Cleverly review (2026): is it worth $397 a month?
Done-for-you LinkedIn and cold email lead generation agency
Black Friday: is there a Cleverly sale?
Cleverly report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for hiring out LinkedIn and cold email outreach
Cleverly is an agency that runs LinkedIn and cold email lead generation for you, from $397 a month. But it's a service, not software, no lead count is guaranteed, and only the LinkedIn price range is published.
Who Cleverly is for
- Fits if you want someone else to run outreach and you have the monthly budget
- Works for a founder with no time to learn a sequencing tool
Who Cleverly is not for
- Not for you if you want software you control, as this is a service
- Watch out: no number of leads is guaranteed, and the FAQ says most clients see 20 to 40 a month
- Pricey if you're small: $397 a month is where it starts
- Skip it if you need the cold email price, as only a LinkedIn range is published
Why Cleverly gets a 1.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for money$397 to $997 a month for LinkedIn lead generation, paid to staff who run your campaigns. That's well above the $39 software middle, though a different kind of thing.
- FFree plan and trialNothing free: no plan and no trial, since you pay a monthly fee for the agency work.
- CFeaturesLinkedIn lead generation, cold email outreach and appointment setting, done by Cleverly's people. The FAQ says no number of leads is guaranteed.
- BEase of useNothing to install or set up on your side, since the agency runs the campaigns.
- FPlatforms and integrationsThere's no product to run or connect: it's a service, with no apps or integrations on record.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Cleverly's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
Make Cleverly? Put this grade on your site
Paste this where you want the badge. It links here and follows the grade if it changes. About badges
<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/cleverly#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/cleverly.svg" alt="Cleverly: 1.2 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Cleverly stands among cold outreach tools
Cleverly's GPA of 1.2 is higher than 0 of the 81 other cold outreach tools we grade.
It stands best on ease of use (B, above 77 of 81) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $397 a month, against a middle price of $39 for the category: 72 of the 73 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. 66 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 82 cold outreach tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Cleverly’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 81, level with 17
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 81, level with 26
- CFeaturesAbove 20 of 81, level with 39
- BEase of useAbove 77 of 81, level with 4
- FPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 81
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 74 cold outreach tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Cleverly, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Cleverly you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 81 of the 81 other cold outreach tools grade higher. It costs $4,764 a year.
What you could not
- Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
- Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox.
What this rests on. Cleverly’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Cleverly?
Cleverly is a B2B lead generation agency rather than a self-serve app: its team handles targeting, copy and outreach on LinkedIn, by cold email and by phone, and hands over leads or booked meetings. Clients sign in to a dashboard to follow campaigns. LinkedIn lead generation is priced monthly, and cold email is priced per lead.
Worth knowing
- It is a service, not software: the price covers Cleverly staff running campaigns.
- Only a price range for LinkedIn lead generation is published; the cold email per-lead price and other services are not shown as figures.
- The FAQ says no number of leads is guaranteed, and that most clients see 20 to 40 new leads a month.
- Cold email is sold month to month with no contracts, according to the FAQ.
Key features
- LinkedIn lead generation
- Connection requests followed by a 3-touch drip sequence, with a nurture campaign for people who have not replied.
- Cold email outreach
- A managed service that the site says books qualified B2B meetings each month, sold per meeting-ready lead on a month-to-month basis.
- Appointment setting
- A dedicated response handler takes over replies for clients on the appointment setting plan.
- Other services
- Cold calling lead generation, outsourced SDRs, LinkedIn recruiting and white-label lead generation are listed on the site.
Cleverly pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Cleverly is a paid product, starting at $397 per month and up (LinkedIn lead generation).
- Starts at
- $397 per month and up (LinkedIn lead generation)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| LinkedIn Lead Generation | $397per month and up | The FAQ gives a range of $397 to $997 a month depending on campaign needs, with discounts for team plans of 3 or more users. |
Read from cleverly.co on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Cleverly before you buy.
Cleverly alternatives
- Cleverly vs Growbots
Free plan · from $29
- Cleverly vs Valley
Free trial · from $149/mo
- Cleverly vs Closely
Free trial · from $39/mo
Common questions
Does Cleverly have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Cleverly is listed for Web.
Does Cleverly have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Cleverly is listed for Web.
Is Cleverly open source?
Cleverly is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.