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Tomba review (2026): cheap email finding, but check every answer
Tomba is a Hunter-style email finder and verifier with a generous API, an MCP server and plans from $49 a month. In our tests a third of the work emails it returned were personal mailboxes, and fewer than half of its phone numbers matched another provider's. Use it for pattern-based finding you verify, not as a final source.
pipe0 neither competes with nor buys from Tomba. How we review
Our score for Tomba, the average of four criteria
Inexpensive, easy to call and agent-ready, but it often returns personal mailboxes as work emails, so every answer needs a check before outreach.
Best for
- Finding likely addresses from a name and a company domain
- Teams that verify every address before they send
- Low-volume lookups on a small monthly budget
Skip it if
- You send to work emails without verifying them
- You need mobile numbers that match other sources
- You want to test it seriously on the free plan
One GET request per lookup with a key and a secret, and a clear score and status on each answer. The free plan's limits are tight.
6 of the 17 work emails it returned were personal mailboxes, and 9 of its 22 phone numbers matched another provider's.
From $49 a month for 2,500 searches and 2,500 verifications. A finder miss is free, but unused credits don't carry over.
A REST API, 13 SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server. The free plan allows 2 requests a minute and 10 a day per endpoint.
Tomba at a glance
- Company
- Tomba technology web service LLC, founded 2021 Source
- Registered
- Claymont, Delaware, USA Source
- Users
- 150,000+ professionals Source
- Database
- 450M+ contacts, 80M+ companies (self-reported) Source
- API
- REST, 13 SDKs, CLI, MCP server Source
- Free plan limits
- 2 requests a minute, 10 a day per endpoint Source
Tomba in our benchmark
We ran the same records through every provider we test and counted who returned a result. These are Tomba's numbers from October 2026.
Tomba returned the same mobile number as other providers 35 to 53% of the time
Tomba's mobile accuracy is below average: its numbers match Amplemarket's only about half the time, and Surfe's and Wiza's about a third, where most providers we test match them 70% of the time or more.
How we tested
- Tomba was asked only about people that cheaper providers had missed, so these are the harder people to find. 22 mobile numbers in total.
- Each test ran on ∞ to -∞ records.
Run ids: . How we test
What is Tomba?
Tomba is an email finder and verifier in the mould of Hunter. Give it a name and a company domain, a LinkedIn profile URL or a domain, and it returns the most likely address with a score, a verification status and the web pages it found it on. Tomba technology web service LLC was founded in 2021 and says 150,000 professionals use it.
Around the finder sit a verifier, a phone finder, a domain search, browser extensions and integrations, plus an API with 13 SDKs and an MCP server.
How it did in our tests
Tomba's free plan allows 2 requests a minute and 10 a day per endpoint, so we could not run it across our full benchmark. We have two smaller views of its data instead.
The first is direct. Of 5 LinkedIn lookups, Tomba found 3 addresses: one matched what other providers returned, one was a Hotmail address, and one was a two-letter mailbox on a domain that accepts all mail. Its verifier called all 10 real work addresses we checked valid, the same verdict ZeroBounce gave.
The second covers people that cheaper providers had already missed. There
Tomba answered 17 work email lookups and 22 mobile lookups. 6 of the 17 emails were personal mailboxes, such as
@gmail.com and @yahoo.com, and only 3 were on the person's company
domain. All 22 phone numbers were valid, 18 of them mobiles, but only 9
matched a number another provider found for the same person.
These are the harder cases, people the cheaper providers could not find, so they are not a fair measure of Tomba's overall coverage. They do show how it fails: when it isn't sure, it still returns an address, and that address is often a personal one.
What it costs
Basic costs $49 a month, or $37 billed yearly, for 2,500 searches and 2,500 verifications, about 2 cents a search. Growth at $89 adds the phone finder, and Pro at $199 covers 20,000 of each. A finder search is free when nothing comes back, but plan credits reset every month.
Who should use Tomba
Use Tomba if you find addresses from names and domains on a small budget and verify everything before you send. Its pricing and API make it an easy first step.
Look elsewhere if the address goes straight into a sequence. In our tests too many of its work emails were personal mailboxes, and for phones, Surfe and Wiza agreed with other sources far more often.
Tomba pros and cons
Pros
Misses are free
A finder lookup costs a credit only when it returns an address whose status isn't unknown. A verification is free when the answer is unknown or disposable.
Built for developers and agents
Tomba lists 13 official SDKs, a REST API, a CLI and an MCP server. Every answer carries a score, a verification status and its sources.
Valid phone numbers
All 22 numbers it returned were real, well-formed numbers, and 18 of them were mobiles.
A working verifier
It called all 10 real work addresses we checked valid, the same answer ZeroBounce gave.
Cons
Personal mailboxes as work emails
Of 17 work emails Tomba returned, 6 were Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail or Outlook addresses, and only 3 were on the person's company domain.
Phones that don't match
Only 9 of its 22 mobile numbers matched a number another provider returned for the same person.
A free plan you can't test with
2 requests a minute and 10 a day per endpoint. Our account showed 25 searches, but the daily cap stopped us long before we used them.
Credits reset monthly
Unused plan credits don't carry over. Pay-as-you-go packs last 365 days.
Tomba pricing
Tomba has a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/mo Basic, 2,500 searches and 2,500 verifications a month.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 25 searches every 30 days, 2 requests a minute and 5 to 10 a day per endpoint. |
| Basic | $49/mo, $37 billed yearly | 2,500 searches and 2,500 verifications a month. |
| Growth | $89/mo, $67 billed yearly | 5,000 searches and 5,000 verifications, phone finder, browser extensions and API access. |
| Pro | $199/mo, $149 billed yearly | 20,000 searches and 20,000 verifications a month. |
| Pro Plus | $449/mo, $337 billed yearly | 50,000 searches and 50,000 verifications, no per-minute limits. |
- A finder search costs 1 credit, or 6 with phone data, and only when an address with a known status comes back.
- Yearly billing is 25% off. Unused plan credits don't carry over.
Prices as of Oct 17, 2026, from Tomba's pricing page.
Tomba alternatives
| Alternative | Pick it when |
|---|---|
| Hunter | You want name and domain lookups that agreed with other providers 95% of the time in our test. |
| Prospeo | You want a low-cost finder whose emails and phones matched other sources more often. |
| pipe0 | You want several finders in a waterfall, with verification chained into the same request. |
Frequently asked questions
Is Tomba accurate?
Not reliably for work emails. In our tests, 6 of 17 work emails it returned were personal mailboxes, and only 3 were on the person's company domain. Its verifier called 10 of 10 real work addresses valid.
How much does Tomba cost?
Basic costs $49 a month, or $37 billed yearly, for 2,500 searches and 2,500 verifications. Growth is $89 and Pro $199. The free plan gives 25 searches every 30 days.
Does Tomba charge for a search that finds nothing?
No. A finder search costs a credit only when it returns an address with a known status. A verification is free when the result is unknown or disposable.
Can I test Tomba on the free plan?
Only lightly. The free plan allows 2 requests a minute and 10 a day per endpoint, so a test of a few hundred lookups takes weeks.
Does Tomba have an MCP server?
Yes. Tomba lists an MCP server alongside a REST API, a CLI and 13 official SDKs.
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