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Woodpecker Review: Deliverability-First Cold Email for Agencies

Woodpecker suits cold email teams that want a quick setup more than feature depthIn this Woodpecker review, 9 of the 17 tagged reviews that discuss support read as negative, and cancellation and exports draw 7 negative mentions.

170+ public reviews as of Sep 2026 · scored on 29 tagged reviews · same 5-dimension grid for every scored tool · Scores last recalculated on Oct 16, 2026

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6.5
OUR SCORE / 10
cold email tools we score
$35 /mo (billing period not stated) 14-day trial or 100 emails, no card needed Read on the vendor's pricing page on Oct 4, 2026
Woodpecker in three sentences

Woodpecker, at woodpecker.co, is a cold email and LinkedIn outreach tool with warm-up and inbox rotation built in. Scores rest on 29 tagged reviews, and ease of use has 20 favourable mentions. Value for money and support quality are the lowest dimensions at 5.9, and cancellation and exports draw 7 negative mentions.

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Price

What it costs

One plan. Every figure read on the vendor's pricing page on Oct 4, 2026.

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Pricing page read: $35 a month for 500 contacted prospects, billing period not stated.

Oct 16, 2026
Scores recalculated

Scores calculated on 29 tagged reviews; global score 6.5.

Features

What you get, what you don't

Six things Woodpecker does. None of the six is missing on the vendor's pages; the weak spots are in what reviewers say, below.

SequencesUp to 16 stepsIn one campaign
Inbox rotationBuilt inUnlimited email accounts included
Warm-upBuilt inAutomatically builds sender reputation
CRM syncPipedrive, HubSpotTwo-way sync
ReportingPer stepCSV export, per-step granulation
MultichannelEmail, LinkedIn, callsCombined sequences
Does it fit your stack?Read on the vendor's public pages between Sep 27 and Oct 17, 2026 · "Not published" means the vendor does not say
Integrations
What connects, and how
  • PipedriveNative
  • HubSpotNative
  • CalendlyNative
  • Google SheetsNative
  • SalesforceVia Zapier or API
Security & compliance
What your IT team will ask
  • Data hostedOVH France + proxies
  • GDPR data processing agreementAvailable, with SCC
  • SOC 2 reportNot published
  • Single sign-onNot published
Support
Channels, hours, and what reviewers say
  • ChannelsEmail, form
  • HoursMon-Fri, 9am-10pm CEST
  • PhoneNot published
  • Read as negative9 of 17 tagged reviews
Evidence

The data behind the score

Our five scores against the average of the tools we score.

Tagged reviews from Oct 2023 to Aug 2026
WoodpeckerAverage of the tools we score
DimensionScorevs averageRead as positive
Ease of setup
8.5
+0.1
12 of 16
Feature depth
6.0
−1.5
5 of 16
Value for money
5.9
−2.4
6 of 17
Support quality
5.9
−1.4
7 of 17
DeliverabilityCategory dimension
6.2
−0.7
6 of 12
What reviewers talk aboutCounts are mentions as of Sep 2026
Praised most
Customer support
24
Ease of use
20
Setup
12
Automation
12
Criticised most
Cancellation and exports
7
Billing and renewals
6
Feature range
6

How we score

Fit

Should you buy it?

Name your dealbreaker. No profile is scored on its own yet: too few tagged reviews per profile, so the page shows the overall score.

Your dealbreaker
6.5all reviewers

Buy it if You want cold email with LinkedIn and calls in one sequence, and a quick setup. Skip it if You put support quality, value for money or feature depth first.

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Questions to ask the vendor

  1. How do I export my campaign data if I cancel a Woodpecker subscription?Cancellation and exports draw 7 negative mentions.
  2. What response time does support commit to when a campaign stops sending?Customer support draws 9 negative mentions.
  3. How does the price change as contacted prospects rise past 500?The pricing page shows $35 a month for 500 contacted prospects, billing period not stated.
  4. How is warm-up measured on a new mailbox before it sends at volume?Warm-up draws 4 negative mentions.
Alternatives

If Woodpecker isn't it

Three tools we score in this category and Woodpecker's secondary categories. Each covers a dealbreaker above, and the highest-scored tool that covers a dealbreaker is always among them. Click a card, or a name below, to put it next to Woodpecker.

GlockApps
If support is why you leave
8.7+2.2 vs Woodpecker
$85 /moNo free trial stated
Read on the vendor's pricing page on Oct 4, 2026
  • Chat, email and phone support, against email and a form
  • Billing and renewals draws 2 negative mentions
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Reply.io
If feature range is why you leave
8.6+2.1 vs Woodpecker
From $89 /seat /mo billed annually14-day free trial
Read on the vendor's pricing page between Oct 4 and Oct 13, 2026
  • SMS and WhatsApp steps in sequences
  • Learning curve draws 28 negative mentions
Our review Try
Mailmeteor
If billing or cancellation is why you leave
7.7+1.2 vs Woodpecker
$4.49 /seat /mo billed annuallyNo free trial stated
Read on the vendor's pricing page between Sep 27 and Oct 4, 2026
  • 30-day, no-questions-asked refund policy, against three days if unused
  • Inbox rotation on Professional only, $26.99 per user a month, billed annually
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Side by side

Woodpecker vs GlockApps

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Woodpecker GlockApps Reply.io Mailmeteor
Our score
6.5
8.7
8.6
7.7
Price and plan
Entry price$35 /mo (billing period not stated)$85 /moFrom $89 /seat /mo billed annually$4.49 /seat /mo billed annually
Free planNo free plan statedFree planNo free plan statedFree plan
Free trial14-day free trialNo free trial stated14-day free trialNo free trial stated
Four dimensions, same grid
Ease of setup
8.5
8.1
8.7
10.0
Feature depth
6.0
8.7
8.3
5.9
Value for money
5.9
9.2
9.7
8.1
Support quality
5.9
7.1
9.6
8.0
Fit
CRM integrationPipedrive, HubSpotNot publishedHubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, CopperVia BCC: HubSpot, Salesforce
Support channelsEmail, formChat, email, phoneChat, emailTicket form
Main strengthPer-step reporting with CSV exportSpam placement testing across providersBuilt-in email warm-upGmail and Outlook mail merge

GlockApps scores 8.7 on 22 tagged reviews. It lists spam testing across Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and AOL, read on Oct 4, 2026.

Same five-dimension grid for every tool; the fifth dimension changes with the category and stays out of this table. Prices and integrations read on each vendor's public pages between Sep 26 and Oct 17, 2026.

In depth

What the reviews say, in depth

Setup

Ease of use draws 20 favourable mentions

Ease of use has 20 favourable mentions and 1 negative. Ease of setup scores 8.5, and 12 of the 16 tagged reviews that discuss setup read as favourable.

Setup draws 2 negative mentions and the interface 4.

Features

Feature depth scores 6.0 on 16 tagged reviews

5 of the 16 tagged reviews that discuss feature depth read as favourable, and the feature range draws 6 negative mentions. The features page lists up to 16 steps in a campaign and email, LinkedIn and call steps combined in one sequence, read on Oct 4, 2026. LinkedIn automation runs via Dux-Soup, per the same page.

The features page lists two-way sync with Pipedrive and HubSpot, read on Oct 4, 2026. Integrations draw 3 negative mentions and 3 favourable mentions.

Warm-up

Deliverability scores 6.2 and warm-up draws 4 negative mentions

In these Woodpecker email reviews, warm-up has 5 mentions: 4 negative and 1 favourable. Deliverability scores 6.2; 6 of the 12 tagged reviews that discuss it read as favourable. The vendor's home page lists a built-in warm-up that builds sender reputation automatically, read on Oct 4, 2026.

The pricing page lists 2 warm-ups included, read on Oct 4, 2026.

Support

Support quality scores 5.9, joint lowest of five dimensions

9 of the 17 tagged reviews that discuss support read as negative, and customer support draws 9 negative mentions against 24 favourable mentions. The vendor lists email and a contact form for support questions, read on Oct 7, 2026.

Help content draws 2 favourable mentions.

Value

Value scores 5.9 and billing draws 6 negative mentions

10 of the 17 tagged reviews that discuss value read as negative. Billing and renewals draw 6 negative mentions, price level 2 and cancellation and exports 7. The pricing page shows $35 a month for 500 contacted prospects, billing period not stated, read on Oct 4, 2026.

The terms allow a refund within three days of a payment if the account has not been used; annual and pause plans are non-refundable, read on Oct 4, 2026.

Questions

Before you commit

The pricing page shows $35 a month for 500 contacted prospects, billing period not stated, read on Oct 4, 2026. Contacted prospects are the main billing unit, and the page lists unlimited team members and unlimited email accounts as included.

The site holds no fact on an agency plan or on client workspaces. The pricing page lists unlimited team members and unlimited email accounts as included, read on Oct 4, 2026, and 3 of the 29 tagged reviews come from agencies.

The site holds no fact on adaptive sending. It records built-in warm-up and inbox rotation, read on Oct 4, 2026, and a limit of 5,500 emails per 24 hours from one email account. Deliverability scores 6.2, and 6 of the 12 tagged reviews that discuss it read as favourable.

The site holds no fact on attachments in Woodpecker. The features page lists up to 16 steps in a campaign, read on Oct 4, 2026; check the vendor's help center before you rely on attachments.

The pricing page lists the API and webhooks among its integrations add-ons, read on Oct 17, 2026, and the site holds no fact on what the Woodpecker API covers. It records Pipedrive, HubSpot, Calendly and Google Sheets as native integrations, read on Sep 27, 2026, and Salesforce via Zapier or API, read on Oct 17, 2026.

This page does not rank platforms by price. Woodpecker's pricing page shows $35 a month for 500 contacted prospects, billing period not stated, read on Oct 4, 2026; a price per contacted prospect does not compare directly with per-user plans. The alternatives page lists each rival's entry price with its read date.

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