Comparison

lemlist vs Woodpecker (2026): Two European Outreach Tools Compared

lemlist and Woodpecker compared from their own pricing pages as read on 19 September 2026, with emailcampaign.ai as the third column: pricing unit, mailboxes, warm-up, LinkedIn, white-label and reviews.

How this page was made. Every figure was read from each vendor's own pages on 19 September 2026 and is linked at the bottom. emailcampaign.ai is the third column and the publisher of this page; where lemlist or Woodpecker is the better choice, the page says so. Prices change; check the linked pages before buying.

lemlist from Paris and Woodpecker from Wrocław are the two European names in cold email that buyers most often weigh against each other. lemlist prices per seat with lemwarm, LinkedIn steps and a contact database included; Woodpecker prices per contacted prospect with unlimited team members and email accounts, and sells LinkedIn, warm-up, API, agency panel and white-label as add-ons. One is a bundle, the other a menu.

Side by side

lemlist, Woodpecker and emailcampaign.ai, read on 19 September 2026
lemlistWoodpeckeremailcampaign.ai
Starting price$55 a month billed annually for Email (one account); Multichannel $87 a user a month annual, five senders a user; monthly billing higher$35 a month for 500 contacted prospects; annual billing charges eight months for twelveFree 14-day trial; Basic $39 a month; Pro $94 a month
Pricing modelPer user or account; lemwarm included on every plan; lemwarm standalone $24 to $40 per email address a monthPer contacted prospect ($7 per 100); unlimited team members and email accounts free; add-ons for warm-up beyond the free slots ($5 a mailbox), LinkedIn ($29), API and integrations ($20), agency panel ($27 a client) and white-label ($5 a client)Plan by emails per month; unlimited mailboxes and warm-up on every plan; infrastructure at cost plus $5 setup per mailbox
Provisions mailboxes and domainsNo mailbox or domain provisioning found on its pages; you connect what you haveYes: Google or Microsoft addresses $6 a month each, Maildoso, Mailforge, Infraforge or Azure $4; new domains about $1 a month billed annually; an Infraforge dedicated server $59 a monthYes: domains (about $12 a year), Google Workspace seats ($8.40 a month), Microsoft 365 seats at Microsoft's rate, or self-hosted servers from $39 a month; you own the domains and accounts
DNSGuides onlySPF and DKIM set up on bought addresses; DMARC not stated; bought domains usable only inside WoodpeckerSPF, DKIM (selectors read from the provider), DMARC and postmaster records written through the registrar and shown before they go live
Warm-upIncluded through lemwarm; standalone lemwarm sold separatelyFree slots per plan, then $5 a mailbox a month; wait three to five days before starting warm-up on new addressesIncluded, unlimited, with a maintenance level after the ramp; never reaches your inbox
Placement testlemwarm deliverability score; no seed-list placement product foundNone found; domain audit and deliverability monitoringYes, per mailbox at Gmail and Outlook
White-labelNone at any tier; the agency page leads to a partner waitlistClient reporting app on your domain, $5 a month per active client, plus the $27 agency panelYes: a complete webmail and admin console on the client's own domain, plus dashboard branding
ReviewsG2 4.4 from 271; Capterra 4.6 from 391; Trustpilot 3.4 from 148G2 4.5 from 104; Capterra 4.5 from 33; Trustpilot 2.5 from 34 with 62 percent one-starNew listing; reviews being gathered
Best forSmall teams that want polished multichannel sequences with LinkedIn steps and warm-up in one subscriptionTeams that think in contacted prospects rather than emails, and agencies wanting cheap client reportingTeams that want the mailboxes, domains, DNS and warm-up done for them behind one approval, and agencies that need a client-branded door
Watch out forPer-seat cost grows with the team; Trustpilot reviewers report features removed without warning and credits charged when data is not foundReviews report charges after cancellation and multi-day support; the API is a paid add-on; bought domains cannot leaveThe recommended 8 to 10 sends a day per mailbox means volume comes from fleet size; if you want 100 a day from one mailbox, nothing here will let you

Where lemlist is stronger

The bundle. Warm-up on every plan, LinkedIn steps in the sequence, and a 650-million-contact database, all inside the $87 a user Multichannel plan; Woodpecker charges $29 a month for LinkedIn and $5 a mailbox for warm-up beyond the free slots.

Reviews. Capterra 4.6 from 391 and Trustpilot 3.4 from 148, against Woodpecker's Capterra 4.5 from 33 and Trustpilot 2.5 from 34 with 62 percent one-star.

Where Woodpecker is stronger

Cost that follows work rather than headcount. $35 a month for 500 contacted prospects with unlimited team members and email accounts; a five-person team on lemlist Multichannel pays $435 a month before volume.

Provisioning and agency tooling. Google or Microsoft addresses at $6, other providers at $4, domains about $1 a month, a dedicated server at $59, a $27 agency panel and white-label client reporting at $5 a client. lemlist provisions nothing and has no white-label.

Where emailcampaign.ai fits

emailcampaign.ai is a bundle like lemlist and provisions like Woodpecker, with one difference on each side: warm-up, placement tests and unlimited mailboxes are in the plan from $39, and the domains and Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 accounts it creates are registered in your name, where Woodpecker's bought domains stay inside Woodpecker. It has no LinkedIn steps in sequences, caps each mailbox at 8 to 10 cold emails a day, and is new.

Decide by the question you are asking

  • LinkedIn is half of our outreach. lemlist, or Woodpecker with the $29 add-on.
  • Headcount is large, volume is small. Woodpecker.
  • We want the infrastructure done and owned. emailcampaign.ai.
  • We need white-label client reporting cheaply. Woodpecker; emailcampaign.ai includes a full client door.
  • We are one person on one mailbox. lemlist Email at $55, or emailcampaign.ai's free trial and then Basic at $39.

Sources: lemlist: Pricing · lemlist: Trustpilot · Woodpecker: Pricing · Woodpecker: Buying domains and addresses · Woodpecker: Trustpilot · emailcampaign.ai: Pricing · emailcampaign.ai: Infrastructure ·

Questions, answered straight

Does Woodpecker include warm-up?
Free slots per plan, then $5 a mailbox a month, and Woodpecker asks you to wait three to five days before starting warm-up on a new address. lemlist includes lemwarm on every plan; emailcampaign.ai includes warm-up on unlimited mailboxes.
Which is better for agencies?
Woodpecker: a $27 agency panel and $5 a month per active client for a white-label reporting app. lemlist has no white-label and its agency page leads to a partner waitlist. emailcampaign.ai gives each client a complete branded webmail and admin console.
Can I keep the domains I buy through Woodpecker?
Woodpecker's help centre says bought domains can be used only inside Woodpecker. lemlist does not sell domains. emailcampaign.ai registers them in your name.

Published 19 September 2026. Updated 19 September 2026. Written by the team that runs the infrastructure; numbers come from the platform's own provisioning and sending, and from the providers' published documentation at the time of writing.

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