How does scrapensend work?

You describe your target audience (e.g., "25 software houses in Europe"), write instructions for the AI email, pick the tone and style, and hit Execute. scrapensend finds companies, scrapes their contact emails from real websites, generates a unique personalized email for each one, and sends them from your inbox. Setup takes about 5 minutes.

What do I need to fill in to create a campaign?

Two main things: (1) who you want to reach — a description of your target companies, and (2) what the email should say — instructions for the AI. Then you pick the tone, length, opening hook, call-to-action, and language from dropdown menus. You can also add an HTML signature and set the send interval. It takes about 5 minutes total.

Is scrapensend safe to use with my Gmail?

Yes. scrapensend uses official Google OAuth2 — we never see or store your password. Only an encrypted refresh token. Emails are sent from your actual account with natural timing intervals (3-6 minutes between each) to protect your sender reputation. You can revoke access anytime from your Google Account settings.

How personalized are the AI-generated emails?

Each email is uniquely generated. The AI reads the target company's actual website, understands their business, services, and context, and writes a message based on your instructions specifically for them. No templates, no mail merge — two companies in the same industry get completely different emails.

Where do the company emails come from?

scrapensend scrapes them from the company's own website — contact pages, footer, about pages, mailto links, even Cloudflare-obfuscated emails. These are public business emails (info@, contact@, hello@), not personal addresses. If no email is found on a website, that company is skipped.

Is cold emailing legal?

Yes. Sending B2B cold emails to publicly available business addresses is legal under GDPR (legitimate interest, Article 6(1)(f)) and CAN-SPAM Act. scrapensend only targets companies, never private individuals. Our prompt validation system blocks requests for personal data.

How much does scrapensend cost?

Three plans: Starter at $19/month (10 campaigns, 100 leads each), Pro at $39/month (40 campaigns, 200 leads each, full style controls), and Business at $79/month (unlimited campaigns, 250 leads, no branding in emails). No setup fees. Cancel anytime.

Can I control the tone and style of emails?

Yes. You can customize: objective (sales, partnership, link building, research, recruiting), opening hook (website visit, industry match, direct question, compliment), tone (casual, direct, formal, bold), length (short or standard), call-to-action (soft check, find person, offer resource, book call), and language (auto-detect, English, Polish, German, Spanish, French).

Can I preview emails before they are sent?

Yes. scrapensend has a Preview button that generates a sample email using your instructions and style settings, addressed to a fictional company. You can review the tone, content, and structure before launching the campaign.

What email providers does scrapensend support?

Currently Gmail (via OAuth2), SendGrid (via API key), and Resend (via API key). Microsoft Outlook, custom SMTP, Mailgun, and Amazon SES support is coming soon.

Can I stop a campaign after it starts?

Yes. One click on the Stop button and no more emails will be sent. You can also resume a stopped campaign later. All progress is saved.

Do I need any technical knowledge to use scrapensend?

None. If you can fill in a form and click a button, you can use scrapensend. There is no code to write, no API to configure, no CSV files to import.

Honest comparison

ScrapenSend vs Smartlead

Smartlead sends emails but doesn't find leads or write them. ScrapenSend does all three for less money.

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Smartlead

$39

/mo

ScrapenSend

$19

/mo

What is Smartlead?

Smartlead is a cold email sending platform popular with agencies for its unlimited email accounts and lead management features. However, Smartlead is fundamentally a sending tool — it doesn't find leads or write emails. You need to source leads from another tool and write your own email templates. Smartlead's add-ons (email verification, SmartSenders, dedicated IPs) can increase costs 3-5x beyond the base price.

Why teams switch from Smartlead to ScrapenSend

Smartlead is only a sending tool. You still need to find leads and write emails elsewhere. ScrapenSend does everything.

Smartlead's base price of $39/mo is misleading — add-ons for email verification, SmartSenders, and dedicated IPs can cost $100-200/mo extra.

Smartlead has no AI email writing. You write templates manually. ScrapenSend generates unique emails per company.

Smartlead requires CSV imports for leads. ScrapenSend finds leads automatically from a single prompt.

Smartlead's true cost (with lead sourcing tool + the platform) often exceeds $100/month.

Feature-by-feature comparison

Feature	ScrapenSend	Smartlead
Lead sourcing	Built-in web scraping	No (bring your own leads)
AI email writing	Per-company website analysis	No (manual templates)
Email sending	Included	6,000/mo on base plan
Email accounts	Connect existing accounts	Unlimited
Starting price	$19/month	$39/month (sending only)
True total cost	$19-79/month	$100-200+/month (with add-ons + lead tool)
Email warmup	Coming soon	Paid add-on
Setup time	~5 minutes	20+ minutes (+ lead sourcing time)
Free plan	Yes	No (14-day trial)
Agency features	No	Yes (client management)
API access	Coming soon	Yes
Person search (by role)	Yes - find CEOs, CTOs, etc.	No
Import your own list	Yes	Yes (CSV required)
Email providers supported	7 (Gmail, Resend, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, SES, SMTP)	SMTP only

Real cost comparison

Smartlead

Smartlead Basic$39/mo

Lead sourcing tool (Apollo/etc)$50+/mo

Add-ons (verification, SmartSenders)$30-100+/mo

Total$100-200+/mo

ScrapenSend

Starter (everything included)$19/mo

Pro (everything included)$39/mo

Business (everything included)$79/mo

Total$19-79/mo

ScrapenSend advantages over Smartlead

Complete solution vs sending-only tool

Smartlead only sends emails. You still need to find leads (another tool, another cost) and write emails (your time). ScrapenSend finds leads, writes AI-personalized emails, and sends them — all from one prompt.

No hidden add-on costs

Smartlead's $39/mo base price balloons to $100-200+/mo with email verification, SmartSenders, dedicated IPs, and a lead sourcing tool. ScrapenSend's pricing is what you see: $19, $39, or $79/month. Everything included.

AI does the writing

Smartlead users spend hours writing and testing email templates. ScrapenSend's AI reads each company's website and writes a unique email in seconds. Better personalization, zero writing effort.

Smartlead limitations to consider

-No lead finding — you must source leads from another tool
-No AI email writing — you must write templates yourself
-Add-ons significantly increase costs beyond the advertised price
-Email verification is a paid add-on, not included
-No free plan
-Primarily designed for agencies, not individual teams

The incomplete tool problem

Smartlead is a good email sending tool. But that's all it is — a sending tool. To actually run cold email campaigns, you need three things: leads to email, messages to send, and infrastructure to send them. Smartlead only provides the third piece. You still need Apollo, ZoomInfo, or another database for leads ($50-150/month). You still need to write email templates yourself (hours of your time). And you need email verification to avoid bounces (another $30+/month add-on or separate tool). The total cost of a Smartlead-based cold email stack often exceeds $120-200/month. ScrapenSend addresses this by being a complete solution. One prompt, one tool, one subscription. Leads, emails, sending — all included from $19/month.

When Smartlead is the better choice

Smartlead genuinely excels for cold email agencies managing outreach for multiple clients. Features like client management, white-label reporting, unlimited email accounts, and API access are designed for that use case. If you're an agency running campaigns for 10+ clients simultaneously with high volume requirements, Smartlead's infrastructure is more suitable. For everyone else — startups, individual sales teams, founder-led sales, freelancers — ScrapenSend's all-in-one approach is simpler, cheaper, and produces better-personalized emails.

Frequently asked questions

Is ScrapenSend a good alternative to Smartlead?+

Yes, if you want an all-in-one solution. Smartlead excels at sending emails at scale with many accounts, which is ideal for agencies. But if you need a tool that also finds leads and writes personalized emails, ScrapenSend replaces Smartlead plus your lead sourcing tool for a lower total cost.

Is Smartlead better for agencies?+

Smartlead has agency-specific features like client management and white-labeling that ScrapenSend doesn't offer. For agencies managing multiple clients' outreach at high volume, Smartlead's infrastructure is purpose-built. For individual teams and companies doing their own outreach, ScrapenSend is simpler, cheaper, and more effective.

Can ScrapenSend replace Smartlead?+

For teams doing their own cold email outreach, yes. ScrapenSend replaces both Smartlead and whatever lead sourcing tool you're using alongside it. You'll get better personalization (AI vs templates) with less effort (one prompt vs CSV imports + template writing) for less money.

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