ContactOut vs Hunter

Hunter wins 3 of 5 head-to-head metrics against ContactOut across find work email, measured on routed traffic over the last 30 days.

Find work email

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ContactOut ranks #7 and Hunter #4 of 9 providers for people.email.find. Winning values are bold on a green tint.
Metric	ContactOut	Hunter	Edge
Grid score	64	73
Price	$0.012 per hit	$0.011 per hit
Per verified hit	$0.013	$0.012	Hunter
Fill rate	64.0%	58.0%	ContactOut
Accuracy	94.7%	95.1%	Tie
p50 / p95	1.9 s / 5.2 s	640 ms / 1.9 s	Hunter
Reliability	98.7%	99.3%	Hunter
Freshness	20 days	21 days
Calls, 30 days	22.8K	96.1K

Rated 4.0 out of 5User9,150 verified calls
Fastest p50 of the finders and very predictable. Fill is lower on companies under 50 people, so I only use it as the second step now.
Tomás G., Founder, outbound agencyHunter people.email.findSep 20, 2026

Is ContactOut or Hunter better for find work email?

Hunter ranks #4 of 9 against #7 on Grid score. It costs $0.012 per verified result against $0.013, with a 58.0% fill rate against 64.0%.