Head-to-head · B2B data

Crustdata vs Hunter.io

Crustdata wins 7 of 9 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.

Crustdata live

Unified B2B data API for company, people, jobs, web and social data, with email and phone enrichment as paid add-ons; built for agents, official CLI.

★ 4.4 · 15 reviewsB

Access: MCP · CLI · API · Dataset · CSV · Batch · Webhooks · 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	Crustdata · not measured	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	Crustdata · #9 of 24	Hunter.io · #15 of 24
Profile match rate	95.9%	44.9%
Identity accuracy	97.9%	100.0%
Latency p50	1,046ms	1,223ms
Price / matched profile	-	$0.0030
Current employer accuracy	91.5%	90.9%
Move detection	85.0%	25.0%
Decoy hit rate	0.0%	0.0%
Job title accuracy	87.2%	81.8%
Seniority label accuracy	80.4%	-
Location accuracy	87.2%	100.0%
Work history completeness	7.5	-
Education completeness	100.0%	0.0%
Skills present	0.0%	0.0%
Social / profile URLs	100.0%	100.0%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	83.3%	14.3%

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crustdata · not measured	Hunter.io · #5 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	-	100.0%
Company name accuracy	-	96.0%
Latency p50	-	1,043ms
Price / matched company	-	$0.0030
Industry accuracy	-	38.0%
Employee count ±20%	-	25.7%
HQ / location accuracy	-	83.0%
Description present	-	97.0%
Founding year accuracy	-	52.0%
Domains / social profiles	-	0.0%
Coverage by country / size	-	100.0%

Jobs Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crustdata · #6 of 6	Hunter.io · not in suite
Employer coverage	83.3%	-
Postings recall	47.6%	-
Latency p50	2,858ms	-
Cost / job	-	-
Closed or unknown postings	35.4%	-
Duplicate postings	13.8%	-
Location accuracy	96.6%	-
Posted-date accuracy	66.8%	-
Description present	100.0%	-
Coverage by country	81.3%	-

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crustdata · not measured	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 Crustdata vs Hunter.io

Which is better, Crustdata or Hunter.io?

Crustdata wins 7 of the 9 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: People Data: Crustdata #9 of 24, Hunter.io #15 of 24.

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

Crustdata holds 4.4 / 5 across 15 reviews on 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 Crustdata and Hunter.io?

Crustdata offers an MCP server, a command-line tool, an API, dataset delivery, CSV export, batch endpoints, webhooks 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, webhooks and native integrations.