Smartlead Pricing: Seats, Inboxes and What Scaling Actually Adds
Smartlead AI pricing runs from Base at $39 a month to Unlimited Prime at $379 a month. Plans are capped by monthly email sends, and Base and Pro also by contacts, not by mailboxes, as read on Sep 27, 2026.
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SmartleadThe plans, line by line
Each figure as published by the vendor. The bar shows how the quota grows from one plan to the next.
Read on the vendor's pricing page on 27 September 2026. Domains, white label and extra verification credits have no published price on this ladder. These prices have not been read again for 6 months. Check the vendor's page before you buy.
The details, one question at a time
Credits, seats, the free plan, the neighbours: each section answers one question buyers ask about the price.
Smartlead pricing plans, from Base to Unlimited Prime
Base is $39 a month for 2,000 contacts and 6,000 email sends. Pro is $94 for 30,000 contacts and 90,000 sends, Unlimited Smart is $174 with unlimited contacts and 150,000 sends, and Unlimited Prime is $379 with unlimited contacts and 500,000 sends, all read on the vendor's pricing page on Sep 27, 2026. Price level draws 7 negative mentions.
What the yearly tab changes on each plan
The pricing page has a monthly and a yearly tab. On the yearly tab the same plans read $32, $78, $144 and $315 a month, billed annually, against $39, $94, $174 and $379 on the monthly tab, read on Sep 27, 2026. Smartlead states monthly and annual plans with no lock-in contracts.
Mailboxes, warm-up and verified emails by plan
The vendor's home page lists unlimited mailboxes, read on Oct 16, 2026, and warm-up and sender rotation as built in, read on Sep 27, 2026. Verified emails are a plan quota: 2,000 a month on Base, 30,000 on Pro, 50,000 on Unlimited Smart and 170,000 on Unlimited Prime, while contacts are capped at 2,000 on Base and 30,000 on Pro. This page lists no price for domains or white label.
The Smartlead free trial lasts 14 days
Smartlead's help center states a 14-day free trial on sign-up, read on Sep 27, 2026, and the pricing FAQ says all plans come with a free trial and no credit card is required to get started, read on Oct 4, 2026. The pricing page and FAQ list no free plan, so the first paid plan is Base at $39 a month.
The Unlimited plans still cap monthly email sends
Unlimited Smart and Unlimited Prime lift the contact cap, but not the sending cap: Smart allows 150,000 email sends a month and Prime 500,000. Between the two, verified emails also change: 50,000 a month on Smart, 170,000 on Prime, all read on Sep 27, 2026. Credits and quotas draw 2 negative mentions.
What the reviews say about value for money
One of the five dimensions behind the overall score, and what comes up about price, counted in mentions.
How to read this. These are counts, not shares: price level draws 7 negative mentions, billing and renewals 3 and credits and quotas 2, as of Sep 2026. The value score of 7.3 rests on the 21 tagged reviews that discuss value.
Which plan fits which team
Each situation points to one published plan, with what it includes and where it stops.
Base is the entry plan: 2,000 contacts, 6,000 email sends and 2,000 verified emails a month cover a founder prospecting alone.
- 2,000 contacts
- 6,000 email sends/month
- 2,000 verified emails/month
- Foundation tier
Base stops at 2,000 contacts and 6,000 email sends a month; Pro raises both to 30,000 and 90,000 at $94.
Pro raises the caps to 30,000 contacts, 90,000 email sends and 30,000 verified emails a month for a sales team sending from many mailboxes.
- 30,000 contacts
- 90,000 email sends/month
- 30,000 verified emails/month
- Growth tier
Pro stops at 30,000 contacts and 90,000 email sends a month; Unlimited Smart lifts contacts to unlimited at $174.
Unlimited Smart removes the contact cap and allows 150,000 email sends and 50,000 verified emails a month for an agency running many campaigns.
- Unlimited contacts
- 150,000 email sends/month
- 50,000 verified emails/month
Unlimited Smart stops at 150,000 email sends a month; Unlimited Prime allows 500,000 at $379 a month.
Plan prices as read on the vendor's pricing page on 27 September 2026. Not read again for 6 months. Check the vendor's page before you buy.
Questions people ask about Smartlead's price
Base is $39 a month, Pro $94, Unlimited Smart $174 and Unlimited Prime $379, read on the vendor's pricing page on Sep 27, 2026. The yearly tab reads $32, $78, $144 and $315 a month, billed annually.
The vendor's home page lists unlimited mailboxes and lists warm-up and sender rotation as built in. The plans differ by contacts, email sends and verified emails, not by mailboxes, read on Sep 27, 2026.
Unlimited Smart, at $174 a month, has unlimited contacts against 30,000 on Pro at $94, plus 150,000 email sends against 90,000 and 50,000 verified emails against 30,000, read on Sep 27, 2026.
Yes. Smartlead's help center states a 14-day free trial on sign-up, and the pricing FAQ says all plans come with a free trial and no credit card is required. The pricing page lists no free plan.
No. Unlimited Smart caps email sends at 150,000 a month and Unlimited Prime at 500,000; what is unlimited on both is contacts. The home page also lists unlimited mailboxes, read on Oct 16, 2026.
This page lists no price for domains or white label. Verified emails are a plan quota: 2,000 a month on Base, 30,000 on Pro, 50,000 on Unlimited Smart and 170,000 on Unlimited Prime, read on Sep 27, 2026.
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