Comparison
SmartScan vs Hunter.io
Hunter.io is great at finding emails by domain. SmartScan does emails and everything else — phones, links, images, socials, tech stack, AI analysis — at a fraction of the price.
Try SmartScan Free →Quick summary
Hunter.io is a specialized email prospecting tool built for sales teams. SmartScan is a full web data extraction platform — it extracts emails too, but also 11 other data types, with JS rendering, site crawl, bulk scanning, and AI-powered website analysis.
| Feature | SmartScan | Hunter.io |
|---|---|---|
| Email finder (from URL / domain) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email outreach & sequences | ✗ | ✓ |
| Phone numbers | ✓ | ✗ |
| Social media profiles | ✓ | ✗ |
| All page links | ✓ | ✗ |
| Images download | ✓ | ✗ |
| Documents (PDF, DOCX) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Tech stack detection | ✓ | ✗ |
| SEO meta data | ✓ | ✗ |
| Schema.org / structured data | ✓ | ✗ |
| Price extraction | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI website analysis report | ✓ Pro+ | ✗ |
| JS rendering (React, Vue, Angular) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Site crawl mode | ✓ Pro+ | ✗ |
| Bulk URL scanning | ✓ Pro+ | ✗ |
| Export as ZIP / CSV / JSON | ✓ | CSV only |
| Free plan | ✓ 10 scans/mo | ✓ 50 credits/mo |
| Paid plan starts at | $5.99/mo | $49/mo |
Choose SmartScan if you need to:
- Extract emails + everything else in one scan
- Scrape JS-heavy sites (React, Vue, Angular)
- Get phones, socials, images, links, docs
- Crawl an entire site automatically
- Run bulk scans on hundreds of URLs
- Get an AI-generated website brief
- Save money — starts at $5.99/mo
Stick with Hunter.io if you need to:
- Find emails for a specific company domain
- Verify email deliverability at scale
- Run outbound email campaigns (built-in)
- Use CRM integrations (HubSpot, Salesforce)
Pricing comparison
SmartScan
Free — 10 scans/month
Starter — $5.99/mo (100 scans)
Pro — $19.99/mo (500 scans, AI, crawl)
Business — $52.99/mo (2,000 scans)
Starter — $5.99/mo (100 scans)
Pro — $19.99/mo (500 scans, AI, crawl)
Business — $52.99/mo (2,000 scans)
Hunter.io
Free — 50 credits/month
Starter — $49/mo · $34/mo annual (2,000 credits/mo)
Growth — $149/mo · $104/mo annual (10,000 credits/mo)
Scale — $299/mo · $209/mo annual (25,000 credits/mo)
Starter — $49/mo · $34/mo annual (2,000 credits/mo)
Growth — $149/mo · $104/mo annual (10,000 credits/mo)
Scale — $299/mo · $209/mo annual (25,000 credits/mo)
Ready to switch?
SmartScan gives you more data types, JS rendering, and AI analysis — for less money. No credit card required to start.