Emelia vs Woodpecker (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Woodpecker grades higher than Emelia: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Woodpecker 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
Woodpecker
Cold email priced by prospects contacted, with free team seats
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 Woodpecker if
- Fits if you want the whole team on one account with no seat fees
- Works for small senders starting at $35 a month for 500 contacted prospects
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want LinkedIn too, at $29 a month for each LinkedIn account
- Tight if you contact the same person in two campaigns, as each one counts toward the limit
- Skip it if you need the API or CRM sync and don't want a $20 a month add-on
- Watch out: warm-ups past the plan's 2 cost $5 per email account a month
- Pricey if you're an agency, at $27 a month per active client plus $5 each for white labeling
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAEmeliaFair | 2.6GPAWoodpeckerGood | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | BMembers are free, so five people share one plan. At 10,000 prospects a month it's $188, or about $125 billed yearly with the 33% saving the page lists: roughly $25 a head, inside the cheaper quarter. A small team can start at $35 a month for 500. |
| Free plan and trial | CA 7-day free trial with no card needed. No free plan. | CNo free plan, but a 14-day trial with every feature and no card. That's long enough to warm a mailbox up and see some real replies. |
| 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. | BBranching campaigns of up to 16 steps, A/B tests, warm-up, free verification, one inbox sorted by interest and a Lead Finder. With the add-on, cloud-run LinkedIn invites, messages and visits join the same campaign, so the whole job is covered. |
| 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. You'll connect mailboxes, warm them up and build the conditions before sending, and LinkedIn means one more add-on to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Sales Navigator, LinkedIn, one or more CRMs and an API with webhooks. | BWeb only, with HubSpot, Pipedrive, Clay, Calendly, Google Sheets, Zapier, Zoho and Aircall. The catch: the API, webhooks, MCP and the HubSpot and Pipedrive syncs are a $20 a month add-on. |
| Best for | cold email and LinkedIn in one tool | cold email teams who hate per-seat bills |
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 Woodpecker. 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. Woodpecker starts at $35 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Emelia starts $4 a month lower. Of the other cold outreach tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Emelia for less, and 1 scores higher than Woodpecker 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.
At a glance
| Emelia | Woodpecker | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $31 per month, billed yearly ($37 billed monthly) | $35 per month for 500 contacted prospects, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial, no credit card required | 14-day free trial with all features, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Emelia | Woodpecker AI sp. z o.o. |
| Price read from | emelia.io | woodpecker.co |
| 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.
Woodpecker
- A prospect counts once a month per campaign, but contacting the same person in two campaigns counts twice toward the limit.
- The API, webhooks, MCP and the HubSpot and Pipedrive syncs are a $20 a month add-on rather than part of the plan.
- LinkedIn steps cost $29 a month per connected LinkedIn account, and warm-ups beyond the plan's allowance cost $5 per email account a month.
- The Agency Panel costs $27 a month per active client, plus $5 per client for white labeling.
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.
Woodpecker
- Condition-based campaigns
- Campaigns of up to 16 steps branch on conditions, with A/B tests of up to 5 versions, spintax, snippets and sending in each prospect's time zone.
- Deliverability tools
- Free warm-up, inbox rotation, adaptive sending, matching of Google and Microsoft senders to recipients, a deliverability monitor and an SPF and DKIM audit.
- Free email verification
- Prospect addresses are checked for expired, fake and misspelled emails, catch-all addresses included, through Bouncer at no extra cost.
- Centralized inbox
- Replies from every mailbox land in one inbox, sorted by AI-detected interest level, with out-of-office replies filtered out.
- Lead Finder
- A built-in lead and company database paid for with credits. Each plan step includes some free credits, and more start at 500 credits for $10.
- LinkedIn and call steps
- With the LinkedIn add-on, campaigns mix emails with cloud-run LinkedIn invites, messages and profile visits, plus manual call and SMS tasks.
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.
Woodpecker
Cold Email$35
per month for 500 contacted prospects, billed monthly
8,000 emails a month, 2,000 stored prospects, 2 free warm-ups and 100 Lead Finder credits. Price rises with volume: $188 a month at 10,000 prospects.
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.
Woodpecker
- Annual discount
Save 33% with annual billing
Paid annually, the 500-prospect step costs $280 a year instead of $35 a month; the pricing page puts the saving at 33%.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Emelia or Woodpecker?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Emelia is cheaper to start with: $31 a month, against $35 a month for Woodpecker. Emelia starts at $31 per month, billed yearly ($37 billed monthly), and Woodpecker starts at $35 per month for 500 contacted prospects, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Emelia or Woodpecker?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Emelia nor Woodpecker has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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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.