# Instantly consultant: outbound email connected to the rest of your sales system. > SBD sets up Instantly and connects it to your data and CRM, so verified contacts go in, replies reach the right person and opt-outs are respected, for teams of 5 to 1,000 people. Workflow automation builds start at $1,500, with the fixed price set after a $500 Automation Audit that is credited to the build. - Canonical: https://smallbaydigital.com/integrations/tools/instantly/ - Publisher: SmallBay Digital ## What an Instantly expert from SBD builds Sending the email is the easy part. The work is everything around it: where the list comes from, whether the addresses are real, who gets a reply, and how someone who opts out stays out across every campaign. Our published example is [IntellReach](https://smallbaydigital.com/case-studies/intellreach-ai-outbound-platform/), a multi-tenant outbound platform we built for a client. It verifies contacts, writes each email with Claude from a knowledge base, classifies replies and routes interested prospects to a person, with Instantly in the stack. - Sending domains and mailboxes kept apart from your main domain. - Verified, enriched lists synced into campaigns. - Replies classified and routed to the CRM and the right salesperson. - One suppression list across campaigns and tools. ## When Instantly is the right choice, and when it is not Instantly suits teams running cold email across several mailboxes who want warm-up and reply handling in one tool. It will not fix a weak list or message, and sending more of a poor email harms your domains. Rules on cold email differ by country and by whether the recipient is a business. We build in opt-outs and suppression, and you should confirm the position for each market you contact. - You are emailing existing customers or subscribers; use a marketing tool such as [Mailchimp](https://smallbaydigital.com/integrations/tools/mailchimp/) or [Klaviyo](https://smallbaydigital.com/integrations/tools/klaviyo/). - You need messages triggered by an app; use a transactional service. - Your market restricts unsolicited email; choose another channel first. ## Instantly plans, contacts and monthly emails Instantly prices outreach by uploaded contacts and monthly emails, with unlimited email accounts and warm-up on its plans. Lead data and credits are sold separately. From Instantly's pricing page in November 2026, with monthly prices as listed. The Hypergrowth card says 125,000 emails while the comparison table says 100,000, so confirm that limit before relying on it. - **Growth:** $47 a month; 1,000 uploaded contacts; 5,000 emails a month; chat support. - **Hypergrowth:** $107 a month; 25,000 uploaded contacts; 125,000 emails a month; premium live support. - **Light Speed:** $358 a month; 100,000 uploaded contacts; 500,000 emails a month. - **Enterprise:** priced on request; adds more volume and a private deliverability network. ## How hiring an Instantly consultant from SBD works Every engagement starts with an [Automation Audit](https://smallbaydigital.com/services/audit/) at $500, credited in full to your build. For Instantly we review your list sources, domains, current reply handling and CRM, then agree who owns replies and opt-outs. Workflow automation builds start at $1,500, and the fixed price is set after the audit and agreed before work begins. Your Instantly subscription is paid by you to Instantly. We do not resell licences. ## What you own, and how sending stays healthy The Instantly workspace, the domains, the mailboxes and the CRM stay in your name. You receive a runbook covering campaigns, reply routing and what to do when bounce rates rise. Bounces and complaints are watched, with alerts to a named person, so a bad list is stopped before it damages a domain. ## Related - [Case study: IntellReach outbound platform](https://smallbaydigital.com/case-studies/intellreach-ai-outbound-platform/) - [Connect Instantly and Supabase](https://smallbaydigital.com/integrations/instantly-and-supabase-automation/) - [Apollo](https://smallbaydigital.com/integrations/tools/apollo/) - [Clay](https://smallbaydigital.com/integrations/tools/clay/) - [HubSpot automation](https://smallbaydigital.com/integrations/tools/hubspot/) - [Claude](https://smallbaydigital.com/integrations/tools/claude/) ## Sources - Instantly: Pricing page (plans, uploaded contacts, monthly emails, warm-up), checked 4 November 2026