ZeroBounce vs LeadMagic
ZeroBounce is an email verifier sold alongside a deliverability suite. LeadMagic is a sales intelligence platform where verification shares one credit pool with enrichment. The core difference is whether you want verification on its own or a wider data subscription. This page compares pricing, catch-all handling and credit rules, and explains the benchmark LeadMagic published.
How ZeroBounce, LeadMagic and Giggal.ai compare
| ZeroBounce | LeadMagic | Giggal.ai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Pure verifier | Sales intelligence platform | Catch-all and SEG verifier |
| Resolves catch-all | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Catch-all cost | AI score 1-10, not valid/invalid | Not published | 1 credit, the same as any other verification |
| Secure email gateways | Yes | No | 15 gateways |
| Price at 10,000 | $129 | $249/mo | $9.90 |
| Price at 100,000 | $649 | $849/mo | $76 |
| Price at 1,000,000 | $3,199 | Enterprise | $680 |
| Credit expiry | Credits never expire | Credits roll over up to two months on Essential and above; Basic has no rollover | Credits never expire, with no condition. |
| Free tier | 100 credits per month | Not published | 1,000 credits, no card, usable on bulk |
| Charges for unknown results | No | - | No |
| Accuracy figure | Claims 99.6% | - | Claims 98.5% |
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.
The main difference between ZeroBounce and LeadMagic
ZeroBounce focuses on verification and sender health. It adds inbox placement testing, DMARC monitoring, blacklist monitoring and email warmup.
LeadMagic focuses on data about contacts and companies. Its credits pay for mobile numbers, company data, job changes and ad intelligence. Verification is one of those endpoints, inside a developer-first API with per-endpoint credit pricing.
In LeadMagic, verification shares the credit pool with every other endpoint. A big verification job leaves fewer credits for enrichment that month.
ZeroBounce vs LeadMagic pricing
ZeroBounce publishes prices by credit volume. It costs $129 for 10,000 emails, $649 for 100,000 and $3,199 for a million. The minimum purchase is 2,000 credits for $39, and credits never expire.
LeadMagic is a monthly subscription with a shared credit pool. Plans run from $49.99 a month for 2,000 credits to $849 for 100,000. The smallest plan covering 10,000 verifications a month is Growth at $249. For 100,000 a month, it is Ultimate at $849. A million a month is an Enterprise quote.
Annual billing on LeadMagic is roughly 17% less. Credits roll over up to two months on the $99 plan and above. The $49.99 Basic plan has no rollover.
How Giggal.ai prices it. Giggal.ai is pay-as-you-go at $9.90 for 10,000 emails, $76 for 100,000 and $680 for a million. Credits never expire, and unknown results are not charged.
Who ran the LeadMagic benchmark, and how to read it
LeadMagic published a verification test on 25 February 2026. It used 10,000 real B2B emails, 28% of them on catch-all domains.
LeadMagic sells a competing email verifier, and it ranked itself first in its own results. That makes it a vendor test, not a neutral study. Read LeadMagic’s own placing in it with that in mind.
In that test, ZeroBounce scored 97.8% overall and resolved 12% of catch-all addresses. ZeroBounce itself claims 99.6% accuracy.
Giggal.ai was not one of the tools measured in that test. The fair check is to run your own list through each tool.
ZeroBounce vs LeadMagic on catch-all addresses
On a catch-all domain, the server accepts every address. A normal email checker cannot tell whether the named mailbox is real.
ZeroBounce scores catch-all addresses from 1 to 10 with AI. It does not return a valid or invalid result for them. LeadMagic resolves catch-all addresses instead of flagging them. It does not publish what a catch-all check costs in credits.
Secure email gateways cause a similar problem on company domains. ZeroBounce advertises support for them. LeadMagic does not publish a named gateway list.
How Giggal.ai handles catch-all. Giggal.ai resolves catch-all addresses to deliverable or undeliverable at 1 credit. It names 15 secure email gateways it verifies behind, including Mimecast, Proofpoint and Barracuda.
ZeroBounce or LeadMagic: which one to choose
Choose ZeroBounce if verification is your main job and you also manage sender health. Its credits never expire, and it gives 100 free credits a month.
Choose LeadMagic if you want finding, enrichment and verification on one subscription. Mobile numbers, company data and job-change signals are the reasons to pick it.
If your list needs catch-all verification and nothing else, an enrichment plan includes data you may not use. In that case, test a dedicated email verifier on the same list.
Why teams pick Giggal.ai over both
ZeroBounce and LeadMagic each leave many catch-all and gateway-protected addresses unconfirmed. Giggal.ai returns a real result on those at a flat 1 credit, 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
No. LeadMagic sells a competing email verifier and ranked itself first in its own results, so read it as a vendor test. ZeroBounce scored 97.8% overall in it. Giggal.ai was not one of the tools measured.
ZeroBounce costs $129 for 10,000 emails. LeadMagic needs its Growth plan at $249 a month for that volume. Giggal.ai costs $9.90 for 10,000, bought once.
LeadMagic resolves catch-all addresses, which are common on B2B lists, and adds contact and company data. ZeroBounce scores catch-alls from 1 to 10 instead. If you only need verification, compare the catch-all results on a sample.
ZeroBounce credits never expire. LeadMagic credits roll over up to two months on plans from $99 a month, and the Basic plan has no rollover. Giggal.ai credits never expire.
Yes. Giggal.ai gives 1,000 free credits with no card, usable on a bulk upload. Run the same list you would test in ZeroBounce or LeadMagic and compare the catch-all results.
Related comparisons
Want a direct comparison with Giggal.ai? See the ZeroBounce alternative and LeadMagic alternative pages, or compare every verifier.