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  "name": "Hunter.io",
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  "ai_features": "Primarily deterministic pattern-matching (common email formats per domain) plus web crawling and deliverability checks (SMTP/syntax verification) - this is data engineering, not AI/ML in any meaningful sense. Notably, Hunter does not prominently market itself as \"AI-powered,\" which is more honest than most competitors in this category.",
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  "notes": "The Free tier ($0/mo, 25 searches + 50 verifications/month) includes API access per Hunter's own feature-comparison table, making it one of the few tools here with genuinely self-serve, no-cost API access (rate/volume-limited). Paid tiers: Starter (~$34-49/mo), Growth (~$104-149/mo), Scale (~$209-299/mo depending on annual/monthly billing), Enterprise custom. A separate higher-volume \"Data Platform\" API product uses credit packages starting around $6,500. 2026-09-03: vendor docs state the Email Finder endpoint \"finds the most likely email address from a domain name, a first name and a last name\" and its response includes linkedin_url (https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2); no MCP tool name is stated on that page; the docs state no credit is charged if no email is found, and the pricing page states the Free plan includes 50 credits per month (https://hunter.io/pricing).",
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