Instantly vs ReachInbox (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Instantly grades higher than ReachInbox: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 9, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 9, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Instantly 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.
Instantly
Cold email from unlimited inboxes, priced by emails and contacts
ReachInbox
Cold email sequencer with unlimited mailboxes and AI warmup
Which one is for you
Pick Instantly if
- Fits if you send from lots of mailboxes and don't want to pay per inbox or per seat
- Works for teams that want warm-up included rather than bought per mailbox
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want LinkedIn steps in the same sequence, as Instantly is email only
- Tight if you stay on Growth, with 1,000 contacts in total, a read-only inbox and no webhooks
- Pricey if you need lead data too, since credits start at $9 a month for 150, and on Growth the CRM is only a 14-day trial
- Watch out: the contact limit is a running total, not monthly, and 25,000 more cost $87 a month
- Watch out: there's no free plan, and the trial stops at 250 contacts and 1,000 emails
Pick ReachInbox if
- Fits if you send cold email from many mailboxes and price by volume
- Works for people who want to try it free at 250 emails a month
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 50 active leads and 250 emails a month
- Pricey if you want AI replies or the API, which start at $75 on Growth
- Watch out: only yearly prices appear by default, and unlimited mailboxes are under a fair-usage policy
- Not for you if you want no-contract flexibility without checking the monthly price
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAInstantlyGood | 2.2GPAReachInboxFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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: $85.58 a month billed yearly for everyone, about $17.12 a head, with the CRM included. That's under 60% of the cheaper quarter's $34 in this category. | C$30 a month on yearly billing for 10,000 emails, between the category's cheaper quarter ($25) and middle ($39). Growth at $75 is where the useful extras start. |
| 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. | CFree plan: 3 email accounts, 14 days of warmup, 50 active leads and 250 emails a month. Real, but you will hit it quickly. |
| 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. | CSequences, warmup, a lead finder and placement tests. AI replies, enrichment, webhooks and API access all start at Growth, and unlimited accounts are under fair use. |
| 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 store rating on record. Connect mailboxes, warm them up, import leads and build sequences. |
| 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, with HubSpot, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n, HighLevel and Pabbly. |
| Best for | cold email from as many inboxes as you like | high-volume cold email with unlimited mailboxes |
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 ReachInbox. 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. ReachInbox starts at $30 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and ReachInbox starts $7.60 a month lower. Of the other cold outreach tools on the chart, 3 score higher than Instantly for less, and 1 scores higher than ReachInbox 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 also covers AI agents.
- ReachInbox also covers shared inbox and inbox warm-up.
At a glance
| Instantly | ReachInbox | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $37.6 per month for 5,000 emails, billed yearly ($47 monthly) | $30 per month for 10,000 emails, billed yearly |
| Free plan | None | 3 email accounts, 14 days of warmup, 50 active leads and 250 emails a month, and 500 AI word credits. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no card required, with 250 uploaded contacts and 1,000 emails | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Foo Monk, LLC (Instantly) | Outbox Labs |
| Price read from | instantly.ai | reachinbox.ai |
| Checked | Nov 9, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
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; on Growth the CRM is only a 14-day trial.
- Replying from Unibox, webhooks, the CRM and full A/Z testing need Hypergrowth, $107 a month billed monthly.
ReachInbox
- Only yearly-billed prices appear on the default view; the monthly price is not shown in the page text.
- Email accounts are unlimited but marked as subject to a fair-usage policy.
- AI replies, AI enrichment, webhooks and API access start at the Growth plan.
- The pricing page lists a 7-day money-back guarantee on Starter, Growth and Pro.
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.
ReachInbox
- Unlimited accounts and AI warmup
- Paid plans connect unlimited email accounts with AI warmup, subject to a fair-usage policy; the plan limits emails and active leads.
- Multi-step campaigns
- Sequences send from rotating mailboxes with sending limits per plan, from 10,000 emails a month on Starter.
- Unified inbox
- A master inbox with tags such as Interested and Meeting Booked, scheduled replies, reminders and AI agent replies on higher plans.
- AI personalization
- AI word credits power hyper-personalization and AI enrichment; Growth and above include both.
- Webhooks, API and MCP
- Growth and Pro add webhooks, API and MCP access; the site lists n8n, Zapier, Make, HubSpot and Slack connections.
- Workspaces
- Separate workspaces for clients or brands, from 1 on Free and Starter up to 50 on Pro.
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$85.58
per month for 125,000 emails, billed yearly ($107 monthly)
25,000 uploaded contacts, the built-in CRM, 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, the CRM, 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.
ReachInbox
Free$0
3 email accounts, 14 days of warmup, 50 active leads and 250 emails a month, 1 workspace.
Starter$30
per month for 10,000 emails, billed yearly
Unlimited email accounts and AI warmup, 2,000 active leads, 5,000 AI word credits and 1 workspace.
Growth$75
per month for 250,000 emails, billed yearly
50,000 active leads, 20 workspaces, AI enrichment, AI replies, webhooks, API and MCP access.
Pro$225
per month for 1 million emails, billed yearly
200,000 active leads, 50 workspaces and 150,000 AI word credits, with Growth's features.
Enterprise$999
per month and up
500,000 active leads, white labeling, unlimited mailboxes and a personal account manager.
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 $85.58 instead of $107 and Light Speed $286.3 instead of $358.
ReachInbox
- Annual discount
Yearly billing is 25% off
ReachInbox's pricing toggle marks yearly billing as 25% off; the plan prices shown are the yearly-billed monthly rates.
- Startups
Startups get up to 9 months free
The pricing page advertises up to 9 months free for startups, valued at over $5,000; the eligibility terms are not on that page.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Instantly or ReachInbox?
As of Nov 12, 2026, ReachInbox is cheaper to start with: $30 a month, against $37.60 a month for Instantly. Instantly starts at $37.6 per month for 5,000 emails, billed yearly ($47 monthly), and ReachInbox starts at $30 per month for 10,000 emails, billed yearly.
Which has a free plan, Instantly or ReachInbox?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only ReachInbox has a free plan. Instantly does not, though it has 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.