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SearchBug pricing: phone validation API, Advanced LNP + Caller ID

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44% complete: 4 of the 9 key fields we checkSee the 9 fields
$70.00per 1,000 phonesWe haven't run SearchBug through our phone validation API benchmark yet.Half of the 768 plans we rank by price cost $3.60 per 1,000 phones or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 phones than 3% of the 768 plans.Botoi's $199 monthly plan 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, Foxentry and HLR Lookups are the best phone validation API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Monthly one of SearchBug's 2 plans
Call: Docs behind sign-up, Advanced LNP + Caller ID one of SearchBug's 11 calls for this API
API: Phone validation API one of SearchBug's 3 APIs

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • 4 of the 9 key fields we check. Validity, Type, Carrier, Porting and roaming.
  • A balance you top up. You pay $10 or more. You spend the whole balance on calls. $10 is enough for about 142 calls. The balance never expires.
  • One call. SearchBug shows the call's docs once you sign up. The call returns whether each number you send is valid.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

SearchBug: phone validation API alternatives

SearchBug alternatives: every phone validation API provider ranked

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 phones.

This planSearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Advanced LNP + Caller IDData8, £500 pack, 10,000 credits, POST /PhoneValidation/IsValid.json, IsValidTrustfull, €5,000 pack, Pay as you go, €5,000 top-up, POST /phoneDefastra, top-up, Pay as you go, first 5,000 requests a monthTracerfy, $700 monthly
$ per 1,000 phones$70.00$66.675$67.518$70.00$70.00
Completeness44%56%89%56%44%
Billingpay firstpay firstpay firstpay firstmonthly
Pay$10£500€5,000any amount$700
Enough forabout 142 calls10,000 callsabout 83,333 callsas many as you pay for10,000 results a month
Freshnessunknownliveliveliveunknown
Who can get itanyonebusinesses, for their own internal business purposesanyoneanyoneanyone

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-04.

  1. searchbug.com/api/how-to-access.aspx
  2. searchbug.com/api/identify-phone-number.aspx
  3. searchbug.com/info/volume-based-pricing
  4. searchbug.com/pricing-api.aspx
  5. searchbug.com/terms.aspx

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Number, not in the answer
  • Formats, not in the answer
  • Validity
  • Type
  • Carrier
  • Porting and roaming
  • Place, not in the answer
  • Risk, not in the answer
  • Owner, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 phones$70.00
Percall
Billingpay first
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchThis API reports line status (active vs disconnected), the current carrier and line type using real-time Local Number Portability (LNP) check. This service also returns Caller ID (CNAM) name.
Data
CountriesUnited States
What it checkscarrier, line in service
Keep datano limit
Use dataProhibited Uses: Searchbug services and information must not be used to bother, stalk, harass, threaten, or embarrass any individual. The service must not be used to look up celebrities, government officials, other public figures, or individuals under the age of 18. Customer agrees not to access or use Searchbug services via mechanical, programmatic, robotic, scripted, or other automated search means, except through batch or machine-to-machine API applications approved by Searchbug. Customer must not use data from Searchbug to create a competing product. Reselling or brokering Searchbug services to any third party without express written consent is prohibited. Customer certifies that it will NOT use any of the information it receives through Searchbug services for any of the following purposes: in establishing a consumer's eligibility for personal credit or insurance [...], for employment, promotion, reassignment or retention purposes, any personal business transaction with another individual, in connection with a determination of a consumer's eligibility for a license or other benefit granted by a government agency [...]
Plan
Pay$10
You get$10
Enough forabout 142 calls
Expiresnever
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendDocs behind sign-up
About the plan
PlanMonthly
Who can get itanyone
The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

line status, current carrier, current line type, ported, SMS email, caller ID name

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