Clearout vs ZeroBounce
Clearout is cheaper on published prices: 10,000 credits a month cost $58 on Clearout's monthly billing ($32 a month billed yearly) against $99 for ZeroBounce ONE, and Clearout's entry plan is $23 a month for 3,000. ZeroBounce also sells pay-as-you-go packs from $39 for 2,000. Beyond price, Clearout pairs verification with a prospecting database, and ZeroBounce pairs it with deliverability tools.
Prices read from clearout.io and zerobounce.net. We sell a competing product, and it is not in the verdict above — where we fit is at the bottom.
| Clearout | ZeroBounce | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest route | $23/mo or $1.00–$8.00/1k | $99/mo or $2.70–$19.50/1k |
| Per year, if subscribed | $192 | $948 |
| Metering | Monthly credits that roll over, or one-time credits | Credits; ZeroBounce ONE subscription from 10,000 a month |
| Credits expire | No | Not stated |
| Product type | Verifier | Verifier |
| Price checked | 2026-11-03 | 2026-10-30 |
Cost for one pass over a list
Each vendor’s cheapest available route. An empty cell means that vendor does not publish an allowance we can calculate from, not that it is free.
| List size | Clearout | ZeroBounce | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $23.00 | $39.00 | Clearout |
| 10,000 | $58.00 | $99.00 | Clearout |
| 50,000 | $290.00 | $379.00 | Clearout |
| 100,000 | $360.00 | $449.00 | Clearout |
| 1,000,000 | $1260.00 | $2499.00 | Clearout |
Cost at a steady monthly volume
What the same volume costs every month, on each vendor’s cheapest route that covers it in one month: a subscription tier whose allowance fits, or buying the covering pack again.
| Per month | Clearout | ZeroBounce |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $58.00$58/mo plan with 10,000 a month | $99.00$99/mo plan with 10,000 a month |
| 50,000 | $292.00$292/mo plan with 50,000 a month | $379.00$379/mo plan with 50,000 a month |
| 100,000 | $360.00$360/mo plan with 100,000 a month | $449.00$449/mo plan with 100,000 a month |
| 1,000,000 | $1260.00$1,260/mo plan with 1,000,000 a month | $2499.00$2,499/mo plan with 1,000,000 a month |
How each one bills you
Clearout charges $23 a month for 3,000 credits, or pay as you go from $8.00 per 1,000 on a 5,000 pack, falling to $1.00 at 10,000,000, metered as monthly credits that roll over, or one-time credits. ZeroBounce charges $99 a month for 10,000 credits, or pay as you go from $19.50 per 1,000 on a 2,000 pack, falling to $2.70 at 10,000,000, metered as credits; zerobounce one subscription from 10,000 a month.
Clearout says its pay-as-you-go credits never expire. ZeroBounce's allowance is tied to the subscription period. For uneven volume, expiry often matters more than the headline price, because credits that lapse raise the real cost of every address you did verify.
What to watch with Clearout: the monthly-billed price is far above the annual one — 10,000 a month is $58 billed monthly against $32 a month billed yearly — so the low headline needs a year's commitment. With ZeroBounce: credits are the unit, so the bill scales with list size and a re-verification of the same list costs full price again.
Both meter verifications, so checking the same list again costs again. Before committing to either, verify an address you invented at a real domain and an address at a catch-all domain on both. The first should come back invalid and the second as risky or accept-all, not valid.
Choose Clearout if
you also want to find prospects, and a lower entry subscription matters.
Choose ZeroBounce if
you want inbox placement testing and blacklist monitoring, or prefer buying pay-as-you-go packs.
Disclosure — our product
Where SimpleVerifier fits, and where it does not
We publish this comparison and we sell a third option, so treat the rest of this section as the pitch it is. SimpleVerifier is a monthly price with no per-email fees: verification is never cut off (each plan sets how many a month run at full speed) and API calls are included each month, so there are no credits to buy or expire:
Pro $39/mo
Email verification with the first 100,000 checks a month at full speed, then slower, never cut off, plus the finder and the API.
Pro + Phone $49.99/mo
Pro with the phone add-on: live carrier lookups for your phone lists.
Business $99/mo
For senders with big lists: the first 300,000 checks a month at full speed, then slower, never cut off.
Agency $249/mo
For agencies running lists for clients: the first 750,000 checks a month at full speed, then slower, never cut off.
That is worth it in two cases: large lists, because volume does not change the price, and lists you verify repeatedly, because a confirmed result is cached for 14 days so the second pass costs nothing. Outside those two cases, a metered vendor is usually cheaper and you should use one, Clearout and ZeroBounce included.
Run the same test on any verifier
Type any address. It gets the same check the paid plans run: syntax, the domain’s mail servers and, where the provider allows it, a live mailbox check. Nothing is sent to the address.
Five checks a minute, no account needed. Nothing is sent to the address — we ask its mail server whether the mailbox exists, then disconnect.
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Common questions
- Clearout or ZeroBounce — which is better?
- Clearout is cheaper on published prices: 10,000 credits a month cost $58 on Clearout's monthly billing ($32 a month billed yearly) against $99 for ZeroBounce ONE, and Clearout's entry plan is $23 a month for 3,000. ZeroBounce also sells pay-as-you-go packs from $39 for 2,000. Beyond price, Clearout pairs verification with a prospecting database, and ZeroBounce pairs it with deliverability tools.
- How much do Clearout and ZeroBounce cost?
- Clearout costs $23 a month for 3,000 credits, or pay as you go from $8.00 per 1,000 on a 5,000 pack, falling to $1.00 at 10,000,000. ZeroBounce costs $99 a month for 10,000 credits, or pay as you go from $19.50 per 1,000 on a 2,000 pack, falling to $2.70 at 10,000,000. Both read from their own pricing pages — Clearout on 2026-11-03, ZeroBounce on 2026-10-30.
- Should I choose Clearout?
- Choose Clearout if you also want to find prospects, and a lower entry subscription matters.
- Should I choose ZeroBounce?
- Choose ZeroBounce if you want inbox placement testing and blacklist monitoring, or prefer buying pay-as-you-go packs.
- Is there an alternative to both Clearout and ZeroBounce?
- SimpleVerifier is a monthly plan rather than credits: Pro at $39, Business at $99 or Agency at $249 a month. Email verification is never cut off (on Pro the first 100,000 a month run at full speed, more on Business and Agency), and API calls are included each month. It suits large lists and lists you re-check often. For a small one-off clean, a metered vendor such as Clearout or ZeroBounce can cost less.