# HLR Lookup, free, 200 free credits, POST /apiv2/validate: Phone validation API

> Checks formatting and network information without performing a live HLR lookup — useful for pre-flight checks before spending credits on a real lookup.

HLR Lookup's phone validation API on its 200 free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 phones. It returns 5 of the 9 key fields we check: Number, Formats, Type, Carrier, Place.
You get 200 credits, which pay for HLR Lookup's other calls. This call costs none of them. HLR Lookup limits how many results you get, but doesn't say how many.
We rank 614 plans by price. [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), [Abstract API](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/abstract-api/19-monthly-starter-5000-requests-month/llms.txt) and [Listar](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/listar/top-up-from-10-starter-post-search-verify-whatsapp/llms.txt) are the best phone validation API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/free-200-free-credits-post-apiv2-validate
- [Best phone validation API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-phone-validation-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.hlrlookup.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.hlrlookup.com/apiv2/validate`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.hlrlookup.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.hlrlookup.com/docs/hlrlookup-docs.html#h-endpoints
- Sold by: HLR Lookup (https://www.hlrlookup.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-26

## In the answer

- Completeness: 56%
- Number: ✓
- Formats: ✓
- Type: ✓
- Carrier: ✓
- Place: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Checks formatting and network information without performing a live HLR lookup — useful for pre-flight checks before spending credits on a real lookup.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: any, its terms add "Our services are not intended to be used as the sole basis for any business decision"

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 200 credits

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 210
- Batch: 80

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: telephone_number. Optional: input_format, output_format
- Method: POST
- Path: /apiv2/validate

## About the plan

- Plan: 200 free credits
- Who can get it: new accounts with a business email address

## The 14 fields the plan's answer can hold

error code, request ID, request parameters, credits charged, phone number, formatted number, line type, original carrier, original MCC-MNC, country, country ISO3 code, location, country calling code, lookup date

## HLR Lookup's plans (12)

- [HLR Lookup, free, 200 free credits, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/free-200-free-credits-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 56% complete, stored
- [HLR Lookup, £12.50 pack, 2,500 lookups, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/12-50-pack-2500-lookups-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt): 56% complete, stored
- [HLR Lookup, £22.50 pack, 5,000 lookups, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/22-50-pack-5000-lookups-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt): 56% complete, stored
- [HLR Lookup, £43 pack, 10,000 lookups, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/43-pack-10000-lookups-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt): 56% complete, stored
- [HLR Lookup, £102.50 pack, 25,000 lookups, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/102-50-pack-25000-lookups-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt): 56% complete, stored
- [HLR Lookup, £195 pack, 50,000 lookups, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/195-pack-50000-lookups-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt): 56% complete, stored
- [HLR Lookup, £370 pack, 100,000 lookups, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/370-pack-100000-lookups-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt): 56% complete, stored
- [HLR Lookup, £680 pack, 200,000 lookups, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/680-pack-200000-lookups-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt): 56% complete, stored
- [HLR Lookup, £900 pack, 300,000 lookups, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/900-pack-300000-lookups-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt): 56% complete, stored
- [HLR Lookup, £1,350 pack, 500,000 lookups, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/1350-pack-500000-lookups-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt): 56% complete, stored
- [HLR Lookup, £2,500 pack, 1,000,000 lookups, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/2500-pack-1000000-lookups-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt): 56% complete, stored
- [HLR Lookup, contact us, 1,250,000+ lookups, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/contact-us-1250000-lookups-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt): 56% complete, stored

## HLR Lookup's calls (7)

- `POST /batches/{id}/sourcejson`, Bulk uploads via API: [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)
- `POST /batches/{id}/sourcejson`, Bulk uploads via API, full: [HLR Lookup, free, 200 free credits, POST /batches/{id}/sourcejson, Bulk uploads via API, full](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/free-200-free-credits-post-batches-id-sourcejson-bulk-uploads-via-api-full/llms.txt)
- `POST /apiv2/validate`: [HLR Lookup, free, 200 free credits, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/free-200-free-credits-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt)
- `POST /apiv2/hlr`, Full HLR lookup: [HLR Lookup, free, 200 free credits, POST /apiv2/hlr, Full HLR lookup](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/free/llms.txt)
- `POST /apiv2/hlr`, Full HLR lookup, full: [HLR Lookup, free, 200 free credits, POST /apiv2/hlr, Full HLR lookup, full](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/free-200-free-credits-post-apiv2-hlr-full-hlr-lookup-full/llms.txt)
- `POST /apiv2/mnp`, MNP-only lookup: [HLR Lookup, free, 200 free credits, POST /apiv2/mnp, MNP-only lookup](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/free-200-free-credits-post-apiv2-mnp/llms.txt)
- `POST /apiv2/mnp`, MNP-only lookup, full: [HLR Lookup, free, 200 free credits, POST /apiv2/mnp, MNP-only lookup, full](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/free-200-free-credits-post-apiv2-mnp-mnp-only-lookup-full/llms.txt)

## HLR Lookup's APIs (1)

- [HLR Lookup: phone validation API pricing, 12 plans, POST /apiv2/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookup/free-200-free-credits-post-apiv2-validate/llms.txt)

## HLR Lookup: phone validation API alternatives

- [HLR Lookups, free, 100 free lookups, POST /nt-lookups](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookups/free-100-free-lookups-post-nt-lookups/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, stored
- [CallerAPI, free trial, GET /api/lookup/{phone}](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/callerapi/free-trial-get-api-lookup-phone/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 78% complete, stored
- [seven.io, free, GET /api/lookup/format](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/seven-io/free-get-api-lookup-format/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 56% complete, stored
- [Trestle, free trial, GET /3.0/phone_intel](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/trestle/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 56% complete, stored
- [ContactLint, free](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/contactlint/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 56% complete, stored

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-26.

- https://www.hlrlookup.com/
- https://www.hlrlookup.com/docs/hlrlookup-docs.html
- https://www.hlrlookup.com/frequently-asked-questions
- https://www.hlrlookup.com/hlr-api-v2.openapi.json
- https://www.hlrlookup.com/knowledge/charging
- https://www.hlrlookup.com/pricing
- https://www.hlrlookup.com/terms-of-service