Hunter API
Marketing & SEO Free key (no card)
AuthenticationFree key (no card)
Rate limitFree; 25 domain searches and 50 email verifications per month.
Documentation: hunter.io ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026
About
Hunter finds and verifies professional email addresses. Give it a company domain and it returns likely email patterns plus verification status, which is gold for prospecting and outreach lists. The free plan includes monthly searches and verifications with no credit card, and the API also covers email finder, verification, and simple outreach sequences.
Details
Free to start. You may need a free key, but no credit card.
Auth: Free key (no card)
Rate limit: Free; 25 domain searches and 50 email verifications per month.
Verified: 2026-09-13
Best for: marketing leads sales enrichment
Setup
- Create a free Hunter account
- Copy your API key from the dashboard
- Test a domain search on a company you know
- Verify the emails you plan to contact
- Build your prospect list and export or sync it
Example
GET https://api.hunter.io/v2/domain-search?domain=stripe.com&api_key=<key>Use cases
- Build a prospect list of decision-makers at target companies
- Verify email lists before a campaign to cut bounces
- Enrich signup data with the sender's company info