Lead data · replacement recipe

Go from Hunter to Hunter (free tier)

The job: Occasional email verification (Verify known email addresses, Upload a CSV, Export results). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.

From · what you pay for now
Hunter
Hunter Starter · $49/mo
Year one+$576modeled
To · your pickBest fit
Hunter (free tier)
Free plan · $0 a month
Change where you land

The money

$49/mo today $0/mo

Hunter Starter

Year one, net+$576
Pays back in0.2 months

Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math

Does it do the job? 2 of 3 covered, 1 not checked

  • Verify known email addresses
  • Upload a CSV not checked
  • Export results

The work

Setup
About 15 min
Upkeep
None
Watch out
Check first: Verification-only use confirmed

Make the move in four steps

  1. Export from Hunter

    Saved leads (people) and companies. Format: CSV

    Export steps

  2. Check what Free plan keeps

    50 credits a month; Sequences from 1 connected email account with up to 500 recipients per sequence; unlimited team members

    Details

  3. Switch to Free plan

    Change the plan in Hunter's billing settings before your renewal date.

  4. Check the next bill

    Your next Hunter invoice should show the lower price. Check that your data and links still work.

Open HunterHow to cancel Hunter
Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Paths marked Tested by Stackcut were run end to end by us on our own products. They're our tests, not customer results. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

The whole recipe: 2 ways out, best first

What you use

  • Verify known email addresses
  • Upload a CSV
  • Export results

Not covered

  • Email discovery
  • Lead database
  • Outreach sequences
  • Guaranteed deliverability

Check before switching

  • Verification-only use confirmed
  • Alternative API quote retrieved
  • No permissionless collection
  • False-positive cost evaluated

Agents: get_recipe("lead-verification") on the Stackcut MCP server.

2 ways out, best first

Cheaper planHunter (free tier)Saves $576 in year one
$49/mo today → $0/mo · setup 0.25 h · then $588/yr · payback 0.2 mo
If your use fits the free tier (50 credits a month; Sequences from 1 connected email account with up to 500 recipients per sequence; unlimited team members).
Covers 67% of the core features
Free: 50 credits/mo for verifying emails, with CSV export. Check that bulk upload works on Free before you rely on it.
How we got this
You pay now: Hunter Starterflat price$49/mo
New cost: Hunter (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$49 − $0+$49/mo
Over 12 months+$49 × 12+$588
Setup, once0.25 h × $50/h−$12
Year one+$588 − $12+$576
  • Not counting your time (0.25 h in year one): saves $588 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: hunter.iohelp.hunter.io
Replace with AIReplace with AI: occasional email verificationSavings not modeled yet
Use an approved verification provider with a narrow batch wrapper; keep discovery and outreach as separate capabilities.
Covers 100% of the core features
Sources: hunter.io

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