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Email verification · November 2026 Edition

ZeroBounce vs Emailable

Thirteen of fourteen models named ZeroBounce first on the direct prompt; zero named Emailable. ZeroBounce was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Emailable by thirteen and ZeroBounce carries 63 labels and Emailable 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.

ZeroBounce

endorsed leader

Named in four categories this edition.

Emailable

accepted challenger

Montebello, United States, founded 2017. Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share47%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels6325A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ZeroBounce reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Kickbox was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. ZeroBounce vs DeBounce · ZeroBounce vs Bouncer · ZeroBounce vs EmailListVerify

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

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ZeroBounceFirst choices, of fourteen modelsEmailable
Direct130
Paraphrase80
Comparative91
Budget-constrained025 against ZeroBounce · 1 against Emailable
Scale-constrained00
Negative201 against Emailable
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, ZeroBounce and Emailable were named in the same answer sixty-six times, of the 273 answers naming ZeroBounce and the 75 naming Emailable. In those answers Emailable took the first choice five times and ZeroBounce thirty-one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ZeroBounce and Emailable stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
ZeroBounce Emailable first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ZeroBounce on the left and Emailable on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ZeroBounce and Emailable stood in it.

ZeroBounce first, Emailable an alternative

13 of 14 modelsEmailable was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniZeroBounce alternatives: Apollo.io, Clearout, Kickbox
Gemini 3.5 FlashZeroBounce alternatives: Bouncer, Kickbox, NeverBounce
Perplexity SonarZeroBounce alternatives: Bouncer, Kickbox, Prospeo
Grok 4.20ZeroBounce alternatives: Bouncer, Emailable, Hunter Email Verifier, NeverBounce
Mistral SmallZeroBounce alternatives: Bouncer, MillionVerifier
DeepSeek V4 FlashZeroBounce alternatives: Bouncer, Kickbox, NeverBounce
Llama 4 MaverickZeroBounce alternatives: Hunter Email Verifier, Mailercloud Email Verifier
Qwen 3.7 FlashZeroBounce alternatives: Bouncer, Kickbox, NeverBounce
Kimi K2ZeroBounce alternatives: Bouncer, Emailable, Kickbox
GLM 4.7 FlashXZeroBounce alternatives: Bouncer, Kickbox
MiniMax M2.5ZeroBounce alternatives: Clearout, Kickbox
GPT-6 LunaZeroBounce alternatives: Kickbox, NeverBounce
Muse Glimmer 30BZeroBounce alternatives: Bouncer, Kickbox, NeverBounce

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
ZeroBounce leads by twenty-four points.
ZeroBounce30%#1 of 11
Emailable6%#5 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
ZeroBounce leads by forty-two points.
ZeroBounce47%#1 of 11
Emailable4%#6 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
ZeroBounce leads by sixty-nine points.
ZeroBounce69%#1 of 9
Emailable0%#7 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about ZeroBounce

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Competing platforms, including ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, Kickbox, and Bouncer, charge $0.008 per verification or higher.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · soft negative
“More expensive per-credit than the budget leaders; only worthwhile if you need the extra features” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Choose ZeroBounce if you want an all-in-one deliverability suite with top-tier security and spam-trap detection.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, ZeroBounce offers the best balance of accuracy, features, and pricing.” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“ZeroBounce is widely considered the best email verification service for a mid-market B2B company.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Emailable

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Very low Trustpilot score (~1.9/5)... Avoid for reliability.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Kickbox or Emailable, but they generally cost more than the budget-focused options” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“Emailable is highlighted as the best budget-friendly email verification service for companies with a limited budget” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“Best Overall Accuracy: Emailable (99%) or ZeroBounce (99%)” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Emailable or EmailListVerify stand out as the best options” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.