ZeroBounce vs. data-8.co.uk

With so many email list cleaning services online, choosing the one that’s most going to help your business is challenging. It may take days of research to learn about each system and how it differs from others. At ZeroBounce, we perform this research constantly, and bring it to you as soon as we discover a new email verifier.

Here we’re focusing on Data 8, a data validation platform that also offers email list cleaning. When it comes to this feature, there’s little information listed on the company’s website. We learn that Data 8 eliminates bounces and flags disposable and catch-all email addresses.

The platform allows you to verify a few emails for free, so we went ahead and tried it. We typed in a valid, active email address and the result said valid and free (meaning the account is associated with a free email provider). That was correct.

However, the system wasn’t able to recognize that particular address as an abuse email. We know for a fact that the owner of this account has a history of labeling emails as Spam.

Let’s see what result ZeroBounce returned when we typed in the same address:

Status: abuse! So, before you rush to send any emails to it, beware that the person may mark you as Spam.

That’s one bit of information ZeroBounce gives you that can make a difference when you send out an email campaign. No one is happy when they get Spam complaints – your reputation takes a hit and your deliverability decreases.

Another important thing to mention is that Data 8 seems to offer only real-time email verification via its API. There is no mention on the website about the possibility of cleaning email lists in bulk.

OK, what about other features? We’ll let you take a look at the table below to get an idea: