★ BEST INVESTING TOOLS COMPARISON ★
VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
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Tool Comparison
Hunter vs Roic AI
Pick Hunter instead if
Hunter
Best for webhooks and zapier / make
Free • From $34/mo · Web · API
- You care about webhooks and zapier / make, things Roic AI doesn't offer
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Roic AI
Best for financials and transcripts
Free • From $29/mo · Web · API · 75% positive (4 votes)
- Delayed quotes won't cut it; you need real-time data
- You want the cheaper way in: plans start at $29/mo instead of $34/mo
- You care about financials, transcripts, and news, things Hunter doesn't offer
Skip both if: Neither one clicks with how you research; there are strong third options.
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The verdict
The bottom line
Hunter and Roic AI cover a lot of the same ground (2 shared categories, APIs & data feeds and sheets / excel add-ins), so for the basics you won't go far wrong with either. Roic AI simply does more: 10 categories to Hunter's 4, including financials, transcripts, and news. Hunter counters by keeping things simpler.
Key differences at a glance
- Real-time data
- Roic AI
- Cheaper paid plan
- Roic AI$29/mo vs $34/mo
- Broader coverage
- Roic AI10 vs 4 categories
- Free plan
- Both
Comparison snapshot
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & plans | ||
Starting price | Free • From $34/mo | Free • From $29/mo |
Free tier | Yes | Yes |
Free trial | — | — |
Plan limits | 17 limits: Free: credits: 50/month, Free: connected email accounts: 1 +15 more | 17 limits: Free: api requests per minute: 5, Free: historical data: 2 years +15 more |
| Platforms & access | ||
Web app | Yes | Yes |
Mobile app | No | No |
API access | Yes | Yes |
Broker sync | No | No |
Integrations | Gmail, Outlook +8 more | Google Sheets, ChatGPT +1 more |
| Audience & fit | ||
Experience level | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced |
Best for | — | — |
Categories covered | 4 | 10 |
Regions | — | North America, Europe, APAC, LatAm, Middle East, Africa |
| Data & capabilities | ||
Data quality | — | Latency: Real-time and End of Day and Granularity: EOD |
Capabilities | — | Universe builder |
Security | Status page | — |
| Try it | Visit Hunter | Visit Roic AI |
Standout features
What Hunter does best
- Find professional email addresses by company or domain with Domain Search.
- Use Email Finder to return verified or deduced addresses with confidence scores and verification status.
- Verify addresses with SMTP-level checks, source information, and bulk verification workflows.
- Run bulk Domain Search, Email Finder, and Email Verifier jobs from CSV, Excel, Numbers, or TXT inputs and export results to CSV.
- Use the Google Sheets add-on to find and verify emails directly from spreadsheets with an API key.
What Roic AI does best
- Research public companies through web pages that combine business summaries, financial statements, earnings call transcripts, news, identifiers, and stock split history.
- Use the stock screener to filter companies by exchange, industry, revenue, market cap, operating margin, geography, and related criteria.
- Access a REST API with API-key authentication and JSON responses by default, with CSV available where supported.
- Use financial statement, transcript, news, stock split, company-logo, ticker-search, and spreadsheet batch endpoints from the API surface.
- Export data to JSON, CSV, Excel, or TSV depending on endpoint and workflow.
Data & access details
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Coverage & fit | ||
Asset types | Other | StocksETFsClosed-End Funds |
Experience | BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced | BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced |
Regions | Not specified | North AmericaEuropeAPACLatAmMiddle EastAfrica |
Coverage details | Not specified | Identifiers: Ticker, ISIN, and CUSIP |
| Data | ||
Data freshness | Not specified | Real-timeEnd of Day |
Data granularity | Not specified | EOD |
| Access & integrations | ||
API protocols | REST | REST |
API auth & delivery | Auth: APIKeyWebhooks | Auth: APIKey |
Import methods | CSV | Not specified |
Integrations | GmailOutlookZapierMakeMCPGoogle SheetsHubSpotSalesforce+2 more | Google SheetsChatGPTMCP Server |
Export formats | CSV | CSVExcelJSON |
| Plans & trust | ||
Security & compliance | Status page | Not specified |
Capability signals | Not specified | Universe builder |
Vendor & support | Hunter Web Services, Inc.Country: United StatesFounded 2015Support: Email and Chat | Roic AI, Inc.Support: Email |
Curation ratings | Methodology 4/5Reliability 4/5UX 4/5 | Not specified |
Green tags are exclusive to that tool in this comparison.
Pricing breakdown
$34/mo
Starting price
Plans & pricing
- credits: 50/month
- connected email accounts: 1
- +1 more
- billed: $408/year
- credits: 24,000/year
- +2 more
- billed: $1,248/year
- credits: 120,000/year
- +2 more
- billed: $2,508/year
- credits: 300,000/year
- +2 more
- pricing: Custom
- credits: Custom
$29/mo
Lower starting price
Plans & pricing
- api requests per minute: 5
- historical data: 2 years
- +2 more
- api requests per minute: 300
- historical data: 5 years
- +2 more
- api requests: Unlimited
- historical data: All available years
- +3 more
- api requests: Unlimited
- commercial use api: Yes
- +2 more
Coverage overlap
Shared categories
2Where the two tools cover the same ground.
Hunter strengths
2What you only get with Hunter.
Roic AI strengths
8What you only get with Roic AI.
Community category leaders
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Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between Hunter and Roic AI?
Hunter leans toward APIs & data feeds, webhooks, and zapier / make, while Roic AI puts more weight on financials, transcripts, and news. They overlap in 2 categories, so for most people it comes down to workflow preference and price.
How much do Hunter and Roic AI cost?
Good news: both Hunter and Roic AI have free plans, so you can run them side by side and only pay if you hit a wall.
Do Hunter and Roic AI have APIs?
Yes, both offer API access, so developers and quants can pull data programmatically or wire up their own integrations.
Should I choose Hunter or Roic AI?
It depends on what you're after. Pick Hunter if webhooks and zapier / make matter to you; go with Roic AI if you'd rather have financials and transcripts. And if you only need the basics both share, let price decide.
What asset classes do Hunter and Roic AI cover?
Hunter covers other. Roic AI covers stocks, ETFs, and closed-end funds.
Does Hunter or Roic AI have real-time data?
Roic AI offers real-time data, which matters if you trade actively. Hunter runs on delayed or end-of-day data, which is perfectly fine for longer-term investors who don't live and die by the tick.
Can I export data from Hunter and Roic AI?
Yes, both export to spreadsheets (CSV), which is handy if you like running your own numbers.
Which has a better stock screener: Hunter or Roic AI?
Roic AI has a stock screener for surfacing ideas; Hunter doesn't, and focuses its energy elsewhere.
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