Emelia vs lemlist (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick lemlist: it is first in our ranking of cold outreach tools, and it grades higher too, 2.8 against 2.4.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
lemlist grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Emelia
Cold email and LinkedIn outreach with lead enrichment
lemlist
Cold email and LinkedIn sequences with a built-in lead database
Which one is for you
Pick Emelia if
- Fits if you want email and LinkedIn outreach from one tool
- Works for small teams with three or fewer mailboxes
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you have more than 3 mailboxes or 1 LinkedIn account, because Start stops there and Grow is $81 a month
- Pricey if you add LinkedIn accounts, as each extra one is $29 a month
- Watch out: finding contacts spends credits, from $19 for 1,000, and a phone number costs 50 of them
- Skip it if you need priority support on the cheapest plan, since it begins at Grow
Pick lemlist if
- Fits if your team mixes cold email with LinkedIn and calls in one sequence
- Works for an email-only team that can share the Email plan at $55 a month billed yearly
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want LinkedIn for five people, at $87 a user a month billed yearly or $109 monthly
- Not for you if you want a free plan, as Freemium can't launch campaigns and the trial leaves out lemwarm and calling
- Tight if you need lead data, which starts at $16 a month billed yearly for 2,000 credits
- Watch out: on Multichannel, WhatsApp is $20 a user, extra senders $9 each, and SMS a $15 number plus 6 credits a text
- Watch out: SSO, custom roles and lemlist inside your CRM are Enterprise only, at a price set by sales
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAEmeliaFair | 2.8GPAlemlistGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$31 a month billed yearly for Start, between the cheaper quarter at $25 and the middle at $39 once monthly billing is counted. Grow is $81. | AFive people share the Email plan, which has unlimited users: $55 a month billed yearly for 50,000 emails, $11 a head, a third of the cheaper quarter. LinkedIn, calls and SMS are another story: Multichannel is $87 per user billed yearly, in this category's dearest tenth. |
| Free plan and trial | CA 7-day free trial with no card needed. No free plan. | CNo free plan you can send from, since Freemium can't launch campaigns. The 14-day Multichannel trial needs no card and gives 200 credits and 50 emails a day, but leaves out lemwarm and calling. |
| Features | BEmail and LinkedIn sequences, warm-up and rotation, lead sourcing, AI writing and an API. Nothing in the core outreach job is missing from the listing. | BThe whole job: emails, LinkedIn invites, messages and voice notes, calls, SMS and WhatsApp in one sequence, with conditions and an automatic stop on a reply. Warm-up, a 650M-lead database and one inbox for every channel sit alongside. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You connect mailboxes, a LinkedIn account and a CRM before sending. | CNo App Store rating on record. There's a fair bit to set up, from senders and warm-up to conditional steps and personalized images, so give it a few days before a sequence feels right. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Sales Navigator, LinkedIn, one or more CRMs and an API with webhooks. | BWeb, plus a Chrome extension that runs lemlist from Gmail and LinkedIn on Multichannel. HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zapier, Make, n8n, Clay and Aircall connect, and there's a public API. No phone or desktop app. |
| Best for | cold email and LinkedIn in one tool | email and LinkedIn in one sequence |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Emelia and lemlist. How we grade
Price against what you get
Emelia starts at $31 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. lemlist starts at $55 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Emelia starts $24 a month lower. Of the other cold outreach tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Emelia for less, and 1 scores higher than lemlist for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Emelia also covers shared inbox, email verification and inbox warm-up.
- lemlist also covers templates and AI agents.
At a glance
| Emelia | lemlist | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $31 per month, billed yearly ($37 billed monthly) | $55 per month for 50,000 emails, billed yearly ($69 monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial, no credit card required | 14-day free trial of Multichannel, no card required, with 200 credits and 50 emails a day |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Emelia | lempire |
| Price read from | emelia.io | lemlist.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Emelia
- Mailbox and LinkedIn account counts set the plan: 3 and 1 on Start, 50 and 3 on Grow, and unlimited and 10 on Scale; extra LinkedIn accounts are $29 a month each.
- Credits for finding emails, phone numbers and AI actions are optional, from $19 for 1,000, and stay valid for one year after purchase.
- A phone number lookup costs 50 credits, about $0.95; an email found costs 1 credit, about $0.019.
- Start includes one CRM integration and standard support; priority support begins at Grow.
lemlist
- No free plan for sending: after the trial, accounts drop to Freemium, which cannot launch campaigns. The trial itself leaves out lemwarm and calling.
- Lead data costs extra: the enrichment add-on is $16 a month billed yearly ($20 monthly) for 2,000 credits, and buying signals $21 ($29) for 100.
- On Multichannel, WhatsApp is $20 per user a month, extra email senders $9 each a month, and SMS needs a $15 a month number plus 6 credits a text.
- LinkedIn, SMS and calling need the per-user Multichannel plan; SSO, custom roles and CRM-embedded use are Enterprise only.
Key features
Emelia
- Multichannel sequences
- Sequences mix email and LinkedIn steps, with A/B testing, conditions and a unified inbox for replies.
- Email warm-up and rotation
- Warm-up is included on every plan and sends can rotate across connected mailboxes.
- Lead sourcing and enrichment
- Scraping from Sales Navigator, LinkedIn searches and CSV files, plus an email finder, phone finder and verifier that use credits.
- AI writing and replies
- Magic Writer drafts copy, Magic Reply helps with answers, and AI classifies leads.
- API and webhooks
- API access and webhooks are listed alongside native CRM integrations.
lemlist
- Multichannel sequences
- Campaigns mix emails with LinkedIn visits, invites, messages and voice notes, calls, SMS and WhatsApp, with conditional next steps and an automatic stop.
- lemwarm and deliverability tools
- Warm-up, inbox rotation, rotating IPs, custom tracking domains, sending limits and a deliverability hub with alerts are included on every plan.
- Lead database and finders
- Search more than 650 million leads and find emails and phone numbers through 25+ data providers, paid for with credits: $1 covers 20 emails or 5 phone numbers.
- Personalization
- Liquid syntax for conditional content, custom variables, personalized images and AI-written lines tailored to each lead.
- lemAgent and AI agents
- lemAgent plus signal, enrichment and messaging agents research leads and write outreach. AI also flags reply intent and out-of-office replies and drafts answers.
- Unified inbox and extension
- Replies from every channel land in one inbox, and on Multichannel a Chrome extension runs lemlist from Gmail and LinkedIn.
Plans
Emelia
Start$31
per month, billed yearly ($37 billed monthly)
Up to 3 mailboxes and 1 LinkedIn account, unlimited sending and LinkedIn actions, warm-up, 1 CRM integration and 500 free credits. $370 billed yearly.
Grow$81
per month, billed yearly ($97 billed monthly)
Up to 50 mailboxes and 3 LinkedIn accounts, unlimited warm-up, segmented scraping, priority support and 1,000 free credits. $970 billed yearly.
Scale$248
per month, billed yearly ($297 billed monthly)
Unlimited mailboxes, up to 10 LinkedIn accounts, multi-CRM integrations and 5,000 free credits. $2,970 billed yearly.
lemlist
Email$55
per month for 50,000 emails, billed yearly ($69 monthly)
Unlimited users and email senders, lemwarm, the lead database and AI agents. Price rises with volume: $71 a month at 100,000 emails, billed yearly.
Multichannel$87
per user / month, billed yearly ($109 monthly)
Unlimited emails and messages, 5 email senders per user, LinkedIn and SMS steps, a call dialer, and lemlist inside Gmail and LinkedIn.
EnterpriseCustom
Multichannel plus lemlist inside your CRM, custom roles, SSO and SAML, custom terms and a dedicated account manager.
Ways to pay less
Emelia
- Annual discount
17% off with yearly billing
The pricing page shows yearly billing at 17% less than monthly, for example $370 a year on Start instead of $444.
- Other savings
Black November: up to 40% off annual plans
A limited-time banner on the pricing page advertises up to 40% off annual plans; no end date is shown on the page.
lemlist
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
lemlist lists a 20% saving for yearly billing and 10% for quarterly: Email at 50,000 emails is $55 a month yearly, $62 quarterly and $69 monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Emelia or lemlist?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Emelia is cheaper to start with: $31 a month, against $55 a month for lemlist. Emelia starts at $31 per month, billed yearly ($37 billed monthly), and lemlist starts at $55 per month for 50,000 emails, billed yearly ($69 monthly).
Which has a free plan, Emelia or lemlist?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Emelia nor lemlist has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
Which platforms do Emelia and lemlist run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only lemlist lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.