# Layrcake, free: Email verification API

> Two-stage deliverability check with real catch-all analysis.

Layrcake's Free tier plan for the email verification API costs $0.00 per 1,000 emails. Layrcake's docs list 2 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Address, Deliverability.
We haven't run Layrcake through [our email verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-email-verification-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 4,039 plans for email verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.999 per 1,000 emails or less. [See the best free email verification API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-email-verification-api.txt)
[treg's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/treg/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 emails: $0.00 on average. treg asks one provider after another until one answers. You pay $68.365 per 1,000 emails when no provider answers.
[Disify's $9 monthly plan (/email)](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/disify/9-monthly-starter-post-email/llms.txt) covers any number of emails. Disify's $9 monthly plan costs less up front than treg's top-up from $10.
[pingutil](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/pingutil/free-api-key-post-v1-verify/llms.txt), [MailTester Ninja](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/mailtester-ninja/23-99-monthly/llms.txt) and [Giggal](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/giggal/39-pack-50000-credits-post-v1-verify/llms.txt) are the best email verification API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/layrcake/free
- [Email validation API: 200+ verification providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-email-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://docs.layrcake.dev/pricing.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.layrcake.dev/v1/verify_email`
- API key: with the plan, on https://docs.layrcake.dev/pricing.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-verification-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.layrcake.dev/reference.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-verification-api-pricing#verify_email
- Sold by: Layrcake (https://layrcake.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Address: ✓
- Deliverability: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 emails: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: find_leads · enrich · find_intent · check_companies · find_companies · enrich_company · find_posts · research_company · prospect_picture · llm

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## Catch-all

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Two-stage deliverability check with real catch-all analysis.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- What it checks: disposable domains, mailbox
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Data returned by our business-data providers is licensed to you for your own prospecting. You must not resell it, redistribute it, use it to build or enrich a database for third parties, or use it for any purpose other than your own business outreach.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 300 credits
- Enough for: 240 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: email. Optional: budget_credits, dry_run
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/verify_email

## About the plan

- Plan: Free tier
- Who can get it: any business, account holder 18 or over

## The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold

email, status, catch-all, checked at, credits charged, credits available, request ID

## Layrcake's plans (2)

- [Layrcake, free](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Layrcake, top-up from $20](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/layrcake/top-up-from-20/llms.txt): $12.50 per 1,000, 33% complete, live

## Layrcake's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/verify_email`: [Layrcake, free](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)

## Layrcake's APIs (14)

- [Layrcake: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: company funding API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-funding-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: tech stack API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: email verification API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: email finder API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: people search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: X post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/layrcake/free/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/find_companies, find_companies, hiring](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/layrcake/free-tier-post-v1-find-companies-find-companies-hiring/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/find_companies, find_companies, technologies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/layrcake/free-tier-post-v1-find-companies-find-companies-technologies/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: similar companies API pricing, 2 plans, find_companies, lookalikes](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/layrcake/free-tier-post-v1-find-companies-find-companies-lookalikes/llms.txt)
- [Layrcake: similar companies API pricing, 2 plans, find_companies, lookalikes narrowed by country or size](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/layrcake/free-tier-post-v1-find-companies-find-companies-lookalikes-narrowed-by-country-or-size/llms.txt)

## Layrcake: email verification API alternatives

- [Instantly, $6,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/instantly/6000-yearly/llms.txt): $12.50 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [emailfinder.dev, €468 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/emailfinder-dev/468-yearly/llms.txt): $12.539 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [DeBounce, $1,196 monthly, 2M credits, Monthly, GET /v1/, Single email validation, full](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/debounce/1196-monthly-2m-credits-monthly-get-v1-single-email-validation-full/llms.txt): $12.558 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [lemlist, $630 pack](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/lemlist/630-pack/llms.txt): $12.60 per 1,000, 33% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://api.layrcake.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-verification-api-pricing
- https://docs.layrcake.dev/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-verification-api-pricing
- https://docs.layrcake.dev/pricing.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-verification-api-pricing
- https://docs.layrcake.dev/reference.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-verification-api-pricing
- https://layrcake.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-verification-api-pricing
- https://layrcake.dev/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-verification-api-pricing
- https://layrcake.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=email-verification-api-pricing