Emailable vs Reacher (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Emailable if

• Fits if you want list checks and placement reports on one credit balance
• Works for adding a check to sign-up forms without writing code

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you only need a few hundred checks, as the smallest pack is 5,000 credits for $38
• Pricey if you run lots of placement tests, at 100 credits a report
• Not for you if you need warm-up or DMARC management, as the reports only point out authentication errors
• Watch out: more than 1 million credits means a price from sales

Pick Reacher if

• Fits if you can run a server and want verification inside your own system
• Works for developers who want to read and change the source

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you do not want to host and maintain a server
• Watch out: the pricing page says mail servers often limit or block checks from unknown IPs
• Watch out: catch-all checks and hosted verification are a separate service, No2Bounce
• Watch out: the SMTP proxy service is separate and paid; its prices were not read

Emailable

• The smallest purchase is 5,000 credits, more than some rivals' entry packs.
• Inbox reports cost 100 credits each, so placement testing uses up a balance fast.
• There are no warm-up or DMARC management tools; reports only point out authentication errors.

Reacher

• You host and maintain it yourself; the pricing page says mail servers often limit or block verification traffic from unknown IP addresses.
• Hosted verification, including catch-all checks, is a separate service called No2Bounce with usage-based pricing, which was not priced on the Reacher pages.
• The Reacher site says it is owned by No2Bounce.
• The SMTP proxy service is a separate paid offering; its prices were not read.

Emailable

Bulk verification

Upload a list and get each address checked; the vendor says 10,000 addresses usually finish in under 3 minutes. Duplicates and unknown results are refunded.

API and widget

Verify addresses from your own code, or add a widget that checks them as they are typed into a form, at one credit each.

Inbox reports

Add Emailable's seed list to a send to get a report on inbox placement, spam score, authentication errors and broken links, for 100 credits each.

Blacklist monitoring

Watches your IPs and domains on more than 120 real-time blacklists and emails you when one is listed, at 5 credits per check.

Integrations

Direct connections to email, CRM and form tools such as Mailchimp, HubSpot, Klaviyo and Pipedrive, plus more through Make and Zapier.

Reacher

SMTP-based address check

Checks whether a mailbox exists without sending an email; the GitHub project describes it as written in Rust.

HTTP backend

The repository comes with an HTTP backend, so the verifier can be called as an API from your own applications.

Modifiable source

The MIT-licensed code can be downloaded, changed and built into your own verification system.

Port 25 SMTP proxies

A separate Reacher service offers managed IP pools with rotation and MX-aware routing, for senders whose servers block verification traffic.

Emailable

• Pay-As-You-Go$38

  one-time for 5,000 credits

  The minimum purchase; credits never expire. Bulk rates: $60 for 10,000, $420 for 100,000 and $2,100 for 1 million.

• Monthly$32.30

  per month for 5,000 credits

  A credits subscription at 15% below pay-as-you-go at every volume; unused credits roll over and it can be cancelled anytime.

• EnterpriseCustom

  More than 1 million credits, priced by sales.

Reacher

• Self-hosted Reacher$0

  Open-source software you run on your own servers. You supply the infrastructure.

Emailable

• Other savings

  Save 15% with a credits subscription

  A monthly credits subscription costs 15% less than buying the same credits pay-as-you-go: 5,000 credits are $32.30 a month against $38.

Reacher

No public discounts listed.