Reddit discussions of Instantly.ai

yeah the data piece is what kills the comparison for me too, smartlead and instantly both assume you already have lists and prospeo's been our fix for that part

Got tired of seeing the same Smartlead vs Instantly debates and noticed people keep leaving Lem

Diagnosed a client's cold email stack last month. Apollo into Clay into Instantly, 4 disconnected tools, manual personalization, 1% reply rate. Rebuilt it in 3 weeks. Same offer, same ICP, new stack. Reply rate landed at 5%. Here is what actually moved…

What are you running your cold email on and why did you pick it?

The cost of your stack is critical cause it will eat your marging. We can speak in DM.

So what’s the difference? Because the more I look into it? All the sequencers are kind the same

You’re stuck in tool paralysis, and the stack matters way less than just getting your first 500 sends out with clean targeting and controlled volume, so keep it simple: set up a few domains and inboxes, warm them, start at 15 to…

Recruitment agency here too, 3 people. We ditched the whole warm up rabbit hole dec last year. Now we have Azure email boxes, with no warmup needed. Sending ~ 30k emails per month with 42% open rate now. No warm up, no…

teh data ownership thing is brutal. Lost 3 months of enriched contacts when we switched sequencers last year 💀 Now we keep everything separate - Prospeo for the contact data, Close for CRM, Instantly just for sending. Export everything weekly just in…

our sdr team uses prospeo over Apollo (cheaper and the data doesn't need cleaning). Smartlead for sending. Skip the fancy inbox stuff at your scale - just buy 3 domains and warm them properly.

WhatsApp is not widely adopted as a business tool in the US.

They don’t need a growth strategy, if they are looking for a tool to distribute cold emails, they are beyond that step and ready to nurture the leads.