Free Cold Email and Outreach Software
Which cold email and sales engagement tools a startup can run outreach with for free today, which have a free plan and which a free trial, how many emails the free plan or trial sends, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs, read from each provider's own page.
Free allowances read on each provider's own pages, all checked on or after . Cold email tools change their free plans from time to time: confirm the terms on the provider's page before you rely on it.
Cold email tools a startup can start with for free today include Mailmeteor (Free plan: 500 emails a month), GMass (7-day free trial), YAMM (Free plan: 20 recipients a day), Woodpecker (14 days or 500 cold emails), and Snov.io (Free Trial plan, renews every month). Each of the 13 free plans below links to the provider's page that states it, with its main limit, its sending limits, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs.
Cold email tools send personalized outreach from your own mailbox, follow up automatically and track replies. A few have a free plan that sends a small number of emails a day; most offer a free trial before a monthly plan.
The headline rarely tells you how far it goes. Free plans cap emails a day or a month, trials end after 7 or 14 days or a set number of emails, and deliverability features such as mailbox warm-up are usually paid. Each tool below shows what is free, its main limit, its sending limits, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs, quoted from the provider's own page with the date we read it. Before any cold outreach, check the anti-spam rules where your recipients are.
Which tools we picked and the order they appear in are our editorial choices; the terms are the providers'. Some of these providers pay us a referral commission when someone signs up through our link: those links are labeled, and they play no part in which tools are listed or where.
Cold email tools with a free plan
Send outreach from your own mailbox with no monthly fee to start.
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Mailmeteor
Gmail users who send personalized mail merges
Mailmeteor's Free plan is entirely free with no credit card, for up to 500 emails a month and 50 a day. Its first paid plan, Starter, costs $5.99 per user a month.
- Sending limits
- 50 emails a day (source: mailmeteor.com)
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: mailmeteor.com)
- First paid plan
- Starter: $5.99 per user a month (source: mailmeteor.com)
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YAMM
Free mail merge in Gmail for small daily batches
YAMM lets you use its Free plan completely free of charge, for up to 20 recipients a day with a Gmail or Workspace account. Its Pro plan for gmail.com accounts is $6 a month, or $72 billed annually.
- Sending limits
- 20 recipients a day (source: yamm.com)
- First paid plan
- Pro: $6 a month, gmail.com accounts (source: yamm.com)
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Snov.io
Trying lead search and outreach with no end date
Snov.io's Trial plan is free to join and renews every month with 50 credits and 100 recipients. Its first paid plan, Starter, is $39 a month on monthly billing.
- Sending limits
- 100 recipients, renewed every 30 days (source: snov.io)
- First paid plan
- Starter: $39 a month, monthly billing (source: snov.io)
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Oxygen
Teams that want a free CRM and outbound workspace
Oxygen's Free plan is free forever with no card, a free CRM and 250 credits to get started. Its paid Oxygen plan is $99 a month for 9,900 credits.
- Sending limits
- Sending is always free (source: oxygen-agent.com)
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: oxygen-agent.com)
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Right Inbox
Solo users sending a few tracked emails a month
Right Inbox's Limited plan is $0.00 for solo use only, with 5 emails a month. Its Professional plan is $7.95 per month.
- Sending limits
- 5 emails a month (source: rightinbox.com)
- First paid plan
- Professional: $7.95 a month (source: rightinbox.com)
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Streak
Gmail users who want tracking and mail merge free
Streak's free plan works inside Gmail at no cost, with email and link tracking and 50 mail merge sends a day. It does not include CRM pipelines, which start with the Pro plan at $49 per user a month.
- Sending limits
- 50 mail merge sends a day (source: streak.com)
Cold email tools with a free trial
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GMass
Gmail users testing mail merge for a week
GMass offers a free trial for 7 days, during which you can send 50 emails per day, and it needs no credit card. Its Standard plan is $20 a month on annual billing.
- What's free
- 7-day free trial (source: gmass.co)
- Sending limits
- 50 emails a day (source: gmass.co)
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: gmass.co)
- First paid plan
- Standard: $20 a month, annual billing (source: gmass.co)
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Woodpecker
Cold email senders testing outreach for two weeks
Woodpecker's free trial runs for 14 days or 500 cold emails, whichever limit you reach first, and it needs no credit card. Its Email plan is $39 a month.
- Sending limits
- 500 cold emails during the trial (source: woodpecker.co)
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: woodpecker.co)
- First paid plan
- Email: $39 a month (source: woodpecker.co)
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Saleshandy
Teams testing cold email for a week, no card
Saleshandy offers a 7-day free trial with no credit card, and all of its plans allow an unlimited number of email accounts. Starter is $34 a month billed annually.
- What's free
- 7-day free trial (source: saleshandy.com)
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: saleshandy.com)
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Klenty
Sales teams testing sales engagement for 14 days
Klenty's 14-day free trial gives full access to its features and lets you send up to 200 emails to prospects. Starter is $50 a month, billed annually.
- Sending limits
- 200 emails during the trial (source: klenty.com)
- First paid plan
- Starter: $50 a month, billed annually (source: klenty.com)
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lemlist
Teams testing multichannel outreach for 14 days
lemlist's 14-day free trial includes the Multichannel plan's features, plus 200 free credits to find emails and phone numbers. Its Email plan is from $55 a month.
- First paid plan
- Email plan: from $55 a month (source: lemlist.com)
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Smartlead
Outbound teams testing unlimited mailboxes, no card
Smartlead says all of its plans come with a free trial and no credit card is required to get started. Every plan includes unlimited email accounts, and Base is $39 a month.
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: smartlead.ai)
- First paid plan
- Base: $39 a month (source: smartlead.ai)
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QuickMail
Cold email senders who accept a card at sign-up
QuickMail's 14-day free trial asks for a card at sign-up, to prevent spam accounts, and says it will not charge the card when the trial ends. Its Starter plan is $49 a month.
- What's free
- 14-day free trial (source: quickmail.io)
- Payment card
- Card required (source: quickmail.io)
- First paid plan
- Starter: $49 a month (source: quickmail.io)
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How this comparison is built
The list covers cold email and sales engagement tools a founder can use for free today without applying to a program. The order and the "best for" notes are our editorial reading of each tool's terms. Every term comes from the tool's own pricing or help page on the date shown, never from a third-party list; follow each link for the full conditions. A cap on emails or contacts a month, a trial that ends, mailbox warm-up or sequences kept for paid plans can matter more than the headline, so the comparison quotes them wherever the provider states them. Some of these tools pay StartupPerks a referral commission, and their links are labeled as referral links; that decides neither whether nor where a tool appears, and no tool pays for a placement on this page.
Read the full methodologyCommon questions
Is there free cold email software?
A few tools have a free plan. By the terms each provider states, Mailmeteor's free plan sends 500 emails a month at 50 a day, YAMM's sends to 20 recipients a day, Streak's allows 50 mail merge sends a day inside Gmail, and Oxygen is free forever with 250 starter credits and free sending.
Is lemlist free?
No. lemlist has a 14-day free trial with 200 free credits; its Email plan starts at $55 a month.
Which cold email tool has the longest free trial?
By their own pages, Woodpecker's trial runs 14 days or 500 cold emails, whichever comes first, Klenty's 14 days with 200 emails, and GMass's 7 days at 50 emails a day.
Is Snov.io free?
Snov.io's free Trial plan renews every month, with 50 credits and campaigns to 100 recipients; its Starter plan is $39 a month, billed monthly.
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