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Woodpecker Alternative: Alienmail vs Woodpecker
How is Alienmail different from Woodpecker?
Reviewed by Ankit Dangi, Founder & CEO · Prices checked 27 Oct 2026
The short answer
Woodpecker is a monthly plan priced by emails sent, from 5,000 a month, with unlimited contacts, unlimited team members and warmup for 3 mailboxes included. Alienmail charges per email, warms every mailbox free with no limit, and writes the campaign from your website. Woodpecker is the better pick if you want a steady, simple sender on a fixed bill and you write your own emails.
Pick Alienmail if you warm more than 3 mailboxes, send in bursts, or want the campaign written for you.
Alienmail publishes this page. Woodpecker's plan limits come from its own pricing page, linked under Sources.
Alienmail vs Woodpecker in Four Numbers
$12
5,000 emails a month
Woodpecker: a monthly plan
$0
a month you don't send
Woodpecker: the monthly fee
Every mailbox
warmed free
Woodpecker: 3 included, more as add-ons
100 free credits
to start, no card
Woodpecker: 14-day trial
The Core Difference
Woodpecker sells sending by volume: you pick a plan by how many emails you send each month, and contacts, email accounts and team members are unlimited. 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 leave contacts uncapped, so the differences are the monthly fee, warmup beyond 3 mailboxes, and who writes.
Alienmail vs Woodpecker at a Glance
 Alienmail |  Woodpecker | Key difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Per email sent | Monthly plan, by emails sent | Alienmail costs nothing in a quiet month |
| Entry price | From a $5 top-up | Monthly plan for 5,000 emails | — |
| Contacts | Unlimited | Unlimited | Same |
| Email accounts | Unlimited | Unlimited | Same |
| Warmup | Free, every mailbox | 3 mailboxes included, more as paid add-ons | Alienmail warms every mailbox free |
| Team members | Free | Free, unlimited | 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 Woodpecker Pricing
How each one charges
Woodpecker
Plans priced by emails sent each month, starting at 5,000, with unlimited contacts, email accounts and team members. Warmup for 3 mailboxes is included, more as paid add-ons. Prices didn't load on its pricing page on 27 Oct 2026.
Alienmail
No plan. Each email uses 4 credits; top-ups start at $5 and the rate per credit drops at $10, $50 and $250.
| Sending in a month | Alienmail | Woodpecker |
|---|---|---|
| None | $0 | Monthly fee |
| 5,000 emails | $12 | Lowest tier |
| 10,000 emails | $24 | Higher tier |
| 25,000 emails | $50 | Higher tier |
| Warming 10 mailboxes | $0 | 3 included, 7 as add-ons |
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.
Woodpecker
the lowest tier covers 5,000 emails a month. Contacts are unlimited, so month two's new leads fit without a plan change. Sending from more than 3 mailboxes adds warmup add-ons.
Alienmail
16,666 credits from a $10 top-up: $10, with every mailbox warmed free. Month two costs another $10.
Cost per 1,000 emails
- Woodpecker prices by monthly tier, so its cost per email depends on how much of the tier you use.
- Alienmail: $2.40 per 1,000 from a $10 top-up, falling to $1.20 from $250.
Deliverability and Mailboxes
Warmup
Woodpecker warms 3 mailboxes and sells more as add-ons. Alienmail warms every mailbox free, with no limit.
List verification
Alienmail cleans bad and risky addresses before every send, free during beta, so fewer emails bounce.
Mailboxes
Both allow unlimited email accounts. Alienmail also sells mailboxes at $2.50 a month with SPF, DKIM and DMARC set up.
Writing and Workflow
Who writes the campaign
In Woodpecker 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. Woodpecker's pricing page doesn't mention one.
Why Teams Switch From Woodpecker
AlienmailEvery mailbox
warmed free on Alienmail
Woodpecker3
mailboxes warmed on Woodpecker
Warmup on every mailbox, not three.
Woodpecker includes warmup for 3 mailboxes and sells more as add-ons. Alienmail warms every mailbox free, with no limit.
Alienmail$12
5,000 emails on Alienmail
WoodpeckerMonthly fee
on Woodpecker, sending or not
No fee in quiet months.
Woodpecker bills a monthly plan by emails sent. On Alienmail, 5,000 emails cost $12 and a month you don't send costs $0.
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
Who Should Pick Woodpecker
- You want a dependable, simple sender on a fixed monthly bill.
- You send from 3 mailboxes or fewer and write your own emails.
- You send a steady volume every month, with no quiet months.
Who Should Pick Alienmail
- You warm more than 3 mailboxes and don't want add-on fees.
- You want the emails written for you from your website.
- You send in bursts and want quiet months to cost $0.
Other Woodpecker Alternatives
| Tool | Best for | Starts at | Watch out for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saleshandy | A simple flat-price sender with unlimited warmup | $41/mo | 1 seat and 2,000 active prospects on Starter | Compare |
 Smartlead | High-volume senders who want lots of settings | $39/mo | 2,000 contacts on Base; a lot to learn | Compare |
 Instantly | A sender with a lead database sold alongside | $47/mo | 1,000 contacts on Growth | Compare |
 QuickMail | Deliverability-minded teams with unlimited users | $49/mo | 1,000 contacts and 5,000 emails on Starter | Compare |
How to Switch From Woodpecker
- 1
Export your prospects from Woodpecker 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. Every one warms 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, set to 1,000 new leads × 5 emails, and change it to your own volume.
Woodpecker
Their cheapest plan that fits
Alienmail
Only the emails you send
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Verdict: Alienmail or Woodpecker?
If you warm more than 3 mailboxes, send in bursts or want the campaign written for you, Alienmail fits better: every mailbox warms free, 5,000 emails cost $12 and a quiet month is $0. Woodpecker is the better buy if you send a steady volume every month from 3 mailboxes or fewer and like writing your own emails, with unlimited contacts and team members on a fixed bill.
Alienmail vs Woodpecker FAQ
For per-email pricing, free warmup on every mailbox and a campaign written for you, Alienmail. If you want another flat plan with unlimited warmup, look at Saleshandy at $41 a month.
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.
- Warmup add-on
- An extra fee to warm mailboxes beyond the number a plan includes. Woodpecker includes 3.
- Emails-sent pricing
- A monthly plan sized by how many emails you send. Woodpecker's tiers start at 5,000 a month.
- 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. Woodpecker's prices weren't shown on its pricing page that day, so this page compares plan limits rather than exact Woodpecker prices. Alienmail's cost uses the cheapest top-up that covers the emails. We don't include discounts or custom deals. Anything Woodpecker's pricing page doesn't mention is marked "not stated", not "not available". We re-check prices every quarter.
Sources
- Woodpecker pricing, checked 27 Oct 2026: plans by emails sent from 5,000 a month, unlimited contacts and email accounts, 3 warmups included (more as paid add-ons), unlimited team members, 14-day trial. Prices not shown on the page
- Alienmail rate card, from alienmail.io/pricing
Try Alienmail Free Next to Woodpecker
100 free credits, no card. Pay only for the emails you send.