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# Email Finder

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<summary>What does the Clearout Email Finder do?</summary>

Clearout Email Finder helps discover professional email addresses of individuals using their **name and company domain(or name)**. The tool analyzes domain patterns and validates results to return the most likely business email address.

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<summary>How does Clearout find the right email addresses?</summary>

Clearout uses domain intelligence, pattern analysis, and real-time data checks to generate possible email addresses associated with a person and company domain. The discovered results are then validated to ensure accuracy.

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<summary>What is Email Finder Confidence Score?</summary>

The Confidence Score indicates how closely the discovered email address matches the provided contact information such as name, company, and domain. Higher scores represent a stronger match and better deliverability.

<table><thead><tr><th width="114.3359375">Score</th><th>Meaning</th><th width="132.140625">Deliverablility Risk</th><th width="163.26953125">Typical Cases</th><th>Recommended Use</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>>= 90</td><td>Very high accuracy, strong match with lead details</td><td>Very Low</td><td>Valid corporate emails, consistent patterns, verified domains</td><td>High-value outreach, sales sequences, important campaigns</td></tr><tr><td>80 - 90</td><td>Generally accurate with mild risk</td><td>Low - Medium</td><td>Accept-all domains, strict mail servers, mixed signals</td><td>Newsletters, warming sequences, prospecting</td></tr><tr><td>&#x3C; 80</td><td>Low accuracy, weak match or poorly configured domains</td><td>High</td><td>Temporary emails, low-trust domains, inconsistencies</td><td>Low-priority tasks, verification-only flows</td></tr></tbody></table>

{% hint style="info" %}
**Quick Note:** Higher score = higher trust, better deliverability, and stronger alignment with true lead identity.
{% endhint %}

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<summary>What is Email Finder Confidence Level?</summary>

Confidence Level is a reliability indicator used primarily for **Bulk Email Finder** results. It helps determine how safe and reliable a discovered email list is for outreach campaigns.

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<summary>Can I get an email address for all my inputs?</summary>

Not always. An email may not be found if:

* the provided information is incomplete
* the domain does not have a configured mail server
* no reliable email pattern can be identified

If the result shows “**email not found**”, no credits are charged.

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<summary>How accurate is the Clearout Email Finder?</summary>

Clearout Email Finder performs multiple validation checks before returning results to ensure high accuracy. Discovered emails are validated to reduce invalid or risky addresses.

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<summary>How fast does Clearout process bulk email searches?</summary>

Bulk email searches are processed quickly depending on the number of records and domain responsiveness. Large lists may take longer to complete.

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<summary>Can I exclude role-based email addresses (e.g., info@ or support@)?</summary>

Yes. Clearout allows filtering of **role-based email addresses** so that only individual contacts are returned. You can tweak the settings from [here](https://app.clearout.io/settings/email_finder).

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<summary>Can I integrate Email Finder with my software?</summary>

Yes. Clearout Email Finder provides an **Email Finder API** that allows integration with CRMs, marketing platforms, and custom applications. You can also use other tools via [Zapier](https://docs.clearout.io/integrations/automation/zapier).

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<summary>Does Email Finder support free domain email finding?</summary>

Yes. Email Finder can return results for both business and free domains, though business domains generally provide more reliable B2B contact results.

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<summary>Will Email Finder results bounce?</summary>

While discovered emails are validated before being returned, no email discovery tool can guarantee zero bounces due to factors such as catch-all domains or strict mail server policies.

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<summary>Do I need to verify emails before using them in campaigns?</summary>

Email Finder results are pre-verified, but email status may change over time. It is recommended to verify emails again before sending campaigns if there is a delay.

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<summary>Can I try Clearout Email Finder for free?</summary>

Yes. Clearout provides **free credits** that allow you to test the Email Finder before purchasing additional credits.

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<summary>How much does Email Finder cost?</summary>

Email Finder uses a credit-based pricing system.

* 4 credits are charged for each non–role-based email address discovered (e.g., <john@company.com>).
* 2 credits are charged for each role-based email address discovered (e.g., <info@company.com>, <support@company.com>).

Credits are only deducted when a valid email address is successfully found. For more details, refer to the [pricing guide](https://clearout.io/pricing-guide/).

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