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lemlist Alternative: Alienmail vs lemlist
How is Alienmail different from lemlist?
Reviewed by Ankit Dangi, Founder & CEO · Prices checked 27 Oct 2026
The short answer
lemlist's Email plan is $69 a month for up to 50,000 emails, with unlimited contacts and users; its Multichannel plan adds LinkedIn and calls at $109 per user. Alienmail is email only, charges per email and writes the campaign from your website. Under about 43,000 emails a month Alienmail costs less; above that, lemlist's Email plan is cheaper.
Pick Alienmail if you send email only, under about 43,000 a month or in bursts, and want the campaign written for you.
Alienmail publishes this page. Every lemlist price and limit comes from lemlist's own pricing page, linked under Sources.
Alienmail vs lemlist in Four Numbers
$24
10,000 emails a month
lemlist Email: $69
$50
25,000 emails a month
lemlist Email: $69
$0
a month you don't send
lemlist: $69
$69
lemlist Email for 50,000 emails
Alienmail at that volume: $80
The Core Difference
lemlist sells a monthly plan with a lot of room: 50,000 emails, unlimited contacts and unlimited users for $69, and a Multichannel plan that mixes email with LinkedIn and calls, priced per user. Alienmail is email only and sells emails one at a time: add your website and it drafts the whole sequence, then charges 4 credits for each email it sends. lemlist rewards high, steady volume and multichannel teams; Alienmail rewards sending only what you need.
Alienmail vs lemlist at a Glance
 Alienmail |  lemlist | Key difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Per email sent | Monthly plan | Alienmail costs nothing in a quiet month |
| Entry price | From a $5 top-up | $69/mo (Email plan) | Lower to start on Alienmail |
| Emails on the entry plan | As many as your credits cover | 50,000 a month | lemlist is cheaper if you use most of them |
| Contacts | Unlimited | Unlimited | Same |
| Users | Free | Unlimited on Email; $109 per user on Multichannel | Same on email; lemlist costs more per person for multichannel |
| Channels | Email; LinkedIn and calls on Multichannel | lemlist wins if you need LinkedIn | |
| Warmup | Free, every mailbox | lemwarm, included | Same |
| Who writes the emails | Alienmail, from your website | You, with AI writing help | Alienmail starts with a full draft |
| Free start | 100 free credits, no card | 14-day trial | — |
Alienmail vs lemlist Pricing
How each one charges
lemlist
Email plan $69 a month ($55 billed yearly) for up to 50,000 emails, with unlimited contacts, senders and users. Multichannel $109 a month per user ($87 billed yearly) adds LinkedIn and calls. lemwarm is included.
Alienmail
No plan. Each email uses 4 credits; top-ups start at $5 and the rate per credit drops at $10, $50 and $250.
| Emails in a month | Alienmail | lemlist (Email plan) |
|---|---|---|
| None | $0 | $69 |
| 5,000 | $12 | $69 |
| 10,000 | $24 | $69 |
| 25,000 | $50 | $69 |
| 50,000 | $80 | $69 |
Alienmail costs less up to about 43,000 emails a month. If you send close to 50,000 emails every month, lemlist's Email plan is cheaper. Mailboxes cost extra on both: $2.50 each a month if you buy them in Alienmail.
Cost reality: a small team's month
A founder sends to 1,000 new leads a month, 4 emails each: 4,000 emails.
lemlist
the Email plan fits easily, at $69. You use 8% of its 50,000 emails and pay the full fee.
Alienmail
16,666 credits from a $10 top-up: $10. A team of three adding LinkedIn on lemlist Multichannel would pay $327 a month in seats.
Cost per 1,000 emails
- lemlist Email, fully used: $1.38 per 1,000 emails ($69 ÷ 50,000).
- lemlist Email at 4,000 emails: $17.25 per 1,000.
- Alienmail: $2.40 per 1,000 from a $10 top-up, $1.60 from $50, $1.20 from $250.
So: lemlist is cheaper per email when you fill most of its 50,000 emails. Alienmail is cheaper at lower or uneven volume, and a $250 top-up used over several months drops it to $1.20 per 1,000.
Deliverability and Mailboxes
Warmup
Both include warmup: lemlist through lemwarm, Alienmail free on every mailbox you connect.
List verification
Alienmail cleans bad and risky addresses before every send, free during beta. lemlist's options weren't checked.
Mailboxes
Both connect Google, Microsoft 365 and SMTP mailboxes. Alienmail also sells mailboxes at $2.50 a month with DNS set up.
Writing and Workflow
Who writes the campaign
lemlist gives you AI help to write. Alienmail reads your website and writes every email for you to edit.
Channels
lemlist's Multichannel plan adds LinkedIn steps and calls to your sequence. Alienmail is email only.
Running it from an AI chat
Alienmail has its own MCP server, so you can launch campaigns and check replies from Claude or ChatGPT.
Why Teams Switch From lemlist
Alienmail$24 · $50 · $80
10,000 · 25,000 · 50,000 emails on Alienmail
lemlist$69
lemlist Email, flat every month
A lower bill under 43,000 emails a month.
lemlist's Email plan is $69 a month at any volume up to 50,000. On Alienmail, 10,000 emails cost $24 and 25,000 cost $50.
Alienmail$0
in seats on Alienmail
lemlist$327
a team of 3 on lemlist Multichannel
No per-user bill for a growing team.
Adding LinkedIn and calls means lemlist's Multichannel plan at $109 per user. Alienmail seats are free.
The campaign comes written.
Alienmail writes the first email, follow-ups, subject lines and send times from your website, and AI writing is free during beta.
What Alienmail Does Differently
Writes the campaign from your website
Add your URL and Alienmail writes a brief of what you sell, who buys it and how you talk, then the whole sequence from it.
Charges per email, not per month
4 credits an email from a $5 top-up, and $0 in a month you don't send.
You send
5,000 emails
You pay
$12
20,000 credits at $0.60 per 1,000 · 4 credits an email
Mailboxes ready to send, for $2.50
Buy Gmail, Outlook or SMTP mailboxes inside Alienmail with SPF, DKIM and DMARC set up and warmup started.
Buy mailboxes
Who Should Pick lemlist
- You want LinkedIn steps and calls in the same sequence as your emails.
- You send close to 50,000 emails every month.
- You want one flat plan with unlimited users for email.
Who Should Pick Alienmail
- You send email only, under about 43,000 a month or in bursts.
- You want the campaign written for you from your website.
- Your team is growing and you don't want a per-user bill.
Other lemlist Alternatives
| Tool | Best for | Starts at | Watch out for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Smartlead | High-volume senders who want lots of settings | $39/mo | 2,000 contacts on Base; a lot to learn | Compare |
 Saleshandy | A simple flat-price sender | $41/mo | 1 seat and 2,000 active prospects on Starter | Compare |
 Instantly | Finding leads and sending in one tool | $47/mo | 1,000 contacts on Growth | Compare |
 QuickMail | Teams that want unlimited users | $49/mo | 1,000 contacts and 5,000 emails on Starter | Compare |
How to Switch From lemlist
- 1
Export your leads from lemlist as a CSV.
- 2
Sign up for Alienmail with 100 free credits, no card.
- 3
Connect the same Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or SMTP mailboxes. Alienmail warms them free, so you can stop lemwarm.
- 4
Add your website. Alienmail writes your Business DNA and a new campaign.
- 5
Upload the CSV, review the emails and launch. LinkedIn and call steps don't carry over, because Alienmail is email only.
Work Out Your Own Numbers
Open the cold email cost calculator, preset to lemlist with 10,000 new leads × 5 emails, and change it to your own volume.
lemlist
Their cheapest plan that fits
Alienmail
Only the emails you send
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Verdict: Alienmail or lemlist?
For teams that send email only, Alienmail costs less up to about 43,000 emails a month: 10,000 emails are $24 instead of $69, a quiet month is free, and the campaign arrives written. lemlist is the better buy if you want LinkedIn and calls in the same sequence, or you send close to 50,000 emails every month.
Alienmail vs lemlist FAQ
If you only send email, Alienmail: it charges per email with no monthly fee and writes your campaign for you. If LinkedIn and calls matter, lemlist's Multichannel plan is hard to replace.
Key Terms
- Email warmup
- Slowly raising how much a new mailbox sends while it collects real opens and replies, so inbox providers learn to trust it.
- lemwarm
- Lemlist's built-in warmup tool, included on its plans.
- Multichannel outreach
- A sequence that mixes email with LinkedIn steps and calls. lemlist prices this per user.
- Pay-per-email pricing
- Paying only for emails you send. On Alienmail, each email uses 4 credits.
- Credits
- Alienmail's unit of payment, bought in top-ups from $5. The price per credit drops as the top-up grows.
How we compared
We took each tool's monthly-billing prices and plan limits from its own pricing page on 27 Oct 2026 and Alienmail's rates from alienmail.io/pricing. Alienmail's cost uses the cheapest top-up that covers the emails. We don't include discounts or custom deals. Anything lemlist's pricing page doesn't mention is marked "not stated" or "not checked", not "not available". We re-check prices every quarter.
Sources
- lemlist pricing, checked 27 Oct 2026: Email $69 ($55 yearly), 50,000 emails, unlimited contacts, senders and users; Multichannel $109 per user ($87 yearly); lemwarm included; 14-day trial
- Alienmail rate card, from alienmail.io/pricing
Try Alienmail Free Next to lemlist
100 free credits, no card. Pay only for the emails you send.