The Hunter.io alternatives with a price NAUT could check on their own pages on 13 November 2026 are Lusha, Kaspr, LeadIQ and UpLead, and NAUT is the 5th, measured on its own founder data. NAUT tracks 5,632 people in a current founder, co-founder or CEO role at live crypto and Web3 companies, and 4,043 of them carry an X handle while 3,869 carry a LinkedIn URL.
How this test was run: NAUT published this test and sells one of the tools in it (NAUT itself), and fixed 2 criteria before any tool was scored. First, a rival's price or free allowance counts only if it sits on that tool's own pricing page, read on 13 November 2026, and NAUT's checker found the quoted words on the page. Second, founder coverage counts only where it was measured, which here means NAUT's own records. 17 rival pricing pages were fetched: Hunter.io plus 16 alternatives. 16 price or feature claims went to an outside check, and on 9 of them the checker found the quoted words on the tool's page; those 9 are the only rival facts printed below. The other 7 (Lusha's paid plan, LeadIQ's free plan, and the entry prices of Clay, Skrapp, Anymailfinder, Snov.io and Voila Norbert) are left out because the checker could not match their quotes on the page. No rival was run against NAUT's founders, so every rival's founder coverage is not tested. NAUT will re-read these pages by 13 December 2026.
Which Hunter.io alternatives did NAUT price, and what do they cost?
Of the 16 alternatives fetched, 4 had a price or allowance NAUT could check on their own page. The table lists each checked figure as the tool's page showed it on 13 November 2026. Only NAUT's row was measured on founders; no rival was run on them.
| Tool | Checked | Figure on its own page |
|---|---|---|
| Hunter.io | Free plan | 50 credits per month |
| Hunter.io | Starter, monthly billing | $49 a month, 2,000 credits per month |
| Hunter.io | Growth, monthly billing | $149 a month, 10,000 credits per month |
| Hunter.io | Credit cost | 1 credit per email found, 0.5 per email verified |
| Lusha | Free plan | Up to 40 credits per month |
| Kaspr | Starter, USD | $49 a month per user, shown beside $65 |
| LeadIQ | Pro | $200 a month |
| UpLead | Trial and Essentials | 7-day trial at $0, Essentials $99 a month for 170 credits |
| NAUT | Founder channels, measured | 4,043 X, 3,869 LinkedIn, 2,748 Telegram, 308 email of 5,632 |
Hunter.io pricing in one line: the page says the free plan gives "50 credits per month", Starter adds "2,000 credits per month", and "0.5 credit = 1 email verified via Email Verifier or Bulk Email Verifier". Lusha's page says "The Free plan provides you with up to 40 credits per month." UpLead's Essentials plan shows "$99/ month" with "170 Credits", and its Plus plan is $199 a month for 400 credits.
7 more alternatives were tried and not tested. Apollo.io's pricing page carried no plan prices in the HTML NAUT fetched, RocketReach's page came back as an empty shell with no values, ContactOut showed 1 price, too few to compare, and Findymail returned HTTP 403 to NAUT's fetch. The ZoomInfo, Cognism and Lead411 pages NAUT fetched showed no public prices.
How many crypto founder contacts does NAUT hold per channel?
NAUT's data shows 5,632 current founders, co-founders and CEOs among 14,318 live contacts, in a directory of 10,256 live organization records. X is the channel NAUT holds most often for them, and email the least.
2,774 of the 5,632 carry both an X handle and a LinkedIn URL, and NAUT holds a phone number for 0 of them.
What did the 200-founder sample show for X and LinkedIn?
NAUT drew a fixed sample of 200 founders from the 5,632 (sorted by a hash of each record's id, so the draw does not favour any company) and counted the same 2 channels. The sample tracks the full set within a few points.
| Channel | Full set of 5,632 | Sample of 200 |
|---|---|---|
| X handle | 4,043 (71.8%) | 145 |
| LinkedIn URL | 3,869 (68.7%) | 134 |
| Both | 2,774 (49.3%) | 92 |
When do Hunter.io alternatives fit crypto outreach better?
Hunter.io's homepage describes an email finder that works from a name and a company domain, and NAUT's check found no X or LinkedIn lookup on it. Its API sample response does include a twitter field on contact records, so an X handle can come back with a result. For a crypto founder who runs outreach on X or Telegram, that gap matters: NAUT holds an X handle for 4,043 of 5,632 founders and Telegram for 2,748, while it holds an email for 308.
- A BD lead who writes on X or Telegram starts on NAUT: the founder's page shows which channels are on file.
- A team that needs an email address can run the founder's name and company domain through Hunter.io, whose free plan gives 50 credits per month.
- An investor sourcing founders can check X and LinkedIn first on NAUT, where 2,774 of the 5,632 carry both.
- To see what a record looks like, open the NAUT pages for Uniswap, Ethena or Morpho to see which channels are on file for the team.
- Find the founderSearch NAUT: 4,043 of 5,632 founders carry an X handle.
- Check the channelsTelegram is on file for 2,748 and LinkedIn for 3,869.
- Fill the email gap308 carry an email on NAUT, so run the rest through an email finder such as Hunter.io.
- Verify before sendingHunter.io charges 0.5 credit to verify 1 email.
Related reading on NAUT: How to find a crypto founder email: 5 methods, 10 tested and Apollo.io alternatives: 4 crypto BD tools, 50 decision makers.
Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?
Yes: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people?q=founder&limit=100 with the header Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY searches people by title and returns each record's twitterHandle plus the flags hasEmail, hasTelegram and hasLinkedin, at 5 credits a call. Revealing 1 person's private channels with GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people/{id}?include=private costs 10 credits the first time and is a permanent unlock; the API docs and pricing list the rest. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to reach the founders counted here.
Hunter.io alternatives FAQ
What is the best Hunter.io alternative for crypto founders?
Of the 5 tools NAUT could check on 13 November 2026 (4 alternatives plus NAUT), NAUT is the only one measured on crypto founders: it holds an X handle for 4,043 of 5,632 current founders and CEOs and a LinkedIn URL for 3,869. Lusha, Kaspr, LeadIQ and UpLead were priced from their own pages and not tested on founders.
How much does Hunter.io cost?
On 13 November 2026, Hunter.io's pricing page showed a free plan with 50 credits per month, Starter at $49 a month for 2,000 credits and Growth at $149 a month for 10,000 credits, both billed monthly. An email found costs 1 credit and an email verified costs 0.5.
Where can I find crypto founders and their contact channels?
NAUT lists 5,632 people in a current founder, co-founder or CEO role at live crypto and Web3 companies, with an X handle on 4,043, LinkedIn on 3,869 and Telegram on 2,748, and each person page says which channels are on file. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial.
Which Hunter.io alternatives were not tested?
Apollo.io, RocketReach, ContactOut, Findymail, ZoomInfo, Cognism and Lead411 were fetched on 13 November 2026 and not tested, because their pages gave NAUT no comparable price or returned HTTP 403. Clay, Skrapp, Anymailfinder, Snov.io and Voila Norbert were fetched, but their prices are left out because NAUT's checker could not match the quoted figures on the page.
Sources
- Hunter.io pricing, read 13 November 2026: https://hunter.io/pricing
- Hunter.io homepage, read 13 November 2026: https://hunter.io/
- Lusha pricing, read 13 November 2026: https://www.lusha.com/pricing/
- Kaspr pricing, read 13 November 2026: https://www.kaspr.io/pricing
- LeadIQ pricing, read 13 November 2026: https://www.leadiq.com/pricing
- UpLead pricing, read 13 November 2026: https://www.uplead.com/pricing
- NAUT founder and channel counts: NAUT's database, read 13 November 2026.