CRM Comparison

Instantly vs. Salesflare

At a glance

Best for

Best for agencies and outbound teams that send cold email at volume from many mailboxes.

Freelancers
Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

Best for

Best for small and medium-sized B2B sales teams that want an easy CRM which keeps itself up to date instead of demanding manual data entry.

Freelancers
Small and mid-sized

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion	Instantly	Salesflare
Starting price	From $37.60 / month Outreach Growth plan billed yearly, $47 billed monthly, for 5,000 emails and 1,000 uploaded contacts a month. Lead credits are a separate subscription from $37.60 a month billed yearly, and bundles of both start at $85 a month billed yearly ($94 monthly).	lower value From $29 / user / month The Growth plan, billed annually.
Free trial	14-day free trial, no credit card required	30-day free trial, no credit card required
API	Yes, API v2 with webhooks, an official TypeScript SDK and an official MCP server	Yes, a REST API plus a native Zapier integration
Hosting	Cloud (SaaS)	Cloud (SaaS)
Contacts and companies	Yes, an All Leads view across lists and campaigns with bulk round-robin assignment to team members, plus a database of more than 450 million B2B leads with enrichment	Yes, contact and account records that fill themselves from email, calendar and social profiles
Deal pipeline	Yes, Opportunities collect interested prospects from campaigns and lists, each with sales stages, notes, meetings and tasks, and a default opportunity value feeds revenue reporting	Yes, a visual drag-and-drop pipeline kept current by automated data entry
Email and calendar	Yes, unlimited email accounts with unlimited warm-up, and one master inbox for emails, calls, SMS and tasks; meetings are scheduled from the opportunity view	Yes, Gmail and Outlook sidebars with email tracking and personalised campaigns
Workflow automation	Yes, advanced sequences and scheduling with A/Z testing, salesflows built from rules such as opens and replies, and AI agents for replies and sales	Yes, automated logging and follow-up reminders, plus multi-email workflow automation on the higher plans
Reporting and forecasting	Yes, email and account analytics, plus CRM reports with monthly or quarterly sales goals and annualised value closed	Yes, revenue forecasting and sales insight dashboards
Integrations and API	Yes, API v2 with webhooks and an official TypeScript SDK, an official MCP server that exposes every endpoint as a tool, and connections to HubSpot and Salesforce	Yes, a REST API plus a native Zapier integration for hundreds of apps
AI features	Yes	Yes
MCP-ready	stated Yes	No
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support	Chat	Chat
Onboarding	Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials	Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding
Company size	more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise	Freelancers, Small and mid-sized
Integrations	more entries HubSpot, Salesforce, Claude, Cursor, Perplexity	Gmail, Outlook, LinkedIn, Zapier

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The short version

Key Differences

Starting price Instantly From $37.60 / month Salesflare From $29 / user / month
Free trial Instantly 14-day free trial, no credit card required Salesflare 30-day free trial, no credit card required
Company size Instantly Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Salesflare Freelancers, Small and mid-sized
MCP-ready Instantly Yes Salesflare No
API Instantly Yes, API v2 with webhooks, an official TypeScript SDK and an official MCP server Salesflare Yes, a REST API plus a native Zapier integration

Every line is one datapoint from the table above, picked automatically. Nothing here is written text.

The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Instantly

Strengths

Unlimited email accounts and warm-up on every outreach plan
No per-seat charge, so a whole team shares one subscription
Built-in CRM with opportunities, calling and SMS next to the sending
Official MCP server covering the full API

Limitations

Lead data is a separate credit subscription on top of outreach
Each plan caps monthly emails and uploaded contacts
Outreach, credit and bundle plans are priced separately

Salesflare

Strengths

Automated data capture keeps the CRM up to date without manual entry
Works from Gmail, Outlook and LinkedIn sidebars and a mobile app
AI suggestions and relationship intelligence to guide follow-up
REST API and native Zapier integration

Limitations

No free plan; the entry point is the paid Growth plan
Enterprise plan requires a minimum of 5 users
Focused on B2B sales rather than a full marketing and service suite

Plans

Pricing

Instantly

Growth $37.60 Per month, billed yearly ($47 billed monthly). 5,000 emails and 1,000 uploaded contacts a month, unlimited email accounts and warm-up, chat support.
Hypergrowth $77.60 Per month, billed yearly ($97 billed monthly). 25,000 uploaded contacts and premium live support.
Light Speed $286.30 Per month, billed yearly ($358 billed monthly). 500,000 emails and 100,000 uploaded contacts a month, with server and IP sharding and rotation (SISR).
Enterprise Not stated Custom price. Adds a dedicated account manager, a shared Slack channel and a private deliverability network.

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Salesflare

Growth $29 / user / month Billed annually. Automated CRM data capture, email, link and website tracking, personalised campaigns and 5 lead credits a month.
Pro $49 / user / month Billed annually. Adds multi-email workflow automation, permission controls, custom dashboards and 100 lead credits a month.
Enterprise $99 / user / month Billed annually, minimum 5 users. Adds custom setup and training, data migration, a dedicated account manager and 250 lead credits a month.

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What users say

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Where this comes from

Instantly https://instantly.ai · checked against the official source on 2026-10-03

Salesflare https://salesflare.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-21

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.