About

Abstract API’s Email Validation and Verification API provides real-time email verification designed to help teams reduce bounce rates, clean signup forms, and improve the quality of inbound leads. It validates email addresses through a single REST API and returns structured JSON responses that support fast, automated decision-making.

The service checks core deliverability signals such as syntax, MX records, SMTP validity, disposable domains, catch-all behavior, and typo detection. It also offers deeper enrichment and risk insights on higher plans, including sender details, domain intelligence, quality scoring, and breach-related signals.

  • Real-time email validation via REST API
  • Syntax, MX, SMTP, and deliverability checks
  • Disposable, free email, role email, and catch-all detection
  • Quality scoring and risk signals on advanced plans
  • Bulk validation support and integration-friendly workflows
  • Compliance-focused infrastructure with SOC 2 and GDPR positioning

What's included in the free tier

  • Email deliverability checks for assessing whether an address can receive mail.
  • Email sender details for identifying the person or organization behind an address.
  • Email domain details for reviewing domain-related information.
  • Email quality scoring for evaluating overall email quality.
  • Email risk assessment for spotting risky addresses and domains.
  • Email breaches data for checking whether an email appears in breach records.
  • 100 requests per month included on the free plan.
  • 3 requests per second rate limit on the free plan.