Emailable review
Emailable is a New York verifier founded in 2017, with a following among HubSpot users. This review reads it on its own pricing, guarantee, terms and data-retention pages: what you pay, how it labels hard addresses, and what its guarantee promises.
| Assessed on | Our reading of Emailable |
|---|---|
| Entry purchase | 5,000 credits for $38 |
| Rate at the entry | About $0.0076 an address |
| Subscription | 15% off pay-as-you-go |
| Free allowance | 250 credits |
| Credit life | Never expire; subscription credits roll over |
| Unknowns and duplicates | Refunded after the run |
| Catch-all | Labelled Risky and billed |
| The accuracy claim | No percentage published |
| Guarantee | No more than 1% of Deliverable results bounce |
Assessed from emailable.com/pricing, /guarantee, /terms-of-service and its data-retention docs on 24 September 2026. Every row can be checked against their current pages.
A 5,000-credit floor with refunds after the run
Emailable's smallest purchase is 5,000 credits for $38. If you're cleaning 900 addresses, you still buy 5,000 credits, though they never expire, so the rest waits for your next file. A subscription takes 15% off, and its credits roll over.
Unknown results and duplicate rows are refunded once the run finishes. ZapBounce leaves both off the invoice from the start, so there's no credit note to reconcile. Our ladder starts at $5 for 1,000 checks with no minimum, and every tier is on the pricing page.
Risky is where catch-alls land
Emailable labels an accept-all domain Risky, and a Risky result is billed like any other. That's the norm: every vendor we read in September 2026 that states a catch-all rule bills it.
If you segment on that label, check what else sits under it before you send. ZapBounce keeps accept-all rows in their own catch_all result, bills one credit after a single random-address probe, and prints their share of the file as coverage. For the protocol behind it, read whether catch-all emails can be verified.
The guarantee and the accuracy claim
Emailable publishes no accuracy percentage. Instead it guarantees that no more than 1% of addresses marked Deliverable will bounce: 97% or better on Microsoft, 99% or better elsewhere. You qualify by sending at least 1,000 opt-in addresses within 24 hours and claiming within 72, per its guarantee page.
A bounce guarantee measures the addresses the vendor was sure about. It doesn't tell you how much of your file got a verdict at all. ZapBounce reports that as coverage on every list, next to the results. Our answer on what accuracy is actually achievable sets both numbers against Hunter's published benchmark.
Speed, security and data
Emailable says it checks 250,000 addresses in under 7 minutes, the quickest turnaround in the range we read across the market in September 2026. It keeps files for 3 to 30 days, a window you choose.
ZapBounce keeps results for 30 days by default, with a per-key window from 0 to 90 days, and deletes a batch on request. We never sell uploaded addresses or add them to a shared database. You can check a sample free: 100 credits every month, no card.
List sources and your terms
Emailable's terms say you must not use it on purchased or rented lists, or lists collected from the internet. If your team verifies data-provider exports, read that clause before you upload.
ZapBounce's terms ask you to confirm a lawful basis for every address, including lists from a data provider. The products side by side are on ZapBounce vs Emailable. Emailable pricing, Emailable vs ZeroBounce and the comparisons hub cover the rest.
The scorecard on Emailable
Both columns are required here. A page that only fills one is an advertisement wearing a review's clothes.
Where Emailable is genuinely good
- Unknowns and duplicates are refunded, and credits never expire.
- A published speed figure: 250,000 addresses in under 7 minutes.
- A bounce guarantee with stated terms.
- Native apps for HubSpot, Salesforce, Klaviyo and Mailchimp, plus Make and Zapier.
- 250 free credits to test with.
Where Emailable falls short
- A 5,000-credit minimum for any purchase, even a small list.
- No accuracy percentage published.
- Catch-all addresses share the Risky label and are billed.
- Unknowns come back as a refund after the run, not left off the bill.
- Terms bar purchased, rented and internet-collected lists.
What no price list or review settles
Questions about Emailable
Is Emailable legit?
Yes. Emailable is a New York email verifier founded in 2017, with a published bounce guarantee, per emailable.com read on 24 September 2026. Its entry purchase is 5,000 credits for $38.
Does Emailable charge for unknown results?
Emailable refunds unknowns and duplicates after the run, per its pricing page read on 24 September 2026. Catch-all addresses are labelled Risky and billed. ZapBounce never bills unknowns or duplicates at all.
How accurate is Emailable?
Emailable publishes no accuracy percentage. It guarantees that no more than 1% of addresses marked Deliverable will bounce, on qualifying sends. Test it on 1,000 addresses you have already mailed.
What is the smallest Emailable purchase?
5,000 credits for $38, read on emailable.com on 24 September 2026. ZapBounce starts at $5 for 1,000 checks, with 100 free credits a month.
Run 1,000 addresses you've already mailed through both tools and count the definite verdicts. ZapBounce prints that count as coverage on every file.
We publish our own ladder
Every tier on one page, 100 free checks a month with no card, and an unknown result is never billed. Read it beside Emailable’s, which we checked in September 2026.