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Comparison of Clearout with Hunter

We have compiled unswayed comparison between email list cleaning services. Compare the leading bulk email verification services and select what works best for your business.

Last updated: Apr 25, 2023

Overview

Clearout - Overview

Clearout protects data with the SSL 256-bit protocol with an encryption layer and is bound by their privacy policy, so don't worry. They also have a great community where you can find discussions, tips, tutorials, and more. You'll even be able to get quick answers to your questions. Isn't that awesome?

It allows you to choose between a one-time or monthly subscription plan based on your email validation frequency, for example, valid, invalid, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, and more.

It is easy to integrate into your system, so a developer is not required. Their JavaScript verification widget helps you validate emails in real time in all forms.

This email checker even offers phone number validation. It eliminates useless phone numbers and reduces your efforts while doing SMS marketing. No other email checker offers this type of service.

In terms of overall services, Clearout is the standard email verification company.
 

Pros

  • Awesome Accuracy
    With 94% accuracy, Clearout ranks 6th in LCA's recommended list of the ten most accurate email verifiers in our March 2023 audit report. So, it has improved its accuracy factor!
  • Guaranteed Deliverables:
    These results should be used within 24 hours from validation to get a 0% bounce rate.
  • Email finding service:
    Clearout also provides an email-finding service for businesses looking to generate quality leads.
  • ClearoutPhone:
    Validate phone numbers with ClearoutPhone
  • Commendable Turnaround Time
    As one of the fastest email verification tools in the industry, Clearout can verify 10K email addresses within 200 minutes. However, the average industry turnaround time is 582 minutes for 10K emails.
  • Customer Support
    Email support and live chat support are available to Clearout customers. Our auditing of the company revealed that its customer service is interactive, live chat responses typically take 10 to 12 minutes and email responses take around 30 minutes. For the technical queries we asked, we received a complete & detailed response.
  • A high level of data security
    Clearout protects users' data with the 256-bit SSL protocol. It also binds to its privacy policy with an access control mechanism.
  • Free Trials & Credits
    Clearout also offers 100 free credits upon successful signup, and they never expire.
  • Easy to Use REST API
    You can easily integrate Clearout's REST API into your platform for quick and bulk email validation, and it is compatible with all programming languages.

Cons

  • Slight costly
    Clearout charges $58 for 10K email verification, so it is among the most expensive email verifiers. Despite providing good accuracy at such a low cost, other vendors, such as MyEmailVerifier, DeBounce, etc., can also provide the same or better accuracy for 10K emails at the lowest cost.

Hunter - Overview

  • Rather than an email verification service, Hunter is an email finder that identifies and validates only professional email accounts.
  • The Hunter now verifies other domains in bulk, including Gmail and Yahoo, in addition to professional emails.
     

Pros

  • Fast Email Verification

    Hunter takes almost half of the average industry standard turnaround time, i.e. 582 minutes for 10K email addresses. When we at LCA performed its audit, it took 200 minutes for 10K email verification. Hunter is one of the fastest email verifiers in the industry. While Hunter doesn't appear among the top 5 fastest vendors, it certainly makes it among the top 10 fastest vendors.

Cons

  • Extravagant

    Hunter's email verification service is considered one of the most expensive in the industry, with a cost of $198 for 10K email address verification. Additionally, the minimum order value is high, requiring a purchase of at least 1000 credits at $49 per month, or $34 for 1000 credits on a yearly plan. This pricing structure makes Hunter an unaffordable option for many small-scale business owners and startups. In LCA's list of cost-effective vendors, Hunter ranks at the 27th position.

  • Less accurate

    During our latest audit on Hunter, we found it to be 90% accurate compared to 96% for the standard accuracy level. Hunter ranked 12th for its accuracy among 35+ other vendors audited by LCA.

  • Inadequate integration facility

    There are only five applications you can integrate your account with this email verifier: Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho, and Zapier. Hunter lacks in providing an integration facility compared to DeBounce (integration with 100+ apps) and Emailable (integration with 70+ apps).

  • Few free credits

    Our audit of 35+ email verifiers revealed that the majority provide a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 1000 credits free of charge. Hunter offers only 50 credits for free. Hunter, therefore, falls behind in terms of offering a total number of free trials and credits.

Rating Comparision

Clearout - Rating

3.6/5

Overall

Accuracy

Turnaround time

Price

Features

User Friendly

Customer reviews

Hunter - Rating

3.46/5

Overall

Accuracy

Turnaround time

Price

Features

User Friendly

Customer reviews

Pricing Comparision

Clearout - Pricing

  • $35 for 5000 Emails
  • $350 for 100K Emails
  • $1100 for 1M Emails

Minimum order value is $3.5 for 500 credits. The credit never expires.

Hunter - Pricing

  • $99 for 5000 Emails

Minimum order value is $ for credits. The credit never expires.

Free Trial Comparision

Clearout - Free Trial

  • One Time 100 verifications available After signup
  • Credit card Not Required
  • Verification Accuracy - 87%

Hunter - Free Trial

  • Monthly 50 verifications available After signup
  • Credit card Not Required
  • Verification Accuracy - 95%

Accuracy Comparision

Clearout Hunter
Gmail Accuracy 100 100
Outlook Accuracy 100 100
Other Accuracy 0 100

Multiple Different Validations

Clearout - Multiple Different Validations

  • Verifies accounts with .
  • Verify a Yahoo account?
  • Detects accounts with .
  • Find accounts with .
  • Find accounts with .
  • Greylisting verification
  • Domain And MX Validation
  • Remove Duplicate Emails
  • Habitual compaliner detection
  • Honeypots/Spam trap
  • SMTP Verification
  • AOL Account Verification
  • API verification

Hunter - Multiple Different Validations

  • Verifies accounts with .
  • Verify a Yahoo account?
  • Detects accounts with .
  • Find accounts with .
  • Role based account detection
  • Greylisting verification
  • Domain And MX Validation
  • Remove Duplicate Emails
  • Habitual compaliner detection
  • Honeypots/Spam trap
  • SMTP Verification
  • AOL Account Verification
  • API verification

Integration's Comparision

Clearout - Integration's

Hunter - Integration's

Customer Support's Comparision

Clearout - Customer Support

Claimed Vs Reality

Claimed By Clearout
Live Chat
Email
Phone
Reality
Live Chat
Email
Phone
  • Excellent
  • Good
  • Average
  • Not available
  • Respond to emails within 30 minutes.
  • Clearout's customer support is interactive and provides both technical and non-technical information to customers.
  • In Clearout's live chat, you can receive a response within 10 to 15 minutes with excellent details.
  • In addition to email, live chat, and phone support, Clearout provides excellent customer service.

Hunter - Customer Support

Claimed Vs Reality

Claimed By Hunter
Live Chat
Email
Phone
Reality
Live Chat
Email
Phone
  • Excellent
  • Good
  • Average
  • Not available
  • Live chat support is available for a limited time.
  • Email customer support is good at Hunter.
     

Advanced Feature's Comparision

Clearout - Advanced Features

    • Greylisting Verification: Clearout employs the latest anti-greylisting technologies to detect the real status of email addresses within minutes.
    • Catch-All Detection: Clearout detects and marks catch-all email addresses so you can't add them to your email campaign, increasing deliverability.
    • Syntax Error Identification: Clearout is very good at identifying syntax errors and making your email list clean and accurate. This way, you won't have to worry about your email marketing campaign breaking down because of a small syntax error.
    • Blacklist Verification: With Clearout's blacklist verification feature, you can stay one step ahead of the honeypot.
    • Remove Dots: Removing dots from Gmail addresses prevents you from spending multiple credits over multiple Gmail accounts pointing to the same inbox.
    • Auto-Suggestion: Clearout corrects spelling mistakes and obvious typos made by subscribers while writing email addresses with the auto-suggestion feature. This will prevent your campaign from breaking.
    • Duplicate Removal: Clearout removes all duplicate emails from your email list for free.
    • Disposable Identification: Identification of disposable email addresses: Clearout can identify disposable email addresses precisely.
    • SMTP Validation: Verifying the SMTP providers for every email address in your list determines the active mail server.
    • Spam Trap Detection: Multi-layer spam trap detection: Clearout's multi-layer algorithm identifies email addresses that are likely to be spam traps.
    • Mailbox Quota Verification: To prevent a high bounce rate, Clearout checks whether the mailbox accepts new mail.
    • Free Account Verification: Clearout can easily identify the email addresses of free accounts such as Gmail, Yahoo, etc.

      In addition to email, live chat, and phone support, Clearout provides excellent customer service.

Hunter - Advanced Features

  • To generate quality leads, Hunter offers services like email finder and domain verifier.
  • Subscription plans can be shared with team members at no additional cost to Hunter.