Verification budget planner: month-by-month email checking costs
In short: Enter the checks you expect in each month, the price and size of a pack, and the price and allowance of a monthly plan. You get the cost by month and for the year under packs only and under a plan with packs for the overage. Limit: Prices, sizes and allowances are your inputs and may differ from a real quote.
Lists arrive unevenly, so a flat monthly guess hides the cheapest option. Type the checks you expect in each of twelve months, the pack price and size, and the plan price and allowance. The planner prices each month under packs and under a plan topped up with packs, then totals the year.
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The numbers below are examples, including the prices. Replace them with the checks you expect each month and the prices you are quoted.
Answer from the pack's own terms.
- Checks over the year
- 120,000
- Packs only
- $600.00
- Plan, packs for the overage
- $468.00
- Busiest month
- Month 7
Over twelve months, monthly plan costs less with these numbers. If you could switch each month, the cheapest mix would cost $412.00.
1
- Checks
- 5,000
- Packs only
- $25.00
- Plan with pack top-up
- $39.00
- Cheaper that month
- Packs
2
- Checks
- 5,000
- Packs only
- $25.00
- Plan with pack top-up
- $39.00
- Cheaper that month
- Packs
3
- Checks
- 8,000
- Packs only
- $50.00
- Plan with pack top-up
- $39.00
- Cheaper that month
- Plan
4
- Checks
- 8,000
- Packs only
- $50.00
- Plan with pack top-up
- $39.00
- Cheaper that month
- Plan
5
- Checks
- 12,000
- Packs only
- $50.00
- Plan with pack top-up
- $39.00
- Cheaper that month
- Plan
6
- Checks
- 12,000
- Packs only
- $50.00
- Plan with pack top-up
- $39.00
- Cheaper that month
- Plan
7
- Checks
- 20,000
- Packs only
- $100.00
- Plan with pack top-up
- $39.00
- Cheaper that month
- Plan
8
- Checks
- 20,000
- Packs only
- $100.00
- Plan with pack top-up
- $39.00
- Cheaper that month
- Plan
9
- Checks
- 10,000
- Packs only
- $50.00
- Plan with pack top-up
- $39.00
- Cheaper that month
- Plan
10
- Checks
- 10,000
- Packs only
- $50.00
- Plan with pack top-up
- $39.00
- Cheaper that month
- Plan
11
- Checks
- 5,000
- Packs only
- $25.00
- Plan with pack top-up
- $39.00
- Cheaper that month
- Packs
12
- Checks
- 5,000
- Packs only
- $25.00
- Plan with pack top-up
- $39.00
- Cheaper that month
- Packs
| Month | Checks | Packs only | Plan with pack top-up | Cheaper that month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,000 | $25.00 | $39.00 | Packs |
| 2 | 5,000 | $25.00 | $39.00 | Packs |
| 3 | 8,000 | $50.00 | $39.00 | Plan |
| 4 | 8,000 | $50.00 | $39.00 | Plan |
| 5 | 12,000 | $50.00 | $39.00 | Plan |
| 6 | 12,000 | $50.00 | $39.00 | Plan |
| 7 | 20,000 | $100.00 | $39.00 | Plan |
| 8 | 20,000 | $100.00 | $39.00 | Plan |
| 9 | 10,000 | $50.00 | $39.00 | Plan |
| 10 | 10,000 | $50.00 | $39.00 | Plan |
| 11 | 5,000 | $25.00 | $39.00 | Packs |
| 12 | 5,000 | $25.00 | $39.00 | Packs |
The plan is charged every month, and any month above its allowance is topped up with whole packs. Prices and sizes are what you typed; nothing here is a quote.
Sample result
In the example, packs cost $600 over the year and the plan with top-ups $468.
- Plan with top-ups
- $468.00
- Packs only
- $600.00
- Switching monthly
- $412.00
What this means for you
Switching to the cheaper option each month would cost $412; the prices are examples you replace.
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- Carry-over setting
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Turn the busiest month into a real number.
- Export the biggest list you expect to send this year, one address per row.
- Upload or paste it at /verify. Every address gets a live mailbox check, and the first 100 email checks are free with a Google sign-in, no card.
How do I plan an email verification budget by month?
- Type the number of checks you expect in each month; leave a month at 0 if none.
- Type the price of one pack and how many checks it holds.
- Type the price of the monthly plan and the checks it includes.
- Say whether unused pack checks carry over, using the pack's own terms.
- Read the cost by month and the yearly total for packs and for the plan, then pick the mix you can switch to.
Example
- You enter
- Example: a $25 pack of 5,000 checks, a $39 plan with 25,000 checks, packs carry over, and 120,000 checks spread over twelve months.
- You get
- Packs only cost $600 for the year and the plan with pack top-ups $468, so the plan costs less. Switching each month to the cheaper option would cost $412. Month 7 is the busiest.
- Limits
- Runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded. Every number is typed by you; the values here are examples.
How is each month priced?
Under packs only, a month buys as many whole packs as it needs, using up carried-over checks first when you said they carry over. Under the plan, the plan price is charged every month and any checks above its allowance are covered with whole packs. The last column shows which is cheaper in that month, and the summary shows the total if you could switch each month.
Where do the prices come from?
From you. The prefilled prices are examples, not a quote, and the planner contains no vendor prices. Use the figures on the pricing page of whichever verifier you are comparing, or your quote. To compare one fixed month in more detail, use the verification credits vs monthly plan calculator.
What about months with no checks?
A plan is charged even in a month with nothing to check, while packs cost nothing then. That is why packs often win in quiet months and a plan wins in busy ones. If your plan can be paused or changed monthly, the switching total shows the best case; check the plan's own terms before relying on it. The annual vs monthly plan guide covers that choice.
Who uses this tool, and for what?
- Agencies
- Budget checking across a year of client lists that arrive unevenly.
- Cold emailers
- See whether a plan or packs suits a campaign that scales up and down.
- Sales ops
- Put a monthly checking line in a yearly budget request.
What can’t this tool tell you?
- Prices, sizes and allowances are your inputs and may differ from a real quote.
- It models one pack size and one plan, not several tiers.
- It assumes the plan is charged every month.
- Re-checking old lists is only counted if you include those checks in a month's number.
Common questions
- Does it include any vendor's prices?
- No. Every price and size is typed by you, with example values pre-filled.
- What does carry over mean?
- Whether checks left from one pack are still available next month. It depends on the pack's terms.
- Why is the plan charged in empty months?
- A monthly plan bills every month. If yours does not, set the months you will not use it to a different plan in your own notes.
- Can I plan more than twelve months?
- Not in one table. Run it again for the next year.
- Does it recommend a vendor?
- No. It compares the two ways of paying using your numbers.
- Is anything uploaded?
- No. The numbers stay in your browser.
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