# Bitcall, free: Phone validation API

> Our HLR lookup service asks the mobile network whether a number is connected, which operator serves it, and whether it was ported or is roaming.

Bitcall's Free test credit plan for the phone validation API costs $0.00 per 1,000 phones. Bitcall's docs list 4 of the 9 fields on our checklist: Validity, Carrier, Porting and roaming, Place.
We haven't run Bitcall through [our phone validation API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-phone-validation-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 1,148 plans for phone validation APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.991 per 1,000 phones or less. [See the best free phone validation API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-phone-validation-api.txt)
[GuGuData's CNY 124 (about $19) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/gugudata/cny-124-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 phones. GuGuData's CNY 124 (about $19) monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many phones as GuGuData's rate limit allows. [Neutrino API's On-Demand plan](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/neutrino-api/pay-as-you-go-on-demand/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 phones a month: $0.80.
[Trestle](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/trestle/top-up-from-10-self-serve-pay-as-you-go-get-3-0-phone-intel-phone-validation-api/llms.txt), [Data247](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/data247/12-pack-membership-get-v3-0-verify247-phone/llms.txt) and [Abstract API](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/abstract-api/19-monthly-starter-5000-requests-month/llms.txt) are the best phone validation API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/bitcall/free
- [Phone validation API: the best of 40+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-phone-validation-api.txt)
- Get it: https://bitcall.io/hlr-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.bitcall.io/v1/hlr/lookups`, HLR lookup
- API key: with the plan, on https://bitcall.io/hlr-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.bitcall.io/docs/products/hlr?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing#submit-a-lookup
- Sold by: Bitcall (https://bitcall.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 44%
- Validity: ✓
- Carrier: ✓
- Porting and roaming: ✓
- Place: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Our HLR lookup service asks the mobile network whether a number is connected, which operator serves it, and whether it was ported or is roaming.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: Worldwide
- What it checks: carrier, line in service
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must not: [...] Misuse number lookups: Use HLR or other number lookups for unlawful purposes. A lookup result is not consent to contact someone. [...] You may resell or white-label our services only under a reseller plan or a written agreement with us.

## Plan

- Pay: €0
- You get: 25 requests
- Enough for: 25 results

## Rate limit

- Batch: 10,000

## Speed

- Answer: in the call or by polling

## The call

- You send: lookupType "hlr-single" or "hlr-batch", productCode, one of number or numbers. Optional: name
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/hlr/lookups

## About the plan

- Plan: Free test credit
- Who can get it: anyone who asks Bitcall's team for it

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

connectivity status, reachable, MCC/MNC, MCC, MNC, current network, original network, original country, original country code, original country prefix, ported, ported network, ported country, roaming, roaming network, roaming country, price

## Bitcall's plans (3)

- [Bitcall, free](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/bitcall/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [Bitcall, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /v1/hlr/lookups, HLR lookup](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/bitcall/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-hlr-lookups-hlr-lookup/llms.txt): $4.276 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [Bitcall, contact us, Volume pricing, POST /v1/hlr/lookups, HLR lookup](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/bitcall/contact-us-volume-pricing-post-v1-hlr-lookups-hlr-lookup/llms.txt): 44% complete, live

## Bitcall's calls (3)

- `POST /v1/hlr/lookups`, HLR lookup: [Bitcall, free](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/bitcall/free/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/hlr/lookups`, MNP lookup: [Bitcall, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /v1/hlr/lookups, MNP lookup](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/bitcall/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-hlr-lookups-mnp-lookup/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/hlr/lookups`, Number type lookup: [Bitcall, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /v1/hlr/lookups, Number type lookup](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/bitcall/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-hlr-lookups-number-type-lookup/llms.txt)

## Bitcall's APIs (1)

- [Bitcall: phone validation API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/bitcall/free/llms.txt)

## Bitcall: phone validation API alternatives

- [CheckThatPhone, $51 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/checkthatphone/51-yearly/llms.txt): $4.25 per 1,000, 78% complete, live (deactivation date, state DNC: 7 days)
- [HLR Lookups, top-up from €10,000, 2.5M - 5M, POST /mnp-lookups](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookups/top-up-from-10000-2-5m-5m-post-mnp-lookups/llms.txt): $4.501 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [VerificarEmails, €2,000 pack, MNP: 500,000 Phones, GET /phonemnp/validate/single](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/verificaremails/2000-pack-mnp-500000-phones-get-phonemnp-validate-single/llms.txt): $4.501 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [GatewayAPI, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/gatewayapi/top-up/llms.txt): $4.501 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://bitcall.io/help-center/article/how-to-use-bitcall-hlr-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://bitcall.io/hlr-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://bitcall.io/hlr-lookup.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://bitcall.io/legal/aup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://bitcall.io/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://docs.bitcall.io/docs/gateway/balance?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://docs.bitcall.io/docs/gateway/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://docs.bitcall.io/docs/products/hlr?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://docs.bitcall.io/openapi/hlr.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing