vs
QuickMail Alternative: Alienmail vs QuickMail
How is Alienmail different from QuickMail?
Reviewed by Ankit Dangi, Founder & CEO · Prices checked 27 Oct 2026
The short answer
QuickMail is a flat-plan sender: Starter costs $49 a month for 1,000 contacts and 5,000 emails, with unlimited users and its AutoWarmer included free. Alienmail charges per email, so the same 5,000 emails cost $12 and a quiet month costs $0, and it writes the campaign from your website. QuickMail is the better pick if you want one fixed bill and prefer to write every sequence yourself.
Pick Alienmail if you send in bursts, need more than 1,000 contacts, or want the campaign written for you.
Alienmail publishes this page. Every QuickMail price and limit comes from QuickMail's own pricing page, linked under Sources.
Alienmail vs QuickMail in Four Numbers
$12
5,000 emails a month
QuickMail Starter: $49
$0
a month you don't send
QuickMail: $49
Unlimited
contacts
QuickMail Starter: 1,000
Unlimited
workspaces
QuickMail Starter: 1
The Core Difference
QuickMail sells a monthly plan sized by contacts and emails, and leaves the writing to you. Alienmail sells emails one at a time and does the writing: add your website and it drafts the whole sequence, then charges 4 credits for each email it sends. Both put deliverability first and include warmup free, so the real difference is how you pay and who writes.
Alienmail vs QuickMail at a Glance
 Alienmail |  QuickMail | Key difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Per email sent | Monthly plan | Alienmail costs nothing in a quiet month |
| Entry price | From a $5 top-up | $49/mo (Starter) | Lower to start on Alienmail |
| Contacts on the entry plan | Unlimited | 1,000 | QuickMail's Starter cap fills fast |
| Emails on the entry plan | As many as your credits cover | 5,000 a month | — |
| Workspaces | Free, unlimited | 1 on Starter | Alienmail fits agencies with several clients |
| Users | Free, unlimited | Unlimited | Same |
| Warmup | Free, every mailbox | Free AutoWarmer | Same |
| Who writes the emails | Alienmail, from your website | You, in its sequence editor | Alienmail starts with a full draft |
| Free start | 100 free credits, no card | 14-day trial | — |
Alienmail vs QuickMail Pricing
How each one charges
QuickMail
Starter $49 a month for 1,000 contacts and 5,000 emails, with unlimited senders, one workspace and unlimited users. A yearly price isn't stated on its pricing page, and higher plans weren't checked for this page.
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 | QuickMail |
|---|---|---|
| None | $0 | $49 (Starter) |
| 2,500 | $10 | $49 (Starter) |
| 5,000 | $12 | $49 (Starter) |
| 10,000 | $24 | Higher plan |
| 25,000 | $50 | Higher plan |
Up to Starter's 5,000 emails, Alienmail costs about a quarter of QuickMail. Above 5,000, QuickMail needs a higher plan; check its pricing page for that figure. 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.
QuickMail
Starter fits, at $49. In month two, the next 1,000 leads take you past Starter's 1,000-contact cap unless you remove last month's, so you'd need a higher plan.
Alienmail
16,666 credits from a $10 top-up: $10. Month two costs another $10, whatever the size of your list.
Cost per 1,000 emails
- QuickMail Starter, fully used: $9.80 per 1,000 emails ($49 ÷ 5,000).
- Alienmail: $2.40 per 1,000 from a $10 top-up, falling to $1.20 from $250.
So: at Starter volume, Alienmail costs about a quarter as much per email.
Deliverability and Mailboxes
Warmup
Both include warmup free: QuickMail through its AutoWarmer, Alienmail on every mailbox you connect or buy.
List verification
Alienmail cleans bad and risky addresses before every send, free during beta. QuickMail Starter doesn't list it.
Mailboxes
Both allow unlimited senders. Alienmail also sells mailboxes at $2.50 a month with SPF, DKIM and DMARC set up.
Writing and Workflow
Who writes the campaign
In QuickMail you write the sequence yourself. Alienmail reads your website and writes every email for you to edit.
Replies
Alienmail puts replies from every mailbox in one inbox and tags each one positive, neutral or negative.
Running it from an AI chat
Run Alienmail from Claude or ChatGPT via its MCP server. QuickMail's pricing page doesn't mention one.
Why Teams Switch From QuickMail
Alienmail$12
5,000 emails on Alienmail
QuickMail$49
QuickMail Starter, every month
A quarter of the price at Starter volume.
QuickMail Starter costs $49 a month for 5,000 emails. The same 5,000 emails cost $12 on Alienmail, and a quiet month costs $0.
AlienmailUnlimited
workspaces on Alienmail
QuickMail1
workspace on QuickMail Starter
Room for every client.
Starter includes one workspace and 1,000 contacts. Alienmail workspaces are free and contacts are uncapped.
The campaign comes written.
Alienmail writes the whole sequence 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
A free workspace for every client
Each client gets its own mailboxes, leads, campaigns and credits, under one login.
Learn more
Who Should Pick QuickMail
- You want one fixed monthly bill with unlimited users.
- 1,000 contacts and 5,000 emails a month are enough for you.
- You'd rather write every sequence yourself.
Who Should Pick Alienmail
- You send in bursts and don't want to pay in quiet months.
- You need more than 1,000 contacts or more than one workspace.
- You want the campaign written for you from your website.
Other QuickMail 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 | A sender with a lead database sold alongside | $47/mo | 1,000 contacts on Growth | Compare |
 lemlist | Email plus LinkedIn and calls | $69/mo | Multichannel is $109 per user | Compare |
How to Switch From QuickMail
- 1
Export your contacts from QuickMail 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. Warmup carries on free.
- 4
Add your website. Alienmail writes your Business DNA and a new campaign.
- 5
Upload the CSV, review the emails and launch.
Work Out Your Own Numbers
Open the cold email cost calculator, preset to QuickMail with 1,000 new leads × 5 emails, and change it to your own volume.
QuickMail
Their cheapest plan that fits
Alienmail
Only the emails you send
or
Verdict: Alienmail or QuickMail?
For most small teams, agencies and anyone who sends in bursts, Alienmail costs less: 5,000 emails are $12 instead of $49, a quiet month is free, and the campaign arrives written. QuickMail is the better buy if you want one fixed bill with unlimited users, your sending fits inside Starter's 1,000 contacts and 5,000 emails, and you like writing your own sequences.
Alienmail vs QuickMail FAQ
For per-email pricing and a campaign written for you, Alienmail. If you want a flat plan with more contacts, Smartlead starts at $39 for 2,000.
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.
- AutoWarmer
- QuickMail's built-in warmup tool, included free on its plans.
- Workspace
- A separate space for one brand or client, with its own mailboxes, leads and campaigns. QuickMail Starter includes one.
- 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 QuickMail's pricing page doesn't mention is marked "not stated", not "not available". We re-check prices every quarter.
Sources
- QuickMail pricing, checked 27 Oct 2026: Starter $49 (1,000 contacts, 5,000 emails, unlimited senders, 1 workspace), unlimited users, free AutoWarmer, 14-day trial
- Alienmail rate card, from alienmail.io/pricing
Try Alienmail Free Next to QuickMail
100 free credits, no card. Pay only for the emails you send.