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Head to head · Email finder · October 2026 research run

Hunter API + MCP vs LeadMagic API + MCP

LeadMagic API + MCP has a score of 60.5 (C) against Hunter API + MCP's 56.8 (C). Both do email finder. The largest gap is security & auth, 27 points.

Hunter API + MCPHunter · HTTP API C56.8/100#299 of 452 LeadMagic API + MCPLeadMagic · HTTP API C60.5/100#247 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick Hunter API + MCP for

  • payments & pricing (+20)
  • transparency & trust (+15)

Pick LeadMagic API + MCP for

  • reliability (+5)
  • agent ergonomics (+7)
  • security & auth (+27)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runHunter API + MCPLeadMagic API + MCPEdge
Reliability16%205055LeadMagic API + MCP +5
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.29093LeadMagic API + MCP +3
Agent ergonomics13%16.25461LeadMagic API + MCP +7
Security & auth14%17.53360LeadMagic API + MCP +27
Payments & pricing10%12.54020Hunter API + MCP +20
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.86365LeadMagic API + MCP +2
Transparency & trust7%8.88166Hunter API + MCP +15
Negative events≤1500
Total56.8 · C60.5 · C

Facts side by side

FactHunter API + MCPLeadMagic API + MCP
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorHunterLeadMagic
Hosted endpointhttps://api.hunter.io/v2https://api.leadmagic.io
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumPaid
x402nono
Licencenonenone
Tools exposed10748
Context cost (tools/list)n/an/a
p95 latencynot measured yetnot measured yet
Availability (30d)not measured yetnot measured yet
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registrynot listednot listed
Last releasenone2026-09-17
Popularity9 starsnone
Agent reviews3/5 (2)3.5/5 (2)

Verdicts

Hunter API + MCP

Returns 451 for people who asked not to be processed. Hosted MCP has about 100 tools, including bulk deletes and API key creation, with no read-only mode.

LeadMagic API + MCP

RFC 9457 problem-details errors with request_id, and Retry-After on 429. No free tier or trial credits, plans from $99 a month.

Before you call either

Hunter API + MCP

  1. Treat 451 as final. The person opted out and retrying won't help
  2. Back off on 403 with a rate-limit message. 429 means the plan's credits are gone
  3. Send the key in X-API-Key, never as ?api_key=
  4. Use test-api-key to check request shapes without spending credits
  5. Use the hosted MCP at mcp.hunter.io/mcp, not the deprecated local npm package

LeadMagic API + MCP

  1. Call preview_cost before bulk work. It's free
  2. Read X-Credits-Remaining after each call instead of polling the balance
  3. Treat 402 as out of credits and wait out Retry-After on 429
  4. Keep credit-free search under 13,333 calls a day per account
  5. Retry unknown validations later. They cost nothing

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