Hunter.io vs Tomba
Both are email finders with verification included. Hunter's entry plan is $49 a month for 2,000 credits. Tomba's Growth plan is $89 a month with 5,000 search credits and 5,000 verification credits. For verification volume Tomba gives more per month. Hunter adds outreach campaigns.
Prices read from hunter.io and tomba.io. We sell a competing product, and it is not in the verdict above — where we fit is at the bottom.
| Hunter.io | Tomba | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest route | $49/mo | $49/mo |
| Per year, if subscribed | $408 | $588 |
| Metering | 2,000 credits/mo from $49; a verification costs 0.5 credits | Half of each plan's monthly credits are labelled for verification |
| Credits expire | Allowance resets monthly | Allowance resets monthly |
| Product type | Outreach suite | Finder + verifier |
| Price checked | 2026-11-03 | 2026-10-12 |
Cost for one pass over a list
Each vendor’s cheapest available route. An empty cell means that vendor does not publish an allowance we can calculate from, not that it is free.
| List size | Hunter.io | Tomba | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $49.00 | $49.00 | Equal |
| 10,000 | $147.00 | $178.00 | Hunter.io |
| 50,000 | $299.00 | $449.00 | Hunter.io |
| 100,000 | $598.00 | $898.00 | Hunter.io |
| 1,000,000 | $5980.00 | $8100.00 | Hunter.io |
Cost at a steady monthly volume
What the same volume costs every month, on each vendor’s cheapest route that covers it in one month: a subscription tier whose allowance fits, or buying the covering pack again.
| Per month | Hunter.io | Tomba |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $149.00$149/mo plan with 20,000 a month | $199.00$199/mo plan with 20,000 a month |
| 50,000 | $299.00$299/mo plan with 50,000 a month | $449.00$449/mo plan with 50,000 a month |
| 100,000 | —No published plan covers this volume | $899.00$899/mo plan with 100,000 a month |
| 1,000,000 | —No published plan covers this volume | —No published plan covers this volume |
How each one bills you
Hunter.io charges $49 a month for 4,000 verifications, or $408 for a year, metered as 2,000 credits/mo from $49; a verification costs 0.5 credits. Tomba charges $49 a month for 2,500 verifications, metered as half of each plan's monthly credits are labelled for verification.
Hunter.io's allowance is tied to the subscription period. Tomba's allowance is tied to the subscription period. For uneven volume, expiry often matters more than the headline price, because credits that lapse raise the real cost of every address you did verify.
What to watch with Hunter.io: verifications draw half a credit each from the same pool you use for finding, and on monthly billing unused credits reset every month. With Tomba: the verification allowance is half the plan's credits, so 50,000 verifications a month needs the $449 plan.
Both meter verifications, so checking the same list again costs again. Before committing to either, verify an address you invented at a real domain and an address at a catch-all domain on both. The first should come back invalid and the second as risky or accept-all, not valid.
Choose Hunter.io if
you want to find addresses and run outreach campaigns from one platform.
Choose Tomba if
you want a separate allowance of 5,000 verifications a month on top of your searches.
Disclosure — our product
Where SimpleVerifier fits, and where it does not
We publish this comparison and we sell a third option, so treat the rest of this section as the pitch it is. SimpleVerifier is a monthly price with no per-email fees: verification is never cut off (each plan sets how many a month run at full speed) and API calls are included each month, so there are no credits to buy or expire:
Pro $39/mo
Email verification with the first 100,000 checks a month at full speed, then slower, never cut off, plus the finder and the API.
Pro + Phone $49.99/mo
Pro with the phone add-on: live carrier lookups for your phone lists.
Business $99/mo
For senders with big lists: the first 300,000 checks a month at full speed, then slower, never cut off.
Agency $249/mo
For agencies running lists for clients: the first 750,000 checks a month at full speed, then slower, never cut off.
That is worth it in two cases: large lists, because volume does not change the price, and lists you verify repeatedly, because a confirmed result is cached for 14 days so the second pass costs nothing. Outside those two cases, a metered vendor is usually cheaper and you should use one, Hunter.io and Tomba included.
Run the same test on any verifier
Type any address. It gets the same check the paid plans run: syntax, the domain’s mail servers and, where the provider allows it, a live mailbox check. Nothing is sent to the address.
Five checks a minute, no account needed. Nothing is sent to the address — we ask its mail server whether the mailbox exists, then disconnect.
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Common questions
- Hunter.io or Tomba — which is better?
- Both are email finders with verification included. Hunter's entry plan is $49 a month for 2,000 credits. Tomba's Growth plan is $89 a month with 5,000 search credits and 5,000 verification credits. For verification volume Tomba gives more per month. Hunter adds outreach campaigns.
- How much do Hunter.io and Tomba cost?
- Hunter.io costs $49 a month for 4,000 verifications, or $408 for a year. Tomba costs $49 a month for 2,500 verifications. Both read from their own pricing pages — Hunter.io on 2026-11-03, Tomba on 2026-10-12.
- Should I choose Hunter.io?
- Choose Hunter.io if you want to find addresses and run outreach campaigns from one platform.
- Should I choose Tomba?
- Choose Tomba if you want a separate allowance of 5,000 verifications a month on top of your searches.
- Is there an alternative to both Hunter.io and Tomba?
- SimpleVerifier is a monthly plan rather than credits: Pro at $39, Business at $99 or Agency at $249 a month. Email verification is never cut off (on Pro the first 100,000 a month run at full speed, more on Business and Agency), and API calls are included each month. It suits large lists and lists you re-check often. For a small one-off clean, a metered vendor such as Hunter.io or Tomba can cost less.