Recommended tools

The tools we recommend for cold email

One short list of the tools that fix what our checkers find, with a plain reason for each. Some are partner links: if you buy, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

Cold email sending

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Instantly

Connect as many inboxes as you like, rotate sending between them and warm them up automatically. The usual starting point for cold email.

Visit Instantly

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Smartlead

Similar to Instantly, with unlimited inboxes and warm-up. Popular with agencies running campaigns for several clients.

Visit Smartlead

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lemlist

Cold email with personalised images, LinkedIn steps and a built-in lead database, for teams that want multichannel sequences.

Visit lemlist

Inboxes and domains

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Premium Inboxes

Google and Microsoft inboxes from $3.50 each, with SPF, DKIM and DMARC set up for you and loaded into your sending tool. You bring the domains.

Visit Premium Inboxes

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Google Workspace

The inbox provider most cold emailers start with. Pair it with Microsoft 365 inboxes to spread your sending.

Visit Google Workspace

Checking where email lands

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GlockApps

Sends your email to test inboxes at Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and others and shows whether it reached the inbox, spam or nowhere.

Visit GlockApps

DMARC reports and SPF

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EasyDMARC

Turns DMARC reports into a readable dashboard, flags unknown senders and can flatten SPF to keep you under 10 lookups.

Visit EasyDMARC

List cleaning

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Emailable

Checks every address before you send, so bounces stay low and your inboxes stay healthy.

Visit Emailable

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Bouncer

Email verification with a clear pay-as-you-go price. A good second opinion on catch-all addresses.

Visit Bouncer

Finding leads

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Hunter

Finds and verifies work email addresses from a name and company domain.

Visit Hunter

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Snov.io

Lead finding, verification and simple outreach sequences in one place.

Visit Snov.io

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