MailFleet vs lemlist
lemlist charges per user and gives each user a handful of senders. MailFleet charges per plan and lets any number of people run any number of mailboxes. Both do email and LinkedIn in one sequence — so the choice mostly comes down to team shape and price.
The short version
Pick lemlist if you are a sales team where each rep runs their own sequences from their own accounts, you want a very large built-in contact database with phone numbers and intent signals, and per-user pricing maps to how you already buy software.
Pick MailFleet if you run outreach as a shared operation — an agency, a founder-led team or a small SDR pod — where the number of mailboxes matters more than the number of logins, and you want LinkedIn steps, dedicated IPs and intent-sorted replies at a flat monthly price.
Pricing and limits, side by side
Monthly prices in USD from each pricing page on the date at the top. lemlist's Multichannel and Enterprise plans are priced per user; annual billing is discounted (Multichannel $87/user/month annually).
| MailFleet Basic | MailFleet Pro | MailFleet Scale | lemlist Email | lemlist Multichannel | lemlist Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price / month | $39 flat | $69 flat | $350 flat | $69 flat | $109 per user | Custom, per user |
| Emails / month | 10,000 | 150,000 | 600,000 | 50,000 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Leads stored | 2,000 | 30,000 | Unlimited | — | — | — |
| Connected mailboxes / senders | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited senders | 5 senders per user | 5+ per user |
| Teammates | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited users | Priced per user | Priced per user |
| LinkedIn steps | 1 sender included; +$60 each | 1 sender included | 3 senders included | No | Yes (per user) | Yes |
| Warmup | Free, network-wide | Free | Free | Deliverability hub | Included | Included |
| Dedicated sending IPs | Shared | 1 dedicated | 3 dedicated | — | — | — |
| Lead database | 1,000 / mo included (53M people) | 5,000 / mo | 50,000 / mo | 650M+ database, pay-per-success credits | Same | Same |
| Calls | Add-on from $50 | Add-on | Included (300 connections + number) | — | Dialer | Dialer |
| API | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | 7 days, card required | — | — | Free trial | — | — |
Sources: lemlist pricing, read on 22 September 2026, and MailFleet pricing, as of 2 October 2026.
The per-user question
For one person, lemlist Multichannel at $109 and MailFleet Pro at $69 are the comparable multichannel tiers. For three people who all need to log in and work replies, lemlist is $327 a month; MailFleet Pro is still $69, with the same email allowance shared across the team. That gap is the whole reason MailFleet prices the way it does — it is a poor fit for lemlist's model when many people share the work, and a fair fit when each rep is an independent unit with their own quota and accounts.
The flip side: lemlist's Multichannel tier has unlimited emails per user. If a single user sends far more than 150,000 emails a month, MailFleet Pro's credit pool runs out and you are on Scale ($350, 600,000 emails). Do the arithmetic on your actual volume.
Where the products genuinely differ
Both automate LinkedIn inside the sequence: profile visits, connection requests with a note, messages. lemlist's LinkedIn is on the Multichannel plan and up, tied to each user's own LinkedIn account. MailFleet's is on every plan with one connected LinkedIn account included (three on Scale) and more at $60 a month each, independent of how many people log in. MailFleet also reports invites sent without a note when LinkedIn's monthly note allowance is spent, and detects acceptances so the follow-up message fires on time.
Data and enrichment
This is lemlist's strongest card. Its database is advertised at 650M+ contacts with email finding, phone numbers and buying signals (web visits, hiring, fundraising) sold as pay-per-success credits — you pay only when the lookup returns something. MailFleet's Lead Database is 53M people with title, seniority, country, industry and company-size filters and a monthly allowance included in the plan; phone enrichment is available through your own Apollo key. If you source most of your prospects inside the tool, lemlist has more of them.
Replies
Both bring every reply into one inbox and stop sequences on reply. MailFleet tags replies by intent, holds follow-ups until an out-of-office return date, and can forward interested replies by rule or webhook. lemlist's unified inbox includes its AI agent ("lemAgent") on all tiers for drafting and triage.
Infrastructure
MailFleet includes dedicated sending IPs on Pro (1) and Scale (3), a free warmup network, custom tracking domains and a blocklist. lemlist's deliverability hub covers warmup and monitoring; dedicated IPs are not a listed plan feature.
Calls
Both have a dialer. lemlist's is part of Multichannel; MailFleet's in-app dialer and call steps are included on Scale and an add-on from $50 a month (300 connections) on Basic and Pro.
Things MailFleet does not do (yet)
- No unlimited-email tier below $350.
- Lead database is smaller and has no buying-signal data.
- No native CRM connectors — webhooks (every plan) and API (Pro/Scale) instead.
- No free-forever plan; the trial is 7 days.
Which should you choose?
Count logins and count mailboxes. If logins ≈ mailboxes and each person is a self-contained rep, lemlist's model fits and its data depth is a bonus. If a few people run many mailboxes — the typical agency or founder-led setup — MailFleet's flat price wins by a wide margin, with LinkedIn and dedicated IPs included rather than layered on.
FAQ
Is lemlist priced per user?
The Multichannel and Enterprise plans are per user; the Email plan is a flat $69 a month with unlimited users and senders, per lemlist's pricing page. MailFleet is flat-priced on every plan with unlimited teammates.
How many senders does lemlist allow?
Five senders per user on Multichannel (and at least five on Enterprise). MailFleet places no limit on connected mailboxes on any plan.
Does MailFleet do LinkedIn automation like lemlist?
Yes — profile visits, connection requests with notes, and messages inside the same sequence as email, with daily caps and acceptance detection. One LinkedIn sender is included on Basic and Pro and three on Scale; each additional one is $60 a month.
Which has the bigger lead database?
lemlist, by a large margin (650M+ advertised vs MailFleet's 53M). MailFleet includes a monthly allowance in the plan; lemlist sells lookups as pay-per-success credits.