Email Validator

Validate email deliverability at scale. Catch invalid, disposable, and risky email addresses before they damage your sender reputation, bounce metrics, and campaign ROI.

What This Actor Does

Email Validator processes thousands of email addresses and returns detailed deliverability insights in minutes. Instead of sending campaigns to bad addresses and watching your bounce rate climb, validate your entire list first with five-layer verification: syntax validation, DNS MX record lookup, SMTP server verification, disposable email detection, and free provider identification.

Who Should Use Email Validator

Email marketing teams validating subscriber lists before campaigns, SaaS companies cleaning lead databases from signup forms, sales teams verifying prospect email addresses for outreach, data brokers ensuring list quality before client delivery, e-commerce businesses reducing post-purchase bounce rates, and marketing agencies managing client list hygiene.

How It Saves Money

Email Marketing Bounce Prevention

High bounce rates damage sender reputation and trigger spam filters. If you send 10,000 emails with a 25% bounce rate, you're losing 2,500 sends and paying $1,250-$2,500 in reputation damage. Email Validator removes those addresses upfront. Cost per 10,000 validations: $80. Savings: $1,170+.

Lead Database Quality

Sales teams waste time chasing dead leads. 35% of B2B leads fail to engage because email addresses are invalid or outdated. If your sales team spends 20 hours/month chasing bad leads at $50/hour, that's $1,000 in wasted labor per month. Cost: $32 for 4,000 records.

Disposable Email Spam Prevention

Temporary email services are used by account farmers and fake signups. If 15% of signups use disposable emails, your conversion funnel is poisoned. Cost to validate: $40 for 5,000 addresses. Fraud prevention value: thousands saved.

Free Email Provider Segmentation

B2B companies should treat Gmail/Yahoo addresses differently from corporate emails. Free provider users convert at 40-60% lower rates in B2B SaaS. Segmenting automatically improves sales efficiency.

Input and Output

Input Format

{
  "emails": [
    "john.doe@example.com",
    "invalid-email@",
    "user@tempmail.io",
    "sarah.smith@gmail.com"
  ]
}

Output Format

{
  "results": [
    {
      "email": "john.doe@example.com",
      "is_valid": true,
      "syntax_valid": true,
      "mx_record_found": true,
      "smtp_verified": true,
      "is_disposable": false,
      "is_free_provider": false,
      "confidence": 0.98
    },
    {
      "email": "user@tempmail.io",
      "is_valid": true,
      "syntax_valid": true,
      "mx_record_found": true,
      "smtp_verified": false,
      "is_disposable": true,
      "is_free_provider": false,
      "confidence": 0.95,
      "notes": "Disposable email service detected"
    }
  ],
  "summary": {
    "total_processed": 4,
    "valid_count": 3,
    "invalid_count": 1,
    "disposable_count": 1,
    "free_provider_count": 1
  }
}

Pricing: $8 per 1,000 Validations

Service	Price per 1K	Disposable Detection	Free Email Flag	SMTP Check
Email Validator	$8	Yes	Yes	Yes
NeverBounce	$8	Yes	Yes	Yes
ZeroBounce	$16	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kickbox	$10	Yes	Yes	Yes

Competitive pricing with full feature parity. For 100,000 validations/month: $800 vs. $1,600 at ZeroBounce. Annual savings: $9,600.

No setup fees. No monthly minimums. Pay only for what you validate.

FAQ

How long does validation take? Most lists complete within 5-15 minutes depending on size and SMTP server response times. Processing happens in the background.

What does SMTP verified mean? SMTP verification connects to the mail server and checks if the specific mailbox exists, without sending actual email. This is the most accurate validation method.

Can I use this for cold email outreach? Yes. Cleaning your outreach list removes bounces, temporary addresses, and high-risk emails. This improves deliverability, protects sender reputation, and reduces spam complaints.

What happens to my data? Email addresses are not stored, sold, or used beyond validation. Full privacy compliance.