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

> You can use Number Validation API to retrieve validity information for a phone number. Number Validation API is a synchronous, easy-to-use web service.

Routee's phone validation API on its Try for Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 phones. It returns 7 of the 9 key fields we check: Number, Formats, Validity, Type, 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-numbervalidator
- [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/numbervalidator`
- 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-validation/validate-a-phone-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: 78%
- Number: ✓
- Formats: ✓
- Validity: ✓
- Type: ✓
- 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: You can use Number Validation API to retrieve validity information for a phone number. Number Validation API is a synchronous, easy-to-use web service.

## Data

- Countries: Worldwide
- What it checks: numbering plan
- 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, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: getPorted, host
- Method: POST
- Path: /numbervalidator

## About the plan

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

## The 20 fields the plan's answer can hold

E.164 number, created at, ported network requested, validation ID, line type, ported, carrier name, network code, country ISO3 code, country calling code, international format number, national format number, RFC 3966 number, host, host country name, host country ISO2 code, host country ISO3 code, host continent, application name, valid number

## Routee's plans (3)

- [Routee, free, Try for Free, POST /numbervalidator](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/routee/free-try-for-free-post-numbervalidator/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 78% complete
- [Routee, top-up, Pay-per-use, POST /numbervalidator](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/routee/top-up-pay-per-use-post-numbervalidator/llms.txt): 78% complete
- [Routee, contact us, Post-paid, POST /numbervalidator](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/routee/contact-us-post-paid-post-numbervalidator/llms.txt): 78% complete

## 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 /numbervalidator](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/routee/free-try-for-free-post-numbervalidator/llms.txt)

## Routee: phone validation API alternatives

- [Foxentry, free trial, POST /phone/validate, Validate phone number (basic)](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/foxentry/free-trial-post-phone-validate-validate-phone-number-basic/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 56% complete, stored
- [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
- [Abstract API, free](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/abstract-api/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 89% complete, 1 day
- [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

## 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/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/number-validation?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://docs.routee.net/docs/validate-a-phone-number?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://docs.routee.net/openapi/number-validation.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://docs.routee.net/reference/number-validation/validate-a-phone-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