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 Smartlead or Saleshandy is the better choice, the page says so. Prices change; check the linked pages before buying.
Smartlead and Saleshandy price the same way, a plan by contacts and emails with unlimited mailboxes and warm-up, and they are $1.50 apart at the entry: $32.50 and $34 a month billed annually. The decision is about what sits around the sequencer. Smartlead sells agencies a client workspace and the app on their domain, with mailboxes from partners; Saleshandy sells everyone cheap provider mailboxes and keeps white-label for its $149 plan.
Side by side
| Smartlead | Saleshandy | emailcampaign.ai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $32.50 a month annual ($39 monthly) for 2,000 contacts and 6,000 emails | $34 a month annual ($41 monthly) for 2,000 prospects and 6,000 emails | Free 14-day trial; Basic $39 a month; Pro $94 a month |
| Pricing model | Plan by contacts and emails; unlimited mailboxes and warm-up; client workspaces $29 a month each on Pro and above; SmartServers $39 a server | Plan by prospects and emails; unlimited email accounts and warm-up mailboxes; infrastructure add-on at $2.99 to $3.99 a mailbox a month plus $14 a year per domain | Plan by emails per month; unlimited mailboxes and warm-up on every plan; infrastructure at cost plus $5 setup per mailbox |
| Provisions mailboxes and domains | Yes via partners: Google $13 a domain a year plus $4.50 a mailbox a month; Outlook via Zapmail or InfraInbox; pre-warmed $18 plus $9 | Yes: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and Azure mailboxes, pre-set with SPF, DKIM, DMARC and a tracking domain | Yes: 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 |
| DNS | SPF, DKIM, DMARC and tracking records configured automatically on partner mailboxes | Included with provisioned mailboxes | SPF, DKIM (selectors read from the provider), DMARC and postmaster records written through the registrar and shown before they go live |
| Warm-up | Included, unlimited, private pool | Included through its partner TrulyInbox | Included, unlimited, with a maintenance level after the ramp; never reaches your inbox |
| Placement test | SmartDelivery from $49 a month for 120 tests | None found | Yes, per mailbox at Gmail and Outlook |
| White-label | Pro and above, enabled by support: app on your own domain, client access to reports and campaigns; $29 a client workspace | Scale plan and above ($149 a month annual): custom domain and logos | Yes: a complete webmail and admin console on the client's own domain, plus dashboard branding |
| Reviews | G2 4.6 from 306; Trustpilot 3.0 from 141 with 46 percent one-star | G2 4.6 from 773; Capterra 4.5 from 126 | New listing; reviews being gathered |
| Best for | Agencies running many clients from one account who are comfortable with partner-supplied mailboxes | Price-sensitive teams that want sequencing and mailboxes from one vendor | Teams 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 for | Reviews cite support response of two to three days, cancellation friction, and warm-up pausing without warning | Reviews mention charges after cancellation, marketing about daily caps, and bugs after releases | The 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 Smartlead is stronger
Agency machinery. Client workspaces at $29 a month, the application on your own domain, client logins to reports and campaigns, and SmartDelivery placement tests from $49 a month for 120 tests. Saleshandy has no placement test and its white-label starts at $149.
Pre-warmed options. Partners sell pre-warmed accounts at $18 plus $9 for teams that cannot wait two to three weeks.
Where Saleshandy is stronger
Mailbox price. $2.99 to $3.99 a mailbox a month across Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and Azure, with SPF, DKIM, DMARC and a tracking domain pre-set, against Smartlead's partner rate of $4.50 for Google plus $13 a domain.
One vendor. The mailboxes are Saleshandy's own programme, so support is one conversation; Smartlead's come from Zapmail, InfraInbox and others.
Reviews. G2 4.6 from 773 and Capterra 4.5 from 126, against Smartlead's G2 4.6 from 306 and Trustpilot 3.0 from 141 with 46 percent one-star, where support taking two to three days and warm-up pausing without warning are the recurring complaints.
Where emailcampaign.ai fits
emailcampaign.ai takes Saleshandy's one-vendor idea and Smartlead's agency idea further. It creates Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or self-hosted mailboxes itself, under your ownership, at the provider's seat price plus $5 setup, and each agency client gets a complete webmail and admin console on their own domain, not a workspace inside ours. Warm-up and placement tests at Gmail and Outlook are included. It is newer than both and caps each mailbox at 8 to 10 cold emails a day.
Decide by the question you are asking
- “Agency with many clients.” Smartlead, or emailcampaign.ai when the clients' staff will use the inbox.
- “Cheapest mailboxes.” Saleshandy.
- “Own tenant, own domains.” emailcampaign.ai.
- “Placement tests included.” emailcampaign.ai; Smartlead sells them from $49; Saleshandy has none.
- “Support responsiveness matters.” Saleshandy on the reviews; open a ticket during the trial either way.
Sources: Smartlead: Pricing · Smartlead: White-label · Smartlead: Trustpilot · Saleshandy: Pricing · Saleshandy: Infrastructure · emailcampaign.ai: Pricing · emailcampaign.ai: Infrastructure ·
Questions, answered straight
- Which is cheaper for an agency with five clients?
- Software: Smartlead $32.50 plus five workspaces at $29 each, $177.50 a month, against Saleshandy's Scale plan at $149 with white-label included and no per-client fee stated. Add mailboxes on top from each. emailcampaign.ai includes the client doors in the plan.
- Do both provision Microsoft 365?
- Yes. Smartlead through Zapmail or InfraInbox; Saleshandy through its own add-on at $2.99 to $3.99 a mailbox. emailcampaign.ai creates the tenant in your name at Microsoft's seat rate.
- Which has the better warm-up?
- Both are unlimited and included; Smartlead's runs in a private pool, Saleshandy's through TrulyInbox. Reviews mention Smartlead's pausing without warning. Neither publishes placement figures.
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.