Mailmeteor vs Woodpecker (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Woodpecker grades higher than Mailmeteor: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Woodpecker grades higher on value for money and features. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Mailmeteor
Mail merge, follow-ups and AI reply help for Gmail and Outlook
Woodpecker
Cold email priced by prospects contacted, with free team seats
Which one is for you
Pick Mailmeteor if
- Fits if you send mail merges from Gmail to a few hundred people
- Works for people who keep their contacts in Google Sheets
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 50 emails a day and 3 campaigns
- Pricey if you want follow-ups or warmup, which need Premium at $17.99 a user
- Skip it if you want the assistant in Outlook, as it works only in Gmail
- Watch out: Pipelines is early access and team analytics is marked coming soon
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
| 2.2GPAMailmeteorFair | 2.6GPAWoodpeckerGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $5.99 a user a month billed monthly ($53.99 a year), in the middle of the category. The follow-ups and warmup that people buy it for are on Premium at $17.99. | 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 free Hobby plan with 500 emails a month, 50 a day, 3 campaigns and 1 sender. You'll hit the daily cap on any real mailing. | 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 | CMail merge, tracking and follow-ups, email verification and warmup, an email assistant and lead tools. Gaps: follow-ups, warmup and the full assistant are Premium, and the assistant works only in Gmail. | 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. A browser extension and web app where you connect an inbox and a spreadsheet. | 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 and a browser extension, with Gmail, Outlook, Google Sheets, Docs, Excel and Zapier. No phone or desktop app. | 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 | mail merge for Gmail and Outlook | 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: Mailmeteor and Woodpecker. How we grade
Where they differ
- Mailmeteor also covers templates, email verification and inbox warm-up.
At a glance
| Mailmeteor | Woodpecker | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $5.99 per user / month (yearly: $53.99 per year) | $35 per month for 500 contacted prospects, billed monthly |
| Free plan | Hobby plan: 500 emails a month (50 a day), 3 campaigns, templates, an email tracker, scheduling and attachments. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial with all features, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Mailmeteor | Woodpecker AI sp. z o.o. |
| Price read from | mailmeteor.com | woodpecker.co |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Mailmeteor
- Limits are strict: 50 emails a day on the free plan, 250 on Starter and up to 2,000 on Professional.
- Follow-ups, email warmup and the full email assistant need the Premium plan at $17.99 per user / month.
- The email assistant works only in Gmail; the sending features also cover Outlook and SMTP providers.
- Pipelines is marked early access and team analytics is marked as coming soon on the pricing page.
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
Mailmeteor
- Mail merge campaigns
- Send personalized emails from Gmail, Outlook, Google Sheets, Google Docs or Excel, using variables and per-recipient attachments.
- Tracking and follow-ups
- An email tracker shows opens, and the Premium plan adds automatic follow-ups and Sheet automations for outreach sequences.
- Email verification and warmup
- Starter adds verification of addresses before sending, and Premium adds email warmup and a custom tracking domain.
- Email assistant for Gmail
- Sorts incoming mail with labels, drafts replies in the user's tone and rewrites messages. The full assistant starts on Premium and works only in Gmail.
- Lead tools
- Free tools for finding and checking email addresses sit alongside the sending tools for building a prospect list.
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
Mailmeteor
Hobby$0
500 emails a month, 50 a day, 3 campaigns and 1 sender, with templates, tracking and scheduling.
Starter$5.99
per user / month, billed monthly
5,000 emails a month, 250 a day, unlimited campaigns, Autopilot, email verification and reply detection.
Premium$17.99
per user / month, billed monthly
30,000 emails a month, 1,000 a day, 5 senders, follow-ups, Sheet automations, email warmup and AI drafts.
Professional$35.99
per user / month, billed monthly
60,000 emails a month, 2,000 a day, 10 senders, inbox rotation, Pipelines (early access) and priority support.
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
Mailmeteor
- Annual discount
Yearly billing, 3 months free
Yearly billing is $53.99 for Starter, $161.99 for Premium and $323.99 for Professional per user, which the page describes as 3 months free.
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, Mailmeteor or Woodpecker?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Mailmeteor starts at $5.99 per user / month (yearly: $53.99 per year), and Woodpecker starts at $35 per month for 500 contacted prospects, billed monthly. One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Mailmeteor or Woodpecker?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Mailmeteor has a free plan. Woodpecker does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Mailmeteor and Woodpecker run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Mailmeteor lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.