Mailshake vs QuickMail
We give Mailshake a 1.8 GPA and QuickMail a 2.4, out of 4.0. QuickMail grades higher on value for money, the free plan and 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.
Mailshake
Per-user cold email sequences with a dialer on the top plan
QuickMail
Cold email and LinkedIn campaigns with unlimited senders and users
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAMailshakeWeak | 2.4GPAQuickMailFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter's 1,500 sends and one address per person won't carry a sales team, so five people need Email Outreach: $45 a user billed yearly, $45 a head. That's above the category's $40 middle, while most email rivals here charge one price for the whole team. | 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 | FNothing free. There's no free plan and no trial, and Mailshake says it takes payment up front. You can cancel before renewal, but that isn't a trial. | 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 | CEmail sequences with follow-ups, A/B tests, spintax, warm-up and unlimited verification, plus a power dialer on Sales Engagement. The gaps: no LinkedIn steps on record, and rotation and the unified inbox need Email Outreach. | 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. Quick enough to start, since it sends from Gmail, Office 365 or any SMTP mailbox and the AI writer drafts copy, but you still connect accounts and set up your domain. | 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 and a browser extension, with Salesforce, Pipedrive, HubSpot and Zapier on Email Outreach and above. 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 | simple per-user cold email, with a dialer | 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: Mailshake and QuickMail. How we grade
Price against what you get
Mailshake starts at $25 a month for each person 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 $24 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other cold outreach tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Mailshake 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
- Mailshake starts at $25 per user / month, billed yearly ($29 monthly). QuickMail starts at $49 per month for up to 5,000 emails sent, billed monthly.
- Mailshake also covers templates.
At a glance
| Mailshake | QuickMail | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $25 per user / month, billed yearly ($29 monthly) | $49 per month for up to 5,000 emails sent, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial; a card is required, but no paid plan starts when the trial ends |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Mailshake, LLC | HCG Partners GmbH |
| Price read from | mailshake.com | quickmail.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Mailshake
- Small sales teams starting cold email from their own mailboxes
- Reps who want calls and emails in one sequence
- Teams that want shared templates and quick onboarding
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
Mailshake
- There is no free trial or free plan: Mailshake takes payment up front.
- Starter connects 1 email address and stops at 1,500 sends a month; rotation, the unified inbox and CRM integrations need Email Outreach.
- Calling needs Sales Engagement, $99 per user a month billed monthly, and its free minutes cover North American numbers only.
- More Data Finder credits are an add-on from $17 a month billed yearly ($19 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
Mailshake
- Sequences and follow-ups
- Automated email sequences with follow-ups, advanced scheduling and throttling, A/B tests and spintax to vary parts of each email.
- Deliverability tools
- Free warm-up, unlimited email verification and list cleaning, a spam-word copy analyzer and a domain setup assistant come with every plan.
- SHAKEspeare AI writer
- Generates several versions of email copy from a short description of your business, on every plan.
- Lead Catcher and analytics
- Engaged leads and replies are gathered in one place, and team dashboards track opens, replies, clicks and each rep's activity.
- Power dialer
- Sales Engagement adds browser calling with 5 phone numbers, phone scripts and unlimited free minutes to North American numbers.
- Data Finder
- Search for prospects' business contact details by role, location or company. Sales Engagement includes 2,500 credits; the other plans get 50.
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
Mailshake
Starter$25
per user / month, billed yearly ($29 monthly)
1 email address, 1,500 sends a month, unlimited contacts, warm-up and verification, A/B tests and the SHAKEspeare AI writer.
Email Outreach$45
per user / month, billed yearly ($49 monthly)
2 email addresses, unlimited sends, email rotation, a unified inbox, Salesforce, Pipedrive and HubSpot, Zapier and the browser extension.
Sales Engagement$85
per user / month, billed yearly ($99 monthly)
10 email addresses, 2,500 Data Finder credits, a power dialer with 5 numbers, phone scripts, lead temperature, tasks and a 1:1 onboarding call.
AgencyCustom
Everything in Sales Engagement with unlimited email addresses, sold through sales.
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
Mailshake
- Annual discount
Lower per-user rates with yearly billing
Billed yearly, Starter is $25 per user a month instead of $29, Email Outreach $45 instead of $49 and Sales Engagement $85 instead of $99.
QuickMail
No public discounts listed.
