Compare/Head to head

Dropcontact vs Hunter

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

Dropcontact

€79/mo

GDPR-first B2B email finder and enrichment. Starter is €79/mo; 50 free credits.

Where Dropcontact fits

EU teams that need GDPR-first enrichment
HubSpot, Salesforce, or Pipedrive shops
Ops that want MCP/API into enrichment
Buyers who will not send US-scraped files

Hunter

$34/mo Free tier Free trial

Name-plus-domain email search with a verifier, API and MCP. Free tier, then $49/mo monthly or $34/mo on annual billing.

Where Hunter fits

Recruiters doing name-plus-domain lookup
Teams that need a finder API
Buyers who want a free tier plus MCP
Desks that live in Chrome or Google Sheets

At a glance

Detail	Dropcontact	Hunter
Starting price	€79/mo	$34/mo
Free tier	–No	✓Yes
Free trial	Not on record	Yes
MCP server	✓Yes	✓Yes
Public API	✓Yes	✓Yes
Listed under	Email finders, Verification, Lead generation	Email finders, Verification, Lead generation
Capterra	4.7 from 23 reviews	4.6 from 711 reviews

Where they pull apart

Dropcontact

Stands out: Pay-on-success EU enrichment with HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, API, and MCP, built for CNIL-shaped buying, not a US credit dump.

Watch out: €79 is not $49. Fifty free credits are not a 14-day trial. You pay for found emails, then the monthly quota renews.

Not the right fit for

US desks that want a $29 Hunter clone
LinkedIn hover-find users
People who need a sequencer

Hunter

Stands out: The default finder API, with MCP and a widely used free Chrome extension.

Watch out: Built around work email, so it is not a mobile-number product.

Not the right fit for

Teams that need mobiles as the core product
Buyers who want a sequencer in the same login

Pros and cons

Dropcontact

€79 Starter with a GDPR-first pitch
HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, API, and MCP
Pay on found emails rather than raw scrapes

More expensive than US $29 finders
50 credits are not a trial
Not a LinkedIn overlay

Hunter

Public $49 monthly Starter, cheaper annually
Free browser extensions
MCP plus REST API

Work email rather than mobile numbers
No sequencer
Credit caps on the entry plan

What each one costs

Dropcontact

€79/mo

Starter from €79/mo (credit tiers by volume). Growth from €120/mo. Pay-on-success credits; unused credits can carry over on Growth+. API and MCP on Starter+. Confirm current pricing on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Hunter

$34/mo

Free plan with 50 credits a month. Starter is $34/mo billed yearly ($408), or $49 monthly, for 2,000 credits a month; Growth is $104/mo yearly or $149 monthly for 10,000 credits; Scale is $209/mo yearly or $299 monthly for 25,000 credits. Credits do not roll over. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try Dropcontact or Hunter for free?

Hunter carries a free tier on our listing. Hunter offers a free trial.

Does Dropcontact or Hunter have an MCP server?

Dropcontact and Hunter ship a first party MCP server, so an AI assistant can work the product directly.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?