CharlyMail verifies emails at $0.00049 per address against NeverBounce's roughly $0.008 — and returns name, gender, country and provider in the same call rather than a bare verdict. Payment is in crypto, with no subscription. Honest comparison below, including where NeverBounce is the stronger choice.
Start with 200 free tokens| CharlyMail | NeverBounce | |
|---|---|---|
| Per email | $0.00049 | ~$0.008 |
| 10 000 addresses | $4.90 | ~$80 |
| Enrichment | Name, gender, geo, provider, score — included | Not offered |
| Pricing model | Prepaid tokens, never expire | Credits and subscription tiers |
| Payment | USDT, BTC, ETH, TRX | Card |
| KYC / billing details | Not required | Required |
| Free tier | 200 tokens on signup | 1000 free verifications |
| Lead collection | 10+ sources built in | Not offered |
Competitor pricing is list price at the time of writing and changes without notice — check neverbounce.com before deciding.
Integrations. Native connectors for Mailchimp, HubSpot, Marketo, Zapier and many more, plus a mature bulk-upload workflow. CharlyMail offers a REST API and CSV export — capable, but you wire it up yourself.
Free tier size. NeverBounce gives 1000 free verifications against our 200 tokens. If you only ever need to check a small list once, theirs goes further.
Operating history. Running since 2014 with published accuracy claims and a large customer base. We are newer, and that is a legitimate reason to be cautious.
Enterprise process. Formal SLAs, compliance documentation, dedicated account handling on larger plans. We do not have that apparatus.
$0.00049 versus roughly $0.008 is a 16× gap. On a 100 000-address list that is $49 against about $800 — the difference stops being a rounding error quickly.
NeverBounce answers one question: will this address bounce. CharlyMail answers that plus who the person is — first name, last name, gender, country, mail provider, domain type, Gravatar avatar and a 0–100 score — in the same call, at the same price. For segmentation and personalisation that is the difference between a usable list and a column of addresses.
A flat per-address SMTP check means paying premium price to discover that half your list is disposable domains. CharlyMail filters cheaply first, then runs deep SMTP only on survivors — 5 tokens each. A 10 000-address list ends at $17.15 with full deep verification. See the pricing breakdown.
NeverBounce needs a card. CharlyMail takes USDT, BTC, ETH or TRX with no card, no identity documents and no billing address — see how it works.
NeverBounce cleans lists you bring. CharlyMail also builds them, collecting from GitHub, Reddit, npm, PyPI, Hacker News, Instagram, TikTok, Behance and search-operator queries, then validating in the same pipeline. See how collection works.
Choose NeverBounce if you need a native connector into your existing ESP, want the larger free tier for a one-off check, or your procurement process requires an established vendor.
Choose CharlyMail if per-address cost matters at volume, you want enrichment rather than a yes/no verdict, you prefer paying in crypto, or you need to source addresses as well as clean them.
CharlyMail at $0.00049 per address against roughly $0.008 — with enrichment included instead of unavailable.
No, card only. CharlyMail accepts USDT (TRC-20 and ERC-20), Bitcoin, Ethereum and TRX.
No — it returns a deliverability verdict. Name, gender, geo and provider data would need a second vendor such as Clearbit or Hunter, at additional cost. CharlyMail returns them in the same call.
Deterministic checks — syntax, MX, disposable domains — are effectively exact on both sides. Deep SMTP accuracy depends on the receiving server, and catch-all or greylisting domains give no reliable verdict to any provider. NeverBounce has more published accuracy testing behind it, which is a fair reason to weight their claims more heavily today.
Start with 200 free tokens