Verifalia vs ZeroBounce (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Verifalia if

• Fits if you clean a list now and then and want credit packs that do not expire
• Works for developers who want to verify addresses at signup through an API

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you want more than 25 free checks a day, because the allowance resets daily and does not roll over
• Watch out: higher quality levels use more credits per address, so the headline price per check goes up
• Skip it if you want an app on your phone or desktop, as it is a web client and API only
• Pricey if you clean big lists often: Enterprise is $199 a month and Ultimate $499, before any credit packs
• Watch out: the pricing page shows monthly-billing prices nowhere we could read, only per month billed yearly

Pick ZeroBounce if

• Fits if you want list cleaning, warm-up and DMARC for one domain on one bill
• Works for developers who want an API with SDKs in 16 languages, or checks from an iPhone or iPad

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you only need a list cleaned, at about $129 for 10,000 checks
• Tight if you send from several domains, as ONE watches DMARC for just one
• Watch out: unused tests, monitors and warm-up seeds on ONE don't roll over, only verification credits do
• Watch out: the free 100 checks a month need a business email domain at sign-up
• Not for you if you're on Android or a desktop, as the only app is for iPhone and iPad

Verifalia

• Every plan includes only a daily allowance of credits that expires at day's end; anything beyond it is bought as credit packs, such as 10,000 credits for $49.90.
• One credit covers one standard-quality check; higher quality levels cost more per address.
• The pricing page shows plan prices as per month billed yearly; the monthly-billing prices were not displayed when read.
• Web client area and API only; there is no desktop or mobile app.

ZeroBounce

• Warm-up and DMARC monitoring come only with ZeroBounce ONE, and it covers a single DMARC domain.
• Unused tests, monitors, searches and warm-up seeds on ONE do not roll over; only verification credits do.
• The FAQ says credits never expire with an active ONE subscription; otherwise expiry rules may apply depending on when they were bought.
• The free credits need a business or premium email domain at sign-up.

Verifalia

Bulk list cleaning

Upload a list as plain text, CSV or Excel (.xls or .xlsx), up to 100 MB per list, then download the results and choose which addresses to keep.

Real-time verification API

A real-time API with free, open-source SDKs for .NET, Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP and Ruby, usable for single checks or for batches.

Detailed status codes

Each address is marked Deliverable, Undeliverable, Risky or Unknown and given one of more than 40 status codes with an explanation.

Quality levels

Standard, High and Extreme levels trade more credits for extra attempts on mail servers that give temporary or unclear answers.

Disposable, free-mail and typo detection

Flags disposable and free-mail addresses, suggests fixes for common typos, and removes duplicates at no charge.

Classification overrides

Wildcard rules such as *@example.com set how matching addresses are classified; the rule limit runs from 5 to 100 depending on the plan.

ZeroBounce

Email validation

Checks lists by file upload or real-time API and flags invalid, catch-all, disposable, role-based, abuse and spam-trap addresses. Unknown results and duplicates are free.

AI scoring

An AI model scores each address for quality at one extra credit, which helps decide whether to send to catch-all and other uncertain addresses.

Email Finder

Finds a person's work address from a name and company domain, at 20 credits per successful search; unknown results cost nothing.

Warm-up and placement tests

ZeroBounce ONE includes warm-up through a seed network, inbox placement tests against 20+ providers and email server tests.

Blacklist and DMARC monitoring

Monitors IPs and domains on blacklists and gathers daily DMARC reports for one domain on the ONE plan.

API, SDKs and iOS app

A validation and scoring API with SDKs in 16 languages, an MCP server, and an iOS app for checking lists from an iPhone or iPad.

Verifalia

• Free$0

  25 daily free credits; further verifications come from credit packs. Processing is best effort.

• Starter$9

  per month, billed yearly

  250 daily free credits, plus credit packs for anything beyond that.

• Professional$49

  per month, billed yearly

  1,250 daily free credits, plus credit packs. Higher plans verify submitted addresses more quickly.

• Enterprise$199

  per month, billed yearly

  6,250 daily free credits, plus credit packs.

• Ultimate$499

  per month, billed yearly

  25,000 daily free credits, plus credit packs.

ZeroBounce

• Freemium$0

  100 verification credits that refill each month, one inbox placement test, one server test and one blacklist monitor.

• Pay-As-You-Go$39

  one-time for 2,000 credits

  The minimum purchase. Per-credit rates fall with volume: about $129 for 10,000 ($0.0129 each) and $0.0032 each at 1 million.

• ZeroBounce ONE$79

  per month for 10,000 credits, billed annually ($99 monthly)

  Credits roll over, plus 250 warm-up seeds, 100 inbox tests, 100 server tests, 10 blacklist monitors, 1 DMARC domain and 15% off extra credits.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Purchases or subscriptions of more than 1 million credits, with onboarding and training.

Verifalia

• Annual discount

  Save 10% with yearly billing

  The pricing page shows a 5% saving for quarterly billing and 10% for yearly billing on the subscription plans.

ZeroBounce

• Annual discount

  20% off ZeroBounce ONE billed annually

  ZeroBounce ONE costs $79 a month when paid annually in one charge, against $99 billed monthly.