Email Finder Bulk — Lists of Domains or People to Emails

Bulk Email Finder for Domains and People

Email Finder Bulk uses Mode A (people) to find work-email candidates from a name and company domain, and Mode B (domains) to harvest published emails from company websites. Free-plan accounts process 10 people and 3 domains per run, up to 2 pages per domain, at $0.0049 per email-found event on Free.

• Harvest emails from contact pages, mailto links, and page footers.
• Return a best candidate with ranked alternatives, source, and confidence.
• Build outreach lists, enrich CRM records, and research leads.
• No third-party API key or website login is needed; runs start from your Apify account. Cross-list deduplication is enabled by default.
• Mode A tries SMTP verification and falls back to a ranked unverified_guess when port 25 is unavailable or verifySmtp is false.

What you get

The Actor returns one flat dataset row per email. A field is null when its source does not provide it.

Field	Type	What it contains	Mode or values
domain	string	Mode A normalized domain; Mode B supplied entry, trimmed and lowercased, so a URL remains a URL. Never null or empty	Both
email	string	Found or generated address; never null or empty	Both
first_name	string	Associated first name; null for Mode B	People; null for Mode B
last_name	string	Last name, or null when absent, not derived, or Mode B	People or null
email_source	string	How the email was reached; never null or empty	mailto, contact_page, website_body, name_pattern, smtp_verified
confidence	number	Score from 0 to 1. Mode A: verified 0.90–1.0, accept_all ≤0.55, unverified_guess ≤0.45, no_valid_pattern ≤0.10, no_mx ≤0.05. Never null	Both
duplicate_flag	boolean	Whether a repeat is emitted when deduplication is disabled	true or false
status	string	Result state; never null or empty	verified, accept_all, unverified_guess, no_valid_pattern, no_mx, harvested
is_role_account	boolean	Whether the address is shared, such as info@ or support@	Both
is_disposable	boolean	Disposable-address flag	Both
mx_found	boolean	Whether an MX record was found; null for harvested rows	Mode A boolean; Mode B null
verification_method	string	Verification approach	smtp for verified, accept_all, no_valid_pattern; mx_pattern for unverified_guess; none for Mode B and no_mx
on_domain	boolean	Whether the email domain matches the site domain	Both
alternative_emails	array of objects	Ranked person candidates; empty for Mode B, or up to maxAlternatives for Mode A	email, pattern, confidence, smtpStatus, smtpCode
parse_confidence	number	Acquisition reliability. Mode B: 0.95 mailto, 0.85 contact_page, 0.70 website_body. Mode A: 1.0, 0.9 when port 25 cannot connect, 0.5 on no_mx. Never null	Both
input_mode	string	Mode that produced the row	people or domains
scraped_at	ISO 8601 string	UTC run-processing timestamp, shared by all rows	Timestamp string

Sample output

Example dataset record (Mode B, input_mode domains). Each charged row is one email-found event; see Pricing.

{
  "domain": "diverxo.com", "email": "info\u0040diverxo.com",
  "first_name": null, "last_name": null,
  "email_source": "mailto", "confidence": 0.92,
  "duplicate_flag": false, "status": "harvested",
  "is_role_account": true, "is_disposable": false,
  "mx_found": null, "verification_method": "none",
  "on_domain": true, "alternative_emails": [],
  "parse_confidence": 0.95, "input_mode": "domains",
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-30T01:23:32Z"
}

Pricing

• Mode A: one email-found event per row with an email and status verified, accept_all, unverified_guess, no_valid_pattern, or no_mx, including guesses.
• Mode B: one event per row with confidence of at least 0.5; harvested rows score 0.59–0.95.
• Rows without an email and repeats collapsed while deduplicateEmails is true are not charged.
• With deduplicateEmails set to false, repeats are kept with duplicate_flag=true and charged.

You pay only for the events below. This Actor does not use Pay per event + usage, so platform usage for runs (compute, proxy traffic, and storage) is not billed separately.

Plan	Price
Free	$0.0049 per email-found event
Bronze	$0.004851 per email-found event
Silver	$0.004802 per email-found event
Gold	$0.004753 per email-found event
Platinum	$0.004704 per email-found event
Diamond	$0.004655 per email-found event

Examples: 1,000 results cost $4.90 on Free; 10,000 results cost $49.00 on Free.

A Free-plan run is capped at 10 people and 3 domains, so totals like these take several runs.

The Apify Free plan includes $5 of monthly platform usage credit; the $5 credit covers 1,020 email-found events at $0.0049 per email-found event on Free ($4.998 on Free).

How to use

1. Prepare a domains list, a people list, or both.
2. Add options for deduplication, domain limits, SMTP verification, alternatives, and output limits.
3. Configure proxyConfiguration for Mode B; the default uses Apify Proxy with the RESIDENTIAL group.
4. Start the Actor run from your Apify account.
5. Review email_source, confidence, status, and verification_method.
6. Repeat the run through Apify Schedules; weekly is a reasonable starting point for refreshing lead lists.

{
  "domains": ["stripe.com", "notion.so"],
  "people": [{"firstName": "Patrick", "lastName": "Collison", "domain": "stripe.com"}],
  "deduplicateEmails": true,
  "maxPerDomain": 3,
  "verifySmtp": true,
  "maxAlternatives": 5,
  "maxItems": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Export the dataset as JSON or CSV, or read it through the Apify dataset API.

Input parameters

Parameter	What it does	Default
domains	Mode B domains or website URLs for harvesting published emails	—
people	Mode A people; each needs domain and firstName or fullName; lastName or surname is optional	—
deduplicateEmails	Collapses the same email across inputs; repeats receive duplicate_flag=true when disabled	true
maxPerDomain	Caps harvested emails per domain; integer from 1 to 50	3
verifySmtp	Attempts live SMTP verification in Mode A; otherwise uses MX and pattern ranking	true
maxAlternatives	Ranked candidates per person; integer from 0 to 12	5
smtpTimeoutSecs	Timeout for each SMTP connection; integer from 2 to 20 seconds	5
maxItems	Total output cap; 0 means no limit	0
proxyConfiguration	Proxy used to reach Mode B websites	Apify Proxy with RESIDENTIAL
disableUsageStats	Turns off the run summary described in Usage statistics when true	false

Values outside the ranges for maxPerDomain, maxAlternatives, or smtpTimeoutSecs are clamped to the nearest bound; the run does not fail.

Limits and edge cases

Condition	What you see	What to do
Neither mode has valid input	The no_input run writes OUTPUT {"error":"no_input"}, ends as Succeeded, and has an empty dataset	Provide valid input
A Mode A entry lacks domain or a name, or a Mode B domain is empty or has no dot	The entry is dropped; the log shows Dropped N invalid people or Dropped N invalid domains	Supply valid input
A Mode A domain has no dot	The entry is not dropped at input. It returns invalid_input with no email, no row, no charge, and no warning; skipped in OUTPUT includes it	Use a dotted domain
More than 5,000 people or domains are supplied	Each list is capped at 5,000; the cap is applied first	Split the workload
Free plan receives more than 10 people or 3 domains	Only the first 10 people and 3 domains are processed	Keep within the limits
A harvested domain has no eligible publicly available email	No row or charge	Check the domain
A use involves publicly available contact information	The Actor extracts public data from company websites and uses domain mail records for Mode A checks	Check the target site's ToS and applicable law for your use case
A Mode B page fetch fails or is blocked	The page is skipped and the run continues. If no fetched page has an eligible email, the log shows <domain>: no emails found. and the run still ends as Succeeded. If the homepage fails, no other page is tried. The reason is not recorded; OUTPUT contains counts only	—
SMTP is enabled but port 25 is unavailable, or verifySmtp=false	Mode A returns unverified_guess with mx_pattern, confidence at most 0.45, and one charged event	Check alternative_emails
A Mode A domain accepts any address	Returns accept_all, confidence at most 0.55, verification_method smtp, and one charged event	Use alternative_emails
SMTP works but no candidate is accepted	Returns no_valid_pattern, confidence at most 0.10, verification_method smtp, and one charged event	Use alternative_emails
A person's domain has no resolvable mail server	Returns a charged no_mx row with the top pattern as email; no MX and no A record was found, or DNS failed or timed out	Check the domain
A normal run ends	OUTPUT contains only totalItems, peopleProcessed, domainsProcessed, duplicatesCollapsed, skipped, and scrapedAt	Read the dataset
Rows are saved during a run	Rows reach the dataset in batches of 100 and once more at the end; each batch is charged after it is pushed	Read saved batches
A run is aborted, times out, or fails after rows are pushed	Pushed rows remain. Up to 99 rows waiting in the current batch are not saved or charged, and OUTPUT is not written	Check saved batches
Mode B runs on the Free plan	Up to 2 pages per domain are used; paying accounts can use up to 4. maxPerDomain still limits returned rows	Adjust the account or split the workload

FAQ

How much does it cost to scrape company domains?

Free costs $0.0049 per email-found event; 1,000 results cost $4.90 on Free. See Pricing for all plan-labelled rates.

What happens when no email is found?

A Mode B domain with no published email produces no row and no charge. A Mode A person whose domain has no resolvable mail server gets a charged no_mx row with the top-ranked pattern as email.

Why might SMTP verification not work?

Mode A falls back to MX and pattern ranking when outbound port 25 is unavailable or verifySmtp is false; see Limits and edge cases.

Is it legal to use this public data?

The Actor extracts publicly available contact information published on company websites and uses domain mail records for Mode A checks. Whether a use is legal or allowed depends on applicable law, the target site's ToS, and your use case.

Related actors

• Email Finder — Name + Domain to Work Email + Score — related single-person and domain work-email finder.
• Bulk Email Verifier — Validate Emails, MX, Disposable & Role — related bulk email, MX, disposable, and role validation tool.
• Email Verifier — Bulk SMTP & MX Validation, Catch-all — related bulk SMTP, MX, and catch-all validation Actor.

Usage statistics

This Actor creates a small, content-free summary at the end of each run, used only to monitor reliability and improve this Actor. No input values, credentials or scraped data are sent.

A copy of the exact record for your run is saved as USAGE_STATS in your own Apify key-value store.

To opt out, set disableUsageStats to true in the input. Nothing is sent then.

Full list of collected fields