# Validate Email - Verify Catch-All (`blitzapi/verify-email-catch-all`) Actor

Validate any professional email with 98% accuracy on catch-all domains.
Get clear results — valid, invalid, or unknown (not charged).
Perfect for cold outreach, CRM cleaning, and deliverability optimization.
Fast. Reliable. Affordable.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/blitzapi/verify-email-catch-all.md
- **Developed by:** [BlitzAPI](https://apify.com/blitzapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Other
- **Stats:** 115 total users, 9 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 9 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Email Catch-All Validation – Best for Cold Email & Deliverability

Validate professional emails with **deterministic precision** and **98% accuracy even on catch-all domains**.\
Always returns a clear result — `valid`, `invalid`, or `unknown` (not billed).\
The most reliable and affordable **email validation API** for **cold outreach and deliverability**.

***

### 🌟 Why use this Actor?

- ✅ **Deterministic results** → Always returns `valid`, `invalid`, or `unknown` (never ambiguous)
- 📈 **98% accuracy on catch-all domains** → The highest standard for B2B validation
- 💌 **Built for cold email & deliverability** → Reduce bounce rate, protect your sender reputation
- 💰 **Smart billing** → Only pay when status = `valid` or `invalid` (not for `unknown`)
- ⚡ **Real-time API** → Validate before send, enrich before sync, automate your workflows
- 🔌 **Integrates easily** with **Clay, Make.com, Zapier, N8N, HubSpot, Salesforce**

***

### 🚀 Use cases

- **Cold outreach**: Verify every email before sending to protect deliverability
- **CRM cleaning**: Purge invalid contacts and improve data health
- **Email warm-up**: Maintain a clean sender score for better inbox placement
- **Automation**: Validate in real-time during enrichment or lead creation

***

### 🔑 Input

```json
{
  "email": "john.doe@example.com"
}
```

- `email` (string, required): Email address to validate

***

### 📤 Output

```json
{
  "found": true,
  "status": "valid"
}
```

or

```json
{
  "found": true,
  "status": "unknown"
}
```

- `found` (boolean): Indicates if validation was successful
- `status` (string):
  - `valid` → Deliverable email
  - `invalid` → Undeliverable email
  - `unknown` → Could not be verified (not billed)

✅ **Only “valid” and “invalid” results are billed. “Unknown” is always free.**

***

### 💰 Pricing

- **Lowest-cost Email Validation API** on the market
- Pay only for **deterministic results** (`valid` or `invalid`)
- **No charge** for `unknown` responses

***

### 🔥 Why Choose This Actor?

The **best email validation for cold outreach** — deterministic, fast, and catch-all-ready.\
Stop guessing: validate before sending and keep your sender reputation pristine.

Trusted alternative to **ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, MillionVerifier, Debounce, and BounceBan**.\
Works with **Clay, Make.com, Zapier, N8N, HubSpot, Salesforce**.

⚡ **Enterprise-grade deliverability protection at a scraping cost.**

***

### 📈 Keywords

email validation api, best email verifier for cold outreach, catch-all email validation, deliverability optimization, crm cleaning, cold email deliverability, zerobounce alternative

***

### ⚡ Quick Start

1. Add this Actor to your Apify console
2. Provide any email as input
3. Run → Instantly get a deterministic `valid`, `invalid`, or `unknown` result
4. Use only verified contacts for **high-deliverability cold outreach** 🚀

***

✅ **Ideal for cold email, CRM enrichment, and deliverability optimization — the best Email Validation API for outreach teams.**

# Actor input Schema

## `email` (type: `string`):

The email to validate.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "email": "antoine@blitz-agency.com"
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "email": "antoine@blitz-agency.com"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("blitzapi/verify-email-catch-all").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "email": "antoine@blitz-agency.com" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("blitzapi/verify-email-catch-all").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "email": "antoine@blitz-agency.com"
}' |
apify call blitzapi/verify-email-catch-all --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=blitzapi/verify-email-catch-all",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/XdSG0jjZbmrqwcUwV/builds/qLjLfHdY4I7QxURPP/openapi.json