Zero of fourteen models named DeBounce first on the direct prompt; zero named Clearout. DeBounce was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Clearout by nine and DeBounce carries 17 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.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, DeBounce and Clearout were named in the same answer eleven times, of the 48 answers naming DeBounce and the 51 naming Clearout. In those answers Clearout took the first choice two times and DeBounce zero.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“attractive pricing, but validate catch-all performance carefully” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · soft negative
“Clearout and DeBounce are the two names most reviewers put at the top for limited-budget companies” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“DeBounce is a strong pick for a company that just needs affordable bulk list cleaning” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“DeBounce or BounceCheck offer the best combination of low cost and flexibility” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
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.