Smartlead review: plans, leads and sends
Four plans from $39 a month, priced by active leads and monthly emails, with unlimited mailboxes. Checked on smartlead.ai, September 2026.
Smartlead is a cold email sending tool priced by active leads and monthly emails, from $39 a month for 2,000 leads and 6,000 emails, with unlimited email accounts on every plan (smartlead.ai/pricing, checked September 2026). SalesCrew puts the sender, the pipeline and the shared inbox in one CRM from $299 a month, with unlimited seats.
The short answer
- Smartlead's Base plan costs $39 a month for 2,000 active leads and 6,000 emails (checked September 2026).
- Every Smartlead plan includes unlimited email accounts at no extra cost.
- Smartlead documents webhooks for replies, bounces, link clicks and lead status changes.
- SalesCrew sends cadences on a mailbox pool with per-mailbox and per-domain daily caps, beside the deal record.
Smartlead plans
Read on Smartlead's own pricing page.
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed annually | Active leads | Emails a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | $39/mo | $32.50/mo | 2,000 | 6,000 |
| Pro | $94/mo | $78.30/mo | 30,000 | 90,000 |
| Smart | $174/mo | $144.50/mo | Unlimited | 150,000 |
| Prime | $379/mo | $314.60/mo | Unlimited | 500,000 |
Figures checked on smartlead.ai/pricing, 24 September 2026. Every plan lists unlimited email accounts.
Where Smartlead fits, and what to check first
Smartlead
- Unlimited email accounts on every plan
- A $39 entry plan, or $32.50 on annual billing
- Webhooks for replies, bounces, clicks and lead status changes
- Base holds 2,000 active leads, so a larger campaign needs Pro at $94
- API rate limits vary by plan, per Smartlead's API reference (checked September 2026)
Who Smartlead suits
Smartlead suits you if sending cold email at volume is the core job. You connect as many mailboxes as you like and pay by active leads and monthly sends.
Size the plan to your largest month. Base covers 6,000 emails, Pro 90,000 and Prime 500,000. An agency running several clients at once should add up every client's list before it picks.
Then decide where replies go. A positive reply needs a deal, a next step and a record your client can see. Smartlead's webhooks can push each reply to the CRM that holds that work.
How SalesCrew compares for outbound teams
SalesCrew sends cadences from its own mailbox pool. It applies per-mailbox and per-domain daily caps, re-checks suppression at each send, and turns a bounce or complaint into a suppression.
The send, the reply and the deal live in one database. Replies land in the shared inbox next to the contact, and segments get suppression applied when you freeze them.
Core is $299 a month with unlimited seats. Every AI-drafted send waits in one approval queue, and each client gets its own database with a full export.
Smartlead questions buyers ask
- How much does Smartlead cost?
- Smartlead's Base plan is $39 a month, Pro is $94, Smart is $174 and Prime is $379 on monthly billing. Annual billing lowers them to $32.50, $78.30, $144.50 and $314.60 a month. All figures are from smartlead.ai/pricing, checked September 2026.
- How many email accounts can I connect to Smartlead?
- Unlimited. Smartlead says all of its plans include unlimited email accounts at no extra cost, per smartlead.ai/pricing checked September 2026. The plans differ by active leads and emails sent each month.
- What does the Smartlead Base plan include?
- Base allows 2,000 active leads and 6,000 emails a month for $39, or $32.50 billed annually (checked September 2026). Pro raises that to 30,000 active leads and 90,000 emails a month.
- Does Smartlead have webhooks?
- Yes. Smartlead documents webhooks for new replies, bounces, link clicks and lead status changes, and a public API with key-based authentication. Its API reference says rate limits vary by subscription plan (checked September 2026).
- Can Smartlead send replies into SalesCrew?
- Yes. SalesCrew connects to Smartlead through outbound webhooks and its API or MCP tools, with Zapier, Make or n8n in the middle. A Smartlead reply webhook can create the contact and add the reply as a note in SalesCrew.