Mailshake alternatives · Cold Outreach
Free alternatives to Mailshake
Mailshake has no free plan. 8 of the 47 other cold outreach tools in this directory are free or have a free plan.
Mailshake is a paid product, starting at $25 per user / month, billed yearly ($29 monthly). All of them pair the free plan with paid ones.
8 tools · Listings checked up to Nov 12, 2026 · Where the facts come from
How each one differs from Mailshake
- Free plan · from $15/mo
Yesware
Email tracking and outreach campaigns inside Gmail and Outlook
What is free: Basic open and attachment tracking for emails sent in the last 24 hours, 10 campaign recipients a month, a meeting scheduler with 2 event types and email support.
- Yesware starts at $15 per seat / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly). Mailshake starts at $25 per user / month, billed yearly ($29 monthly).
- Yesware has a free plan. Mailshake does not.
- Only Mailshake lists a web app.
- Yesware also covers booking links and reports.
- Free plan · from $6/mo
Yet Another Mail Merge
Mail merge that sends from Gmail using a Google Sheets list
What is free: Up to 20 recipients a day, one user, with tracking and follow-ups but no scheduling.
- Yet Another Mail Merge starts at $6 per month, billed annually at $72 (Pro with a @gmail.com account, US billing). Mailshake starts at $25 per user / month, billed yearly ($29 monthly).
- Yet Another Mail Merge has a free plan. Mailshake does not.
- Only Mailshake lists a browser extension.
- Yet Another Mail Merge also covers spreadsheets and reports.
- Free plan · from $29/mo
Mixmax
Email sequences, tracking and meeting booking inside Gmail
What is free: 50 sequence recipients and 20 tracked emails a month, templates, follow-up reminders and booking without round robin. Emails carry a Mixmax signature; no AI or CRM sync.
- Mixmax starts at $29 per user / month for 100 recipients, billed yearly ($34 monthly). Mailshake starts at $25 per user / month, billed yearly ($29 monthly).
- Mixmax has a free plan. Mailshake does not.
- Mixmax also covers booking links.
- Free plan · from $39/mo
Outplay
Multichannel sales outreach across email, phone, social and SMS
What is free: Free Forever: 2,000 active prospects a month, 2 mailboxes, manual email outreach, click-to-dial and the AI mail writer.
- Outplay starts at $39 per month, billed annually, for 1 seat. Mailshake starts at $25 per user / month, billed yearly ($29 monthly).
- Outplay has a free plan. Mailshake does not.
- Only Outplay lists iOS and Android apps.
- Outplay also covers workflow automation and reports.
- Free plan · from $30/mo
ReachInbox
Cold email sequencer with unlimited mailboxes and AI warmup
What is free: 3 email accounts, 14 days of warmup, 50 active leads and 250 emails a month, and 500 AI word credits.
- ReachInbox starts at $30 per month for 10,000 emails, billed yearly. Mailshake starts at $25 per user / month, billed yearly ($29 monthly).
- ReachInbox has a free plan. Mailshake does not.
- Only Mailshake lists a browser extension.
- ReachInbox also covers shared inbox, workflow automation and inbox warm-up.
- Free plan · from $27/mo
Lavender
AI email coach that scores and rewrites sales emails
What is free: Basic: analyze 5 emails and personalize 5 emails a month, with the AI email writer and recommendations on Gmail and Outlook 365.
- Lavender starts at $27 per month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly). Mailshake starts at $25 per user / month, billed yearly ($29 monthly).
- Lavender has a free plan. Mailshake does not.
- Lavender also covers AI agents and reports.
- Mailshake also covers templates and email campaigns.
- Free plan · from $79/mo
Folderly
Email deliverability tools: placement tests, fixes and monitoring
What is free: Inbox Insights Free: 2 placement tests a month. Pulse, which monitors placement and sends alerts, is listed at $0 a month.
- Folderly starts at $79 per month (Inbox Insights); $96 per mailbox / month, billed yearly (Folderly). Mailshake starts at $25 per user / month, billed yearly ($29 monthly).
- Folderly has a free plan. Mailshake does not.
- Only Mailshake lists a browser extension.
- Folderly also covers reports and dMARC.
- Free plan · from $49/mo
EmailGuard
Email deliverability monitoring and domain masking for cold email
What is free: 1 connected domain, 3 email accounts, 50 contact verification credits a month and weekly blacklist monitoring. No domain masking proxies or hosted redirects.
- EmailGuard starts at $49 per month. Mailshake starts at $25 per user / month, billed yearly ($29 monthly).
- EmailGuard has a free plan. Mailshake does not.
- Only Mailshake lists a browser extension.
- EmailGuard also covers email verification and dMARC.
Common questions
Is there a free alternative to Mailshake?
Yes. Yesware, Yet Another Mail Merge, Mixmax, Outplay, ReachInbox, Lavender, Folderly and EmailGuard are free or have a free plan.
Does Mailshake have a free plan?
Mailshake has no free plan. Mailshake is a paid product, starting at $25 per user / month, billed yearly ($29 monthly).
When was this checked?
Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Oct 17, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026. Vendors change prices and plans without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.
This page is built from the listings. A tool is here because its listing says so, and the order is how close each is to Mailshake: the alternatives its listing names first, then the tools that share the most features with it.