Free email finder
One verified work email per person, free to try.
How does this email finder work?
It should hand you an address that receives mail, not a guess. This one searches public, logged-out LinkedIn profiles by job title, company, or keyword, then checks one work email per person. People search is in beta. No LinkedIn account, no plugin.
Every address gets a live check before it comes back. If nothing verifies, or the domain accepts everything so a real check is impossible, the email field returns null and the profile still comes through.
A short list of addresses that receive mail beats a long list of maybes, because bounced sends hurt your sender reputation.
One thing to be clear about: these emails come from public LinkedIn person data. Google Maps records carry a business name, phone, website, and address, but Maps has no email field, so no Maps result from any tool includes one.
What data do you get?
Here is a search (beta) and the same rows shown as CSV first, then JSON. The people are masked to protect real humans, so first name plus last initial, with starred profile URLs and domains. The shape is real.
The second row is the point. No address verified for that person, so the email is null and the profile still comes back. Each row carries these fields:
How do you get started?
No code needed. From zero to verified addresses in about two minutes:
- 1
Create a free account. Try it free, no card needed.
- 2
Type a search in the playground. Something like head of marketing saas. People land in a table.
- 3
Export the CSV, or copy your key and run the curl above. Same data, JSON or rows.
Does my paid balance expire?
Most email-finder plans, Hunter among them, run on a monthly allowance where unused credits reset at the end of the month. CrustAPI paid funds roll over and never expire, so a slow month is not money burned.
| Monthly-reset plans | CrustAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Unused paid funds / quota | reset each month | Paid funds never expire; free usage resets monthly |
| Free tier | varies by provider | $6 of free usage each month |
| Charged for | each lookup on the plan | results only, empty search is free |
| Email quality | found or guessed, depends on tool | one verified work email, or null |
| Data source | database plus lookups | live public LinkedIn person data |
Same key runs the rest of the set: people search (beta) · the LinkedIn email finder · the email scraper.
How much does email finding cost?
Every account gets Free to try, no card. Work email lookup is included in a successful profile request. Email availability varies. Current endpoint prices are below:
| Deposit | Google Search / 1,000 requests | Maps / 1,000 businesses | LinkedIn reads / 1,000 requests | People, Jobs, Refresh / 1,000 units |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10+ | $1.00 | $1.96 | $6.00 | $1.96 |
| $149+ | $0.76 | $1.49 | $4.50 | $1.49 |
| $549+ | $0.56 | $1.10 | $3.30 | $1.10 |
| $1,999+ | $0.41 | $0.80 | $2.45 | $0.80 |
| $6,500+ | $0.33 | $0.65 | $1.95 | $0.65 |
| $27,500+ | $0.28 | $0.55 | $1.65 | $0.55 |
| $50,000+ | $0.26 | $0.50 | $1.50 | $0.50 |
| $100,000+ | $0.20 | $0.40 | $1.50 | $0.40 |
Every eligible account gets $6 of free usage monthly. Each deposit keeps its prices until spent; paid funds never expire. People and Jobs bill per successful search, Refresh per accessible profile. Full profiles in People use the read rate per full profile. See all billing details.
Larger deposits unlock lower endpoint prices. Each deposit keeps its prices until spent. See the full deposit table on the pricing page. Prices in USD, ex-tax.
Packs are prepaid and self-serve, and paid funds never expire. An unused pack is still yours next year.
Who uses a free email finder?
- Founders doing first outreach. The free plan covers a real pipeline without another subscription.
- SDRs and recruiters. Search by title and company, export verified addresses, skip the bounce cleanup.
- Agencies filling client lists. Verified-or-null keeps bounce rates low and the client's sending domain safe.
- No-code builders. Run it from the playground, Clay, or n8n. The API is there when you want it.
When another tool wins
You want a full app, not an API: if you need a browser extension, a built-in contact database, and a sequencer in one product, Hunter, Apollo, and Lusha are built for exactly that. CrustAPI is the data layer: you bring the workflow, we return one verified email per person, and you keep every row.
CrustAPI is a one-person company. If a result ever looks wrong, email support@crustapi.com and the person who built it will answer.
Common questions
Maps costs $1.96 per 1,000 businesses at standard prices, down to $0.40 for the largest deposit. Empty and failed searches are free. Every eligible account gets $6 of free usage monthly. Paid funds never expire.
From public, logged-out LinkedIn person data. We search profiles by title, company, or keyword and find one work email per person. Google Maps records have no email field, so no Maps result from any tool includes an email. Verified emails come from the LinkedIn people endpoints only.
No, and any finder that promises that is guessing. We return an address only after it passes a live verification check. If nothing verifies, or the domain accepts everything so a real check is impossible, the email field comes back null and the profile data still returns. Coverage varies by company, so run a real search on the free tier and see.
No. The $6 free allowance resets monthly on the date shown in Billing. Paid funds remain available until spent. Existing unused free usage is protected separately during the transition until its original reset date.
Before an address is returned, we test that it can actually receive mail. If the check fails, the email field returns null instead of a guessed address. This keeps bounces down, which protects your sender reputation and your domain.
Yes. The playground at crustapi.com/app runs searches from your browser and shows results as a flat table. The API also plugs into Clay, n8n, LangChain, CrewAI, and MCP clients like Claude, so it fits whatever workflow you already run.
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Point it at your real market
Search the titles you actually sell to and see how many verified emails come back. The free tier covers a real test, and the JSON decides, not this page.
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