Email verification

LookValid vs ZeroBounce

LookValid covers part of the same ground as ZeroBounce with Email Domain Check, billed in credits from one shared balance. ZeroBounce sells email verification paid per address with credits, either as pay-as-you-go packs with volume discounts or through a monthly subscription that bundles credits with deliverability tools. Unknown results and duplicate removals are not charged.

Read 2026-10-18

Side by side

ZeroBounce and LookValid, term by term
Term	ZeroBounce	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	$39 (Pay as you go, entry pack: one-time purchase of 2,000 credits, the smallest pack) Source	1 credit per address checked
Lowest per 1,000	about $3.20 (Pay as you go, 1,000,000 credits) Source	$2.00 to $4.95 for 1,000 billed Email Domain Check lookups across the plans
Free option	A free account gets 100 validation credits that refill each month. Source	Free tools run the same data without an account, up to 25 lookups a day per visitor.
Credit expiry	Credits do not expire during an active subscription; otherwise expiry rules can apply depending on purchase terms. Source	Unused monthly credits roll over for 3 months.
Contract minimum	Smallest pay-as-you-go purchase is 2,000 credits; the subscription has no contract and can be cancelled anytime. Source	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.
API access	One credit is used per address checked, whether by bulk upload or the real-time API. Source	One REST API and one MCP server, both on the same key and the same credit balance.
Rate limits	Subscribers get higher API rate limits than other accounts; no numbers are printed. Source	200 requests per 10 seconds on each key, on every plan. A repeat lookup within 7 days is free.
Support	Round-the-clock customer support is listed as included with all accounts. Source	Starter: email support; Growth: priority email and chat support; Professional: chat support and scheduled calls; Enterprise: named account manager

What ZeroBounce publishes

ZeroBounce published prices
Plan or product	Price	Covers	Per 1,000
Pay as you go, entry pack	$39	one-time purchase of 2,000 credits, the smallest pack	about $19.50
Pay as you go, 5,000 credits	$0.0138	per credit when buying 5,000	about $13.80
Pay as you go, 10,000 credits	$0.0129	per credit when buying 10,000	about $12.90
Pay as you go, 100,000 credits	$0.00649	per credit when buying 100,000	about $6.49
Pay as you go, 1,000,000 credits	$0.003199	per credit when buying 1,000,000	about $3.20
ZeroBounce ONE subscription, monthly billing	$99	per month, 10,000 credits plus deliverability tools	about $9.90
ZeroBounce ONE subscription, annual billing	$79	per month when billed annually, 10,000 credits plus tools	about $7.90

Limits ZeroBounce states

The finder tool uses 20 credits per successful query. Source
The free tier excludes activity data, warmup and DMARC monitoring. Source
Purchases above one million credits are priced individually as enterprise deals. Source

What LookValid offers in the same area

LookValid products beside ZeroBounce
Product	Credits	Docs
Email Domain Check	1 credit per address checked	API docs

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. About $2.00 to $4.95 for 1,000 billed lookups across the plans.

Pricing explains credits and the plans.

Which to choose

ZeroBounce 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 ZeroBounce when the job is email verification as ZeroBounce 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 ZeroBounce?

ZeroBounce sells email verification paid per address with credits, either as pay-as-you-go packs with volume discounts or through a monthly subscription that bundles credits with deliverability tools. Unknown results and duplicate removals are not charged.

What does ZeroBounce cost?

Pay as you go, entry pack is listed at $39 (one-time purchase of 2,000 credits, the smallest pack) on the page we read on 2026-10-18. The lowest per-1,000 figure there is about $3.20 for Pay as you go, 1,000,000 credits.

How is ZeroBounce different from LookValid?

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

Can I try ZeroBounce for free?

A free account gets 100 validation credits that refill each month.

Sources

Pricing page on zerobounce.net https://www.zerobounce.net/email-validation-pricing/, read 2026-10-18
Help page on zerobounce.net https://www.zerobounce.net/docs/frequently-asked-questions/billing-and-payments/how-is-pricing-determined-for-email-verification, read 2026-10-18
Home page on zerobounce.net https://www.zerobounce.net, read 2026-10-18

Other email verification providers

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