Mailshake vs. Prospect.io

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Mailshake
Score 9.5 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
Prospect.io
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Prospect.io, headquartered in Brussels, offers their sales intelligence tool to support prospecting, with email tracking and analytics to follow progression from identified prospect to active lead.
$99
1000 credits
Pricing
MailshakeProspect.io
Editions & Modules
Email Outreach
$50.00
per month
Sales Engagement
$99.00
per month
Monthly 1k
$99.00
1000 credits
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MailshakeProspect.io
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details1 credit allows you the find 1 email address, verify 1 email address or send 1 email. All features are available to all accounts and every account has unlimited users.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
MailshakeProspect.io
Considered Both Products
Mailshake
Chose Mailshake
You can use Mailchimp or SendGrid for similar use, with Mailchimp the email automation is limited, and SendGrid holds up quite well. However, Mailshake is strictly designed and well equipped for email outreach and unusually cold emails, and its usability is second to none.
Chose 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 …
Chose Mailshake
These tools are undoubtedly reputable products that are used by millions of users. However, for the goal of lead generation by cold emailing, Mailshake shines by its genius approach of highest possible personalization of the messages. We see incredible results with every …
Chose Mailshake
While MailChimp is an established email marketing platform, it is more suitable for jobs like sending out email newsletters or welcome messages.
Mailshake is a niche product that shines in cold email and drip campaigns that are highly personalized for each recipient. However, it …
Chose Mailshake
We looked at several email marketing solutions to find a solution for our email outreach campaign but decided to go with Mailshake because of it's deep focus on email outreach, ease of use and pricing. Mailshake also integrates well with other software via Zapier so we did not …
Prospect.io
Chose Prospect.io
It is rather similar to Aeroleads as a Chrome plugin.
Chose Prospect.io
I haven't experimented too much with other programs, I know a lot of people that recommend HubSpot as the go-to service for this but I really like Prospect. Their customer service is pretty good as well.
Features
MailshakeProspect.io
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
Mailshake
-
Ratings
Prospect.io
8.7
Ratings
12% above category average
Advanced search00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Identification of new leads00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
List quality00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
List upload/download00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Load time/data access00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
Mailshake
-
Ratings
Prospect.io
8.7
Ratings
11% above category average
Contact information00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Company information00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Industry information00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
Mailshake
-
Ratings
Prospect.io
6.2
Ratings
18% below category average
Lead qualification process00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Salesforce integration00 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Alerts and reminders00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Filters and segmentation00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
Mailshake
-
Ratings
Prospect.io
8.5
Ratings
13% above category average
Sales email templates00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Append emails to records00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
MailshakeProspect.io
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.8
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
MailshakeProspect.io
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Prospect.io is ideal for key aspects of our sales process such as repetitive workflow automation , which has enabled us to increase our sales numbers with less work. Other key sales areas where Prospect.io does a great job includes report analytics , contact management , feedback collection, and key productivity controls like task management , emails , note-taking etc Its major flaw is its poor integration capability for me.
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Pros
  • Saving time by sending pre-defined follow up messages to those who do not open the email or respond.
  • Great detailed stats in the dashboard.
  • Integration with CRM for automatic import of leads.
  • Great deliverability of emails with G Suite integration.
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  • The ability to use Prospect.io to find and contact prospects on LinkedIn.
  • Automation of repetitive sales task.
  • Forecasting Sales .
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Cons
  • 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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  • They could work on getting emails more accurate and guessing better.
  • They could work on changing the drip campaign setup a bit to make it a little more user-friendly.
  • A mobile app would be fantastic.
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Usability
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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Support Rating
Quick support. They offer very extensive and detailed tutorials on how to use the tool, as well as how to succeed in sending emails the right way. It probably reduces the number of support tickets and general support needs. The videos make it very easy to use their solutions. Great way to educate new clients.
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Alternatives Considered
You can use Mailchimp or SendGrid for similar use, with Mailchimp the email automation is limited, and SendGrid holds up quite well. However, Mailshake is strictly designed and well equipped for email outreach and unusually cold emails, and its usability is second to none.
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It is rather similar to Aeroleads as a Chrome plugin
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Return on Investment
  • I'd say it was a net negative for us because the initiative did not lead to sales for us. It was probably HOW we were using it, and not the fault of the product itself. If you have luck with cold emails, and just need a new platform, Mailshake could be a great, and inexpensive option. Our loss was mostly employee time, and learning what doesn't work for us is a positive in the end.
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  • Increased revenue month over month since 4 years ago.
  • Showed others on my team how to use it and they've reaped benefits as well (sales commissions).
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