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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Hunter

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AHunter is a cloud-based email search solution that helps businesses find and verify professional email addresses from domains, companies or a specific professional on the web.

    $0

    per month

    Referral Factory

    Score9.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Referral Factory is referral marketing software for medium-sized and enterprise businesses. It helps teams build and manage branded referral programs, connect with CRM and payment systems, automate rewards, and track referrals at scale without ongoing developer support.

    $200

    per month

    Pricing
    HunterReferral Factory
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0.00
    per month
    Starter
    $49
    per month
    Growth
    $99
    per month
    Pro
    $199
    per month
    Enterprise
    $399
    per month
    Basic
    $200
    per month
    Pro
    $400
    per month
    Enterprise
    $1,000
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HunterReferral Factory
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    User Ratings
    HunterReferral Factory
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (26 ratings)
    9.1
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HunterReferral Factory
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hunter
    The scenario we most commonly use Hunter for is to quickly find and retrieve contact email information. Phone numbers are an added bonus, but they tend to only be available for contacts in the US. SDRs have the extension in order to confirm or to help them "guess" as to what a contact's email address might be. This speeds up our prospecting time considerably. Where Hunter falls short is not being flexible where companies have more than one email format.
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    Referral Factory
    It is well suited for businesses that need the ability to create good-looking professional referral campaigns within a short time frame and do not have coding experience. I would say it is ideal for perhaps eCommerce site owners and store owners who want to launch referral programs but do not have the resources available within their company to assign a developer or someone with coding knowledge to set up and integrate.
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    Pros
    Hunter
    • Hunter provides a quick and easy way to look up the email format for any company using the free Google Chrome extension.
    • Hunter allows you to upload a bulk list of emails and verify them easily.
    • Hunter shows where verified emails were found on web pages and PDF documents. This shows that the emails were published by trusted sources.
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    Referral Factory
    • The platform is user-friendly with various types of guidance such as chatbot, videos, and articles, to assist the users.
    • Referral Factory provides diverse methods of advertising referral programs, offering templates for a wide variety of industries that users can tailor to fit their brand guidelines.
    • Referral Factory provides a detailed dashboard with key performance indicators to help marketers adjust referral campaigns to maximize conversion rates.
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    Cons
    Hunter
    • Hunter is only as valuable as the information it is able to scrape from the internet. If a company has not listed any email addresses online, then Hunter is not going to be able to find it.
    • Sometimes Hunter is only able to identify non-personal-specific email addresses (ex: info @, support@, etc.). This makes it difficult to identify personnel emails
    • Sometimes companies will have different email domains that Hunter is not able to correlate. For example, when searching for an email address at Lead.com, Hunter is not able to point to ParentCompany.com email addresses that would be more useful.
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    Referral Factory
    • The UI needs some improvement to really smooth out the workflows. Overall it's not bad, but could always be better.
    • There isn't good documentation on how to configure and use the solution. It's like they assumed they built to be obvious enough to where anyone can figure it out, but for things that have more nuances, users could really benefit from some tooltips and/or documentation.
    • Pricing is pretty high, it would be nice to have a lower tier so businesses with a small income stream can start to benefit from referral programs.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hunter
    No answers on this topic
    Referral Factory
    It works so well for us, I really can see us using any other system
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    Usability
    Hunter
    I think the features are good, but it makes my brain hurt (and feel overtaxed) when I have to jump between searching by name and domain and then searching via a specific email to verify. I wish I could do all of that from one landing page, one über search bar.
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    Referral Factory
    Referral Factory's overall usability is great. The interface was really easy to learn and use and there are also helpful video tutorials if you have any questions along the way while building your new campaign. The process of sharing the referral link is also really easy and Referral Factory provides multiple methods of sharing the link which is a nice feature as well.
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    Support Rating
    Hunter
    No answers on this topic
    Referral Factory
    We have been very grateful for the ongoing support from the Referral Factory team who have gone above and beyond not only to help us get set up but have provided great insight into how to optimise our campaign
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hunter
    Hunter is a good all in one solution, which hasnt always been the case as it used to be a daa only solution. However, other tools like lemlist as slightly more user friendly and make it so simple to build and launch multi-channel campaigns , and do this slightly better than Hunter.
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    Referral Factory
    Referral factory has following features that I find more helpful in achieving my business needs: 1. Customization 2. Data Analytics 3. Ease of setting up and integrations 4. Affordability. As per my experience one feature that really comes in handy in Referral Factory is its integration with my CRM, which allows me to import the customer data i.e. emails, hassle free.
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    Return on Investment
    Hunter
    • Definitely Hunter has built lead lists for our clients in a very fast way for our clients.
    • It has managed to cut the times of preparation of lead lists in more than 200% of the time compared to other traditional ways.
    • Our clients can now have tons of leads and deliver contents in a faster way to validate these prospects.
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    Referral Factory
    • Referral Factory led to a 30% boost in customer acquisition, translating to a measurable ROI. The incentivized referral programs effectively expanded our customer base, contributing significantly to revenue growth.
    • By fostering customer loyalty through referral incentives, Referral Factory contributed to a 25% increase in CLV. The long-term value generated from retained, engaged customers showcased a positive and sustainable impact on ROI.
    • Compared to traditional marketing channels, Referral Factory demonstrated a 20% reduction in customer acquisition costs. The cost-effectiveness of leveraging existing customer networks for referrals positively impacted overall business profitability and marketing ROI.
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    ScreenShots

    Hunter Screenshots

    Screenshot of Hunter DashboardScreenshot of Domain Search toolScreenshot of Hunter CampaignsScreenshot of Hunter Bulk TasksScreenshot of Hunter Google Sheets Add-On

    Referral Factory Screenshots

    Screenshot of the referral portal.Screenshot of some of the ways to send out earnable rewards.Screenshot of the referrer dashboard.Screenshot of some of the available reward options.Screenshot of various integrations.Screenshot of the lead dashboard.