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Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.
Starting price
$8/1,000 credits
Bulk email verification via credits and API. Plans start at $49/mo, sold as credit packs.
Where NeverBounce fits
$9.99/mo Free trial
Low-cost email verification for cold email senders: each address gets a Safe, Risky or Bad verdict and a deliverability score, catch-all domains are resolved rather than just flagged, and blacklist monitoring is included. One plan at $9.99/mo for 10,000 checks a month, with free credits to test first.
Where VerifyHQ fits
| Detail | NeverBounce | VerifyHQ |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $8/1,000 credits | $9.99/mo |
| Free tier | –No | –No |
| Free trial | Not on record | Yes |
| MCP server | –No | –No |
| Public API | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| Listed under | Verification | Verification, Deliverability |
| Capterra | 4.4 from 51 reviews | Not enough reviews |
NeverBounce
Stands out: A long-running list-cleaning API used next to marketing and recruiting outbound, not a finder.
Watch out: Plans start at $49/mo, sold as credit packs. You still need a finder if the list has no addresses yet.
Not the right fit for
VerifyHQ
Stands out: Price and catch-all handling: $9.99/mo for 10,000 verifications plus daily AutoClean credits undercuts most verifiers, and it tries to resolve catch-all addresses to real mailbox validity, which matters for recruiters emailing candidates at company domains. Blacklist monitoring and abuse detection come on the base plan.
Watch out: It is a new vendor, and the testimonials and accuracy figures on its site are its own and unverified, with no outside reviews yet. There is a single published plan, so heavy users depend on add-on credit packs or a custom quote. No MCP server.
Not the right fit for
NeverBounce
VerifyHQ
NeverBounce
$8/1,000 credits
Pay as you go is $8 per 1,000 verification credits, and credits expire 12 months after purchase. The Growth subscription is $49 per month for up to 10,000 emails and adds CRM sync and lead scoring. Enterprise is quoted. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 20 Sep 2026
VerifyHQ
$9.99/mo
The Lite plan is $9.99/mo and includes 10,000 verification credits a month plus 4,000 AutoClean credits a day for ongoing list hygiene, with the full verification pipeline, catch-all resolution, deliverability scoring, blacklist monitoring, API, webhooks, Zapier, native integrations and CSV exports. Extra credit packs can be added at any time and never expire; custom volume is quoted. New accounts get free verification credits to test with no card. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 20 Oct 2026
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