Hunter vs UpLead
Zero of fourteen models named Hunter first on the direct prompt; one named UpLead. Hunter was named by eleven of the fourteen models and UpLead by eight and Hunter carries 15 labels and UpLead 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.
By Hunter.io, United States, founded 2015. Named in seven categories this edition.
Los Angeles, United States, founded 2017. Named in six categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the data enrichment page.
By framing
HunterFirst choices, of fourteen modelsUpLead
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Hunter and UpLead were named in the same answer fifteen times, of the 81 answers naming Hunter and the 107 naming UpLead. In those answers UpLead took the first choice one time and Hunter zero.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | |||||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | |||
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | ||||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | |||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | |
Hunter UpLead first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Hunter on the left and UpLead on the right.The direct prompt
UpLead first, Hunter not the choice
1 of 14 modelsHunter was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Hunter0%#6 of 10UpLead0%#7 of 10Hunter2%#7 of 12UpLead2%#8 of 12What the models said about Hunter
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Hunter.io for the cheapest email-only option” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Hunter (Best for email-focused teams) - Cheap and reliable for email enrichment specifically” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · alternative
“If you only need email addresses, Hunter.io or Lusha may be the most cost-effective choices.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · alternative
What the models said about UpLead
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Limited coverage/filters; varying accuracy across industries; poor support.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Top Recommendation: UpLead” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.