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QuickMail costs $49 a month for 1,000 contacts and 5,000 emails, $99 for 25,000 contacts and 100,000 emails, and $299 for its Agency plan. The best alternative depends on which limit you hit. Smartlead fits teams that want more contacts per dollar and verified leads in the same account, Instantly and Saleshandy are close on price at QuickMail's Growth volume, Woodpecker and lemlist fit email plus LinkedIn, Reply.io and Mailshake fit teams that also call, and Snov.io and Apollo.io fit teams that need a lead database first.
QuickMail is a cold email and LinkedIn outreach tool built around unlimited senders and unlimited users on every plan. Three limits on that pricing push teams to look elsewhere. The Starter plan stores only 1,000 contacts. API access starts on Growth and webhooks only on Agency. And QuickMail does not sell its own lead data, so the list has to come from somewhere else.
This guide starts with what QuickMail gives you today, then works out what the same volume costs elsewhere, and only then goes through the 9 alternatives. Every price comes from the vendor's own pricing page, checked on 3 November 2026. Monthly prices are shown unless a vendor only publishes annual ones.
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| If you are leaving QuickMail because | Pick | Starting price (checked 3 Nov 2026) |
| You want more contacts per dollar and lead data in one account | Smartlead | $39/mo for 2,000 contacts and 6,000 emails |
| You want flat pricing with unlimited accounts at higher volume | Instantly | $47/mo for 1,000 contacts and 5,000 emails |
| You want the closest match to QuickMail Growth on price | Saleshandy | $99/mo for 30,000 active prospects and 100,000 emails |
| You run email and LinkedIn in the same campaign | Woodpecker | $68/mo on the Multichannel plan |
| You want email and LinkedIn with a built-in data add-on | lemlist | $69/mo on the Email plan, $109 on Multichannel |
| Your team also calls and sends SMS | Reply.io | $89/user/mo billed yearly on Multichannel |
| You want a power dialer next to email | Mailshake | $99/user/mo on Sales Engagement |
| You need an email finder and sending on a small budget | Snov.io | $39/mo for 1,000 credits and 5,000 recipients |
| You need a large contact database first | Apollo.io | $49/seat/mo billed yearly |
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QuickMail has three plans, and each one includes unlimited email senders, unlimited LinkedIn accounts and unlimited users. Warmup comes through QuickMail's free MailFlow AutoWarmer. The plans differ on contacts, monthly sends, workspaces and developer access.
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| Plan | Price | Uploaded contacts | Emails per month | Workspaces | API | Webhooks |
| Starter | $49/mo | 1,000 | 5,000 | 1 | No | No |
| Growth | $99/mo | 25,000 | 100,000 | 1 | Yes | No |
| Agency | $299/mo | 100,000 | 500,000 | 2, then $49 each | Yes | Yes |
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The pricing page lists monthly prices only and a 14-day free trial. Source is the QuickMail pricing page.
The table explains most moves away from QuickMail. A team that outgrows 1,000 contacts has to jump from $49 to $99 even if it sends far fewer than 100,000 emails. A developer who wants webhooks has to buy the $299 Agency plan. And nothing on any plan gives you contacts to email.
Comparing plan names hides the real difference, so this table prices the tier that covers roughly what QuickMail Growth covers, about 100,000 emails a month. Where a tool caps sends below that, the note says so.
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| Tool | Plan at about 100,000 emails a month | Monthly price | Contacts included | Note |
| QuickMail | Growth | $99 | 25,000 | API included, no webhooks |
| Smartlead | Pro | $94 | 30,000 | 90,000 sends; Unlimited Smart covers 150,000 for $174 |
| Saleshandy | Pro | $99 | 30,000 active prospects | 100,000 emails |
| Instantly | Hypergrowth | $107 | 25,000 | 125,000 emails |
| Woodpecker | Email, 100,000 tier | $119 | Unlimited storage | Priced by emails sent |
| Reply.io | Email Volume | $159, billed yearly | 10,000 active contacts/mo | Unlimited users and mailboxes |
| lemlist | Multichannel | $109 per user | Not stated | The Email plan stops at 50,000 emails |
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At QuickMail's Growth volume, Smartlead, Saleshandy and Instantly land within $10 of each other, so price alone will not decide it. Contacts, data and sending infrastructure will. Prices are from each vendor's pricing page on 3 November 2026.
Each entry says who the tool suits, what it costs and where it falls short against QuickMail.
Smartlead suits teams that want more stored contacts for the money and their lead data in the same account. Base is $39 a month for 2,000 contacts and 6,000 emails, Pro is $94 for 30,000 contacts and 90,000 emails, Unlimited Smart is $174 with no contact cap and 150,000 emails, and Unlimited Prime is $379 for 500,000 emails. Annual billing saves 17%. Every plan includes unlimited email accounts and warmup, so there is no per-mailbox fee.
The difference against QuickMail is what sits around the sending. SmartProspect verified emails are included on Unlimited Smart and Prime (50,000 and 170,000 a month) and cost $59 a month on Base and Pro. Dedicated SmartServers are $39 a month each from Pro, client workspaces are $29 a month each from Pro, and inbox placement testing is available through SmartDelivery. All replies land in one unified inbox.
The gap is developer access. API and webhooks start on Pro, so Base suits single senders rather than teams building integrations. Full plan details are on the Smartlead pricing page, and there is a direct Smartlead vs QuickMail comparison.
Instantly suits teams that want flat pricing with unlimited email accounts and warmup on every Outreach plan. Growth is $47 a month for 1,000 uploaded contacts and 5,000 emails, Hypergrowth is $107 for 25,000 contacts and 125,000 emails, and Light Speed is $358 for 100,000 contacts and 500,000 emails.
Against QuickMail, the entry plan is almost identical in limits and $2 cheaper, while Hypergrowth sends 25% more than QuickMail Growth for $8 more. Lead data and the CRM are sold as separate products, so the sending plan alone does not include contacts. Source is the Instantly pricing page.
Saleshandy suits teams moving off QuickMail Starter because of the 1,000-contact limit. Starter is $41 a month ($34 billed yearly) for 2,000 active prospects and 6,000 emails, Pro is $99 ($76 yearly) for 30,000 active prospects and 100,000 emails, and Scale is $189 ($149 yearly) for 200,000 emails with unlimited active prospects under a fair usage policy.
Every plan connects unlimited mailboxes with no per-inbox fee and includes warmup. Active prospects count only the contacts in live sequences, and storage is unlimited, which is a looser limit than QuickMail's uploaded contacts. Source is the Saleshandy pricing page.
Woodpecker suits teams that, like QuickMail users, run email and LinkedIn in one campaign. Pricing scales by emails sent. The Email plan is $39 a month for 5,000 emails, $79 for 50,000, $119 for 100,000 and $219 for 250,000, and the Multichannel plan with one LinkedIn account starts at $68. Annual billing saves 33%, which brings the 5,000-email Email plan to $26.
Every plan includes unlimited contact storage, unlimited email accounts, unlimited email verification, unlimited team members and 3 warm-ups. Extra warm-ups are a paid add-on, which matters if you rotate many mailboxes. The trial is 14 days or 500 cold emails, whichever comes first. Source is the Woodpecker pricing page.
lemlist suits teams that want email and LinkedIn with an optional data add-on. The Email plan is $69 a month ($55 billed yearly) for 50,000 emails with unlimited users and mailboxes. The Multichannel plan is $109 a month ($87 yearly), priced per user, with 5 sending mailboxes per user and LinkedIn and calling included.
Warmup (lemwarm) is included on every plan. Lead enrichment is an add-on at $20 a month for 2,000 credits, which the page converts to 400 emails or 100 phone numbers. Because Multichannel is priced per user, one user costs about the same as QuickMail Growth, and every extra user adds $109 where QuickMail adds nothing. Source is the lemlist pricing page.
Reply.io suits teams that add calls and SMS to email. The Multichannel plan starts at $89 per user a month billed yearly, with 10 mailboxes, and covers email, LinkedIn, SMS and calls. The Email Volume plan starts at $159 a month billed yearly for 10,000 active contacts a month, with unlimited users and mailboxes, and sells LinkedIn at $69 a month per account and calls and SMS at $29 a month per account.
Against QuickMail, Reply.io is the more complete sales engagement tool and the more expensive one at low volume. It also bundles data credits, which QuickMail does not offer. Source is the Reply.io pricing page.
Mailshake suits small teams that want a power dialer next to email. Prices are per user. Starter is $29 a month for 1 email address and 1,500 emails, Email Outreach is $49 for 2 addresses and unlimited emails, and Sales Engagement is $99 for 10 addresses with a power dialer, 5 phone numbers and unlimited free minutes to North American numbers.
The limit to watch is mailboxes. QuickMail allows unlimited senders on every plan, while Mailshake caps addresses per user, so a team that rotates many inboxes pays more per sender. Data Finder is $19 a month extra. Source is the Mailshake pricing page.
Snov.io suits teams that need an email finder and sending on a small budget. Starter is $39 a month ($29.25 billed yearly) for 1,000 credits and 5,000 recipients, and Pro S is $99 ($74.25 yearly) for 5,000 credits and 25,000 recipients. Senders and follow-ups are unlimited on every plan, and Starter includes 3 warm-up mailboxes.
The trade-off against QuickMail is LinkedIn. Snov.io sells LinkedIn automation separately at $69 a month per slot, where QuickMail includes unlimited LinkedIn accounts. Source is the Snov.io pricing page.
Apollo.io suits teams whose real gap is data. Basic is $49 per seat a month billed yearly, with 30,000 credits per seat a year and unlimited sequences, and the free plan includes 900 credits a year and 2 sequences.
Apollo is a contact database with sequencing attached. Its price grows with every seat, so at QuickMail Growth or Agency volume it pairs best with a dedicated sending tool rather than replacing one. Source is the Apollo.io pricing page.
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Start from the limit that pushed you out, because each alternative fixes a different one.
If contacts ran out first, compare stored contacts per dollar. Smartlead Base stores 2,000 contacts for $39 against QuickMail's 1,000 for $49, and Saleshandy counts only active prospects.
If you need lists as well as sending, pick a tool with data in the same account. Smartlead includes verified prospect emails on its Unlimited plans, while Apollo.io and Snov.io start from the database side.
If LinkedIn is half your outreach, stay with a multichannel tool. Woodpecker, lemlist and Reply.io all run email and LinkedIn in one sequence, and Snov.io charges for LinkedIn separately.
If deliverability is the problem, look at what protects your sender reputation. Unlimited mailboxes with warmup matter more than the plan price, and the email deliverability test and cold email infrastructure pages explain how Smartlead handles both. For a wider view of the category, see the best cold email software guide.
It depends on which QuickMail limit you hit. Smartlead fits teams that want more contacts per plan and lead data in the same account, Saleshandy and Instantly are closest on price at 100,000 emails a month, Woodpecker and lemlist fit email plus LinkedIn, and Reply.io and Mailshake fit teams that also call.
As of November 2026, QuickMail Starter is $49 a month for 1,000 contacts and 5,000 emails, Growth is $99 for 25,000 contacts and 100,000 emails, and Agency is $299 for 100,000 contacts and 500,000 emails. Every plan includes unlimited senders, LinkedIn accounts and users.
Yes. Every QuickMail plan includes unlimited LinkedIn accounts. Among the alternatives here, Woodpecker, lemlist and Reply.io also run LinkedIn steps, and Snov.io sells LinkedIn automation as a $69 a month add-on per slot.
At the entry level, Mailshake Starter is $29 per user a month ($25 billed yearly) and Woodpecker's Email plan is $26 a month billed yearly for 5,000 emails. For more stored contacts at a low price, Smartlead Base is $39 a month for 2,000 contacts and 6,000 emails.
QuickMail's API starts on the Growth plan at $99 a month, and webhooks are only on the Agency plan at $299. Smartlead includes API access and webhooks from the Pro plan at $94 a month.
Apollo.io and Snov.io are built around a contact database. Smartlead includes verified prospect emails through SmartProspect on its Unlimited plans, and lemlist sells lead enrichment as an add-on.
Every price, limit and feature in this guide comes from the vendor's own pricing page, checked on 3 November 2026 with monthly billing selected unless stated. Where a vendor publishes only annual prices, the guide says so. Vendors change pricing often, so check the linked pages before you buy.
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