ZeroBounce vs Emailable
Both sell credits that never expire, so the usual deciding factor is off the table. What separates them is what each one actually promises, and how much of their pricing they print.
Every figure below is quoted from the company’s own published pages, linked and dated. Where we could not confirm something, the table says so instead of guessing.
The published facts, side by side
| Published fact | Emailable | ZeroBounce |
|---|---|---|
| How they sell it | Pay-as-you-go credits and a subscription at a 15% discount “Subscribe and save 15%. Cancel anytime. Credits never expire.” Source · reviewed 2026-08-29 | Pay-as-you-go credits and a subscription (ZeroBounce ONE), monthly or annual “ZeroBounce ONE™ / Pay-As-You-Go / Monthly / Annually (Save 20%)” Source · reviewed 2026-08-29 |
| Smallest published tier | 5,000 credits at $0.0076 per credit — the smallest tier printed on the page 5,000 credits · USD “5,000 Credits $0.0076 Cost Per Credit” The page prints $38 and $32.30/month adjacently but does not label which is pay-as-you-go and which is subscription, so only the per-credit rate is reported here. Source · reviewed 2026-08-29 | 2,000 credits for $39 ($0.0195 per credit); 2,000 is their stated minimum 2,000 credits · pay-as-you-go · USD “Minimum 2,000 credits ... $0.0195 per credit” their pricing calculator, quantity=2000 Source · reviewed 2026-08-29 |
| Published price at 100,000 | Not found in the pages we reviewed (2026-08-29) A 100,000 option exists in their tier selector but no price for it renders on the page we reviewed. Their page | $649 for 100,000 credits ($0.00649 per credit) 100,000 credits · pay-as-you-go · USD “100,000 ... $0.00649 per credit ... $649” their pricing calculator, quantity=100,000 a BOGO promotion on ZeroBounce ONE Monthly was running at capture time (ends 2026-09-04); the figure stored is the non-promotional pay-as-you-go price Source · reviewed 2026-08-29 |
| Free credits | Freemium plan at $0/mo with 100 validation credits that refill monthly “Freemium $0 /mo — 100 Validation Credits ... Credits refill every month” Source · reviewed 2026-08-29 | |
| Do credits expire? | Credits never expire “Credits never expire and can be used at your leisure.” Source · reviewed 2026-08-29 | |
| Published accuracy rate | Emailable publishes a different measurement — see the other row. | 99.6% validation accuracy, stated as guaranteed all results (no population stated) “99.6% Validation Accuracy Guaranteed” Source · reviewed 2026-08-29 |
| Published deliverability guarantee | A 99% deliverability guarantee — no more than 1% of addresses returned as Deliverable will bounce “We guarantee that no more than 1% of emails verified as Deliverable will bounce upon sending.” Source · reviewed 2026-08-29 | ZeroBounce publishes a different measurement — see the other row. |
| API | Single (real-time) and batch verification “verifying single email addresses and batches of emails using the Emailable API” Source · reviewed 2026-08-29 | Real-time API and bulk validation, billed at one credit per address either way “one credit per email address verified, whether you use bulk validation or the real-time API” Source · reviewed 2026-08-29 |
| Published data location | Not found in the pages we reviewed (2026-08-29) The privacy policy confirms GDPR-compliant processing but names no data centre, server location or residency region, so no residency claim is reported. Their page | States servers are in the EU and that data is transmitted, stored and processed only on EU servers “ZeroBounce hosts its servers in the EU and the data you provide ... is transmitted, stored and processed only on servers located in the EU.” Source · reviewed 2026-08-29 |
What actually differs
- They guarantee different things. ZeroBounce publishes a 99.6% accuracy rate; Emailable publishes a deliverability guarantee — no more than 1% of addresses it calls Deliverable will bounce. Those are different measurements and we keep them in separate rows.
- Emailable gives 250 free credits; ZeroBounce's freemium plan gives 100 that refill every month. Different shapes: one larger trial, one small standing allowance.
- ZeroBounce publishes a price at 100,000 ($649). Emailable's 100,000 tier exists in their selector but no price rendered on the page we reviewed, so we show nothing there.
- ZeroBounce states EU-only server locations. Emailable's privacy policy confirms GDPR-compliant processing but names no region, so we make no residency claim for them either way.
Where we stand
For completeness, here are our own published figures, sourced the same way and held to the same standard: 2,500 credits at $19 to start, $299 at 100,000 pay-as-you-go, 100 free credits, and pay-as-you-go credits that never expire. We publish no data-residency commitment, so we make no residency claim — exactly as we report for any other service that does not publish one. On the round-up pages we appear as a row in the table alongside everyone else.
We are one of the services in this market, so treat this section as ours rather than as part of the comparison above. Our pricing page is the source, reviewed 2026-08-29.
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Every competitor figure on this page is quoted from that company's own published pages, with the source linked and the date we read it. Where we could not confirm something, we say so rather than guess. Prices and policies change — check the linked page before you buy. Email List Validation is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with any of the companies named here; their names are used only to identify their services.
This page is published as a monitored experiment and is not submitted for indexing. Entity-level demand only (ZeroBounce 282 impressions, Emailable 39 over 90 days); just 1 impression for a query naming both. Published as a monitored experiment, not indexed.
Facts last compiled 2026-08-29. Found something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.