Clearout bundles an email finder that consumes credits quickly, and is reported to charge a credit per result regardless of validity. We do verification only, bill just Passed and Failed results, and our credits never expire.
Get 100 Free Credits See pricing No credit card required · credits never expire · cancel nothing, there's no subscription.Clearout pairs verification with a credit-hungry email finder, and reviewers note it charges a credit per result (only "unknown" is free). Email Verifier API stays focused on verification, bills only Passed and Failed, keeps credits that never expire, and ships a 16-point real-time API.
The differences that actually change your bill and your code.
A verification-only focus, with no finder quietly burning your credits.
Fair billing: only Passed and Failed results are charged.
Credits never expire, and 100 are free on signup.
A 16-point real-time API with SDKs in six languages.
Compared on the things buyers and developers ask about most.
| Feature | Email Verifier API | Clearout |
|---|---|---|
| Fair billing | Only Passed and Failed billed | Reported to bill per result (unknown free) |
| Product focus | Verification only | Verification plus email finder |
| Credits expire? | Never | Never (a match here) |
| Real-time API | Yes, 16-point engine | Yes |
| Free credits | 100, no card | 100 |
| Best for | Pure verification at a fair price | Teams wanting finder plus verifier |
The Clearout email finder is convenient but credit-hungry. If you only need verification, that bundled capability is cost you do not use. We focus on one job and price it simply.
Reviewers note Clearout charges a credit per result with only "unknown" free. We bill only Passed and Failed, so catch-alls and indeterminate results do not pad your invoice.
Our 16-point endpoint returns a clear status with SDKs in six languages, ready for signup validation, CRM hygiene and list cleaning.
Switching from Clearout, answered.
Yes. Email Verifier API offers real-time, 16-point email verification at 98% accuracy on pay-as-you-go credits that never expire, with no subscription and 100 free credits to start, a simpler, developer-first alternative to Clearout.
No. Credits never expire. You buy them once and use them whenever you need to, there is no subscription and no monthly reset.
Every new account includes 100 free verification credits with no credit card required, so you can run the same list through both tools and compare results before paying anything.
Yes. The 16-point engine is available as a real-time REST API with copy-paste SDKs for PHP, Python, Node.js, Go, Ruby and C#, returning a clear passed, failed, unknown or transient status.
The engine targets 98% accuracy using a 16-point check, including a live SMTP handshake that confirms mailbox existence without ever sending a message.
Run your own list through our 16-point engine and compare the results yourself. 100 free credits, no credit card, credits never expire.
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