Reddit discussions of Instantly.ai

spent the last two years doing outbound for my own b2b startup and consulting for three others. tested basically everything people recommend and tracked real numbers across all of them and here's where each tool actually sits and who it's actually for…

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

A client was paying for Instantly + Apollo + a part-time SDR. Total monthly burn: ~$600 for ou

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…

These three issues are why cold email tools feel amazing at first and then become a headache. Deliverability is never fully autopilot, but you can get close with built in rotation, send caps, list hygiene, and forcing slowdowns when things dip. Trust…

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…

Cold email isn’t broken, most people just quit before they figure out messaging + targeting. Took me weeks before anything clicked.

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.