Comparisons
Paramount vs the alternatives.
Honest comparisons against the tools and services we replace. Each page lays out where they win, where Paramount wins, and the specific signals that mean it's time to switch. This hub links every head-to-head, the alternatives guide written for each one, and the buying guides that compare the whole category with prices taken from the vendors' own pages.
How we compare
Paramount Exposure is a vendor in this category, not a review site. Every comparison on this hub is written by the company that sells the AI Lead Responder, and Paramount is listed in every table at its real prices: on the receptionist comparisons the $497 AI Lead Responder, one time, with its limits stated (it answers website inquiries, it does not take calls, and it does not book appointments; it sends qualified people to your booking link), and on the outbound comparisons the Outbound Install at $2,500 and the Outbound Engine from $2,500 a month, a line with no results to show yet.
What was checked: each competitor's own public pricing page, read directly, with the figure and the URL recorded together. Where a vendor publishes no price, the table says “not published” rather than a number from a third party. Features are taken from the vendor's own product pages; opinions about fit are marked as Paramount's view on each head-to-head page.
When: the price index below was last checked on (oldest row 2026-10-09). Rates change; confirm on the vendor's page before you sign anything.
Pricing at a glance
Prices checked October 2026 · published figures only, each with its source
| Vendor | Plan | Published price | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount Exposure | AI Lead Responder | $497 one-time | Answers website inquiries in under 60 seconds, 24/7, and sends the person to your booking link. Live within 48 hours of the completed onboarding form; no retainer. | vendor pagechecked |
| Paramount Exposure | AI Presenter Ad | $750 one-time | 12-to-15-second AI presenter ad, delivered 72 hours from script approval. | vendor pagechecked |
| Paramount Exposure | AI Brand Film | $2,500 one-time | Multi-scene AI brand film, delivered 5 business days from script approval. | vendor pagechecked |
| Paramount Exposure | Outbound Install | $2,500 one-time | The outbound system built in your own accounts in 14 days: ideal-customer profile and the first 1,500 verified contacts, the compliance pack, secondary domains and inboxes, a phone number, an AI voice agent for business landlines where state law allows and for consented numbers, four-step sequences, a CRM pipeline. You own every asset. Credits in full toward an AI Revenue System within 90 days. | vendor pagechecked |
| Paramount Exposure | Outbound Engine, Pilot | $2,500 month | 1,500 new verified contacts, about 6,000 emails, up to 1,000 AI dials (500 minutes) to business landlines where state law allows and to consented numbers, 300 consented SMS a month; replies answered in under 60 seconds and sent to your booking link; weekly report. Requires the Install. 3-month minimum with a day-45 exit, then month to month. Usage above the tier at the published rate card ($0.25 per voice minute). | vendor pagechecked |
| Paramount Exposure | Outbound Engine, Scale | $5,000 month | 5,000 new verified contacts, about 20,000 emails, up to 4,000 AI dials (2,000 minutes), 1,000 consented SMS, 2 presenter-format films a month, a retargeting audience on your own ad account; everything in Pilot. Same term and rate card. | vendor pagechecked |
| Paramount Exposure | Speed-to-Lead Caller | $297 month | Add-on to the $497 AI Lead Responder: calls a web-form or booking-page lead who gave prior express written consent within 60 seconds, says it is an AI, answers first questions and sends the booking link by SMS or email. 200 minutes included, then $0.25 per minute. Never a cold call. | vendor pagechecked |
| GoHighLevel | Starter | $97 month | $970 per year if billed annually. 3 sub-accounts, unlimited contacts and users. | vendor pagechecked |
| GoHighLevel | Unlimited | $297 month | $2,970 per year if billed annually. Unlimited sub-accounts, rebilling at no markup, basic API. Marked Most Popular. | vendor pagechecked |
| GoHighLevel | Agency Pro | $497 month | $4,970 per year if billed annually. SaaS mode, rebilling with markup, advanced API. | vendor pagechecked |
| GoHighLevel | Enterprise | Not published | not published; quoted ("Speak with Our Enterprise Team"). | vendor pagechecked |
| GoHighLevel | AI Employee Growth | $50 month per sub-account | 1,000 Conversation AI responses and 100 Voice AI minutes per month per enabled location; overage at pay-per-use rates. | vendor pagechecked |
| GoHighLevel | AI Employee Unlimited | $97 month per sub-account | Unlimited Conversation AI, Voice AI, Reviews AI and Content AI subject to fair use. | vendor pagechecked |
| GoHighLevel | Voice AI voice engine (pay-per-use) | $0.045 minute | "$0.045/min" effective 20 May 2026, plus TTS and LLM tokens and phone charges. TTS: OpenAI and Cartesia $0.015/min; ElevenLabs V2.5 $0.035/min; ElevenLabs V3 $0.170/min. Speech-to-speech flat: Gemini 3.1 Flash Live $0.10/min, OpenAI gpt-realtime-2/2.1 $0.20/min. | vendor pagechecked |
| GoHighLevel | HIPAA compliance add-on | $297 month | Other add-ons: premium support $500/mo; white-label mobile app $497/mo; dedicated email IP $59/mo; WhatsApp $10/mo per sub-account; SEO $79/mo per sub-account; prospecting tool $29/mo per sub-account. | vendor pagechecked |
| Podium | All plans | Not published | not published; quoted. The page says plans are "designed to fit your specific business needs, talk to our sales team for details." | vendor pagechecked |
| Smith.ai | Starter | $300 month | 30 calls included; $11.50 per call over 30. | vendor pagechecked |
| Smith.ai | Basic | $810 month | 90 calls included; $10.50 per call over 90. | vendor pagechecked |
| Smith.ai | Pro | $2,100 month | 300 calls included; $8.50 per call over 300. | vendor pagechecked |
| Smith.ai | Enterprise | Not published | not published; quoted ("Ask about enterprise pricing"). | vendor pagechecked |
| Lawmatics | Essential / Premium / Enterprise | Not published | not published; quoted. Essential and Premium show "Get a demo"; Enterprise shows "Contact Sales" with custom pricing. | vendor pagechecked |
| Mangomint | Base (per location) | $120 month per location | Modular pricing: a base per location plus a per-user fee. | vendor pagechecked |
| Mangomint | Per user | $10 month per user | Added to the per-location base. | vendor pagechecked |
| Mangomint | Phone add-on | $70 month per line | Optional. Marketing add-on from $30/mo; payroll $50/mo plus $8 per worker; card processing 2.45% + 15¢ in person, 2.90% + 30¢ virtual. | vendor pagechecked |
| Ruby | Virtual receptionist, 50 minutes | $250 month | 50 receptionist minutes per month. | vendor pagechecked |
| Ruby | Virtual receptionist, 100 minutes | $395 month | 100 receptionist minutes per month. | vendor pagechecked |
| Ruby | Virtual receptionist, 200 minutes | $720 month | 200 receptionist minutes per month; marked most popular. | vendor pagechecked |
| Ruby | Virtual receptionist, 500 minutes | $1,725 month | 500 receptionist minutes per month. | vendor pagechecked |
| Ruby | Live chat, 10 / 30 / 50 chats | $143 month (live chat, from) | $143 for 10 chats, $335 for 30, $520 for 50 per month; bundled with a receptionist plan the chat tiers show $115 / $268 / $416. | vendor pagechecked |
| Weave | Starting from (plan not specified) | $199 month | The page states "starting from $199 per month" without tying it to a plan; the Pro, Elite and Ultimate plans each show "Get Pricing" and publish no figure (quoted). | vendor pagechecked |
| Answering Legal | All plans | Not published | not published; quoted. The pricing page asks for your details to "see our pricing packages"; the homepage advertises 400 free minutes to start. | vendor pagechecked |
| Posh | Chïc | $65 month | 0 minutes included; $2.30 per minute. | vendor pagechecked |
| Posh | Vogue | $130 month | 50 minutes included; $2.20 per additional minute. | vendor pagechecked |
| Posh | Elegant | $215 month | 100 minutes included; $2.15 per additional minute. | vendor pagechecked |
| Posh | Luxurious | $420 month | 200 minutes included; $2.10 per additional minute. | vendor pagechecked |
| Posh | Prestigious | $700 month | 350 minutes included; $2.00 per additional minute. | vendor pagechecked |
| Posh | Lavish | $975 month | 500 minutes included; $1.95 per additional minute. | vendor pagechecked |
| Posh | Exclusive | $1,900 month | 1,000 minutes included; $1.90 per additional minute. | vendor pagechecked |
| Birdeye | All plans | Not published | not published; quoted. The page says "Pricing built around outcomes, not seat counts" and gates a quote behind a location-count form. | vendor pagechecked |
| 11x | Alice Growth | $3,750 month, billed annually | "Starting at $3,750 / mo", billed annually. Up to 5 end users, 2,000 new prospects/mo, 11x-managed Gmail mailboxes (domain setup, warmup, rotation), bi-directional CRM sync, onboarding; FAQ says no setup fee. Same FAQ says Growth "starts at $36,000 per year", which does not reconcile with $3,750 x 12. | vendor pagechecked |
| 11x | Alice Pro | Not published | not published; quoted ("Custom", billed annually). Up to 10 end users, 5,000 new prospects/mo, 105+ languages, tailored onboarding. Marked Most popular. | vendor pagechecked |
| 11x | Alice Enterprise | Not published | not published; quoted ("Custom", annual or multi-year). Unlimited end users, 10,000+ prospects/mo, custom integrations and API, SSO, custom DPA and SLA, dedicated CSM and forward-deployed engineer. | vendor pagechecked |
| 11x | Julian Voice Growth | $5,333 month, billed annually | "Starting at $5,333 / mo". 2,000 calls/month; SMS and WhatsApp, 2 languages, knowledge base, CRM integration, API. Usage is metered in calls, not minutes; no per-minute rate published. | vendor pagechecked |
| 11x | Julian Chat Growth | $2,417 month, billed annually | "Starting at $2,417 / mo". 3,000 chats/month. | vendor pagechecked |
| 11x | Julian Pro | Not published | not published; quoted ("Custom"). 4,000 calls or 7,000 chats per month; voice cloning, simulated testing, two use cases. | vendor pagechecked |
| 11x | Julian Enterprise | Not published | not published; quoted ("Custom", annual or multi-year). 50,000+ calls or 100,000+ chats per month; Alice routing, SSO, custom integrations. | vendor pagechecked |
| Artisan | Team | Not published | not published; quoted ("Pricing scoped on your plan"). ~2,500 leads contacted/mo; full platform, 250M+ verified B2B contacts, Salesforce and HubSpot sync, CSM support and onboarding; AI dialer add-on per seat (price not shown). | vendor pagechecked |
| Artisan | Scale | Not published | not published; quoted. ~6,000 leads contacted/mo; dedicated CSM, CRM setup included, priority support. Marked Most popular. | vendor pagechecked |
| Artisan | Enterprise | Not published | not published; quoted ("Custom", "Flexible plans"). Forward-deployed strategist, full onboarding buildout, advanced security controls and audit logs. | vendor pagechecked |
| Synthflow | Enterprise | $30,000 year | "Enterprise contracts start at $30,000 annually". Only plan on the page; scoped on call volume and concurrency via Contact Sales. Includes SLA, native telephony or SIP, custom concurrency, CRM/API/webhook integrations, MSA/DPA, implementation and launch support. No per-minute rate, included minutes or overage published. | vendor pagechecked |
| Synthflow | Per-minute rate | Not published | not published; quoted. No per-minute figure on the pricing page today. | vendor pagechecked |
| Retell AI | Pay as you go, AI voice agents (all-in range) | $0.07 minute | "$0.07-$0.31 / min for AI Voice Agents" depending on LLM and TTS chosen. $10 free credits on signup; first 20 concurrent calls free. | vendor pagechecked |
| Retell AI | Retell voice engine (Retell Voice Infra) | $0.055 minute | Base platform component on every voice minute. | vendor pagechecked |
| Retell AI | Telephony (Twilio/Telnyx via Retell) | $0.015 minute | No charge with SIP trunking or custom telephony. | vendor pagechecked |
| Retell AI | TTS, standard voices (Retell/Minimax/Fish/Cartesia/OpenAI/Inworld) | $0.015 minute | ElevenLabs Flash $0.040/min; Multilingual v2 $0.06; v3 Conversational and v4 Turbo $0.08; v3 and v4 $0.10. | vendor pagechecked |
| Retell AI | LLM, GPT-5 (Standard tier) | $0.04 minute | Representative LLM rates per minute: GPT-5 $0.04 (Fast $0.08); GPT 4.1 $0.045; GPT 5 mini $0.008; Claude 4.5 Sonnet $0.08; Claude 4.5 Haiku $0.025; Gemini 3.0 Flash $0.016. Full table on the page. | vendor pagechecked |
| Retell AI | Speech-to-speech, GPT Realtime | $0.345 minute | GPT Realtime 2 / 2.1 $0.38/min; GPT Realtime mini $0.07/min. | vendor pagechecked |
| Retell AI | Estimator example (LLM + voice infra + TTS) | $0.11 minute | Illustrative: $0.04 LLM + $0.055 voice infra + $0.015 TTS, telephony and add-ons at $0.00. Not a fixed price. | vendor pagechecked |
| Retell AI | Add-ons per minute | $0.005 minute (from) | Knowledge Base +$0.005; Advanced Denoising +$0.005; Safety Guardrails +$0.005; PII Removal +$0.01; AI Quality Assurance $0.10/min after the first 100 free minutes. Batch Call +$0.005/dial; Branded Call +$0.10 per outbound call. | vendor pagechecked |
| Retell AI | Extra concurrency | $8 month per concurrent call | Free for the first 20 active calls; $8.00 per additional concurrency per month. | vendor pagechecked |
| Retell AI | Retell phone number | $2 month per number | Custom numbers free. Retell SMS $20.00/month plus $0.01 per message. Knowledge bases $8/month each after 10 free. Verified phone number listed as $10 (shown once as monthly, once as one-time; page inconsistent). | vendor pagechecked |
| Retell AI | AI chat agents | $0.002 message (from) | "$0.002+/ msg for AI Chat Agents"; per-model table on the page. | vendor pagechecked |
| Retell AI | Enterprise | Not published | not published; quoted ("Custom Pricing", "Contact sales"). Custom MSA/DPA, SSO, RBAC, dedicated support, concurrency from 50+. | vendor pagechecked |
| Bland AI | Start | $0 month | "$0 platform fee. No card required." Includes 2 credits and an inbound number ($15/mo value); 10 concurrent calls; 100 calls/day and /hour; 1 voice; 10 knowledge bases; 99.9% uptime SLA. | vendor pagechecked |
| Bland AI | Start talk rate | $0.14 minute | "$0.14/min"; transfers "$0.05/transfer min". | vendor pagechecked |
| Bland AI | Build | $299 month | "$299/month platform fee"; 50 concurrent calls; 2,000 calls/day, 1,000/hour; 5 voices; 50 knowledge bases; 99.9% SLA. | vendor pagechecked |
| Bland AI | Build talk rate | $0.12 minute | "$0.12/min"; transfers "$0.04/transfer min". | vendor pagechecked |
| Bland AI | Enterprise | Not published | not published; quoted ("Custom", "Contracted to your volume"). Negotiated rates and concurrency; dedicated orchestration, on-prem/VPC, BAA, SSO, data residency, forward-deployed engineers. | vendor pagechecked |
| Vapi | Vapi hosting fee | $0.05 minute | "Pre-paid, $0.05/min Vapi hosting"; models pass-through at cost. Provider examples per minute: Deepgram STT $0.0095–0.0099, OpenAI LLM $0.0077–0.0452, ElevenLabs TTS $0.0146–0.0238. | vendor pagechecked |
| Vapi | No Success Package | $0 month | $5 free credits; 2 orgs, 1 phone number, 4 concurrent calls, 14-day retention, email support without SLA. | vendor pagechecked |
| Vapi | Core | $29 month | Pre-paid, auto-renew; 2 orgs, 5 numbers, 10 concurrent calls, 30-day retention, zero data retention option, email support with 2-business-day SLA. | vendor pagechecked |
| Vapi | Pro | $999 month (minimum) | "10% of Vapi hosting fee", "$999/mo minimum"; 10 orgs, 10 numbers, 30 concurrent calls, 180-day retention, RBAC, email and Slack support, 1-business-day SLA, 99% uptime SLA. | vendor pagechecked |
| Vapi | Premier | Not published | not published; quoted ("Custom", "Direct sales only"). Custom concurrency and retention, 1-hour P0 response, 99.9% uptime SLA, SSO, dedicated SIP. | vendor pagechecked |
| Vapi | HIPAA compliance add-on | $2,000 month | Additional concurrency $10 per line per month; additional organisation $20 per month. | vendor pagechecked |
| Vapi | Telephony, Twilio outbound | $0.014 minute | Charged by the provider, not Vapi: Twilio inbound $0.008/min, Vonage $0.00814/min, Telnyx $0.0055/min; Vapi SIP, WebSockets and Daily WebRTC free. | vendor pagechecked |
| Autocalls | Starter | $34 month | 120 minutes included; $0.20 per extra minute; 3 concurrent calls; 1 assistant, 1 outbound campaign, 1 voice clone; 900 no-code runs/mo. Yearly toggle shows $27. | vendor pagechecked |
| Autocalls | Pro | $129 month | 700 minutes included; $0.16 per extra minute; 10 concurrent calls; 5 assistants, 5 campaigns, 5 voice clones; 10,000 runs/mo. Yearly toggle shows $103. | vendor pagechecked |
| Autocalls | Agency | $249 month | 1,700 minutes included; $0.09 per extra minute; 500 concurrent calls; unlimited assistants and campaigns; 10 voice clones; 100,000 runs/mo. Yearly toggle shows $199. | vendor pagechecked |
| Autocalls | Agency White Label | $419 month | 3,500 minutes included; $0.09 per extra minute; 1,000 concurrent calls; own branding, custom domain, unlimited sub-accounts, Stripe rebilling; "no revenue share", "no fee per client", "no setup fee"; unused minutes roll over on this plan only. Yearly toggle shows $355. | vendor pagechecked |
| Autocalls | Per-minute rate, Agency tiers | $0.09 minute | "$0.09 / minute" on Agency and Agency White Label; Starter overage $0.20/min, Pro $0.16/min. Concurrency limit applies across the whole account including client sub-accounts. | vendor pagechecked |
| Autocalls | Dedicated phone number | $3.99 month per number (from) | "Starting at $3.99/number"; using your own numbers is free. | vendor pagechecked |
| Setter AI | 500 credits, monthly | $497 month | "$497/mo", "For Limited Period", card promises "Get 1,000 Credits". Lead-form, Zapier, Calendar and Calendly connections; no prompting required; onboarding support; email support. | vendor pagechecked |
| Setter AI | 2,500 credits, monthly | $2,297 month | "$2297/mo", "For Limited Period", "Get 5,000 Credits". Onboarding done for you; email and Zoom support. | vendor pagechecked |
| Setter AI | 5,000 credits, monthly | $3,497 month | "$3497/mo", "For Limited Period", "Get 10,000 Credits". Custom integrations; 24/7 email and Zoom support. | vendor pagechecked |
| Setter AI | 6,000 credits, yearly | $397 month, billed yearly | "$397/mo Billed yearly", "Get 12,000 Credits". | vendor pagechecked |
| Setter AI | 30,000 credits, yearly | $1,997 month, billed yearly | "$1997/mo Billed yearly", "Get 60,000 Credits"; onboarding done for you. | vendor pagechecked |
| Setter AI | 60,000 credits, yearly | $2,997 month, billed yearly | "$2997/mo Billed yearly", "Get 120,000 Credits"; custom integrations, 24/7 support. | vendor pagechecked |
| Setter AI | Done-for-you (500+ leads/month) | Not published | not published; quoted. FAQ offers a done-for-you option for teams collecting over 500 leads a month with a booking link and no price. | vendor pagechecked |
| SetSmart | Pro | $99 month | "$99/month (includes 1,000 AI messages)"; free 7-day trial (credit card required); "No setup fees"; no long-term contracts. | vendor pagechecked |
| SetSmart | Usage-based (higher volumes) | Not published | not published; quoted ("Usage-based pricing for higher volumes", no rate shown). | vendor pagechecked |
| SetSmart | Enterprise | Not published | not published; quoted ("Enterprise: custom pricing"). | vendor pagechecked |
| Appointwise | Starter | $97 month | Hero: "14 days free, then plans start at $97 / month"; body: "Replace your $2,000/month human setter with our $97-297/month AI". Starter card itself not rendered on the page. | vendor pagechecked |
| Appointwise | Growth (agency tier) | $297 month | "$297 Billed Monthly"; body copy "Unlimited AI setters: $297/month". Agency card: everything in Starter plus 10 sub-accounts, 10 AI agents per sub-account, voicenotes, revenue-tracking analytics, campaign split testing, lead dashboard, test environment, unlimited leads, 24/7 support. 14-day free trial. | vendor pagechecked |
| Appointwise | Extra sub-account add-on | $29 month per sub-account | "Add on: $29 Per Subaccount". | vendor pagechecked |
| Appointwise | Enterprise | Not published | not published; quoted ("Custom", "Book A Call"). Advanced consultancy, done-for-you setup, account manager, extra sub-accounts/agents/seats, priority 24/7 support. | vendor pagechecked |
| Convoso | All plans | Not published | not published; quoted. FAQ: "A customized quote can be provided after an initial consultation"; pricing depends on seats, features and integrations; "primarily offers annual plans" with "20% off annual plans currently"; carrier fees billed separately; no free trial. | vendor pagechecked |
| Convoso | Voice AI Agent | Not published | not published; quoted. No per-minute or per-seat figure on the Voice AI Agent page. | vendor pagechecked |
| Instantly | Outreach Growth | $47 month | Unlimited email accounts and warmup; 1,000 uploaded contacts; 5,000 emails/month; chat support. | vendor pagechecked |
| Instantly | Outreach Hypergrowth | $97 month | 25,000 uploaded contacts; 125,000 emails/month; premium live support. | vendor pagechecked |
| Instantly | Outreach Light Speed | $358 month | 100,000 uploaded contacts; 500,000 emails/month; SISR system. | vendor pagechecked |
| Instantly | Outreach Enterprise | Not published | not published; quoted ("Custom", "Book A Call"). 500,000+ emails/month, 100,000+ contacts, private deliverability network. | vendor pagechecked |
| Instantly | Instantly Credits Growth | $47 month | 1,500–2,000 credits/month; 450M+ B2B lead database; 13 filters; waterfall email enrichment; AI writer and web-researcher agents. | vendor pagechecked |
| Instantly | Instantly Credits Supersonic | $97 month | 5,000–7,500 credits/month. | vendor pagechecked |
| Instantly | Instantly Credits Hyper | $197 month (from) | "From $197/monthly"; 10K–200K credits/month. Enterprise (200,000+ credits) is custom. | vendor pagechecked |
| Instantly | Bundle Starter | $94 month | 5,000 emails/month, 1,000 contacts, 1,500 credits, lead database, AI Sales Agent. Annual view shows $85 ("Save 10%"). | vendor pagechecked |
| Instantly | Bundle Scale | $194 month | 100,000 emails/month, 25,000 contacts, 5,000 credits, AI Reply Agent. Annual view $175. | vendor pagechecked |
| Instantly | Bundle Agency | $555 month | 500,000 emails/month, 100,000 contacts, 10,000 credits, SISR. Annual view $500. | vendor pagechecked |
| Instantly | VIP (managed) | Not published | not published; quoted ("Custom", "Book A Call"). AI Sales Agent and inbox-manager setup, domain and account setup, campaign launch, dedicated account manager, shared Slack; top tier adds a dedicated GTM engineer. | vendor pagechecked |
| Smartlead | Base | $39 month | 2,000 active contacts; 6,000 emails/month; 2,000 verified prospect emails/month. Yearly $32/month. | vendor pagechecked |
| Smartlead | Pro | $94 month | 30,000 contacts; 90,000 emails/month; 30,000 verified emails/month. Yearly $78/month. White-label from Pro at $29/month per client workspace. | vendor pagechecked |
| Smartlead | Unlimited Smart | $174 month | 150,000 emails/month; 50,000 verified emails/month; premium warmup free. Marked Most Popular. Yearly $144/month. | vendor pagechecked |
| Smartlead | Unlimited Prime | $379 month | 500,000 emails/month; 170,000 verified emails/month; 3 SmartServers and 3 client workspaces included. Yearly $315/month. | vendor pagechecked |
| Smartlead | SmartServices Growth / Scale (managed outbound) | Not published | not published; quoted ("Book a strategy call"). Growth 50,000 emails/month, Scale 100,000; "the only difference is email volume". | vendor pagechecked |
| Smartlead | SmartDelivery (placement testing) | $49 month (from) | Growth $49 (120 tests), Pro $174 (unlimited tests, 200 senders), Expert $599 (500 senders). | vendor pagechecked |
| Smartlead | SmartSenders mailboxes | $3.99 month per mailbox (from) | Mailreef SMTP $3.99/mailbox/month + $19/domain/year; Google and Outlook fresh $4.50/mailbox/month + $13/domain/year; pre-warmed $9/mailbox/month + $18/domain/year. | vendor pagechecked |
| Smartlead | SmartServers dedicated infrastructure | $39 month per server | Pro tier. | vendor pagechecked |
| Apollo | Free | $0 month | 900 credits per seat per year (75/month); 2 sequences; 250 emails/day; Gmail only; 150 call-recording minutes. | vendor pagechecked |
| Apollo | Basic | $49 month per seat, billed annually | 30,000 credits per seat per year; unlimited sequences; deliverability suite; waterfall enrichment; US dialer (credits apply). Monthly billing $65 per seat (2,500 credits/month). | vendor pagechecked |
| Apollo | Professional | $79 month per seat, billed annually | 48,000 credits per seat per year; A/Z testing; AI lead scoring; 4,000 call-recording minutes. Marked Most Popular. Monthly billing $99 per seat (4,000 credits/month). | vendor pagechecked |
| Apollo | Organization | $119 month per seat, billed annually | Minimum 3 seats; 72,000 credits per seat per year; 8,000 call-recording minutes; unlimited inbound routers. Monthly view shows $149 marked "Annual Only". | vendor pagechecked |
| Apollo | Custom | Not published | not published; quoted. SSO, advanced security, API access on Custom plans, dedicated support; talk to sales. | vendor pagechecked |
| Apollo | Inbound add-on | $119 month per team, billed annually | Essentials $119, Max $639 per team per month billed annually: visitor identification, lead routing, form builder and enrichment. | vendor pagechecked |
| Apollo | Advanced Dialer add-on | $119 month per team, billed annually | International, parallel and power dialer, local presence. Credit costs: email 1 credit, phone number 8 credits, US dialer 1 credit per 30 seconds. | vendor pagechecked |
| Clay | Free | $0 month | 500 actions and 100 data credits per month; unlimited seats and tables; Claygent; bring-your-own API key; 200 rows per table; no phone enrichment. | vendor pagechecked |
| Clay | Launch | $60 month (from) | "Starts at $60/mo, expand anytime" (monthly) / $54/mo annual; card headline "$167/mo"; FAQ "starting at $185/mo". Base 15K actions + 3K data credits per month; phone enrichment, signals, email sending. Action tiers up to 200K/mo ($540); data-credit tiers up to 50K/mo ($2,125). | vendor pagechecked |
| Clay | Growth | $205 month (from) | "Starts at $205/mo" (monthly) / $185/mo annual; card headline "$446/mo"; FAQ "starting at $495/mo". Base 40K actions + 6K data credits; CRM auto-sync, warehouse sync, HTTP API and webhooks, web intent, sequencer, priority support. Marked Recommended. | vendor pagechecked |
| Clay | Enterprise | Not published | not published; quoted ("Custom", "Get a demo"). Custom actions and credits, SSO, RBAC, dedicated growth strategist, 15-minute source sync, custom DPA. | vendor pagechecked |
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