Best email finder tools 2026: 13 compared by price
2026-10-20 · updated 2026-10-20 · 11 min read · Adam Axelsson, founder of Revexa
The cheapest email finder plans start at $19 a month billed annually (Anymail Finder, 400 credits a month), and at full use the lowest cost per found email is about 1.5 to 2 cents at Skrapp, Hunter, Prospeo and Apollo (our calculation). The bigger difference is how a tool finds addresses: Apollo, Lusha and RocketReach look them up in a stored database, while Anymail Finder, Dropcontact and Findymail find and verify at the moment you search. For prospects in Europe, check legal basis and hosting as well as price: Dropcontact uses no contact database and processes on EU servers, Findymail's servers are in Finland and Hunter's in Belgium, while Apollo and Lusha host in the US.
Checked on 20 October 2026 against each vendor's own pages, with prices as a buyer in the US sees them; where Europe is shown a different price, both are given. Revexa builds Leo, a buying-signal agent that is not an email finder and is not part of this comparison. Tools are ordered by starting price, lowest first: the lowest published monthly price for the cheapest paid plan, billed annually where offered, in US dollars, with ties in alphabetical order. Dropcontact's euro prices are converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 October 2026 ($1.1225 per euro).
13 email finders compared by price
"Cost per email" is the plan price divided by the emails it can return if you use every credit (our estimate).
| Tool | Lowest paid plan (US) | Free tier | Cost per email at full use | Charged when nothing is found? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anymail Finder | $19/month billed annually ($228 a year, 4,800 credits); $29 monthly for 400 | None; 7-day trial with 100 credits | 4.8¢ annual, 7.3¢ monthly | No: a credit "only if a verified email is found" |
| Dropcontact | €24/month billed annually (6,000 credits a year), about $27; €29 monthly for 500 | 50 credits | 4.8 euro cents annual, 5.8 monthly | No: credits for emails not found are given back |
| Skrapp | $29/month billed annually, $39 monthly (2,000 credits a month, 2 users) | 50 credits | 1.5¢ annual, 2.0¢ monthly | No: "Only pay for deliverable emails" |
| Snov.io | $39/month for 1,000 credits; 25% off billed annually ($29.25 by our calculation) | Trial plan: 50 credits, renewed monthly | 2.9¢ annual, 3.9¢ monthly | No, but it also charges for "unknown" emails it could not verify |
| RocketReach | $33/month billed annually ($399 a year); shown as $19 ($229) in Sweden | 5 lookups | Emails unlimited; 1,200 exports a year, about 33¢ each | Not applicable |
| Hunter | $34/month billed yearly ($408), $49 monthly (2,000 credits a month); same figures in euros in the EU | 50 credits a month | 1.7¢ annual, 2.5¢ monthly | No: "If the email address can't be found, it's free" |
| Prospeo | $37 per user/month billed yearly ($441 a year), $49 monthly (2,000 credits a month) | 100 credits a month | 1.8¢ annual, 2.5¢ monthly | No: "0 if no email is found" |
| Lusha | $37.45/month billed yearly (4,800 credits a year), $49.90 monthly | 40 credits a month | 9.4¢ annual, 12.5¢ monthly | Not for unmatched rows in a file; an API request with no results costs 1 credit |
| Voila Norbert | $39/month billed yearly, $49 monthly (up to 1,000 leads a month) | 50 credits | 3.9¢ annual, 4.9¢ monthly | No: it counts "only successful email founds" |
| Findymail | Credit plan $41/month billed annually, $49 monthly (1,000 credits a month); prospecting plans from $99/month (1 seat, usage limits not published) | 10 credits, no card | 4.1¢ annual, 4.9¢ monthly on the credit plan | No: "No charge if we can't find it" (credit plans) |
| Apollo | $49 per seat/month billed annually, $65 monthly (2,500 credits per seat a month) | 75 credits a month | 2.0¢ annual, 2.6¢ monthly | No: credits only for emails "that Apollo can verify" |
| ContactOut | Email plan $49/month, billed monthly (300 exports a month); in Sweden the page opens on a plan without US, Canadian and UK data at $25 | 5 emails a day | Emails unlimited (fair use); 300 exports a month, about 16¢ each | Not applicable |
| Kaspr | $65 per user/month in dollars (€59 in euros, which the page shows by default, also in the US), billed monthly | 15 B2B email credits a month | B2B emails unlimited on paid plans | Not applicable |
A phone number costs 5 credits at Lusha, 8 at Apollo and 10 at Prospeo. Hunter's monthly credits "reset monthly and don't roll over" (yearly plans get the year's credits up front); Skrapp, Prospeo, Voila Norbert and Anymail Finder roll unused credits over. Plan details: Hunter, RocketReach, Lusha and Kaspr pricing.
Where the emails come from
A database tool returns a record it already holds: fast, often with titles and phone numbers, but possibly out of date after a job change. A pattern and verification tool guesses the address from the name and company domain and checks it against the company's mail server when you search: fresher, though catch-all domains (which accept any address) are hard to confirm. Some do both.
| Tool | How it finds emails | Chrome extension | Europe and GDPR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anymail Finder | Live checks against the recipient's mail server, "never from a stored database or cached results" | Yes | UK company; hosts on AWS in the US and Hetzner in Germany, SCCs for transfers |
| Dropcontact | Algorithms only; it "does not use any contact databases" | Not listed on its pricing page | Processing "on EU-based servers" |
| Skrapp | Database of 200M+ contacts across 40M+ companies | Yes, for LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and Recruiter | Singapore company; its data policy names AWS servers in the USA |
| Snov.io | Prospect search plus email search by name and domain | Yes | Offers customers a joint controllership agreement for prospect data |
| RocketReach | Database of "700 million professionals" from sources such as "people directories, data brokers" | Yes | Legitimate interests; plans include personal as well as work emails |
| Hunter | 100M+ addresses found on the public web, then name patterns; every result verified | Yes | Main servers on Google Cloud in Belgium; most sub-processors in the EU or US |
| Prospeo | Dataset from "public sources, licensed partners, and customer contributions" | Yes | Legitimate interests; Article 14 information in its privacy policy |
| Lusha | Database; "We never scrape professional networks or social platforms" | Yes | Data stored on AWS in the US; "Italian contact data is not currently available" |
| Voila Norbert | Keeps a database, but "most of the time we run new searches"; verifies every result | Yes | VoilaNorbert, LLC in Austin, Texas; its privacy policy does not mention GDPR |
| Findymail | Finds and verifies on request: "We don't pull from stale databases" | Yes | Servers at Hetzner in Finland; legitimate interest; public opt-out page |
| Apollo | Database of 240M contacts and 30M companies, partly from a "Data Contributor Network" | Yes | Hosted in the US; relies on legitimate interests |
| ContactOut | Indexes "publicly available email addresses and phone numbers" from websites and social media | Yes | Legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6.1(f)) |
| Kaspr | "200 million +" European contacts from "120+ verified data sources and providers" | Yes | Legitimate interest; notifies "over 50,000 contacts per day"; see the CNIL case below |
Best for and wrong choice if
- Anymail Finder. Best for cold email at volume, paying only for verified addresses. Wrong choice if you want a free plan.
- Dropcontact. Best for enriching European contacts in a file or CRM without a contact database. Wrong choice if you want to search for new prospects: it works on names you already have.
- Skrapp. Best for LinkedIn and Sales Navigator users on a small budget. Wrong choice if you want data hosted in Europe.
- Snov.io. Best for a finder and email campaigns in one cheap plan. Wrong choice if you only want to pay for verified addresses.
- RocketReach. Best for unlimited email lookups on an annual plan. Wrong choice if you push many contacts to a CRM: Essentials allows 1,200 exports a year.
- Hunter. Best for searching a company domain, with public sources shown and unlimited users. Wrong choice if you need phone numbers: its credits cover emails.
- Prospeo. Best for low-cost verified emails and mobile numbers. Wrong choice if your team is large: plans are priced per user.
- Lusha. Best for quick lookups by individual reps. Wrong choice if you prospect in Italy or want emails at volume.
- Voila Norbert. Best for simple bulk finding with unlimited team members. Wrong choice if you need a documented GDPR position.
- Findymail. Best for cold email teams that don't want to count credits, on its prospecting plans from $99 a month. Wrong choice if you need a published usage limit on those plans; its credit plans state one, but Findymail recommends them for reselling or embedding its data.
- Apollo. Best for database search and sequences in one tool. Wrong choice if you need hosting in Europe or cheap phone numbers.
- ContactOut. Best for looking people up one at a time. Wrong choice if you need more than 300 exports a month on the Email plan, or US, Canadian or UK contacts on the cheaper plan shown outside the US, which excludes them.
- Kaspr. Best for European contact data in a per-user Chrome extension. Wrong choice if one user needs more than Starter's 100 phone credits a month.
Why this list isn't ranked by accuracy
We have not run our own hit-rate test, and the public tests we found come from vendors. Anymail Finder's 14-tool benchmark reports "86.4% verified coverage at 98.9% accuracy" for Anymail Finder itself (Anymail Finder); Dropcontact says its benchmark of 20,000 contacts shows its own V2 is "the most effective solution on the market" (Dropcontact); and the comparison lists from Saleshandy and PhantomBuster put their own tools first. Treat these as vendor claims. A fair test costs nothing: run 100 contacts whose addresses you already know through two or three free tiers and count correct, wrong and missing results (our suggestion).
Email finders in Europe: GDPR, legitimate interest and the Kaspr case
This is not legal advice.
- Legal basis. Kaspr, ContactOut, Prospeo, Findymail, Apollo, Lusha and RocketReach cite legitimate interest, GDPR Article 6(1)(f). You need your own basis as the sender: Kaspr's data page says "Each party acts as an independent controller". See legitimate interest for B2B email.
- Tell people where you got their data. Article 14 requires the information "at the latest at the time of the first communication", including "from which source the personal data originate" (EUR-Lex).
- No database at all. Dropcontact finds addresses by algorithm and processes on EU servers, so the vendor holds less about people; you still need your own legal basis (our judgement).
- The Kaspr case. France's CNIL fined Kaspr €240,000 on 5 December 2024, "in particular because it collected contact details of users on LinkedIn, even if they previously masked them" (CNIL). On 4 March 2026 the CNIL closed the order issued with that decision, after Kaspr chose "to delete its database and cease all data collection on LinkedIn" (CNIL). The closure concerns the order, not the fine.
- An address is not permission. Email rules are national. Germany's UWG §7 bans advertising by email "ohne dass eine vorherige ausdrückliche Einwilligung des Adressaten vorliegt" (without the addressee's prior express consent), business addressees included (UWG). See cold email laws by country.
When you need buying signals, not a bigger list
An email finder tells you how to reach someone, not who is ready to buy. Leo by Revexa watches public buying signals (hiring, funding, new executives, engagement with competitors' LinkedIn posts), finds the right person and drafts a LinkedIn message or email in your voice; in the default review mode you read every draft before it is sent. It costs $99 a month (€89 in Europe, 999 SEK in Sweden), excluding VAT, with 7 days free. Wrong choice if you want contacts to export: it is not a database. Revexa also publishes free signal data, such as companies hiring salespeople and the week's funding rounds, on its buying signals page.
Related: Best B2B data providers 2026.
Common questions
What is the best free email finder?
Prospeo gives 100 credits a month, Apollo 75, Hunter 50, Snov.io's trial plan 50 and Lusha 40, per their pricing pages on 20 October 2026; ContactOut allows 5 emails a day. That is enough to test accuracy, not for steady prospecting.
Which email finder is cheapest per email?
At full use of an annual plan: Skrapp about 1.5 cents per deliverable email, Hunter 1.7 cents, Prospeo 1.8 and Apollo 2.0 (our calculation from list prices). The cheapest entry price is Anymail Finder at $19 a month billed annually, which works out at 4.8 cents per verified email.
Do email finders charge when they find nothing?
Nine of the 13 say a search that finds no address costs nothing: Hunter, Anymail Finder, Prospeo, Skrapp, Voila Norbert, Dropcontact, Snov.io, Apollo and Findymail (on its credit plans). Snov.io still charges for "unknown" addresses it could not verify, and Lusha charges nothing for unmatched rows in a file but 1 credit for an API request that returns nothing. RocketReach, ContactOut and Kaspr include unlimited emails.
Are email finders legal under GDPR?
They are sold and used in the EU, usually on legitimate interest under Article 6(1)(f). You still need your own legal basis, must inform people under Article 14 by the first contact at the latest, and must follow national email rules, such as prior consent in Germany. France's CNIL fined Kaspr €240,000 in 2024 over LinkedIn data. This is not legal advice.