Is there a free Instantly alternative?

Yes, ManyPI has a free plan with no card. It includes 10,000 AI credits, 60 crawls and 50 email checks a month, and up to 50 leads found by the agent. Sending campaigns starts at $25 a seat a month.

Does ManyPI warm up inboxes like Instantly?

Yes, automatically. Warmup runs on every connected inbox on paid plans, and you can connect as many inboxes as you like.

Is there a cheaper Instantly alternative?

ManyPI starts at $25 a seat a month with leads, email checks and sending included. Instantly's sending-only plan starts at $47 a month.

What happens to my data if I leave ManyPI?

It stays yours. Export your leads as a CSV whenever you like, and cancel in settings with no lock-in: you keep access until the end of the billing period.

ManyPI vs Instantly

An Instantly alternative with the leads included

Leads from a 600M+ database and the live web, verified and emailed in one seat. From $25 a month.

Find leads free

The short answer

Instantly sends; you bring the leads or buy them as credits. ManyPI includes them: a 600M+ lead database plus live web research, verified and emailed from one seat at $25 a month.

Pick ManyPI if you want

leads included in the seat, not bought as credits
twice the emails of Instantly's entry plans: 10,000 a month
verification, buying signals and a CRM included

Stick with Instantly only if you

want an AI agent to answer your replies (Scale plan and up)
need Instantly's advanced deliverability features (Scale plan and up)

Key differences

The points that usually decide it, not a complete feature list. Competitor facts come from their own public pages, checked 30 September 2026, and are linked at the bottom of this page.

Key differences between ManyPI, Instantly
Feature	ManyPI	Instantly
Entry paid plan	ManyPI$25 per seat a month (Starter)	Instantly$47 a month (Growth, sending only), or $94 with lead credits (Starter)
Leads	ManyPIYes. Included: a 600M+ database plus live web research	InstantlyAdd-on. A 450M+ database, bought as credits or bundled from $94 a month
Emails a month on that plan	ManyPI10,000 per seat	Instantly5,000
Contacts stored	ManyPI2,500 on Starter	Instantly1,000 uploaded contacts on Growth and Starter
Sending inboxes and warmup	ManyPIYes. Unlimited on every paid plan, with warmup included	InstantlyYes. Unlimited on every plan, with warmup included
AI	ManyPIYes. An agent that finds, qualifies and writes from a one-sentence brief	InstantlyYes. AI Sales Agent on bundle plans, AI Reply Agent from Scale

What it costs

List prices only, like for like. Each scenario says what it's based on and what the totals leave out.

One founder who needs leads and sending

USD per month on monthly billing, before tax.

ManyPI

Starter, 1 seat

Per month$25

Instantly

Starter bundle, with lead credits

Per month$94

ManyPI Starter includes 10,000 emails, 1,000 email checks and 1,000 crawls a seat each month. Instantly Starter includes 5,000 emails and 1,500 lead credits.

Sending only, leads already in hand

USD per month on monthly billing, before tax.

ManyPI

Starter, 1 seat

Per month$25

Instantly

Growth, sending only

Per month$47

Both include unlimited sending inboxes and warmup. ManyPI is priced per seat, so for a team, compare the totals.

Is ManyPI cheaper than Instantly?

For one person, yes. ManyPI is $25 a seat a month with leads included, against $47 for Instantly's sending-only Growth plan or $94 for its Starter bundle with lead credits. ManyPI is priced per seat, so for a team, compare the totals.

Where do ManyPI's leads come from?

From a 600M+ lead database and the live web together. You describe the customer in a sentence; the agent searches both, keeps the companies and decision makers that match, and verifies their emails.

Can I keep Instantly and add ManyPI?

Yes. ManyPI connects to Instantly over its MCP server, so you can find and verify leads in ManyPI and send them from your Instantly campaigns.

The Instantly integration

Moving over from Instantly

Most of it is an export and an import.

Export from Instantly
instantly-export.csv
Name
Company
Email
Step 1
Export from Instantly
Download your leads as a CSV.
In ManyPI
Leads table
Imported
Emails verified
Duplicates merged
Step 2
Import and verify
Drop the file into ManyPI and verify every address.
Sending inboxes
you@company.com
Warming up
sales@company.com
Ready
Step 3
Connect your inboxes
Connect the same inboxes. Warmup runs on its own.

Other Instantly alternatives

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ManyPI vs Hunter

Questions

About this comparison

Written by ManyPI, which sells a competing product. We compared Instantly using their own public pricing and documentation on 30 September 2026, and we recheck every month. ManyPI's figures come from our pricing page.

Plans change and we can get things wrong. If anything here is out of date or incorrect, write to ask@support.manypi.com and we'll fix it within two business days.

Sources, checked 30 September 2026

Instantly pricing page

Instantly is a trademark of its owner. ManyPI is not affiliated with or endorsed by them; the names are used only to identify their products.

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