Affinity CRM vs. Hunter vs. VoilaNorbert

Very well suited for venture capital or any firm where you are managing a lot of stakeholders that are in different groups.

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Hunter.io is very well suited for any sales rep who is building out lists of contacts for email outreach, or for marketer's looking to reach out to PR and marketing contacts for link building campaigns. The tool is a great free option if you are doing targeted, 1:1 personalized outreach and you need a few contacts. The tool can be expensive if you are needing to reach thousands of people. A paid version of Hunter.io is not a great fit if you already pay for another list building source such as Data.com or Discover.Org.

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It is great to use when a single email address is needed and for bulk leads as well. It has great integration with the third party tools that makes it easy to manage things and keep track of things. We can even generate campaigns through this.

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• Organization
• Data Housing
• Exporting Data

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• Provides email domains very well. While some companies have a different domain for their "info@xyz.com", Hunter is able to find the domain that is being used by individuals at the company.
• For American contacts in particular it is very good at finding personal phone numbers.
• Helps to enrich the contacts that might be in a company by providing a confirmed list of employees.
• As an extra - I really like how easy it is to use. You can input the contacts name and copy-paste from the chrome extension quickly and easily. This saves a load of time when you are trying to find the right address.

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• Finds email addresses
• Backs up email addresses with other contact info if it exists
• Keeps a database of all of your contacts added

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• More prompts to update and sort new connections
• More visual appeal on each listing on a list
• An Outlook desktop app plugin

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• There have been times when I've search Hunter for an address on a website and it came back with no results. Then If I search the site I've often found an email address or two. So I'm curious why it wasn't able to find it with the tool, even when I could on my own?
• I'm not sure what the reasons were exactly why LinkedIn ordered the cease and desist, but I had hoped they two companies could come to terms or that at the least LinkedIn would acquire Hunter. But alas, it's not been the case.

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• {I feel] it needs an update on the database as sometimes it gives inaccurate results
• Sometimes the Chrome extension clashes [in my experience]

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We will definitely be renewing. The value for the price we are paying is solid, and we are interested in growing our use to see if we can expand on the value we are getting from Nudge.ai.

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Hunter is a pretty straightforward tool to use, like most of the tools on the market that execute the same sort of process. I would say it is not quite as user-friendly as some of the other tools on the market, which offer a plug and play process, but it is still fit for purpose.

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Nudge.ai is fairly intuitive, so the need for support is minimal. I have only had to reach out to the support team a couple of times for minor issue. The response has been quick and issues resolved to my satisfaction in a reasonable time frame. I have no issues with Nudge support at this time.

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I've never had any issues personally, but I know that any of my other colleagues have had quick support after emailing.

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Two different companies, so it's not like I chose one over the other. However, after using both Affinity and Salesforce, I can say that Affinity is easier to use due to its simplicity. Salesforce had a lot of bells and whistles, that when used appropriately, I'm sure can help, but its not needed for what I currently do.

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Hunter is a much more user-friendly version of Clearbit. I personally also find it to be more accurate than Clearbit. With Clearbit it felt like too many clicks to get to the information that you wanted. With Hunter, it is a simple copy - paste - click, to get the information you need. The additional list of contacts it provides and the verification source is also more readable.

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I've used a handful of other products, one is called Hunter.io. Another is called BuzzStream. Both have their advantages. Hunter we've used as a backup to finding emails if VoilaNorbert can't find them. BuzzStream does have nice email finding capabilities, but they are also more robust from an emailing and tracking perspective. I know that VoilaNorbert has some of that functionality but BuzzStream's is more intuitive. But I think VoilaNorbert's email address capabilities are probably faster/better than the other two.

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• Internal communication clarity
• Streamlined operations
• Ease of audit trails

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• Hunter has vastly improved my efficiency as a seller. It saves a lot of time for a lot of different reasons.
• The ability to confirm target email addresses saves valuable time having to re-send the same email to one person with multiple different attempts.
• Hunter has a pretty generous free trial ability, which is worthwhile in order to try before you buy.

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• Improved efficiency on prospecting efforts and outreach
• Ability to reach out to a larger amount of leads in less time

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