Outreach2day vs Smartlead: $294 less a month, and the mailboxes stay yours

Smartlead charges a plan by sends plus $4.50 a month for each SmartSenders mailbox. We charge $2.50 a mailbox with warmup and a sequencer included. At 100 mailboxes: $250 against $544.

  • Warmup and sending included
  • $2.50 a mailbox, 12 minimum
  • Month-to-month billing

Full setup · 100 mailboxes · 55,000 emails a month

$294less a month with Outreach2day, $3,528 a year

Outreach2day$250 / mo
Smartlead$544 / mo

Mailboxes, warmup and a sequencer at list prices, monthly billing. Line items in the cost table below.

teams have used Outreach2day
3,600+
emails sent a day
40M+

Among them

  • SalesSourcers
  • Vivid
  • OptiQ.AI
  • SLSBMB
  • Outreacher
  • Outpush

Why teams pick Outreach2day over Smartlead

  • Sending in the mailbox price

    100 mailboxes with warmup and sending: $250 a month, against $544 for SmartSenders plus the Pro plan; $3,528 a year saved

  • Mailboxes that move with you

    SmartSenders mailboxes can't be used outside Smartlead; ours sync to Smartlead or Instantly and export to 14 tools

  • Monitoring in the price

    Smartlead's placement tests are a separate SmartDelivery plan from $49 a month; ours come with every mailbox, next to per-mailbox inbox, spam and bounce rates

Smartlead resells Google and Outlook mailboxes. Ours are SMTP/IMAP, and they sync to Smartlead if you keep it as your sender.

Outreach2day vs Smartlead, feature by feature

Each cell links to the public page it comes from. List prices, monthly billing.

Included Partly, or at extra cost Not included

Smartlead: pricing, limits and who it fits

From Smartlead's own pages, read .

Pricing model
Monthly plans priced by sends and contacts, with unlimited email accounts: Base $39 (6,000 sends, 2,000 contacts), Pro $94 (90,000, 30,000), Unlimited Smart $174 (150,000 sends, unlimited contacts), Unlimited Prime $379 (500,000). Annual billing saves 17%.source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Mailboxes (SmartSenders)
Domain a year plus mailbox a month: Google or Outlook through Zapmail $13 + $4.50, Outlook through InfraInbox $16 + $5, SMTP through Mailreef $19 + $3.99 (from 75 mailboxes), pre-warmed Google or Outlook $18 + $9.source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Sending limits
Smartlead's own guidance per mailbox a day: Google 15–20 after warmup, Outlook 10–15 (at most 20), Mailreef SMTP 20 cold plus 20 warmup.source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Ownership
SmartSenders mailboxes cannot be moved out of Smartlead, and their domains run on a fixed 12-month term with no renewal.source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)
Warmup
Included for unlimited accounts. The warmup pool tier depends on the plan: Foundation on Base, Growth on Pro, Premium and Ultrapremium on the Unlimited plans.source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab)

What Smartlead is good at

Pick Smartlead if

  • You run an agency with many clients and need separate workspaces and white-label
  • You already bring mailboxes from several providers and want one sequencer with unlimited accounts

What the full setup costs each month

Mailboxes, warmup and a sequencer at the same email volume, every line item listed. Set your volume.

Outreach2day, mailboxes/ moWarmup, sending, the inbox and analytics included.
Create 100 mailboxes

The same volume, both setups

  • Outreach2day
    Mailboxes with warmup and a sequencer included
  • Smartlead more
    $4.50 per Google or Outlook SmartSenders mailbox a month; sequencer with warmup: Smartlead $39 (6,000 sends), $94 (90,000 sends), $174 (150,000 sends), $228 (240,000 sends), $282 (330,000 sends), $336 (420,000 sends), $379 (500,000 sends) a month
  • Outreach2dayMailboxes + warmup + sequencer

    25 mailboxes
    $62.50 / mo25 mailboxes × $2.50, warmup and a sequencer included $62.50
    100 mailboxes
    $250 / mo100 mailboxes × $2.50, warmup and a sequencer included $250
    400 mailboxes
    $1,000 / mo400 mailboxes × $2.50, warmup and a sequencer included $1,000
  • SmartleadSequencer + mailboxes

    25 mailboxes
    $206.50 / mo25 mailboxes × $4.50 $112.50 + Smartlead Pro $94
    100 mailboxes
    $544 / mo100 mailboxes × $4.50 $450 + Smartlead Pro $94
    400 mailboxes
    $2,028 / mo400 mailboxes × $4.50 $1,800 + Smartlead 240K sends $228

How we count: 550 cold emails per mailbox a month (25 a day on 22 working days), the same for every vendor. List prices on monthly billing, in USD, excluding domains, taxes and discounts. A vendor that does not sell sending gets the cheapest Instantly plan that covers the volume.

Included in the $2.50

Everything a cold email setup needs, in one mailbox price

One subscription at $2.50 a mailbox, from 12 mailboxes ($30 a month), everything included

  • Sequencer included

    Warmup and a sequencer

    • Warmup for the life of every mailbox
    • Campaigns, sequences, schedules and follow-ups
    • One inbox for replies from all mailboxes
  • Per mailbox

    Analytics that show which mailboxes still land

    • Warmup inbox, spam and bounce rate for every mailbox
    • Sends by recipient provider
    • Google and Outlook placement tests
  • Deliverability

    SSL domain masking and link protection

    SSL domain masking on sending domains and automatic link replacement in emails; SPF, DKIM, DMARC and redirect to your site set up automatically

  • REST API

    An API on every account

    Script domains, DNS and warmup, or pull mailbox data into your own tools

    curl · public.outreach2day.com
    # OUTREACH2DAY_API_KEY: a key from app → API keyscurl "https://public.outreach2day.com/warmup/mailboxes?workspaceId=123" \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OUTREACH2DAY_API_KEY"
  • MCP server

    Run it from Claude, Cursor or Codex

    Your AI assistant checks domains, quotes mailboxes and sets up DNS, warmup and campaigns. Add the server URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Codex and sign in with your Outreach2day account; turn on Prepare orders at sign-in, then approve and pay on Stripe

    Server URL
    https://public.outreach2day.com/mcp
    Or install for every client · macOS / Linux
    curl -fsSL https://outreach2day.com/install | sh
    Setup for each client
  • 14 tools

    Keep the sequencer you already use

    Instantly and Smartlead sync by API key; 12 more get a CSV in their own import format. Setup per tool

    • Instantly
    • Smartlead
    • SalesHandy
    • Reply.io
    • Apollo
    • Snov.io
    • Mailshake
    • ReachInbox
    • PlusVibe
    • Luna
    • Nureply
    • Coldy
    • MailToaster
    • EmailBison
  • Hundreds of mailboxes

    Enterprise support

    A shared Slack channel and a dedicated account team, for companies running hundreds or thousands of mailboxes

    Talk to us

The details

What you pay each month

Smartlead bills a plan by sends (Base $39 for 6,000, Pro $94 for 90,000, Unlimited Smart $174 for 150,000, up to $379 for 500,000) plus SmartSenders at $4.50 per Google or Outlook mailbox. Warmup is in the plan.

We bill $2.50 per mailbox with warmup and sending inside. At 25 mailboxes: $62.50 against $206.50. At 400: $1,000 against $2,028.

Where SmartSenders come from

SmartSenders are resold from partner providers: Google and Outlook through Zapmail, Outlook through InfraInbox, SMTP through Mailreef. The domains have a fixed 12-month term and the mailboxes stay inside Smartlead.

Domains bought in our app are registered to you, and the mailboxes sync to Smartlead, Instantly or 12 more tools by CSV.

Customers

What customers say

  • “That was the best infrastructure and value for money I saw.”
    Ido RebhunIdo RebhunRenaissance
  • “…deliverability with your inboxes is better than our outlook/google inboxes…”
    Daniel DultsinDaniel DultsinControl
  • “We really would like to thank you for that report. We don’t know what we are doing with email and it is very reassuring to us to know we have a partner on top of the ball.”
    ReilcapBill OConnorReilcap

Keep Smartlead, or move off it

  1. Create mailboxes in Outreach2day on new domains, or on domains you already own
  2. Warmup starts on its own; give it 14 days
  3. Keep Smartlead as your sender: connect it with an API key and the mailboxes appear there
  4. Or send from our own sequencer: rebuild the sequences and import your leads
  5. Keep SmartSenders sending until the new mailboxes reach full volume on day 21; they can't leave Smartlead

Smartlead vs Outreach2day: questions

Can I use Outreach2day mailboxes in Smartlead?

Yes. Connect Smartlead with an API key and we add the mailboxes to your Smartlead account.

Is Outreach2day cheaper than Smartlead?

Yes: $250 against $544 a month at 100 mailboxes (SmartSenders plus Pro). Mailbox for mailbox, $2.50 against $4.50.

Does Smartlead include warmup?

Yes, unlimited warmup on every plan. The warmup pool tier depends on the plan. Ours is included in the $2.50 mailbox.

Can I move SmartSenders mailboxes to Outreach2day?

No. Smartlead's help center says SmartSenders mailboxes can't be used outside Smartlead. Set up new mailboxes with us and warm them up first.

Deliverability call

Talk to our deliverability team

Book a call with the people who run our mailbox infrastructure. We look at your current setup and tell you what to change. Running 1,000+ mailboxes? We also quote a volume price below every vendor list price in our comparisons, warmup and sending included.

  • Review your domains, DNS records and current inbox placement
  • Size the setup: domains, mailboxes per domain and daily volume per mailbox
  • Plan warmup and the move from your current provider or sequencer
  • 1,000+ mailboxes: a volume price per mailbox for your setup

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