# Proofy review (2026): is it worth $5? > Email verification by bulk upload, API or one-off check Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Proofy verifies email addresses without sending a message, labeling each as valid, invalid, risky or unknown and flagging disposable, catch-all and role-based ones. Lists go in as CSV or TXT files, and a REST API, bulk and batch endpoints, a JavaScript widget and webhooks cover automated use. Credits do not expire and duplicate or unknown results are not charged. - **Category:** Email Verification & Deliverability - **Made by:** Proofy - **Website:** https://proofy.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you want to try it free, as only a single-address checker is free. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Proofy is a paid product, starting at $5 one-time for 5,000 credits. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Trial | $5 one-time, for 5,000 credits used as you go | A starter pack for new users with no subscription. Credits never expire. | Read from https://proofy.io/price on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Proofy before buying. ## Key features - **Bulk verification:** Upload a .txt or .csv file up to 65 MB; result columns are added to the original file and the data layout is kept. - **API, widget and webhooks:** Single, bulk and batch API endpoints plus a JavaScript widget and webhook support, documented at docs.proofy.io. - **Risk and type detection:** Flags disposable, catch-all, role-based and mailbox-full addresses and shows the mail provider behind each one. - **Free single checker:** A free checker takes one address at a time with no file upload. - **Credit rules:** One credit verifies one email; duplicates and unknown results are not charged, and credits never expire. ## Good for - Cheap one-off tests of a list before committing to volume - Teams that want credits that never expire ## Worth knowing - The only price shown on the pricing page is the $5 trial pack; larger packages and subscriptions are set with a volume selector that showed no prices when read. - Catch-all and restricted mail servers can come back Risky or Unknown, and the vendor says verification does not guarantee delivery. - Web dashboard and API only; there is no desktop or mobile app. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Proofy verifies email lists with credits that never expire and does not charge for unknowns, starting at $5 for 5,000. Only that $5 trial pack has a price on the page, there is no free plan, and risky and unknown results still come back for catch-all servers. - **Value for money: B.** $5 for 5,000 credits, under the $8 middle for one-time prices in the category. The page shows no price for larger packs or subscriptions. - **Free plan and trial: D.** No free plan and no free trial. There is a free single-address checker, but a list costs the $5 pack. - **Features: B.** Bulk verification, an API, a widget and webhooks, with risk and type detection. Catch-all servers can still return Risky or Unknown. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You upload a list or wire up the API, a few steps. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web dashboard and API, with a widget and webhooks. No integrations or apps are listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Proofy's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among email verification and deliverability tools - Proofy's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 18 of the 38 other email verification and deliverability tools we grade, and level with 12. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 25 of 38) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 3). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/email-deliverability ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing Proofy does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 5 things listed below take a company. It costs $5, paid once. - You could not: Checking that an address exists without writing to it. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Email verification, Public API ## Alternatives - [ZeroBounce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zerobounce): Email list verification with warm-up and DMARC monitoring in one plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/proofy-vs-zerobounce) - [NeverBounce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/neverbounce): Email list cleaning and real-time verification, now part of ZoomInfo. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/neverbounce-vs-proofy) - [Emailable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/emailable): Email list verification with inbox reports and blacklist monitoring. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/emailable-vs-proofy) - [MillionVerifier](https://toolgpa.com/tools/millionverifier): Low-cost bulk email verification with credits that never expire. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/millionverifier-vs-proofy) - [DeBounce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/debounce): Email list validation with credits from $15 that never expire. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/debounce-vs-proofy) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://proofy.io/price - https://proofy.io Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/proofy Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).