Salesforge vs SalesGear (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Salesforge grades higher than SalesGear: 2.8 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Salesforge 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.
Salesforge
Cold email and LinkedIn sequences with AI-written messages
SalesGear
Prospect data and multichannel outreach, sold by credits
Which one is for you
Pick Salesforge if
- Fits if you want AI to write a different first email for each contact
- Works for small teams that can share Growth, which has no per-person charge
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're on Pro, with 1 user, 1 LinkedIn profile and no API, A/B tests or CRM integrations
- Pricey if you want the AI SDR, which is $499 a month billed annually on top, set up after a demo
- Skip it if you want mailboxes and domains on the same bill, as they're separate Forge products
- Watch out: AI writing, validation and LinkedIn actions use monthly credits, and a Primebox AI draft costs 3
- Tight if you're on the trial, at 50 contacts, 100 emails and one LinkedIn profile
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
How we grade them
| 2.8GPASalesforgeGood | 2.2GPASalesGearFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | APro is one user, so five people need Growth, which has unlimited users: $80 a month billed annually, $16 a head. That's under 60% of the cheaper quarter's $32.50, though AI writing and LinkedIn actions draw on monthly credits. | C$39 a seat on yearly billing ($49 monthly) for 500 credits and the sending tools. That is the middle of the cold-outreach category, though 500 credits is only 50 phone numbers. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan. The 14-day trial gives 50 contacts, 100 emails and one LinkedIn profile, enough to see the AI writing but not a real campaign. | CA free forever plan, but the card says 5 credits and the FAQ says 50. Either way you run out in a day. |
| Features | BThe whole job: email and LinkedIn sequences with profile views, requests and messages, unlimited mailboxes with warm-up and rotation, AI-written first emails and Primebox for replies. Multi-language sequences, A/B tests and AI reply drafts need Growth. | CContact finder, research, sequences and CRM sync. The listing shows a split: Data plans cannot send and Outreach plans have fewer credits, because an account is on one family only. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record. Mailboxes and domains to connect, often bought from separate Forge products, and credits to keep an eye on before sending. | CNo store rating on record. You connect mailboxes, LinkedIn and a CRM before sending. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with HubSpot, Salesforce, GoHighLevel, Clay, Make, folk and Claude, plus an API, an MCP server and a command-line tool on Growth. No phone or desktop app on record. | BWeb and a browser extension, with Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho, Zapier, Gmail and Slack. |
| Best for | AI-written first emails from many mailboxes | finding prospect contacts and sending outreach from one tool |
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: Salesforge and SalesGear. How we grade
Price against what you get
Salesforge starts at $40 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. SalesGear starts at $39 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
Salesforge scores higher, and starts $1 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 Salesforge for less, and 6 score higher than SalesGear 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
- Salesforge also covers AI agents.
- SalesGear also covers marketing automation, email verification and inbox warm-up.
At a glance
| Salesforge | SalesGear | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $40 per month, billed annually ($48 billed monthly) | $39 per seat / month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Free plan with a small monthly credit allowance (5 on the plan card, 50 in the FAQ) for finding emails, phone numbers and research. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial with 50 contacts, 100 emails and one LinkedIn profile | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Salesforge OU | Aptare Technologies Pte. Ltd. |
| Price read from | salesforge.ai | salesgear.io |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Salesforge
- Pro is limited to 1 user and 1 LinkedIn profile; the API, A/B testing, CRM integrations and multi-language sequences need Growth.
- AI writing, email validation and LinkedIn actions use monthly credits; a Primebox AI draft costs 3, and extra credits are bought in the app.
- Agent Frank, the AI SDR, is a separate subscription from $499 a month billed annually ($599 billed quarterly), plus contacts, set up after a demo.
- Mailboxes and domains come from separate Forge products such as Mailforge and Infraforge, each with its own subscription.
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.
Key features
Salesforge
- Unlimited mailboxes and warm-up
- Connect as many mailboxes as you need, warm them all up at no extra cost, and let Salesforge rotate sending across mailboxes and IP addresses.
- AI-written first emails
- AI writes a unique opening email per contact from one source such as their LinkedIn profile (1 credit) or from every source in Overdrive mode (2 credits).
- Email and LinkedIn sequences
- Sequences mix emails with LinkedIn profile views, connection requests and messages, paid for with social action credits.
- Primebox
- Replies from every mailbox collect in one inbox, where AI tags each thread by sentiment; Primebox AI on Growth drafts the answers.
- Multi-language sequences
- On Growth, sequences and AI writing work in more than 20 languages, including Spanish, German, French, Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese.
- API, MCP and CLI
- On Growth, an API, a command-line tool and an MCP server let Claude and other AI assistants add contacts and launch sequences.
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.
Plans
Salesforge
Pro$40
per month for up to 1,000 contacts, billed annually ($48 monthly)
1 user, 1,000 active contacts in sequence, 5,000 emails a month, unlimited mailboxes and warm-up, 1 LinkedIn sender and 300 of each credit.
Growth$80
per month for up to 10,000 contacts, billed annually ($96 monthly)
Unlimited users and LinkedIn senders, 50,000 emails and 1,000 of each credit a month, plus the API, MCP, A/B tests and CRM integrations. More can be bought in the app.
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.
Ways to pay less
Salesforge
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
Salesforge says a yearly subscription gives two months free: Pro is $40 a month billed annually against $48 monthly, and Growth $80 against $96.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Salesforge or SalesGear?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Salesforge starts at $40 per month, billed annually ($48 billed monthly), and SalesGear starts at $39 per seat / month, billed annually ($49 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, Salesforge or SalesGear?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only SalesGear has a free plan. Salesforge does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Salesforge and SalesGear run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only SalesGear 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.