lemlist

lemlist is a multichannel outreach platform covering cold email, LinkedIn automation, cold calling, SMS, and WhatsApp in a single sequence builder. Founded in Paris in 2018 by Guillaume Moubeche, Vianney Lecroart and Francois Lecroart, lemlist is bootstrapped and reported over 20,000 companies worldwide when it acquired the call intelligence platform Claap in October 2025. The differentiating capability is AI personalization at scale. AI Variables researches each prospect individually and generates a unique icebreaker per lead from a single configured prompt, with no manual research per contact. Autonomous execution is sequence running with intent-based branching. Once a prospect is enrolled, lemlist executes email, LinkedIn, call, SMS, and WhatsApp steps in the configured order and waits the specified intervals, branching on prospect behavior without per-action approval. AI Reply Intent Detection and Out-of-Office Detection classify replies and route them automatically. Lemwarm deliverability warmup and inbox rotation are included on every plan. lemAgent, Intent Signal Agents, and Data Enrichment Agents handle lead sourcing and enrichment end to end. Pricing is the thing most comparisons get wrong, and it has two dimensions rather than one. The Email plan is $69/month billed monthly, or $55/month billed annually, and it is priced for UNLIMITED USERS rather than per seat. That entry rate covers 50,000 emails per month, and the plan then scales by send volume: 100,000 emails at $89/month, 200,000 at $159, 500,000 at $359, and 1,000,000 at $659, all at the monthly rate. Every tier includes the 650M+ lead database, email and phone finder, lemAgent, AI Agents, the lemlist MCP server, unified inbox, deliverability hub and warmup, and CRM integrations with API access. The Multichannel plan is the per-user tier at $109/user/month billed monthly, or $87/user/month billed annually, adding 5 senders per user, unlimited emails and messages, LinkedIn automation, SMS automation, a WhatsApp add-on, a built-in call dialer and VoIP integrations, and the ability to run lemlist from Gmail and LinkedIn. Enterprise is custom-priced for teams of 5+ and adds SSO/SAML, custom roles, a dedicated account manager, 1:1 onboarding, and billing in local currency in dollars, euros or pounds. Billing runs monthly, quarterly at 10% off, or yearly at 20% off. A 14-day free trial is available and there is no permanently free plan. Integration depth is action-level rather than read-only. lemlist creates contacts, logs activities, and updates deal stages in HubSpot, Salesforce, and Pipedrive rather than merely exporting data. lemlist publishes an official MCP server at app.lemlist.com/mcp, included on every plan, so an AI assistant can define an ICP, write sequences, manage campaigns, and analyze outreach programmatically, alongside a library of 38 free Claude skill files covering the workflow from ICP definition through performance review. lemlist states that it is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR and CCPA compliant, and publishes a SOC 2 Type 2 report through its trust centre. lemlist is not the right fit for teams that primarily need CRM pipeline management, call recording, or enterprise revenue intelligence. Apollo.io (from $49/mo billed annually) combines a prospecting database, sequencing, dialer, and CRM sync in a single stack. Instantly.ai (from $37.60/mo billed annually) covers cold email infrastructure at higher volume with stronger deliverability tooling for agencies running multi-client outbound. Outreach and Salesloft serve enterprise teams needing deep Salesforce integration, conversation intelligence, and forecasting that lemlist does not provide. Current state Q3 2026: the Email plan is unlimited-user at $55/month billed annually, covering 50,000 emails per month and scaling by volume from there. The lemlist MCP server is live at app.lemlist.com/mcp and included on all plans. lemAgent, Intent Signal Agents, and Data Enrichment Agents are shipped. The lead database has expanded to 650M+ contacts and WhatsApp prospecting is available as a Multichannel add-on. Claap, acquired in October 2025, now feeds sales-call recordings into lemlist's enrichment agents.