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FishyMails vs Kickbox

FishyMails vs Kickbox — signup-flow ready, one unified API

Kickbox is a clean email verification API. FishyMails matches it on email verification and adds phone HLR + IP reputation in the same call, at a lower price and with monthly free credits.

FeatureFishyMailsKickbox
Email verification
Phone verification (HLR)
IP reputation & fraud
One unified API
Free credits every month100 / mo100 once
Starter price / 1k emails$2.90$10.00
At 100k emails$0.005$0.004
Realtime verify latency<300ms~400ms
Bulk & CSV
GDPR / EU processing
No annual contract lock-in

Prices are indicative starter/scale pack rates from each vendor's public pricing page at time of writing. Check each vendor for current terms.

Three checks, one call

Email + phone + IP — Kickbox does email only.

3.4× cheaper to start

$2.90 vs $10.00 per 1,000 verifications.

Free credits every month

100/month vs Kickbox's one-time 100.

The verdict

Pick FishyMails if you're protecting a signup form or referral campaign end-to-end. Pick Kickbox for pure email hygiene on an existing list.

Try FishyMails free

100 free credits every month — run your real signup form through FishyMails and compare the results yourself.