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Foxentry Make integrationAutomate Foxentry with Make.

Want every email and phone number checked before it lands in your tools? The Foxentry Make integration gives you 9 modules: 8 actions and 1 search, with no trigger. This page shows how to link your account and build a first scenario step by step.

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What you can automate

What can the Foxentry Make integration automate?

The Foxentry Make integration lets a Make scenario (the automation you build, a chain of modules) send contact and company data to Foxentry and get the check back. Each module is one brick of that chain. Foxentry never starts the scenario itself: another app or a schedule does, and Foxentry does the checking in the middle.

Signups you can trust. A new lead fills in your form, and Validate an Email plus Validate a Phone Number look at the contact before it reaches your CRM. Your sales team stops calling numbers that go nowhere.

Cleaner B2B records. When a company name comes in with a deal, Validate a Company checks it and Get Company Information brings back what Foxentry knows, so the record is filled from one source instead of by hand.

Addresses that deliver. For an online shop, Validate a Location looks at the shipping address a customer typed, and Get Location Data or List Addresses Around GPS help when you only have a place or coordinates to start from.

Know the limits before you build. Foxentry has no trigger in Make, so a scenario always starts elsewhere. The Make documentation for this app is also short: it says there is not enough public information yet to describe every field, so the first Run once is how you learn what each module returns. If you are weighing tools, the n8n vs Make comparison lays out the choice, the Make review covers the editor itself, and Make troubleshooting helps when a run fails.

Connect

How do you connect Foxentry to Make?

  1. 01

    Add a Foxentry module

    In your scenario, click the +, search for Foxentry and pick any of its modules, for example Validate an Email. Then click Create a connection. A connection is your Foxentry account linked to Make once, and every Foxentry module reuses it.

  2. 02

    Name it and authorize

    Give the connection a name if you like, handy when you run a test account and a live one. Make then either opens a Foxentry page where you allow access, or asks you to paste the key Foxentry gives you. Follow whichever of the two appears.

  3. 03

    Save the connection

    Click Save. The module now shows your connection in its dropdown. Every other Foxentry module you add later picks the same connection, so you never repeat this step for this account.

First scenario

Your first scenario with Foxentry

GoalWhen a new lead arrives from your form app, Make checks the email and the phone number with Foxentry.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    Open the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the big +. The first module is the app where your leads arrive, such as your form tool, since Foxentry has no trigger.

  2. 02

    Add Validate an Email

    Click the + on the right of the first module, search Foxentry and pick Validate an Email. Choose your connection, then map the email field from the form module into it.

  3. 03

    Add Validate a Phone Number

    Click + again and add Validate a Phone Number. Map the phone field from the form module. Each module handles one bundle, meaning one item passing through, here one lead.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Send yourself a test entry, then click Run once. Open the bubble above each Foxentry module to read the bundle it returned. This is where you see what Foxentry says about the email and the number.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch on

    Click the clock on the first module to set the schedule (every 15 minutes by default) and turn the scenario on. From there, you can add the module that sends checked leads to your CRM.

Modules

What each Foxentry module does

Foxentry gives you 9 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Foxentry1

Get Company Information

ActionIn the docs only

As its name says, this module fetches what Foxentry has on a company and hands it to the next module, so nobody copies details by hand. The doc lists no output fields, so read the bundle after a test.

When to use it
a B2B lead names a company and you want its details stored next to the contact.
Watch out
run Validate a Company first if the name may be misspelled.
Foxentry2

Get Location Data

ActionIn the docs only

Going by its name, you get details about a place back from Foxentry, ready to fill an address record in the next module. Make publishes no list of what it returns, so your first Run once shows the real shape.

When to use it
a customer gives a partial address and your shipping sheet needs the full details.
Foxentry3

List Addresses Around GPS

SearchIn the docs only

Hand it a GPS position and it searches Foxentry for addresses nearby. It is the only search here, so it can return zero, one or several bundles.

When to use it
a field team sends coordinates and you need a real address to attach to the visit.
Watch out
each returned address runs through every following module, so plan for several results.
Foxentry4

Make an API Call

ActionIn the docs only

This one lets you call any endpoint of the Foxentry API from your scenario, with the connection you already set up. It covers what the eight other modules leave out.

When to use it
a Foxentry feature you need has no dedicated module in Make.
Watch out
you write the request yourself, so keep the Foxentry API docs open while you fill it in.
Foxentry5

Validate a Company

ActionIn the docs only

Before a company record goes into your CRM, this module asks Foxentry whether it holds up, and the answer comes back in the bundle for the next step to use.

When to use it
a deal is created with a company name typed by a rep, and you want to catch mistakes early.
Watch out
add a filter after it, or bad records still move on.
Foxentry6

Validate a Location

ActionIn the docs only

You get a check on an address before a parcel or an invoice leaves with it. The module sends the location to Foxentry and returns its verdict in the bundle.

When to use it
an online order comes in and the shipping address was typed by the buyer.
Watch out
the doc names no fields, so test with a real address first.
Foxentry7

Validate a Name

ActionIn the docs only

Fake or garbled names in a signup list are easy to miss. This module passes a person's name to Foxentry for a check, so your mailing list stays readable.

When to use it
a newsletter or event signup form feeds your contact base.
Watch out
read the first bundle to see how the result is worded before you build a filter on it.
Foxentry8

Validate a Phone Number

ActionIn the docs only

Sales teams waste calls on numbers that were never real. Here Make sends a phone number to Foxentry and brings the check back, so the next module can keep or drop the lead.

When to use it
right after a demo request form, before the lead is assigned.
Watch out
map the phone field alone, not a whole text block.
Foxentry9

Validate an Email

ActionIn the docs only

A mistyped email address means a lost lead and a bounced message. Put this module in front and Foxentry checks each address, one bundle at a time, before it reaches your email tool.

When to use it
any form, import or CRM step where an address enters your systems.
Watch out
each check is one operation, which Make counts on your plan.
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FAQ

Foxentry and Make: common questions

01Is the Foxentry Make integration free?
Yes, on the Make side. Foxentry is a standard app, so it works from the Make Free plan. That plan allows 2 active scenarios, a minimum of 15 minutes between two scheduled runs, 5 minutes of run time at most, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) bring the interval down to 1 minute and remove the cap on active scenarios. Usage is counted in operations, one per module per bundle. Your Foxentry account is a separate matter, check it with Foxentry.
02What do you need to connect Foxentry to Make?
A Foxentry account and a Make account. The Make documentation for Foxentry lists no specific prerequisite, so the generic steps apply: add a Foxentry module, click Create a connection, name it if you want, then either authorize Make on the Foxentry page or paste the key Foxentry gives you, and click Save. The connection is created once and every Foxentry module in your scenarios reuses it. If the connection fails, check the key you pasted first, or authorize again.
03Does Foxentry have an instant trigger in Make?
No. Foxentry has no trigger module at all in Make, neither scheduled nor instant, so it cannot start a scenario by itself. You start the scenario from another app, such as the form or CRM where your contacts arrive, or from Make's own schedule, which runs every 15 minutes by default on a new scenario. Foxentry modules then sit in the middle of the flow and check the data that the first module passes along.
04What if the Foxentry module you need is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. Foxentry has this module in Make, and it lets you call any endpoint of the Foxentry API from your scenario with the same connection as the other modules. It is the way to reach a feature that none of the eight dedicated modules covers. Keep in mind that the Make documentation for Foxentry is limited and describes no fields, so you will rely on the Foxentry API docs to write the request and on a Run once test to read the answer.
05Should you use Make or n8n for Foxentry?
It depends on where your other automations already run. On Make, Foxentry gives you 9 modules, with no trigger: 8 actions, Make an API Call among them for anything else, and 1 search, and it works from the Free plan. Many apps also have an n8n node, so check whether one exists for Foxentry before you choose. If your scenarios already live on one side, staying there saves a rebuild. Otherwise, compare the modules each one offers for the checks you need, then pick the tool your team will keep up.