Choosing an Instantly Alternative Without Losing Your Sending History

What to Verify Before You Leave Your Current Tool

Start with the data you would lose. Export your campaign list, your leads, your reply threads and your suppression list before you cancel anything. Ask the vendor you are leaving how long account data stays available after a cancellation takes effect, and check that vendor's current published terms rather than relying on a support thread. The tool you are leaving controls its own retention window, so confirm it in writing.

Next, look at volume pricing rather than headline volume. A plan that includes a large monthly send count is only useful if the contacts and inboxes you need are included at the same price. Read the pricing page for what each tier adds, not just its send cap, and compare that against how you actually send today.

Finally, check how much setup the new tool requires from you. A managed service that writes sequences and handles sending takes work off your desk, while a raw sending tool leaves reply handling and list hygiene with you. Decide which one you are buying before you compare prices.

• Export campaigns, leads, replies and the suppression list first
• Confirm the old vendor's data retention window in writing
• Compare tiers by inboxes and contacts, not send caps alone
• Decide whether you want a sending tool or a managed service

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Moving Sending History and Domains Safely

Your domains and mailbox reputation travel with you, but the warm-up history does not. Most tools track warm-up per mailbox, and that record stays with the old account. Plan to re-warm sending mailboxes on the new platform rather than assuming the new tool inherits the old reputation. Mail Pro at $149 includes warm-up on every account, which shortens the ramp for each mailbox you connect.

Move your suppression list before your first campaign, not after. Unsubscribes and hard bounces collected in the old tool are the cheapest protection you have against complaints. Import them into the new suppression list and spot-check a sample against the old export to confirm the import landed.

Keep the old account open until the new one has sent live campaigns for a full billing cycle. That overlap costs you one month on the old plan, but it gives you a working reference if a domain or a contact record does not transfer cleanly.

• Re-warm each sending mailbox on the new platform
• Import the suppression list before the first campaign
• Spot-check imported bounces and unsubscribes against the export
• Overlap billing for one cycle while you verify delivery

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What This Stack Costs at Published Prices

Every figure here comes from the published price list. The Starter plan is $18/month for 2,000 emails and one SMTP slot. Growth is $38/month for 10,000 emails and a reply inbox. Scale is $78/month for 50,000 emails and bulk campaigns. If you send more, Business is $198/month for 100,000 emails and two SMTP slots, and Agency is $498/month for 250,000 emails and five SMTP slots.

Lifetime licences sit alongside the monthly plans. AI Sales Agent at $149 covers 2,000 managed sends per month with one sender identity and AI-written sequences. United States Marketing at $299 gives three channels with unlimited contacts and sending plus 500 AI credits per month. LocalSMTP at $149 supplies five verified SMTP accounts with IMAP settings and lifetime access.

A worked example: a team sending 8,000 emails a month with two mailboxes could take Growth at $38/month, then add LocalSMTP at $149 once for extra verified SMTP accounts. That is one monthly charge plus one one-time charge. Code SALE20 takes 15% off the lifetime deal if you buy it.

• Starter at $18/month covers 2,000 emails
• Growth at $38/month adds a reply inbox and 10,000 emails
• LocalSMTP at $149 is a one-time five-account licence
• AI Sales Agent at $149 includes managed sending and AI sequences

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Where a Managed Service Differs From a Sending Tool

A sending tool gives you a dashboard and leaves the writing, the list work and the follow-up to you. A managed service writes the sequences and runs the sends. AI Sales Agent at $149 is the managed option here: it covers 2,000 sends per month with AI-written sequences under one sender identity. That fits a small team that wants outreach running without hiring a copywriter.

If you already have sequences and only need infrastructure, skip the managed tier. LocalSMTP at $149 gives you verified SMTP accounts with the settings you need, and you keep full control of the copy. Pick based on who writes the email, not on which price looks lower.

The monthly plans suit teams whose volume changes month to month. The lifetime licences suit teams that send a steady amount and would rather pay once. Neither is better in general; the split follows your volume pattern.

• Managed tier writes sequences and runs the sends
• Infrastructure tier leaves copy and lists with you
• Monthly plans absorb seasonal volume changes
• Lifetime licences fit steady, predictable volume

Setting Up in the Right Order

Create the new account and connect one mailbox first. Send a small live campaign and watch replies land in the new inbox before you connect the rest. This catches authentication mistakes while the blast radius is one mailbox rather than five.

Then connect the remaining mailboxes and begin warm-up on each. Keep daily volume low for the first two weeks and raise it gradually. Only after that should you move the bulk of your campaign list across. Rushing this step is the most common reason a switch goes badly.

• Connect one mailbox, then send a small live test
• Confirm replies arrive in the new inbox
• Add remaining mailboxes and start warm-up on each
• Raise volume gradually before moving the full list

Monthly plans and lifetime licences at published prices

Monthly prices recur; lifetime prices are charged once, and code SALE20 takes 15% off the lifetime deals.

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