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Instantly vs Salesloft

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

Instantly

$37.60/mo Free trial

Cold-email infra for teams farming many sending mailboxes. Outreach Growth is $37.60/mo billed yearly, or $47/mo monthly.

Where Instantly fits

  • Outbound recruiting teams sending at volume
  • Agencies running many sending accounts
  • Desks that need warmup plus a unibox
  • Recruiters who want an agent to find candidates and send first outreach

Salesloft

Sales-quoted

Sales engagement and revenue orchestration platform for cadences, calling and forecasting. Quote-based; pricing comes from sales.

Where Salesloft fits

  • Enterprise SDR and AE teams running multi-channel cadences
  • Revenue orgs standardized on Salesforce
  • Enablement teams that want coaching beside sequences
  • Teams that want AI assistants reading live pipeline data

At a glance

DetailInstantlySalesloft
Starting price$37.60/moSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
Free trialYesNot on record
MCP server✓Yes✓Yes
Public API✓Yes✓Yes
Listed underOutreachOutreach

Where they pull apart

Instantly

Stands out: Warmup, unibox, and volume send with hosted MCP and a public API, plus an AI Recruiting Agent that finds candidates from a job link and emails them.

Watch out: Deliverability still depends on your domains and inboxes, not the tool alone.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that only need LinkedIn messaging
  • Buyers looking for an ATS

Salesloft

Stands out: Cadences, dialer, conversation intelligence and Clari forecasting on one platform, with an MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT.

Watch out: No public seat price or self-serve checkout. Expect an annual contract and an implementation project.

Not the right fit for

  • SMBs that need a published per-seat checkout
  • Recruiters looking for an ATS or sourcing database

Pros and cons

Instantly

  • Warmup and unibox in the same desk
  • AI Recruiting Agent sources candidates and drafts outreach from a job link
  • Hosted MCP plus REST API
  • No-card get-started path on the vendor site
  • Sending domains and inboxes are bought separately
  • Sequence designer is plainer than multichannel rivals
  • Volume tiers step up quickly as mailboxes grow

Salesloft

  • Cadences, dialer and coaching in one suite
  • MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT
  • Public REST API for the core platform
  • Quote-only, no public seat price
  • Not a recruiting ATS or contact database
  • Annual contracts and setup work expected

What each one costs

Instantly

$37.60/mo

Outreach plans: Growth $37.60/mo billed yearly, or $47 monthly, for 5,000 emails and 1,000 contacts; Hypergrowth $85.58/mo yearly, or $107 monthly, for 125,000 emails and 25,000 contacts; and Light Speed $286.30/mo yearly, or $358 monthly, for 500,000 emails. Lead credits are a separate plan from $47/mo, and bundles of both start at $94/mo. Every plan has unlimited email accounts and warmup. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Salesloft

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. No public rate card on the vendor site. Seat counts and packaging are set with sales, typically on an annual contract. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try Instantly or Salesloft for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing. Instantly offers a free trial.
Does Instantly or Salesloft have an MCP server?
Instantly and Salesloft ship a first party MCP server, so an AI assistant can work the product directly.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?