Head-to-head · B2B data

Hunter.io vs Surfe

Surfe wins 6 of 11 decided metrics across 2 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.

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

Surfe

Sales intelligence platform cascading emails and mobiles across 15+ providers, with people and company search, CRM sync, REST API and a native MCP server.

★ 4.4 · 69 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · Batch · Webhooks · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Hunter.io · #9 of 29	Surfe · #1 of 29
Match rate	75.0%	90.0%
Valid email rate	62.2%	66.7%
Latency p50	2,252ms	-
Cost / valid email	$0.024	-
Invalid rate	13.3%	1.9%
Catch-all share	24.4%	29.6%
Business email	100.0%	100.0%
Right-person rate	100.0%	98.1%
Decoy hit rate	10.0%	-
Catch-all detection	100.0%	-
Confidence-score quality	+100.0 pts	-
Geographic coverage	10	10

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Hunter.io · #15 of 24	Surfe · not measured
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	Hunter.io · #5 of 23	Surfe · #6 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	38.0%	47.0%
Employee count ±20%	25.7%	18.9%
HQ / location accuracy	83.0%	66.0%
Description present	97.0%	100.0%
Founding year accuracy	52.0%	17.0%
Domains / social profiles	0.0%	100.0%
Coverage by country / size	100.0%	100.0%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Hunter.io · #3 of 10	Surfe · not in suite
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 Hunter.io vs Surfe

Which is better, Hunter.io or Surfe?

Surfe wins 6 of the 11 metrics decided between them, across 2 benchmarks that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Email Data: Hunter.io #9 of 29, Surfe #1 of 29; Company Data: Hunter.io #5 of 23, Surfe #6 of 23.

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

Hunter.io holds 4.5 / 5 across 1,382 reviews on G2, Capterra and Product Hunt; Surfe holds 4.4 / 5 across 69 reviews on Chrome Web Store, Product Hunt and Trustpilot. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

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

Hunter.io offers an MCP server, an API, CSV export, webhooks and native integrations; Surfe offers an MCP server, an API, batch endpoints, webhooks and native integrations. Both offer an MCP server, an API, webhooks and native integrations.