# Clearout vs EmailListVerify: which do AI models recommend for email verification, September 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, Email verification. Two of twelve models named Clearout first on the direct prompt; zero named EmailListVerify. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/gtm-data/email-verification/clearout-vs-emaillistverify/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearout | 6% | #4 of 11 | 3% | 33 | 10 of 12 |
| EmailListVerify | 4% | #6 of 11 | 10% | 20 | 10 of 12 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Llama 4 Maverick: clearout first (first choices: Clearout, Hunter, Kickbox)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: clearout first (first choices: Clearout) (alternatives: Hunter, Kickbox)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither first, one named (first choices: Hunter, ZeroBounce) (alternatives: Bouncer, Clearout, Kickbox)
- Mistral Small: neither first, one named (first choices: ZeroBounce) (alternatives: Bouncer, Clearout, Hunter, NeverBounce)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: ZeroBounce) (alternatives: Bouncer, EmailListVerify, Kickbox, MillionVerifier)
- Kimi K2: neither first, one named (first choices: ZeroBounce) (alternatives: Bouncer, Clearout, Hunter)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither named (first choices: Bouncer, Skrapp) (alternatives: NeverBounce, ZeroBounce)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: ZeroBounce) (alternatives: Hunter)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither named (first choices: Bouncer) (alternatives: Allegrow, BounceBan, NeverBounce, ZeroBounce)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither named (first choices: Bouncer) (alternatives: Hunter, MillionVerifier, ZeroBounce)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither named (first choices: Bouncer) (alternatives: Hunter, NeverBounce, ZeroBounce)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither named (first choices: ZeroBounce) (alternatives: Hunter)

## What the models said about Clearout

- "Clearout: 94.1% real accuracy" (Kimi K2, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "The best email verification service for a mid-market B2B company is Hunter, Clearout, or Kickbox" (Llama 4 Maverick, direct prompt, first choice)
- "For most mid-market B2B companies, I'd recommend starting with Clearout" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, direct prompt, first choice)
- "would be Hunter, Clearout, or Zerobounce" (Llama 4 Maverick, paraphrase prompt, first choice)

## What the models said about EmailListVerify

- "A classic budget option, though some independent audits show lower accuracy than top-tier competitors." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, comparative prompt, soft negative)
- "EmailListVerify: 93.2% real accuracy (lowest tested)" (Kimi K2, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "the best choice is usually EmailListVerify if you want the lowest cost per verification" (Perplexity Sonar, budget prompt, first choice)
- "For the absolute lowest cost: Choose EmailListVerify at $24 for 10K emails." (Mistral Small, budget prompt, first choice)
- "the budget option on this list and delivers accordingly, with free supplementary tools adding real value" (Claude Haiku 4.5, budget prompt, alternative)

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.