# Routee, free, Try for Free, POST /lookup: Phone validation API

> Performing a Number Lookup is a direct network-level check against any GSM mobile number. The check returns detailed information, such as the network the number was originally assigned to, whether the number has been ported to another network (and which one), whether the phone has been turned on recently, and the country where it was last used.

Routee's phone validation API on its Try for Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 phones. It returns 4 of the 9 key fields we check: Validity, Carrier, Porting and roaming, Place.
We haven't run Routee through [our phone validation API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-phone-validation-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 768 plans for phone validation APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.60 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/routee/free-try-for-free-post-lookup
- [Phone validation API: 40+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-phone-validation-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.routee.net/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://connect.routee.net/lookup`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.routee.net/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.routee.net/reference/number-lookup/perform-a-lookup-enquiry-for-a-mobile-number?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- Sold by: Routee (https://www.routee.net?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Performing a Number Lookup is a direct network-level check against any GSM mobile number. The check returns detailed information, such as the network the number was originally assigned to, whether the number has been ported to another network (and which one), whether the phone has been turned on recently, and the country where it was last used.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: Worldwide
- What it checks: carrier, line in service
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Per second: 166.67
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: to. Optional: label
- Method: POST
- Path: /lookup

## About the plan

- Plan: Try for Free
- Who can get it: anyone who creates a free account (no credit card required)

## The 25 fields the plan's answer can hold

E.164 number, label, lookup ID, created at, lookup status, lookup status description, status updated at, mobile country code, country code, country name, country locale name, country ISO3 code, carrier name, mobile network code, IMSI, ported, ported carrier name, ported mobile network code, roaming, roaming mobile country code, roaming mobile network code, roaming country name, roaming country ISO code, roaming carrier name, application name

## Routee's plans (3)

- [Routee, free, Try for Free, POST /lookup](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/routee/free-try-for-free-post-lookup/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [Routee, top-up, Pay-per-use, POST /lookup](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/routee/top-up-pay-per-use-post-lookup/llms.txt): 44% complete, live
- [Routee, contact us, Post-paid, POST /lookup](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/routee/contact-us-post-paid-post-lookup/llms.txt): 44% complete, live

## Routee's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /lookup`: [Routee, free, Try for Free, POST /lookup](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/routee/free-try-for-free-post-lookup/llms.txt)
- `POST /numbervalidator`: [Routee, free, Try for Free, POST /numbervalidator](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/routee/free-try-for-free-post-numbervalidator/llms.txt)

## Routee's APIs (2)

- [Routee: email verification API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/routee/free/llms.txt)
- [Routee: phone validation API pricing, 3 plans, POST /lookup](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/routee/free-try-for-free-post-lookup/llms.txt)

## Routee: 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 2026-11-02.

- https://docs.routee.net/docs/accounts?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://docs.routee.net/docs/api-introduction?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://docs.routee.net/docs/number-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://docs.routee.net/docs/perform-a-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://docs.routee.net/openapi/number-lookup.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://docs.routee.net/reference/number-lookup/perform-a-lookup-enquiry-for-a-mobile-number?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://www.routee.net/omnichannel-api/cyprus?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://www.routee.net/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://www.routee.net/services/numbers/number-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing