We have to update our free API offerings due to bad actors abusing our free API offerings. As you already know, we have always offered a suite of free API endpoints that lets you
- check an email address to see if it is a disposable email, a free email, or a business email
- get logos of any company
- get profile pictures of any the platform member
We offer these at no cost and anyone can literally sign up, and get access to it. We prioritize resources to those who pay, therefore the use of these free API services is rate limited based on your subscription level. Regardless, anyone whether you are paying or not, gets access to it.
Sadly, some bad actors opted to spend time and resources recently creating hundreds of fake accounts to fraudulently gain an aggregated large rate limit and began abusing our free API services. Therefore to combat these bad actors, we have decided to update our free API offerings:
- The free API endpoints will only be unlocked after making at least one $10 top-up. Thereafter, the API endpoints will remain free perpetually.
- Prior to the first top-up, the endpoints will cost
1credit / successful request.
We apologize for this change. I guess a small group of bad actors is why we, the general population, can't have nice things.
On a separate note: if you are a business owner suffering from having your free trial or free services abused with fake new accounts, then you might find our Disposable Email Checker API very helpful. It is free too (The caveat is that you have to make a one-time $10 payment to unlock the free tier.)