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

ZeroBounce 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 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.

## Side by side

| 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](https://www.zerobounce.net/docs/frequently-asked-questions/billing-and-payments/how-is-pricing-determined-for-email-verification)) | 1 credit per address checked |
| Lowest per 1,000 | about $3.20 (Pay as you go, 1,000,000 credits) ([source](https://www.zerobounce.net/docs/frequently-asked-questions/billing-and-payments/how-is-pricing-determined-for-email-verification)) | $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](https://www.zerobounce.net/email-validation-pricing/)) | 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](https://www.zerobounce.net/email-validation-pricing/)) | 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](https://www.zerobounce.net/email-validation-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. |
| API access | One credit is used per address checked, whether by bulk upload or the real-time API. ([source](https://www.zerobounce.net/email-validation-pricing/)) | 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](https://www.zerobounce.net/email-validation-pricing/)) | 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](https://www.zerobounce.net/email-validation-pricing/)) | Starter: email support; Growth: priority email and chat support; Professional: chat support and scheduled calls; Enterprise: named account manager |

## What ZeroBounce publishes

| 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](https://www.zerobounce.net/email-validation-pricing/))
- The free tier excludes activity data, warmup and DMARC monitoring. ([source](https://www.zerobounce.net/email-validation-pricing/))
- Purchases above one million credits are priced individually as enterprise deals. ([source](https://www.zerobounce.net/docs/frequently-asked-questions/billing-and-payments/how-is-pricing-determined-for-email-verification))

## 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

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

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

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