Laureo vs Instantly
Instantly sells cold email sending by plan and its lead data and AI on a separate Instantly Credits subscription, and its pricing page lists no quotes, invoices or help desk. Laureo is the CRM with Cold Outreach on Ultra: dedicated sending mailboxes you connect, on a managed ramp, replies in your own inbox, and the deal, the quote and the invoice in the same CRM.
What is Instantly used for?
Instantly is used for cold email outreach: its Outreach plans are priced by monthly emails and uploaded contacts, and a separate Instantly Credits subscription pays for its lead database, Copilot and AI agents. Teams that also need the pipeline, the quote and the invoice after a reply use Laureo, where Cold Outreach on Ultra sits inside the CRM.
Instantly sells Outreach and Credits as standalone subscriptions or as bundles, and its plan comparison covers email accounts, contacts, sequences, A/Z testing, bounce protection and its Unibox. It lists no quotes, invoices or help desk; in Laureo, quotes and invoices come on every plan and the help desk on Business and Ultra.
Is Instantly a CRM?
Instantly is a cold email platform that also sells an AI CRM, a master inbox for email, calls, SMS and tasks beside its sending software, and its pricing page lists no quotes, invoices or help desk. Laureo is a CRM first, with Cold Outreach on Ultra, so a cold reply you promote becomes a contact in the same CRM as the deal and the invoice.
Phone and SMS are coming soon on Laureo. Every other step of a cold program maps to a live Laureo tool today, as the table shows plan by plan.
| Step | Laureo tool | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Connect senders | Up to 5 dedicated cold sending mailboxes you connect per user, Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 | Ultra |
| Protect the domain | SPF, DKIM and DMARC checks, a managed ramp, per-mailbox pacing and bounce auto-pause | Ultra |
| Write and test | Cold sequences with up to eight variants on any step, ranked on reply rate | Ultra |
| Work the replies | A Cold filter in your existing inbox, replies sorted by intent, AI drafts you send | Ultra |
| Close the deal | Pipeline, booking pages, quotes and invoices | Every plan |
Do Instantly credits expire?
Yes: unused Instantly Credits expire 2 months after purchase on monthly plans, or 1 year after purchase on annual plans. Credits pay for the lead database, Copilot and the AI agents at published per-action rates, such as 5 credits for each reply the AI Reply Agent generates.
Laureo includes monthly AI credits on every plan for reply drafts, the assistant and the agents. When a month needs more, Extra AI Credits come by pack and last 12 months after purchase, and email and contacts never draw on AI credits.
Why Laureo wins against Instantly
- One plan and one bill cover your CRM, inbox, email campaigns, booking pages, and quotes and invoices, so you stop paying for separate tools.
- Unlimited contacts and companies on every plan, with no contact tiers to outgrow.
- Every plan includes monthly AI credits for the assistant, the agents and email drafting.
- The AI never trains on your data, and every AI request goes only to providers that keep none of it.
Laureo vs Instantly, in short
Sending tool vs CRM with sending
LaureoThe CRM, quotes and invoices on every plan, with Cold Outreach on Ultra.InstantlyOutreach plans for sending, and no quotes, invoices or help desk on its pricing page.One plan vs two subscriptions
LaureoOne plan price with monthly AI credits included.InstantlyOutreach and Instantly Credits, sold apart or as bundles.Contact limits
LaureoUnlimited contacts on all plans.Instantly1,000 uploaded contacts on Growth and 25,000 on Hypergrowth.Where replies land
LaureoYour existing inbox, under a Cold filter, on Ultra.InstantlyA Unibox that is preview only on Growth.
What you actually pay
Every Laureo plan carries the CRM, email campaigns, automation and invoicing, and Business and Ultra add the help desk and team chat. Here is how the entry price lines up against Instantly.
Pro, billed annually ($99.99 month-to-month)
The CRM, email campaigns, booking pages, quotes and invoices on every plan with monthly AI credits, and Cold Outreach on Ultra, from dedicated sending mailboxes you connect, with replies in your own inbox.
That is Outreach Growth billed monthly, with 1,000 uploaded contacts; Hypergrowth is $97 a month for 25,000. The lead database, Copilot and the AI agents run on Instantly Credits, a separate subscription from $9 a month, and unused credits expire 2 months after purchase on monthly plans. The pricing page lists no quotes, invoices or help desk.
Competitor pricing as of the verified date above. Check their site for current rates.
What is included, side by side
A check means it is on a plan; the note under a feature names the plan when only a higher plan has it. “Add-on” means a paid add-on, bought separately. “Coming soon” means it is announced but not available yet. A line means it is not available.
| Feature | Laureo | Instantly |
|---|---|---|
| Cold sequences from dedicated sending mailboxesOn Ultra on Laureo, from up to 5 dedicated mailboxes you connect per user, on a managed ramp with per-mailbox pacing; cold email sending is the core of every Instantly Outreach plan | Included | Included |
| Bounce protection on each sending mailboxOn Ultra, a Laureo mailbox pauses on its own when it starts to bounce or a provider blocks its mail, and its card names the cause; Instantly lists reputation protection and bounce detection on its Outreach plans | Included | Included |
| Cold replies in the inbox you already useOn Ultra, Laureo cold replies land in your existing inbox under a Cold filter and you answer in the same thread; the Instantly Unibox is preview only on Growth, with full in-app reply from Hypergrowth | Included | Not available |
| AI-drafted replies to cold leadsOn Ultra, Laureo drafts the reply for you to review and send, on the monthly AI credits in the plan; the Instantly AI Reply Agent costs 5 credits per reply generated | Included | Included |
| AI included in the plan priceEvery Laureo plan includes monthly AI credits; Instantly runs Copilot and its AI agents on Instantly Credits, a separate subscription | Included | Add-onAvailable as an add-on |
| Contacts with no plan capUnlimited contacts on all plans on Laureo, with up to 10,000 leads active in cold sequences at once per organization on Ultra; Instantly Outreach allows 1,000 uploaded contacts on Growth and 25,000 on Hypergrowth, and an $87 add-on adds 25,000 | Included | Add-onAvailable as an add-on |
| Workflow automationLaureo includes basic automation on every plan and advanced automation on Business and Ultra; the Instantly Automation Builder is included on all Outreach plans | Included | Included |
| Quotes and invoicesQuoting and invoicing are on every Laureo plan, card collection on Business and Ultra; the Instantly pricing page lists neither | Included | Not available |
| Help desk and tickets for your customersLaureo opens a support queue with a knowledge base on Business and Ultra; the Instantly pricing page sells no help desk | Included | Not available |
| A published promise that AI never trains on your dataThe Instantly terms license de-identified or aggregated Subscriber Data to improve and develop features, and state no exclusion for AI training | Included | Not available |
| Contact enrichmentComing soon on Laureo; Instantly sells its lead database and enrichment on Instantly Credits, a separate subscription | Coming soon | Add-onAvailable as an add-on |
| Phone and SMSPhone and SMS are coming soon on Laureo; the Instantly CRM calls and texts from the browser | Coming soon | Included |
Every tool in Laureo
The table covers the rows that matter against Instantly. Here is the whole Laureo toolset, by name. The pricing page shows which plans include each one.
Marketing & Communication
Deals & Revenue
- Quotes & Invoices
- Booking Pages
- Deal Rooms
Customer Support
- Tickets & Help Desk
- Knowledge Base
- Public Help Center
- Feedback
- Live Chat
- AI Customer Support Agent (add-on)
Automation
Why teams move from Instantly to Laureo
- The CRM after the replyYou promote a good cold reply to a contact from the reading pane, and promotion opens a deal too when your outreach settings turn that on; the quote, the invoice and any support ticket then sit in the same CRM. The Instantly pricing page lists no quotes, invoices or help desk.
- One plan, not Outreach plus CreditsLaureo prices one plan with monthly AI credits included. Instantly sells Outreach and Instantly Credits as separate subscriptions or bundles, and Credits pay for the lead database, Copilot and the AI agents.
- No contact tier to outgrowUnlimited contacts on all plans. Instantly Outreach allows 1,000 uploaded contacts on Growth, and going past a plan's volume means a higher tier or an $87 add-on for 25,000 more.
- Mailbox health you can seeOn Ultra, each dedicated mailbox shows its ramp stage and what sets its daily cap, pauses on its own when it bounces or a provider blocks its mail, and names the cause so you can fix it.
- AI credits in the planEvery plan includes monthly AI credits for reply drafts and the agents, with no second subscription to buy. Instantly runs Copilot and its AI agents on Instantly Credits, a separate subscription, and bills its AI Reply Agent at 5 credits per reply.
Instantly's AI, and Laureo's agent roster
Instantly runs Copilot and its AI agents on Instantly Credits, a separate subscription with published per-action rates, such as 5 credits for each reply its AI Reply Agent generates; Laureo includes monthly AI credits on every plan, and on Ultra it drafts each cold reply for you to review and send.
Laureo runs named agents instead. They work in the background and share one pool of monthly AI credits with no per-conversation fees. By default, every agent except Ticket Triage asks before it changes anything, and each comes with every plan; Ticket Triage comes with Ultra.
- Lead Router reads each new form lead, drafts a first reply and proposes an owner and a follow-up task.
- Deal Follow-Up flags deals that have gone quiet and drafts the next follow-up.
- Duplicate Guard checks each new company for a duplicate and proposes the merge.
- Quote Follow-Up drafts a follow-up when a client opens a quote without accepting it.
- Inbox Clerk turns email from your contacts into CRM work, such as a task, a ticket or a deal link.
- Ticket Triage sorts each new customer ticket and finds the matching help article, on the Ultra plan.
Your data stays yours. Every record is isolated to your workspace, and the AI never trains on or keeps your data.
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