Is Hunter or Salesflare better?

Neither clearly leads. Hunter starts at Free and Salesflare at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Hunter or Salesflare?

Hunter has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Hunter and $29/month for Salesflare.

Does Hunter or Salesflare run on more platforms?

Hunter runs on web, api. Salesflare runs on Web, iOS, Android.

Can I use Hunter for free?

Yes. Hunter has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Salesflare starts at $29/month.

What is Hunter best used for?

Hunter is most often used 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. Of those, finding verified email addresses for a target company and verifying email lists before a campaign are not what Salesflare is typically brought in for.

What can Hunter do that Salesflare cannot?

Hunter covers Domain search, Email verifier, Campaign sender, AI writing assistant. Salesflare covers Automated data entry, Email and site tracking, Gmail and Outlook sidebars, LinkedIn sidebar.

CRM · head to head

Hunter vs Salesflare

Hunter

CRM

Email finding, verification and cold outreach platform for B2B prospecting

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Salesflare

CRM

CRM that builds its own records from email, calendar and phone activity for B2B sales teams

From: $29/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Hunter has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Hunter free plan is limited to 50 credits per month and a single connected inbox, restricting real usage.; Salesflare enterprise carries a five seat minimum, so its 99 dollar per user headline is really a 495 dollar monthly floor, and a three person team wanting the training and migration that tier includes still pays for five.
They diverge on capability: Hunter covers Domain search, Salesflare covers Automated data entry.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Hunter and Salesflare actually diverge.

Attributes where Hunter and Salesflare differ
Attribute	Hunter	Salesflare
Starting price	Free	$29/month
Pricing model	freemium	Per user per month
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	web, api	Web, iOS, Android
Founded	2015	Unknown

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (CRM).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Hunter

Domain search
Email verifier
Campaign sender
AI writing assistant
Browser extension
CRM integrations

Only in Salesflare

Automated data entry
Email and site tracking
Gmail and Outlook sidebars
LinkedIn sidebar
Email workflows
Lead credits
Custom dashboards
Permissions

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Hunter

Finding verified email addresses for a target companynot Salesflare
Verifying email lists before a campaignnot Salesflare
Running cold outreach sequences from connected inboxesnot Salesflare
Enriching CRM records with contact emailsnot Salesflare

Salesflare

A ten person B2B agency whose previous CRM failed because nobody updated it and who need records created from email traffic automaticallynot Hunter
A consultancy that sells over long email threads and wants full account timelines without reps logging anythingnot Hunter
A founder-led sales team working mainly from Gmail and LinkedIn who will not switch to a separate CRM interfacenot Hunter
A team that needs email sequences and pipeline in one tool rather than a CRM plus a separate outreach productnot Hunter

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Hunter

Free plan is limited to 50 credits per month and a single connected inbox, restricting real usage.
Mobile phone or firmographic data is thinner than dedicated sales intelligence platforms.
Multichannel outreach (LinkedIn, calls, SMS) is not supported, unlike some competitors.
Higher-volume plans require annual billing to get the advertised discounted price.

Salesflare

Enterprise carries a five seat minimum, so its 99 dollar per user headline is really a 495 dollar monthly floor, and a three person team wanting the training and migration that tier includes still pays for five.
Lead enrichment credits are metered and Growth includes only five a month, so any prospecting workflow effectively requires Pro or a credit top-up, priced from 39 dollars for two hundred and fifty.
The automation depends on connected mailboxes and calendars, so deals worked over phone, WhatsApp or in person leave large gaps in the timeline the product is meant to fill.
Email workflows, permissions and custom dashboards are all withheld from the entry Growth tier, which means most teams that evaluate on the 29 dollar price actually buy at 49 dollars.
It is built for B2B pipelines with named accounts and has little to offer high-volume B2C sales, field service dispatch or any process that is not a small number of relationship-led opportunities.

Pricing, plan by plan

Hunter

Free

FreeFree
- 50 credits per month
- 1 connected email account
- Up to 500 recipients per sequence
Starter$34/month
- 2,000 monthly credits (billed yearly)
- 3 connected email accounts
- Advanced filters
Growth$104/month
- 10,000 monthly credits (billed yearly)
- 10 connected email accounts
- Priority support
Scale$209/month
- 25,000 monthly credits (billed yearly)
- 20 connected email accounts
- Account manager included

Salesflare

$29/month

Growth$29/month
- Billed annually, 39 USD on monthly billing
- Automated CRM data entry from email and calendar
- Email and website visit tracking
Pro$49/month
- Billed annually, 64 USD on monthly billing
- Everything in Growth
- Multi-email workflow sequences
Enterprise$99/month
- Billed annually, 124 USD on monthly billing
- Minimum five seats, so a floor of 495 USD per month
- Dedicated account manager

Which should you pick?

Choose Hunter if

You need domain search.
You want to start without paying.
You work on web, api.
You also want email verifier.

Hunter review

Choose Salesflare if

You need automated data entry.
You work on Web, iOS, Android.
You also want email and site tracking.

Salesflare review

Questions people ask

Is Hunter or Salesflare better?: Neither clearly leads. Hunter starts at Free and Salesflare at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Hunter or Salesflare?: Hunter has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Hunter and $29/month for Salesflare.
Does Hunter or Salesflare run on more platforms?: Hunter runs on web, api. Salesflare runs on Web, iOS, Android.
Can I use Hunter for free?: Yes. Hunter has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Salesflare starts at $29/month.
What is Hunter best used for?: Hunter is most often used 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. Of those, finding verified email addresses for a target company and verifying email lists before a campaign are not what Salesflare is typically brought in for.
What can Hunter do that Salesflare cannot?: Hunter covers Domain search, Email verifier, Campaign sender, AI writing assistant. Salesflare covers Automated data entry, Email and site tracking, Gmail and Outlook sidebars, LinkedIn sidebar.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Hunter: What does Hunter cost?

Hunter's Free plan gives 50 credits/month. Paid plans (billed yearly) start at $34/month for Starter (2,000 credits), rising to $104/month for Growth and $209/month for Scale, with custom Enterprise pricing above that.

Source

Salesflare: How much is Salesflare?

Growth is 29 USD, Pro 49 USD and Enterprise 99 USD per user per month on annual billing. Monthly billing is 39, 64 and 124 USD.

Hunter: Is there a free plan, and what are its limits?

Yes, Hunter's Free plan includes 50 monthly credits, basic database filters, one connected email account, and sequences capped at 500 recipients.

Source

Salesflare: Is there a seat minimum?

Yes, on Enterprise. It requires five seats, giving a minimum spend of 495 USD per month.

Hunter: How is usage metered?

Hunter meters usage in credits, consumed once per billing cycle for searches and verifications; credits reset monthly or accumulate annually depending on the billing plan.

Source

Salesflare: What does automated data entry actually cover?

Contact and company details, email threads, meetings and calls from connected mailboxes and calendars, assembled into account timelines without manual record creation.

Hunter: What does Hunter integrate with?

Hunter offers a browser extension, a Google Sheets add-on, CRM connections, and an API, alongside MCP support for AI tool integrations.

Source

Salesflare: Are there contracts?

No. There is no contract and you can cancel at any time, with a thirty day trial requiring no card.

Hunter vs Salesflare

Hunter

Salesflare

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Hunter

Only in Salesflare

What people use each for

Hunter

Salesflare

Where each one falls short

Hunter

Salesflare

Pricing, plan by plan

Hunter

Salesflare

Which should you pick?

Choose Hunter if

Choose Salesflare if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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