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Instantly vs Smartlead vs lemlist

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Attribute	Instantly	Smartlead	lemlist
What it does	Cold email and sales engagement platform with unlimited sending accounts, warmup, a lead database and CRM.	Cold email platform built for high-volume outbound with unlimited mailboxes, warmup and inbox rotation.	Multichannel outbound platform for email and social sequences with built-in contact finding and warmup.
Category	Cold email & sequencing	Cold email & sequencing	Cold email & sequencing
Pricing	From $47 per month	Free trial	From $69 per month
Free tier	Not confirmed	No	Not confirmed
API or MCP	Not confirmed	Yes	Not confirmed
SYC mentions (archive)	450 (#10)	1,934 (#4)	159 (#33)
Club trend	Cooling	Cooling	Cooling
Member upvotes	0	0	0
Members using	0	0	0
Features	Unlimited email accounts and warmup B2B lead database Deliverability tools AI-powered CRM	Unlimited mailboxes AI warmup API for automation	Multichannel sequences Verified contact finding Works from CRM or AI assistant
Integrations	Slack, Claude, ChatGPT	HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zapier, Make, Slack, Clay, Outreach	HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Attio, Zapier, Make, n8n, Clay