Mailshake vs Saleshandy
 Mailshake |  Saleshandy | |
|---|---|---|
| Sentiment | ||
| Score | 19/100 | 48/100 |
| Rank in category | #11 | #4 |
| Rated comments | 9 | 20 |
| Best for | Beginners who want a simple, affordable email sequencer | Beginners and small teams that want a simple, low-cost sequencer; Senders who want many inboxes, domain setup and warmup under one plan |
| Skip it if | Senders who rely on the built-in warmup to fix inbox placement | Teams that need responsive support when sending breaks; High-volume senders who want fine-grained deliverability control |
| Starting price | $25/mo | $34/mo |
| Pricing (vendor-stated) | Per-user plans: Starter $25/mo billed annually ($29 monthly), Email Outreach $45/mo annually ($49 monthly), Sales Engagement $85/mo annually ($99 monthly); Agency plan via sales; Data Finder and ready-made mailboxes are paid add-ons; no free trial (payment up front) and no free plan. | Flat per-account plans, not per seat: Starter $34/mo billed annually ($41 monthly), Pro $76/mo annually ($99 monthly), Scale $149/mo annually ($189 monthly), Enterprise custom; unlimited mailboxes on all plans; 7-day free trial with no credit card; no free plan. |
Independent discussion is thin: about nine non-promotional comments give a real view, most of them brief. Users who rate it describe Mailshake as a straightforward, reasonably priced sender that is fine for beginners, while several commenters blame its small warmup pool and shared sending infrastructure when emails land in spam, and older reports found it did nothing extra for deliverability. Over 40 of the 100 comments were promotional, mostly accounts dropping Mailshake into lists to plug other products, including a cluster pushing Klenty with near-identical wording.
Users like
Users complain about
- Warmup pool is seen as small, and one user's inbox placement rose from about 40% to 75% after moving to Instantly[1][2]
- Shared sending infrastructure means your reputation depends on other customers' sending[1]
- Seen as a plain sending tool that did nothing extra for deliverability (2020 report)[1]
- A link-building user got much better results after switching to lemlist's personalized images (2021)[1]
Independent users mostly see Saleshandy as a cheap, simple sender that suits beginners and teams wanting many inboxes, with domain setup and warmup handled in one place. The main complaints are about reliability: one team says its deliverability dropped after using Saleshandy's warmup and calls the features and mobile app buggy, and others mention a dated interface, slow support and occasional downtime. About half of the 100 comments were promotional, including clusters of accounts using Saleshandy threads to push EmailVerifier, Prospeo, Oppora and ReachInbox, and near-identical comments steering readers toward Smartlead or La Growth Machine.
Users like
- Seen as good value, especially when running multiple sending accounts[1][2]
- Simple and beginner friendly; users pick it for convenience at low volume[1][2][3][4]
- Handles DNS setup, warmup and sending in one place, saving time when standing up many inboxes[1][2]
- Its inbox placement check helped a user moving from Smartlead tell a real deliverability problem from noisy warmup stats[1]
Users complain about
- Warmup is a weak spot: one team saw deliverability drop after using it, and others question its quality[1][2][3]
- Interface feels dated and support is slow when something breaks[1]
- Described as buggy, including the mobile app, with occasional downtime[1][2]
- One user saw 60%+ open rates and zero bounces but almost no replies, and concluded the engagement numbers were inflated[1]