# Looking at ZeroBounce? Here's where we actually differ.

> ZeroBounce is a large, established platform - a decade in, with the enterprise features and compliance certifications that come with that scale. We're not trying to out-claim them on size. Here's what's actually true, including the parts that don't favor us.

## What ZeroBounce is known for

ZeroBounce is positioned as an all-in-one email deliverability platform: verification plus scoring, spam-trap and abuse detection, and enterprise compliance certifications (the kind of SOC 2 / HIPAA / GDPR paperwork that matters if procurement requires it). They publish a specific accuracy percentage, as does every vendor in this category - and every vendor's number is independently measured differently, so we're not going to repeat a number here and ask you to trust it over theirs. Compare published numbers yourself and weigh who ran the test.

## Where EMCHEQ is actually different

- **We say Unknown when we mean it.** A catch-all domain or a server that won't confirm a mailbox gets reported as Unknown or Probably valid, with the reason shown - not folded into a confident-looking score.

- **You see the evidence, not just a verdict.** Every result shows which checks ran and what each one returned: syntax, domain, mail servers, disposable provider, role account.

- **Mail security is in the same account.** DMARC/SPF/DKIM posture checks and phishing simulation live alongside verification, not as a separate product or vendor relationship.

- **The free tier is for testing, not a teaser.** 100 verifications a month, no card, enough to run your own real, weird edge cases before anything costs money.

## Where we don't win - said plainly

If you need SOC 2/HIPAA-level compliance paperwork for a procurement process, a decade-long public track record, or enterprise-scale infrastructure already proven at very high volume, that's a real reason to pick an established platform over a newer one. We're not going to pretend otherwise to win a comparison page.

## The actual way to decide

Run the same list through both. Not a sample file - your own list, with your own catch-all domains and your own disposable-address edge cases. Whichever one's results you'd actually be comfortable explaining to your boss is the one that's earned the trust, not the one with the bigger claimed percentage.

## Questions

**Is EMCHEQ as accurate as ZeroBounce?**
We won't answer that with a number, because the public accuracy figures from every vendor in this category - including ZeroBounce - come from different, non-comparable tests. Run your own list through both and compare the actual results.

**Is EMCHEQ cheaper than ZeroBounce?**
Pricing changes on both sides, so check current numbers directly rather than trusting either of us to quote the other's price accurately. What we can say for certain: our free tier needs no card and is sized to actually test on real data, not just a handful of sample rows.

**Does EMCHEQ have the same compliance certifications as ZeroBounce?**
Not today. If a procurement process specifically requires SOC 2, HIPAA or similar certifications, that's a legitimate reason to choose a more established vendor.

Tool: [Test it free on your own list](https://www.emcheq.com/tools/email-verifier)