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Best email finder API in 2026

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The three email finder API plans we score highest, with each part of their score and what 1,000 emails cost.

  1. #1

    Icypeas, $499 monthly, Hypergrowth, 100,000 credits a month, POST /email-search

    Overall score
    74.5Overall score: 74.5 What goes in • Price score: 93, its weight 40 (under Score, on the right) • Data score: 73, its weight 40 (under Score, on the right) • Cost to get started score: 62, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) • Bundle score: 90, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) • Performance score: 4, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) Formula Overall score = (40 × price score + 40 × data score + 10 × cost to get started score + 10 × bundle score + 10 × performance score) / 110 This plan Overall score = (40 × 92.85 + 40 × 73.33 + 10 × 61.70 + 10 × 90.00 + 10 × 3.53) / 110 = 74.5409, shown as 74.5
    Price score
    93Price score: 93 What goes in • $ per 1,000 (Price): $4.99 • $ per 1,000 (Not found): $0, nothing charged • The scored plans of this API: 416, 34 of them cheaper per 1,000 Formula Price score = 100 × (35 × rank + 5 × not found) / 40 rank = 1 − plans cheaper / scored plans (no limit: 1, blank: 0) not found = 1 − not found $ per 1,000 / $ per 1,000, never under 0 (nothing charged: 1, either one blank: 0) This plan rank = 1 − 34 / 416 = 0.918 not found = 1 Price score = 100 × (35 × 0.918 + 5 × 1) / 40 = 92.825, shown as 93
    Data score
    73Data score: 73 What goes in • Our benchmark of 20 October 2026 (this score's link), where we called every provider on the same 15 people • This call's share there: 0.7333 Formula Data score = 100 × the share The Data score on Find email How often the call gives the right work email, out of 100: the share of the people we called for whom it gave the address we know is theirs. We called only people who wrote to us from their work email, so no provider's answer is taken as the truth. This plan Data score = 100 × 0.7333 = 73.33, shown as 73
    Cost to get started score
    62Cost to get started score: 62 What goes in • Who can get it (About the plan): business use only (strictly B2B), over the age of 13 • Billing (Price): monthly • Pay (Plan): $499 Formula Cost to get started score = 100 × (who + billing + least) / 3 who = closed to new users 0, on approval or after a call 0.3, a crypto wallet 0.5, a business email 0.7, none of these 1 billing = pay as you go or free 1, a pack 0.8, monthly 0.7, quarterly 0.5, half-yearly 0.4, yearly 0.3, contact us 0 least = $10 or less 1, else 1 − log10(least / $10) / 2, never under 0 This plan who = 1 billing = 0.7 least = 1 − log10($499 / $10) / 2 = 0.151 Cost to get started score = 100 × (1 + 0.7 + 0.151) / 3 = 61.70, shown as 62
    Bundle score
    90Bundle score: 90 What goes in • Also pays for: 9 other calls: Email Verifier, Domain Scan, Profile Scraper, Company Scraper, Person Profile URL Finder, Company Profile URL Finder, Find People, Find Companies, Reverse Email Lookup Formula Bundle score = 100 × other calls / (other calls + 1) other calls = what its price also pays for, with its own limit or from the same credits (not read yet: 0) This plan Bundle score = 100 × 9 / (9 + 1) = 90.00, shown as 90
    Performance score
    4Performance score: 4 What goes in • Its median time per call in our benchmark of 20 October 2026, minus the baseline: 3.994 s • GetProspect, the fastest benchmarked provider: 0.141 s Formula Performance score = 100 × the fastest median / this median time = the call's time minus the mean of three free calls to the same provider just before it, on the same connection where that mean is longer than the call: minus the provider's median baseline, capped at the call's time This plan Performance score = 100 × 0.141 / 3.994 = 3.53, shown as 4
    $ per 1,000
    $4.99
  2. #2

    treg, $10 pack

    Overall score
    74.3Overall score: 74.3 What goes in • Price score: 81, its weight 40 (under Score, on the right) • Data score: 87, its weight 40 (under Score, on the right) • Cost to get started score: 93, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) • Bundle score: 50, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) • Performance score: 2, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) Formula Overall score = (40 × price score + 40 × data score + 10 × cost to get started score + 10 × bundle score + 10 × performance score) / 110 This plan Overall score = (40 × 81.40 + 40 × 86.67 + 10 × 93.33 + 10 × 50.00 + 10 × 1.85) / 110 = 74.3145, shown as 74.3
    Price score
    81Price score: 81 What goes in • $ per 1,000 (Price): $4.667 • $ per 1,000 (Not found): $20.00 • The scored plans of this API: 416, 29 of them cheaper per 1,000 Formula Price score = 100 × (35 × rank + 5 × not found) / 40 rank = 1 − plans cheaper / scored plans (no limit: 1, blank: 0) not found = 1 − not found $ per 1,000 / $ per 1,000, never under 0 (nothing charged: 1, either one blank: 0) This plan rank = 1 − 29 / 416 = 0.93 not found = 1 − $20.00 / $4.667 = −3.285, under 0, so 0 Price score = 100 × (35 × 0.93 + 5 × 0) / 40 = 81.375, shown as 81
    Data score
    87Data score: 87 What goes in • Our benchmark of 20 October 2026 (this score's link), where we called every provider on the same 15 people • This call's share there: 0.8667 Formula Data score = 100 × the share The Data score on Find email How often the call gives the right work email, out of 100: the share of the people we called for whom it gave the address we know is theirs. We called only people who wrote to us from their work email, so no provider's answer is taken as the truth. This plan Data score = 100 × 0.8667 = 86.67, shown as 87
    Cost to get started score
    93Cost to get started score: 93 What goes in • Who can get it (About the plan): anyone 16 or over • Billing (Price): a pack you pay first • Pay (Plan): $10 Formula Cost to get started score = 100 × (who + billing + least) / 3 who = closed to new users 0, on approval or after a call 0.3, a crypto wallet 0.5, a business email 0.7, none of these 1 billing = pay as you go or free 1, a pack 0.8, monthly 0.7, quarterly 0.5, half-yearly 0.4, yearly 0.3, contact us 0 least = $10 or less 1, else 1 − log10(least / $10) / 2, never under 0 This plan who = 1 billing = 0.8 least = 1 ($10 is $10 or less) Cost to get started score = 100 × (1 + 0.8 + 1) / 3 = 93.33, shown as 93
    Bundle score
    50Bundle score: 50 What goes in • Also pays for: 1 other call: every metered catalog call Formula Bundle score = 100 × other calls / (other calls + 1) other calls = what its price also pays for, with its own limit or from the same credits (not read yet: 0) This plan Bundle score = 100 × 1 / (1 + 1) = 50.00, shown as 50
    Performance score
    2Performance score: 2 What goes in • Its median time per call in our benchmark of 20 October 2026, minus the baseline: 7.622 s • GetProspect, the fastest benchmarked provider: 0.141 s Formula Performance score = 100 × the fastest median / this median time = the call's time minus the mean of three free calls to the same provider just before it, on the same connection where that mean is longer than the call: minus the provider's median baseline, capped at the call's time This plan Performance score = 100 × 0.141 / 7.622 = 1.85, shown as 2
    $ per 1,000
    $4.667
  3. #3

    Anymail Finder, $499 monthly

    Overall score
    73.0Overall score: 73.0 What goes in • Price score: 83, its weight 40 (under Score, on the right) • Data score: 80, its weight 40 (under Score, on the right) • Cost to get started score: 62, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) • Bundle score: 88, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) • Performance score: 3, its weight 10 (under Score, on the right) Formula Overall score = (40 × price score + 40 × data score + 10 × cost to get started score + 10 × bundle score + 10 × performance score) / 110 This plan Overall score = (40 × 82.54 + 40 × 80.00 + 10 × 61.70 + 10 × 87.50 + 10 × 3.40) / 110 = 72.9782, shown as 73.0
    Price score
    83Price score: 83 What goes in • $ per 1,000 (Price): $9.98 • $ per 1,000 (Not found): $0, nothing charged • The scored plans of this API: 416, 83 of them cheaper per 1,000 Formula Price score = 100 × (35 × rank + 5 × not found) / 40 rank = 1 − plans cheaper / scored plans (no limit: 1, blank: 0) not found = 1 − not found $ per 1,000 / $ per 1,000, never under 0 (nothing charged: 1, either one blank: 0) This plan rank = 1 − 83 / 416 = 0.8 not found = 1 Price score = 100 × (35 × 0.8 + 5 × 1) / 40 = 82.50, shown as 83
    Data score
    80Data score: 80 What goes in • Our benchmark of 19 October 2026 (this score's link), where we called every provider on the same 15 people • This call's share there: 0.8 Formula Data score = 100 × the share The Data score on Find email How often the call gives the right work email, out of 100: the share of the people we called for whom it gave the address we know is theirs. We called only people who wrote to us from their work email, so no provider's answer is taken as the truth. This plan Data score = 100 × 0.8 = 80.00, shown as 80
    Cost to get started score
    62Cost to get started score: 62 What goes in • Who can get it (About the plan): businesses only • Billing (Price): monthly • Pay (Plan): $499 Formula Cost to get started score = 100 × (who + billing + least) / 3 who = closed to new users 0, on approval or after a call 0.3, a crypto wallet 0.5, a business email 0.7, none of these 1 billing = pay as you go or free 1, a pack 0.8, monthly 0.7, quarterly 0.5, half-yearly 0.4, yearly 0.3, contact us 0 least = $10 or less 1, else 1 − log10(least / $10) / 2, never under 0 This plan who = 1 billing = 0.7 least = 1 − log10($499 / $10) / 2 = 0.151 Cost to get started score = 100 × (1 + 0.7 + 0.151) / 3 = 61.70, shown as 62
    Bundle score
    88Bundle score: 88 What goes in • Also pays for: 7 other calls: Find Email by LinkedIn URL, Find Company Emails, Find Decision Maker Email, Verify Email, Find Email in Bulk, GeoLead Finder, Domain Email: Order Download File Formula Bundle score = 100 × other calls / (other calls + 1) other calls = what its price also pays for, with its own limit or from the same credits (not read yet: 0) This plan Bundle score = 100 × 7 / (7 + 1) = 87.50, shown as 88
    Performance score
    3Performance score: 3 What goes in • Its median time per call in our benchmark of 19 October 2026, minus the baseline: 4.148 s • GetProspect, the fastest benchmarked provider: 0.141 s Formula Performance score = 100 × the fastest median / this median time = the call's time minus the mean of three free calls to the same provider just before it, on the same connection where that mean is longer than the call: minus the provider's median baseline, capped at the call's time This plan Performance score = 100 × 0.141 / 4.148 = 3.40, shown as 3
    $ per 1,000
    $9.98