EmailDetective, GET /emails/{emailAddress}: 7 email validation API plans

EmailDetective's site llms.txt

83% complete: 5 of the 6 key fieldsSee which

$0.00per 1,000 emails

Plan: Free one of EmailDetective's 7 plans

Call: GET /emails/{emailAddress} one of EmailDetective's 3 calls

About this item

Freshness. EmailDetective doesn't say how fresh an answer is.
5 of the 6 key fields. Address, Its check, Confidence, Name, Company.
Nothing to pay. You get 1,000 credits a month, enough for 1,000 calls.
One call. You send emailAddress to GET /emails/{emailAddress}. The call returns whether the address takes mail.
Anyone can get it. Keep data: with conditions. Use data: with conditions.

Compare with similar plans

Other providers' plans with the closest prices per 1,000.

	This planEmailDetective, free, Free, GET /emails/{emailAddress}	emailvalidation.io, free, Free, POST /v1/bulk	EmailListVerify, free, 100 free verifications, POST /api/verifyApiFile	EmailOversight, free	EmailVerify.io, free, Free, POST /validate-batch
$ per 1,000	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Completeness	83%	83%	50%	33%	33%
Billing	free	free	free	free	free
Pay	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Enough for	1,000 calls a month	100 results a month	100 results, once	200 calls, once	100 results a month
Freshness	not published	live	live	live	live
Who can get it	anyone	anyone	anyone 16 or over, or 13 to 15 with verifiable parental consent	anyone 18 or over and able to enter into contracts	anyone 18 or over

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-20.

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

Address
Its check
Confidence
Name
Place, not in the answer
Company

Price
$ per 1,000	$0.00
Billing	free

Aggregators
Aggregators	none

Charges
Per	call
Also pays for	from the same budget: Bulk email validation · CSV email validation

Not found
$ per 1,000	$0.00

In their words
Their pitch	EmailDetective is an API that focuses on email validation and legitimacy scoring, helping to identify whether an email address is valid, gibberish, deliverable or disposable.

Data
Keep data	a temporary copy: “Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials”, when the license ends, “you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format”
Use data	“By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws.” [...] “Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on EmailDetective's web site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not: modify or copy the materials, use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial), attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on EmailDetective's web site, remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials, or transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" the materials on any other server. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by EmailDetective at any time.”

Plan
Pay	$0
You get	1,000 credits a month
Enough for	1,000 calls a month

Rate limit
Batch	1

Speed
Answer	in the call

The call
You send	emailAddress
Method	GET
Path	/emails/{emailAddress}

About the plan
Plan	Free
Who can get it	anyone

The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

email, user, domain, did you mean, first name, last name, valid email, valid SPF, valid DMARC, valid MX, valid TLD, nonsense, role, free, disposable, score, suspicion rating