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Mailshake vs SmartReach.io
SmartReach.io prices by prospects reached a month, with unlimited users and sending accounts, and runs email, LinkedIn and calls with LinkedIn steps inside the sequence. Mailshake prices per user, and each user brings a fixed number of mail accounts, so reaching 50,000 prospects a month takes 5 users on its Sales Engagement plan, $495 a month against $89 on SmartReach.io.
Reaching 50,000 prospects a month costs $89 a month on SmartReach.io ($79 annually) and $495 on Mailshake ($425 annually), at Mailshake's own advised limit of 100 emails a day per address.
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In short
- SmartReach.io is a cold email software with multichannel outreach capabilities via channels like email, LinkedIn, calls and WhatsApp.
- Mailshake is cold email software with a Sales Engagement plan that adds a power dialer and LinkedIn tasks. It bills monthly or yearly, per user. Starter is $29 per user a month ($25 yearly) with 1 email address and 1,500 sends a month, Email Outreach $49 ($45) with 2 addresses, and Sales Engagement $99 ($85) with 10 addresses. Mailshake has no free trial.
- Priced on the same monthly reach, assuming 3 emails per prospect a month and Mailshake's own advised ceiling of 100 emails a day per address, so each Mailshake mail account reaches about 1,000 prospects a month. 25,000 prospects cost $297 ($255) on Mailshake and $89 ($79) on SmartReach.io Email Outreach Plus. 50,000 cost $495 ($425) and $89 ($79). 100,000 cost $990 ($850) on Mailshake and $199 ($179) on SmartReach.io Email Outreach Pro.
- For multichannel teams, Mailshake Sales Engagement is $99 per user a month ($85 yearly), including a power dialer, a number per user and free calls to North American numbers, so five users pay $495 a month ($425 annually). SmartReach.io Sales Engagement Plus with five LinkedIn accounts and five calling seats is $282 a month ($241.50 annually), excl. call charges.
- Mailshake's LinkedIn steps are tasks on its Sales Engagement plan, run from its Chrome extension. SmartReach.io automates LinkedIn steps inside the same conditional sequence as email and calls.
- SmartReach.io rates 4.6 on G2 and Mailshake 4.7. SmartReach.io offers a 14-day free trial covering 200 prospects with no credit card; Mailshake takes payment up front.
Mailshake vs SmartReach.io, who should pick which
Both are capable platforms. The honest answer depends on what you are optimising for.
Pick SmartReach.io if
- You reach 25,000 prospects or more a month
- You want unlimited users and sending accounts, not a per-user bill
- You want LinkedIn steps to run on their own, not as tasks
- You want a free trial before you pay
Pick Mailshake if
- One sender reaching 1,000 to about 2,000 prospects a month
- Your team calls mostly into North America and wants minutes included
- You coach reps from AI call scorecards
Feature by feature
Grouped so you can read the part you care about. Rows where the two platforms genuinely do the same thing are marked parity rather than dressed up, and rows Mailshake wins are marked as such.
Pricing and packaging
Mailshake prices every plan per user and ties mail accounts to users. SmartReach.io prices flat by prospects reached. Both bill monthly or annually.
| Capability | SmartReach.io | Mailshake |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing unit | Flat per plan. Unlimited users from Plus We win this | Per user, $29, $49 or $99 a month ($25, $45 or $85 annually) |
| What limits reach | Prospects contacted a month. Emails are not metered above Basic We win this | Mail accounts, 1, 2 or 10 per user. Sends are unlimited from Email Outreach |
| Monthly billing | Yes, or annual at a discount Parity | Yes, or yearly at a discount |
| Where multichannel starts | Sales Engagement Basic, $39 a month ($35 annually), with a calling seat and its number included We win this | Sales Engagement, $99 per user a month ($85 annually) |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, 200 prospects, no credit card We win this | No free trial. Payment is taken up front |
Channels, and how far each is automated
Both run email, LinkedIn and calls in one sequence. The difference is whether LinkedIn steps run themselves, and what the calling price includes.
| Capability | SmartReach.io | Mailshake |
|---|---|---|
| Channels in one sequence | Email, LinkedIn and calls, with WhatsApp as a manual step Parity | Email on every plan. Calls, LinkedIn and other tasks on Sales Engagement |
| Automated inside the same conditional sequence, $29/month per connected account We win this | Message, connect, follow-up and profile-view tasks, run from its Chrome extension | |
| Calling | Calling seats with one number each, call charges paid from prepaid calling credits They win this | Power dialer with a number per user and free unlimited calls to North American numbers, on Sales Engagement |
| Call recording | Calls recorded, transcribed and summarised Parity | Calls recorded, automatically or call by call |
| Call coaching | Not offered They win this | Maximus, an AI sales coach that scores calls and coaches reps, as a separate sign-up |
Email sending and lead data
On the sending toolkit the two are level. Both warm, verify and rotate.
| Capability | SmartReach.io | Mailshake |
|---|---|---|
| Email warmup | Free on every plan, every mailbox Parity | Unlimited on every plan |
| Email verification | Included Parity | Unlimited on every plan |
| Inbox rotation | Included from Plus, across every mailbox you connect Parity | Email rotation from Email Outreach |
| Mailboxes bought in-platform | Google and Microsoft 365 mailboxes at $4 a mailbox plus $5 a domain Parity | A domain with 5 mailboxes for $12 a month ($11 annually) |
| Lead data | Credits included from Plus Parity | Data Finder, $19 a month ($17 annually), with 2,500 credits on Sales Engagement |
Reviews
Where Mailshake is slightly ahead.
| Capability | SmartReach.io | Mailshake |
|---|---|---|
| G2 rating | 4.6 on G2 They win this | Mailshake rates 4.7 on G2 |
Mailshake vs SmartReach.io pricing
Mailshake meters neither prospects nor emails. It prices per user, and each user can connect 1, 2 or 10 mail accounts depending on the plan. Mailbox costs are left out on both sides.
Email outreach, priced on the same monthly reach
A team on email only, priced on the number of prospects it reaches a month. Mailshake's price is its cheapest self-serve plan with enough mail accounts, assuming 3 emails per prospect a month and Mailshake's own advised ceiling of 100 emails a day per address, so each Mailshake mail account reaches about 1,000 prospects a month
| Line | SmartReach.io | Mailshake |
|---|---|---|
| 25,000 a month | Email Outreach Plus, $89/mo ($79 annually), unlimited users We win this | Sales Engagement, 3 users, $297/mo ($255 annually) |
| 50,000 a month | Email Outreach Plus, $89/mo ($79 annually), unlimited users We win this | Sales Engagement, 5 users, $495/mo ($425 annually) |
| 100,000 a month | Email Outreach Pro, $199/mo ($179 annually), unlimited users We win this | Sales Engagement, 10 users, $990/mo ($850 annually) |
| Above 100,000 | Email Outreach Scale, $499/mo ($449 annually), unlimited users for up to 500,000 | $99 per user for each further 10,000 on Sales Engagement, or the Agency plan through sales |
| Mail accounts | Unlimited sending accounts from Plus We win this | 1, 2 or 10 per user, by plan |
| At 50,000 a month | $89/mo billed monthly ($79 annually) | $495/mo billed monthly ($425 annually) |
At 50,000 prospects a month SmartReach.io is $406 a month less than Mailshake, and at 100,000 it is $791 less. Mailshake's Agency plan, sold through sales, lifts the limit on mail accounts and can cost less at that volume. Between 1,000 and about 2,000 prospects Mailshake is cheaper for one sender, $49 for Email Outreach ($45 annually) against $89 ($79 annually).
A team of five on email, LinkedIn and calls
Five users running email, LinkedIn and calling in one motion. SmartReach.io Sales Engagement Plus with a LinkedIn account and a calling seat for each user, against Mailshake Sales Engagement, priced per user
| Line | SmartReach.io | Mailshake |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | Sales Engagement Plus, $99/mo ($89 annually), unlimited users, 50,000 prospects a month We win this | Sales Engagement, $99 per user a month ($85 annually), 5 users, 10 mail accounts each |
| LinkedIn steps | Automated in the same sequence, $29/month per connected account, 5 accounts We win this | Included, as tasks run from its Chrome extension |
| Calling | 3 calling seats in the plan plus 2 at $19 each, one number per seat. Call charges paid from prepaid calling credits They win this | Power dialer and a number per user, with free unlimited calls to North American numbers |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no credit card We win this | None, payment up front |
| Monthly | $282 billed monthly ($241.50 annually), excl. call charges | $495 billed monthly ($425 annually), incl. calls to North American numbers |
$213 less a month for five users, and $183.50 less on annual billing on both sides, $241.50 against $425. The gap grows with every hire. Ten users cost $990 a month on Mailshake ($850 annually) and $522 ($441.50 annually) on SmartReach.io, excl. call charges. Mailshake's per-user price includes free calls to North American numbers, which a team calling mostly there should weigh.
Competitor pricing checked 2026-11-02. Prices change often, so check the vendor's own pricing page before planning a migration around one. Mailshake pricing. SmartReach.io figures come from our pricing page, which is the source of truth for them. No per-seat pricing. Plans scale by active prospects, and every plan above Basic includes unlimited users and unlimited sending email accounts.
Where SmartReach.io is the better choice
Four places the difference is real rather than marketing, each one checkable against the two pricing pages.
Less for the same reach, from 25,000 prospects up
Mailshake ties mail accounts to users, so reach costs users. At 100 emails a day per address, its own advised ceiling, and three emails per prospect, 50,000 prospects a month take 5 Sales Engagement users, $495 a month ($425 annually). SmartReach.io Email Outreach Plus is $89 ($79) with unlimited sending accounts. At 100,000 it is $199 against $990.
One flat price for the whole team
Mailshake bills every plan per user, $99 a month each on Sales Engagement, so the bill grows with every hire. SmartReach.io's Sales Engagement Plus plan has unlimited users. Five users with five LinkedIn accounts and five calling seats pay $282 a month against $495, or $241.50 against $425 on annual billing, and ten pay $522 against $990, SmartReach.io figures excluding call charges.
LinkedIn steps that run themselves
Mailshake adds LinkedIn to a sequence as tasks on its Sales Engagement plan, run from its Chrome extension. SmartReach.io runs LinkedIn steps automatically inside the same conditional sequence as the emails and calls, so a step does not wait for someone to open the extension and run it.
A free trial before you pay
Mailshake has no free trial and takes payment up front, with no refunds on cancellation. SmartReach.io starts every plan from a self-serve 14-day free trial covering 200 prospects, with no credit card, so a team can test deliverability and sequences on its own mailboxes before paying.
Where Mailshake is the better choice
Every comparison page on the internet says its author wins. Here is where this one does not, so you can weigh the parts that matter to you rather than take our word for the whole thing.
Cheaper for one sender at 1,000 to 2,000 prospects
One Mailshake Email Outreach user is $49 a month ($45 annually) with two mail accounts, enough for about 2,000 prospects a month at its own sending advice. SmartReach.io Email Outreach Basic covers 1,000 prospects for $29, and above that the next plan is Email Outreach Plus at $89 ($79 annually).
Call minutes to North America included
Mailshake Sales Engagement includes a power dialer, a number per user and free unlimited calls to North American numbers in its $99 per user price. SmartReach.io calling seats include a number, with call charges paid from prepaid calling credits. A team that calls mostly into the US and Canada pays nothing extra for minutes on Mailshake.
AI call coaching
Mailshake offers Maximus, an AI sales coach that scores every call into scorecards and coaches each rep. SmartReach.io records, transcribes and summarises calls but does not score them or coach reps, so a team that coaches from call data should weigh that.
What teams who switched say
Verbatim quotes from published SmartReach.io case studies. Every one links to the full story with the numbers behind it.
4.7
on Capterra
4.6
on G2
5,000+
sales teams and agencies
99.99%
platform uptime
“SmartReach is the engine that keeps our clients happy.”
Emmett ArmstrongFounder, OnRamp Data
“SmartReach.io significantly reduced manual work, allowing us to focus on managing mailboxes.”
Paz PolettaSales COR
“This software is focused on the end receiver as much as the user.”
Matt McQuinCo-founder, Coldlytics
Switching in an afternoon
Nothing here needs a migration project or a call with sales.
Bring your contacts across
Export your Mailshake prospects as CSV and import them directly, or move them through the API. Field mapping is saved after the first run.
Reconnect your mailboxes
Connect the same Google, Microsoft 365 or SMTP mailboxes you send from today. Reputation follows the domain, not the platform, so nothing resets.
Rebuild campaigns as sequences
Campaigns are rebuilt in the editor rather than imported, usually in an afternoon. LinkedIn steps and, on Sales Engagement plans, call steps go into the same sequence as the emails, and adding a teammate does not add a per-user fee.
Protect deliverability through the switch
Run free warmup on your mailboxes, turn on inbox rotation and use soft start so volume ramps. The 14-day free trial lets you run both side by side before your Mailshake renewal date.
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