Loqate Phone Validation
Loqate Phone Validation checks phone numbers during onboarding, checkout, and customer data quality work.
What Loqate Phone Validation is
Loqate Phone Validation checks phone numbers during onboarding, checkout, and customer data quality work. It handles mobile, landline, and VoIP numbers for business and personal use. Validation checks number format and type, carrier registration, and HLR status for active, connected numbers. Loqate describes global coverage, with full validation for mobile numbers and global formatting and carrier identification for non-UK landline and VoIP numbers. Responses can include validity, current network name and country, number type, and national format. HLR data covers active status, portability, and roaming; carrier connectivity returns a network name and ID. The service is available through a website Tag, APIs, and selected pre-built integrations, including Adobe Commerce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Shopify Plus. It supports bulk validation and provides line type, carrier, and reachability data. Loqate offers a 45-day trial and pay-as-you-go credits. Listed top-up rates range from £4.10, paid once for a £1000 top-up to £7.10, paid once for a £50 top-up; credit is valid for 12 months and prices exclude VAT.
Good
- Checks mobile, landline, and VoIP numbers
- Returns validity, network, type, and format details
- Supports bulk validation and reachability data
- Offers Tag, API, and selected integrations
Watch out
- No free plan
- Pay-as-you-go credit expires after 12 months
- Prices exclude VAT
- API integration requires technical resources and testing
Who it suits
It suits businesses checking numbers at sign-up, checkout, or during customer-data cleanup, including those needing carrier or reachability data. Teams can connect through a Tag, API, or selected integrations; API setup requires technical resources and testing.
Verdict
Loqate Phone Validation offers multiple number checks and integration routes for customer data workflows. Consider the credit validity period and VAT exclusion when evaluating its pay-as-you-go pricing.
Plans and prices
From Loqate Phone Validation's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go (£1000 top-up) | £4.10, paid once | Phone Validation lookups · £1000 top-up; credit valid for 12 months after purchase; prices exclude VAT |
| Pay-as-you-go (£500 top-up) | £4.70, paid once | Phone Validation lookups · £500 top-up; credit valid for 12 months after purchase; prices exclude VAT |
| Pay-as-you-go (£250 top-up) | £5.60, paid once | Phone Validation lookups · £250 top-up; credit valid for 12 months after purchase; prices exclude VAT |
| Pay-as-you-go (£100 top-up) | £6.70, paid once | Phone Validation lookups · £100 top-up; credit valid for 12 months after purchase; prices exclude VAT |
| Pay-as-you-go (£50 top-up) | £7.10, paid once | Phone Validation lookups · £50 top-up; credit valid for 12 months after purchase; prices exclude VAT |
| Bespoke | Priced on request | Flexible licensing · bespoke integrations · dedicated technical support · service-level agreements · Contact Loqate for tailored pricing |
The facts
Each one read from Loqate Phone Validation's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Coverage
- The product page describes global coverage, with full validation for mobile numbers and global formatting and carrier identification for non-UK landline and VoIP numbers.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Deployment
- The product detail page lists cloud as the deployment option.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Integration methods
- Phone Verification is available through a website Tag, APIs, and pre-built integrations for selected platforms.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- Loqate lists Adobe Commerce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Shopify Plus among pre-built integrations that can provide Phone Validation.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Integration tradeoff
- Loqate says Tag setup is quick and needs no technical know-how but offers less customization and has JavaScript security considerations; API integration offers more control but requires technical resources and testing.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Network information
- HLR checks provide active-number, portability, and roaming information, while carrier connectivity provides network name and ID.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Number types
- The service can validate mobile, landline, and VoIP numbers for business and personal use.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Pricing terms
- The pricing page says purchased credit is valid for 12 months and listed prices exclude VAT.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- Phone Validation checks phone numbers at onboarding, checkout, or as part of customer data quality work.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Returned data
- The listed response fields include validity, current network name and country, number type, and national format.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Security use
- Loqate describes portability and roaming information as useful for security and fraud prevention and lists two-factor authentication account security as a benefit.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Support
- Loqate advertises 24/7 support with its plans and says bespoke plans can include dedicated technical support and service-level agreements.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Trust and compliance
- GBG's Trust Centre lists ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2, PCI DSS v4.0.1, and other compliance materials, with some information restricted to customers or parties under NDA.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Validation process
- Its three checks cover number format and type, carrier registration, and HLR status for active and connected numbers.checked 4 Oct 2001
The company
- Founded
- 1989checked 28 Sep 2001
- Headquarters
- Chester, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2001
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