ZeroBounce vs. Hunter.io

Hunter.io and ZeroBounce accuracy comparison

Accurate email validationⓘ results are essential for your email marketing.

All of the potential benefits - lower email bounce rates, better inbox visibility, stronger conversion rates, etc. - are unattainable if your email list contains invalid email addresses.

ZeroBounce accuracy

99.6%

guaranteed

Hunter.io accuracy

98%

(minimum)

ZeroBounce outpaces Hunter.io in terms of accuracy. Furthermore, you’re protected from risk as your results have a money-back guarantee. Your email bounce rateⓘ will be below 2% after using the platform.

Additionally - ZeroBounce has a track record of consistently yielding fewer than 1% “unknown” results. It’s able to accurately verify more email domains, including complex ones, while also circumventing common spam blockers.

What types of email addresses does Hunter.io identify?

Speaking of “unknown” results, the types of email addresses a service can identify are just as important as accuracy.

Types of emails Hunter.io identifies

Valid
emails

Disposable
emails

Invalid
emails

Catch-all
emails

Spam Trap

Due to its limitations, Hunter.io cannot classify additional address types that may be on your list.

When you validate your email lists with ZeroBounce, you gain deeper insights into those email addresses. For example, abuse emails are ‘valid.’ But they belong to known spam complainers who are likely to increase your spam complaint rate. Though your emails won’t bounce, it’s better to delete those abusers to protect your company’s email reputationⓘ.

Similarly, you don’t want an email verifier to misclassify a potential lead as “invalid” or “undeliverable.” Instead, you can use Email Scoringⓘ and Activity Data to learn more about the address owner’s behaviors and make your own judgments about whether or not it’s worth pursuing that email lead.

Detect Yahoo and AOL-disabled email accounts

If your email lead list contains Yahoo and AOL addresses, your company will benefit from Verify+ from ZeroBounceⓘ.

Verify+ from ZeroBounceⓘ is a free addition to email validationⓘ and the only tool that can detect disabled email accounts. It’s the only tool that accurately detects Yahoo and AOL-disabled email addresses.

By opting into Verify+, ZeroBounce will check for bounces by sending a message to the address. There’s no risk to your company or domain, and ZeroBounce handles the entire sending and verification process.

ZeroBounce offers more email data beyond validation status

Identifying email validity is essential for preventing email bounces. But that’s just the first step to improving your email results.

Once you reach the inbox, you need help getting subscribers to open, click, and engage with the content in your email.

At no additional cost, ZeroBounce provides a variety of appended data when available. This information includes name, gender, geolocation, email domain information, and IP information. By better understanding the history of the email address, you can make better decisions regarding segmentation and targeting.

ZeroBounce also provides these additional email insights:

• Email Scoring - For 1 credit, you can Score a validated email address to determine the quality of the lead.
• Activity Data - You can retrieve an email address’s Activity Data to find out if they’ve opened, clicked, forwarded, or unsubscribed from emails in the last 30-180 days.