Folderly vs Lemwarm (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Folderly grades higher than Lemwarm: 2.0 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Folderly grades higher on the free plan, features and platforms. Lemwarm grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Folderly
Email deliverability tools: placement tests, fixes and monitoring
Lemwarm
Email warm-up and deliverability monitoring, priced per inbox
Which one is for you
Pick Folderly if
- Fits if you send B2B email from a handful of mailboxes and care where it lands
- Works for teams on Google Workspace or Outlook
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you run many mailboxes: it's charged per mailbox, from $96
- Tight if you stay free: 2 placement tests a month
- Watch out: DMARC is a pilot and Mirror is in beta, so availability may be limited
- Not for you if you want a warm-up service, as the page says it isn't one
Pick Lemwarm if
- Fits if you send cold email from a few inboxes and want them warmed up
- Works for lemlist users, since every lemlist plan already includes it
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to try it first, as there is no trial or free plan
- Pricey if you run many inboxes, because the price is per connected email address
- Too light for finding leads or sending campaigns, which need other tools
- Watch out: personalized warm-up emails and warming your own templates need Smart at $40 an inbox
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAFolderlyFair | 1.6GPALemwarmWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$96 per mailbox a month on yearly billing, falling to $56 at 25 or more. Five mailboxes would be $480, far past the category's $75 dearest-tenth line. | B$24 an inbox a month on yearly billing ($29 monthly), just under the $25 that opens the cheaper quarter of cold-outreach tools. It is priced per inbox, so ten inboxes cost $240. |
| Free plan and trial | CInbox Insights Free gives 2 placement tests a month, and Pulse alerts are $0. A small taste, not a working setup. | FNo free plan and no trial on the pricing page. |
| Features | CPlacement tests, reputation upkeep, DNS and IP checks. DMARC is a pilot and Mirror is in beta, and it says it is not a standard warm-up service. | DWarm-up, a deliverability score and a setup check, and nothing else. It needs a separate tool to find leads and send campaigns. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. A web suite with several products and per-product plans to sort out. | CNo store rating on record. You connect each mailbox and read the reports. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with Google Workspace, Outlook, SendGrid, AWS, Elastic Email and Slack. | CWeb only, and the listing names no integrations. |
| Best for | inbox placement for B2B email senders | warming up sending inboxes |
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: Folderly and Lemwarm. How we grade
Price against what you get
Folderly starts at $79 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Lemwarm starts at $24 a month and scores 1.7.
Folderly scores higher, and starts $55 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other cold outreach tools on the chart, 15 score higher than Folderly for less, and 16 score higher than Lemwarm 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
- Folderly also covers reports.
- Lemwarm also covers email campaigns and inbox warm-up.
At a glance
| Folderly | Lemwarm | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $79 per month (Inbox Insights); $96 per mailbox / month, billed yearly (Folderly) | $24 per email / month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Inbox Insights Free: 2 placement tests a month. Pulse, which monitors placement and sends alerts, is listed at $0 a month. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Folderly Inc. | lempire |
| Price read from | folderly.com | lemwarm.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Folderly
- Prices differ by product, and the page says plans and access vary by product.
- Folderly is priced per mailbox, with a minimum commitment, and monthly-billing prices are not shown on the page.
- DMARC is a pilot and Mirror is in beta, so availability may be limited.
- The page says Folderly is not a standard warm-up service.
Lemwarm
- Pricing is per connected email address, so the cost grows with each mailbox.
- The Smart plan is needed for personalized warm-up emails and warming up your own templates.
- The pricing page lists no free plan or free trial.
- Teams of more than 10 users are quoted individually.
Key features
Folderly
- Placement monitoring
- Daily test emails show where messages land across providers, with placement reports and technical and content triggers for Gmail and Outlook.
- Inbox Insights
- Tests inbox placement and reviews sending IPs and DNS records before a campaign.
- Pulse alerts
- Tracks placement over time and sends alerts by email, Slack, SMS and other channels; listed as free.
- DMARC pilot
- Folderly DMARC turns aggregate DMARC reports into a domain and source view; the page says it is available through a pilot.
- Lens, Mirror and Flash
- Lens checks DNS and blocklist signals, Mirror previews email HTML (beta), and Flash tests a real message.
- Folderly AI
- Drafts campaigns from an offer, audience and goal, then points to the checks the email needs.
Lemwarm
- Automatic warm-up
- Connects an inbox and exchanges warm-up emails with a network of 20,000+ domains in 100+ countries, which the vendor describes as real inboxes.
- Deliverability score and alerts
- Tracks a deliverability score and sends alerts about spam risks based on your sending behavior and content.
- Technical setup check
- Looks for missing or misconfigured SPF, DKIM, DMARC and MX records, which the vendor lists as a common cause of poor inbox placement.
- Daily tips and reports
- Gives daily advice on content, sending and setup, with detailed deliverability reports available at any time.
- Template warm-up on Smart
- The Smart plan can warm up your real email templates and use personalized warm-up emails and an industry-matched network.
Plans
Folderly
Inbox Insights Free$0
2 inbox placement tests a month, with IP and DNS checks.
Inbox Insights$79
per month for 100 tests
100 tests a month; $799 a year on yearly billing.
Folderly, 1-9 mailboxes$96
per mailbox / month, billed yearly
Sender reputation upkeep and placement monitoring; a minimum commitment applies.
Folderly, 10-24 mailboxes$72
per mailbox / month, billed yearly
Same product at a lower per-mailbox rate.
Folderly, 25-99 mailboxes$56
per mailbox / month, billed yearly
Same product at the lowest published per-mailbox rate.
Folderly, 100+ mailboxesCustom
Custom per-mailbox pricing, requested through a demo.
Lemwarm
Essential$24
per email / month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly)
Automatic warm-up, a technical setup check, deliverability reports and human warm-up emails. A quarterly option saves 10%.
Smart$40
per email / month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly)
Adds personalized warm-up emails, warm-up of your own email templates, custom alerts and a network tailored to your industry.
More than 10 usersCustom
Everything in Smart with volume pricing and priority support, sold through sales.
Ways to pay less
Folderly
- Annual discount
Yearly billing saves 20% on Folderly
Folderly's pricing shows a 20% saving on yearly billing for the mailbox-based product, and 15% on yearly Inbox Insights ($799).
Lemwarm
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
Yearly billing is marked 20% off the monthly price, and quarterly billing is marked 10% off.
- Other savings
Included with every lemlist plan
The pricing page says every lemlist plan includes lemwarm at no extra charge.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Folderly or Lemwarm?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Lemwarm is cheaper to start with: $24 a month, against $79 a month for Folderly. Folderly starts at $79 per month (Inbox Insights); $96 per mailbox / month, billed yearly (Folderly), and Lemwarm starts at $24 per email / month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Folderly or Lemwarm?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Folderly has a free plan. Lemwarm does not.
More comparisons
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.