# SearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Advanced LNP + DNC Check: Phone validation API

> This API reports the current carrier and line type using a real-time Local Number Portability (LNP) check. This service shows if a phone number is on the US Federal or State Do Not Call (DNC) lists.

SearchBug's phone validation API on its Monthly plan. It costs $30.00 per 1,000 phones. It returns 3 of the 9 key fields we check: Type, Carrier, Porting and roaming.
We haven't run SearchBug through [our phone validation API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-phone-validation-api.txt) 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 10% of the 768 plans.
[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/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-advanced-lnp-dnc-check
- [Phone validation API: 40+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-phone-validation-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.searchbug.com/pricing-api.aspx?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- Request: Docs behind sign-up, Advanced LNP + DNC Check
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.searchbug.com/pricing-api.aspx?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.searchbug.com/api/identify-phone-number.aspx?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- Sold by: SearchBug (https://www.searchbug.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Type: ✓
- Carrier: ✓
- Porting and roaming: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 phones: $30.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay first

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: This API reports the current carrier and line type using a real-time Local Number Portability (LNP) check. This service shows if a phone number is on the US Federal or State Do Not Call (DNC) lists.

## Data

- Countries: United States
- What it checks: carrier
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Prohibited 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 for: about 333 calls
- Expires: never

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: Docs behind sign-up

## About the plan

- Plan: Monthly
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

current carrier, current line type, ported, port date, Do Not Call listed, TCPA litigation

## SearchBug's plans (2)

- [SearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Advanced LNP + DNC Check](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-advanced-lnp-dnc-check/llms.txt): $30.00 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [SearchBug, $2,400 yearly, Annual, Advanced LNP + DNC Check](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/2400-yearly-annual-advanced-lnp-dnc-check/llms.txt): 33% complete

## SearchBug's calls for this API (11)

- Docs behind sign-up, Active Phone Number: [SearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Active Phone Number](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-active-phone-number/llms.txt)
- Docs behind sign-up, Advanced LNP + Active + Caller ID: [SearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Advanced LNP + Active + Caller ID](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-advanced-lnp-active-caller-id/llms.txt)
- Docs behind sign-up, Advanced LNP + Caller ID: [SearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Advanced LNP + Caller ID](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-advanced-lnp-caller-id/llms.txt)
- Docs behind sign-up, Advanced LNP + DNC Check: [SearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Advanced LNP + DNC Check](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-advanced-lnp-dnc-check/llms.txt)
- Docs behind sign-up, Caller ID / CNAM: [SearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Caller ID / CNAM](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-caller-id-cnam/llms.txt)
- Docs behind sign-up, Complete Phone Verification Number: [SearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Complete Phone Verification Number](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-complete-phone-verification-number/llms.txt)
- Docs behind sign-up, Do Not Call List: [SearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Do Not Call List](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-do-not-call-list/llms.txt)
- Docs behind sign-up, Identify Phone Number (Advanced LNP): [SearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Identify Phone Number (Advanced LNP)](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-identify-phone-number-advanced-lnp/llms.txt)
- Docs behind sign-up, Identify Phone Number (Standard): [SearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Identify Phone Number (Standard)](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-identify-phone-number-standard/llms.txt)
- Docs behind sign-up, Reachable Phone Number: [SearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Reachable Phone Number](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-reachable-phone-number/llms.txt)
- Docs behind sign-up, Reassigned Phone Number: [SearchBug, top-up from $10, Monthly, Reassigned Phone Number](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-reassigned-phone-number/llms.txt)

## SearchBug's APIs (3)

- [SearchBug: email verification API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10/llms.txt)
- [SearchBug: phone validation API pricing, 2 plans, Advanced LNP + DNC Check](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-advanced-lnp-dnc-check/llms.txt)
- [SearchBug: people enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, Find Contact Info](https://datacircle.dev/person-enrichment-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-find-contact-info/llms.txt)
- [SearchBug: people enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, Name, Address, Phone and Email](https://datacircle.dev/person-enrichment-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-name-address-phone-and-email/llms.txt)
- [SearchBug: people enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, People Search](https://datacircle.dev/person-enrichment-apis/searchbug/top-up-from-10-monthly-people-search/llms.txt)

## SearchBug: phone validation API alternatives

- [1Lookup, $2,990 yearly, Growth (annual), POST /phone-scrub](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/1lookup/2990-yearly-growth-annual-post-phone-scrub/llms.txt): $29.314 per 1,000, 44% complete
- [Databar, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/databar/99-monthly/llms.txt): $29.70 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Trestle, top-up from $10, Self-Serve, pay as you go, GET /2.0/real_contact, Real Contact API](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/trestle/top-up-from-10-self-serve-pay-as-you-go-get-2-0-real-contact-real-contact-api/llms.txt): $30.00 per 1,000, 44% complete, stored
- [Postcoder, £95 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/postcoder/95-monthly/llms.txt): $30.404 per 1,000, 56% 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 2026-11-04.

- https://www.searchbug.com/api/how-to-access.aspx?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://www.searchbug.com/api/identify-phone-number.aspx?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://www.searchbug.com/info/volume-based-pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://www.searchbug.com/pricing-api.aspx?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://www.searchbug.com/terms.aspx?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing