Credits and plans
EmailShield runs on credits. One credit checks one address. You only pay for answers: if we can’t get one, the credit comes back.
What costs credits
Section titled “What costs credits”| Action | Cost |
|---|---|
| Verifying an address (upload, paste, single or API) | 1 credit |
| Duplicate addresses in the same list | Free — removed before charging |
| Addresses that aren’t valid email syntax | Free — marked invalid, never charged |
| Results that come back Unknown | Refunded when the job finishes |
| Full Scan of one domain, address or IP | Free |
| Full Scan in bulk (a file of domains) | 1–5 credits per target, depending on the check |
How the refund works
Section titled “How the refund works”A job takes credits for every address up front, when you submit it. When it finishes, every address that came back Unknown, Still resolving or Not verified is refunded automatically. If a job fails outright, everything it didn’t answer is refunded.
Every other result is a real answer and is charged — including invalid, catch-all, role and disposable. Knowing an address will bounce is exactly what saves your domain.
Free trial
Section titled “Free trial”- 7 days and 5,000 credits, no card needed.
- Another 35,000 bonus credits are waiting in your account. They unlock with your first plan or top-up.
- The trial includes the dashboard, uploads and Full Scan. API access starts with any purchase.
Credits are added every 30 days on your billing date. Every plan includes API access.
| Plan | Price | Credits per month | API keys | API verifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $19 / month | 10,000 | 1 | 10,000 / day |
| Growth | $29 / month | 50,000 | 3 | 50,000 / day |
| Plus | $49 / month | 100,000 | 3 | 100,000 / day |
| Pro | $149 / month | 500,000 | 10 | Unlimited |
| Scale | $249 / month | 1,000,000 | 10 | Unlimited |
| Scale Max | $1,797 / month | 10,000,000 | 10 | Unlimited |
Need more than that, or something custom? Ask us in the chat.
Upgrades apply instantly: the new credits are added to your balance straight away and your API limits reset on the spot. The dashboard itself is never rate-limited.
Top-ups
Section titled “Top-ups”One-time credit packs. They work with or without a plan, and top-up credits never expire.
| Credits | Price |
|---|---|
| 10,000 | $19 |
| 50,000 | $29 |
| 100,000 | $49 |
| 500,000 | $159 |
| 1,000,000 | $269 |
| 5,000,000 | $1,149 |
| 10,000,000 | $1,979 |
Your first top-up also moves a trial account to pay-as-you-go, unlocks API access and releases the 35,000 bonus credits. The more credits you’ve bought in total, the higher your API allowance: 100,000+ gives 3 keys and 50,000 verifications a day, and 500,000+ means unlimited API.
How many credits do you need?
Section titled “How many credits do you need?”A sequence usually sends each person about three emails. A rough rule: addresses to verify per month ≈ emails you plan to send per month ÷ 3, plus a little extra because some will come back invalid. If your inboxes send 30,000 cold emails a month, you need roughly 10,000–12,000 credits.
Changing or cancelling
Section titled “Changing or cancelling”Manage everything under Plans & Billing in the app. Payment happens on a secure checkout page; after your first payment we ask once for your business details for invoices.
If you cancel, or a plan or trial ends, you keep 1,000 of your plan credits and all of your top-up credits. The rest of your plan credits are held, not lost — subscribing again brings them back.