Buyer's Guide
TCPA Compliance Software: Who Sells What, and How It Is Priced
Which TCPA compliance software should I buy?
Short answerThere is no single answer, because “TCPA compliance software” is four separate jobs: DNC registry scrubbing, litigator screening, phone validation, and consent capture. Almost every vendor sells one or two and quietly leaves the rest to you. The practical split is between self-serve tools that publish a rate or a plan and enterprise platforms that publish nothing and route you to a demo. Pick by which of the four jobs is actually binding on you, not by feature-list length.
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Search for TCPA compliance software and you get a list of products that do meaningfully different things and charge in very different ways, from pay-as-you-go lookups to whatever an enterprise contract turns out to be. The category label hides the only distinction that matters, which is which check you are actually buying.
There are four separate jobs, covered in depth in what TCPA tools actually check. This page is the other half: who sells which of them, and how they charge.
Who covers what
| Vendor | DNC registry | Litigator | Validation | Consent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gryphon AI | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Yes |
| PossibleNOW | Yes | Yes (add-on) | Not stated | Yes (separate) |
| RealPhoneValidation | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| DNC.com | Yes | Yes | Line type and carrier (Wireless ID Premium) | Not stated |
| TCPA Litigator List | Yes | Yes | Billed apart | No |
| Blacklist Alliance (Sonera) | Yes, per its site | Yes | Capped queries | Claimed |
| IPQualityScore | Add-on (sales) | Add-on (sales) | Yes | No |
| ActiveProspect | None of its own (outside integration) | Third-party | Yes | Yes -- core |
| NumberBroom | Federal only, your own SAN, lists up to 1,000 | Yes | Yes | No |
"Not stated" means exactly that: the vendor's own pages did not say, and we would rather leave a cell blank than fill it with an assumption. Two rows deserve reading twice. ActiveProspect is a consent company that resells other people's litigator screening and sells no registry scrub of its own, so comparing it to a scrub tool on price answers the wrong question. And NumberBroom's first column is narrow on purpose: the federal registry only, run under your own SAN once you link it, on lists of up to 1,000 numbers, and no vendor removes the seller's obligation.
How they charge, where they say
Each vendor's own pages as checked on the dates above. This page describes how each one charges and leaves current prices to the vendor: ask for yours.
| Vendor | Pricing model | Price published? | Buy without sales? |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataZapp | Pay-as-you-go with a minimum order, or prepaid | Yes | Yes |
| RealPhoneValidation | Per validation, by product; volume discounts on prepaid volume; first 100 free | Yes, in its quote wizard | Yes |
| Blacklist Alliance | One-time scrub blocks or monthly subscriptions | Yes, on noindexed pages | Partly; pricing pages are noindex |
| IPQualityScore | Monthly or annual plans, plus a free tier | Page data only; no plan grid shown to visitors | Free tier, yes; paid plans not confirmed |
| ActiveProspect | Per-certificate rates, or a contracted annual commitment | Per-certificate rates, yes; the contracted tier is by commitment | Yes |
| TCPA Litigator List | Monthly subscription tiers | Yes | Subscription only |
| NumberBroom | Pay per list, graduated bands; no subscription | Yes: $0.20/number, $5 minimum | Yes |
| Gryphon | Quote, sold through a demo | None published | No -- "Talk to an Expert" |
| PossibleNOW | Custom quote | None published | No -- demo or quote form |
| DNC.com | Online signup, month to month; one-time pricing too | None published | Yes -- online signup, month to month |
The self-serve registry vendor
RealPhoneValidation sells self-serve with no sales call, prices each of its products by the validation, includes a litigator flag with its DNC products, and gives the first 100 validations free.
The SAN question sorts the field faster than price
Anything that queries the National Do Not Call Registry runs under the seller's own Subscription Account Number, obtained annually from the FTC. Vendors are consistent about this once you read the contract rather than the marketing: Gryphon's Master Services Agreement requires the customer to provide its SAN, RealPhoneValidation asks for the SAN, Organization ID and expiry before a first DNC check, and PossibleNOW's quote form asks whether you already hold registry access.
So the honest first question is not which vendor is best. It is whether you need registry scrubbing at all. If you do, you need a SAN and a registry vendor, and roughly half this table drops out. If you do not -- because your exposure is dead numbers and serial filers rather than registry matches -- the field is much smaller and simpler.
Quick check: which tool does which job?
Pick an answer to see whether it is right, and why.
How to choose without reading nine websites
- Do you need to prove consent? That is a records problem, and ActiveProspect's TrustedForm is the category leader. No scrub tool substitutes for it.
- Do you need the DNC registry? Then get a SAN first, and choose among the registry vendors. RealPhoneValidation is the self-serve route on this page that asks for your SAN; Gryphon and PossibleNOW are the enterprise end. For a list of up to 1,000 numbers, NumberBroom's signed-in scrub runs the federal check under that SAN at no extra charge; state lists still need one of the others.
- Is your problem the list itself -- dead numbers, landlines, serial filers? That is validation plus litigator screening, no registry and no SAN. Compare on the total cost of your actual volume, including minimums.
- Is it a one-off? Minimum orders and monthly commitments dominate the arithmetic below a few thousand numbers. NumberBroom charges per list, with a $5 minimum.
For ten vendors compared on how they charge and what they cover, see what drives the cost of DNC and litigator scrubbing.
Frequently asked questions
How is TCPA compliance software priced?
In five ways, per the vendors' own pages as checked October 8, 2026. By the number or the validation: DataZapp is pay-as-you-go with a minimum order, or prepaid, and RealPhoneValidation's quote wizard prices each of its products by the validation, with volume discounts on prepaid volume. By the plan: TCPA Litigator List and IPQualityScore sell subscriptions, and IPQualityScore also has a free tier. By the block or the commitment: Blacklist Alliance sells one-time scrub blocks as well as subscriptions, and ActiveProspect sells per-certificate rates or a contracted annual commitment. By quote: Gryphon and PossibleNOW, and DNC.com, which publishes no price but lets you sign up online month to month. Per list: NumberBroom, $0.20 per number with a $5 minimum. A per-number rate and the cost of your actual job are different questions: if you have 300 numbers and no ongoing programme, a minimum order or monthly commitment set for larger volume matters more than the rate, which is the gap a $5 floor exists to fill. Ask each vendor for its current price on your list.
Which TCPA vendors let me buy without talking to sales?
Of those checked: RealPhoneValidation ("No sales calls. No setup meetings."), IPQualityScore, DataZapp, DNC.com (online signup, month to month, though still no published price), ActiveProspect (self-serve alongside a sales track) and NumberBroom. Gryphon and PossibleNOW are demo-gated, and neither publishes a price anywhere on its site. Blacklist Alliance, now owned by Sonera, sits in between: real Stripe checkout links exist, but its pricing pages are marked noindex and every visible call to action is a demo booking.
Do I need my own SAN to use TCPA compliance software?
For anything touching the National DNC Registry, yes, and the vendor cannot supply it for you. Registry access runs on the seller's own Subscription Account Number from the FTC. Gryphon's own Master Services Agreement says it plainly: the customer "shall provide Gryphon its federally assigned Subscription Account Number (SAN)". RealPhoneValidation requires you to enter your SAN, Organization ID and expiry before your first DNC check. PossibleNOW's quote form asks whether you already have registry access. Products that do not touch the registry -- litigator screening and phone validation, including NumberBroom's -- need no SAN at all; NumberBroom's own federal Do Not Call Registry check runs only under your own FTC subscription (SAN), included free on lists of up to 1,000 numbers. See what a SAN actually gates.
Is ActiveProspect a list scrubbing tool?
Not really, and it is the vendor most often miscategorised here. ActiveProspect's core products are TrustedForm, which certifies and stores proof of consent, and LeadConduit, which validates and routes leads. Litigator screening appears as third-party add-ons in its marketplace -- including Blacklist Alliance's litigator feed, alongside third-party phone-data providers -- rather than as its own data. It sells no Do Not Call registry scrub of its own: none of its add-ons is one, and DNC scrubbing appears only as an outside integration. If your problem is proving you had consent, that is squarely their product and nothing on this page substitutes for it. If your problem is a list full of dead numbers and serial filers, it is the wrong shape: that job is list scrubbing, carrier validation and a litigator screen run on the file itself.
Does any one vendor cover all four jobs?
Gryphon comes closest of those checked: its compliance pages name federal and state DNC, curfews and frequency, a litigator database, Reassigned Numbers Database lookups, consent and preference management, and call analytics. PossibleNOW covers registry work, litigator screening and consent through a second platform. Both are enterprise platforms that publish no pricing and sell through a demo, which is the trade. And even then, consent is not really a thing you buy -- it is a record you keep. No vendor can hold it for you.