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    "name": "Hunter",
    "vendor": "Hunter.io",
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    "tagline": "B2B email finder and verifier with credit-based plans and a generous free tier.",
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      "Transparent published per-tier credit allocations and pricing across all plans",
      "30% annual discount across all paid tiers (Starter through Scale)",
      "AI Writing Assistant included on Starter and above for cold sequence drafting",
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      "1 email account on the Free tier is restrictive for any real outreach work",
      "Smaller B2B database than ZoomInfo or Apollo at the high end of the market",
      "Scale tier price ($299/mo) approaches lower-end ZoomInfo seats for less data depth"
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