Hunter.io vs Cognism

Pick Hunter.io when

• →Solo founders or small teams that need occasional email lookups rather than systematic prospecting (under 200 lookups/month).
• →Recruiters or freelancers who want a fast, focused email-finder Chrome extension without a full database subscription.
• →Buyers who appreciate Hunter's free tier (25 searches/month) for very low-volume use.
• →Operators who run domain-based lookups (find all emails at a company) more than role-based prospecting.

Pick Cognism when

• →Sales teams targeting EU or UK markets where GDPR compliance is a contract requirement, not a nice-to-have.
• →Mid-market or enterprise SDR teams where data depth and accuracy at the C-suite level matters more than headline cost.
• →Companies that already maintain a procurement process for sales-data vendors — adding Cognism through that process is friction-free.
• →Buyers who want phone data alongside email — Cognism's mobile-number coverage in EU markets is the best in the category.