VetThisVendor vs VerifyVAT
These tools overlap on VAT validation and diverge everywhere else. If you need VAT coverage outside the EU and UK, VerifyVAT is the better tool and this page will not pretend otherwise.
| VetThisVendor | VerifyVAT | |
|---|---|---|
| Country coverage | EU, Northern Ireland, UK | Far broader, including many non-EU registries |
| IBAN checksum | Yes, in the same pass | Separate concern |
| EU sanctions screening | Yes | No |
| Sending-domain authentication | Yes | No |
| API | No | Yes |
| Bulk checking | No | Yes |
| Account required | No | For API use |
Use VerifyVAT if
- you need registries beyond the EU and UK
- you want to validate VAT numbers from your own software via an API
- you check numbers in bulk rather than one at a time
Use this if
- you are about to pay an unfamiliar EU or UK supplier and want the sanctions and email checks alongside the registry lookup, without running three tools
- you want to know whether the domain that emailed you can be forged
The two are not really substitutes. VerifyVAT is VAT infrastructure; this is a pre-payment check that happens to include a VAT lookup.