Mailshake vs. Reply

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Mailshake
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Mailshake is a suite of tools for teams sending sales emails, including pre-written emails, follow-up scheduling and send controls, merge fields and customization / personalization, in-built monitoring, and both an API and Zapier integrations, notably with Gmail and Google Suite.
$50
per month
Reply
Score 7.3 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Reply.io helps sales teams book more meetings by automating outreach with smart AI. It finds leads, writes personalized messages, handles replies, and books meetings, so you can focus on closing deals. Reply.io's AI SDR learns the product, targets its potential users, and engages across email, LinkedIn, SMS, WhatsApp, and calls. Additionally it: Handles replies, books meetings, and works in multiple languages Has access to 1B+ leads with…
$59
per month per user (1000 active contacts/month)
Pricing
MailshakeReply
Editions & Modules
Email Outreach
$50.00
per month
Sales Engagement
$99.00
per month
AI Chat
$50
per month
Email Volume
$59
per month per user
Multichannel
$99
per month per user
Agency
$166 (starts at)
per month (billed annually) per account
AI SDR Starter
starting with $800
per month 1000 active contacts
AI SDR Growth
Starts from $2500
per month 5000 active contacts
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MailshakeReply
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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Reply is more user-friendly and has more features than the other tools I’ve used. It doesn’t have every feature we need, but it works better than the others that exist in the important aspects (connects to Gmail, accurate results, customization, etc.)
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User Ratings
MailshakeReply
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(9 ratings)
6.3
(13 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
6.3
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
7.8
(3 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
MailshakeReply
Likelihood to Recommend
Mailshake
Mailshake is great for cold prospecting and drip email campaigns. I do not think Mailshake is well-suited for hyper-personalized one-to-one emailing.
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Reply
Reply works best for structured outbound to a defined ICP, where reps personalize the opener, then let multi-step cadences run across email, calls, and LinkedIn with reply detection and CRM sync. It excels for time-sensitive triggers, event follow ups, closed-lost recycling, and A/B testing to standardize winning copy. It is less suited to bespoke enterprise pursuits that need deep research or legal signoff on every touch, or to untargeted high-volume blasts. In those cases, keep Reply for light structure and handle core outreach manually.
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Pros
Mailshake
  • It has an email editor which is easy to use.
  • Email sequences are comprehensive in their functionality--all the options you would expect from a cold emailing solution
  • Campaign and List management are also good
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Reply
  • To automatically sync our data, and keep records up to date, it offers a variety of native CRM connections, seamless integration with other tools, a robust API, and the power of Zapier.
  • I'm impressed by it, because it includes all of the capabilities I needed, as well as multivariate testing and, most significantly, an excellent reporting system.
  • It offers an extensive set of features for efficient outbound and inbound marketing automation.
  • With reporting and lead qualifying, the automation component is pretty powerful.
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Cons
Mailshake
  • Mailshake works only with Gmail/G Suite accounts.
  • The only option for customizing emails is in the CSV file. It would be great if there were a feature in the tool for this.
  • Missing starts about the total number of opens of an email (it is only tracked once).
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Reply
  • Syncing to other programs. You cannot interrelate Reply with other software in a simple way. Zapier is required and even then it’s not perfect.
  • Similar to syncing, there’s no way to export results of particular campaigns. This is awful. If I send out a campaign to a group, I’d like to export the results to enter into a CRM since I can’t sync the contacts. One of these features must be added ASAP.
  • Organization. While Reply itself is user-friendly, keeping campaigns and contacts and results organized is not. You cannot organize campaigns or file them away when they are done. Therefore you have to delete campaigns to stay organized and lose results, which you cannot even export.
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Usability
Mailshake
I found it pretty good - we were able to put email templates and campaigns together almost immediately. The reason I gave it an 8 is because if you want to edit those templates, the saving and making sure they were part of the campaigns was a little tricky and not intuitive.
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Reply
Reply’s overall usability is strong. The interface is intuitive, and most features are easy to navigate without much training. Creating and managing sequences is straightforward, and the automation flow saves a lot of manual effort. Occasionally, the dashboard can feel a bit cluttered, and reporting could be more flexible. But overall, it’s a user-friendly tool that allows teams to get started quickly and operate efficiently day to day
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Support Rating
Mailshake
Mailshake support is outstanding, and they provide an excellent knowledge base for its users. If you have any issues, they respond ASAP without delay.
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Reply
I generally receive a reply in no time at all and found not only the support org. but the sales team to be extremely helpful. Additionally I found a great onboarding process with plenty of resources to consume.
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Alternatives Considered
Mailshake
For more advanced email campaigns, I use ActiveCampaign and the email sending provider because it gives more control and options related to the drip rules. Besides that, for simple campaigns that need to be followed up in a great, quick, and simple way, Mailshake is perfect from my point of view.
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Reply
Reply is a very good and widely known platform. I find it to be a lot more sophisticated and composed. I believe this tool works great for both large and small companies, which makes it stand out. There are so many other tools that work great, but they are restricted to the type and size of certain companies. With Mailchimp the email chain automation was not up to the mark and we faced a lot of problems due to it. However, Reply has solved all those issues.
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Return on Investment
Mailshake
  • Time savings by automating the lead generation process.
  • Improved open rates of email campaigns resulting in more conversations started and better ROI.
  • Professional approach makes our company and brand more reputable.
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Reply
  • Reply.io has been a lot more effective than MailChimp in terms of the follow-ups for the email chains. We use them to contact the people who said they wanted to do business with us and MailChimp's emails usually went to Promotions on Gmail. With Reply.io, we overcame this problem and the open rate improved 30%.
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ScreenShots

Reply Screenshots

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