# Hunter.io: how AI models rank it, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge labels across 1 categories by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/hunter-io/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recruiting CRM and sourcing | 0% | 82 | 0% | 1 |

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Recruiting CRM and sourcing: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 43 → 82 of 111.

## In its own words

What Hunter.io's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The all-in-one email outreach platform to find verified decision makers and turn them into leads. (https://hunter.io/)
- For: founders, marketers, sales teams, and product owners (https://hunter.io/)
- Price stated: Free (https://hunter.io/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://hunter.io/)
- Free plan or trial: 50 free leads/month; No credit card; No trial (https://hunter.io/)
- Integrations claimed: 5000 (https://hunter.io/)
- Certifications: GDPR, CCPA
- Customers named: Canva, Acquire.com, 95 Projects, Modgility, Vocations, Planhat CRM, Lattice, REsimpli

## What it publishes

Every page hunter.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 3694 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 209 pages, 12 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 46 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-17
- webinar or virtual event: 13 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 8 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-08
- template or tool: 547 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-05-12
- podcast or video: 16 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Data provenance for ai agents https://hunter.io/blog/data-provenance-for-ai-agents/
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: Email infrastructure https://hunter.io/blog/email-infrastructure
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: Should you email more than one person per company https://hunter.io/blog/should-you-email-more-than-one-person-per-company
- Recent: 2026-09-08 comparison: 11891855 static vs dynamic lists in hunter leads http://help.hunter.io/en/articles/11891855-static-vs-dynamic-lists-in-hunter-leads
- Recent: 2026-09-01 blog: Llms get email data wrong https://hunter.io/blog/llms-get-email-data-wrong
- Recent: 2026-08-25 blog: 15 ways to find similar leads https://hunter.io/blog/15-ways-to-find-similar-leads

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.