> Enrich.chat gives AI agents verified work emails and mobiles. To use it from an agent, read https://enrich.chat/agents.md . This is the Markdown version of https://enrich.chat/blog/email-extractor/

# Email extractor Chrome extensions compared: what they do, what they cost and what to check first

We read eight tools' store listings, pricing pages and docs on October 16, 2026. See what an email extractor does, which permissions to refuse, and when an API or an AI agent replaces the extension.

By Enrich.chat Editorial. Updated October 16, 2026.

**Short answer:** An email extractor lists the addresses already printed on a web page, usually through a Chrome extension, and does not find a named person's email. [Email Extractor by Mailsumo](https://email-extractor.io/) extracts for free, and [Hunter](https://hunter.io/pricing) gives 50 free credits a month. For a named person's work email, [Enrich.chat](https://enrich.chat/pricing/) needs no extension and gives 10 lookups a day with no signup.

## Key takeaways

- An email extractor lists addresses a page already prints. It does not find a named person's email or check that an address works.
- A rating needs its count: Hunter shows 4.8 from 12.5K ratings, while one "Email Extractor" listing high in the store's search shows 4.2 from 18 and was last updated January 24, 2023.
- LinkedIn's help page says it does not permit extensions that scrape, change or automate its site, and members who use them risk restricted or closed accounts.
- Free starts are small: 50 credits a month on Hunter and Snov.io, 40 on Lusha, 75 per seat on Apollo. Mailsumo extracts for free, and its paid saving starts at $14.99 a month.
- Enrich.chat has no Chrome extension. An agent or API returns a work email for a named person, with 10 lookups a day free and plans from $29.

## The verdict

An email extractor only lists addresses a page already prints, so pick by the job. For the work email of a named person, skip the extension and use **Enrich.chat**: nothing to install, and the first 10 lookups a day need no signup. For addresses on pages you open, a page extractor is faster.

- Best for a named person's email: Enrich.chat (No extension, 10 lookups a day with no signup)
- Best for addresses on pages you open: Mailsumo (Free to extract, paid cloud saving from $14.99)
- Best for domain search with sources: Hunter (50 free credits a month, URLs for each address)
- Best inside a sales suite: Snov.io (Find, verify and send campaigns, from $39)

## Email extractors and the API alternative at a glance

|  | Enrich.chat | Mailsumo | Email Extract | Hunter | Snov.io | Skrapp | Apollo | Lusha |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| No extension to install | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Free tier | yes: 10 lookups a day | yes: unlimited pages | partial: 50 emails | yes: 50 credits a month | yes: 50 credits a month | yes: 50 credits | yes: 75 credits a seat | yes: 40 credits a month |
| Cheapest paid plan, billed monthly | $29 | $14.99 | 60 USDT per 3 months | $49 | $39 | $39 | $65 a seat | $49.90 |
| How it gets an address | Looks up a person | Reads the page | Reads pages and results | Looks up the domain | Not stated | Finds employees of a site | Shows its own data | Shows its own data |
| Where saved contacts go | Back to your agent or app | Your device, or its cloud with AutoSave | Your device | Your Hunter lists | Your Snov.io lists | Your Skrapp lists | Your Apollo account | Your Lusha lists |
| Data types declared on the store page | No extension | Website content | Personal information, website content | Personal information, authentication, user activity | Authentication, location, web history, website content | User activity, website content | Personal information, location, user activity | Personal information, communications, location, website content |
| Store rating and ratings counted | No extension | 4.6 from 3.5K | 4.4 from 57 | 4.8 from 12.5K | 4.9 from 6.1K | 4.9 from 547 | 4.6 from 2.2K | 4.2 from 1.9K |
| API or MCP access | yes: keyless MCP and API | Not listed | Not listed | yes: API and MCP listed | yes: API and MCP on Starter | partial: API on Enterprise | yes: API listed from Free | partial: API from Pro |

## The 8 tools, from API to extension

Enrich.chat comes first because it needs no extension, and it is not an extractor. The other seven are the tools people compare under "email extractor": two page extractors, three domain-search extensions and two sales tools with LinkedIn extensions. Prices and ratings come from each tool's own pages, read October 16, 2026.

### Enrich.chat

Contact and company data for AI agents and apps. It is not an extractor and does not read pages. Pass a LinkedIn URL, or a name and a company website, and get a work email with a verified, catch_all or unknown status.

- Best for: Getting the work email of a named person from an AI agent or your own code, with nothing to install
- Pricing: Monthly plans from $29 for 100,000 credits. A work email uses 10 credits and a lookup that finds nothing uses 0 ([Enrich.chat pricing](https://enrich.chat/pricing/))
- Strength: No extension and no browser access: it works from ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor with one prompt, or from code
- Strength: Unlimited seats on every plan, billed monthly, cancel anytime, plus a keyless MCP server
- Strength: Each match shows credits_used, and a LinkedIn URL is only a lookup key: it never logs in to LinkedIn
- Watch out for: No Chrome extension, and it does not read the page you have open, so it cannot list the addresses a site prints
- Watch out for: It needs a LinkedIn URL, or a name plus the company website, and it has no CSV upload screen or sequencer

### Email Extractor by Mailsumo

Free Chrome extension that lists the email addresses in a page's markup, including mailto links. Premium adds AutoSave to Mailsumo's cloud, automation across up to 1,000 URLs and CSV or Excel export.

- Best for: Collecting the addresses printed on pages you open yourself, such as contact pages and directories
- Pricing: Free to extract. Premium starts at $14.99 a month billed monthly, or $9.99 a month billed yearly, for 1,000 AutoSaved addresses a month, with larger tiers up to 100,000 ([Mailsumo pricing](https://email-extractor.io/), Oct 16, 2026)
- Strength: 400,000 users and 4.6 from 3.5K ratings on the [Chrome Web Store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extractor-by-mailsu/jdianbbpnakhcmfkcckaboohfgnngfcc), updated October 15, 2026
- Strength: No account needed to extract, and the [manual](https://email-extractor.io/docs) says you can cancel Premium in one click
- Strength: AutoSave keeps the source URL and date next to each address
- Watch out for: It reads page source, so results can include hidden or outdated addresses, and it does not decode name [at] domain [dot] com
- Watch out for: With AutoSave on, addresses from pages you visit are stored on its servers, per its [privacy policy](https://email-extractor.io/privacy/)

### Email Extract (store developer Mailmeteor)

Chrome and Edge extension that collects addresses on pages you visit, with an Auto Search mode that runs through Google and Bing results and exports to Excel.

- Best for: Occasional lists from pages and search result pages, when a 50-email free cap is enough
- Pricing: Free up to 50 emails. A three-month pass costs 60 USDT and a year pass 180 USDT, paid in crypto ([pricing page](https://email-extract.xyz/pricing/), Oct 16, 2026)
- Strength: 600,000 users on the [store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extract-email-extra/ejecpjcajdpbjbmlcojcohgenjngflac), updated September 4, 2026
- Strength: Its listing says collected emails stay on your device and that you can adjust its site access
- Strength: Its listing says it handles some spelled-out formats such as user[at]domain.com
- Watch out for: Only 57 ratings (4.4) against 600,000 users
- Watch out for: The pricing page offers payment in USDT, BTC or ETH, and Auto Search collects from result pages in bulk

### Hunter

Domain Search and Email Finder in a Chrome extension. [Hunter's help center](https://help.hunter.io/en/articles/1852705-chrome-extension) says it does not scan the page: it returns addresses Hunter has indexed for the domain, with the URLs where they were found.

- Best for: Seeing which addresses are known for a company's domain, with sources, and finding a named person's address
- Pricing: Starter $49 a month billed monthly for 2,000 credits, or $34 a month billed yearly; Growth $149 for 10,000 credits ([Hunter pricing](https://hunter.io/pricing), Oct 16, 2026)
- Strength: 4.8 from 12.5K ratings and 700,000 users on the [store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hunter-email-finder-exten/hgmhmanijnjhaffoampdlllchpolkdnj), updated October 13, 2026
- Strength: One credit per email found, and no credit when none is found, per its pricing FAQ
- Strength: Filters results by generic or personal address and by department
- Watch out for: Needs an account, which the extension asks you to create after install
- Watch out for: Because it queries Hunter's index, an address printed on the page may not appear

### Snov.io

Email Finder extension for any website with a built-in verifier, plus a LinkedIn Prospect Finder extension, inside a suite that sends email campaigns.

- Best for: People who want to find, verify and send from one subscription
- Pricing: Starter $39 a month billed monthly for 1,000 credits and unlimited team seats; Pro $99 for 5,000 credits ([Snov.io pricing](https://snov.io/pricing), Oct 16, 2026)
- Strength: 4.9 from 6.1K ratings and 400,000 users on the [store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-snovio/einnffiilpmgldkapbikhkeicohlaapj), updated September 28, 2026
- Strength: Its store page lists every permission it requests and gives a reason for each
- Strength: Unlimited team seats and MCP access are listed on Starter
- Watch out for: Requests access to all sites plus tabs, cookies and webRequest, and says webRequest collects information from pages without you opening them
- Watch out for: The store page declares authentication information, location, web history and website content

### Skrapp

Email Finder extension for company websites and LinkedIn pages. Its pricing page says you pay only for deliverable emails.

- Best for: Small teams that want a company-site and LinkedIn extension with a free start and rollover credits
- Pricing: Professional $39 a month billed monthly, or $29 billed annually, for 2,000 credits and 2 users ([Skrapp pricing](https://skrapp.io/pricing), Oct 16, 2026)
- Strength: 4.9 from 547 ratings and 200,000 users on the [store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-skrappio/geplbbbmdpmdodfmohpikfacgkfpkhec), updated July 27, 2026
- Strength: Credits roll over on paid plans
- Strength: The free plan lists Email Finder, Email Verifier and LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and Recruiter integrations
- Watch out for: Paid plans list Auto-Connect with LinkedIn Profiles, so check LinkedIn's rules on automation first
- Watch out for: API integration is listed only on the Enterprise plan

### Apollo

All-in-one sales platform whose extension runs on LinkedIn, Gmail, CRMs and company websites on every plan, Free included. Our [Apollo extension review](https://enrich.chat/blog/apollo-chrome-extension/) covers it in depth.

- Best for: Reps who want a contact database, sequences and an extension in one seat
- Pricing: Basic $65 per seat a month billed monthly, or $49 billed annually, with 2,500 credits per seat a month ([Apollo pricing](https://www.apollo.io/pricing), Oct 16, 2026). An email is 1 credit and a phone 8
- Strength: 1,000,000 users and 4.6 from 2.2K ratings on the [store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/alhgpfoeiimagjlnfekdhkjlkiomcapa), updated October 15, 2026
- Strength: API access is listed on the Free plan and API enrichment on paid plans
- Strength: An email costs 1 credit and never more than 1 per contact, per its [credits page](https://www.apollo.io/pricing/about-credits)
- Watch out for: Priced per seat, so five seats on Basic cost $325 a month billed monthly
- Watch out for: Its store text still says unlimited email credits on the free tier, while the pricing page lists 75 credits a month

### Lusha

Chrome extension that reveals emails and direct-dial phone numbers on social profiles, Gmail and company websites, from Lusha's own data.

- Best for: People who reveal contacts one at a time in the browser and want phone numbers as well as emails
- Pricing: Starter $49.90 a month billed monthly for 400 credits; Pro $69.90 for 600 ([Lusha pricing](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/), Oct 16, 2026). An email is 1 credit and a phone 5
- Strength: 400,000 users and 4.2 from 1.9K ratings on the [store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lusha-easily-find-b2b-con/mcebeofpilippmndlpcghpmghcljajna), updated October 13, 2026
- Strength: Viewing a contact you already revealed costs 0 credits, per its [credits guide](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/usage-analytics/how-credits-are-counted)
- Watch out for: API access starts on the Pro plan
- Watch out for: A phone costs 5 credits, so the 400 Starter credits cover at most 80 phones

## What does an email extractor do, and what does it not do?

An email extractor reads a web page and lists the email addresses printed on it. It does not find the email of a named person, and it does not check that an address works.

Most extractors are Chrome extensions. You open a page, click the icon, and copy or export the list. [Email Extractor by Mailsumo](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extractor-by-mailsu/jdianbbpnakhcmfkcckaboohfgnngfcc) says in its store listing that it reads a page's source code, so it can return addresses you never see on screen. Its [FAQ](https://email-extractor.io/) says it finds addresses inside mailto links but does not decode ones spelled like name [at] domain [dot] com.

Three limits follow.

- **It lists only what the site publishes.** A site may print only a shared address such as info@company.com, which names no person. The UK data regulator, the [ICO](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-electronic-communications/business-to-business-marketing/), uses that address as its example of mail to nobody by name.
- **It does not check the address.** [Mailmeteor's free web extractor](https://mailmeteor.com/tools/email-extractor) says it does not verify whether the addresses it finds are active or deliverable.
- **It may not read the page at all.** [Hunter's help center](https://help.hunter.io/en/articles/1852705-chrome-extension) says its Chrome extension does not search the page you visit. It returns addresses Hunter has indexed for the same domain, with the URLs where they were found. That is domain search. Our [comparison of email finder tools](https://enrich.chat/blog/best-email-finder-tools/) covers that group.

## What kinds of email extractor are there?

Five kinds of tool share the name, and they differ in where the address comes from. Figure 1 sorts them.

**Figure 1: Five kinds of tool called an email extractor.** A table of five kinds of tool. A page extractor reads the page you open and returns the addresses it prints. A web-based crawler reads many pages of one site and returns addresses with no check that they work. A domain-search extension such as Hunter looks up the vendor index for the site domain and returns addresses with the URLs where they were found. A LinkedIn extension shows the vendor data for the profile you view and charges credits for an email or phone. An API or agent lookup such as Enrich.chat takes a LinkedIn URL, or a name and a company site, and returns a work email with a status.

*Five kinds of tool share the name, sorted by where the address comes from. Sources: [Mailsumo](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extractor-by-mailsu/jdianbbpnakhcmfkcckaboohfgnngfcc), [Mailmeteor](https://mailmeteor.com/tools/email-extractor), [Hunter](https://help.hunter.io/en/articles/1852705-chrome-extension), [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/pricing/about-credits), [Lusha](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/usage-analytics/how-credits-are-counted), [Skrapp](https://skrapp.io/extension) and Enrich.chat's [agents.md](https://enrich.chat/agents.md), read October 16, 2026.*

Page extractors and site crawlers only repeat what a site prints. The other three kinds sell the vendor's own data, so they charge credits and usually need an account. [Snov.io's](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-snovio/einnffiilpmgldkapbikhkeicohlaapj) and [Skrapp's](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-skrappio/geplbbbmdpmdodfmohpikfacgkfpkhec) store pages sell similar domain search but do not say whether results come from the page or from their records. For the LinkedIn group, see our [comparison of LinkedIn email finders](https://enrich.chat/blog/best-linkedin-email-finder/).

## How do the eight tools compare on price and features?

All eight tools have a free start. Seven sell a monthly plan, from $14.99 to $65, and Email Extract sells passes. The table near the top of this page lists the detail, and every price was checked on October 16, 2026.

- **Free allowances are small.** [Hunter](https://hunter.io/pricing) and [Snov.io](https://snov.io/pricing) give 50 credits a month, [Skrapp](https://skrapp.io/pricing) gives 50 credits, [Lusha](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/) gives 40 a month and [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/pricing) gives 75 per seat a month. [Mailsumo](https://email-extractor.io/) extracts for free, and cloud saving is the paid part. Enrich.chat gives 10 lookups a day with no signup.
- **Paid months start low.** Mailsumo costs $14.99 for 1,000 AutoSaved addresses, Enrich.chat $29, Snov.io and Skrapp $39, Hunter $49, Lusha $49.90 and Apollo $65 per seat. [Email Extract](https://email-extract.xyz/pricing/) sells a three-month pass for 60 USDT.
- **A credit is not a standard unit.** Hunter takes 1 credit per email found, per its [pricing FAQ](https://hunter.io/pricing). Apollo takes 1 per email and 8 per phone ([credits page](https://www.apollo.io/pricing/about-credits)), and Lusha 1 and 5 ([credits guide](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/usage-analytics/how-credits-are-counted)). Enrich.chat uses 10 credits per work email and 250 per mobile. Compare the work you plan to do, not the credit counts.
- **Seats change the bill.** Apollo prices per seat, so five seats on Basic cost $325 a month billed monthly (5 × $65). Hunter, Snov.io and Enrich.chat include unlimited team members.

Our pricing guides cover [Hunter](https://enrich.chat/blog/hunter-io-pricing/), [Apollo](https://enrich.chat/blog/apollo-pricing/) and [Lusha](https://enrich.chat/blog/lusha-pricing/) in more detail.

## What should you check before you install an email extractor?

Check five things before you install: the site access it asks for, what the developer says it does with data, the ratings count and last update, who published it, and what happens to the list you build. The rules of the sites you run it on come next. An extension that reads every page you open can see more than email addresses, so read first and click Add to Chrome last.

### 1. Check the site access it asks for

[Chrome Web Store Help](https://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/answer/2664769) lists three settings under Extensions, Manage extensions, Details: when you select the extension, on specific sites, or on all sites. Chrome's developer docs say the [activeTab permission](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/concepts/activeTab) gives an extension access to the current tab only after you invoke it, and shows no warning at install. An extractor that works one page at a time needs nothing more. Figure 3 ranks the levels.

**Figure 3: Three site-access settings for a Chrome extension.** Three boxes ordered from least to most access. When you click it gives access only to the tab you click on until you leave the page. On specific sites gives access only to sites you add to a list. On all sites gives access to every page you open all the time. Below them, two permissions to read twice: tabs, which Chrome warns can read your browsing history, and webRequest, which with site access can watch and control network requests.

*The three site-access settings Chrome offers, and two permissions to read twice. Sources: [Chrome Web Store Help](https://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/answer/2664769), [Chrome's activeTab documentation](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/concepts/activeTab), the [permissions list](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/permissions-list) and [declare permissions](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/concepts/declare-permissions).*

Then read the permission list. [Snov.io's store page](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-snovio/einnffiilpmgldkapbikhkeicohlaapj) names seven permissions, including access to all sites, tabs, cookies and webRequest, and says webRequest supports collecting information from pages without you opening them. The [Email Extract listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extract-email-extra/ejecpjcajdpbjbmlcojcohgenjngflac) says it needs permission to read and change all your data on all websites, and that you can adjust this. Chrome's [permissions list](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/permissions-list) says the tabs permission shows the warning "Read your browsing history". A work or school computer may block some extensions, per [Chrome help](https://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/answer/2664769).

### 2. Read what the developer says it does with data

The store's privacy tab shows what the developer declares it handles. Chrome's [developer docs](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/cws-dashboard-privacy) say these disclosures are shown to Chrome users and should match the privacy policy. The declarations differ. [Lusha](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lusha-easily-find-b2b-con/mcebeofpilippmndlpcghpmghcljajna) lists personally identifiable information, personal communications, location and website content. [Skrapp](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-skrappio/geplbbbmdpmdodfmohpikfacgkfpkhec) lists user activity and website content. [Mailsumo](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extractor-by-mailsu/jdianbbpnakhcmfkcckaboohfgnngfcc) lists website content. Chrome's [Limited Use policy](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/program-policies/limited-use) bars selling user data to data brokers and limits collecting web browsing activity to what a feature on the store page needs.

Then read the vendor's privacy policy. [Mailsumo's](https://email-extractor.io/privacy/) says that with AutoSave on, the addresses found on pages you visit are saved to its servers with the source URL and the time, and are hosted in the United States. The Email Extract listing says collected emails stay on your device. Neither statement is an audit. They are the developers' own words.

### 3. Read the rating with its count and last update

A star rating means little without its count. Figure 2 plots ten listings. [Hunter](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hunter-email-finder-exten/hgmhmanijnjhaffoampdlllchpolkdnj) shows 4.8 from 12.5K ratings. The store's own [search for "email extractor"](https://chromewebstore.google.com/search/email%20extractor) puts [an Email Extractor listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extractor/naidmjmjlgpkbebchjabfjgcgjkgojbi) second, with 4.2 from 18 ratings and a last update on January 24, 2023. [Turbo Email Extractor](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/turbo-email-extractor/omnbdiakakjaieidemehlfmcpmbgdfga) shows 4.9 from 24 ratings, last updated September 13, 2022. A high score from a few reviews is easy to reach. The date matters too, because Chrome says it may disable extensions that do not meet its current requirements, per [Chrome help](https://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/answer/2664769).

**Figure 2: Ratings counted on ten Chrome Web Store listings.** Bar chart on a log scale of how many ratings ten email extractor listings have on the Chrome Web Store, read on October 16, 2026. Hunter has 12.5K ratings at 4.8 stars, Snov.io 6.1K at 4.9, Email Extractor by Mailsumo 3.5K at 4.6, Apollo 2.2K at 4.6, Lusha 1.9K at 4.2, Skrapp 547 at 4.9 and Email Extract 57 at 4.4. Three small listings have 24, 18 and 5 ratings and were last updated in 2022 or 2023.

*Ratings counted and last store update for ten listings, read on October 16, 2026. Log scale: each tick is ten times the last. Sources: the store listings for [Hunter](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hunter-email-finder-exten/hgmhmanijnjhaffoampdlllchpolkdnj), [Snov.io](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-snovio/einnffiilpmgldkapbikhkeicohlaapj), [Mailsumo](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extractor-by-mailsu/jdianbbpnakhcmfkcckaboohfgnngfcc), [Apollo](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/alhgpfoeiimagjlnfekdhkjlkiomcapa), [Lusha](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lusha-easily-find-b2b-con/mcebeofpilippmndlpcghpmghcljajna), [Skrapp](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-skrappio/geplbbbmdpmdodfmohpikfacgkfpkhec), [Email Extract](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extract-email-extra/ejecpjcajdpbjbmlcojcohgenjngflac), [Turbo Email Extractor](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/turbo-email-extractor/omnbdiakakjaieidemehlfmcpmbgdfga), [Email Extractor (Brain Gain)](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extractor/naidmjmjlgpkbebchjabfjgcgjkgojbi) and [Email Extractor (apppacket)](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extractor/kngneafioakadneodlbijgfledjjmoja).*

### 4. Check who published it

[Google's 2022 announcement](https://blog.google/products/chrome/find-great-extensions-new-chrome-web-store-badges/) says the Featured badge goes to extensions that follow technical best practices and good design, after a manual review by Chrome team members. The Established Publisher badge marks a verified identity and a good track record. The post does not describe either badge as an audit of how an extension handles your data.

### 5. Check what happens to the list you build

Learn how to export and delete before you collect anything. [Mailsumo's manual](https://email-extractor.io/docs) says saved emails are kept if you cancel, but new captures and downloads pause while the subscription is inactive. Its privacy policy says you can delete the account and everything attached to it. Check the payment method too. The [Email Extract pricing page](https://email-extract.xyz/pricing/) offers a three-month pass for 60 USDT and a year pass for 180 USDT, paid in USDT, BTC or ETH.

## Can an email extractor get your LinkedIn account restricted?

Yes, if it scrapes, changes or automates LinkedIn, and the account at risk is yours. LinkedIn's help page on [prohibited software and extensions](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1341387) says it does not permit browser plug-ins or extensions that scrape, modify the appearance of, or automate activity on its website. It says members who use them risk having their accounts restricted or shut down.

The page lists the prohibitions from Section 8.2 of the User Agreement. They include using plugins and add-ons to scrape or copy profiles, using bots to add or download contacts, and overlaying or modifying the site.

Vendors describe their LinkedIn features in different ways. [Skrapp](https://skrapp.io/extension) says its extension works through user-initiated actions, and its [paid plans](https://skrapp.io/pricing) list Auto-Connect with LinkedIn Profiles. [Snov.io](https://snov.io/pricing) sells LinkedIn automation as a separate product. [Mailsumo's manual](https://email-extractor.io/docs) names LinkedIn as a site that may block heavy automated visiting. LinkedIn's page sets no safe volume: it bars scraping tools outright.

Our guides go further. The [Apollo Chrome extension review](https://enrich.chat/blog/apollo-chrome-extension/) covers one LinkedIn extension in detail, [Is it legal to scrape LinkedIn?](https://enrich.chat/blog/is-linkedin-scraping-legal/) covers the legal questions, and [how to find someone's email on LinkedIn](https://enrich.chat/blog/find-email-on-linkedin/) lists methods that need no extension. Enrich.chat never logs in to LinkedIn or uses anyone's LinkedIn account. A profile URL is only a lookup key.

## Is it legal to extract email addresses from websites?

Reading an address a site prints is one act, and emailing it is another. The rules mostly apply to the second. This is general information, not legal advice.

- **United States.** The [CAN-SPAM statute](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/7704) adds an aggravated violation when a message that already breaks the Act goes to an address the sender knew was taken by automated means from a site whose notice says it will not give or sell its addresses to others for sending email. It does the same for addresses generated from permutations of names, letters or numbers. The [FTC's guide](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business) says the law makes no exception for business-to-business email, and that each email in violation can bring penalties of up to $53,088.
- **United Kingdom.** The [ICO](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-electronic-communications/business-to-business-marketing/) counts a business's website as publicly available data. It says UK GDPR applies if an address identifies a particular individual, so you need a lawful basis and must give privacy information within one month of collecting it from a source other than the person. An address that names nobody, such as info@company.com, is not personal data.
- **The vendors' own terms.** [Mailsumo's privacy policy](https://email-extractor.io/privacy/) puts compliance with anti-spam and data protection law on the user and says not to use the extractor to build spam lists.

Good habits follow. Keep the source URL and date for every address, write only to people with a reason to expect it, and honor opt-outs promptly. Our guides on [cold email data and sender rules](https://enrich.chat/blog/cold-email/) and [buying email lists](https://enrich.chat/blog/buying-email-lists/) go further. Using Enrich.chat does not make any send compliant, and you stay responsible for CAN-SPAM, GDPR and the other laws that apply. Anyone can ask to be removed at the [opt-out page](https://enrich.chat/opt-out/).

## How can an API or an AI agent replace an email extractor?

If you want the work email of a named person, an API gets it without an extension. Enrich.chat is not an email extractor: it has no Chrome extension and does not read pages. It looks a person up from a LinkedIn URL, or from a name and a company website, and returns a work email with a status.

That covers the job most people hire an extractor for: a list of contacts at target companies. Paste the prompt below into ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor. The agent reads [enrich.chat/agents.md](https://enrich.chat/agents.md), or you add the MCP server at `enrich.chat/mcp`, which needs no key. The [install page](https://enrich.chat/install/) has the steps.

```text
Use www.enrich.chat to find the head of sales at each of these company websites: [paste websites]. Look up each person's work email and show its status. Mark anyone you cannot find as not found, never guess an address, and report the total credits used.
```

Each work email comes back as `verified`, `catch_all` or `unknown`. Catch-all means the domain accepts every address, so the mailbox cannot be confirmed, and the free [catch-all checker](https://enrich.chat/tools/catch-all-checker/) tests any domain. Treat every contact as a strong lead, not a guarantee. One request looks like this:

```
GET https://enrich.chat/v1/person
    ?name=Jane%20Doe&company=acme.com&fields=email

{"found": true,
 "work_email": {"value": "jane.doe@acme.com", "status": "verified"},
 "credits_used": 10,
 "free_lookups_remaining": 9}
```

The first 10 lookups a day need no signup, and a lookup that finds nothing uses 0 credits. A list of 100 work emails needs 1,000 credits, which fits the Growth plan at $29 a month with unlimited seats. See [Enrich.chat pricing](https://enrich.chat/pricing/), the [email finder API](https://enrich.chat/api/email-finder/) for code, or the free [email finder](https://enrich.chat/tools/email-finder/) for one lookup.

There are honest gaps. Enrich.chat has no Chrome extension, so it cannot show an address beside the page you are reading. It does not read pages, so it will not list the shared addresses a site prints. It needs a LinkedIn URL, or a name plus a company website, and it has no CSV upload screen or sequencer. The same gap helps if your employer blocks extensions.

## When is a Chrome extension the better choice?

An extension is the better choice when a person reads pages and wants the address beside them, and the job is small enough to do by hand.

- **Email Extractor by Mailsumo** when you want the addresses printed on pages you open, for free. Extracting needs no account.
- **Hunter** when you want sources for each address. See [Hunter alternatives](https://enrich.chat/alternatives/hunter-io/).
- **Snov.io** when you want to find, verify and send from one subscription.
- **Skrapp** when you want a company-site and LinkedIn extension on a small plan with rollover credits.
- **Apollo or Lusha** when reps reveal contacts on profiles all day and accept the LinkedIn risk above.
- **Email Extract** when you want a free 50-email cap and can pay a pass in crypto.

Choose Enrich.chat when the contacts go into an agent, a sheet or your own app, when your employer blocks extensions, or when you would rather not install anything. Our guide to the [best email finder tools](https://enrich.chat/blog/best-email-finder-tools/) compares nine tools that find an address from a name.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is an email extractor?

An email extractor is a tool that reads a web page, a whole site or a block of text and lists the email addresses it finds. Most are Chrome extensions. It lists only addresses that are already published, does not find a specific person's email, and may not check that an address works. For a named person, use an [email finder](https://enrich.chat/blog/best-email-finder-tools/) or an API.

### Is an email extractor the same as an email finder?

No. An extractor lists addresses that appear on a page. A finder takes a name and a company and returns the address that person most likely uses, often with a status. [Hunter's help center](https://help.hunter.io/en/articles/1852705-chrome-extension) says its extension does not search the page and returns addresses from Hunter's index of the domain, which is domain search, not extraction.

### Are email extractor Chrome extensions safe?

It depends on the extension. Check the site access it asks for, the data types on its store page, its ratings count and last update, and its privacy policy. Chrome lets you set an extension to run only when you click it. [Snov.io lists seven permissions](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-snovio/einnffiilpmgldkapbikhkeicohlaapj) including all sites, tabs, cookies and webRequest, and [Email Extract says it needs access to all websites](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extract-email-extra/ejecpjcajdpbjbmlcojcohgenjngflac).

### Is it legal to extract email addresses from a website?

Reading a public page is one act and emailing the addresses is another. The [CAN-SPAM statute](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/7704) adds an aggravated violation when an unlawful message goes to an address taken by automated means from a site whose notice says it will not share addresses. The [ICO](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-electronic-communications/business-to-business-marketing/) says an address that identifies a person, found on a business website, is personal data under UK GDPR. This is not legal advice.

### Is there a free email extractor?

Yes. [Email Extractor by Mailsumo](https://email-extractor.io/) extracts addresses from any page for free with no account, and cloud saving starts at $14.99 a month. Email Extract is free up to 50 emails. Hunter and Snov.io give 50 credits a month, Lusha 40 and Apollo 75 per seat. Enrich.chat gives 10 lookups a day with no signup, but it looks up a named person instead of reading a page. Checked October 16, 2026.

### Can an email extractor get emails from LinkedIn?

Some LinkedIn extensions show contact details when you open a profile, including Skrapp, Apollo and Lusha. But [LinkedIn's help page](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1341387) says it does not permit browser extensions that scrape, change or automate its site, and that members risk restricted or closed accounts. Enrich.chat never logs in to LinkedIn: you pass a profile URL to the API as a lookup key.

## Sources

1. [Email Extractor by Mailsumo, Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extractor-by-mailsu/jdianbbpnakhcmfkcckaboohfgnngfcc)
2. [Mailsumo Email Extractor: pricing and FAQ](https://email-extractor.io/)
3. [Mailsumo Email Extractor privacy policy](https://email-extractor.io/privacy/)
4. [Mailsumo Email Extractor user manual](https://email-extractor.io/docs)
5. [Email Extract, Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extract-email-extra/ejecpjcajdpbjbmlcojcohgenjngflac)
6. [Email Extract pricing](https://email-extract.xyz/pricing/)
7. [Mailmeteor free website email extractor](https://mailmeteor.com/tools/email-extractor)
8. [Hunter, Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hunter-email-finder-exten/hgmhmanijnjhaffoampdlllchpolkdnj)
9. [Hunter Chrome extension help article](https://help.hunter.io/en/articles/1852705-chrome-extension)
10. [Hunter plans and pricing](https://hunter.io/pricing)
11. [Email Finder by Snov.io, Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-snovio/einnffiilpmgldkapbikhkeicohlaapj)
12. [Snov.io pricing](https://snov.io/pricing)
13. [Email Finder by Skrapp.io, Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-finder-by-skrappio/geplbbbmdpmdodfmohpikfacgkfpkhec)
14. [Skrapp pricing](https://skrapp.io/pricing)
15. [Skrapp email extractor Chrome extension](https://skrapp.io/extension)
16. [Apollo.io, Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/alhgpfoeiimagjlnfekdhkjlkiomcapa)
17. [Apollo pricing](https://www.apollo.io/pricing)
18. [What are Apollo credits](https://www.apollo.io/pricing/about-credits)
19. [Lusha, Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lusha-easily-find-b2b-con/mcebeofpilippmndlpcghpmghcljajna)
20. [Lusha pricing](https://www.lusha.com/pricing/)
21. [How Lusha credits are counted](https://docs.lusha.com/user-guide/usage-analytics/how-credits-are-counted)
22. [Email Extractor (Brain Gain Recruiting), Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extractor/naidmjmjlgpkbebchjabfjgcgjkgojbi)
23. [Email Extractor (apppacket.com), Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-extractor/kngneafioakadneodlbijgfledjjmoja)
24. [Turbo Email Extractor, Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/turbo-email-extractor/omnbdiakakjaieidemehlfmcpmbgdfga)
25. [Chrome Web Store search for "email extractor"](https://chromewebstore.google.com/search/email%20extractor)
26. [LinkedIn Help: prohibited software and extensions](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1341387)
27. [Install and manage extensions](https://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/answer/2664769)
28. [The activeTab permission](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/concepts/activeTab)
29. [Permissions list for Chrome extensions](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/permissions-list)
30. [Declare permissions](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/concepts/declare-permissions)
31. [Fill out the privacy fields](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/cws-dashboard-privacy)
32. [Chrome Web Store Limited Use policy](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/program-policies/limited-use)
33. [Find great extensions with new Chrome Web Store badges](https://blog.google/products/chrome/find-great-extensions-new-chrome-web-store-badges/)
34. [15 U.S.C. 7704: Other provisions of the CAN-SPAM Act](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/7704)
35. [CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business)
36. [Business-to-business marketing](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-electronic-communications/business-to-business-marketing/)

## Try this prompt

Get work emails without an extension

```text
Use www.enrich.chat to find the head of sales at each of these company websites: [paste websites]. Look up each person's work email and show its status. Mark anyone you cannot find as not found, never guess an address, and report the total credits used.
```

## Related

- [Best email finder tools (2026): 9 compared on price and AI agent access](https://enrich.chat/blog/best-email-finder-tools/)
- [Best LinkedIn email finders (2026): 9 tools compared](https://enrich.chat/blog/best-linkedin-email-finder/)
- [Is scraping LinkedIn legal?](https://enrich.chat/blog/is-linkedin-scraping-legal/)