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Bouncer
Powerful, secure and Caring Email Verification
VS
ZeroBounce
Email Validation Tools & Email List Cleaning
The Economics
Pricing Model
usage-based
Pay-as-you-go + monthly subscriptions
Starting Price
$8/1,000 credits
Free (100 validations/month)
Cost at Scale
$2/1,000 at 1M volume
~$16 per 2,000 validations
Free Trial
Yes
Yes
The GTM Utility
Category
Email Deliverability
Email Deliverability
Workflow Stage
Deliver
Data Quality & Deliverability
Key Features
- • Bulk email verification
- • Real-time email verification API
- • Bouncer Shield (form protection)
- • Toxicity checking
- • Deliverability kit (inbox placement)
- • Email engagement insights
- • Company data enrichment
- • Auto-refill credits
- • Email validation and verification
- • Email list cleaning (bulk upload)
- • Real-time email verification API
- • Email scoring (activity scoring)
- • Blacklist monitoring
- • Inbox placement testing
- • Email finder tool
- • Catch-all email verification
- • Data append (enrich with additional info)
- • DMARC monitoring
Platforms
Web
Web, API
Ease of Use
Easy — drag and drop list upload, simple API
Easy — upload list, validate, download results; API for automation
The AI Edge
AI Features
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AI-powered email scoring to predict engagement likelihood
Market Position
Tagline
Powerful, secure and Caring Email Verification
Email Validation Tools & Email List Cleaning
Best For
Affordable, pay-as-you-go email verification with high accuracy and no-expiry credits.
Teams sending bulk email who need to maintain list hygiene and protect deliverability
Not Great For
Teams needing a full outbound sequencing platform — Bouncer is verification-only.
Teams needing full B2B contact data or prospecting capabilities
Team Size
all sizes
1-500+
Intelligence
Pros
- • Credits never expire — flexible pay-as-you-go model
- • Competitive pricing at scale ($2/1K at 1M)
- • Rich output including toxicity scoring
- • Real-time Shield product for form protection
- • No charges for duplicates or unknowns
- • 98%+ validation accuracy
- • Free tier with 100 validations/month
- • SOC 2 Type II certified
- • Email scoring is unique and valuable
- • Strong API and integration ecosystem
Cons
- • No built-in email sending or sequencing
- • Limited integrations compared to larger competitors
- • No free tier beyond initial 100 credits
- • UI could be more modern
- • Per-email pricing can get expensive at scale
- • Not a prospecting or enrichment tool
- • Website is JavaScript-heavy (hard to scrape pricing details)
- • Email finder is secondary to validation focus
Reddit Sentiment
mixed
mixed
Integrations
- • Mailchimp
- • HubSpot
- • ActiveCampaign
- • Brevo
- • GetResponse
- • Moosend
- • Woodpecker
- • Zapier
- • Make
- • Pabbly
- • Mailchimp
- • SendGrid
- • Zapier
- • HubSpot
- • Salesforce
- • ActiveCampaign
- • Constant Contact
- • AWeber
Editorial Face-off
The Case for Bouncer
“Bouncer is one of the best-value email verification tools on the market with its non-expiring credits and transparent pricing. It's particularly strong for teams that need verification in bursts rather than on a subscription. A solid choice for any GTM team serious about deliverability.”
The Case for ZeroBounce
“ZeroBounce is a top-tier email validation platform trusted by 350K+ customers. Its email scoring feature and SOC 2 certification set it apart from competitors. Essential tool for any team doing email outbound at scale. Best paired with a data provider and sequencer.”
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