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    Kickbox

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AKickbox is an email verification tool and service from the company of the same name in Dallas.

    $5

    ZeroBounce

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AZeroBounce is an email list validator that removes all invalid email addresses to prevent bounces and preserve the sender's reputation.

    $39

    one-time fee 2,000 emails

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    KickboxZeroBounce
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    $39
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    ZeroBounce ONE
    $99
    per month starting with 10000 credits
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KickboxZeroBounce
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details100 Free Credits Transparency & Pay-as-You-Go Pricing No Contracts Volume Discounts (1M+) Auto-recharge Unknown Results are Always FreePlans scale to provide additional validations. A discount of ZeroBounce ONE is available for annual billing. Enterprise customers who need to validate more than 1,000,000 email addresses per month should contact the ZeroBounce sales team for a customized quote.
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    KickboxZeroBounce
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    Kickbox
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    ZeroBounce
    Chose ZeroBounce
    We found ZeroBounce to have the most comprehensive set of tools and easiest to use interface. Their customer support has also been 24/7 and very responsive.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    KickboxZeroBounce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
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    (28 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    9.1
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    Usability
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    9.4
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    KickboxZeroBounce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kickbox
    I haven't used many other email validation products before, only a couple of 'free' cloud-based options with limited list size capability. Kickbox is super professional, easy to use, and works.
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    ZeroBounce
    At the outset of my position with my current company, we used a marketing automation system that was known as a swiss army knife: it could do many things, but none of them well. They had no built in functionality for boosting email deliverability. Digging in to find out what we could do to improve our authority, we learned we needed to clean our lists before sending. ZeroBounce does everything we need it to, and at a reasonable price. What more could you want?
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    Pros
    Kickbox
    • Finding misspelled emails
    • Including domain name in Excel output that is produced
    • Easy to use software
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    ZeroBounce
    • Bulk List validation up to 25 IDs per action is useful in some situations, as we don't want to create a CSV file every time, and for this smaller number.
    • We sometimes use the email Finder option when we can't find an email for a person on any other platform.
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    Cons
    Kickbox
    • Catching spam traps
    • Too many emails in "unknown" category when cleaning B2B emails
    • More accurate cleaning overall
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    ZeroBounce
    • Navigating among bulk validation, CSV upload, and single-ID validation is hard, and sometimes finding them or switching between them can be made more user-friendly.
    • Results: After bulk validation, we receive the results in a Zip file, which is useful sometimes but not every time, as we have to un-zip, and there will be a different CSV file for each result. The final results can be made simple, like email ID in column A, results (valid or Invalid) in column B.
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    Usability
    Kickbox
    No answers on this topic
    ZeroBounce
    For the large suite of services that they offer their system is pretty easy to understand and navigate. ZeroBonce is also NOT one of those services that is constantly tweaking their UI and making it hard to find tasks that you regularly use. More complex tasks can be more challenging but that's understandable. They also have an extensive restful API that if technical enough allow you to automate some of your most used tasks. They stand behind their product with good documentation as well as high quality customer service.
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    Support Rating
    Kickbox
    No answers on this topic
    ZeroBounce
    We have used ZeroBounce for about 18 months and it works flawlessly. We are able to get all of our questions/issues answered immediately. Felt very comfortable with the product immediately - used their web site which walked us through it and were able to get up and running within minutes. I really haven't had any issues that required support.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kickbox
    I like Kickbox output files better as it includes the "domain". Overall, both softwares could do a better job cleaning lists. Kickbox shows more "unknown" emails where are BriteVerify shows less "unknown emails" but then more bad emails end up in the valid list. Kickbox has a higher threshold to put emails in "unknown".
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    ZeroBounce
    We considered AtData since it was recommended by a colleague who has used it in the past. We ultimately ended up going with ZeroBounce based on the cost and documentation/resources available. Email validation tools are probably very similar, but ZeroBounce seemed the simplest for us, and we needed to implement one fast, so activation time was very quick.
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    Return on Investment
    Kickbox
    • Our servers are in great reputation
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    ZeroBounce
    • Our deliverability is approximately 99% on most emails we send thanks to ZeroBounce
    • We've had an increase in our domain reputation
    • The price is affordable and similar to other tools that do the same, but are not as accurate as ZeroBounce
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    ScreenShots

    Kickbox Screenshots

    Screenshot of Kickbox's real-time mail verification, which can prevent invalid or mistyped signups at the sourceScreenshot of How Kickbox helped The Zebra achieve 98.7% deliverabilityScreenshot of the Kickbox dashboardScreenshot of the analytics that offer insight into the quality of email lists

    ZeroBounce Screenshots

    Screenshot of email list bulk validation, with tools to increase the chances of landing in the inbox. Emails can be tested to see if they'll go to the inbox, and Activity Data displays extra insights about subscribers.Screenshot of ZeroBounce's Executive Overview report that shows: 
-Top Domains : This shows the top 10 domains found in an email list and breaks it down by percentages, giving a better picture of the different domains in the database for planning.
-Validation Results: provides the overall statistics of the different email validation results of the entire file, showing how many emails in thelist were valid, invalid, spam traps, catch-all, unknown or abuse (complainers).
-Data Appends: This shows how successful ZeroBounce was in appending additional data to the email list. For some contacts, the email checker will add the subscriber’s first and last name, gender, location and age of the email address.
-IP Location Data Appends: If uploading the IP addresses along with emails, the report will show the demographics by top countries and top regions/states.Screenshot of Email deliverability testing: The mail server tester can be used to check configurations. The inbox placement tester shows where emails will land. The inbox tester shows if the email could land in spam to fix it ahead of time.Screenshot of IP and domain blacklisting: ZeroBounce can be used to monitor an IP and domain to make sure they never end up on an email blacklist, running hundreds of daily tests to keep users updated, and making it easier to get delisted.Screenshot of where to see if an IP and domain are blocked: ZeroBounce can be used to monitor an IP and domain to make sure they never end up on an email blacklist, running hundreds of daily tests to keep users updated, and making it easier to get delisted.