Hunter.io is a domain-based email finder that maps entire company teams from a website URL. Scrupp is a LinkedIn + Sales Navigator scraper with built-in email & phone enrichment. Here's the honest side-by-side — including where Hunter.io still wins.
Quick answer
Hunter.io is the classic domain-based email finder: give it a company domain, get the team. Starting at $49/mo. Its strength is "company → team" mapping and email pattern detection. Scrupp takes the opposite approach: it starts from LinkedIn profiles (the actual source of truth) and enriches with verified emails, so the input is a person, not a domain. Pick Hunter if your workflow starts from company websites. Pick Scrupp if your workflow starts from LinkedIn searches.
When each wins
You start outbound workflows from company websites, not LinkedIn. You have a list of target companies (e.g. from Crunchbase, Product Hunt, or manual research) and you need to find the whole team at each domain. Hunter\'s company → team mapping is its core strength.
You start outbound workflows from LinkedIn searches. Your ICP is defined by job title, industry, headcount filters on Sales Navigator, not by a list of companies you already know. You want the email finder to work natively on LinkedIn profiles, not just on domains.
Feature by feature
Every feature that matters for outbound teams, rated honestly.
| Feature | Scrupp | Hunter.io |
|---|---|---|
| Input: LinkedIn profile URL | ✅ Native Chrome extension | ⚠️ Via Hunter Connect plugin |
| Input: company domain | ✅ Yes (company-by-domain lookup) | ✅ Core feature |
| Bulk Sales Navigator search export | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Email pattern detection | ✅ Yes | ✅ Core feature (strong) |
| Multi-provider waterfall | ✅ 5+ sources | ❌ Hunter's own DB only |
| Phone numbers | ✅ Where available | ❌ No |
| SMTP verification | ✅ Real-time | ✅ Real-time |
| Cold email sender (built-in) | ❌ No | ✅ Hunter Campaigns |
| Starting price | $0/mo (PAYG) | $49/mo |
Pricing
What you actually pay, not the marketing headline.
| Volume | Scrupp | Hunter.io |
|---|---|---|
| 500 enriched leads/mo | ~$5-10 (PAYG) | $49/mo (Starter) |
| 2,000 enriched leads/mo | ~$20-40 | $99/mo (Growth) |
| 10,000 enriched leads/mo | ~$100-200 | $199/mo (Pro) |
| Entry price | $0/mo | $49/mo minimum |
Migration
FAQ
About switching from Hunter.io to Scrupp.
Yes — Scrupp's company-by-domain lookup takes a website URL and returns the team with verified emails, similar to Hunter's company search. The difference is Scrupp pulls from live LinkedIn data (not from a cached Hunter crawl), so the list is more current.
No. Scrupp is a data tool. For cold email sending, pair Scrupp with Instantly, Smartlead, or Lemlist. This unbundled approach is usually cheaper than Hunter's bundled platform.
Depends on the segment. For domain-based lookup (classic Hunter use case), Hunter is excellent. For LinkedIn profile → email (Scrupp's specialty), Scrupp's multi-provider waterfall usually wins because it doesn't rely on a single database.
Yes — Scrupp's extension is native LinkedIn-first, while Hunter Connect is a separate plugin bolted on to Hunter's main product. The UX is smoother for LinkedIn-heavy workflows.
For most use cases yes. Hunter starts at $49/mo. Scrupp is pay-as-you-go with no monthly minimum. A typical 2,000-lead/month workload costs $20-40 on Scrupp vs $99 on Hunter Growth.
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