Saleshandy vs Woodpecker
Two low-cost ways into cold email, priced on different axes. Saleshandy is $41/mo paid monthly ($34 billed annually) and caps prospects and sends rather than mailboxes. Woodpecker is $35/mo for 500 contacted prospects, billing for who you actually reach. They sat within a dollar of each other until August 2026, when Saleshandy's increase opened a $6 gap in Woodpecker's favour — so the billing shape is no longer the only question, though it is still the main one.
Saleshandy
Unlimited mailboxes on every tier, with a B2B lead database bundled in rather than sold separately.
Woodpecker
Usage-based cold email priced on contacted prospects, with unlimited mailboxes.
| Feature | Saleshandy | Woodpecker |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| Starting price | $41/momonthly billing; $34/mo billed annually | $35/mousage-based: $35/mo for 500 contacted prospects ($7.00 per 100) |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Email accounts | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Active prospects | 2,000 (Starter) → unlimited (Scale) | — |
| Monthly emails | 6,000 (Starter) → 200,000 (Scale) | — |
| Unified inbox | All plans | — |
| Whitelabel | Scale plan+ | — |
| Team members | — | Unlimited |
| Entry tier | — | 500 prospects — 8,000 emails/mo, 2,000 stored |
| Warmup included | — | Included with paid usage, more as add-ons |
| Multichannel | — | LinkedIn (paid add-on), manual calls/SMS |
Hands-on field test
In progressIdentical 200-contact campaigns from freshly warmed mailboxes on each platform, matched for copy, sending window and domain age, measuring inbox placement via seed accounts plus bounce and reply rates. Published with dates when run.
The verdict
Woodpecker is now the cheaper entry point as well as the more flexible one, which makes it the default for spiky or seasonal volume: you pay for prospects actually contacted rather than for capacity you may not use. Saleshandy suits steady sending and forecastable budgets, adds whitelabelling on its Scale plan where Woodpecker charges extra for an agency panel, and since August 2026 bundles lead-database credits into every tier — the clearest thing its higher price now buys. Saleshandy's 7-day trial needs no card; Woodpecker's runs 14 days.
Choose Saleshandy if outbound is proven and you want flat, forecastable pricing, higher caps, or whitelabelling for client work. Choose Woodpecker if your volume is low, spiky or seasonal — paying per contacted prospect beats paying for headroom you will not use.
Saleshandy vs Woodpecker: FAQs
- What do you get at Woodpecker's entry level?
- It no longer has one. We previously recorded a genuinely usable free tier; as of 12 August 2026 the vendor's prospect selector starts at 500 and the page sells a 14-day trial instead. Unlimited email accounts and unlimited team members are still included on paid usage.
- When does Saleshandy become the better value?
- When usage-based pricing stops being predictable. Woodpecker charges per contacted prospect, so cost scales directly with volume, while Saleshandy's tiers are flat. There is a crossover point that depends entirely on how many prospects you contact each month.
- Do both allow unlimited mailboxes?
- Yes — Saleshandy on every paid plan, and Woodpecker at every usage level.
- Which is better for agencies?
- Saleshandy on balance: whitelabelling and SSO arrive on its Scale plan. Woodpecker offers an agency panel but charges per active client on top of usage, which is harder to price a retainer against.
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