Smartlead costs $39 to $379 a month, priced by active leads and emails rather than by user, and data, placement tests and client workspaces are add-ons.
Key takeaways
- Smartlead's pricing page, in its version dated July 28, 2026, lists Base at $39, Pro at $94, Unlimited Smart at $174 and Unlimited Prime at $379 a month.
- Base allows 2,000 active leads and 6,000 emails a month, and Pro allows 30,000 active leads and 90,000 emails, per the same page.
- Smartlead's help center says each unique lead counts once across campaigns and the active lead allowance does not reset each month.
- Verified prospect emails cost $59 a month on Base and Pro and are included on the two Unlimited plans, with 50,000 and 170,000 a month.
- Smartlead's pricing page lists SmartDelivery inbox placement testing at $49, $174 or $599 a month, sold apart from every plan.
An SDR or BDR choosing a Smartlead plan is really choosing two ceilings, active leads and monthly emails. This page explains how each is counted, which add-ons change the bill, and which plan fits four common situations.
What does Smartlead cost in 2026?
Smartlead sells four plans on monthly or annual billing, with about 17% off on annual, per its pricing page dated July 28, 2026. There is no per-user and no per-mailbox fee. Email accounts are unlimited on every plan and each plan includes a warmup pool, so the bill depends only on leads, emails and add-ons.
Smartlead's help center pricing article, last updated on August 21, 2026, describes a 14-day free trial, and its pricing page says every plan has a free trial with no credit card needed to start.
| Option | Price |
|---|---|
| Smartlead Base | $39/month |
| Smartlead Pro | $94/month |
| Freelvy Starter | €99/month |
| Smartlead Unlimited Smart | $174/month |
| Smartlead Unlimited Prime | $379/month |
How does Smartlead count active leads and emails?
An active lead is a unique contact loaded into your campaigns, counted once even if it sits in several of them. Smartlead's help center says that allowance is fixed by the plan and does not reset each month. Emails work differently: each email sent uses one email credit, and the email allowance renews monthly.
That makes active leads the ceiling SDRs hit first. A lead stays counted while it sits in a campaign, so old leads that finished their sequence still use room until they are removed. Archive finished leads every week, or the Base plan's 2,000 fills up long before its 6,000 emails do.
There is no add-on for extra active leads in the pages we read. Moving past the cap means moving to the next plan.
Which add-ons change the bill?
Four add-ons matter. Verified prospect emails cost $59 a month on Base and Pro. SmartDelivery placement testing costs $49 to $599 a month, client workspaces $29 each a month, and dedicated sending servers $39 each a month, all per the pricing page.
SmartDelivery has three tiers on the pricing page: Growth at $49, Pro at $174 and Expert at $599 a month. They differ in test volume and sender accounts per test.
Which plan fits your situation?
It depends on which of four situations you are in. The bills below assume three emails per lead and monthly billing, and they are our arithmetic on the prices above. Each situation gets one plan, with the add-ons it actually needs.
Situation 1: one SDR, 1,500 leads a month
Base covers it. 1,500 leads at three emails each is 4,500 emails, inside 6,000, and the 2,000 active lead cap holds if you archive finished sequences. The bill is $39 a month, or $59 more if you also want Smartlead to find the emails. Adding SmartDelivery Growth brings it to $147.
Situation 2: a team sending to 20,000 leads
Pro covers it. 20,000 leads at three emails is 60,000 emails, inside 90,000. The bill is $94 alone, or $153 with verified prospect emails. Pro also adds the API and CRM integrations a team usually needs.
Situation 3: 50,000 leads with data included
Unlimited Smart covers it at $174. 50,000 leads at three emails is 150,000, exactly its email cap, and its 50,000 verified prospect emails a month match the volume. Pro cannot hold 50,000 active leads.
Situation 4: an agency sending for clients
Unlimited Prime at $379 includes three client workspaces and 500,000 emails. Each additional workspace costs $29 a month. On Pro, three client workspaces would add $87 to the $94 plan.
What changed in Smartlead pricing since 2025?
The prices held and the plans split. Smartlead's own pricing page, as archived on July 3, 2025, listed Basic at $39, Pro at $94 with 150,000 emails and a Custom plan from $174. The 2026 page replaces Custom with Unlimited Smart and Unlimited Prime and lists Pro at 90,000 emails.
Verified prospect emails are the other addition, sold as a $59 add-on on the two lower plans. Annual billing is offered at about 17% off on the July 2026 page.
Who should stay on Smartlead?
Stay on Smartlead if you send high volume from many mailboxes and already have a source of contacts you trust. No per-user fee and unlimited mailboxes make it one of the cheapest senders per email, and Base is hard to beat for a single SDR.
Reconsider if you keep buying data and verification elsewhere and stitching them in by CSV. Our comparison of Smartlead vs Instantly prices both senders side by side, our Instantly pricing guide covers its credit model, and the cold email deliverability checklist covers what every plan still needs.
Where Freelvy fits
Freelvy is our product. It is an AI sales platform used the way you use ChatGPT or Claude. You describe the customer you want in one prompt, and Freelvy searches 40+ live sources at query time, including maps, official company registries, job boards, storefronts and ad libraries, instead of filtering a stored database.
Every row is enriched through cascades of 18 email providers and 12 phone providers. They find and verify more than 92% of emails and find more than 90% of phone numbers. Freelvy then writes the outreach and runs it through its sequencer in the same thread, so search, enrichment and sequencing stay together.
Pricing is per seat, billed monthly, with no lock-in. Starter costs €99 per seat a month with 2,200 credits per seat, Pro €199 with 4,500, and Enterprise is on quote. A verified email costs 3 credits and a phone number found costs 15. An email lookup that finds nothing is never billed. Seats are unlimited and managers get free view-only access. Sending accounts for email and LinkedIn are included per seat, and the sequencer is unlimited. For pure sending volume to a list you already own, Smartlead costs less.
Free 7-day trial, no credit card, at freelvy.com.
Freelvy isn't for teams that would rather pay one tool for the data, another for enrichment and a third for sending.
How we verified this
On October 19, 2026, we read Smartlead's pricing page in its version dated July 28, 2026, its Markdown version, and its help center articles on pricing plans and on active leads and email credits. The same day, we read Smartlead's pricing page as archived on July 3, 2025. The situation bills are our arithmetic.
FAQ
How much does Smartlead cost per month?
Base costs $39, Pro $94, Unlimited Smart $174 and Unlimited Prime $379 a month on monthly billing, per Smartlead's pricing page dated July 28, 2026. Annual billing saves about 17%, bringing Base to $32.50 and Pro to $78.30 a month. There is no per-user fee.
What is an active lead in Smartlead?
An active lead is a unique contact loaded into your campaigns. Smartlead's help center says it counts once even when it appears in several campaigns, and that the active lead allowance is fixed by the plan rather than reset monthly. Archiving finished leads frees room.
Does Smartlead charge per user or per mailbox?
No. Smartlead's pricing page says there is no per-seat and no per-mailbox pricing, and email accounts are unlimited on every plan. The bill depends on the plan's active leads and emails, plus any add-ons such as verified prospect emails or SmartDelivery.
Does Smartlead include lead data?
The two Unlimited plans include verified prospect emails, 50,000 a month on Smart and 170,000 on Prime. On Base and Pro, verified prospect emails are a $59 monthly add-on whose allowance matches the plan's active leads, per the pricing page dated July 28, 2026.
Does Smartlead have a free trial?
Yes. Smartlead's help center describes a 14-day free trial, and its pricing page says no credit card is needed to start.
What is SmartDelivery and what does it cost?
SmartDelivery runs inbox placement tests, showing whether your emails land in the inbox or in spam. Smartlead's pricing page lists three tiers, Growth at $49, Pro at $174 and Expert at $599 a month, sold separately from every plan.
Sources and methodology
All pages below were read on October 19, 2026, and the pricing page version read is dated July 28, 2026. The situation bills are our own arithmetic on the prices those pages report.
- smartlead.ai, pricing
- helpcenter.smartlead.ai, Smartlead pricing plans
- helpcenter.smartlead.ai, do my active leads and email credits reset every month
- web.archive.org, smartlead.ai pricing, July 3, 2025