PlusVibe starts at US$37 a month for 25,000 emails; its API, webhooks and MCP server start on Business at US$77 a month for 150,000 emails. Smartlead starts at US$39 a month for 6,000 sends; its API and webhooks start on Pro at US$94 a month for 90,000 sends. Both offer a 14-day trial and an official MCP server. Prices are billed monthly.
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| What | PlusVibe | Smartlead |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Base US$39/mo monthly, US$32 annualBase, US$39 a month billed monthly, or US$32 a month billed annually. One price per account, not per seat. Verified 2026-10-25. | |
| Business, US$77/mo monthlyBusiness: US$77 a month billed monthly, or US$64.20 billed yearly. Personal has no API, webhooks or MCP. | Pro, US$94/mo monthlyPro, US$94 a month billed monthly or US$78 billed annually. Base has no API and no webhooks. | |
| 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. | By send volume and stored contactsBy send volume and stored contacts, not per seat or per mailbox: 6,000 to 500,000 sends a month and 2,000 stored contacts up to unlimited, by plan. Unlimited email accounts on every plan. | |
| 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. | No free plan; 14-day trial, no cardNo free plan. A 14-day trial with no card. In the app on 25 Oct 2026 it allowed 2,500 sends a month and 1,250 stored contacts. | |
| 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. | API key in the query stringAPI key in the query string (?api_key=). Up to 25 admin keys per account, plus client-level keys. A Default admin key exists from first login, including on the trial. | |
| 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. | 60 or 120/min tiersThe docs list a 60 a minute (1,000 an hour) tier and a 120 a minute (3,000 an hour) tier without saying which plans get which. Three analytics endpoints allow 10 calls per 60 seconds. A trial key's responses carried a limit header of 200 on 25 Oct 2026. | |
| 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. | From Pro, 13 event typesFrom Pro: 13 event types, including email sent, open, link click, reply, bounce, unsubscribe, lead category change, and mailbox or LinkedIn disconnects. Set per user, client or campaign. | |
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. | YesOfficial server at https://mcp.smartlead.ai/sse with the API key in the URL, SSE transport only. A trial key listed 168 tools on 25 Oct 2026. | |
| 25,000 emails/mo on Personal25,000 emails a month on Personal, 150,000 on Business and 500,000+ on Agency. | 6,000 sends/mo on Base6,000 sends a month on Base, 90,000 on Pro, 150,000 on Smart and 500,000 on Prime. | |
| 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. | Warmup pool; SmartServers US$39/moA warmup pool on every plan: Foundation on Base, Growth on Pro, Premium on Smart and Prime. Dedicated IPs come through SmartServers at US$39 a server a month from Pro, with 3 included on Prime. A campaign setting pauses sending at a 5% bounce rate. | |
| 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. | SmartProspect; emails add-on US$59/moSmartProspect lead database. Verified prospect emails are a US$59 a month add-on on Base (2,000 a month) and Pro (30,000), and included on Smart (50,000) and Prime (170,000). | |
| Slack; HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Zapier from BusinessSlack alerts from Personal. HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Zapier, Make and webhooks from Business. | HubSpot (Beta), Clay, Listkit, LeadMagicIn the app on 25 Oct 2026, native connections listed HubSpot (Beta), Clay, Listkit, LeadMagic and OutboundSync. HeyReach can push leads into it from a LinkedIn sequence. | |
| 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. | No certification namedNo security certification is named on its pricing page or in its API docs. | |
| 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. | Client workspaces US$29/mo each from ProClient workspaces with white-label at US$29 a month each from Pro; Prime includes 3. Each client can have its own API key. | |
| 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. | Up to 400 leads per request | |
| 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. | Self-serve senders and agenciesSenders from a few thousand emails a month upward, and agencies running client workspaces, starting from a self-serve trial. |
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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).
$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, webhooks or MCP. Billed monthly, or US$30.80 a month billed yearly.
$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.
Extra workspaces from US$29 a month. Billed monthly, or US$64.20 a month billed yearly.
$497/mo
billed monthly
$415/mo
billed annually
From US$497 a month billed monthly, or from US$415 billed yearly.
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.
$39/mo
billed monthly
$32/mo
billed annually
6,000 sends a month, 2,000 stored contacts, unlimited email accounts, Foundation warmup pool.
No API and no webhooks.
$94/mo
billed monthly
$78/mo
billed annually
90,000 sends a month, 30,000 stored contacts, API and webhooks, CRM access, Growth warmup pool.
Client workspaces US$29 a month each.
$174/mo
billed monthly
$144/mo
billed annually
150,000 sends a month, unlimited stored contacts, 50,000 verified prospect emails included, CSM call access, Premium warmup pool.
$379/mo
billed monthly
$315/mo
billed annually
500,000 sends a month, unlimited stored contacts, 170,000 verified prospect emails, 3 SmartServers, 3 client workspaces.
Billed monthly or annually.
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 sendChoosing between PlusVibe and Smartlead, or moving from one to the other? Tell us your setup. We will show you how we would run it, and what we would check first.
Neither has a free plan. Both give a 14-day trial: PlusVibe's lists 1,000 emails, 3 connected email accounts and 100 enrichment credits, and Smartlead's allowed 2,500 sends a month and 1,250 stored contacts in the app on 25 Oct 2026.
Both include warmup in the plan. PlusVibe includes a private warmup pool on every plan, with advanced settings from Business. Smartlead includes a warmup pool on every plan, rising from Foundation on Base to Growth on Pro and Premium on Smart and Prime.
Both cap the month by plan. PlusVibe allows 25,000 emails a month on Personal, 150,000 on Business and 500,000+ on Agency. Smartlead allows 6,000 to 500,000 sends a month by plan; its default campaign schedule gave 27 sends a day per sender account in the app on 25 Oct 2026.
Both have agency options. Smartlead sells client workspaces with white-label at US$29 a month each from Pro, and each client can have its own API key. PlusVibe's Agency plan, from US$497 a month, includes client workspaces, white-label for each client and an isolated sending server per client; on Business, extra workspaces start at US$29 a month.
Both have an official MCP server that takes your API key in the URL. Smartlead's is at mcp.smartlead.ai over SSE; a trial key listed 168 tools on 25 Oct 2026. PlusVibe's is at mcp.plusvibe.ai over Streamable HTTP on Business.
Read from smartlead.ai/pricing and each tool's API docs. Verified 25 Oct 2026.
