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Alternatives to Hunter
19 crm tools sit alongside Hunter in this directory. Below is what separates each from Hunter on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 10
- Cheaper to start
- 8
- Hunter starts at
- Free, then $34/month
Why people look past Hunter
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Hunter entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Hunter starts at $34/month. Across the 15 crm tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $29/month.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Hunter publishes 5 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Hunter pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Lead generation, email verification, outreach automation and CRM platform
- Starts $5 a month dearer, at $39/month.
B2B contact database and lead intelligence platform for sales prospecting
- No free tier, where Hunter has one.
- Starts $40 a month dearer, at $74/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 3 tiers to Hunter's 5.
Zoho pipeline CRM for small businesses, priced well below Zoho CRM itself
- Starts $27 a month cheaper, at $7/month.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than freemium.
- 4 tiers to Hunter's 5.
Faster workspace over Salesforce for sales reps to update pipeline, take notes and manage deals
- Starts $15 a month cheaper, at $19/month.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than freemium.
- 4 tiers to Hunter's 5.
Open source Laravel CRM for sales teams that want to own the code
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than freemium.
- 2 tiers to Hunter's 5.
AGPL open source CRM in PHP that you can self-host free or buy as cloud with seat minimums
- Starts $19 a month cheaper, at $15/month.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than freemium.
- 4 tiers to Hunter's 5.
Every Hunter alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter (this page) | Free, then $34/month | Freemium | 5 | |
| Snov.ioSnov.io offers similar email finding and verification plus built-in CRM and LinkedIn automation. | Free, then $39/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Hunter |
| UpLeadUpLead offers a broader B2B contact database with mobile numbers and technographic filters. | $74/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Hunter |
| Bigin | Free, then $7/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Hunter |
| Scratchpad | Free, then $19/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Hunter |
| Krayin | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Hunter |
| EspoCRM | Free, then $15/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Hunter |
| Kylas | Free, then 12999/month | Flat rate per month, unlimited users | 3 | vs Hunter |
| SuiteCRM | Free, then £50/month | Open source, no licence fee | 4 | vs Hunter |
| Twenty | Free, then $9/month | - | 3 | vs Hunter |
| Seamless.AI | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Hunter |
| Reply.io | Free, then $49/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Hunter |
| Corefactors AI CRM | 899/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Hunter |
| Daylite | $15/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Hunter |
| Apptivo | On request | Per user per month | 4 | vs Hunter |
| Salesflare | $29/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Hunter |
| OnePageCRM | $9.95/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Hunter |
| Solid Performers | On request | Per user per month | 6 | vs Hunter |
| Woodpecker | $7/month | Usage-based | 1 | vs Hunter |
| lemlist | $55/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Hunter |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Hunter badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (10)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
Cheaper than Hunter (8)
Entry price under Hunter's $34/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Bigin , Free, then $7/month
- Scratchpad , Free, then $19/month
- EspoCRM , Free, then $15/month
- Twenty , Free, then $9/month
- Daylite , $15/month
- Salesflare , $29/month
- OnePageCRM , $9.95/month
- Woodpecker , $7/month
What you would be giving up
Hunter is most often brought in for finding verified email addresses for a target company, verifying email lists before a campaign, running cold outreach sequences from connected inboxes, enriching crm records with contact emails. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Hunter is broadly right and the question is cost, the Hunter pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the CRM category lists everything the directory holds, and best crm tools ranks them.
Hunter runs on web, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Hunter alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Hunter?
- 19 other crm tools are listed in this directory, led by Snov.io, UpLead, Bigin, Scratchpad. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Hunter?
- 10 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Snov.io, Bigin, Scratchpad, Krayin, EspoCRM.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Hunter?
- Yes. 8 of the alternatives below start under Hunter's $34/month: Bigin at Free, then $7/month, Scratchpad at Free, then $19/month, EspoCRM at Free, then $15/month, Twenty at Free, then $9/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Hunter?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Hunter?
- Hunter is most often brought in for finding verified email addresses for a target company, verifying email lists before a campaign, running cold outreach sequences from connected inboxes, enriching crm records with contact emails. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Hunter?
- None of the crm tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Hunter alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, CRM, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Hunter against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Hunter covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every crm tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the CRM category, 19 tools beside Hunter. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.