CharlyMail verifies emails at $0.00049 per address — about 16× less than ZeroBounce's roughly $0.008 — with enrichment included and no monthly plan. Payment is in crypto, without a card or KYC. Below is an honest comparison, including where ZeroBounce is the better tool.
Start with 200 free tokens| CharlyMail | ZeroBounce | |
|---|---|---|
| Per email | $0.00049 | ~$0.008 |
| 10 000 addresses | $4.90 | ~$80 |
| Enrichment | Included in the base price | AppendIQ, about $0.008 extra per email |
| 10 000 with enrichment | $4.90 | ~$160 |
| Monthly minimum | None | Plans start at $99/month |
| Payment | USDT, BTC, ETH, TRX | Card or PayPal |
| KYC / billing details | Not required | Required |
| Free tier | 200 tokens on signup | 100 free credits per month |
| Lead collection | 10+ sources built in | Not offered |
Competitor pricing is list price at the time of writing and changes without notice — check zerobounce.net before deciding. Our own price is fixed at $49 per 100 000 tokens.
Integrations. ZeroBounce has native connectors for Mailchimp, HubSpot, Salesforce, ActiveCampaign, Zapier and dozens more. CharlyMail has a REST API and CSV export — if you need one-click sync with your ESP, ZeroBounce does that today and we do not.
Track record. ZeroBounce has been running since 2015 with published accuracy audits and a large customer base. We launched recently. On raw institutional trust, they win.
Compliance paperwork. SOC 2, GDPR documentation, signed DPAs, formal SLAs. If your legal team requires these before onboarding a vendor, ZeroBounce has them and we do not.
Support structure. Phone support and account managers on higher plans. We answer through Telegram, quickly, but it is one team rather than a support organisation.
$0.00049 against roughly $0.008 is a 16× difference on validation alone. Add enrichment — which we include and ZeroBounce charges separately for through AppendIQ — and a 10 000-address list is $4.90 versus about $160.
ZeroBounce plans start at $99 per month. If you verify one list a quarter, you still pay every month. CharlyMail tokens are bought once, never expire, and nothing renews. See the pricing breakdown.
ZeroBounce requires a card or PayPal and standard billing details. CharlyMail accepts USDT, BTC, ETH and TRX — no card, no identity documents, no billing address. That matters if you operate where Stripe does not, or simply prefer not to hand over that data. See how crypto payment works.
ZeroBounce charges one flat rate for a full check on every address. CharlyMail runs cheap validation first, drops the obvious junk, and applies deep SMTP only to survivors — 5 tokens each, and only if you ask. On a 10 000-address list where half is junk, the total lands at $17.15 including deep verification.
ZeroBounce verifies lists you already have. CharlyMail also collects them — GitHub, Reddit, npm, PyPI, Hacker News, Instagram, TikTok, Behance, Google and Bing dorks — and validates in the same pipeline. See how collection works.
Choose ZeroBounce if you need native ESP integrations, formal compliance documentation, or your organisation requires an established vendor with SLAs and audits.
Choose CharlyMail if cost per address is the deciding factor, you want enrichment without a second invoice, you have no card or prefer crypto, or you need to find addresses as well as verify them.
Both can coexist: some teams collect and pre-filter cheaply here, then run a final pass through an incumbent for the addresses that matter most. Nothing stops you from testing with the 200 free tokens before committing to either.
CharlyMail at $0.00049 per address versus roughly $0.008, with name, gender, country and provider enrichment included rather than billed separately.
No — card or PayPal only. CharlyMail accepts USDT (TRC-20 and ERC-20), Bitcoin, Ethereum and TRX.
On deterministic checks — syntax, MX records, disposable domains — both are effectively exact, because the answer is not a matter of opinion. On deep SMTP, results depend on how the receiving server responds; catch-all and greylisting domains return no usable verdict for anyone. ZeroBounce has more published accuracy testing, which is a fair reason to trust their numbers more today.
ZeroBounce has a longer accuracy track record, far more native ESP and CRM integrations, and formal compliance certifications. CharlyMail is cheaper per address, includes enrichment by default and accepts crypto. The right choice depends on whether integrations or cost matter more for your situation.
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