Comparison
NumberBroom vs. IPQualityScore
How is NumberBroom different from IPQualityScore?
Short answerIPQualityScore is a fraud-prevention platform with a strong phone product, built for continuous, high-volume validation wired into a signup or checkout flow. Two things are worth knowing before you compare. Their paid plans are monthly or yearly subscriptions with a monthly lookup allowance, so the entry point is a plan rather than a $5 job, and their pricing page showed visitors no plan grid when we loaded it in a browser: ask them for current prices. And their DNC and TCPA litigator data are add-ons an account manager has to switch on -- the fields return null until then, and their own documentation says the DNC data "may not be 100% current". NumberBroom has no plan: $0.20 per number, $5 minimum, and it runs the litigator check on every job by default.
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These two get compared because both will tell you whether a phone number is real, and there the similarity stops. IPQualityScore is a fraud-prevention platform that happens to have an excellent phone product. NumberBroom is a compliance-shaped tool for people who already have a list and have to decide what to do with it this week. The honest version of this comparison concedes a lot of ground.
Plans against paying per list
| IPQualityScore | NumberBroom | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Monthly or yearly subscription plans | Pay as you go, per list |
| Plans | Free, Startup, SMB Basic and SMB+ | None |
| Lookups included | 1,000 a month on Free (35 a day); 5,000, 10,000 and 75,000 a month on the paid plans | Pay per job: $0.20 per number to 2,000 rows, $0.16 to 5,000, $0.08 to 10,000 |
| Smallest paid entry | A plan, billed whether or not you run a list that month | A $5 minimum job |
| Plan grid visible to a browser visitor | No, as of October 8, 2026 | Yes: the pricing page |
| Try before you pay | Free plan | Free 20-row preview, guest checkout |
Their pricing page showed no plan grid when we loaded it in a browser on October 8, 2026, because the script that draws it was refused. The plans above come from the plan data embedded in the page, last updated September 28, 2026, not from a grid a visitor can see, and IPQualityScore publishes no per-lookup rate, so confirm current plans and prices with them before you rely on any of it.
The difference that decides it is commitment
IPQualityScore's paid plans are billed monthly or yearly, and their phone-validation page says there are "no monthly contracts". Even so, the smallest paid entry is a plan, billed whether or not you run a list in August.
NumberBroom has no plan to be on. A 100-row list is $20, a 25-row list is $5, and a month with no lists is nothing. At one list a quarter, a subscription is the wrong shape however its allowance is priced.
Where the products genuinely diverge
The field lists tell the story. Theirs is built to answer "is this person a fraud risk": fraud score, recent abuse, prepaid status, SMS-pumping risk, leaked credentials, porting history. Ours is built to answer "is it safe and worthwhile to dial this row": line type, carrier, whether the line looks disconnected, and whether the number belongs to somebody who files TCPA suits for a living.
Litigator screening: included here, enabled there
IPQualityScore does have do_not_call and tcpa_blacklist fields. Both are add-ons an account manager switches on, both return null until they are, do_not_call is USA and Canada only, and their documentation itself cautions that the DNC data may not be fully current. Add-on pricing is not published.
On NumberBroom the litigator check is not a tier, an add-on or a conversation. It runs on every valid US number, at the same $0.20, because screening the list was the reason the product exists.
Neither of these is a knock on a well-built platform aimed at a different buyer. It does mean that if TCPA exposure is the thing keeping you up, the product where that check is standard is a different purchase from the product where it is a phone call with an account manager.
Quick check: a plan or pay per list?
Pick an answer to see whether it is right, and why.
Which to pick
- Continuous, high-volume validation wired into a signup or checkout flow. That is IPQualityScore's home ground, and the fraud signals are real value we do not offer.
- Periodic list hygiene before an outbound push, where the spend is lumpy and TCPA exposure is the actual worry. Paying for a monthly plan to answer an occasional question is the wrong shape.
- Both, at different layers, which is common enough. Score traffic at the edge with a fraud platform; scrub the call list before the dialer runs.
For how the rest of the market sells this, see how DNC and litigator scrubbing is sold, or check a single number with the free carrier lookup.
Frequently asked questions
How is IPQualityScore priced?
On monthly or yearly subscription plans. Their pricing page showed visitors no plan grid when we loaded it in a browser on October 8, 2026, because the script that draws it was refused, but the plan data embedded in the page, last updated September 28, 2026, lists a Free plan with 1,000 lookups a month and three paid plans, Startup (5,000 lookups), SMB Basic (10,000) and SMB+ (75,000), each billed monthly or yearly. IPQS publishes no per-lookup rate. Ask IPQualityScore for current plans and prices rather than relying on a third-party page, ours included.
The paid plans are subscriptions, so the smallest paid entry is a plan, billed whether or not you run a list that month. NumberBroom has nothing to subscribe to: pay per list, after a free 20-row preview.
Does IPQualityScore check TCPA litigators and the DNC list?
Yes, with conditions, and it would be wrong to say they do not. Their documentation lists two relevant fields, do_not_call and tcpa_blacklist. Both are add-ons that an account manager has to enable, and both return null until that happens, so they are not part of a plan you buy off the pricing page. do_not_call covers the USA and Canada only, and their own docs note it "may not be 100% current with the latest DNC blocklists", directing you to contact support to enable better DNC data and litigator removal. Add-on pricing is not published, so we do not know what that costs. On NumberBroom the litigator check is not an add-on or a conversation; it runs on every valid US number in every job at the standard $0.20.
Which one returns more information about a phone number?
IPQualityScore, comfortably. Their documented response carries 25+ fields, including line type across seven categories, carrier, active status (itself an add-on that returns null until it is enabled), a 0-100 fraud score, prepaid and VOIP flags, recent-abuse and spammer signals, city, region, zip and timezone, mobile country and network codes, porting history with a last-ported date, SMS-pumping risk and leaked-credential indicators. NumberBroom returns a deliberately narrower set aimed at one decision: line type, carrier and an activity score that identifies disconnected numbers. The API also returns the E.164 form and a litigator flag per number; a CSV job removes litigator matches rather than flagging them. If you are scoring signup fraud, their field list is the point. If you are deciding which rows of a call list to dial, most of it is not.
Can I use IPQualityScore without writing code?
Yes, on a paid plan. They are API-first but there is a dashboard CSV upload and a bulk validation CSV API alongside it. The plan data in their pricing page marks CSV uploads as unavailable on the free plan and available on the paid ones, and the page no longer states an upload allowance for any plan. NumberBroom is CSV-first by design, with the API as the secondary door rather than the main one.
Do IPQualityScore's phone lookups use the same credits as their other products?
Their plan data gives each plan one lookup allowance rather than one per product, so as far as the pricing page shows, one budget covers all of their products. The page does not say how a phone lookup counts against it. Rather than guess, treat this as a question to ask them directly if your volume is concentrated in one product. Whether unused credits roll over or expire is likewise not stated on any page we read.