Our take
Pick lemlist if outbound teams who will pay Email at $55/month yearly while they add a first Email + LinkedIn step — not Multichannel $87 first unless they need chat / call / WhatsApp in the same campaign, and not a forever-free sender (there isn’t one). Pick Smartlead if agencies who will attach many inboxes and pay for the send cap. Skip Smartlead if one-seat reps who want a built-in 200M contact graph (Apollo).
Best for
lemlist A sequence you start at a public $
Smartlead Agency-scale inbox rotation
Free plan
lemlist No free plan
Smartlead No free plan
Lowest paid
lemlist Credits / finders $16/user/mo
Smartlead Base $39/mo
Next step up
lemlist Email $55/mo yearly
Smartlead Pro $94/mo
Watch out
lemlist There is no permanent $0 sender
Smartlead Sends are the meter
Last checked
lemlist 2026-10-23 · lemlist.com/pricing
Smartlead 2026-10-22 · smartlead.ai/pricing
outbound teams who will pay Email at $55/month yearly while they add a first Email + LinkedIn step — not Multichannel $87 first unless they need chat / call / WhatsApp in the same campaign, and not a forever-free sender (there isn’t one).
Read the lemlist pageagencies who will attach many inboxes and pay for the send cap.
Read the Smartlead page
