Instantly vs SalesGear (2026): which should you pick?

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 SalesGear if

• Fits if you want contact data and a sender in one account
• Works for a solo seller who only sends a few hundred emails a month

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: 5 credits (or 50, the page says both) a month
• Skip it if you want one plan with both the big data pool and sending, since Data and Outreach are separate
• Watch out: credits do not roll over, and a phone number costs 10
• Pricey if you need more than 500 credits: Pro is $79 a seat
• Watch out: the pricing page opens on monthly figures; the annual price sits behind a toggle

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.

SalesGear

• Data and Outreach are separate plan families, and an account can be on only one of them.
• Credits do not roll over: 1 email costs 1 credit, 1 phone number costs 10 and one deep research costs 10.
• The Free plan's credit allowance is shown as 5 on the plan card and as 50 in the FAQ.
• The pricing page opens on monthly billing; the annual figures come from the Annual toggle.

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.

SalesGear

B2B contact finder

Search for prospects with filters and pull emails and phone numbers, with an email finder and a Chrome extension that works from LinkedIn.

Deep research per prospect

A research step that gathers details about a prospect and company, used to write more specific messages. It costs 10 credits each.

Multichannel sequences

Sequences combine email, LinkedIn actions and calls, with a dialer, a meeting scheduler and A/B testing on Outreach plans.

Deliverability tools

Email warming and a domain health center, plus Gmail, Google Workspace and Office 365 sending, or any other mailbox through SMTP and IMAP.

CRM sync and automation

Connects to Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive and Zoho, and to other tools through Zapier. A copilot with MCP access for Claude and ChatGPT is listed.

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.

SalesGear

• Free$0

  A few monthly credits to try the finder and research. The plan card says 5 credits, the FAQ says 50.

• Basic (Outreach)$39

  per seat / month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)

  Outreach plan with 500 credits a month and the sending tools. The Data plan at the same price has 1,200 credits.

• Pro (Outreach)$79

  per seat / month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)

  Outreach plan with 2,000 credits a month. The Data plan at the same price has 4,000 credits and advanced filters.

• Pro Plus (Data)$159

  per seat / month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)

  Data plan with 10,000 credits a month and advanced filters, for prospect lists without sending.

• CustomCustom

  Higher credit volumes and startup pricing are arranged with the sales team.

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.

SalesGear

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  The pricing page's Annual toggle shows 20% off the monthly price on every paid plan.

• Startups

  Custom plans for startups

  The FAQ says startups can email the sales team to ask about customized plans.