Instantly vs SmartWriter vs Mailshake vs Smartlead

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Instantly
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Competitor 1
SmartWriter
Competitor 2
Mailshake
Competitor 3
Smartlead
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Instantly
instantly.ai
Instantly automatically rotates your emails across dozens of sending addresses
Competitor SmartWriter
smartwriter.ai
Personalized outreach at scale
Competitor Mailshake
mailshake.com
Mailshake is a sales engagement platform for cold outreach across email, phone and social channels.
Competitor Smartlead
smartlead.ai
Smartlead is cold email software for outbound sales.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
2.2Mvisits/mo
10.6Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 11.9%
▼ 23.3%
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6-month growth
-15.9%
-35.5%
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Global rank web
#17,674
#1,888,585
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Avg. last 3 months
2.5M
12.8K
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Bounce rate lower is better
37%
38%
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Pages / visit
7.7
1.5
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Visit duration
6m 52s
3s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
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InstantlySmartWriterMailshakeSmartlead
0775.4K1.6M2.3M3.1MInstantly · 2.3MInstantly · 2.8MInstantly · 3.1MInstantly · 2.5MInstantly · 2.7MInstantly · 2.5MInstantly · 2.3MInstantly · 2.6MInstantly · 2.5MInstantly · 2.2MSmartWriter · 16.4KSmartWriter · 15.6KSmartWriter · 19KSmartWriter · 17.3KSmartWriter · 16.5KSmartWriter · 16.9KSmartWriter · 16KSmartWriter · 14.1KSmartWriter · 13.8KSmartWriter · 10.6K10K100K1M10MInstantly · 2.3MInstantly · 2.8MInstantly · 3.1MInstantly · 2.5MInstantly · 2.7MInstantly · 2.5MInstantly · 2.3MInstantly · 2.6MInstantly · 2.5MInstantly · 2.2MSmartWriter · 16.4KSmartWriter · 15.6KSmartWriter · 19KSmartWriter · 17.3KSmartWriter · 16.5KSmartWriter · 16.9KSmartWriter · 16KSmartWriter · 14.1KSmartWriter · 13.8KSmartWriter · 10.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Starting price
$37.6per month
$49per month
$25per month
$39per month
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Growth $37.60/moStarter Outreach $47/moScale $175/moAgency $500/mo+1 more
Basic Plan $49/moPopular Plan $79/moPro Plan $129/mo
Starter $25/moEmail Outreach $45/moSales Engagement $85/moAgency Custom+2 more
Base $39/moPro $94/moUnlimited Smart $174/moUnlimited Prime $379/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataText
DataWeb pages
DataText
DataText
Output
DataText
Text
DataText
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
14
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10
Email outreach
Sales prospecting
Sales emails
Lead generation
Cold email strategies
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Email marketing
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Email automation
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Sales
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Sales automation
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Sales outreach personalization
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Email configuration
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Email personalization
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Email writing
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Conversation starters
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Email management
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Email tracking
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Email warmup
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Email LinkedIn outreach
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Lead management
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LinkedIn emails
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LinkedIn outreach
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.