The best email finder tools, compared on what an email really costs
What 1,000 emails found a month cost in each tool, who adds phone numbers, which free plans are worth trying, and which tool fits a one-off lookup, a sales team or an enrichment workflow.
Emelia is our product, and it is part of this comparison. Prices and credit costs come from each vendor’s pricing page, checked on October 18, 2026, on monthly billing; Emelia’s exclude VAT. Kaspr and Icypeas publish a euro and a dollar grid: you see the one in your currency.
Email finder tools compared: price, 1,000 emails a month, phone numbers
The 1,000-email column follows Emelia’s unit, the credit: it shows the cheapest plan or pack that covers 1,000 emails found a month in each tool.
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Email finder tools compared: price, 1,000 emails a month, phone numbers
Tool
1,000 emails found a month
Cheapest paid plan, monthly
Phone numbers
Free plan
Sends campaigns
How it is billed
Our product
$19 (pack), plus $37 for Start if you are not a customer yet
$19 for 1,000 credits, on top of a plan
50 credits a mobile, only when found
7-day trial; 500 credits once with Start
Cold email and LinkedIn
Credits: 1 per email, 50 per mobile, only when found
$49 (Starter)
$49 (Starter, 2,000 credits)
No phone finder
50 credits a month
Campaigns from 3 mailboxes
Team plan, unlimited users
$65 (Basic, one seat)
$65 per seat (Basic, 2,500 credits)
8 credits a number
75 credits a month
Sequences, one mailbox per seat
Per seat, credits per seat
$114.90 (Pro, 1,000 credits)
$49.90 (Starter, 400 credits)
5 credits a number
40 credits a month
Engage sequences from Gmail or Outlook
Credits, one seat on Starter
On quote
Price not published
In contact records, by contract
Lite: 10 credits a month
Engage, sold separately
Seats and credits on contract
$65 (B2B emails under fair use)
$65 per user (Starter)
100 phone credits a month
15 emails and 5 numbers a month
No campaigns
Per user, quotas by type
$39 (Starter)
$39 (Starter, 1,000 credits)
Tokens: 10 to 22 per number
50 credits every 30 days
Cold email; LinkedIn per account
Team plan: credits and recipients
$185 (Launch)
$185 (Launch)
5 credits and 3 actions
100 credits and 500 actions a month
Email campaigns from Launch
Data credits and actions, unlimited seats
On quote
Not published: quote only (cognism.com, October 18, 2026)
Mobiles in the revealed contact, some phone-verified
Free data sample, no free plan
Exports to your CRM
Seats and credits on quote, 1 credit per contact
$19 (Basic)
$19 (Basic, 1,000 credits)
Not yet
50 credits at sign-up
No campaigns
Credits only, no seats
$49 for 1,000 leads, email found or not
$29 (400 credits)
Through a partner
Free account, credits not published
No campaigns
Credits per Sales Navigator lead exported
$49 (Build, 3 credits an email)
$49 (Build, 3,000 credits)
Mobiles: 30 credits each
150 credits a month
Feeds your sequencer
Workspace credits, unlimited users
Monthly billing, prices as listed on October 18, 2026. Credits offered once at sign-up are not counted in the 1,000-email column.
The 12 email finder tools, one by one
Each card gives the buyer a tool suits, its strong point and its weak spot, with a link to the tool’s own page when there is one.
Email finder and verifier with cold email campaigns and a free plan.
From
$39/month
Key difference
Credits and recipients a month; LinkedIn sold per account
For: small teams that find emails and run campaigns on a budget.
Strength: 1,000 credits on Starter, unlimited seats, and a free plan renewed every 30 days.
Limit: emails of unknown status still cost a credit, and phone numbers are paid in tokens through third-party providers.
Enrichment
B2B database
Cold email
Enrichment workflows that chain many data providers in a spreadsheet.
From
$185/month
Key difference
Two meters: data credits and actions
For: growth and RevOps teams that build their own enrichment workflows.
Strength: waterfall enrichment across many providers, unlimited seats, and email campaigns from Launch.
Limit: a work email costs 1 data credit and 3 actions, and Launch starts at $185 a month.
B2B database
Enrichment
B2B contact database focused on European data, with phone-verified mobile numbers, sold on quote.
From
On quote
Key difference
Two plans (Standard, Pro) with 5 seats included; no public price
For: sales, marketing and RevOps teams that want phone-verified mobiles and European contacts, and are fine with a quote.
Strength: phone-verified mobile numbers, 1 credit per revealed contact (email and mobile together), and exports to Salesforce, HubSpot and Pipedrive.
Limit: no price published: cognism.com only offers a quote (pricing page checked on October 18, 2026), with no free plan or self-serve trial, only a free data sample; no campaigns.
Entry prices hide very different amounts of emails. Here is what 1,000 emails found a month cost in each tool, on monthly billing.
What you pay for matters as much as the price. Emelia charges only for emails it finds, and so does Hunter; Evaboot charges every lead it exports, with or without an email. And a lower price per email means little if you then export the list to another tool to send.
Icypeas: $19 (Basic).
Emelia: $19 for the 1,000-credit pack if you already send with Emelia, $56 with Start if you don’t.
Snov.io: $39 (Starter), where an email of unknown status also costs a credit.
Hunter and Pipecorn: $49 each, Starter and Build.
Kaspr: $65 per user, B2B emails under fair use.
Apollo: $65 for one seat; Lusha: $114.90 on the Pro step; Clay: $185 on Launch.
How to choose an email finder tool
Four questions sort out most choices between these email finder tools.
1. Do you start from names or from a database?
Enrichment tools (Emelia, Icypeas, Hunter, Pipecorn, Clay) find the email of people you already have: a CSV, a CRM, a LinkedIn or Sales Navigator list. Database tools (Apollo, ZoomInfo, Cognism, Lusha) let you search for the people first.
2. Emails only, or phone numbers too?
Lusha, Kaspr, Apollo, Pipecorn, Clay and Emelia find mobile or direct numbers, each at its own credit cost; Hunter and Icypeas stick to emails, and Snov.io sells numbers in tokens.
3. Where do the emails go next?
If you contact the leads right after, a finder inside your sending tool saves an export and keeps the credits in one bill: Emelia, Hunter, Snov.io and Apollo send campaigns. Kaspr, Icypeas, Pipecorn and Evaboot hand the data to another tool.
4. Seats or a team plan?
Apollo and Kaspr bill each user, Lusha’s Starter plan has one seat; Hunter, Snov.io, Pipecorn, Clay and Icypeas don’t bill per user, and Emelia bills per plan.
Emelia’s email finder, and when another tool fits better
Emelia finds and verifies emails and mobile numbers inside the tool that sends your email and LinkedIn campaigns. An email costs 1 credit and a mobile 50, debited only when found; packs start at $19 a month for 1,000 credits, valid 12 months, on top of a plan from $37 that includes mailboxes, warm-up and LinkedIn. Emelia’s email finder has its own page.
Look elsewhere when:
you only need emails, in volume, through an API: Icypeas costs less than Start plus a pack for 1,000 emails a month;
you start from a database rather than names: Apollo, Lusha or ZoomInfo let you search for contacts first;
phone numbers come first: Lusha and Kaspr are built around direct dials, with a LinkedIn extension.
Email finder tools: frequently asked questions
What is the best email finder tool?
It depends on where you start. To find emails and send from the same tool, Emelia, Hunter or Snov.io; to search a database first, Apollo, Lusha or ZoomInfo; for phone numbers from LinkedIn, Kaspr or Lusha; for volume through an API, Icypeas; for custom enrichment workflows, Clay.
Is there a free email finder?
Several tools have a free plan, in their own credits: Pipecorn 150 a month (3 per email), Clay 100, Apollo 75, Hunter 50, Snov.io 50 every 30 days, Lusha 40, ZoomInfo Lite 10, and Kaspr 15 B2B emails. Emelia has no free plan; its Start plan comes with 500 one-off credits, and you can test it for 7 days first.
How do I find someone’s email from LinkedIn?
Kaspr and Lusha add a panel to LinkedIn profiles. With Emelia, the Chrome extension adds an “Export with Emelia” button to Sales Navigator searches: the search goes to Emelia, which extracts the leads, then finds their emails in credits.
Do email finders also give phone numbers?
Some do: Lusha (5 credits a number), Apollo (8), Kaspr (phone credits per licence), Pipecorn (30 a mobile), Clay and Emelia (50 credits a mobile). Hunter and Icypeas only find emails.
How much does it cost to find 1,000 emails a month?
From $19 with Icypeas to $185 with Clay, on monthly billing. With Emelia, it is $19 a month on top of your plan, credits debited only for emails found.
Is an email finder enough to start prospecting?
It gives you the address, not the campaign. You still need verified emails, warmed sending mailboxes and a tool to send and follow up; that is why some teams prefer a finder inside their sending tool.
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As the head of multiple businesses, using Emelia's cold mailing tool allows me to confidently manage my campaigns by combining performance and simplicity.
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At Findcustomer.io, we aim to democratize growth marketing and make it available to all businesses at a low cost. Emelia is a highly effective cold mailing tool at an unbeatable price.
Julien GalloCEO
A simple and affordable solution for setting up cold emailing to these prospects.
Anne ChénéCEO
As the head of multiple businesses, using Emelia's cold mailing tool allows me to confidently manage my campaigns by combining performance and simplicity.
Xavier DelahayeCEO
At Findcustomer.io, we aim to democratize growth marketing and make it available to all businesses at a low cost. Emelia is a highly effective cold mailing tool at an unbeatable price.
Julien GalloCEO
A simple and affordable solution for setting up cold emailing to these prospects.
Anne ChénéCEO
As the head of multiple businesses, using Emelia's cold mailing tool allows me to confidently manage my campaigns by combining performance and simplicity.
Xavier DelahayeCEO
At Findcustomer.io, we aim to democratize growth marketing and make it available to all businesses at a low cost. Emelia is a highly effective cold mailing tool at an unbeatable price.
Julien GalloCEO
A simple and affordable solution for setting up cold emailing to these prospects.
Anne ChénéCEO
As the head of multiple businesses, using Emelia's cold mailing tool allows me to confidently manage my campaigns by combining performance and simplicity.
Xavier DelahayeCEO
At Findcustomer.io, we aim to democratize growth marketing and make it available to all businesses at a low cost. Emelia is a highly effective cold mailing tool at an unbeatable price.
Julien GalloCEO
A simple and affordable solution for setting up cold emailing to these prospects.
Anne ChénéCEO
As the head of multiple businesses, using Emelia's cold mailing tool allows me to confidently manage my campaigns by combining performance and simplicity.
Xavier DelahayeCEO
At Findcustomer.io, we aim to democratize growth marketing and make it available to all businesses at a low cost. Emelia is a highly effective cold mailing tool at an unbeatable price.
Julien GalloCEO
A simple and affordable solution for setting up cold emailing to these prospects.
Anne ChénéCEO
As the head of multiple businesses, using Emelia's cold mailing tool allows me to confidently manage my campaigns by combining performance and simplicity.
Xavier DelahayeCEO
It's not my profession - I'm a web developer and technical SEO specialist. I needed a simple and effective tool at a reasonable price. Look no further: Emelia meets all of these criteria.
Emile MoureauCo-founder
I was looking for a simple and effective tool to conduct my prospecting campaigns. Emelia is the perfect cold mailing tool!
Estelle KaraouniBusiness Development Manager
The tool is comprehensive, easy to use, and reasonably priced. No frills, just what I need to perform well on my cold mailing campaigns.
Thomas LucyGrowth Manager
It's not my profession - I'm a web developer and technical SEO specialist. I needed a simple and effective tool at a reasonable price. Look no further: Emelia meets all of these criteria.
Emile MoureauCo-founder
I was looking for a simple and effective tool to conduct my prospecting campaigns. Emelia is the perfect cold mailing tool!
Estelle KaraouniBusiness Development Manager
The tool is comprehensive, easy to use, and reasonably priced. No frills, just what I need to perform well on my cold mailing campaigns.
Thomas LucyGrowth Manager
It's not my profession - I'm a web developer and technical SEO specialist. I needed a simple and effective tool at a reasonable price. Look no further: Emelia meets all of these criteria.
Emile MoureauCo-founder
I was looking for a simple and effective tool to conduct my prospecting campaigns. Emelia is the perfect cold mailing tool!
Estelle KaraouniBusiness Development Manager
The tool is comprehensive, easy to use, and reasonably priced. No frills, just what I need to perform well on my cold mailing campaigns.
Thomas LucyGrowth Manager
It's not my profession - I'm a web developer and technical SEO specialist. I needed a simple and effective tool at a reasonable price. Look no further: Emelia meets all of these criteria.
Emile MoureauCo-founder
I was looking for a simple and effective tool to conduct my prospecting campaigns. Emelia is the perfect cold mailing tool!
Estelle KaraouniBusiness Development Manager
The tool is comprehensive, easy to use, and reasonably priced. No frills, just what I need to perform well on my cold mailing campaigns.
Thomas LucyGrowth Manager
It's not my profession - I'm a web developer and technical SEO specialist. I needed a simple and effective tool at a reasonable price. Look no further: Emelia meets all of these criteria.
Emile MoureauCo-founder
I was looking for a simple and effective tool to conduct my prospecting campaigns. Emelia is the perfect cold mailing tool!
Estelle KaraouniBusiness Development Manager
The tool is comprehensive, easy to use, and reasonably priced. No frills, just what I need to perform well on my cold mailing campaigns.
Thomas LucyGrowth Manager
It's not my profession - I'm a web developer and technical SEO specialist. I needed a simple and effective tool at a reasonable price. Look no further: Emelia meets all of these criteria.
Emile MoureauCo-founder
I was looking for a simple and effective tool to conduct my prospecting campaigns. Emelia is the perfect cold mailing tool!
Estelle KaraouniBusiness Development Manager
The tool is comprehensive, easy to use, and reasonably priced. No frills, just what I need to perform well on my cold mailing campaigns.
Thomas LucyGrowth Manager
Find emails where you send your campaigns
Email finder, verifier and phone finder in the tool that runs your email and LinkedIn sequences, from $37 a month.
