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title: "LookValid vs Bouncer: prices and coverage"
url: "https://lookvalid.com/compare/bouncer.md"
canonical_url: "https://lookvalid.com/compare/bouncer"
last_updated: "2026-10-23"
type: "reference"
summary: "Bouncer prices and terms read 2026-10-18, set beside LookValid Email Domain Check and their credit costs."
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# LookValid vs Bouncer: prices and coverage

Bouncer prices and terms read 2026-10-18, set beside LookValid Email Domain Check and their credit costs.

LookValid covers part of the same ground as Bouncer with Email Domain Check, billed in credits from one shared balance. Bouncer sells email verification as prepaid credits that do not expire, or as a monthly subscription, with volume discounts and a custom tier for very large lists.

## Side by side

| Term | Bouncer | LookValid |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it sells | Email verification. | Email Domain Check |
| How it bills | Credits and subscriptions | Monthly credit plans, one balance for every lookup |
| Entry price | $8 (1,000 credits: one-time purchase) ([source](https://www.usebouncer.com/pricing/)) | 1 credit per address checked |
| Lowest per 1,000 | about $2 (1,000,000 credits) ([source](https://www.usebouncer.com/pricing/)) | $2.00 to $4.95 for 1,000 billed Email Domain Check lookups across the plans |
| Free option | New accounts get 100 free credits and need no card to start. ([source](https://www.usebouncer.com/pricing/)) | Free tools run the same data without an account, up to 25 lookups a day per visitor. |
| Credit expiry | Credits bought on demand or through a subscription never expire. ([source](https://www.usebouncer.com/pricing/)) | Unused monthly credits roll over for 3 months. |
| Contract minimum | Smallest purchase is 1,000 credits; subscriptions can be cancelled any time. ([source](https://www.usebouncer.com/pricing/)) | Monthly plans bought online run from $99 to $799 a month. Enterprise starts at $1,999 a month for 1,000,000 credits and is set up on a call. |

## What Bouncer publishes

| Plan or product | Price | Covers | Per 1,000 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1,000 credits | $8 | one-time purchase | about $8 |
| 5,000 credits | $35 | one-time purchase | about $7 |
| 10,000 credits | $60 | one-time purchase | about $6 |
| 100,000 credits | $400 | one-time purchase | about $4 |
| 1,000,000 credits | $2000 | one-time purchase | about $2 |

### Limits Bouncer states

- Minimum purchase is 1,000 credits. ([source](https://www.usebouncer.com/pricing/))
- Lists above 1,000,000 emails need a sales contact for pricing. ([source](https://www.usebouncer.com/pricing/))

## What LookValid offers in the same area

| Product | What it checks | Credits | Per 1,000 billed lookups |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Email Domain Check](https://lookvalid.com/products/email-domain-check.md) | Checks the domain behind an address: whether it can receive mail, how its DNS is set up, and what kind of provider it is. It does not test whether one mailbox exists. | 1 per address checked | $2.00 to $4.95 |

## Which to choose

Bouncer and LookValid overlap only in part. Email Domain Check: Checks the domain behind an address: whether it can receive mail, how its DNS is set up, and what kind of provider it is. It does not test whether one mailbox exists.

Choose Bouncer when the job is email verification as Bouncer sells it. Choose LookValid when the checks above are what you need, with one key and one credit balance for phone, email, IP and website lookups.

## Questions

### What is Bouncer?

Bouncer sells email verification as prepaid credits that do not expire, or as a monthly subscription, with volume discounts and a custom tier for very large lists.

### What does Bouncer cost?

1,000 credits is listed at $8 (one-time purchase) on the page we read on 2026-10-18. The lowest per-1,000 figure there is about $2 for 1,000,000 credits.

### How is Bouncer different from LookValid?

Bouncer sells email verification. LookValid sells Email Domain Check and bills every lookup in credits from one balance.

### Can I try Bouncer for free?

New accounts get 100 free credits and need no card to start.

## Sources

- https://www.usebouncer.com/pricing/, read 2026-10-18
- https://www.usebouncer.com, read 2026-10-18

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