Key takeaways
- Hunter keeps its centre on Domain Search, Email Finder and Email Verifier, with a free plan.
- Snov.io adds drip campaigns, warm-up, LinkedIn Automation and a Sales CRM around its finder.
- Pick by how much of the outbound process you want inside the email tool.
- Pebbles Ai returns work emails with a confidence score and a catch-all flag, then drafts the outreach.
How Hunter and Snov.io differ
Hunter and Snov.io differ mainly in breadth: Hunter is a finder and verifier first, while Snov.io wraps finding in a prospecting and campaign suite. Hunter's Domain Search lists addresses for a company domain, Email Finder looks up one person and Email Verifier checks an address before you write to it.
Snov.io starts from the same job, then keeps going. Its verifier runs a seven-tier check, its drip campaigns come with warm-up, and it sells LinkedIn Automation per slot alongside a Sales CRM and an AI Studio.
Where Hunter is the stronger pick
Hunter is the stronger pick when you want a narrow, well-understood tool: look up an address, verify it, maybe send a short sequence. Its Discover feature helps find companies, its API lets developers call the finder from their own systems, and a free plan lets you test it on real lookups.
Where Snov.io is the stronger pick
Snov.io is the stronger pick for a small team that wants finding, sending and tracking deals in one subscription. Warm-up and drip campaigns cover the sending side, LinkedIn Automation covers a second channel, and the Sales CRM keeps deals in the same place.
The trade-off is more to set up and pay attention to, since each part has its own settings and limits.
Where Pebbles Ai fits, and where it does not
Pebbles Ai fits when you start from target companies rather than a list of domains to mine. Name up to ten companies with a role and location, and each lead found arrives in the built-in CRM with a work email where one exists, a confidence score and a catch-all flag, so you can see which addresses need care.
It is not a verification service for a spreadsheet you already hold; a dedicated verifier suits that job better. It also does not send campaigns. The assistants write up to seven touches and save the emails as drafts in your Gmail or Outlook mailbox for you to send.
Questions to settle before you pick an email finder
Settle whether you need a lookup tool or a sending tool, because that single choice separates these products more than any feature list.
- Do you already have a list that only needs verifying?
- Will the same tool send campaigns, or does sending happen elsewhere?
- Do you need LinkedIn automation, or only email?
- Does a developer need an API to call the finder?
Hunter, Snov.io and Pebbles Ai side by side
The finding, checking and sending features each product describes on its own pages.
| Hunter | Snov.io | Pebbles Ai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finding addresses | Domain Search and Email Finder | Email finder | Find fresh leads at one to ten named companies by role and location |
| Checking addresses | Email Verifier | Seven-tier email verifier | Confidence score and catch-all flag on each lead |
| Sending | Sequences | Drip campaigns with warm-up | Drafts saved in Gmail or Outlook; you send |
| See their site | LinkedIn Automation, sold per slot | LinkedIn messages drafted for you to send | |
| CRM | See their site | Sales CRM | Built-in CRM, labelled Beta |
| Developer access | API | See their site | API keys on Team plans and above |
Checked 2 November 2026 on each vendor's public pages. The two named products' cells state only what their own sites say; where a site says nothing on a point, the cell reads See their site.
The products compared
Hunter
Email finder and verifier
An email finding and verification tool with domain search, an email finder, a verifier, simple sequences, company discovery and an API, with a free plan.
Best for: Anyone who needs to find and verify professional email addresses quickly, with a free start.
Pricing model: Free, Starter, Growth, Scale and Enterprise; yearly billing at a discount. Source: Hunter pricing
Snov.io
Prospecting and cold outreach suite
A lead generation and outreach suite with an email finder, a 7-tier verifier, drip campaigns, warm-up, a sales CRM and LinkedIn automation sold per slot, with a free Trial plan that renews monthly.
Best for: Sellers and agencies who want to find leads, add contact details and run email and LinkedIn campaigns from one account, starting on a free plan.
Pricing model: Trial, Starter, Pro and Ultra tiers by credits and recipients; the free Trial does not end and its allowances renew every month. Source: Snov.io pricing
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Where Pebbles Ai fits
Common questions
Is Snov.io or Hunter better for verifying an existing list?
Both offer a verifier: Hunter's Email Verifier and Snov.io's seven-tier check. Which suits you depends on volume and plan, so test each on a sample of your own list.
Which one sends cold email campaigns?
Both can. Hunter offers Sequences and Snov.io offers drip campaigns with warm-up. Pebbles Ai drafts emails into your mailbox instead of sending them.
Does Pebbles Ai flag risky addresses?
Each lead carries a confidence score and a catch-all flag, which tells you when a domain accepts every address and a result needs extra care.
About this page. Written by the Pebbles Ai team for people who run sales, marketing and growth. Last updated .
