Truelist vs DeBounce
At its published rates Truelist costs less at every size both price: $14 against $23 for 10,000, $90 against $124.20 for 100,000 and $700 against $750 for 1,000,000. The gap is widest on small lists and narrow at a million. Credits never expire on either. Truelist resolves many catch-all addresses at 3 credits each, which can raise its real cost on catch-all-heavy B2B lists; DeBounce sells a monthly plan from $13.80 for 5,000.
Prices read from truelist.io and debounce.com. We sell a competing product, and it is not in the verdict above — where we fit is at the bottom.
| Truelist | DeBounce | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest route | $0.70–$1.40/1k | $13.80/mo or $0.44–$3.00/1k |
| Per year, if subscribed | — | $165.60 |
| Metering | Credits from $1.40 per 1,000 falling to $0.70 per 1,000 up to 1M, never expire; Unlimited from $799 a month on a 12-month commitment | Pay per email, or the same volumes monthly; pay-as-you-go credits never expire |
| Credits expire | No | No |
| Product type | Verifier | Verifier |
| Price checked | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
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 | Truelist | DeBounce | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $1.40 | $13.80 | Truelist |
| 10,000 | $14.00 | $23.00 | Truelist |
| 50,000 | $55.00 | $69.00 | Truelist |
| 100,000 | $90.00 | $124.20 | Truelist |
| 1,000,000 | $700.00 | $750.00 | Truelist |
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 | Truelist | DeBounce |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $14.00Pay as you go: 10,000-credit pack at $1.40 per 1,000 | $23.00$23/mo plan with 10,000 a month |
| 50,000 | $55.00Pay as you go: 50,000-credit pack at $1.10 per 1,000 | $69.00$69/mo plan with 50,000 a month |
| 100,000 | $90.00Pay as you go: 100,000-credit pack at $0.90 per 1,000 | $124.20$124.20/mo plan with 100,000 a month |
| 1,000,000 | $700.00Pay as you go: 1,000,000-credit pack at $0.70 per 1,000 | $750.00Pay as you go: 1,000,000-credit pack at $0.75 per 1,000 |
How each one bills you
Truelist charges $1.40 per 1,000 on a 1,000 pack, falling to $0.70 at 1,000,000, pay as you go with no subscription, metered as credits from $1.40 per 1,000 falling to $0.70 per 1,000 up to 1m, never expire; unlimited from $799 a month on a 12-month commitment. DeBounce charges $13.80 a month for 5,000 credits, or pay as you go from $3.00 per 1,000 on a 5,000 pack, falling to $0.44 at 5,000,000, metered as pay per email, or the same volumes monthly; pay-as-you-go credits never expire.
Truelist says its pay-as-you-go credits never expire. DeBounce says its pay-as-you-go credits never expire. 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 Truelist: every pass is a fresh credit purchase, and the flat-rate Unlimited plan starts at $799 a month only on a 12-month commitment billed upfront ($999 a month on 3 months). With DeBounce: every option is metered by the credit, so every pass over the list is billed again — the cost scales with how often you clean, not just how much.
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 Truelist if
you want the lower per-address price, or catch-all addresses resolved rather than flagged.
Choose DeBounce if
you want a small monthly plan from $13.80 for 5,000 rather than buying credits, or would rather not pay 3 credits for each catch-all address resolved.
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, Truelist and DeBounce included.
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Common questions
- Truelist or DeBounce — which is better?
- At its published rates Truelist costs less at every size both price: $14 against $23 for 10,000, $90 against $124.20 for 100,000 and $700 against $750 for 1,000,000. The gap is widest on small lists and narrow at a million. Credits never expire on either. Truelist resolves many catch-all addresses at 3 credits each, which can raise its real cost on catch-all-heavy B2B lists; DeBounce sells a monthly plan from $13.80 for 5,000.
- How much do Truelist and DeBounce cost?
- Truelist costs $1.40 per 1,000 on a 1,000 pack, falling to $0.70 at 1,000,000, pay as you go with no subscription. DeBounce costs $13.80 a month for 5,000 credits, or pay as you go from $3.00 per 1,000 on a 5,000 pack, falling to $0.44 at 5,000,000. Both read from their own pricing pages — Truelist on 2026-11-02, DeBounce on 2026-11-02.
- Should I choose Truelist?
- Choose Truelist if you want the lower per-address price, or catch-all addresses resolved rather than flagged.
- Should I choose DeBounce?
- Choose DeBounce if you want a small monthly plan from $13.80 for 5,000 rather than buying credits, or would rather not pay 3 credits for each catch-all address resolved.
- Is there an alternative to both Truelist and DeBounce?
- 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 Truelist or DeBounce can cost less.