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Crunchbase vs Hunter.io

Crunchbase wins 3 of 5 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.

Crunchbase

Private-company database of firmographics, funding rounds, investors, key people and predictions, licensed through API v4, MCP and bulk exports.

★ 4.4 · 413 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · Dataset · CSV · Integrations

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	Crunchbase · 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	Crunchbase · 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	Crunchbase · #4 of 23	Hunter.io · #5 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	100.0%	100.0%
Company name accuracy	96.0%	96.0%
Latency p50	-	1,043ms
Price / matched company	-	$0.0030
Industry accuracy	61.0%	38.0%
Employee count ±20%	0.0%	25.7%
HQ / location accuracy	82.0%	83.0%
Description present	100.0%	97.0%
Founding year accuracy	75.0%	52.0%
Domains / social profiles	0.0%	0.0%
Coverage by country / size	100.0%	100.0%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crunchbase · 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 Crunchbase vs Hunter.io

Which is better, Crunchbase or Hunter.io?

Crunchbase wins 3 of the 5 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Company Data: Crunchbase #4 of 23, Hunter.io #5 of 23.

How do Crunchbase and Hunter.io compare in user reviews?

Crunchbase holds 4.4 / 5 across 413 reviews on G2 and Product Hunt; 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 Crunchbase and Hunter.io?

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