Clearout vs ZeroBounce
Clearout's entry subscription is $49 a month and ZeroBounce's is $99, and ZeroBounce also sells pay-as-you-go packs from $39 for 2,000. Neither entry plan publishes an allowance we could price. The real choice is what comes bundled: 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 | $49/mo | $99/mo or $3.00–$19.50/1k |
| Per year, if subscribed | $588 | $1,188 |
| Metering | Monthly caps | Limited credits |
| Credits expire | Allowance resets monthly | Not stated |
| Product type | Verifier | Verifier |
| Price checked | 2026-09-01 | 2026-10-01 |
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 | — | $39.00 | Not comparable |
| 10,000 | — | $129.00 | Not comparable |
| 50,000 | — | $499.00 | Not comparable |
| 100,000 | — | $649.00 | Not comparable |
How each one bills you
Clearout charges $49 a month, or $588 for a year, metered as monthly caps. ZeroBounce charges $99 a month for its entry allowance, or pay as you go from $19.50 per 1,000 on a 2,000 pack, falling to $3.00 at 2,000,000, metered as limited credits.
Clearout's allowance is tied to the subscription period. 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 cap resets whether you used it or not, so an uneven workload pays for capacity it never touched. 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 flat monthly price with unlimited email verifications and API access included, so there are no credits to buy or expire:
Pro $29.99/mo
Unlimited email verification, finder and phone format checks.
Email + Phone $49.99/mo
Everything in Pro, plus live carrier lookups for your phone lists.
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.
Common questions
- Clearout or ZeroBounce — which is better?
- Clearout's entry subscription is $49 a month and ZeroBounce's is $99, and ZeroBounce also sells pay-as-you-go packs from $39 for 2,000. Neither entry plan publishes an allowance we could price. The real choice is what comes bundled: Clearout pairs verification with a prospecting database, and ZeroBounce pairs it with deliverability tools.
- How much do Clearout and ZeroBounce cost?
- Clearout costs $49 a month, or $588 for a year. ZeroBounce costs $99 a month for its entry allowance, or pay as you go from $19.50 per 1,000 on a 2,000 pack, falling to $3.00 at 2,000,000. Both read from their own pricing pages — Clearout on 2026-09-01, ZeroBounce on 2026-10-01.
- 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 flat monthly plan rather than credits: Pro at $29.99 a month or Email + Phone at $49.99 a month, with unlimited email verifications and API access included. 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.