I've been using Hunter for quite a while now. The product has improved vastly since I picked it up.
It's been a great help but there are definitely points that can be improved. For example, [I feel] email verification is really off. Verified email addresses can usually be non-existent. I usually have to use a second tool to verify the email addresses that Hunter suggests. Other than that, being able to instantly find contact info through the [Google] Chrome extension is a huge time saver despite the inaccuracy of the verification part.
Pros
Great [Google] Chrome extension
Easily finds contact information
Cons
[I feel the] email verification can be vastly imroved
Not clear how credits are used
Likelihood to Recommend
There isn't a faster tool out there as far as I know. I usually suggest Hunter to new hires and interns but always tell them to be wary of the legitimacy of the results.
When trying to find emails for prospectives at target accounts for our cold outreach, we typically turn to Hunter when our other resources do not present us with the data, or we find that our emails have been bouncing at a high rate. It is beneficial to spread the word.
Pros
Plugin
Ease of Use
Cons
Website
Company #'s
Likelihood to Recommend
Whenever you are trying to get in touch with someone, without prior contact, Hunter is the best way to find their email accurately.
Hunter is used by our sales department to verify and search for email addresses of prospects. It's extremely insightful when our research doesn't yield any contacts or emails, and it's used somewhat as a last resort. That being said, it's very much appreciated and beneficial to our team.
Pros
Pull up emails otherwise unable to be found.
Occasionally provides a full name and phone number.
Cons
Perhaps a feature that allows you to see if only generic emails are found i.e. support@, info@, etc.
It could improve not pulling up old emails for companies that aren't utilized anymore.
Likelihood to Recommend
When our sales team can't find an email for a contact/company with our other software, we utilize Hunter and rely on it fairly heavily.
Hunter is used within the sales department only. It hasn't been used in any other departments. It generally addresses the problem of lead generation, bulk mailing ID finding and verification of them. Hunter is widely used by the organisational sales and marketing team to generate and deliver a good amount of data in terms of E-mail ID.
Pros
E-mail finding.
E-Mail verification.
Cons
Cost must be less.
Emailing limitations like only for G-Suits are valid.
Likelihood to Recommend
The main points where Hunter is well recommended are: 1. Mass mail ID finding of the particular domains. 2. One by one email ID finding. 3. Bulk mailing up to 400 email IDs a day by your G suit account.
The main points where hunter is less recommended: 1. The price of the tool which is much higher than other tools with same features. 2. The limit of the mailing is less, only 400 a day. 3. The accuracy of correct email ids is less. 4. Only G suit is used.
I am a top regional seller at a national media vendor. Individual sellers (not on the management level or the support level) use Hunter in order to properly identify and verify email addresses of prospective customers. Hunter significantly facilitates the ability of our sellers to contact prospective clients in order to establish initial contact and relationships.
Pros
Provides an accurate list of email addresses for users at target domains.
It is able to identify e-mail addresses for almost every website. It's rare when a website does not have email addresses associated.
Even if an email is not previously identified, Hunter can be used to verify the address as long as you are able to discern the email format (ex: first.last).
Cons
Hunter is only as valuable as the information it is able to scrape from the internet. If a company has not listed any email addresses online, then Hunter is not going to be able to find it.
Sometimes Hunter is only able to identify non-personal-specific email addresses (ex: info @, support@, etc.). This makes it difficult to identify personnel emails
Sometimes companies will have different email domains that Hunter is not able to correlate. For example, when searching for an email address at Lead.com, Hunter is not able to point to ParentCompany.com email addresses that would be more useful.
Likelihood to Recommend
Hunter is a great tool for anyone in sales, especially if your job involves hunting accounts. Hunter does a great job of providing the proper email format (ex: first + last name @ website.com) for the vast majority (90%+) of target websites. The verify function is also invaluable as it allows sellers to confirm a lead's email address, which saves time and improves efficiencies.
We utilize this tool mainly in our sales efforts. It used by our business development and account management team. It is resourceful in locating contact information quickly online. It provides us typically with contacts email addresses.
Pros
Locates contact information.
Locates patterns of how many times that contact's name comes up online.
Identifies contacts by job title.
Cons
Sometimes contact information is outdated or incorrect.
Job titles and names are mismatched.
Sometimes doesn't locate our target contact.
Likelihood to Recommend
Hunter is well-suited for sales and finding contacts within a company. It's not particularly useful in recruiting efforts.
The entire sales department uses Hunter to confirm valid email addresses prior to adding them to a cadence. This solves the issue of emails getting bounced and then rectifying the issue, which saves us a step.
Pros
Pretty accurate - shows the likelihood of that email working due to the number of sources that this email was found
Cons
It would be nice to see the percentage of this email working
Organised by the most likely to work to the least
Likelihood to Recommend
It is great in sales/marketing for lead generation and for outbound propsecting. Would love to see this implemented/directly connected to LinkedIin and Salesforce.
We use Hunter at Workable in order to capture contact email and phone information. It is primarily used by the sales team, and associated researchers, to great effect. With Hunter, we are quickly and easily able to find contact information that other tools might have missed. It is great for getting the email domain correct and helping to determine the structure of the first half of the email e.g. first name + last name@...
Pros
Provides email domains very well. While some companies have a different domain for their "info@xyz.com", Hunter is able to find the domain that is being used by individuals at the company.
For American contacts in particular it is very good at finding personal phone numbers.
Helps to enrich the contacts that might be in a company by providing a confirmed list of employees.
As an extra - I really like how easy it is to use. You can input the contacts name and copy-paste from the chrome extension quickly and easily. This saves a load of time when you are trying to find the right address.
Cons
Recently I have found the Hunter chrome extension to be a little "buggy". For example I sometimes have to open Hunter in a new tab in order to input a contacts name. This is a recent bug though and something I have never had trouble with in the past.
While it is great for finding contacts when all the email formats are the same, it doesn't give options to try additional email formats in their search bar. This is a little frustrating as the tool itself shows the different formats listed in the drop down of suggested contacts.
Information isn't always up to date. I'm not sure how they pull their contact information so I don't have a suggestion on how to improve this currently.
Likelihood to Recommend
The scenario we most commonly use Hunter for is to quickly find and retrieve contact email information. Phone numbers are an added bonus, but they tend to only be available for contacts in the US. SDRs have the extension in order to confirm or to help them "guess" as to what a contact's email address might be. This speeds up our prospecting time considerably. Where Hunter falls short is not being flexible where companies have more than one email format.
I am in sales, where I am constantly searching for contacts at the companies to utilize our media options to advertise their product or service. Finding the right person and email is extremely important and Hunter will quickly allow me to scrub the internet resources to confirm an email. Since I've been using Hunter, there have been new additions like the "verified" feature which is great. As a Hunter salesperson myself, this is an extremely valuable tool on a daily basis.
Pros
Verifying email addresses for people at a particular company.
Easy to use.
The bulk feature is really nice and will help clean up your data to input in your CRM.
Cons
I say with confidence, this product does everything I need it to do in my role.
Likelihood to Recommend
Hunter is well suited for outbound emails to prospects in a sales organization.