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SiteAssay vs Hunter.io
Hunter does one thing extremely well: given a domain, it finds and verifies the addresses behind it. That is a genuinely useful utility. It is also the step after the two harder questions, which are which domain and why.
In one line
Hunter tells you the address. SiteAssay tells you which business, why now, and what to say.
What Hunter.io does better
- Finding and verifying addresses at a domain, which is its whole focus
- Bulk verification accuracy and a reputation built on it
- A simple, cheap utility that drops into any stack
- Unlimited seats on paid plans
Published pricing: A free tier, then $49/mo to $299/mo.
Hunter.io alternative: when it is the right call
You already have a list of domains. If building the list is the hard part, a verifier does not help with it.
Capability by capability
Every entry in the Hunter.io column is taken from their own published pricing and feature pages on the date at the foot of this page. Where something is not part of their product, the row says that rather than implying it.
| Capability | SiteAssay | Hunter.io |
|---|---|---|
| Finds businesses that are not already on your list | Search a trade and a city, and every result is audited | You supply the domain |
| Email discovery and verification | Published addresses found alongside the audit, syntax and MX checked | The core of the product, and deeper |
| A reason to make contact | A live audit of their own website, with the evidence attached | Not in scope |
| Something to send them | A report about their own site, shareable and branded | Whatever you write |
| Campaigns and follow-ups | Sequences with thread-wide exit conditions | Yes, campaigns are included |
| Approval before a message leaves | On by default, per workspace | Scheduled sending |
| Priced on | Searches and audits | Monthly search and verification credits |
Questions this raises
Is SiteAssay a Hunter.io alternative?
Not for bulk email verification, which Hunter does better and cheaper than anything bundled here. It is an alternative to the whole workflow Hunter sits inside: instead of finding a list, verifying it and writing something, you search a trade and a city and get audited businesses with published addresses and a drafted email already attached.
Do you verify email addresses?
To the extent that matters for sending: syntax, domain and MX records, plus permanent suppression of anything that has unsubscribed, complained or hard bounced. It is not a bulk verification service and we would not sell it as one.
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Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners and are used here for identification only. Every figure in the right-hand column comes from that product's own published pricing and feature pages on the date shown, and may have changed since. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
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Point the free audit at a site you already know is in poor shape, and see whether the report is one you would send to its owner.