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Reply.io vs Instantly vs Outreach

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 21 October 2026.

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Reply.io

Free trial · from $49/user/mo

Instantly

Free trial · from $37.60/mo

Outreach

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What it isMultichannel sales outreach with unlimited mailboxes on volume plans and Jason, an AI SDRCold email platform with unlimited sending accounts and warmup, priced by emails sent and contacts uploadedSales engagement and AI agent platform for revenue teams, sold by quote as user seats plus AI credits
Free planNoNoNo
Cheapest paid plan$49/user/mo billed annually (Email Volume)Reply.io pricing$37.60/mo billed annually (Growth)Instantly pricingNot publishedOutreach pricing
What it covers1,000 active contacts a month, unlimited emails, mailboxes (fair usage policy) and warmup, 50 live data credits. Tiers up to 5,000 contacts are per user; from 10,000 contacts ($179 a month, or $159 billed yearly) the price is flat with unlimited users.Outreach plan: 5,000 emails a month, 1,000 uploaded contacts, unlimited email accounts and warmup. Lead data and AI agents need a separate Instantly Credits plan; the cheapest, Nano, is $9 a month for 150 credits.Not stated
Free trial14-day free trial with core features, including the B2B database, multichannel sequences, API and AI features14-day free trial, no card needed, with 250 uploaded contacts and 1,000 emailsNone stated
PlatformsWeb, Chrome extension, APIWeb, APIWeb, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)Native HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Copper, Zendesk Sell and Close integrations, plus Zapier, Make and 100+ integrationsNot statedCRM sync plus Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Cisco Webex and Slack integrations
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • Combining email, LinkedIn and calls in one sequence
  • Teams that want a flat price with unlimited users at 10,000+ contacts a month
  • Handing prospecting and first replies to an AI SDR
  • Sending cold email from many mailboxes without per-inbox fees
  • Agencies running high-volume campaigns for several clients
  • Finding leads and writing sequences with AI in the same tool that sends them
  • Large sales teams that want sequencing, call recording and forecasting in one platform
  • Revenue operations teams standardizing prospecting playbooks across reps
  • Teams that want AI agents to research accounts and draft personalized emails
Watch out for
  • Email Volume tiers up to 5,000 active contacts are billed per user
  • LinkedIn automation ($69 a month per account) and calls ($29 a month) cost extra on Email Volume
  • Unlimited mailboxes are subject to a fair usage policy tied to active contacts
  • Growth caps sending at 5,000 emails and 1,000 uploaded contacts a month; going over a plan's volume means upgrading, not paying overage
  • Lead data and AI agents need a separate Instantly Credits subscription
  • Webhooks and full in-app Unibox replies start on Hypergrowth
  • No prices are published; every package is quoted by sales
  • AI features draw on a pool of AI credits; extra credit packs cost more
  • Multi-channel sequencing is not listed in the Amplify Essentials package
Made byReplyApp Inc.Foo Monk, LLCOutreach Corporation

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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