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Captain Data vs Hunter.io

Hunter.io wins 7 of 11 decided metrics across 1 shared suites; the loser still leads where its column is highlighted. Same frozen test sets, same run; the better value in each row is highlighted.

Captain Data live

Real-time people and company search / enrichment API over 750M+ profiles, strong on LinkedIn resolution and employee mapping.

★ 4.6 · 80 reviewsA

Access: MCP · API · Dataset

Hunter.io

Email finding, verification and domain search, extended to leads and companies; bulk CSV and official MCP.

★ 4.5 · 1,382 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · CSV · Webhooks · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not in suite	Hunter.io · #9 of 29
Match rate	-	75.0%
Valid email rate	-	62.2%
Latency p50	-	2,252ms
Cost / valid email	-	$0.024
Invalid rate	-	13.3%
Catch-all share	-	24.4%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	100.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	10.0%
Catch-all detection	-	100.0%
Confidence-score quality	-	+100.0 pts
Geographic coverage	-	10

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not measured	Hunter.io · #15 of 24
Profile match rate	-	44.9%
Identity accuracy	-	100.0%
Latency p50	-	1,223ms
Price / matched profile	-	$0.0030
Current employer accuracy	-	90.9%
Move detection	-	25.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Job title accuracy	-	81.8%
Seniority label accuracy	-	-
Location accuracy	-	100.0%
Work history completeness	-	-
Education completeness	-	0.0%
Skills present	-	0.0%
Social / profile URLs	-	100.0%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	-	14.3%

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · #20 of 23	Hunter.io · #5 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	69.4%	100.0%
Company name accuracy	100.0%	96.0%
Latency p50	7,017ms	1,043ms
Price / matched company	$0.064	$0.0030
Industry accuracy	72.0%	38.0%
Employee count ±20%	10.0%	25.7%
HQ / location accuracy	72.0%	83.0%
Description present	100.0%	97.0%
Founding year accuracy	32.0%	52.0%
Domains / social profiles	96.0%	0.0%
Coverage by country / size	42.9%	100.0%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not in suite	Hunter.io · #3 of 10
Coverage	-	95.0%
Detection accuracy	-	66.3%
Latency p50	-	1,043ms
Cost / lookup	-	$0.0032
Live stack recall	-	25.4%
Technologies per domain	-	13
Dated results	-	0.0%
Coverage by geo / size	-	90.0%

Questions about Captain Data vs Hunter.io

Which is better, Captain Data or Hunter.io?

Hunter.io wins 7 of the 11 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Company Data: Captain Data #20 of 23, Hunter.io #5 of 23.

Which is cheaper, Captain Data or Hunter.io?

Measured on the list price of each provider's central self-serve pack, divided by what it actually returned: Company Data, price per matched company: Captain Data $0.064, Hunter.io $0.0030.

How do Captain Data and Hunter.io compare in user reviews?

Captain Data holds 4.6 / 5 across 80 reviews on G2 and Capterra; Hunter.io holds 4.5 / 5 across 1,382 reviews on G2, Capterra and Product Hunt. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Captain Data and Hunter.io?

Captain Data offers an MCP server, an API and dataset delivery; Hunter.io offers an MCP server, an API, CSV export, webhooks and native integrations. Both offer an MCP server and an API.