollo, Prospeo and other providers. Catalog checked November 10, 2026.

Every call shows its price before it runs, and the agent can cap it. A monthly limit stops new calls when you reach it, and platforms can bill their own customers for the lookups their agents run.

Paying per call suits agents that look up emails in bursts. At steady volume, a plan on your own Hunter account and API key can cost less per call.

Can an agent use Hunter without a Hunter plan?
Locus endpoint	What it returns	How it is charged
hunter/email-finder	A work email from a name and domain	Full price only when an email is found
hunter/domain-search	Emails found at a company domain	Grows with the emails returned
hunter/email-verifier	Whether an address can receive mail	Fixed per check
hunter/email-enrichment	Person details for an email address	Fixed per lookup
hunter/company-enrichment	Company details for a domain	Fixed per company
hunter/combined-enrichment	Person and company details in one call	Fixed per combined lookup
hunter/discover	Companies that match search filters	Fixed per search
hunter/email-count	How many emails Hunter has for a domain	Fixed per call

Which Hunter option fits your team?

Pick by who does the work and how steady it is.

A team running sequences from Hunter every week: buy a plan. You get Sequences, Discover filters and unlimited users.
Steady volume above 10,000 credits a month: Growth or Scale, billed yearly for the lowest rate per credit.
An agent that finds emails in bursts, with no one working in the Hunter app: Locus Pro, with no plan and no monthly credits to use up.
An agent that also needs Apollo, Prospeo or verification from another vendor: one Locus balance covers all of them.

Frequently asked questions

Is Hunter.io free?

Yes. The Free plan includes 50 credits a month, the API, one connected email account and unlimited team members. That is up to 50 found emails or 100 verifications.

Does Hunter charge when it cannot find an email?

No. Email Finder uses a credit only when it finds an address, and Domain Search uses none when it finds nothing. An unknown verification result is also free.

Can I pay for Hunter for just one month?

Yes. Hunter says you can subscribe for one month and cancel when the work is done. You keep the plan until the end of the cycle.

How many requests a second does the Hunter API allow?

By default, 50 requests a second across all calls. Domain Search, Email Finder and enrichment allow 15 a second and 500 a minute. Email Verifier allows 10 a second and 300 a minute.

Implementation references

Use these first-party references for current request contracts and account requirements. Tool availability, prices, and negotiated terms can change.

Sources

Third-party details were checked on November 10, 2026. Vendors change pricing and features often, so confirm on their site before you decide.