Instantly vs QuickMail
We give Instantly a 2.6 GPA and QuickMail a 2.4, out of 4.0. Instantly grades higher on value for money and the free plan. QuickMail grades higher on features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Instantly
Cold email from unlimited inboxes, priced by emails and contacts
QuickMail
Cold email and LinkedIn campaigns with unlimited senders and users
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAInstantlyGood | 2.4GPAQuickMailFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AA team of five needs Hypergrowth, since Growth's 1,000-contact total and read-only inbox won't stretch that far: $77.60 a month billed yearly for everyone, about $15.52 a head. That's under 60% of the cheaper quarter's $32.50 in this category. | BUsers are free, but Starter's 1,000 contacts and 5,000 emails won't carry five people, so the team plan is Growth: $99 a month billed monthly, $19.80 a head. That's inside the cheaper quarter, just over the A line, with LinkedIn included. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 14-day trial with no card. It stops at 250 uploaded contacts and 1,000 emails, which is enough to warm up and send a small first campaign, and not much more. | DNo free plan, and the 14-day trial needs a card. QuickMail says no paid plan starts when the trial ends, which is fair, but a card up front still puts it at D on our scale. |
| Features | CThe email side is complete: unlimited inboxes and warm-up, multi-step campaigns, A/Z tests, one inbox for replies and automations. But there are no LinkedIn steps at all, and lead search and the AI agents need a separate credits plan from $9 a month. | BThe whole job: email plus LinkedIn requests, messages, InMail and voice messages in one sequence, replies from both in one inbox, inbox rotation, AI rewording and warm-up through MailFlow. Its deliverability AI swaps weak inboxes out for you. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record. You'll be connecting mailboxes and waiting on warm-up before the first real send, and actually replying from the Unibox needs Hypergrowth. | CNo App Store rating on record. Inboxes and LinkedIn accounts to connect, through the extension or a 2FA cloud link, before the first campaign goes out. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but with HubSpot, Slack, Zapier, Findymail, RB2B and ChatGPT links, webhooks from Hypergrowth and a public API. No phone or desktop app on record. | BWeb and a browser extension, with Gmail, Outlook, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zapier, Slack, Calendly and Aircall. The API starts at Growth, and webhooks come only with Agency. No phone app on record. |
| Best for | cold email from as many inboxes as you like | email and LinkedIn campaigns with free seats |
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: Instantly and QuickMail. How we grade
Price against what you get
Instantly starts at $37.60 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. QuickMail starts at $49 a month and scores 2.7.
QuickMail scores higher, and starts $11.40 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other cold outreach tools on the chart, 3 score higher than Instantly for less, and 1 scores higher than QuickMail 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
- Instantly starts at $37.6 per month for 5,000 emails, billed yearly ($47 monthly). QuickMail starts at $49 per month for up to 5,000 emails sent, billed monthly.
- Only QuickMail lists a browser extension.
- Instantly also covers workflow automation and AI agents.
At a glance
| Instantly | QuickMail | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $37.6 per month for 5,000 emails, billed yearly ($47 monthly) | $49 per month for up to 5,000 emails sent, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no card required, with 250 uploaded contacts and 1,000 emails | 14-day free trial; a card is required, but no paid plan starts when the trial ends |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Foo Monk, LLC (Instantly) | HCG Partners GmbH |
| Price read from | instantly.ai | quickmail.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Instantly
- Agencies and teams spreading volume across many mailboxes
- Senders who want warmup included rather than bought per inbox
- Buyers who want a lead database and sending in one account
QuickMail
- Lead generation agencies running campaigns for many clients
- Teams that want every member on the account without paying per seat
- Outreach that combines cold email with LinkedIn steps
Worth knowing
Instantly
- There is no free plan; the 14-day trial stops at 250 uploaded contacts and 1,000 emails.
- The uploaded-contact limit is a total across all campaigns, not a monthly one. On Hypergrowth and up, 25,000 more contacts cost $87 a month.
- Lead data and the AI agents need an Instantly Credits plan, from $9 a month for 150 credits; the CRM is a separate add-on from $47 a month.
- Replying from Unibox, webhooks and full A/Z testing need Hypergrowth, $97 a month billed monthly.
QuickMail
- The 14-day trial asks for a card up front, though QuickMail says no paid plan starts when it ends.
- Starter stops at 1,000 uploaded contacts and 5,000 emails a month and has no API; webhooks come only with Agency.
- Agency includes 2 workspaces, and each extra client workspace costs $49 a month.
- QuickMail sends through your own mail accounts; extra Google Workspace inboxes bought through it cost $3 a month each.
Key features
Instantly
- Unlimited sending accounts and warmup
- Every Outreach plan connects and warms up any number of email accounts from any provider; the plan limits emails sent and contacts uploaded instead.
- Sequences and A/Z testing
- Multi-step campaigns with sending schedules, a global block list and bounce detection. Growth gets basic A/Z testing; Hypergrowth and above test up to 26 variants.
- Unibox
- Replies from every connected account land in one inbox. It is preview-only on Growth; replying in the app and custom reply labels start at Hypergrowth.
- SuperSearch lead database
- Search more than 450 million B2B contacts and enrich them through several email providers, paid for with Instantly Credits, a separate subscription.
- AI Sales Agent and AI Reply Agent
- Agents that find and contact leads or draft answers to replies. Each lead or reply generated costs 5 credits from the credits plan.
- Automations
- A visual trigger-and-action builder routes and tags leads when they reply, visit your site or book a meeting, and is included on every Outreach plan.
QuickMail
- Email and LinkedIn in one campaign
- A sequence can mix email steps with LinkedIn connection requests, messages, InMail and voice messages, and replies from both land in one inbox.
- Inbox rotation
- Add any number of inboxes or LinkedIn accounts to a campaign and QuickMail splits the sending between them, with edits and A/B tests shared across all of them.
- Deliverability AI
- Watches each sender's deliverability and swaps poorly performing inboxes out of a campaign for new ones.
- Reword with AI
- Rewrites outgoing emails so each one reads differently, as an alternative to writing spintax by hand.
- Warm-up and mailboxes
- Every plan includes AutoWarmer through MailFlow, and fully configured Google Workspace mailboxes can be bought inside QuickMail for $3 a month each.
- LinkedIn by extension or cloud
- Connect LinkedIn through the browser extension or a 2FA connection that runs in the cloud while your computer is off. New connections can start a campaign.
Plans
Instantly
Growth$37.6
per month for 5,000 emails, billed yearly ($47 monthly)
1,000 uploaded contacts, unlimited email accounts and warmup, basic A/Z testing and a preview-only Unibox.
Hypergrowth$77.6
per month for 125,000 emails, billed yearly ($97 monthly)
25,000 uploaded contacts, replying from Unibox, webhooks, A/Z tests of up to 26 variants and premium live support.
Light Speed$286.3
per month for 500,000 emails, billed yearly ($358 monthly)
100,000 uploaded contacts and SISR, which rotates dedicated servers and IP addresses for sending.
EnterpriseCustom
More than 500,000 emails a month, a private deliverability network and a dedicated account manager.
QuickMail
Starter$49
per month for up to 5,000 emails sent, billed monthly
Unlimited users, email senders and LinkedIn accounts, 1 workspace, 1,000 uploaded contacts, MailFlow warm-up and Zapier.
Growth$99
per month for up to 100,000 emails sent, billed monthly
25,000 uploaded contacts, adds the API and priority support. Still unlimited users and senders in 1 workspace.
Agency$299
per month for up to 500,000 emails sent, billed monthly
100,000 uploaded contacts, 2 workspaces ($49 for each extra one), the API and webhooks.
Ways to pay less
Instantly
- Annual discount
About 20% off with yearly billing
Billed yearly, Growth is $37.6 a month instead of $47, Hypergrowth $77.6 instead of $97 and Light Speed $286.3 instead of $358.
QuickMail
No public discounts listed.
