Pricing
Send 1,000 emails for just $1.
Cold email that works hard without an enterprise price. No subscription, no seats: your wallet is charged only as emails actually send.
- per email sent
- $0.001per email sent
- monthly fee
- $0monthly fee
- for emails that don’t send
- $0for emails that don’t send
Prices in US dollars, excluding VAT or sales tax where it applies.
What would you pay?
Pick a monthly volume and see Inboxed next to five popular cold email tools, using the prices on their own pricing pages as of November 8, 2026.
Inboxed has no plans or yearly billing: $1 per 1,000 emails that send, whichever you choose. “Paid yearly” shows competitors’ per-month price when billed annually.
Inboxed, for 10,000 emails a month
$10
a month, only if every email sends
- Per 1,000 emails
- $1
- Per email
- $0.001
- Over a year
- $120
- Monthly fee
- None
- Smallest top-up
- $5, never expires
The same 10,000 emails elsewhere
Each tool’s cheapest published plan that covers this volume, billed monthly.
- Inboxed · $1 per 1,000 emails$10/mo
- Instantly · Hypergrowth$107/mo
Save $97 a month (90.7%), $1,164 a year25,000 uploaded contacts
- Smartlead · Pro$94/mo
Save $84 a month (89.4%), $1,008 a year30,000 contacts
- Lemlist · Email 50k$69/mo
Save $59 a month (85.5%), $708 a year
- ApolloPriced per seat, not by volume
$65 per seat a month (Basic). Apollo publishes no sending limit per seat, so we can’t say what this volume costs there. Mailboxes and warmup use credits on top.
- Reply.io · Email Volume 3kEstimate$79/mo
Save $69 a month (87.3%), $828 a yearPriced by active contacts: 2,500 contacts at 4 emails each.
At 10,000 emails a month, Inboxed costs less than Instantly, Smartlead, Lemlist and Reply.io. Apollo doesn’t publish a comparable price at this volume.
Monthly cost at the same volume
The cheapest published way to send each volume with each tool. Green is where Inboxed costs less, amber where it costs more.
| Emails a month | 10,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 500,000 | 1,000,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inboxed | $10 | $50 | $100 | $500 | $1,000 |
| Instantly pricing page (opens in a new tab) | $107save 90.7% with Inboxed | $107save 53.3% with Inboxed | $107save 6.5% with Inboxed | $358$142 less than Inboxed with Instantly | Custom |
| Smartlead pricing page (opens in a new tab) | $94save 89.4% with Inboxed | $94save 46.8% with Inboxed | $174save 42.5% with Inboxed | $379$121 less than Inboxed with Smartlead | Custom |
| Lemlist pricing page (opens in a new tab) | $69save 85.5% with Inboxed | $69save 27.5% with Inboxed | $89$11 less than Inboxed with Lemlist | $359$141 less than Inboxed with Lemlist | $659$341 less than Inboxed with Lemlist |
| Apollo pricing page (opens in a new tab) | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat |
| Reply.io pricing page (opens in a new tab) | $79*save 87.3% with Inboxed | $299*save 83.3% with Inboxed | $299*save 66.6% with Inboxed | Custom | Custom |
* Estimate. Apollo prices per seat with no published sending limit, so it can’t be compared by volume. Reply.io prices by contacts, so its row assumes 4 emails per lead. Instantly between 125,000 and 500,000 assumes its Outreach add-on can be bought more than once. Instantly and Smartlead also cap contacts per plan; we compare on email volume only. Hover or tap a price for the plan used.
What it costs for teams like yours
Three typical volumes, with the cheapest and most expensive published plan among the five tools.
5,000 emails a month
A founder testing outbound
One or two mailboxes, a short campaign each month.
$5
a month with Inboxed
- Lowest elsewhere
- $39 (Smartlead)
- Highest elsewhere
- $69 (Lemlist)
$408 a year less than Smartlead’s monthly price ($324 against its yearly price).
50,000 emails a month
A growing sales team
Several SDRs and a dozen warmed mailboxes.
$50
a month with Inboxed
- Lowest elsewhere
- $69 (Lemlist)
- Highest elsewhere
- $107 (Instantly)
$228 a year less than Lemlist’s monthly price ($60 against its yearly price).
500,000 emails a month
A high-volume team or agency
Many domains and clients, steady volume every month.
$500
a month with Inboxed
- Lowest elsewhere
- $358 (Instantly)
- Highest elsewhere
- $379 (Smartlead)
Instantly costs $142 less a month at this volume. Inboxed costs less in any month you send under 358,000 emails.
Published monthly prices only; Apollo and Reply.io estimates are left out of these ranges.
More than affordable email sending.
Everything you need to run cold email day to day, included in the same $1 per 1,000. Every item here works in the product today.
Spend limits you set
Daily, weekly and monthly caps for the workspace and each campaign, with one-click Pause all.
Live spend and pace
The dashboard shows what sent today, what it cost and how fast each campaign is going.
Free warmup and verification
Every connected mailbox warms up for free. Campaign leads are verified before sending, and addresses that fail verification are never charged.
Bounces and unsubscribes handled
Bounces, unsubscribes and “remove me” replies are added to your suppress list automatically. Block whole companies by domain.
Blocklist watch
Every six hours, sending domains’ own mail servers are checked against blocklists that allow commercial lookups, and affected mailboxes pause on their own.
A team inbox
Replies from every mailbox in one place, with assignments, team chat, tasks and manager approval.
AI drafts, a person decides
When AI is enabled, replies are sorted by intent and AI drafts answers using your company notes. Nothing is sent without a person.
Targeting and languages
Send only to the countries, regions and company sizes you choose, and write steps in each lead’s language.
API, MCP and webhooks
A REST API, an MCP server for Claude, and signed webhooks for new replies.
CSV exports
Download campaign results, every email a campaign sent, lead lists and your suppress list.
Feature by feature
What each tool’s pricing page says is included. “Not stated” means the page doesn’t say; “Not checked” means we haven’t verified it yet. Read November 8, 2026.
| Feature | Inboxed | Instantly | Smartlead | Lemlist | Apollo | Reply.io |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly plan | None. Pay per email sent | From $47/mo | From $39/mo | From $69/mo | $65/seat/mo ($49 yearly) | From $59/mo |
| Warmup | Included, unlimited mailboxes | Included on all plans | Included on all plans | Included (lemwarm) | Basic and up; uses credits | Included with every mailbox |
| Email verification | Included for campaign leads | Not stated on the pricing page | Credit-based; see Smartlead’s page | Uses lead-data credits, from $20/mo | Not stated as a list-cleaning feature | Extra: from $20 per 5,000 |
| Shared reply inbox | Included: assign, chat, tasks, approval | Growth: preview only. Full replies from Hypergrowth | Not stated per plan | Not on the Email plan; on Multichannel ($109/user) | Not stated | Included |
| AI reply drafts | Included when AI is enabled; a person sends | Extra: 5 credits per AI reply, needs a Credits plan | Not stated | Included on all plans | Not stated | Included (categorising and handling) |
| Free plan or trial | Free workspace; pay as you send | 14-day free trial: 250 contacts, 1,000 emails | 14-day free trial, no card | 14-day free trial | Free plan: 75 credits/seat/month, Gmail only, 2 sequences | 14-day free trial |
Where others are stronger today
- Larger, older warmup networks (Instantly, Smartlead)
- Built-in contact databases (Apollo, and Instantly with credits)
- LinkedIn, calls and SMS in one sequence (Lemlist, Reply.io)
- Lower price per email at very high, steady volume
What Inboxed doesn’t do yet
- No contact database or lead finder
- No LinkedIn, calling or SMS steps
- No done-for-you mailboxes or dedicated IPs
- Google and Microsoft one-click sign-in for mailboxes await app review; SMTP and IMAP work now
Why our pricing is different
- You pay for sending, not for access. Most tools charge for a plan sized to your peak month. Inboxed charges for the emails that actually go out, so quiet months cost less.
- No plan to outgrow. Going from 5,000 to 6,000 emails doesn’t push you into the next tier. Each email costs the same $0.001.
- You set the ceiling. Daily, weekly and monthly limits stop spending at the number you pick, and an empty wallet pauses sending instead of billing you.
- Mistakes don’t cost you. Addresses that fail verification, suppressed leads and anything a stopped campaign didn’t send are never charged.
How the wallet works
- 1
Top up from $5
Credits never expire. Card fees make smaller top-ups impractical.
- 2
Build a campaign for free
Leads, sequence, schedule and mailboxes cost nothing to set up.
- 3
See the most it can cost
Verified leads × emails in the sequence × $1 per 1,000, before you launch.
- 4
Spend as it sends, like ad spend
Your wallet is charged as each batch sends. Stop any time; unsent emails cost nothing.
Pricing questions
What exactly does $1 per 1,000 emails include?
Each email that leaves your mailbox costs $0.001, drawn from a prepaid wallet as it sends. Warmup, verification of campaign leads, the team inbox, analytics and CSV exports are included. There is no monthly fee, no seat price and no plan to upgrade.
Is Inboxed always cheaper?
No. At low and changing volumes, paying per email usually costs much less than a monthly plan. At several hundred thousand emails a month, some flat plans cost less than Inboxed, and the calculator shows where that happens. We’d rather you see it here than find out later.
Are mailboxes and domains included?
No, for every tool on this page. Inboxed sends through mailboxes you connect, such as Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, and those are billed by your provider. Instantly, Smartlead, Lemlist, Apollo and Reply.io also send through mailboxes you provide or buy, so we leave those costs out of every row.
How did you work out competitor prices?
From each vendor’s own pricing page, read on the date shown. For each volume we take the cheapest published plan that covers it. Where a vendor doesn’t price by email (Apollo by seat, Reply.io by contacts), the figure is marked as an estimate and the assumption is written next to it.
Do unsent emails cost anything?
No. Launching is free and the wallet is charged only as emails send. Addresses that fail verification, leads skipped by your targeting or suppress list, and anything left when you stop a campaign are never charged.
What’s the smallest amount I can pay?
A wallet top-up starts at $5, because card fees make smaller charges impractical. That’s 5,000 emails, and credits never expire.
About these comparisons
Competitor prices are list prices in US dollars from each vendor’s own pricing page, read on November 8, 2026. They exclude taxes, promotions, add-ons (such as lead or AI credits, extra mailboxes, dedicated servers or IPs) and the cost of mailboxes and domains, for every tool including Inboxed. Prices change; check the vendor’s page before you decide. Figures marked as estimates rely on the assumption written beside them. Inboxed figures assume every email sends; unsent emails cost nothing.
Instantly, Smartlead, Lemlist, Apollo and Reply.io are trademarks of their owners. Inboxed isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.
Sources:
- Instantly: instantly.ai/pricing (read November 8, 2026)
- Smartlead: www.smartlead.ai/pricing (read November 8, 2026)
- Lemlist: www.lemlist.com/pricing (read November 8, 2026)
- Apollo: www.apollo.io/pricing (read November 8, 2026)
- Reply.io: reply.io/pricing/ (read November 8, 2026)
Side-by-side pages: Inboxed vs Instantly · Inboxed vs Smartlead · Inboxed vs Lemlist · Inboxed vs Apollo · Inboxed vs Reply.io
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