Head to head

Outreach vs Reply.io

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

Outreach

Enterprise

Enterprise sales-engagement and AI-agent platform. Pricing is quote-based: seats plus AI-credit consumption.

Where Outreach fits

Enterprise revenue teams
Recruiting orgs already standardised on Outreach for TA outbound
Leaders who want forecasting and coaching with sequences
Companies replacing a pile of sequencers with one vendor

Reply.io

$60/mo

Multichannel sequencer covering email, LinkedIn, calls and SMS, from around $60/mo.

Where Reply.io fits

Outbound desks that mix email, LinkedIn and phone
Recruiting teams that still call
Buyers who want MCP on a sequencer
Teams that have outgrown email-only tools

At a glance

Detail	Outreach	Reply.io
Starting price	Enterprise	$60/mo
Free tier	–No	–No
MCP server	✓Yes	✓Yes
Public API	✓Yes	✓Yes
Listed under	LinkedIn, Outreach	Lead generation, LinkedIn, Outreach
Capterra	4.4 from 311 reviews	4.6 from 95 reviews

Where they pull apart

Outreach

Stands out: The grown-up sequencer: pipeline, forecasting, conversation intelligence, and agents on one enterprise agreement, with MCP.

Watch out: There is no self-serve pricing. You buy seats plus AI credits, so a recruiting team using it as a mail-merge will still sit on an enterprise sales contract.

Not the right fit for

SMB recruiters who wanted Instantly or Smartlead prices
Teams that only need LinkedIn automation
Buyers who require a published per-seat number

Reply.io

Stands out: Phone calls in the same sequence as email and LinkedIn, plus a hosted MCP.

Watch out: It is a sequencer, not mailbox infrastructure, so heavy senders will still need warmup tooling.

Not the right fit for

Mailbox-farm agencies that need warmup infrastructure
Buyers who want a contact database included

Pros and cons

Outreach

Enterprise sequencer plus pipeline and CI in one suite
MCP and API available
Flexible packaging so AI usage is not only a seat tax

Quote-only, seats plus AI credits
Overkill for a recruiting mailbox farm
Minimums and professional services are the real start

Reply.io

Email, LinkedIn, calls and SMS in one sequence
Hosted MCP plus API
Fits phone-first recruiting desks

Not mailbox-farm infrastructure
No contact database included
Pricing climbs with channels and seats

What each one costs

Outreach

Enterprise

Enterprise. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 7 Sep 2026

Reply.io

$60/mo

From ~$60/mo. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 7 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Outreach or Reply.io for free?

Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

Does Outreach or Reply.io have an MCP server?

Outreach and Reply.io ship a first party MCP server, so an AI assistant can work the product directly.

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