Head-to-head comparison
Hunter.io is an email finder — domain search, verifier, credits when you look up an address. TaskBullet AI builds a prospect list for this job — no VA forms the file. Pay once, download the CSV and use it however you want, or have a VA work it after it lands. No credit meter.
If you need a list for this campaign, TaskBullet wins. If you already have names and only need emails, Hunter wins.
They sell email finds, one lookup at a time. We sell an AI-built list for this job. Download it and use it however you want, or have a VA work it. No VA forms the file.
| Feature | TaskBullet | Hunter |
|---|---|---|
| What you buy | A finished list for this job | Credits to find and verify emails + a seat |
| How you pay | Once, for this list — live price on screen | Plan plus credits; unused credits typically expire |
| Who runs the search | AI, from what you sell and who you want | You enter a domain or a name; Hunter returns emails |
| CSV | The product — download when it lands | An export after you spend find/verify credits |
| Phone / LinkedIn | You pick fields on the order — email-only is not the full package | Email is the product; phone and LinkedIn are not the core |
| Same names sold to everyone | AI-built pull for this order — no VA assembles the file | Shared finder — any subscriber can look up the same domain |
| Someone to work the list | Optional: assign a VA to call or draft outreach | You send from Hunter campaigns or your own inbox |
| Best for | A list this week, no new login, CSV or an agent | You already have companies or names and only need emails |
Domain search and email finder are how Hunter wants you to work. You already know the company (or the person). You spend a credit to get or check the address. Unused credits typically expire with the plan.
TaskBullet does not run a credit meter. You see a live price for the list, pay once, and get the file. That price is for the fields you picked — email-only is not a full named contact with cell and LinkedIn.
Type a company website, get emails at that domain. Useful if the account is already on your list. Useless if you wanted 200 roofing owners in Dallas and do not have the domains yet.
Name plus company in, address out, then a check. That is a lookup API. TaskBullet is the opposite: you describe the offer and the buyer, AI builds a fresh list for that market.
Hunter can send sequences from your mailbox on some plans. TaskBullet can draft outreach for a VA; we do not send it from TaskBullet. Different job.
A verify is a check against Hunter's last pass, not a unique live pull for your offer. Many Hunter users can look up the same domain this week. TaskBullet runs a new report for your brief each order. Some of the same people can still show up. You are not buying a catalog SKU sold forty times that week.
Hunter's terms generally restrict using a seat to build or deliver lists for other companies as a product. If you produce lists for clients, that is a service job. Order the list. Don't stretch a personal Hunter login across accounts.
Tell us what you sell and who you want to reach. AI builds the list. Pay once. Download the CSV and use it however you want, or have a VA work it after it lands.
Only if you wanted a prospect list for this campaign, not an email finder. Hunter is domain search, email finder, and verifier — credits when you look up or check an address. TaskBullet is a finished AI-built list. Pay once, download the CSV, or have a VA work it. If you already have names and only need emails, keep Hunter.
Different products. Hunter bills a plan plus credits for finds and verifications. Unused credits typically expire with the period. TaskBullet has no monthly fee for a list: you see a live price for that order and pay once. If you already know the people and only need emails, Hunter’s meter can be the better fit. If you need the file this week, TaskBullet is the simpler bill.
Hunter is built so you search a domain or a name, spend a credit, and collect emails. Bulk tools exist, but you are still buying finds and a seat, not a one-off list product. TaskBullet’s product is the file: describe the offer and buyer, AI builds it, you download the CSV.
Yes. Pay for the list, then download a CSV for your team, CRM, or whatever you already run. You can also assign a TaskBullet VA to start calling or draft outreach. TaskBullet does not send the emails or place the calls from its own dialer in this product.
Domain search, email finder, a verifier, and campaigns that send from your mailbox on some plans. TaskBullet does not try to replace an email-finding API. We build the list for this job. After it lands, an optional VA can call — that is hours, not a credit pack.
Hunter’s terms generally restrict using a seat to build or deliver contact data for other companies as a product. A TaskBullet list is a service order for that buyer — not a sublicensed finder. If you produce lists for clients, buy the list as a job.
Hunter finds and verifies addresses against its patterns and checks. “Valid” means it passed their last verify, not that they just called the person. TaskBullet AI builds a fresh list for your offer, city, and persona on each order — live research and scraping, no VA. Some of the same people can still appear — the world is the world — but you are not buying a catalog file sold to everyone that week.