# Growbots review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Cold email and prospecting software, plus a done-for-you service Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Growbots combines a prospect database, cold email sequences and inbox warm-up, and its homepage now leads with a managed lead-generation service in which its team runs campaigns for the customer. The software has a free entry plan and two paid outreach plans, with leads bought as credits. - **Category:** Cold Outreach - **Made by:** Growbots (since 2014) - **Website:** https://www.growbots.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Watch out: $29 and $39 don't say whether that's per month or per year. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Growbots has a free plan, and paid plans start at $29 starting price (Starter Outreach), billing period not stated. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Freemium plan: basic prospect filters, partial access to the 180M+ prospect database, 3 sequences of up to 5 steps and up to 20 emails a day per inbox. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Freemium | $0 | Basic filters, partial database access, 3 sequences with up to 5 steps, up to 20 emails per inbox per day and 20 email accounts free. | | Starter Outreach | $29 starting price; billing period not stated on the page | Unlimited sequences and steps, up to 100 emails per inbox per day, unlimited email accounts. Leads cost credits, from $0.13 per prospect. | | Pro Outreach | $39 starting price; billing period not stated on the page | Unlimited sequences and steps, up to 500 emails per inbox per day, unlimited email accounts. Leads cost credits, from $0.13 per prospect. | Read from https://www.growbots.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Growbots before buying. ## Key features - **Prospect database:** A database of 180M+ prospects with filters such as industry, location, position, company size, seniority and funding. - **Email sequences:** Multi-step campaigns with A/B testing, spintax, timezone detection and out-of-office rescheduling. - **Inbox warm-up:** A warm-up feature meant to improve deliverability for the connected inboxes. - **Concierge service:** A managed offer in which Growbots staff build the lists, write and run the campaigns and manage deliverability for the customer. - **CRM connection:** Connects to Salesforce and HubSpot, and to other CRMs through Zapier. ## Good for - Small businesses that want prospect data and sending in one tool - Teams that would rather hand outbound to a managed service ## Worth knowing - The pricing page shows starting prices of $29 and $39 without saying whether they are monthly or annual. - Leads cost credits, from $0.13 per prospect; credits reset on the renewal date and do not roll over. - Email addresses, phone numbers and data enrichment appear as paid add-ons or limited on lower plans. - The Concierge service is quoted on request; no price is published. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Growbots pairs cold email sequences with a prospect database and an optional done-for-you service, with a limited free plan. But the page gives starting prices of $29 and $39 without saying monthly or yearly, and leads cost credits from $0.13 each. - **Value for money: C.** Starting prices of $29 (Starter) and $39 (Pro), billing period not stated. Leads cost extra, from $0.13 a prospect, and credits don't roll over. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A Freemium plan with basic filters, partial database access, 3 sequences and 20 emails a day per inbox, which you'll outgrow. - **Features: C.** A prospect database, email sequences, warm-up and a CRM connection. Emails, phone numbers and enrichment are paid add-ons or limited on lower plans. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect inboxes and build sequences. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier, Gmail and Outlook listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Growbots's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among cold outreach tools - Growbots's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 40 of the 81 other cold outreach tools we grade, and level with 20. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 17 of 81) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/cold-outreach ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Growbots 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. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. - You could not: A network of real inboxes that open and answer your emails. - You could not: Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Salesforce, HubSpot and Zapier among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier, Gmail, Outlook **Tags:** Email campaigns, Inbox warm-up, Marketing automation ## Alternatives - [Instantly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/instantly): Cold email from unlimited inboxes, priced by emails and contacts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/growbots-vs-instantly) - [lemlist](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lemlist): Cold email and LinkedIn sequences with a built-in lead database. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/growbots-vs-lemlist) - [Saleshandy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/saleshandy): Cold email sequences with a B2B lead database in every plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/growbots-vs-saleshandy) - [Reply.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/reply-io): Multichannel sales sequences with the Jason AI SDR. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/growbots-vs-reply-io) - [Mailshake](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailshake): Per-user cold email sequences with a dialer on the top plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/growbots-vs-mailshake) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.growbots.com/pricing/ - https://www.growbots.com - https://www.growbots.com/about-us/ - https://www.growbots.com/integrations/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/growbots Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).