Bouncer vs Clearout
Zero of fourteen models named Bouncer first on the direct prompt; zero named Clearout. Bouncer was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Clearout by nine and Bouncer carries 45 labels and Clearout 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the email verification page.
By framing
BouncerFirst choices, of fourteen modelsClearout
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Bouncer and Clearout were named in the same answer twenty-one times, of the 126 answers naming Bouncer and the 51 naming Clearout. In those answers Clearout took the first choice three times and Bouncer zero.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Bouncer Clearout first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Bouncer on the left and Clearout on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
11 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Bouncer24%#2 of 11Clearout2%#8 of 11Bouncer0%#6 of 9Clearout0%#8 of 9What the models said about Bouncer
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Cons: Higher cost per email than the top budget picks” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Opt for highly rated options from 2024 tests: Snov.io, Bouncer, Kickbox, ZeroBounce” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · first choice
“Well-regarded options based on reviews: Bouncer, ZeroBounce, Kickbox, and NeverBounce” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · first choice
“For a mid-sized B2B company, Bouncer is the safest overall recommendation.” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Clearout
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Clearout and DeBounce are the two names most reviewers put at the top for limited-budget companies” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“consider established platforms such as ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, Kickbox, Emailable, Clearout, or BriteVerify” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
“a strong option if you want real-time verification embedded into forms and pipelines” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.