The short answer
Hunter is an email finder and verifier that finds email addresses by company domain or person name. Prospect Cheap is a lead generation tool that searches six live sources — Google Maps, YouTube, the Facebook Ad Library, Product Hunt, TrustMRR and Skool — and returns each lead with emails, the owner's name and social profiles. Choose Hunter for finding emails when you already know the company or person; choose Prospect Cheap when you want fresh, outreach-ready lists of local businesses, creators, advertisers or founders.
Side by side
| Prospect Cheap | Hunter | |
|---|---|---|
| Type of tool | Live lead scraper with enrichment | Email finder |
| Where leads come from | Google Maps, YouTube, Facebook Ad Library, Product Hunt, TrustMRR, Skool | Names, domains or LinkedIn profiles you provide |
| How you use it | Web app — no code, searches run on our servers | Web app and extension |
| Contact details | Emails from the website, owner name and title, mobile numbers with carrier, 6 social networks | Emails (some tools add phones) |
| Exports | CSV, Instantly, GoHighLevel | Varies — check Hunter |
| Pricing model | One credit per lead, from $29/month for 10,000 credits | Freemium with monthly credit plans |
| Free start | 100 free credits, no card | Check Hunter |
This table describes the products in general terms; features and prices change, so check Hunter's website for current details.
Where Hunter is strong
- Domain search for company emails
- Email verification
- Simple Chrome extension
If those are what you need most, Hunter is a sensible choice.
Where Prospect Cheap is different
Prospect Cheap builds the list and finds the emails in one step: search a source by keyword and location, and every lead arrives with the emails found on its website, the owner's name and social profiles.
- An email finder needs a name or company domain to start with — you still have to build the list of businesses yourself.
- Lookups are charged per search even when you are still deciding who to contact.
- Local businesses and creators are often not covered as well as larger B2B companies.
Pricing approach
Prospect Cheap uses credits: one credit per lead you receive, and a search that fails costs nothing — the credits set aside for it go straight back. Plans are Starter ($29/month, 10,000 credits), Growth ($79/month, 50,000) and Scale ($199/month, 200,000), and subscribers can top up extra credits at any time. Hunter's pricing is freemium with monthly credit plans.
The fairest way to compare is cost per usable lead: how much you pay for each lead that has the contact details you need.
Which should you choose?
- Choose Hunter if you already have a list of companies or people and only need their email addresses.
- Choose Prospect Cheap if you want lists built from live sources, with emails and owner names already attached, ready for Instantly or GoHighLevel.
- Use both if they cover different parts of your workflow — many teams do.
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