Smartlead
Cold email automation with unlimited mailboxes, auto rotation, warmup and agency client workspaces.
Best for Agencies running cold email at scale
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What it does
Smartlead is an outbound cold email platform that automates sales prospecting and deal management. Users connect their email accounts, upload contact lists, and deploy automated outreach sequences to generate leads and book sales calls. The platform is designed for businesses ranging from solo founders and sales teams to lead generation agencies and Fortune 500 companies.
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Unlimited mailboxes and storage
Lets you connect as many email sending accounts as needed and keep contact records without paying per mailbox or per seat fees.
Use caseA sales development rep adds dozens of secondary sending domains to an outbound outreach campaign without increasing their subscription bill.
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Automatic sender rotation
Distributes outgoing sequence volume across all connected email addresses automatically to safeguard sender reputation.
Use caseA campaign manager sends thousands of cold messages daily across separate Google and Outlook accounts to prevent any single inbox from sending high volume spikes.
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Automated email warmup
Interacts inside a private sender network by simulating human opens, reads, and replies to build domain credibility.
Use caseA founder connects fresh outbound domains and lets the warmup engine run interactions automatically so upcoming emails avoid spam folders.
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Master Inbox
Aggregates incoming replies across all outreach campaigns and client accounts into a single dashboard.
Use caseAn account executive reviews and answers responses from twenty active campaigns in one unified place without logging in and out of different email providers.
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Whitelabel client workspaces
Provides isolated sub accounts that agencies can brand as their own to organize client projects separately.
Use caseAn agency owner gives client stakeholders access to campaign metrics under custom agency branding while keeping client contact lists completely partitioned.
From smartlead.ai/pricing.md
Written from Smartlead's own website, checked . Each feature links to the page it comes from; images are Smartlead's own.
Every plan
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Per | What it includes |
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| Base | $39 | $32 | per account | 2,000 contacts, 6,000 emails/month, 2,000 verified emails, unlimited mailboxes |
| Pro | $94 | $78 | per account | 30,000 contacts, 90,000 emails/month, can add client workspaces |
| Unlimited Smart | $174 | $144 | per account | Unlimited contacts, 150,000 emails/month, 50,000 verified emails |
| Unlimited Prime | $379 | $315 | per account | Unlimited contacts, 500,000 emails/month, 3 client workspaces, 3 SmartServers |
From Smartlead's own pricing page, checked . Prices are in US dollars per month; "billed yearly" is the monthly price when you pay for a year up front.
Before you pay
- Card needed for the trial
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What Smartlead says
Every plan includes unlimited email accounts, a free trial, and no credit card to start.
Source page
Only what Smartlead's own pages state, with the quote behind each answer. Anything they don't publish is left out rather than guessed.
Smartlead video tutorials
Independent creators on YouTube, not Smartlead or us. The video loads from YouTube only when you press play.
The free trial
Trial only: Free trial, no credit card required; length not stated on pricing page
Questions people ask about Smartlead
How much does Smartlead cost?
Paid plans start at $39 a month (Base). 4 plans are listed above, from Smartlead's own pricing page.
Is Smartlead free?
There is a free trial but no free plan: Free trial, no credit card required; length not stated on pricing page.
Do I need a credit card to try Smartlead?
No, you can start without a credit card. Source
Does Smartlead have an API?
Yes.
Do I pay per email account or mailbox?
No. Every plan includes unlimited email accounts at no extra cost, which is a cost difference against tools that charge per mailbox or per seat. Source
What is the difference between a lead credit and an email credit?
A lead credit is one unique prospect stored against your contacts limit. An email credit is one email sent against your monthly send limit. They are separate counters. Source
Is there a long term contract?
No. Monthly or annual billing, cancel any time. Source
Where this came from
Plans, prices and limits were copied from Smartlead's own pages, then checked .
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