# ApexVerify, free credits, POST /v1/unit: Phone validation API

> Phone number verification API for real-time and bulk results processing by our industry-leading validation and verification algorithms.

ApexVerify's phone validation API on its Free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 phones. It returns 5 of the 9 key fields we check: Number, Validity, Type, Carrier, Porting and roaming.
We haven't run ApexVerify through [our phone validation API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-phone-validation-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 935 plans for phone validation APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.96 per 1,000 phones or less.
[Botoi's $199 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/botoi/199-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 phones: as little as $0.0066. Botoi's $199 monthly plan covers up to 1,000,000 phones a day.
[Data247](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/data247/12-pack-membership-get-v3-0-verify247-phone/llms.txt), [Foxentry](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/foxentry/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-phone-validate-validate-phone-number-extended/llms.txt) and [HLR Lookups](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookups/top-up-1-1m-post-hlr-lookup/llms.txt) are the best phone validation API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/free-credits-post-v1-unit
- [Phone validation API: the best of 40+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-phone-validation-api.txt)
- Get it: https://apexverify.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.apexverify.com/v1/unit`
- API key: with the plan, on https://apexverify.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://documentation.apexverify.com/api-reference/apex-verify-api/unit/post-v-1-unit-post?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- Sold by: ApexVerify (https://apexverify.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 56%
- Number: ✓
- Validity: ✓
- Type: ✓
- Carrier: ✓
- Porting and roaming: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 phones: $0.00
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Batch Upload

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Phone number verification API for real-time and bulk results processing by our industry-leading validation and verification algorithms.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: Worldwide
- What it checks: numbering plan, carrier, line in service
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree that you will: Only submit data that you are allowed to process and share under applicable law. Not use the Services to build, enhance, or append profiles about a person without lawful basis. Not use the Services for stalking, harassment, doxxing, discrimination, or any unlawful purpose. Not use the Services for credit, insurance, employment, tenant screening, or similar uses regulated by FCRA-like laws. Not submit children's personal data (under 13 in the US, under 16 in the EEA) unless you have verifiable parental consent and all required legal bases. Follow all telecom, anti-spam, and marketing laws (e.g., GDPR/ePrivacy, CAN-SPAM, TCPA, CASL, DNC rules). [...] We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable license to use our API and SDKs to access the Services. [...] No reverse engineering or scraping. Do not attempt to access our systems in unauthorized ways or extract bulk data. Benchmarking. Public benchmarks or comparisons that identify ApexVerify are not allowed without our prior written consent. [...] You may not resell credits or access to the Services. You may not use the Services to provide a competing verification service without our written consent.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Expires: never, but lost if the account is deleted

## Rate limit

- Per second: 3
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: type "phone", target_country, unit. Optional: target_audience, target_market_industry, target_objective, use_account_cache, max_account_cache_backoff, use_global_cache, max_global_cache_backoff
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/unit

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credits
- Who can get it: anyone with an account

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

request status, phone, valid, wrong, unknown, line type, line status, syntax error, ported, current network MCC, current network MNC, operator

## ApexVerify's plans (13)

- [ApexVerify, free credits, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/free-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 56% complete, live
- [ApexVerify, $15 pack, 1,000 credits, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/15-pack-1000-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt): 56% complete, live
- [ApexVerify, $60 pack, 5,000 credits, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/60-pack-5000-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt): 56% complete, live
- [ApexVerify, $100 pack, 10,000 credits, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/100-pack-10000-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt): 56% complete, live
- [ApexVerify, $225 pack, 25,000 credits, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/225-pack-25000-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt): 56% complete, live
- [ApexVerify, $400 pack, 50,000 credits, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/400-pack-50000-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt): 56% complete, live
- [ApexVerify, $700 pack, 100,000 credits, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/700-pack-100000-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt): 56% complete, live
- [ApexVerify, $1,500 pack, 250,000 credits, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/1500-pack-250000-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt): 56% complete, live
- [ApexVerify, $2,750 pack, 500,000 credits, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/2750-pack-500000-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt): 56% complete, live
- [ApexVerify, $5,000 pack, 1,000,000 credits, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/5000-pack-1000000-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt): 56% complete, live
- [ApexVerify, $21,000 pack, 5,000,000 credits, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/21000-pack-5000000-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt): 56% complete, live
- [ApexVerify, $36,000 pack, 10,000,000 credits, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/36000-pack-10000000-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt): 56% complete, live
- [ApexVerify, contact us, Contact sales, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/contact-us-contact-sales-post-v1-unit/llms.txt): 56% complete, live

## ApexVerify's calls (2)

- `POST /v1/batch`: [ApexVerify, free credits, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/free-credits-post-v1-batch/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/unit`: [ApexVerify, free credits, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/free-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt)

## ApexVerify's APIs (2)

- [ApexVerify: email verification API pricing, 13 plans, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/apexverify/free-credits-post-v1-batch/llms.txt)
- [ApexVerify: email verification API pricing, 13 plans, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/apexverify/free-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt)
- [ApexVerify: phone validation API pricing, 13 plans, POST /v1/unit](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apexverify/free-credits-post-v1-unit/llms.txt)

## ApexVerify: phone validation API alternatives

- [Foxentry, free trial, POST /phone/validate, Validate phone number (extended)](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/foxentry/free-trial-post-phone-validate-validate-phone-number-extended/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 56% complete, live
- [HLR Lookups, free, 100 free lookups, POST /hlr-lookups](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookups/free-100-free-lookups-post-hlr-lookups/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 56% complete, live
- [seven.io, free test credit, GET /api/lookup/hlr](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/seven-io/free-test-credit-get-api-lookup-hlr/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 78% complete, live
- [HLR Lookup, free, 200 free credits, POST /batches/{id}/sourcejson, Bulk uploads via API](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/free-200-free-credits-post-batches-id-sourcejson/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 89% 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 2026-11-05.

- https://apexverify.com/features/email-verification-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://apexverify.com/features/phone-number-verification-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://apexverify.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://apexverify.com/sales-terms-and-conditions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://apexverify.com/terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://documentation.apexverify.com/api-reference/apex-verify-api/batch/upload-v-1-batch-post.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://documentation.apexverify.com/api-reference/apex-verify-api/unit/post-v-1-unit-post.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://documentation.apexverify.com/api-reference/api-rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://documentation.apexverify.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://documentation.apexverify.com/overview.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://documentation.apexverify.com/support?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing