Compare · Clay + Smartlead or Instantly
Many teams build outbound themselves: Clay to find and enrich the list, and a sequencer such as Smartlead or Instantly to send. Outlevo does the same work for you, from your website to a booked meeting.
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From each product's own website. Checked Oct 22, 2026.
| Outlevo | Clay + Smartlead or Instantly | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free plan; Builder $29 a month; Growth $149 a month; Managed priced with you | Clay: a free plan with 100 data credits; Launch from $60 a month, with data credits from $125 a month1 Smartlead: from $39 a month2 Instantly: from $47 a month3 |
| Contract and billing | Builder and Growth are paid month to month with no minimum term, and the owner cancels from Billing. | Each bills monthly, or annually for less1 |
| Channels | Email, sent for you; LinkedIn notes and messages drafted for you to send yourself; LinkedIn and Google ad audiences | Clay sends with its own sequencer or a sequencing integration1 |
| Mailboxes | Included and run by Outlevo: 1 domain and 2 mailboxes on Builder, 2 domains and 4 on Growth, set up and warmed for you; Growth can also send from your own | Smartlead: unlimited email accounts; mailboxes bought separately, from $4.50 a mailbox a month2 Instantly: unlimited accounts and warm-up; done-for-you Google inboxes at $5 a month each4 |
| See emails before they are sent | You review the first 10 emails of every campaign, and nothing is sent before that; then it sends on its own | You set up the sequences and their emails yourself, in Clay's sequencer or a sequencing tool1 |
| Data | Companies found on the web and read on their own pages, each fact kept with its quote, page and date; only addresses verified in the last 30 days are emailed | Clay: 150+ data providers, with waterfall enrichment1 Instantly: SuperSearch on 450M+ B2B contacts, on separate credits5 |
| Buying signals | Five kinds, read on the company's own pages: hiring, funding, a new leader, a launch or expansion, and a tech change, each with its source and date | Clay: job changes, promotions, new hires, company news and social on Launch; web intent on Growth1 |
Outlevo is not affiliated with Clay + Smartlead or Instantly. What this page says about Clay + Smartlead or Instantly is a summary of its public website (clay.com, smartlead.ai and instantly.ai) as of Oct 22, 2026; check there for current features and prices.
Someone on your team enjoys building workflows, you want to choose among 150+ data providers and wire up any signal yourself, or you send at high volume across many mailboxes.
Nobody has time to build and maintain the tables, the enrichment and the sequences, and you want one monthly plan that includes the research, the mailboxes and the sending.
From the same plan prices and credit costs we bill with. Sending and follow-ups use no credits.
$29→320 credits→40 contacts→120 emails→~1–2 warm leads→~1 meeting
An estimate, not a promise: 8 credits per researched contact, a first email and two follow-ups each (sending costs no credits), 2 to 6 warm leads and 1 to 4 meetings per 100 contacts (the middle shown). Your market and offer move it either way.
$149→1,650 credits→206 contacts→618 emails→~4–12 warm leads→~5 meetings
An estimate, not a promise: 8 credits per researched contact, a first email and two follow-ups each (sending costs no credits), 2 to 6 warm leads and 1 to 4 meetings per 100 contacts (the middle shown). Your market and offer move it either way.
Checked Oct 22, 2026. Each fact about Clay + Smartlead or Instantly above links to the page it was read on.
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