Snov.io vs Instantly: $189 against $184 at 5,000 emails a day, with lead data on the Snov.io side

At 5,000 cold emails a day Snov.io needs Pro M ($189) and Instantly needs Hypergrowth with one add-on ($184), so the plans cost about the same. The difference is what the money buys: Snov.io's plan includes 20,000 data credits, a CRM and LinkedIn as an add-on, Instantly's buys sending only and sells lead data on a separate Credits plan. At 10,000 a day Instantly is $98 a month lower.

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

5,000 a day · 110,000 a month · 200 mailboxes · USD a month

  1. Snov.io + our mailboxesSnov.io + our mailboxes: $532.33
  2. Instantly + our mailboxesInstantly + our mailboxes: $527.33
  3. Outreach2day all-inOutreach2day all-in: $343.33

Snov.io

Instantly

Entry price
$39 a month (Starter, 5,000 recipients)$47 a month (Growth, 5,000 emails)
Priced by
Flat plans by credits and recipients a month; unlimited senders and seatsBy emails a month and uploaded contacts; email accounts unlimited, no per-seat price
Warmup
Included: 3 slots on Starter, unlimited from Pro SUnlimited warmup included in every plan
At 5,000 a day, all lines
$532.33$527.33

All lines: the sequencer plan, mailboxes and domains at list prices, monthly billing. Every line is in the cost table below.

Side by side

Snov.io vs Instantly, line by line

Each cell links to the vendor's page it comes from.

Prices

Snov.io and Instantly prices

Snov.io

Instantly

List prices from Snov.io's pricing page and Instantly's pricing page, checked . Taxes and card fees excluded.

Full cost

Full monthly cost at 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 emails a day

Each sequencer plan the volume needs, with the same mailboxes and domains on both sides.

1,000 a day · 22,000 a month40 mailboxes · USD a month
  1. Snov.io + Outreach2day mailboxesSnov.io + Outreach2day mailboxes: $207.67
  2. Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxesInstantly + Outreach2day mailboxes: $205.67
  3. Outreach2day all-inOutreach2day all-in: $108.67
5,000 a day · 110,000 a month200 mailboxes · USD a month
  1. Snov.io + Outreach2day mailboxesSnov.io + Outreach2day mailboxes: $532.33
  2. Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxesInstantly + Outreach2day mailboxes: $527.33
  3. Outreach2day all-inOutreach2day all-in: $343.33
10,000 a day · 220,000 a month400 mailboxes · USD a month
  1. Snov.io + Outreach2day mailboxesSnov.io + Outreach2day mailboxes: $1,055.67
  2. Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxesInstantly + Outreach2day mailboxes: $957.67
  3. Outreach2day all-inOutreach2day all-in: $686.67
  • Snov.io + Outreach2day mailboxes

    Keep the sequencer, buy the mailboxes from us

    1,000 a day · 22,000 a month (40 mailboxes)

    $207.67 / mo

    5,000 a day · 110,000 a month (200 mailboxes)

    $532.33 / mo

    10,000 a day · 220,000 a month (400 mailboxes)

    $1,055.67 / mo

  • Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxes

    Keep the sequencer, buy the mailboxes from us

    1,000 a day · 22,000 a month (40 mailboxes)

    $205.67 / mo

    5,000 a day · 110,000 a month (200 mailboxes)

    $527.33 / mo

    10,000 a day · 220,000 a month (400 mailboxes)

    $957.67 / mo

  • Outreach2day all-in

    Mailboxes, warmup and the sequencer in one bill

    1,000 a day · 22,000 a month (40 mailboxes)

    $108.67 / mo

    • 40 mailboxes at $2.50, warmup and sequencer included: $100
    • 8 domains at $13 a year: $8.67
    5,000 a day · 110,000 a month (200 mailboxes)

    $343.33 / mo

    • 200 mailboxes at $1.50 (volume price from 100), warmup and sequencer included: $300
    • 40 domains at $13 a year: $43.33
    10,000 a day · 220,000 a month (400 mailboxes)

    $686.67 / mo

    • 400 mailboxes at $1.50 (volume price from 100), warmup and sequencer included: $600
    • 80 domains at $13 a year: $86.67

25 cold emails per mailbox a day and 5 mailboxes per domain: 1,000 a day = 40 mailboxes and 8 domains; 5,000 a day = 200 mailboxes and 40 domains; 10,000 a day = 400 mailboxes and 80 domains. A month is 22 sending days, so emails a month = emails a day × 22. Monthly list prices on monthly billing; .com domains at $13 a year spread over 12 months. Outreach2day mailboxes on comparison pages: $2.50 a mailbox up to 99, $1.50 from 100, $0.50 from 1,000, warmup and the sequencer included.

New · Outreach2day volume pricing

The mailbox price falls from 100 and again from 1,000 mailboxes

Warmup, the sequencer and the replies inbox included at every tier

  1. Up to 99 mailboxes$2.50a mailbox a month
  2. From 100 mailboxes$1.50a mailbox a month
  3. From 1,000 mailboxes$0.50a mailbox a month

Enterprise plan. Better prices for larger volumes.

Book a call

With Outreach2day mailboxes on both: $207.67 on Snov.io and $205.67 on Instantly at 1,000 a day, $532.33 and $527.33 at 5,000, $1,055.67 and $957.67 at 10,000. The plans are $99 against $97, $189 against $184, then $369 against $271.

Both sell done-for-you Google mailboxes at $5 a month. With 200 of them and the plan, Snov.io comes to $1,229 a month (domains from $12 a year) and Instantly to $1,234 (domains $15 a year). Every plan is in Snov.io pricing and Instantly pricing.

Outreach2day on its own, with our sequencer, warmup and 200 mailboxes on 40 domains, is $343.33 a month at 5,000 a day.

At scale

From 25,000 to 1,000,000 cold emails a day

The same setups at larger daily volumes. A vendor without a published price at a size reads “Custom pricing (not published)” and has no bar.

25,000 a day · 550,000 a month1,000 mailboxes · USD a month
  1. Snov.io + Outreach2day mailboxesSnov.io + Outreach2day mailboxes: $1,454.67
  2. Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxesInstantly + Outreach2day mailboxes: $1,422.67
  3. Outreach2day all-inOutreach2day all-in: $716.67
50,000 a day · 1,100,000 a month2,000 mailboxes · USD a month
  1. Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxesInstantly + Outreach2day mailboxes: $2,748.33
  2. Outreach2day all-inOutreach2day all-in: $1,433.33
Snov.io + Outreach2day mailboxes: no published price at this volume, so no bar.
100,000 a day · 2,200,000 a month4,000 mailboxes · USD a month
  1. Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxesInstantly + Outreach2day mailboxes: $5,486.67
  2. Outreach2day all-inOutreach2day all-in: $2,866.67
Snov.io + Outreach2day mailboxes: no published price at this volume, so no bar.
250,000 a day · 5,500,000 a month10,000 mailboxes · USD a month
  1. Outreach2day all-inOutreach2day all-in: $7,166.67
Snov.io + Outreach2day mailboxes, Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxes: no published price at this volume, so no bar.
500,000 a day · 11,000,000 a month20,000 mailboxes · USD a month
  1. Outreach2day all-inOutreach2day all-in: $14,333.33
Snov.io + Outreach2day mailboxes, Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxes: no published price at this volume, so no bar.
1,000,000 a day · 22,000,000 a month40,000 mailboxes · USD a month
  1. Outreach2day all-inOutreach2day all-in: $28,666.67
Snov.io + Outreach2day mailboxes, Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxes: no published price at this volume, so no bar.
Monthly cost of Snov.io and Instantly setups from 25,000 to 1,000,000 cold emails a day
Setup25,000 a day550,000 a month1,000 mailboxes50,000 a day1,100,000 a month2,000 mailboxes100,000 a day2,200,000 a month4,000 mailboxes250,000 a day5,500,000 a month10,000 mailboxes500,000 a day11,000,000 a month20,000 mailboxes1,000,000 a day22,000,000 a month40,000 mailboxes
Snov.io + Outreach2day mailboxes$1,454.67$738 moreCustom pricing (not published)Custom pricing (not published)Custom pricing (not published)Custom pricing (not published)Custom pricing (not published)
Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxes$1,422.67$706 more$2,748.33$1,315 more$5,486.67$2,620 moreCustom pricing (not published)Custom pricing (not published)Custom pricing (not published)
Outreach2day all-in$716.67$1,433.33$2,866.67$7,166.67$14,333.33$28,666.67

25 cold emails per mailbox a day and 5 mailboxes per domain: 25,000 a day = 1,000 mailboxes and 200 domains; 50,000 a day = 2,000 mailboxes and 400 domains; 100,000 a day = 4,000 mailboxes and 800 domains; 250,000 a day = 10,000 mailboxes and 2,000 domains; 500,000 a day = 20,000 mailboxes and 4,000 domains; 1,000,000 a day = 40,000 mailboxes and 8,000 domains. A month is 22 sending days, so emails a month = emails a day × 22. Each tool at the published plan that covers the volume; where the vendor publishes no price at that size (a top plan that stops below it, or "contact sales"), the cell says so and the chart leaves it out. Domains at $13 a year, spread over 12 months, are in every total.

Every line at scale

  • Snov.io + Outreach2day mailboxes, 25,000 a day: Snov.io Ultra ($738) source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab) + 1,000 Outreach2day mailboxes at $0.50 (volume price from 1,000) ($500) + 200 domains at $13 a year ($216.67) = $1,454.67
  • Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxes, 25,000 a day: Instantly Light Speed + 4 Outbound add-ons ($706) source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab) + 1,000 Outreach2day mailboxes at $0.50 (volume price from 1,000) ($500) + 200 domains at $13 a year ($216.67) = $1,422.67
  • Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxes, 50,000 a day: Instantly Light Speed + 11 Outbound add-ons ($1,315) source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab) + 2,000 Outreach2day mailboxes at $0.50 (volume price from 1,000) ($1,000) + 400 domains at $13 a year ($433.33) = $2,748.33
  • Instantly + Outreach2day mailboxes, 100,000 a day: Instantly Light Speed + 26 Outbound add-ons ($2,620) source (opens the vendor's page in a new tab) + 4,000 Outreach2day mailboxes at $0.50 (volume price from 1,000) ($2,000) + 800 domains at $13 a year ($866.67) = $5,486.67
  • Outreach2day all-in, 25,000 a day: 1,000 mailboxes at $0.50 (volume price from 1,000), warmup and sequencer included ($500) + 200 domains at $13 a year ($216.67) = $716.67
  • Outreach2day all-in, 50,000 a day: 2,000 mailboxes at $0.50 (volume price from 1,000), warmup and sequencer included ($1,000) + 400 domains at $13 a year ($433.33) = $1,433.33
  • Outreach2day all-in, 100,000 a day: 4,000 mailboxes at $0.50 (volume price from 1,000), warmup and sequencer included ($2,000) + 800 domains at $13 a year ($866.67) = $2,866.67
  • Outreach2day all-in, 250,000 a day: 10,000 mailboxes at $0.50 (volume price from 1,000), warmup and sequencer included ($5,000) + 2,000 domains at $13 a year ($2,166.67) = $7,166.67
  • Outreach2day all-in, 500,000 a day: 20,000 mailboxes at $0.50 (volume price from 1,000), warmup and sequencer included ($10,000) + 4,000 domains at $13 a year ($4,333.33) = $14,333.33
  • Outreach2day all-in, 1,000,000 a day: 40,000 mailboxes at $0.50 (volume price from 1,000), warmup and sequencer included ($20,000) + 8,000 domains at $13 a year ($8,666.67) = $28,666.67

Why each plan at scale

Where they differ

What each plan counts

Snov.io counts recipients: unique leads contacted in a billing period, 25,000 on Pro S and 50,000 on Pro M, reset every month. Instantly counts uploaded contacts as a running total, 25,000 on Hypergrowth, so old leads keep counting until you delete them or buy an $87 add-on for 25,000 more.

At 5,000 a day on a 3-step sequence, about 36,700 new contacts a month, Snov.io's Pro M holds a month of sending with room to spare. Instantly needs the add-on from the first month and a second one when the total passes 50,000.

Lead data and channels

Snov.io's plans carry credits for its email finder, verifier and B2B database: 1,000 on Starter to 50,000 on Pro L, one credit per prospect or verification. LinkedIn automation is $69 a month per LinkedIn account, and a deals CRM sits next to the campaigns.

Instantly's SuperSearch database is a separate Credits plan from $9 for 150 credits to $197 for 10,000, and its CRM add-on with calls, SMS and LinkedIn connections is $47 or $97 a month. For a team that already buys data elsewhere, Instantly's price covers sending only.

Mailboxes and warmup

Both connect Google, Microsoft and SMTP accounts without a mailbox limit. Snov.io includes 3 warmup slots on Starter and unlimited from Pro S, which it may cut to 500 or 1,000 when more than half of the accounts are neither Google nor Microsoft. Instantly includes unlimited warmup, with a standard pool of 500 SMTP accounts on Hypergrowth and 500 more per add-on.

Their done-for-you mailboxes are both Google at $5. Snov.io gives full account access; Instantly keeps domain ownership and admin access, and its accounts pause without an active plan.

API, MCP, trials and refunds

Both run official MCP servers: mcp.snov.io on every plan including the free Trial, mcp.instantly.ai on paid plans. Both have REST APIs on paid plans.

Snov.io's Trial plan has no end date (50 credits, 100 recipients); Instantly's trial lasts 14 days with 1,000 emails. Neither refunds subscriptions. Trustpilot shows Snov.io at 4.6 from 1,597 reviews and withholds Instantly's score for a guideline breach.

Fit

Which one to pick

Snov.io

Pick Snov.io if

  • You want lead search, verification and sending on one bill
  • You contact a fresh list every month and want the count to reset
  • You want LinkedIn steps and a CRM next to the campaigns

Instantly

Pick Instantly if

  • You send 10,000 or more a day and want the lower plan price
  • You buy lead data elsewhere and need sending only
  • You want unlimited warmup with no fair-use cut for SMTP mailboxes

Outreach2day

Where Outreach2day fits

Outreach2day is a third option: mailboxes, warmup and a sequencer in one subscription. It is ours, so it has its own section.

Outreach2day mailboxes work in either one: synced into Instantly by API key, or exported as a CSV in Snov.io's import format, at $2.50 a mailbox with warmup included. At 5,000 a day our 200 mailboxes are $500 a month against $1,000 for 200 done-for-you Google accounts from either vendor.

If your campaigns are email-only and your list comes from elsewhere, Outreach2day all-in replaces the sequencer plan as well: $108.67 a month at 1,000 a day and $343.33 at 5,000, with our sequencer, warmup and replies inbox. Snov.io's database and LinkedIn steps have no equivalent with us.

Outreach2day mailboxes are $2.50 a mailbox up to 99, $1.50 from 100, $0.50 from 1,000, with warmup, the sequencer and the replies inbox included at every tier. For larger volumes and better prices there is the Enterprise plan: book a call and we size it with you.

Outreach2day

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

FAQ

Snov.io vs Instantly: questions

Is Snov.io or Instantly cheaper?

Close at low volume: $99 against $97 at 1,000 emails a day and $189 against $184 at 5,000. At 10,000 a day Snov.io needs Pro L ($369) and Instantly Hypergrowth with two add-ons ($271).

Does Snov.io include lead data?

Yes. Every paid plan has credits for the email finder, verifier and database, from 1,000 on Starter. Instantly sells its database on a separate Credits plan.

Do both include warmup?

Yes. Snov.io has 3 slots on Starter and unlimited from Pro S, with a fair-use cut for mostly SMTP accounts. Instantly includes unlimited warmup.

Do they sell mailboxes?

Both sell done-for-you Google mailboxes at $5 a month. Snov.io gives full account access; Instantly keeps ownership of the domains.

Which has an MCP server?

Both: mcp.snov.io on every plan including Trial, and mcp.instantly.ai on paid plans.

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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. Mailboxes are $1.50 from 100 and $0.50 from 1,000; for larger volumes we size an Enterprise plan with you.

  • 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
  • Larger volumes: the Enterprise plan and its price for your setup

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