LOOKUP / RECIPIENT INTELLIGENCE # Know the destination. Choose the next step. Choose the evidence your next decision needs. Inspect a phone number or one email address, then keep quality, possession and consent distinct. [Start now](/dashboard/signup?returnTo=%2Fdashboard%2Fw%2Flookup%2Fphone) [Talk to sales](/demo?product=lookup&source_page=%2Flookup) ## Two recipients. Different questions. Illustrative evidence for one signup. Neither result proves possession or consent. ### Phone routing evidence The mobile example has unavailable roaming. One answered baseline remains useful; missing roaming is not false and adds no roaming property charge. Inconclusive classification remains unresolved rather than invalid. ### Email address quality A favorable address verdict does not establish possession, consent or freedom from suppression. A typo suggestion belongs to the customer; inspect again after a change. A neutral result does not confirm the mailbox. Choose phone intelligence or email address quality for the supported signup and implementation guide. Changing that destination does not run a lookup. These are fixed examples, not account or network reads. [Phone number intelligence](/phone-number-lookup-api) [Email address validation](/email-validation-api) [Phone implementation](/docs/guides/lookup/phone-numbers) [Email implementation](/docs/guides/lookup/email-addresses) LOOKUP / EVIDENCE FOR YOUR NEXT STEP ## Choose by the decision. Request only evidence you can use. A paid result can be negative or unresolved. ### Choose a phone route. Use network and coarse line type; request any of six optional properties only if they change your application decision. Confirm coverage and handle a missing answer. [Phone number lookup API ↗](/phone-number-lookup-api) ### Assess one address. Use result and integer confidence together. A typo is a suggestion for the customer; a neutral or future verdict needs an explicit policy. Check one email address per request. [Email validation API ↗](/email-validation-api) ### Check possession separately. Quality, consent and identity answer different questions. Use a supported code flow when the pending action needs proof of access to the destination. [Explore Verification API ↗](/verification-api) BIRD LOOKUP Evidence with its limits. DOCUMENTED OPERATING BEHAVIOR ## An answer. A deliberate next step. The maintained Lookup guides distinguish the baseline, independently answered properties and one email verdict. An unavailable property can leave the baseline useful; a negative answered verdict can still be billed. [Read the maintained Lookup guide ↗](/docs/guides/lookup/overview) Sources checked 18 September 2026. Synthetic examples demonstrate interpretation, not measured accuracy, supplier coverage or a live customer result. Confirm current account access before launch. LEARN / BUILD / OPERATE ## The next useful step. [Explore recipient intelligence ↗](/lookup) [01 Phone number intelligence Inspect network, classification and unknown properties. ↗](/phone-number-lookup-api) [02 Email address quality Interpret address quality and let customers confirm suggested corrections. ↗](/email-validation-api) [03 Prepare a lookup Credential, wallet and application readiness. ↗](/products/lookup/getting-started) [04 Use phone and email signals A worked decision method and reusable checklist. ↗](/guides/use-phone-and-email-signals) YOUR NEXT STEP ## Put the evidence to work. Start now opens phone Lookup setup. Choose email below for the single-address path. Confirm current access, wallet funding and the decision policy before a paid query. [Start now](/dashboard/signup?returnTo=%2Fdashboard%2Fw%2Flookup%2Fphone) [Talk to sales](/demo?product=lookup&source_page=%2Flookup) [Phone setup ↗](/docs/guides/lookup/phone-numbers) · [Email setup ↗](/docs/guides/lookup/email-addresses) · [Current published rates ↗](/products/lookup/pricing) · [Lookup questions ↗](/products/lookup/faqs) · [Estimate answered units ↗](/products/lookup/pricing) ### Working with an email address? [Start now](/dashboard/signup?returnTo=%2Fdashboard%2Fw%2Flookup%2Femail) [Talk to sales](/demo?product=lookup&source_page=%2Flookup) BIRD LOOKUP ## A clearer signal. A useful next step. [Start now](/dashboard/signup?returnTo=%2Fdashboard%2Fw%2Flookup%2Fphone) [Talk to sales](/demo?product=lookup&source_page=%2Flookup) [Choose phone or email ↗](#resources) ## Related resources - [Phone number lookup: check a number before you send](/learn/lookup/phone-number-lookup-check-a-number-before-you-send) (video) [Get an implementation brief](/learn/workspace?topic=lookup)