Clearout vs BriteVerify
Choosing between Clearout and BriteVerify usually comes down to how each one deals with the addresses your list actually struggles with. Clearout is a verifier bundled with an email finder and phone-number validation. BriteVerify is validity's enterprise verifier, built for high throughput inside a deliverability suite. Below we walk through how they price, what they do with catch-all addresses, and how accurate each claims to be, and we show where Giggal.ai lands on the same list so you have a third number to weigh.
How Clearout, BriteVerify and Giggal.ai compare
| Clearout | BriteVerify | Giggal.ai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Pure verifier | Enterprise suite | Catch-all and SEG verifier |
| Resolves catch-all | No | No | Yes |
| Catch-all cost | Returned as a Catch-All status, not confirmed | Grouped as Accept-All (risky), not confirmed | 1.5 credits in the same run, 2 credits standalone |
| Secure email gateways | No | No | 15 gateways |
| Price at 10,000 | $65 | $80 | $9.90 |
| Price at 100,000 | $400 | $600 | $76 |
| Price at 1,000,000 | $1,400 | Quote only | $680 |
| Credit expiry | Credits never expire and roll over | Credits expire 12 months after purchase | Credits never expire, with no condition. |
| Free tier | 100 credits | Not published | 1,000 credits, no card, usable on bulk |
| Charges for unknown results | No | - | No |
| Accuracy figure | Claims 99% | - | Claims 99% |
Every price and policy here comes from the vendor's own pricing. Where a tool does not sell by volume, the cell shows "Quote only", "Per seat" or its monthly plan price instead.
How Clearout and BriteVerify handle catch-all
Clearout returns catch-all as its own status, marked risky, without confirming the mailbox. BriteVerify groups accept-all addresses as risky without confirming the mailbox. Catch-all domains accept mail for every name, so a normal check cannot tell a real mailbox from a dead one, and this is usually where a list quietly loses good contacts.
How Giggal.ai handles catch-all. Giggal.ai resolves catch-all addresses to a real deliverable or undeliverable result at 1.5 credits in a run, or 2 standalone.
Clearout vs BriteVerify pricing
Clearout is $65 at 10,000, $400 at 100,000 and $1,400 at a million. BriteVerify is $80 at 10,000, $600 at 100,000 and Quote only at a million. Both numbers come straight from each vendor's own pricing, so put them next to the volume you send each month.
How Giggal.ai prices it. Giggal.ai publishes a flat pay-as-you-go price, $9.90 at 10,000, $76 at 100,000 and $680 at a million, with credits that never expire.
Secure email gateway support
On enterprise domains a gateway like Mimecast, Proofpoint or Barracuda often sits in front of the mailbox and blocks the usual check. Clearout does not cover those gateways, and BriteVerify does not.
How Giggal.ai handles gateways. Giggal.ai detects 15 named secure email gateways including Mimecast, Proofpoint and Barracuda, and returns a real result on addresses behind them.
Credits, free tiers and expiry
Clearout credits never expire and roll over, and offers 100 credits to start. BriteVerify credits expire 12 months after purchase, and lists no free tier.
How Giggal.ai treats credits. Giggal.ai credits never expire, it does not charge for unknown results, and every list starts on 1,000 free credits with no card.
Why teams pick Giggal.ai over both
Clearout and BriteVerify each leave a pile of catch-all and gateway-protected addresses unconfirmed. Giggal.ai returns a real result on those at 1.5 credits, verifies behind 15 secure email gateways, and publishes a flat $9.90 per 10,000 with credits that never expire.
Verify 1,000 emails freeFrequently asked questions
It depends on your list. Clearout suits teams that want finding, phone validation and verification in one tool. BriteVerify suits large organisations already standardised on Validity. If catch-all resolution and secure email gateway coverage matter most, Giggal.ai handles both at $9.90 per 10,000.
Clearout is $65 at 10,000, $400 at 100,000 and $1,400 at a million. BriteVerify is $80 at 10,000, $600 at 100,000 and Quote only at a million. Giggal.ai is $9.90 at 10,000, $76 at 100,000 and $680 at a million, with credits that never expire.
Clearout flags catch-all without confirming the mailbox. BriteVerify flags catch-all without confirming the mailbox. Giggal.ai resolves catch-all to a real deliverable or undeliverable result at 1.5 credits in a run and also verifies behind 15 secure email gateways.
Giggal.ai is built for the hard addresses both tend to skip. It resolves catch-all to a real result at 1.5 credits, verifies behind 15 secure email gateways, and publishes a flat price of $9.90 per 10,000 with credits that never expire. You can run a list on 1,000 free credits, no card.
Yes. Giggal.ai gives 1,000 free credits with no card, usable on a bulk upload, so you can run the same list you would test in Clearout or BriteVerify and compare the catch-all rows.
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