Comparison
NumberBroom vs. RealPhoneValidation
How is NumberBroom different from RealPhoneValidation?
Short answerThey are the closest comparison on this site: both run carrier-level validation, line type and litigator screening, and both sell self-serve with no sales call. The differences are scope and shape. They scrub the National DNC Registry, plus state and DMA lists, which requires your own SAN before a check will run; we check only the federal registry, also under your own SAN, on lists of up to 1,000 numbers. And they sell a menu of separate products where we sell two tiers at $0.20 and $0.55 a row.
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On this page
Most comparisons on this site have an easy angle. A vendor hides its pricing, or gates everything behind a demo, or turns out to sell a different product entirely. RealPhoneValidation does none of that. It sells self-serve, explicitly promises "No sales calls. No setup meetings.", and covers the same checks we do plus several we do not. It is the closest thing to a like-for-like competitor we have written about, and this page is more useful if it says so plainly.
On scope, they cover more
They scrub the National DNC Registry, state registries and the DMA list. They publish a fraud risk score, a Reassigned Numbers lookup and email verification alongside the phone checks. We do carrier-level validation, line type, an activity score and a litigator check, and on the graded tier we add name matching and email deliverability. On breadth, they are ahead.
The registry half comes with a credential you have to hold
Their site states that a SAN, Organization ID and expiry must be entered before a DNC check will run. That is not a quirk of their product -- National DNC Registry access runs under the seller's own Subscription Account Number from the FTC, and every registry vendor requires it.
It is worth knowing which side of that line your problem sits on. If you need registry scrubbing, you need a SAN either way, and a vendor that offers it is the right shape. If your exposure is dead numbers, wrong line types and serial filers, none of that needs a credential and the registry half is not doing anything for you.
Where the difference actually is
Two tiers against a menu of products is the honest distinction, and whether it counts in your favour depends entirely on how you buy. Choosing between Scrub, Scrub Plus, DNC Lookup, DNC Plus, Turbo Standard, TurboV3, Wireless ID, a fraud risk score and email verification is straightforward if you already know which checks you need. It is friction if the reason you are here is that you do not.
Our answer to that is one price for one job: $0.20 a row runs validation, line type, activity scoring and the litigator check together, and $0.55 a row buys the same with grading added. You see the total for your actual row count before paying. The $5 floor exists so a 30-row list is a decision you can make without arithmetic.
Delivery differs too. Their DNC Lookup file is returned, in their words, "anywhere from 2 to 30 minutes, depending on volume." Ours runs on our servers from the moment you pay, at about eight numbers a second, so a 1,000-row list takes about three minutes. You can close the tab: an email with a download link arrives when it finishes.
Quick check: the closest comparison
Pick an answer to see whether it is right, and why.
Which to pick
- You need state or DMA list scrubbing, or registry scrubbing on lists over 1,000 numbers. They do it and we do not. Get a SAN and use a registry vendor.
- You run lists continuously, at volume. Their model is built for repeat, high-throughput use and ours is not. Price the two against your actual annual volume before assuming.
- You have one file and want an answer today without picking a SKU, registering, or supplying a credential for a check you did not want. That is the case we are for.
- You need to know the name matches the number, not just that the line is live. That is our graded tier, at $0.55 -- see what contact data hygiene covers.
For the same field compared across nine vendors rather than two, see the TCPA compliance software buyer's guide.
Frequently asked questions
Do they do anything NumberBroom does not?
Yes, and it is worth being direct about it. They scrub the National Do Not Call Registry, plus state registries and the DMA list. We check only the federal registry, under your own SAN, on lists of up to 1,000 numbers. They also publish a fraud risk score, a Reassigned Numbers lookup and email verification. On raw coverage they are the broader product.
The catch attached to the registry half is not theirs, it is the FTC's: their site states that you must enter your own SAN, Organization ID and expiry before a DNC check will run. That obligation belongs to the caller and no vendor removes it. See what a SAN actually gates.
Do I need a SAN for NumberBroom?
Not for the scrub itself. Carrier-level validation and litigator screening are commercial data checks that touch no registry, so there is no credential to obtain and nothing to register before uploading a file. A SAN matters only for the optional federal Do Not Call Registry check: link your own FTC subscription (SAN) in Settings and a signed-in paid scrub includes it free on lists of up to 1,000 numbers. That is a smaller product, not a cleverer one -- if state lists or larger lists are a live obligation for you, you need a registry vendor that covers them.
What about the free trial?
They give the first 100 validations free, restricted to verifiable businesses and one trial per company. Ours is shaped differently: the free carrier lookup checks up to five numbers a day with only an email address (no account, no card), and the free assessment grades up to 300 rows of a real file. Theirs is a larger sample gated on being a verifiable business; ours is smaller and open. Which is more useful depends on whether you can clear their gate today.
Which one is right for a small, occasional list?
It depends on how you buy. If you are comfortable choosing between their products, can supply a SAN where one is needed, and expect to run lists repeatedly, they are built for that pattern. If you have one file, want the total before committing to anything, and would rather not decide between a list of SKUs to find out what a check costs, that is the case we are built for. We have deliberately not compared minimum orders here, because their site did not state one and we are not going to invent a contrast.