ZeroBounce vs Emailable: Price at Volume, Credit Expiry and Free Credits
Emailable is cheaper than ZeroBounce at every size we compared, on both one-off packs ($60 against $129 for 10,000) and monthly plans ($357 against $449 for 100,000). ZeroBounce is the pick if you want its wider deliverability tools and a free monthly allowance; Emailable if you want lower prices and 250 free credits.
Neither is the best answer for everyone, and for steady monthly volume a flat plan from a third vendor can cost less than both. Prices below are what each vendor published on the dates shown.
Price at volume
| ZeroBounce | Emailable | |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 checks, one-off pack | $129 | $60 |
| 100,000 checks, one-off pack | $649 | $420 |
| 1,000,000 checks, one-off pack | $3,199 | $2,100 |
| Monthly plan, 10,000 a month | $99 (10,000) | $51 (10,000) |
| Monthly plan, 100,000 a month | $449 (100,000) | $357 (100,000) |
| Monthly plan, 1,000,000 a month | $2,499 (1,000,000) | $1,785 (1,000,000) |
| Smallest option | $39 for 2,000 pay-as-you-go | $32.30 a month for 5,000 on the entry subscription |
| Prices read | www.zerobounce.net, 30 Oct 2026 | emailable.com, 30 Oct 2026 |
Where a size was not a listed pack, the next pack up covers it. "No subscription listed" means we found no monthly plan on the page when we read it.
Credits, expiry and free allowances
| ZeroBounce | Emailable | |
|---|---|---|
| Free credits | 100 free monthly validations (Freemium plan, refilling every month; their page, fetched 9 Nov 2026) | 250 free credits for every new account (their page, fetched 9 Nov 2026) |
| Credit expiry | Credits never expire while you have an active ZeroBounce ONE subscription; without one, the page says expiration rules may apply depending on when the account was created (fetched 9 Nov 2026) | Credits never expire; unused subscription credits roll over (their page, fetched 9 Nov 2026) |
| Catch-all handling | Not described on the pricing page; it says it never charges for Unknown results and duplicate removals (fetched 9 Nov 2026) | Not stated on the pricing page; it says credits spent on Unknown results and duplicates are returned to your balance (fetched 9 Nov 2026) |
Where a cell says it was fetched on 9 Nov 2026, we read it from the vendor's own page that day; "not checked today" means the page could not be fetched; the rest comes from the dated pricing data above. We make no claim about accuracy for either vendor, and nobody can honestly rank verifiers on accuracy from a pricing page.
Who each is better for
ZeroBounce is better for you if you need their wider deliverability suite (inbox placement testing, blacklist monitoring and email server testing alongside verification) or a free monthly allowance. The catch: credits are the unit, so the bill scales with list size and a re-check costs full price again.
Emailable is better for you if you want credits that never expire, including on a subscription, and a refund of credits spent on Unknown results and duplicates. The catch: it is priced per credit, so every re-check of the same list is billed again.
A third option: SimpleVerifier
SimpleVerifier Pro is a flat $39 a month. The first 100,000 checks a month run at full speed; after that it slows down but never cuts you off. Results are split into valid, risky and invalid, and risky means risky: a catch-all or otherwise uncertain address is labelled as such rather than counted as good.
Honest limits:
- At very small volumes one-off packs cost less than $39: ZeroBounce's smallest option is $39 for 2,000 pay-as-you-go and Emailable's is $32.30 a month for 5,000 on the entry subscription. If that is all you need, buy that.
- If you clean one very large list once, a one-off pack can beat a month of Pro. At 1,000,000 checks one-off, ZeroBounce was $3,199 and Emailable was $2,100, all at full speed; on Pro only the first 100,000 a month run at full speed.
- If you verify 10,000 or more every month, compare Pro's $39 with ZeroBounce's $99 (10,000) and Emailable's $51 (10,000). That is where a flat plan pays off.
Side by side pages: SimpleVerifier vs ZeroBounce and SimpleVerifier vs Emailable. See pricing, or try a few addresses on the verify page.
Common questions
Is ZeroBounce or Emailable cheaper?
On the prices we last read, at 10,000 checks one-off ZeroBounce was $129 and Emailable was $60; at 100,000 it was $649 against $420. See the table for monthly plans and the dates.
Do ZeroBounce or Emailable credits expire?
Credits never expire while you have an active ZeroBounce ONE subscription; without one, the page says expiration rules may apply depending on when the account was created (fetched 9 Nov 2026). For Emailable: Credits never expire; unused subscription credits roll over (their page, fetched 9 Nov 2026).
Is there a flat-rate alternative to ZeroBounce and Emailable?
SimpleVerifier Pro is $39 a month, with the first 100,000 checks a month at full speed and then slower, never cut off. It is not the cheapest at every volume; the post says where ZeroBounce or Emailable costs less.
Check your list before you send
Real mailbox checks over SMTP, and nothing is sent to the address. Sign in with Google and your first 100 email checks are free, no card. Plans for bigger lists are on the pricing page.