Growth
$47/mo
billed monthly
$37.60/mo
billed annually
5,000 emails a month, 1,000 uploaded contacts, unlimited mailboxes and warmup.
API included
Plan details
No webhooks. Billed monthly, or annually at US$37.60 a month.
Comparison
Instantly vs PlusVibe
Instantly starts at US$47 a month billed monthly for 5,000 emails, and its API v2 is on every paid plan; webhooks start on Hyper Growth at US$97. PlusVibe starts at US$37 a month for 25,000 emails with warmup and 1,000 enrichment credits, but its API, webhooks and MCP server start on Business at US$77 a month for 150,000 emails. Both run official MCP servers.
Pick Instantly if
- You want the API on the cheapest paid plan: Growth, US$47 a month billed monthly
- You want scoped API keys and published limits of 100 requests a second
Pick PlusVibe if
- You want 25,000 emails a month without the API: Personal is US$37 billed monthly
- You want 150,000 emails a month with the API, webhooks and MCP for US$77 billed monthly
Instantly
Sending, Sourcing
PlusVibe
At a glance
Instantly
- From
- US$47/moGrowth monthly, US$37.60 annual
- Free plan
- Yes14 days, no card
- Pricing model
- Usage-based
- MCP server
- Official
PlusVibe
- From
- US$37/moPersonal monthly, US$30.80 yearly
- Free plan
- NoNo free plan; 14-day trial
- Pricing model
- Not stated
- MCP server
- Official
Where they differ
16 points side by side. Open a value for the full detail.
| What | Instantly | PlusVibe |
|---|---|---|
| Growth US$47/mo monthly, US$37.60 annualGrowth US$47 a month billed monthly, or US$37.60 a month billed annually. Flat plans with unlimited mailboxes, priced by emails and uploaded contacts. Verified 2026-10-25. | Personal US$37/mo monthly, US$30.80 yearlyPersonal: US$37 a month billed monthly, or US$30.80 a month billed yearly (two months free). One price per plan with unlimited team members, not per seat. Verified 2026-10-25. | |
| Growth, US$47/mo monthlyGrowth, US$47 a month billed monthly. API v2 is on every paid Outreach plan. | Business, US$77/mo monthlyBusiness: US$77 a month billed monthly, or US$64.20 billed yearly. Personal has no API, webhooks or MCP. | |
| Flat plans by emails and contactsFlat monthly plans by emails sent and contacts uploaded, with 20% off on annual billing. The lead database and AI run on a separate credits subscription. | By email volume and active leadsBy monthly email volume and active leads: 25,000 emails and 30,000 active leads on Personal, 150,000 and 100,000 on Business, 500,000+ on Agency. Larger enrichment-credit tiers raise the price. The paid plan cards do not state a mailbox limit. | |
| 14 days, no card14 days, no card. In the app on 25 Oct 2026: 1,250 emails a month and 250 uploaded contacts, and API keys worked. | No free plan; 14-day trialNo free plan. A 14-day trial with 1,000 emails, up to 3 connected email accounts with warmup, and 100 enrichment credits. | |
| Bearer key with fixed scopesAuthorization: Bearer header. Each key gets scopes you pick from 128, fixed after creation. The key is shown once. | x-api-key header plus workspace_idx-api-key header, plus a workspace_id on every call. One key per account covers all its workspaces; it is created under Settings > API Access on Business. | |
| 100/sec and 6,000/min per workspace100 requests a second and 6,000 a minute per workspace, shared by all keys and by v1 and v2. GET /api/v2/emails is capped at 20 a minute. | 5 requests/sec5 requests a second. A few heavy endpoints count more, and going over blocks requests for a short time. No rate-limit headers are documented. | |
| Hyper Growth and up, 18 event typesHyper Growth (US$97 a month) and up. 18 event types, including custom label events. | Business and Agency, optional signatureBusiness and Agency: first reply, all replies, positive replies, emails sent, bounces, Unibox emails sent, lead labels and system alerts such as a disconnected mailbox. Optional HMAC-SHA256 signature. | |
| YesOfficial, streamable HTTP at mcp.instantly.ai. 199 tools on 25 Oct 2026. | YesOfficial server at https://mcp.plusvibe.ai/mcp with the API key in the URL, over Streamable HTTP, on Business. Setup guides cover Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT. | |
| Growth 5,000 emails, 1,000 contactsGrowth 5,000 emails and 1,000 contacts; Hyper Growth 125,000 emails and 25,000 contacts; Light Speed 500,000 emails and 100,000 contacts. Unlimited mailboxes and warmup. | 25,000 emails/mo on Personal25,000 emails a month on Personal, 150,000 on Business and 500,000+ on Agency. | |
| Unlimited mailboxes and warmupUnlimited mailboxes and warmup on every plan. Light Speed (US$358 a month) adds private sending servers. A setting pauses campaigns with high bounce rates; the app does not show the threshold. | Private warmup pool on every planA private warmup pool on every plan: basic warmup on Personal, advanced warmup settings on Business. Agency adds an isolated sending server per client, dedicated IPs with rotation and a warmup recovery scheme. | |
| SuperSearch 450M+, credits from US$9/moSuperSearch, 450M+ B2B leads, on a separate credits plan from US$9 a month for 150 credits. | No database; enrichment credits every planNo lead database is listed. Enrichment credits on every plan (1,000 a month on Personal, 3,000 on Business) pay for email verification, email finding, website and LinkedIn scraping and AI personalization. | |
| 129 app tiles incl. Clay, HubSpot129 app tiles in the app, including Clay, HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Slack and HeyReach. | Slack; HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Zapier from BusinessSlack alerts from Personal. HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Zapier, Make and webhooks from Business. | |
| No GDPR, SOC 2 or CCPA statementNo GDPR, SOC 2 or CCPA statement on its pricing page, developer docs or help index; the security page returned 404 on 25 Oct 2026. | GDPR and CCPA sections, no SOC 2Its plans FAQ says it supports GDPR and CAN-SPAM compliant outreach, and its privacy policy has GDPR and CCPA sections. No SOC 2 or ISO certification is named. | |
| Agency white-label; workspaces from Hyper GrowthAn Agency page with a white-label domain and client accounts, plus sub-workspaces. Adding workspaces and team members starts on Hyper Growth. | Extra workspaces from US$29/mo; Agency white-labelOne workspace on Personal and Business, with extra workspaces from US$29 a month on Business. Agency includes client workspaces and white-label for each client. | |
| Up to 1,000 leads per callUp to 1,000 leads per POST /api/v2/leads/add call. | Lead arrays; no per-call cap publishedLeads are sent as an array per call, with options to skip leads already in the workspace or in active campaigns. No per-call cap is published. | |
| API access and scoped keys from US$47/moSenders who want API access and scoped keys from US$47 a month and plan heavy API use. | Warmup, rotation, enrichment in one planSenders who want warmup, sender rotation and enrichment credits in one plan from 25,000 emails a month, and agencies that want isolated infrastructure. |
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Pricing, plan by plan
US dollars as each vendor's page showed them on 25 Oct 2026. One panel per tool; switch each between monthly and annual billing (an annual price is the monthly rate when you pay for the year up front).
Instantly
6 plans · API reviewHyper Growth
$97/mo
billed monthly
$77.60/mo
billed annually
125,000 emails a month, 25,000 uploaded contacts, webhooks, reply from Unibox, workspaces and team members.
API included
Plan details
Billed monthly, or annually at US$77.60 a month.
Light Speed
$358/mo
billed monthly
$286.30/mo
billed annually
500,000 emails a month, 100,000 uploaded contacts, private sending servers (SISR).
API included
Plan details
Billed monthly, or annually at US$286.30 a month.
Enterprise
Custom quote
500,000+ emails and 100,000+ contacts.
API included
Plan details
Price on request.
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Credits Nano (lead database and AI)
$9/mo
billed monthly
$9/mo
monthly billing only
150 credits a month, a separate subscription from Outreach.
Growth Credits (lead database and AI)
$47/mo
billed monthly
$47/mo
monthly billing only
1,500 credits a month.
PlusVibe
3 plansPersonal
$37/mo
billed monthly
$30.80/mo
billed annually
25,000 emails a month, 30,000 active leads, 1,000 enrichment credits a month (3,000 for US$45, 5,000 for US$52, 7,000 for US$58 billed monthly), basic warmup, unified inbox, sender rotation, Slack alerts.
No API
Plan details
No API, webhooks or MCP. Billed monthly, or US$30.80 a month billed yearly.
Business
$77/mo
billed monthly
$64.20/mo
billed annually
150,000 emails a month, 100,000 active leads, 3,000 enrichment credits (tiers up to 50,000 for US$220 billed monthly), advanced warmup, AI reply agents, webhooks, Zapier, Make, HubSpot, API and MCP server.
API included
Plan details
Extra workspaces from US$29 a month. Billed monthly, or US$64.20 a month billed yearly.
Agency
$497/mo
billed monthly
$415/mo
billed annually
From US$497 a month billed monthly, or from US$415 billed yearly.
API included
Plan details
500,000+ emails a month, custom credits, isolated sending server per client, dedicated IPs with rotation, client workspaces, white-label per client, unlimited users. Sold through a demo.
Which one to pick
Choose Instantly if
- You want the API on the cheapest paid plan: Growth, US$47 a month billed monthly.
- You want scoped API keys and published limits of 100 requests a second.
- You want a large lead database in the same app (SuperSearch, 450M+ leads, on separate credits).
- You import in bulk: up to 1,000 leads per API call.
Choose PlusVibe if
- You want 25,000 emails a month without the API: Personal is US$37 billed monthly.
- You want 150,000 emails a month with the API, webhooks and MCP for US$77 billed monthly.
- You want enrichment credits for verification, scraping and AI personalization in the plan.
- You run an agency and want an isolated sending server and dedicated IPs per client (Agency, from US$497).
If neither fits: If LinkedIn is your main channel, a LinkedIn tool such as HeyReach or OutFlo fits better, and both can hand leads to an email sender. Whichever sender you pick, verify the list before you upload it.
How to verify email addresses before you sendWant us to build it for you?
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Questions people ask
Is there a free platform for cold email outreach?
Neither has a free plan. Both give a 14-day trial: Instantly's allowed 1,250 emails a month and 250 uploaded contacts in the app on 25 Oct 2026, and PlusVibe's lists 1,000 emails, 3 connected email accounts and 100 enrichment credits.
Should you pay for a warmup tool?
Both include warmup. Instantly includes unlimited mailboxes and warmup on every plan. PlusVibe includes a private warmup pool on every plan, with advanced warmup settings from Business.
How many emails can be sent per day?
Both set monthly caps by plan. Instantly allows 5,000 emails a month on Growth, 125,000 on Hyper Growth and 500,000 on Light Speed. PlusVibe allows 25,000 on Personal, 150,000 on Business and 500,000+ on Agency.
Which plan includes the API?
Instantly's API v2 is on every paid plan, from Growth at US$47 a month billed monthly; webhooks start on Hyper Growth at US$97. PlusVibe's API, webhooks and MCP server start on Business at US$77 a month billed monthly; Personal has none of them.
Can an AI agent run campaigns in Instantly or PlusVibe?
Both have an official MCP server. Instantly's runs over streamable HTTP at mcp.instantly.ai and listed 199 tools on 25 Oct 2026. PlusVibe's is at mcp.plusvibe.ai on Business, with the API key in the URL.
Related
Read from instantly.ai/pricing.md and each tool's API docs. Verified 25 Oct 2026.
