SDRclose Blog
Comparisons articles from the SDRclose team: practical, tested advice for outbound sales teams.
Apollo bills per seat and, in reported breakdowns, expires credits each cycle, while reviewers report bounces on contacts labeled verified. Here is what the alternatives cost a team of one to ten, and where a per-workspace plan wins.
Lemlist's Email plan is flat, but Multichannel is priced per user and credits are billed on top. Here is what four seats really cost in a year, and which alternatives handle research, replies and booking instead.
Reply.io prices per user, stacks LinkedIn and calling on every seat, and sells Jason AI separately at a reported $500 a month. Here is how the alternatives compare on price, channels and what happens after a prospect replies.
Smartlead is cheap, popular and purely a sending engine. Here is what the add-on stack really costs in 2026, which alternatives add research and reply handling, and when Smartlead is still the right buy.
Instantly is a strong sequencer, but the reply inbox is gated on its entry plan and lead credits are billed separately. A dated 2026 comparison of the alternatives, including when Instantly is still the right call.
AiSDR's official plans start at $250 and jump to a $2,700 quarterly minimum with no trial. Here is the per-contact math, the alternatives with month-to-month billing and a real trial, and when AiSDR is still the right pick.
Artisan publishes no pricing and reported figures for Ava range from $280 to $5,000 a month. Here is what each source actually says, plus seven alternatives compared on price, sourcing, research and who controls the mailboxes.
11x publishes no pricing and third parties estimate about $5,000 a month on a twelve month contract. Here are eight alternatives compared by price, contract length and how much control you keep over mailboxes and copy.