# Evaluate AI Service: every page in one file Disclosure: Evaluate AI Service is owned by Midwest AI Solution Inc., which also makes CreatoRain (https://www.creatorain.com/). CreatoRain is listed but never scored. Business partners of CreatoRain are labelled on every page that names them. Editor: Peter Chen. Peter Chen is the editor responsible for this site and its corrections. Corrections: corrections@eaiservice.com. Site map: https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt. Review data: https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json. Pages: 43. Each page below starts with its own front matter (url, dates, editor). --- title: "Evaluate AI Service" url: "https://eaiservice.com/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- # Evaluate AI Service AI software reviews for restaurants and small businesses, scored on published evidence. We compare AI software for small and mid-sized businesses: cold email tools, workflow automation, AI voice agents, influencer marketing platforms and restaurant marketing platforms. Each review gives a verdict, prices read from the vendor's own page, an evidence score and what Reddit users say. ## Browse by category ### [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) A restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations working with local food creators CreatoRain [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) listed first · 5 products scored · Top scored: GRIN, Modash ### [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) An independent restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations 5 products scored · Top scored: Popmenu ### [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) A local business or restaurant answering inbound calls 3 products scored · Top scored: Smith.ai AI Receptionist ### [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) A sales team or agency of 1-20 people sending outbound email 3 products scored · Top scored: lemlist ### Coming: Workflow automation An operations or marketing team connecting SaaS apps without engineers [See the reviews so far](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/#workflow-automation) ## Latest reviews [All reviews by category](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - **[Creator.co](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/)** Influencer marketing Best for: A consumer brand that wants AI creator matching it can run itself or hand to a managed team. Evidence score 2.7 / 5 · Updated October 6, 2026 - **[GRIN](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/)** Influencer marketing Best for: An ecommerce or food and beverage brand that wants a creator CRM, affiliate links and published monthly prices. Evidence score 3.2 / 5 · Updated October 6, 2026 - **[Later Influence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/)** Influencer marketing Best for: An enterprise food or drink brand that wants creator campaigns planned and run by an outside team. Evidence score 1.6 / 5 · Updated October 6, 2026 - **[Modash](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/)** Influencer marketing Best for: An in-house brand team that wants to search for creators by audience and run its own outreach. Evidence score 3.2 / 5 · Updated October 6, 2026 - **[Upfluence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/)** Influencer marketing Best for: An ecommerce brand or agency that wants creator outreach tied to store sales and creator payments. Evidence score 1.9 / 5 · Updated October 6, 2026 - **[Chowbus](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/)** Restaurant marketing [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) Best for: A restaurant, including a multi-location group, that wants POS, ordering and marketing from one vendor with on-site setup. Evidence score 2.6 / 5 · Updated October 5, 2026 ## Head‑to‑head comparisons [All comparisons](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Creator.co vs Modash](https://eaiservice.com/compare/creator-co-vs-modash/) - [GRIN vs Modash](https://eaiservice.com/compare/grin-vs-modash/) - [Instantly vs lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-lemlist/) - [Instantly vs Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-smartlead/) - [lemlist vs Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/compare/lemlist-vs-smartlead/) ## How scoring works ### How the evidence score works - Core job 25% - Fit for the category's buyer 20% - Pricing transparency 20% - Setup and time to first result 15% - Integrations and data portability 10% - Trust, security and support 10% Setup is capped at 3 when a product was not tested hands-on. Scores use only public sources: vendor pages, pricing pages, documentation and Reddit. We never score our own product. [Read the full methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "About Evaluate AI Service" url: "https://eaiservice.com/about/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/about/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- # About Evaluate AI Service Evaluate AI Service reviews and compares software for cold email, workflow automation, AI voice agents, influencer marketing and restaurant marketing. It's owned by Midwest AI Solution, which also makes CreatoRain, an influencer marketing tool for restaurants that we cover. ## What does this site cover? Each category page ranks the products in it on the same published-evidence rubric, and each product has its own review. - [What is the best AI voice agent for a local business or restaurant answering inbound calls?](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [What is the best cold email software for a sales team or agency of up to 20 people?](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [What is the best influencer marketing platform for a restaurant?](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [What is the best restaurant marketing software for an independent restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations?](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) [Browse every review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/), or [see the head-to-head comparisons](https://eaiservice.com/compare/). ## Who edits it? [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) is the editor responsible for every page on this site and for its corrections. He is also CEO of Midwest AI Solution, the company that owns this site and makes CreatoRain. ## How are reviews made? Each product is scored on published evidence: the vendor's own pages, its pricing page, its documentation and attributed user reports. Pages are drafted with AI assistance from that research and checked against the cited sources by a second AI model and automated checks. Every page lists its sources and a changelog. [How we score and how pages are written](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) ## Who owns the site? We also make CreatoRain, an influencer marketing tool for restaurants that we review here. We never score it, and it is labelled "Our product" wherever it appears. Business partners of CreatoRain are labelled on every page that names them. [Ownership, partners and where CreatoRain appears](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Advertising and how we make money](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) ## How do I reach the editor? Email [corrections@eaiservice.com](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) with the page address and what is wrong. The [contact page](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) has the postal address. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Advertising and how we make money" url: "https://eaiservice.com/advertising/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/advertising/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- # Advertising and how we make money Evaluate AI Service is paid for by the company that owns it, which also makes CreatoRain. No other company pays for this site, and money cannot change a rank or a score. ## Who pays for this site? We pay for the research, the editing and the hosting ourselves. CreatoRain competes in influencer marketing and restaurant marketing, two of the categories covered here. ## What ads does the site show? The only ads are house ads for CreatoRain, which we make. Each one is labelled "Ad: CreatoRain, which we make". They run only on the home page and on our influencer marketing and restaurant marketing rankings, one per page. They never run on a review or a comparison, so no ad sits next to another product's score. We sell no ads to other companies. Ads are left out of the markdown copy of each page, llms.txt and llms-full.txt, so tools that read those files see the reviews without the ads. ## What can money not buy here? - **No paid placements.** No vendor can pay to be reviewed, listed, ranked or placed higher. - **One placement we make ourselves.** On the influencer marketing page we list our own product, CreatoRain, first and give it no score. No vendor can buy that position, and every product below it is ranked by the rubric alone. - **No affiliate links.** Links to vendors in the reviews carry no tracking code, and the site earns nothing when you click or buy. The house ads' links to CreatoRain carry tags that tell CreatoRain the visit came from this site. - **No paid scores.** Scores come from the published-evidence rubric alone. Vendors cannot pay for a rank or a score. - **Ads never change scores.** CreatoRain is not scored at all, and its ads have no effect on any other product's score. [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) ## What about CreatoRain's business partners? Some products reviewed here are business partners of CreatoRain. A partner is scored on the same rubric as every other product, and it is labelled as a partner on every page that names it. The [ownership page](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) lists them and every place CreatoRain appears. ## Questions about money and ads? Email [corrections@eaiservice.com](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com). ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Peter Chen" url: "https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- # Peter Chen Peter Chen is the editor responsible for Evaluate AI Service and its corrections. Pages are drafted with AI and checked against the cited sources. Midwest AI Solution Inc. owns the site. **About the editor** | | | | --- | --- | | Role | CEO, Midwest AI Solution Inc. | | About | Peter Chen is the CEO of Midwest AI Solution Inc., which owns Evaluate AI Service and makes CreatoRain. He is the editor responsible for every page on this site. | ## Pages he is responsible for - [Chowbus review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/) [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Creator.co review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/) - [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/) - [Goodcall review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/) - [GRIN review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/) - [Instantly review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/) - [Later Influence review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/) - [lemlist review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/) - [Modash review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/) - [Owner.com review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/) - [Popmenu review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/) - [SevenRooms review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/) - [Slang AI review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/) - [Smartlead review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/) - [Smith.ai AI Receptionist review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/) - [Toast Email Marketing review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/) - [Upfluence review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/) - [Zapier review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/zapier/) - [What is the best AI voice agent for a local business or restaurant answering inbound calls?](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [What is the best cold email software for a sales team or agency of up to 20 people?](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [What is the best influencer marketing platform for a restaurant?](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [What is the best restaurant marketing software for an independent restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations?](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) - [Creator.co vs Modash](https://eaiservice.com/compare/creator-co-vs-modash/) - [GRIN vs Modash](https://eaiservice.com/compare/grin-vs-modash/) - [Instantly vs lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-lemlist/) - [Instantly vs Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-smartlead/) - [lemlist vs Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/compare/lemlist-vs-smartlead/) - [What AI marketing software costs in 2026](https://eaiservice.com/blog/ai-marketing-software-prices-2026/) - [What does influencer marketing cost a restaurant?](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-influencer-marketing-cost/) - [How many restaurant calls go unanswered? Where the popular numbers come from](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-missed-calls-fact-check/) ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "What is the best AI voice agent for a local business or restaurant answering inbound calls?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- Category guide # What is the best AI voice agent for a local business or restaurant answering inbound calls? Ranked on published evidence (vendor pages, pricing and user reports), not on our own testing. Smith.ai AI Receptionist scores highest of the three AI voice agents we ranked in October 2026, at 3.4 of 5, because it has a free plan for 25 calls a month and paid plans from $150 a month. Goodcall is the better pick for a local business that wants calls answered and transferred, from $79 a month per agent. Slang AI suits a restaurant taking phone reservations. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 6, 2026 · Updated October 6, 2026 ## Ranked list Ranked by evidence score. Equal scores share a rank. #1 ### [Smith.ai AI Receptionist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/) AI voice agents Evidence score 3.4 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for A small firm that wants AI to answer calls, with people as backup Standout AI answering backed by a 500+ person live receptionist network under one account Watch out for No price is shown for the live-agent add-on From Free (read October 5, 2026) · Free plan: Free plan · Self-serve signup: Yes [Read the Smith.ai AI Receptionist review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/) #2 ### [Goodcall](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/) AI voice agents Evidence score 3.3 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for A small business that wants calls answered, messages taken and callers transferred Standout Billing counts unique callers per month, not minutes or tokens Watch out for The homepage claims calendar sync, but help docs document direct booking only through Boulevard; the Zapier app has no booking action From $79 a month, billed monthly (read October 5, 2026) · Free plan: Trial 14 days · Self-serve signup: Yes [Read the Goodcall review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/) #3 ### [Slang AI](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/) AI voice agents Evidence score 3.1 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for A full-service restaurant or hospitality group that takes phone reservations through OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms or Yelp Standout Phone callers can book, change or cancel reservations directly in the reservation platform the restaurant already uses Watch out for No self-serve signup or trial: every plan is "Get a quote" From By quote; listed from $399 per location; billing period not stated (read October 5, 2026) · Free plan: No · Self-serve signup: No [Read the Slang AI review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/) Show as a table AI voice agents: scored products by evidence scoreRankProductEvidence scoreBest for1[Smith.ai AI Receptionist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/)3.4 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)A small firm that wants AI to answer calls, with people as backup2[Goodcall](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/)3.3 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)A small business that wants calls answered, messages taken and callers transferred3[Slang AI](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/)3.1 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)A full-service restaurant or hospitality group that takes phone reservations through OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms or Yelp ### Also relevant (not ranked here) These tools are reviewed and scored in another category, for that category's buyer, so they are not ranked on this page. - [Popmenu review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/): Online ordering carries a flat $1.00 per order fee rather than a percentage commission. [\[source\]](https://get.popmenu.com/pricing) ## What do these tools cost? **AI voice agents: entry prices** | Tool | Entry price | Charged per | Read on | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Goodcall](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/) | $79 a month, billed monthly | Per agent | October 5, 2026 | [Goodcall pricing page](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing) | | [Slang AI](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/) | By quote; listed from $399 per location; billing period not stated | Per location | October 5, 2026 | [Slang AI pricing page](https://www.slang.ai/pricing) | | [Smith.ai AI Receptionist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/) | Free | Per account | October 5, 2026 | [Smith.ai AI Receptionist pricing page](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist) | ## How we ranked these ### How the evidence score works - Core job 25% - Fit for the category's buyer 20% - Pricing transparency 20% - Setup and time to first result 15% - Integrations and data portability 10% - Trust, security and support 10% Setup is capped at 3 when a product was not tested hands-on. Scores use only public sources: vendor pages, pricing pages, documentation and Reddit. [Read the full methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) Scored for: A local business or restaurant answering inbound calls. [Read the methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) For a local business or restaurant answering inbound calls, all three answer calls, book appointments or reservations and transfer callers to staff. Smith.ai AI Receptionist ranks first because it publishes more integration evidence and has a free plan; its customer stories are mostly law firms, and restaurants are not among its listed industries. Goodcall is second. It bills by unique callers, not minutes, documents direct booking only through Boulevard and works only in the USA. Slang AI is third: it is built for full-service restaurants that take phone reservations, but every plan needs a quote and there is no self-serve trial. None of the three was tested hands-on, so every setup score is capped at 3. ## Frequently asked questions ### Which of these AI voice agents publish their prices? Goodcall, Slang AI and Smith.ai AI Receptionist publish plan prices. ### Can a business sign up for any of them without a sales call? Goodcall and Smith.ai AI Receptionist have a self-serve free plan or trial. Slang AI shows no self-serve free plan or trial. ### Which AI voice agent books restaurant reservations? Slang AI books, changes or cancels reservations in OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms or Yelp. Every Slang AI plan is sold by quote. ## Sources - [Smith.ai AI Receptionist pricing](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist) (read October 6, 2026) - [Goodcall pricing](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) - [Slang AI pricing](https://www.slang.ai/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) ## Changelog - October 6, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 6, 2026: First published, ranking the three AI voice agents already reviewed on this site. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "What is the best cold email software for a sales team or agency of up to 20 people?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- Category guide # What is the best cold email software for a sales team or agency of up to 20 people? Ranked on published evidence (vendor pages, pricing and user reports), not on our own testing. lemlist scores highest of the three cold email tools we ranked in October 2026, at 3.9 of 5, because one sequence can mix email, LinkedIn and call steps, from $55 a month billed yearly. Instantly is the better pick for a team sending from many inboxes, at $47 a month. Smartlead ties Instantly at 3.6 and charges by send volume, from $39 a month. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 6, 2026 · Updated October 6, 2026 ## Ranked list Ranked by evidence score. Equal scores share a rank. #1 ### [lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/) Cold email Evidence score 3.9 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for A sales team that wants email, LinkedIn and call steps in one sequence Standout One sequence can mix email, LinkedIn, call and SMS steps, plus WhatsApp as an add-on, with conditions between them Watch out for LinkedIn, calls and SMS need the per-user Multichannel plan From $55 a month, billed yearly (read October 5, 2026) · Free plan: Trial 14 days · Self-serve signup: Yes [Read the lemlist review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/)[lemlist vs Instantly](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-lemlist/)[lemlist vs Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/compare/lemlist-vs-smartlead/) #2 tie ### [Instantly](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/) Cold email Evidence score 3.6 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for A small team or agency sending cold email from many inboxes Standout Unlimited sending accounts and warmup on every Outreach plan, starting at $47 a month Watch out for Growth caps sending at 5,000 emails monthly From $47 a month, billed monthly (read October 5, 2026) · Free plan: Trial 14 days · Self-serve signup: Yes [Read the Instantly review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/)[Instantly vs lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-lemlist/)[Instantly vs Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-smartlead/) #2 tie ### [Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/) Cold email Evidence score 3.6 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for An agency or sales team that sends from many mailboxes and pays by send volume Standout Unlimited email accounts on every plan, priced by send volume Watch out for No security certification or status page was found From $39 a month, billed monthly (read October 5, 2026) · Free plan: Free trial (length not stated) · Self-serve signup: Yes [Read the Smartlead review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/)[Smartlead vs Instantly](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-smartlead/)[Smartlead vs lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/compare/lemlist-vs-smartlead/) Show as a table Cold email: scored products by evidence scoreRankProductEvidence scoreBest for1[lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/)3.9 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)A sales team that wants email, LinkedIn and call steps in one sequence2 (tie)[Instantly](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/)3.6 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)A small team or agency sending cold email from many inboxes2 (tie)[Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/)3.6 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)An agency or sales team that sends from many mailboxes and pays by send volume ## What do these tools cost? **Cold email: entry prices** | Tool | Entry price | Charged per | Read on | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Instantly](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/) | $47 a month, billed monthly | Per subscription | October 5, 2026 | [Instantly pricing page](https://instantly.ai/pricing) | | [lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/) | $55 a month, billed yearly | Per account | October 5, 2026 | [lemlist pricing page](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing) | | [Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/) | $39 a month, billed monthly | Per account | October 5, 2026 | [Smartlead pricing page](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing) | ## How we ranked these ### How the evidence score works - Core job 25% - Fit for the category's buyer 20% - Pricing transparency 20% - Setup and time to first result 15% - Integrations and data portability 10% - Trust, security and support 10% Setup is capped at 3 when a product was not tested hands-on. Scores use only public sources: vendor pages, pricing pages, documentation and Reddit. [Read the full methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) Scored for: A sales team or agency of 1-20 people sending outbound email. [Read the methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) For a sales team or agency of 1-20 people, all three tools sell self-serve plans that connect several sending inboxes, warm them up and run sequences. lemlist ranks first because it scores higher on fit and integrations, and it is the only one of the three that adds LinkedIn and call steps, on its Multichannel plan. Instantly and Smartlead share second place. Instantly prices by emails sent each month, with unlimited sending accounts and warmup. Smartlead prices by send volume with unlimited email accounts, but its Base plan has no API, and no security certification was found on its pages. None of the three was tested hands-on, so every setup score is capped at 3. ## Head‑to‑head comparisons - [Instantly vs lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-lemlist/) - [Instantly vs Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-smartlead/) - [lemlist vs Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/compare/lemlist-vs-smartlead/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Which of these cold email tools publish their prices? Instantly, lemlist and Smartlead publish plan prices. ### Can a team sign up for any of them without a sales call? Instantly, lemlist and Smartlead have a self-serve free plan or trial. ### Which cold email tool adds LinkedIn and call steps? lemlist does, on its Multichannel plan at $87 per user a month billed yearly. Its Email plan covers email only. ## Sources - [lemlist pricing](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) - [Instantly pricing](https://instantly.ai/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) - [Smartlead pricing](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) ## Changelog - October 6, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 6, 2026: First published, ranking the three cold email tools already reviewed on this site. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "What is the best influencer marketing platform for a restaurant?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- Category guide # What is the best influencer marketing platform for a restaurant? Ranked on published evidence (vendor pages, pricing and user reports), not on our own testing. CreatoRain [(our product)](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/), an influencer marketing platform for restaurants that invite local food creators in, is listed first and not scored. Of the five platforms we scored in October 2026, GRIN and Modash share the top score at 3.2 of 5, and Creator.co follows at 2.7. Upfluence and Later Influence sell only through a sales call. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 6, 2026 · Updated October 6, 2026 ## Ranked list Not scored [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) ### [CreatoRain](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/) Best for A restaurant or restaurant group that wants local food creators invited, booked into a visit and tracked to a video, run by its own staff or by a CreatoRain specialist Not for A business that is not a restaurant, or one that needs views or sales measured One con No search by distance: creator filters are name, city, state and follower count Starting price: Free. Every plan, with the date its price was read, is on the review page. [Read the CreatoRain review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/) The products below are ranked by evidence score. Equal scores share a rank. #1 tie ### [GRIN](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/) Influencer marketing Evidence score 3.2 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for An ecommerce or food and beverage brand that wants a creator CRM, affiliate links and published monthly prices Standout Every plan priced on the page, month-to-month, with a free plan and no sales call Watch out for Extra AI credits are sold on paid plans, but no price is shown From Free (read October 6, 2026) · Free plan: Free plan (50 usage credits) · Self-serve signup: Yes [Read the GRIN review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/)[GRIN vs Modash](https://eaiservice.com/compare/grin-vs-modash/) #1 tie ### [Modash](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/) Influencer marketing Evidence score 3.2 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for An in-house brand team that wants to search for creators by audience and run its own outreach Standout Creator search across 380M+ profiles, with priced self-serve plans and a trial Watch out for Built for in-house brand teams searching by audience; nothing on booking a creator visit From $199 a month, billed yearly (read October 6, 2026) · Free plan: Trial 14 days · Self-serve signup: Yes [Read the Modash review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/)[Modash vs Creator.co](https://eaiservice.com/compare/creator-co-vs-modash/)[Modash vs GRIN](https://eaiservice.com/compare/grin-vs-modash/) #3 ### [Creator.co](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/) Influencer marketing Evidence score 2.7 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for A consumer brand that wants AI creator matching it can run itself or hand to a managed team Standout One vendor for self-serve creator matching and a priced managed service Watch out for Monthly billing carries a 3-month minimum on Self Serve and 6 months on Managed From $199 a month, billed yearly (read October 6, 2026) · Free plan: Trial 14 days · Self-serve signup: Yes [Read the Creator.co review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/)[Creator.co vs Modash](https://eaiservice.com/compare/creator-co-vs-modash/) #4 ### [Upfluence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/) Influencer marketing Evidence score 1.9 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for An ecommerce brand or agency that wants creator outreach tied to store sales and creator payments Standout Creator outreach connected to ecommerce stores, an API and MCP, under one fixed fee Watch out for No plan has a public price; every quote comes from a sales call Price: Not published; quotes on request · Free plan: No (trial set up after an initial call) · Self-serve signup: No [Read the Upfluence review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/) #5 ### [Later Influence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/) Influencer marketing Evidence score 1.6 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for An enterprise food or drink brand that wants creator campaigns planned and run by an outside team Standout Managed creator campaigns from the company behind Later's social scheduling tools Watch out for No influencer price is published, so every quote starts with a form Price: Not published; quotes on request · Free plan: No free plan or trial found for Later Influence · Self-serve signup: Unknown [Read the Later Influence review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/) Show as a table Influencer marketing: scored products by evidence scoreRankProductEvidence scoreBest for1 (tie)[GRIN](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/)3.2 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)An ecommerce or food and beverage brand that wants a creator CRM, affiliate links and published monthly prices1 (tie)[Modash](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/)3.2 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)An in-house brand team that wants to search for creators by audience and run its own outreach3[Creator.co](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/)2.7 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)A consumer brand that wants AI creator matching it can run itself or hand to a managed team4[Upfluence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/)1.9 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)An ecommerce brand or agency that wants creator outreach tied to store sales and creator payments5[Later Influence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/)1.6 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)An enterprise food or drink brand that wants creator campaigns planned and run by an outside team ## What do these tools cost? **Influencer marketing: entry prices** | Tool | Entry price | Charged per | Read on | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Creator.co](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/) | $199 a month, billed yearly | — | October 6, 2026 | [Creator.co pricing page](https://www.creator.co/pricing) | | [GRIN](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/) | Free | Per account | October 6, 2026 | [GRIN pricing page](https://grin.co/pricing/) | | [Later Influence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/) | Not published; quotes on request | — | October 6, 2026 | None published | | [Modash](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/) | $199 a month, billed yearly | Per account | October 6, 2026 | [Modash pricing page](https://www.modash.io/pricing) | | [Upfluence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/) | Not published; quotes on request | — | October 6, 2026 | [Upfluence pricing page](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing) | Creator.co: the pricing page does not say what the price is charged per. ## How we ranked these ### How the evidence score works - Core job 25% - Fit for the category's buyer 20% - Pricing transparency 20% - Setup and time to first result 15% - Integrations and data portability 10% - Trust, security and support 10% Setup is capped at 3 when a product was not tested hands-on. Scores use only public sources: vendor pages, pricing pages, documentation and Reddit. We never score our own product. [Read the full methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) Scored for: A restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations working with local food creators. [Read the methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) The five platforms were scored for a single restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations that wants local food creators to visit and post. A hosted creator visit means the restaurant invites a creator in, serves the meal and gets a video or post in return, so the platform has to find creators near each location, send the invitations and track what each creator delivers. None of the five describes that visit. GRIN, Modash and Creator.co sell self-serve plans with published prices, built around ecommerce sales, gifting and affiliate links. Upfluence and Later Influence quote every plan on a call. Later Influence quotes El Pollo Loco, a restaurant chain, as a customer, but describes no plan a single restaurant can buy. None of the five was tested hands-on, so every setup score is capped at 3. Upfluence scores 1.9 and Later Influence 1.6, mainly because neither publishes a price. ## Head‑to‑head comparisons - [Creator.co vs Modash](https://eaiservice.com/compare/creator-co-vs-modash/) - [GRIN vs Modash](https://eaiservice.com/compare/grin-vs-modash/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Which influencer marketing platforms publish their prices? Creator.co, GRIN and Modash publish plan prices. Later Influence and Upfluence publish no plan prices. ### Which of these can a restaurant start without a sales call? Creator.co, GRIN and Modash have a self-serve free plan or trial. Upfluence shows no self-serve free plan or trial. For Later Influence, the pages we read neither offer a self-serve trial nor say there is none. ### Do any of these platforms book creators into a restaurant visit? None of the five scored platforms describes it. Their pages cover finding creators, outreach, gifting products and tracking online sales, not inviting a creator to eat at one location. The product listed first, which we make, is built for that visit. ### Which platform publishes the most security evidence? GRIN and Modash publish the most. GRIN states SOC 2 Type II, a status page and written support terms; Modash names ISO 27001 and has an API status page. ## Sources - [GRIN pricing](https://grin.co/pricing/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Modash pricing](https://www.modash.io/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) - [Creator.co pricing](https://www.creator.co/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) - [Upfluence pricing](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) - [Later influencer marketing platform](https://later.com/influencer-marketing-platform/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Later Influence for food and beverage brands](https://later.com/food-beverage-influencers/) (read October 6, 2026) ## Changelog - October 6, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "What is the best restaurant marketing software for an independent restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- Category guide # What is the best restaurant marketing software for an independent restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations? Chowbus [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) Ranked on published evidence (vendor pages, pricing and user reports), not on our own testing. Popmenu scores highest of the five restaurant marketing tools we ranked in October 2026, at 3.1 of 5, because it charges a flat $1 per online order instead of a commission and publishes more about security and integrations than the others. Owner.com, at 3.0, is the better pick if you want your site, ordering and marketing set up for you. Chowbus, a business partner of ours, is third. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 ## Ranked list Ranked by evidence score. Equal scores share a rank. #1 ### [Popmenu](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/) Restaurant marketing Evidence score 3.1 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for An independent restaurant that wants its website, ordering and guest marketing in one place Standout Online ordering carries a flat $1.00 per order fee rather than a percentage commission Watch out for No self-serve signup From $179 a month, billed monthly (read October 5, 2026) · Free plan: No · Self-serve signup: No [Read the Popmenu review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/) #2 ### [Owner.com](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/) Restaurant marketing Evidence score 3.0 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for An independent restaurant that wants its site, ordering and marketing set up for it Standout Both plans include the whole platform, setup and migration, billed month to month Watch out for No self-serve signup or trial From $249 a month, billed monthly, plus a 5% restaurant fee per order (read October 5, 2026) · Free plan: No · Self-serve signup: No [Read the Owner.com review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/) #3 ### [Chowbus](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/) Restaurant marketing [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) Evidence score 2.6 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for A restaurant, including a multi-location group, that wants POS, ordering and marketing from one vendor with on-site setup Standout One system covers POS, kiosks, online ordering, loyalty, SMS and an AI marketing suite Watch out for No plan prices published; every plan is quote or demo Price: Not published; quotes on request · Free plan: No · Self-serve signup: No [Read the Chowbus review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/) #4 ### [Toast Email Marketing](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/) Restaurant marketing Evidence score 2.5 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for A restaurant already on Toast POS that wants automated guest email and SMS Standout Campaigns run on the guest data from Toast POS and online orders Watch out for No published Email Marketing price Price: Not published; quotes on request · Free plan: unknown · Self-serve signup: Unknown [Read the Toast Email Marketing review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/) #5 ### [SevenRooms](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/) Restaurant marketing Evidence score 2.1 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) Best for A restaurant group that wants shared guest profiles Standout Guest profiles that build themselves, with a single view across a group's locations and brands Watch out for No prices are published; every plan is quote-only, plus a one-time setup fee Price: Not published; quotes on request · Free plan: No · Self-serve signup: No [Read the SevenRooms review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/) Show as a table Restaurant marketing: scored products by evidence scoreRankProductEvidence scoreBest for1[Popmenu](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/)3.1 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)An independent restaurant that wants its website, ordering and guest marketing in one place2[Owner.com](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/)3.0 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)An independent restaurant that wants its site, ordering and marketing set up for it3[Chowbus](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/) [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/)2.6 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)A restaurant, including a multi-location group, that wants POS, ordering and marketing from one vendor with on-site setup4[Toast Email Marketing](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/)2.5 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)A restaurant already on Toast POS that wants automated guest email and SMS5[SevenRooms](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/)2.1 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria)A restaurant group that wants shared guest profiles ### Also relevant (not ranked here) These tools are reviewed and scored in another category, for that category's buyer, so they are not ranked on this page. - [Slang AI review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/): Slang AI is an AI phone agent that books, changes or cancels reservations in OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms or Yelp; it is scored as an AI voice agent, so it is not ranked here. [\[source\]](https://www.slang.ai/restaurants) ## What do these tools cost? **Restaurant marketing: entry prices** | Tool | Entry price | Charged per | Read on | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Chowbus](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/) [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) | Not published; quotes on request | — | October 5, 2026 | [Chowbus pricing page](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/pricing) | | [Owner.com](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/) | $249 a month, billed monthly, plus a 5% restaurant fee per order | Per restaurant | October 5, 2026 | [Owner.com pricing page](https://www.owner.com/pricing) | | [Popmenu](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/) | $179 a month, billed monthly | Per location | October 5, 2026 | [Popmenu pricing page](https://get.popmenu.com/pricing) | | [SevenRooms](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/) | Not published; quotes on request | — | October 5, 2026 | [SevenRooms pricing page](https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/) | | [Toast Email Marketing](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/) | Not published; quotes on request | — | October 5, 2026 | [Toast Email Marketing pricing page](https://pos.toasttab.com/pricing) | ## How we ranked these ### How the evidence score works - Core job 25% - Fit for the category's buyer 20% - Pricing transparency 20% - Setup and time to first result 15% - Integrations and data portability 10% - Trust, security and support 10% Setup is capped at 3 when a product was not tested hands-on. Scores use only public sources: vendor pages, pricing pages, documentation and Reddit. We never score our own product. [Read the full methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) Scored for: An independent restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations. [Read the methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) For an independent restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations, Owner.com and Popmenu offer integrated website, online ordering, and guest marketing. Owner.com suits an owner who wants setup done for them, and it publishes single-restaurant prices but not multi-location rates. Popmenu offers commission-free online ordering with a flat per-order fee. Toast Email Marketing runs guest email and SMS campaigns on the guest data from Toast POS, so it suits a restaurant already on Toast. Chowbus is third. It sells POS, online ordering, loyalty and SMS marketing as one system and installs it on site; it publishes its online ordering fee but no plan prices. Toast Email Marketing and SevenRooms both list products without prices, which gets the lowest pricing score. SevenRooms ranks last: it suits a group that wants shared guest profiles, but setup is sales-led and email marketing is an add-on. Published evidence lacks full pricing for multi-location setups or add-ons. None of the restaurant marketing tools on this page has a confirmed self-serve signup or trial, so expect a sales call or a quote before you start. [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) ## CreatoRain (our product) ### [CreatoRain](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/) Best for A restaurant or restaurant group that wants local food creators invited, booked into a visit and tracked to a video, run by its own staff or by a CreatoRain specialist Not for A business that is not a restaurant, or one that needs views or sales measured One con No search by distance: creator filters are name, city, state and follower count Starting price: Free. Every plan, with the date its price was read, is on the review page. [Read the CreatoRain review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Which of these restaurant marketing tools publish their prices? Owner.com and Popmenu publish plan prices. Chowbus, SevenRooms and Toast Email Marketing publish no plan prices. ### Can a restaurant sign up for any of them without a sales call? None of the five tools listed has a confirmed self-serve signup. Chowbus, Owner.com, Popmenu and SevenRooms show no self-serve free plan or trial. For Toast Email Marketing, the pages we read neither offer a self-serve trial nor say there is none. ### Which one suits a restaurant group with several locations? SevenRooms suits a group that wants shared guest profiles. It shows a single view across a group's locations and brands. Every plan is quote-only, though. Chowbus names a plan for multi-location operators, also sold by quote. ## Sources - [Owner.com pricing](https://www.owner.com/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Popmenu pricing](https://get.popmenu.com/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [SevenRooms pricing](https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus POS plans and pricing](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/pricing) [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Toast POS pricing and plans](https://pos.toasttab.com/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Blog" url: "https://eaiservice.com/blog/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/blog/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-07" dateModified: "2026-10-07" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- # Blog Guides that answer one buying question at a time, each with dated sources and links to the reviews behind it. ## Latest posts - Data · Restaurant marketing, Cold email, AI voice agents, Influencer marketing, Workflow automation **[What AI marketing software costs in 2026](https://eaiservice.com/blog/ai-marketing-software-prices-2026/)** Of the 17 AI tools we review, 12 publish a price and 5 sell only through a sales quote (prices read October 5-7, 2026). Updated October 7, 2026 - Guide · Influencer marketing, Restaurant marketing **[What does influencer marketing cost a restaurant?](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-influencer-marketing-cost/)** A restaurant's influencer cost has three parts: the creator's fee, the comped meal, and the tool or service that finds creators. Updated October 7, 2026 - Explainer · AI voice agents, Restaurant marketing **[How many restaurant calls go unanswered? Where the popular numbers come from](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-missed-calls-fact-check/)** Every widely quoted restaurant missed-call statistic we traced leads back to a company selling AI phone answering or ordering. Updated October 7, 2026 ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "What AI marketing software costs in 2026" url: "https://eaiservice.com/blog/ai-marketing-software-prices-2026/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/blog/ai-marketing-software-prices-2026/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-07" dateModified: "2026-10-07" relationship: "owner" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) · Data # What AI marketing software costs in 2026 Chowbus [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) Of the 17 AI tools we review, 12 publish a price and 5 sell only through a sales quote (prices read October 5-7, 2026). The cheapest paid plan billed month to month starts at $39 for cold email, $79 per agent for an AI phone agent, $179 per location for restaurant marketing and $200 for influencer software. Only 2 of the 5 restaurant marketing tools publish plan prices. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 7, 2026 · Updated October 7, 2026 ## How many AI marketing tools publish their prices? We read the pricing page of every tool we review. Of the 17, 12 put a dollar figure on the page. The other 5 do not: [Chowbus](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/), [Later Influence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/), [SevenRooms](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/), [Toast Email Marketing](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/) and [Upfluence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/). For each of them, the first step is a sales call or a demo. One of the 12 sits on the line. [Slang AI](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/) lists Core “starting at” $399 per location and Premium “starting at” $599, but every plan button says “Get a quote” and the page states no billing period ([Slang AI](https://www.slang.ai/pricing)). We count it as published, and the table shows its listed price with the billing not stated. We found a free plan on 3 of the tools we score: [GRIN](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/), [Smith.ai](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/) and [Zapier](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/zapier/). Restaurant software is the least open category. Only [Popmenu](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/) and [Owner.com](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/) publish plan prices. Chowbus says its final price “depends on hardware and restaurant size” ([Chowbus](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/pricing)). SevenRooms shows plan names with a “Get a quote” button ([SevenRooms](https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/)). Toast’s pricing page names the product but gives no cost ([our Toast review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/)). The other categories are more open. Every [cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) tool publishes a price. Every [AI voice agent](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) tool lists a figure, though Slang AI sells by quote. In [influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/), Upfluence says its pricing “is modular and custom-quoted” ([Upfluence](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing)), and the plans on Later’s pricing page cover Later Social, not Later Influence ([Later](https://later.com/pricing/)). The full [restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ranking is on its own page. ## Entry price by category This is the cheapest paid plan for each tool, as the vendor’s page showed it when we read it on October 5 or 6, 2026. Where a vendor offers yearly billing, the yearly rate per month is shown too. **Cheapest published plan of each reviewed tool, by category** | Tool | Cheapest plan billed monthly | Cheapest plan billed yearly, per month | Free plan or trial | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cold email | | | | | [Instantly](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/) | Outreach Growth: $47 | Outreach Growth (yearly): $37.60 | Trial 14 days | | [lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/) | Email: $69 | Email: $55 | Trial 14 days | | [Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/) | Base: $39 | Base (Yearly): $32.50 | Free trial (length not stated) | | AI voice agents | | | | | [Goodcall](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/) | Starter: $79 | Starter (annual): $66 | Trial 14 days | | [Slang AI](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/) | Core: $399, billing not stated | None published | No | | [Smith.ai AI Receptionist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/) | Pro (75 calls): $150 | None published | Free plan | | Restaurant marketing | | | | | [Chowbus](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/) [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) | Not published; quotes on request | Not published; quotes on request | No | | [Owner.com](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/) | Flexible: $249 | None published | No | | [Popmenu](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/) | Starter: $179 | Starter (annual): $159 | No | | [SevenRooms](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/) | Not published; quotes on request | Not published; quotes on request | No | | [Toast Email Marketing](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/) | Not published; quotes on request | Not published; quotes on request | None found | | Influencer marketing | | | | | [Creator.co](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/) | Self Serve (monthly): $299 | Self Serve (annual): $199 | Trial 14 days | | [GRIN](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/) | Starter: $200 | None published | Free plan (50 usage credits) | | [Later Influence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/) | Not published; quotes on request | Not published; quotes on request | No free plan or trial found for Later Influence | | [Modash](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/) | Essentials (monthly): $299 | Essentials (yearly): $199 | Trial 14 days | | [Upfluence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/) | Not published; quotes on request | Not published; quotes on request | No (trial set up after an initial call) | | [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/) | Starter: $200 | Starter: $200 | Free plan | | Workflow automation | | | | | [Zapier](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/zapier/) | Professional (monthly): $29.99 | Professional: $19.99 | Free plan | Each row is read from the tool's review on this site, which links the vendor's pricing page and the date we read it. Vendor sources for the published rows: [Smartlead](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing), [Instantly](https://instantly.ai/pricing), [lemlist](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing), [Goodcall](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing), [Smith.ai](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist), [Owner.com](https://www.owner.com/pricing), [GRIN](https://grin.co/pricing/), [Modash](https://www.modash.io/pricing), [Creator.co](https://www.creator.co/pricing) and [Zapier](https://zapier.com/pricing). Popmenu’s page blocked our reader on October 7, so its figures come from [our Popmenu review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/), read October 5. ## What a small business pays at a realistic volume An entry price is a floor. What you pay depends on how much you send, answer or sell. ### Cold email: 5,000 and 20,000 emails a month At 5,000 emails a month, the entry plans all fit. Smartlead Base is $39 and allows 6,000 sends. Instantly Outreach Growth is $47 for 5,000 emails. lemlist Email is $69 billed monthly for 50,000 emails. The two cheapest plans also cap contacts: Smartlead Base at 2,000 and Instantly Growth at 1,000 uploaded contacts. At 20,000 emails a month, two of the three need a bigger plan. Smartlead Pro is $94, or $4.70 per 1,000 emails. Instantly Outreach Hypergrowth is $97, or $4.85 per 1,000. lemlist Email stays at $69, or $3.45 per 1,000. See [Instantly vs Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-smartlead/) and [lemlist vs Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/compare/lemlist-vs-smartlead/) for the trade-offs beyond price. ### AI phone answering: 150 calls a month Smith.ai’s Pro plan with 150 calls costs $270, which works out to $1.80 a call. Staying on the free plan would cost more at that volume. It includes 25 calls, then charges $3.00 a call, so 150 calls come to $375. Goodcall counts unique customers, not calls. Starter at $79 includes 100 unique customers a month, then $0.50 per extra customer. At 150 unique callers that is $104. Repeat callers do not add to the count. Slang AI’s listed price for a restaurant starts at $399 per location, and the final figure comes from a quote. ### Restaurant online ordering: $5,000 a month in online sales Owner.com’s Flexible plan is $249 a month plus a 5% restaurant fee on each order. At $5,000 a month in online sales, that is $249 plus $250, or $499. The Flat Rate plan is $499 with no restaurant fee. Below $5,000 a month, Flexible costs less. Owner.com says Flat Rate is “best for restaurants at $5k+/mo in online sales” ([Owner.com](https://www.owner.com/pricing)). Popmenu charges $1 per online order on top of its plan. Its FAQ says the restaurant can pass that fee to the guest at checkout or pay it itself ([our Popmenu review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/)). ### Influencer marketing: self-serve vs managed Self-serve platforms charge for software. The creators are paid separately. GRIN Starter is $200 a month, month to month. Modash Essentials is $299 a month, or $2,388 a year billed yearly. Creator.co Self Serve is $299 a month with a 3-month minimum, so the smallest monthly commitment is $897. Managed service costs more. Creator.co Managed is $1,499 a month billed annually, or $2,199 billed monthly with a 6-month minimum. That minimum is $13,194. The plan includes up to 5 creator collaborations a month. ## Hidden costs: minimums, contracts and per-order fees These are the charges that do not show in the headline price. - **Contracts and minimums.** Upfluence’s minimum contract is 12 months ([Upfluence](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing)). Creator.co needs 3 months on Self Serve and 6 on Managed when billed monthly. - **Guest-side fees.** Owner.com guests pay a 5% order support fee on both plans ([Owner.com](https://www.owner.com/pricing)). - **Per-location pricing.** Popmenu charges per location and does not publish its multi-location savings. Slang AI also prices per location. - **Add-ons.** Creator.co sells extra contact credits at $99 for 100 and a $395 Jumpstart Onboarding ([Creator.co](https://www.creator.co/pricing)). GRIN sells more credits on paid plans but gives no price for them. - **Overage.** Smith.ai Pro (75 calls) charges $2.50 for each extra call. Goodcall charges $0.50 per extra unique customer. - **Payment fees.** On Performance billed yearly, Modash Payments carries no fee up to $10,000 a year in payouts (creator payments and affiliate payouts combined), then 5% ([Modash](https://www.modash.io/pricing)). - **Notice periods.** Smith.ai bills month to month and asks for 30 days of notice to cancel ([Smith.ai](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist)). ## Monthly or yearly billing? Yearly billing lowers the monthly rate on most published plans. Goodcall takes 15% off, Smartlead 17% and lemlist 20%. Zapier’s page says yearly billing saves 33%. Modash drops from $299 to $199 a month on its entry plan, and Creator.co from $299 to $199. Popmenu Starter drops from $179 to $159 per location when prepaid annually. GRIN and Owner.com publish month-to-month plans with no annual contract. If you are trying a tool for the first time, a month-to-month plan limits what you lose if it does not fit. ## How we read these prices Each figure comes from the vendor’s own pricing page, with the date we read it. When a page shows a figure but sells by quote, we say so. The full table, with billing unit and source for every plan, is on [our prices page](https://eaiservice.com/prices/). How we score tools is on [our methodology page](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/). ## Our own product [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) CreatoRain is listed in the table, not scored, and its row uses the same fields as every other row, read from its own pricing page. It has a free plan. Starter is $200 a month, billed monthly with a 4-month minimum or annually at the same rate. Self-serve is the platform fee only, with creator commission and food comp paid on top. Done-with-you on Starter is $300 per finished video with a 3-video monthly minimum, so at least $1,100 a month, creator commission included. [What CreatoRain publishes about itself](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/) ## Related reviews and comparisons - [Smartlead review: best for an agency or sales team](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/) - [Goodcall review: best for a small business](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/) - [Popmenu review: best for an independent restaurant](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/) - [Owner.com review: best for an independent restaurant](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/) - [GRIN review: best for an ecommerce or food and beverage brand](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/) - [Creator.co review: best for a consumer brand](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/) - [Instantly vs Smartlead: which cold email tool fits a team sending from many inboxes?](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-smartlead/) - [lemlist vs Smartlead: which cold email tool fits a sales team weighing multichannel against email-only outreach?](https://eaiservice.com/compare/lemlist-vs-smartlead/) - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [All comparisons](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) ## Sources - [Smartlead pricing](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [Instantly pricing](https://instantly.ai/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [lemlist pricing](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [Goodcall pricing](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [Smith.ai AI Receptionist pricing](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist) (read October 7, 2026) - [Slang AI pricing](https://www.slang.ai/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [Owner.com pricing](https://www.owner.com/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [Popmenu review: price table (vendor page read 2026-10-05)](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/) (read October 7, 2026) - [Chowbus POS plans and pricing](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/pricing) [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) (read October 7, 2026) - [SevenRooms pricing](https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/) (read October 7, 2026) - [Toast Email Marketing review: pricing (vendor page read 2026-10-05)](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/) (read October 7, 2026) - [GRIN pricing](https://grin.co/pricing/) (read October 7, 2026) - [Modash pricing](https://www.modash.io/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [Creator.co pricing](https://www.creator.co/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [Upfluence pricing](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [Later pricing plans](https://later.com/pricing/) (read October 7, 2026) - [Zapier pricing](https://zapier.com/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain pricing (our own product)](https://www.creatorain.com/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [How much does AI automation software cost?](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) (read October 7, 2026) ## Changelog - October 7, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "What does influencer marketing cost a restaurant?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-influencer-marketing-cost/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-influencer-marketing-cost/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-07" dateModified: "2026-10-07" relationship: "owner" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) · Guide # What does influencer marketing cost a restaurant? A restaurant's influencer cost has three parts: the creator's fee, the comped meal, and the tool or service that finds creators. Published rate cards put creators under 10,000 followers at $50 to $400 per TikTok video, and Collabstr lists a $180 average for food and drink creators. Of the 5 platforms we review, self-serve plans cost $0 to $1,000 a month and Creator.co's managed plan $1,499 to $2,199. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 7, 2026 · Updated October 7, 2026 ## How much do food influencers charge per post? Every published creator rate card we found comes from someone with a stake in the numbers. The three we use come from a media site, a restaurant software vendor and a creator marketplace, and we label each one. | Publisher | Who they are | Date | Creators under 10,000 followers | 10,000 to 100,000 followers | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Influencer Marketing Hub](https://influencermarketinghub.com/influencer-rates/) | Influencer marketing media site; all niches, not food only | Updated October 6, 2026 | TikTok $50 to $200 per video; Instagram $10 to $100+ per post | TikTok $200 to $800 per video; Instagram $100 to $500+ per post | | [Sauce](https://www.getsauce.com/post/the-price-of-going-viral-2026-influencer-marketing-rates-for-restaurants) | Restaurant ordering and delivery software vendor; restaurant-specific, method not stated | March 8, 2026 | TikTok $100 to $400 per video (1,000 to 10,000 followers) | TikTok $400 to $2,000 per video (10,000 to 50,000 followers) | | [Collabstr](https://collabstr.com/influencer-price-calculator/food%20&%20drink) | Creator marketplace; average of rates listed on its own site | Read October 7, 2026 | Food and drink creators average $180 per sponsorship (all sizes) | Same figure; it is not split by tier | The ranges overlap but do not agree. For the same tier, Sauce’s restaurant figures run about twice Influencer Marketing Hub’s all-niche figures. Collabstr’s $180 is an average of rates listed on its own marketplace, which it says draws on 1.3 million or more rates. It is a listed price, not a record of what restaurants paid. Larger creators cost much more. Sauce lists TikTok mid-tier creators (50,000 to 500,000 followers) at $2,000 to $20,000 per video. The worked example further down uses the smallest tier. ## Free meal or paid post: what is the difference? A comped visit and a paid post buy different things. - **A comped meal buys a visit.** Sauce describes this as restaurants inviting creators “to dine for free in exchange for the opportunity to share their experience.” Influencer Marketing Hub warns that “gifting and guaranteed sponsored content are not the same thing.” A free meal alone does not oblige a creator to post. - **A paid fee buys a deliverable.** With cash on the table, you can put the number of videos, the posting date and the reuse rights in writing. The comp is cheaper than it looks on the menu. What it costs you is food cost plus the table, not the menu price. As an illustration only: a $90 meal for two at a 30% food cost is about $27 of product. Use your own food-cost figure. You can also pair the two: comp the meal and add a small fee for a guaranteed video. Either way, the free meal carries a disclosure duty. The FTC section further down covers it. ## What do influencer marketing platforms cost? These platforms find creators, send outreach and track posts. None of these fees include what you pay creators. We read each pricing page on October 7, 2026. | Platform | Self-serve price | Managed or sales-led price | Terms | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [GRIN](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/) | $0 (Free, 50 credits), $200, $500 or $1,000 a month | None published | Month-to-month, no annual contract; 30-day Starter trial | | [Modash](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/) | Essentials $199 a month billed yearly or $299 monthly; Performance $499 billed yearly or $599 monthly | Enterprise from $14,700 a year | 14-day trial, no card | | [Creator.co](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/) | Self Serve $199 a month billed annually, or $299 monthly with a 3-month minimum | Managed $1,499 a month billed annually, or $2,199 monthly with a 6-month minimum | Managed covers up to 5 creator collaborations a month | | [Upfluence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/) | None | Custom quote after a demo | 12-month minimum contract | | [Later Influence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/) | None | No price published; every route starts with a sales form | Not published | 2 of the 5, Upfluence and Later Influence, publish no price at all. Creator.co says creator payouts run through its platform. Its pricing page does not say creator pay is part of the plan fee. Its Managed plan adds a dedicated account manager. For scores and fit, see the [influencer marketing ranking](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/), [GRIN vs Modash](https://eaiservice.com/compare/grin-vs-modash/) and [Creator.co vs Modash](https://eaiservice.com/compare/creator-co-vs-modash/). ## What do 10 creator visits a month cost? Take one month with 10 small local creators (under 10,000 followers), done three ways. Creator fees use the per-video TikTok ranges in the first table: $50 to $200 (Influencer Marketing Hub) and $100 to $400 (Sauce). Comped meals are extra in every case. 1. **Do it yourself with DMs.** No software. Creator fees run about $500 to $4,000. You also spend the hours finding creators, messaging them and chasing posts. 2. **Self-serve tool plus creator fees.** Add $199 to $299 for Modash Essentials or Creator.co Self Serve, or $200 for GRIN Starter. That makes about $700 to $4,300 a month. The tool speeds up search and outreach. You still run every conversation. 3. **Managed plan.** Creator.co Managed costs $1,499 to $2,199 a month before creator fees. It covers up to 5 collaborations a month, so 10 visits would take two months or the custom-priced Enterprise plan. At this volume, creator fees are the bigger line in options 1 and 2 once each creator charges more than about $30. In option 3, the management fee is the bigger line unless the 5 creators charge more than about $300 each ($440 on monthly billing). ## Does a free meal need an FTC disclosure? Yes. The FTC treats a free meal as a material connection. - **Free stuff counts.** The FTC’s [Disclosures 101](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/disclosures-101-social-media-influencers) guide (November 2019) says: “Financial relationships aren’t limited to money. Disclose the relationship if you got anything of value to mention a product.” - **Meals are named.** The FTC’s [Endorsement Guides FAQ](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking) answers a restaurant owner directly: “if you give free meals to people – whether relatives or strangers – and seek their endorsement, they should disclose this fact.” It adds that even without a request, “people reading those social media messages would probably want to know that the meal was on the house.” - **The disclosure goes in the video.** Disclosures 101 says that for a video, “the disclosure should be in the video and not just in the description.” Plain words work, such as “Thanks to Acme brand for the free product,” or “ad” and “sponsored.” - **The restaurant shares responsibility.** The same FAQ says “Advertisers need to have reasonable programs in place to train and monitor members of their network.” Put the disclosure requirement in your invitation. - **Do not tie the meal to a good review.** The FTC’s [Consumer Reviews and Testimonials Rule](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/consumer-reviews-testimonials-rule-questions-answers) took effect October 21, 2024. Its Q&A says “you can’t suggest to consumers that their reviews must be positive (or negative) in order to obtain a promised incentive.” That section covers consumer reviews; hired influencers fall under the rule’s testimonial provisions. The Q&A says courts can impose civil penalties for knowing violations. ## Our own product [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) CreatoRain finds local food creators for restaurants and invites them to book a visit. Its done-with-you option, where a CreatoRain specialist runs the outreach, costs $300 per finished video on the Starter plan, with the creator's commission included. That is on top of the $200 monthly platform fee, and done-with-you on Starter bills at least 3 videos a month. The meal comes from your own kitchen. On those terms, the 10-visit month in the worked example would cost $3,200 ($200 plus 10 videos at $300), comped meals extra. Prices are as read on creatorain.com/pricing on October 7, 2026. [What CreatoRain publishes about itself](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/) ## Related reviews and comparisons - [GRIN review: best for an ecommerce or food and beverage brand](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/) - [Modash review: best for an in-house brand team](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/) - [Creator.co review: best for a consumer brand](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/) - [Upfluence review: best for an ecommerce brand or agency](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/) - [Later Influence review: best for an enterprise food or drink brand](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/) - [Creator.co vs Modash: which influencer platform fits a brand team that runs its own creator search?](https://eaiservice.com/compare/creator-co-vs-modash/) - [GRIN vs Modash: which influencer platform fits your brand?](https://eaiservice.com/compare/grin-vs-modash/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [All comparisons](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) ## Sources - [Influencer Rates: How Much Do Influencers Really Cost in 2026?](https://influencermarketinghub.com/influencer-rates/) (read October 7, 2026) - [The Price of Going Viral: 2026 Influencer Marketing Rates for Restaurants](https://www.getsauce.com/post/the-price-of-going-viral-2026-influencer-marketing-rates-for-restaurants) (read October 7, 2026) - [Food & Drink Influencer Price Calculator](https://collabstr.com/influencer-price-calculator/food%20&%20drink) (read October 7, 2026) - [GRIN pricing](https://grin.co/pricing/) (read October 7, 2026) - [Modash pricing](https://www.modash.io/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [Creator.co pricing](https://www.creator.co/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [Upfluence pricing](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [Later influencer marketing platform](https://later.com/influencer-marketing-platform/) (read October 7, 2026) - [Disclosures 101 for Social Media Influencers](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/disclosures-101-social-media-influencers) (read October 7, 2026) - [FTC's Endorsement Guides: What People Are Asking](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking) (read October 7, 2026) - [Consumer Reviews and Testimonials Rule: Questions and Answers](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/consumer-reviews-testimonials-rule-questions-answers) (read October 7, 2026) - [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain pricing (our own product)](https://www.creatorain.com/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) ## Changelog - October 7, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "How many restaurant calls go unanswered? Where the popular numbers come from" url: "https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-missed-calls-fact-check/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-missed-calls-fact-check/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-07" dateModified: "2026-10-07" relationship: null corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) · Explainer # How many restaurant calls go unanswered? Where the popular numbers come from Every widely quoted restaurant missed-call statistic we traced leads back to a company selling AI phone answering or ordering. The clearest measured figure is Revmo's: 40% of quick-service calls and 9% of full-service calls were missed across 12,091 recordings. The repeated "43% of calls, $292,000 a year" leads to no measurement, and the 58% figure comes from a consumer poll, not call logs. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 7, 2026 · Updated October 7, 2026 ## The numbers at a glance We read each page on 2026-10-07 and followed every citation link to its end. | Figure | Published by | Who measured, and how | Sample and dates | Holds up? | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | QSR 40%, fast casual 25%, full service 9% missed | Revmo (sells AI phone answering) | Revmo, from call recordings | 12,091 recordings; collection dates not given | Partly. Real call data, thin method notes | | 33% missed at peak | Maple (sells AI phone answering) | Restaurant owners’ own estimates at signup | 1,000+ customer locations, Dec 2023 to Nov 2025 | Weak. Self-reported, not logged | | 58% of calls unanswered | Hostie (sells AI phone answering) | The Harris Poll, online survey of adults | 2,065 U.S. adults, May 29 to June 2, 2025 | No, as a call rate. It measures people, not calls | | 43% unanswered, $292,000 a year | Hostie, ReachifyAI, Toast’s blog | No one we could find | None stated | No. The trail ends without a study | | $27,000 a year | HungerRush, then a trade-association column | A worked example | None. “Let’s estimate that 10% of your calls are lost” | No. It is a hypothetical | | 60% of merchant calls unanswered | Goodcall’s CEO, in 2021 | Not stated | Not stated | Unverifiable | ## Is it true that restaurants miss 43% of their calls? We could not find a measurement behind it. The claim usually reads: “43% of restaurant phone calls go unanswered, costing the average venue up to $292,000 annually.” Two trails lead from it. - **Trail 1.** A [Hostie article dated July 13, 2025](https://hostie.ai/resources/stopping-43-percent-revenue-leak-hostie-ai-recovers-292k-missed-restaurant-calls) credits both numbers to a Slang AI page. That [Slang AI page](https://www.slang.ai/post/restaurant-phone-call-statistics) is dated July 25, 2022. We downloaded it and searched the text. Neither “43%” nor “292” appears in it. The same article also credits the 43% to “the February 2025 Breez study”, with no link. We searched for it and found only pages repeating the claim. - **Trail 2.** [Toast’s guide to restaurant answering services](https://pos.toasttab.com/blog/on-the-line/restaurant-answering-service) says “industry studies show restaurants fail to answer 43% of their calls.” The link goes to [a ReachifyAI blog post](https://reachify.io/blog/restaurant-answering-service-cut-costs-never-miss-another-call) dated August 15, 2025. ReachifyAI sells an AI answering service. Its post states the 43% and the $292,000 with no source link. ReachifyAI’s own arithmetic does not support $292,000. The post assumes 150 to 200 calls a week, with 65 to 86 of them unanswered. That is 3,380 to 4,472 missed calls a year. Dividing $292,000 by those counts gives $65 to $86 per missed call, with every missed call treated as a lost sale. The same post’s “conservative” example copies the arithmetic of [a HungerRush post](https://www.hungerrush.com/restaurant-operations/heres-how-much-revenue-your-restaurant-loses-from-unanswered-phone-calls/) (more on it below) ($25 an order, $2,250 a month, $27,000 a year) but leaves out HungerRush’s assumption that 60% of missed callers would have ordered. With that assumption, HungerRush values a missed call at $15, so the $292,000 headline assumes four to six times HungerRush’s per-call value. ## Do 58% of restaurant calls go unanswered? This number comes from a poll. [Hostie’s release of July 27, 2025](https://hostie.ai/blogs/missed-connection-over-two-thirds-of-americans-would-ditch-restaurants-that-dont-answer-the-phone) reports an online survey run by The Harris Poll for Hostie. It covered 2,065 U.S. adults between May 29 and June 2, 2025, with a stated precision of plus or minus 2.5 points. The release says 63% of Americans prefer to phone a restaurant, and “in many cases (58%), those calls go unanswered.” It does not publish the question wording. A poll of adults counts people, not calls. So the 58% describes how many respondents recall going unanswered, at some frequency. The same release reports that 20% say their calls are “always/often ignored.” Its other headline, 69% likely to give up on a restaurant that does not answer, is a stated intention, not observed behavior. ## What does measured call data show? Two vendors publish figures drawn from their own call data. Both sell AI phone answering. **Revmo.** A [press release dated August 6, 2026](https://revmo.ai/news/state-of-restaurant-calls) describes 12,091 restaurant call recordings. It reports these answer rates by segment: - Quick service: 59.9% answered, 40.1% missed - Fast casual: 75.3% answered, 24.8% missed - Full service: 91.0% answered, 9.0% missed - Pizza: 93.1% answered The release says data collection covered “multiple time zones, dayparts, and seasonal periods.” It does not say who placed the calls, how many restaurants or brands were covered, or when the calls were made. It gives “$73,000 per location” as the annual loss for quick service, with no assumptions shown. Its “$3.65 million” for a 50-location chain is that figure times 50. The full PDF report did not load for us. **Maple.** A [report dated December 7, 2025](https://maple.inc/blog/the-state-of-restaurant-phone-communication-insights-from-1-million-calls) covers 1.2 million calls answered by Maple at 1,000+ U.S. locations, from December 2023 to November 2025. Its headline is “Restaurants miss 33% of incoming calls during peak service hours.” Maple’s methodology note is candid about that figure. It says missed-call estimates before Maple “are based on merchant self-reporting during onboarding surveys and discovery calls.” It adds that the data “may not be representative of all U.S. restaurants.” So the 1.2 million calls are calls Maple answered. The 33% is what owners told Maple when they signed up. The dollar figures on the page do not line up with each other. The headline values an unanswered call at $85. The revenue table lists 85 missed calls a month and $4,200 at risk, which works out to about $49 a call. The same table values a reservation call at $134. **Hostie’s “500k-call” dataset.** Hostie cites a dataset of more than 500,000 calls on several pages, each with a different starting point: - [One page](https://hostie.ai/resources/500k-call-study-ai-phone-bots-cut-missed-lunch-rush-calls-87-percent-roi), dated September 17, 2025, puts the pre-AI missed rate at 65%. - [Another](https://www.hostie.ai/resources/hostie-ai-500k-call-study-missed-calls-reduction), dated August 31, 2025, says 36%. - [A third](https://hostie.ai/resources/lunch-rush-case-study-cutting-missed-calls-23-to-3-percent-hostie-ai-500k-dataset), dated October 8, 2025, says 23% at lunch. Two of the pages have a short “Methodology and Scope” section, but none says how a missed call was counted, which restaurants were included or how the pre-AI rate was measured, so we did not count them as measurements. ## Where does “$27,000 a year” come from? It comes from a worked example. A [HungerRush post from October 2, 2023](https://www.hungerrush.com/restaurant-operations/heres-how-much-revenue-your-restaurant-loses-from-unanswered-phone-calls/) says the average quick-service restaurant gets 50 to 75 calls a day. It then writes: “Let’s estimate that 10% of your calls are lost.” From there it gets 150 missed calls a month, 60% of which might have ordered, at $25 each. That comes to $2,250 a month, or “over $27,000 a year.” HungerRush sells AI phone ordering. The example then became a statistic. A [column on the Washington Hospitality Association site](https://wahospitality.org/how-missed-calls-are-draining-washington-restaurants-thin-margins-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/), dated June 2, 2025, states that “restaurants miss an average of 150 calls per month.” It is bylined to the founder and CEO of MaskdAI, which sells an AI receptionist. Its link to HungerRush carries the tag `utm\_source=chatgpt.com`. ReachifyAI’s post repeats the same $25 and $27,000 arithmetic. ## What about the 60% and 13% figures? - **60% unanswered.** In a [September 2021 TechCrunch article](https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/01/goodcall-picks-up-4m-yelp-partnership-to-answer-merchant-inbound-calls), the reporter wrote that Goodcall’s CEO started the company after “recognizing the call problem, noting that in fact 60% of the calls that come into merchants go unanswered.” No source is given. [Goodcall’s restaurant answering page](https://www.goodcall.com/answering-service/restaurant) carries no missed-call percentage. - **13% of business lost.** Toast’s guide says a “Cornell University Hospitality Research study” found restaurants lose about 13% of potential business to mishandled calls. That link goes to [a Callin post](https://callin.io/restaurant-phone-answering-service-2/). Callin sells AI phone answering. The Callin post links to the index page of Cornell’s hospitality research publications, not to a study. It names no title, year or author, so we could not check it. Slang AI’s own [2025 report announcement](https://slang.ai/press-releases/slang-ai-releases-landmark-proprietary-report-2025) gives no missed-call rate. It says about 71% of calls are “directly tied to revenue,” from “millions of calls” with no exact count. ## Why do the numbers disagree? - **Polls versus logs.** The 58% counts people. Revmo counts calls. - **Restaurant type.** Revmo’s own spread runs from 9% missed at full service to 40% at quick service. A single “restaurants miss X%” hides a fourfold range. - **Peak versus all day.** Maple’s 33% is for peak hours only. - **Who is in the sample.** Maple says its customers may differ from non-users. A restaurant that signs up for AI answering may well have had a phone problem to begin with. - **Value per call.** Published values per missed call range from $15 (HungerRush’s worked example) to $134 (Maple’s reservation call). The dollar totals depend mostly on that one assumption. ## How to check your own missed-call rate Your own numbers will beat any vendor’s average. If your phone provider or POS keeps a call log, export two weeks of it. Divide the inbound calls that rang out or went to voicemail by all inbound calls, separately for lunch, dinner and closed hours. Then value a missed call with your own figures: the share of calls that are orders or bookings, times your average ticket. To compare answering tools, see [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/). Our reviews of [Slang AI](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/), [Goodcall](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/) and [Smith.ai](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/) list each plan’s price and what it includes. Restaurant platforms are compared in [restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/), including [Popmenu](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/), [Owner.com](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/) and [Toast Marketing](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/). ## Numbers we left out We dropped any figure whose source we could not open on 2026-10-07: - Revmo’s full PDF report, and the “5.5 rings” claim that search results attribute to it. The PDF host refused the connection. - A “49% less likely to dine” figure on Popmenu’s blog. The page returned HTTP 403. - The “62% of small-business calls go unanswered” figure credited to 411 Locals. We did not reach the original study. ## Related reviews and comparisons - [Slang AI review: best for a full-service restaurant or hospitality group](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/) - [Goodcall review: best for a small business](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/) - [Smith.ai AI Receptionist review: best for a small firm](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/) - [Popmenu review: best for an independent restaurant](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/) - [Owner.com review: best for an independent restaurant](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/) - [Toast Email Marketing review: best for a restaurant already on Toast POS](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) ## Sources - [New Industry Report Reveals Restaurants Lose Billions Annually from Missed Calls and Weak Phone Operations](https://revmo.ai/news/state-of-restaurant-calls) (read October 7, 2026) - [The State of Restaurant Phone Communication: Insights from 1 Million+ Calls](https://maple.inc/blog/the-state-of-restaurant-phone-communication-insights-from-1-million-calls) (read October 7, 2026) - [Missed Connection? Over Two-Thirds of Americans Would Ditch Restaurants That Don't Answer the Phone](https://hostie.ai/blogs/missed-connection-over-two-thirds-of-americans-would-ditch-restaurants-that-dont-answer-the-phone) (read October 7, 2026) - [Stopping the 43% Revenue Leak: How Hostie AI Recovers Up to $292K a Year in Missed Restaurant Calls](https://hostie.ai/resources/stopping-43-percent-revenue-leak-hostie-ai-recovers-292k-missed-restaurant-calls) (read October 7, 2026) - [Restaurant Call Stats](https://www.slang.ai/post/restaurant-phone-call-statistics) (read October 7, 2026) - [Slang AI Releases Landmark Proprietary Data Report on Full-Service Restaurants](https://slang.ai/press-releases/slang-ai-releases-landmark-proprietary-report-2025) (read October 7, 2026) - [Restaurant Answering Service: The Complete Guide for Operators](https://pos.toasttab.com/blog/on-the-line/restaurant-answering-service) (read October 7, 2026) - [Restaurant Answering Service: Cut Costs & Never Miss Another Call](https://reachify.io/blog/restaurant-answering-service-cut-costs-never-miss-another-call) (read October 7, 2026) - [Restaurant Phone Answering Service in 2025](https://callin.io/restaurant-phone-answering-service-2/) (read October 7, 2026) - [Here's How Much Revenue Your Restaurant Loses from Unanswered Phone Calls](https://www.hungerrush.com/restaurant-operations/heres-how-much-revenue-your-restaurant-loses-from-unanswered-phone-calls/) (read October 7, 2026) - [How missed calls are draining Washington restaurants' thin margins (and what you can do about it)](https://wahospitality.org/how-missed-calls-are-draining-washington-restaurants-thin-margins-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/) (read October 7, 2026) - [The 500k-Call Study: How AI Phone Bots Cut Missed Lunch-Rush Calls by 87%](https://hostie.ai/resources/500k-call-study-ai-phone-bots-cut-missed-lunch-rush-calls-87-percent-roi) (read October 7, 2026) - [From 36% Missed Calls to 3%: Lessons from Hostie AI's 500k-Call Study](https://www.hostie.ai/resources/hostie-ai-500k-call-study-missed-calls-reduction) (read October 7, 2026) - [Lunch-Rush Case Study: Cutting Missed Calls from 23% to 3% with Hostie AI (500k-Call Dataset, 2024-25)](https://hostie.ai/resources/lunch-rush-case-study-cutting-missed-calls-23-to-3-percent-hostie-ai-500k-dataset) (read October 7, 2026) - [Goodcall picks up $4M, Yelp partnership to answer merchant inbound calls](https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/01/goodcall-picks-up-4m-yelp-partnership-to-answer-merchant-inbound-calls) (read October 7, 2026) - [Restaurant answering service](https://www.goodcall.com/answering-service/restaurant) (read October 7, 2026) ## Changelog - October 7, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "All comparisons" url: "https://eaiservice.com/compare/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/compare/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-06" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- # All comparisons Every head-to-head comparison on Evaluate AI Service. We make CreatoRain, which competes with the tools on this page. [How we handle that](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - Comparison **[Creator.co vs Modash: which influencer platform fits a brand team that runs its own creator search?](https://eaiservice.com/compare/creator-co-vs-modash/)** Creator.co 2.7 / 5 · Modash 3.2 / 5 - Comparison **[GRIN vs Modash: which influencer platform fits your brand?](https://eaiservice.com/compare/grin-vs-modash/)** GRIN 3.2 / 5 · Modash 3.2 / 5 - Comparison **[Instantly vs lemlist: which cold email tool fits a small sales team?](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-lemlist/)** Instantly 3.6 / 5 · lemlist 3.9 / 5 - Comparison **[Instantly vs Smartlead: which cold email tool fits a team sending from many inboxes?](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-smartlead/)** Instantly 3.6 / 5 · Smartlead 3.6 / 5 - Comparison **[lemlist vs Smartlead: which cold email tool fits a sales team weighing multichannel against email-only outreach?](https://eaiservice.com/compare/lemlist-vs-smartlead/)** lemlist 3.9 / 5 · Smartlead 3.6 / 5 ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Creator.co vs Modash: which influencer platform fits a brand team that runs its own creator search?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/compare/creator-co-vs-modash/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/compare/creator-co-vs-modash/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) · Comparison # Creator.co vs Modash: which influencer platform fits a brand team that runs its own creator search? Creator.co suits a brand that wants AI creator matching with the option of a managed team, from $199 a month billed annually. Modash suits a brand team that searches creators by audience location itself, also from $199 a month billed yearly. Modash wins on integrations and trust, and scores 3.2 of 5 against 2.7 for Creator.co on published influencer marketing evidence read in October 2026. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 6, 2026 · Updated October 6, 2026 We make CreatoRain, which competes with the tools on this page. [How we handle that](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) Creator.co Evidence score 2.7 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) From $199 a month, billed yearly (read October 6, 2026) [Read the Creator.co review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/) Modash Evidence score 3.2 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) From $199 a month, billed yearly (read October 6, 2026) [Read the Modash review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/) ## How do Creator.co and Modash differ on each criterion? **Criterion by criterion** | Criterion | Creator.co | Modash | Wins | Why | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 3 | 3 | Tie | Both document creator search, outreach and performance tracking; Creator.co adds AI-written briefs, Modash an inbox for creator email. | | Fit for the category's buyer | 2 | 2 | Tie | Both sell self-serve plans but name consumer or in-house brand teams, not restaurants or hosted creator visits. | | Pricing transparency | 4 | 4 | Tie | Both price their self-serve plans monthly and yearly; Creator.co's Enterprise is custom, and Modash's Enterprise shows only a starting price. | | Setup and time to first result | 3 | 3 | Tie | Neither was tested hands-on, so setup is capped at the same level for both; both offer a 14-day trial with no card. | | Integrations and data portability | 1 | 4 | Modash | Modash documents a data API and connects Gmail, Outlook and Shopify; no integration list or API docs were found for Creator.co. | | Trust, security and support | 2 | 4 | Modash | Modash names ISO 27001 and has an API status page; Creator.co has a third-party status report and no named certification. | ## What would each cost for one restaurant location on monthly billing? **Monthly cost, computed only from prices read on the vendors' pages** | Product | Plan | Monthly cost | | --- | --- | --- | | Creator.co | Self Serve (monthly, 3-month minimum) | $299 a month | | Modash | Essentials (billed monthly) | $299 a month | ## Pick Creator.co if... You want the option to hand campaigns to a dedicated account manager on the Managed plan. You want AI-written briefs and outreach on Self Serve. ## Pick Modash if... You want a documented API and named security evidence. You want to search creators by audience location and be able to cancel at any time. ## What else separates them? Creator.co Self Serve includes 1 seat and 100 contact credits a month, and Managed adds a dedicated account manager, 2 seats and 250 contact credits. Monthly billing carries a minimum term on both: 3 months on Self Serve and 6 on Managed. Modash Essentials includes 2 team members and caps opened profiles, unlocked emails and tracked creators each month. Its plans can be upgraded, downgraded or cancelled at any time, and there are no setup or onboarding fees. ## What does Reddit say about each? - [What Reddit users say about Creator.co](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/#reddit) - [What Reddit users say about Modash](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/#reddit) ## Full reviews - [Creator.co review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/) - [Modash review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Which costs less for one restaurant location? Both cost $299 a month on monthly billing, for Creator.co Self Serve and Modash Essentials. Creator.co's monthly plan needs a 3-month minimum; Modash can be cancelled at any time. ### Which one offers a managed service? Creator.co does. Its Managed plan costs $1,499 a month billed annually or $2,199 monthly, with a dedicated account manager. Modash describes itself as a platform only. ### Which one has an API? Modash documents a data API. No API documentation was found for Creator.co. ## Sources - [Creator.co pricing](https://www.creator.co/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) - [Creator.co home page](https://www.creator.co/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Creator.co for food and beverage brands](https://www.creator.co/use-cases/food-beverage-brands) (read October 6, 2026) - [Creator.co status report (StatusCake)](https://status.creator.co/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Modash pricing](https://www.modash.io/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) - [Modash home page](https://www.modash.io/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Modash API documentation](https://docs.modash.io/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Modash API status page](https://status.modash.io/) (read October 6, 2026) ## Changelog - October 6, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "GRIN vs Modash: which influencer platform fits your brand?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/compare/grin-vs-modash/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/compare/grin-vs-modash/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) · Comparison # GRIN vs Modash: which influencer platform fits your brand? GRIN suits an ecommerce brand that wants a creator CRM, affiliate links and an AI agent doing outreach, with a free plan and month-to-month prices from $200. Modash suits a brand team that wants to search creators by audience location itself, from $199 a month billed yearly. Both score 3.2 of 5 on published influencer marketing evidence (October 2026), and neither mentions restaurants. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 6, 2026 · Updated October 6, 2026 We make CreatoRain, which competes with the tools on this page. [How we handle that](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) GRIN Evidence score 3.2 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) From Free (read October 6, 2026) [Read the GRIN review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/) Modash Evidence score 3.2 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) From $199 a month, billed yearly (read October 6, 2026) [Read the Modash review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/) ## How do GRIN and Modash differ on each criterion? **Criterion by criterion** | Criterion | GRIN | Modash | Wins | Why | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 3 | 3 | Tie | Both document creator outreach and content tracking; GRIN adds an AI agent and affiliate links, Modash a larger creator search. | | Fit for the category's buyer | 2 | 2 | Tie | Both sell self-serve plans but name ecommerce or in-house brand teams, not restaurants or hosted creator visits. | | Pricing transparency | 4 | 4 | Tie | Both price their self-serve plans; GRIN leaves extra credits unpriced, and Modash shows only a starting price for Enterprise. | | Setup and time to first result | 3 | 3 | Tie | Neither was tested hands-on, so setup is capped at the same level for both; both offer self-serve signup. | | Integrations and data portability | 4 | 4 | Tie | GRIN lists Shopify, Klaviyo and Slack with an API and MCP; Modash connects Gmail, Outlook and Shopify and documents a data API. | | Trust, security and support | 4 | 4 | Tie | GRIN states SOC 2 Type II and written support terms; Modash names ISO 27001; both have a public status page. | ## What would each cost for one restaurant location on monthly billing? **Monthly cost, computed only from prices read on the vendors' pages** | Product | Plan | Monthly cost | | --- | --- | --- | | GRIN | Starter (month-to-month) | $200 a month | | Modash | Essentials (billed monthly) | $299 a month | ## Pick GRIN if... You want a free plan to start, every price on the page and month-to-month billing. You sell online and want affiliate links and codes tracked to sales. ## Pick Modash if... You want to search a large creator database by audience location and run outreach from your own Gmail or Outlook inbox. You can pay yearly to bring Essentials down to $199 a month. ## What else separates them? GRIN prices by credits that meter the work of its AI agent, Gia: a free plan, then Starter at $200, Growth at $500 and Scale at $1,000 a month, all month-to-month with no seat charge. Extra credits can be bought on paid plans, but their price is not shown. Modash prices by plan limits: Essentials is $199 a month billed yearly or $299 monthly, and Performance is $499 or $599. Each plan caps the profiles opened, emails unlocked and creators tracked each month. ## What does Reddit say about each? - [What Reddit users say about GRIN](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/#reddit) - [What Reddit users say about Modash](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/#reddit) ## Full reviews - [GRIN review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/) - [Modash review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Which costs less for one restaurant location? GRIN costs less on monthly billing: Starter is $200 a month, against $299 for Modash Essentials billed monthly. GRIN also has a free plan. ### Which one has a free plan? GRIN has a free plan with 50 usage credits. Modash offers a 14-day free trial instead. ### Does either book creators into a restaurant visit? Neither describes it. Both focus on finding creators, outreach and tracking content or online sales. ## Sources - [GRIN pricing](https://grin.co/pricing/) (read October 6, 2026) - [GRIN platform](https://grin.co/platform/) (read October 6, 2026) - [GRIN integrations](https://grin.co/integrations/) (read October 6, 2026) - [GRIN security](https://grin.co/security/) (read October 6, 2026) - [GRIN support terms](https://grin.co/legal/support-terms/) (read October 6, 2026) - [GRIN status page](https://status.grin.co/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Modash pricing](https://www.modash.io/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) - [Modash home page](https://www.modash.io/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Modash API documentation](https://docs.modash.io/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Modash API status page](https://status.modash.io/) (read October 6, 2026) ## Changelog - October 6, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Instantly vs lemlist: which cold email tool fits a small sales team?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-lemlist/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-lemlist/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) · Comparison # Instantly vs lemlist: which cold email tool fits a small sales team? Instantly suits a small team that wants the cheaper entry plan for cold email, at $47 a month for 5,000 emails. lemlist suits a team that wants email, LinkedIn and call steps in one sequence, or many users on one Email plan. lemlist leads on fit and integrations. The verdict uses published-evidence scores read in October 2026. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 Instantly Evidence score 3.6 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) From $47 a month, billed monthly (read October 5, 2026) [Read the Instantly review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/) lemlist Evidence score 3.9 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) From $55 a month, billed yearly (read October 5, 2026) [Read the lemlist review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/) ## How do Instantly and lemlist differ on each criterion? **Criterion by criterion** | Criterion | Instantly | lemlist | Wins | Why | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 3 | 3 | Tie | Both tools cover core cold email jobs, including sending, warmup, and sequences, with documented features. | | Fit for the category's buyer | 4 | 5 | lemlist | lemlist's Email plan includes unlimited senders, warmup, and sequences, fitting the cold email buyer well. | | Pricing transparency | 4 | 4 | Tie | Both tools show prices and limits for most tiers, with a 14-day trial; some add-ons and custom plans are unpriced. | | Setup and time to first result | 3 | 3 | Tie | Neither was tested hands-on, so setup is capped at the same level for both. Both need SPF, DKIM and DMARC records added by hand for an existing domain; lemlist does this automatically only for domains bought through lemlist. | | Integrations and data portability | 4 | 5 | lemlist | lemlist offers more integrations and data export options, meeting the category's needs more broadly. | | Trust, security and support | 4 | 4 | Tie | Both score 4: lemlist lists a SOC 2 Type 2 report and a status page; Instantly names SOC 2 Type I and Type II. | ## What would each cost for a team sending up to 5,000 cold emails a month on monthly billing? **Monthly cost, computed only from prices read on the vendors' pages** | Product | Plan | Monthly cost | | --- | --- | --- | | Instantly | Outreach Growth (billed monthly) | $47 a month | | lemlist | Email (billed monthly) | $69 a month | ## Pick Instantly if... You want the lower monthly price for cold email. You send up to 5,000 emails a month from many inboxes. ## Pick lemlist if... You want to combine email, LinkedIn, and calls. You need unlimited users and email senders on your plan. ## What else separates them? Instantly bills per subscription for its Outreach plans. Limits apply to emails and contacts. Add-ons for lead data and AI agents are separate costs. lemlist’s Email plan is per account. Its Multichannel plan is per user. Extra costs apply for features like WhatsApp and lead data. For teams sending up to 5,000 cold emails monthly, Instantly’s Outreach Growth costs $47 a month. lemlist’s Email plan is $69 a month. It includes unlimited users and senders. lemlist’s Multichannel plan adds LinkedIn and calls. It costs $109 per user a month billed monthly, or $87 billed yearly. ## What does Reddit say about each? - [What Reddit users say about Instantly](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/#reddit) - [What Reddit users say about lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/#reddit) ## Full reviews - [Instantly review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/) - [lemlist review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/) - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Which costs less for a team sending up to 5,000 cold emails a month? Instantly costs less: Outreach Growth is $47 a month, billed monthly, for 5,000 emails a month. The lemlist Email plan is $69 a month, billed monthly. ### Which one includes more users on the entry plan? The lemlist Email plan lists unlimited users and email senders for one account price. ### Do Instantly and lemlist both include email warm-up? Yes, Instantly includes unlimited email accounts and warmup on every Outreach plan. lemlist includes its lemwarm warm-up and deliverability protection in all plans. ## Sources - [Instantly pricing](https://instantly.ai/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly pricing (plain-text version)](https://instantly.ai/pricing.md) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly email warmup](https://instantly.ai/email-warmup) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly Outreach](https://instantly.ai/outreach) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly help center: DNS and Forwarding Setup](https://help.instantly.ai/en/collections/9548650-dns-forwarding-setup) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly help center: Account Connection](https://help.instantly.ai/en/collections/9548609-account-connection) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly integrations](https://instantly.ai/integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly API v2 developer docs](https://developer.instantly.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly help center: Integrations](https://help.instantly.ai/en/collections/9548903-integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly Trust Center](https://trust.instantly.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly terms of service](https://instantly.ai/terms) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist pricing](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist deliverability setup](https://www.lemlist.com/product/deliverability-setup) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist multichannel prospecting](https://www.lemlist.com/product/multichannel-prospecting) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist Help Center](https://help.lemlist.com/en/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist home page](https://www.lemlist.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist Help Center: How to set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC](https://help.lemlist.com/en/articles/6628020-how-to-set-up-spf-dkim-and-dmarc-general-setup-guide) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist integrations](https://www.lemlist.com/integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist API reference](https://developer.lemlist.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist API documentation index](https://developer.lemlist.com/llms.txt) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist Trust Center](https://trust.lemlist.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lempire status page](https://status.lempire.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist terms of service](https://www.lemlist.com/legal/terms) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: Setup is now a tie: neither tool was tested hands-on, so both setup scores are capped at 3. - October 5, 2026: The setup row now says both tools need DNS records for an existing domain. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Instantly vs Smartlead: which cold email tool fits a team sending from many inboxes?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-smartlead/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-smartlead/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) · Comparison # Instantly vs Smartlead: which cold email tool fits a team sending from many inboxes? Instantly suits a small team that wants a named security report, since its trust center lists SOC 2 Type I and Type II. Smartlead suits an agency or sales team that sends from many mailboxes, and its Base plan costs less at $39 a month. Both include unlimited email accounts and warm-up for cold email. The verdict uses published-evidence scores read in October 2026. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 Instantly Evidence score 3.6 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) From $47 a month, billed monthly (read October 5, 2026) [Read the Instantly review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/) Smartlead Evidence score 3.6 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) From $39 a month, billed monthly (read October 5, 2026) [Read the Smartlead review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/) ## How do Instantly and Smartlead differ on each criterion? **Criterion by criterion** | Criterion | Instantly | Smartlead | Wins | Why | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 3 | 3 | Tie | Both document unlimited email accounts, warm-up and sequences; neither is confirmed first-hand. | | Fit for the category's buyer | 4 | 5 | Smartlead | Smartlead's pricing page names solo founders, sales teams and agencies; Instantly keeps in-app replies and webhooks for Hypergrowth. | | Pricing transparency | 4 | 4 | Tie | Both price every plan with limits; neither prices every add-on on its pricing page. | | Setup and time to first result | 3 | 3 | Tie | Both are self-serve, and both need DNS setup for your own domains unless you buy mailboxes. | | Integrations and data portability | 4 | 4 | Tie | Instantly claims 50+ integrations; Smartlead lists 35 and keeps its API for Pro and above. Neither documents data export. | | Trust, security and support | 4 | 2 | Instantly | Instantly's trust center names SOC 2 Type I and Type II; Smartlead shows a DPA but no named certification. | ## What would each cost for a team sending up to 5,000 cold emails a month on monthly billing? **Monthly cost, computed only from prices read on the vendors' pages** | Product | Plan | Monthly cost | | --- | --- | --- | | Instantly | Outreach Growth (billed monthly) | $47 a month | | Smartlead | Base (billed monthly) | $39 a month | ## Pick Instantly if... You want a vendor with a named SOC 2 report. You are fine paying $47 a month for 5,000 emails. ## Pick Smartlead if... You run an agency or sales team that sends from many mailboxes. You want the lower $39 a month entry price. ## What else separates them? Instantly offers unlimited sending accounts and warmup on every Outreach plan. Its pricing is transparent, with all tiers showing clear limits and a 14-day trial. However, advanced features like full A/Z testing (many versions of one email) and webhooks require the Hypergrowth plan. Smartlead also provides unlimited email accounts on all plans. Its pricing is clear, with most add-ons also priced. Agencies can add white-labeled client workspaces from the Pro plan. No named security certification was found for Smartlead. ## What does Reddit say about each? - [What Reddit users say about Instantly](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/#reddit) - [What Reddit users say about Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/#reddit) ## Full reviews - [Instantly review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/) - [Smartlead review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/) - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Which costs less for a team sending up to 5,000 cold emails a month? Smartlead costs less: Base is $39 a month, billed monthly. Instantly Outreach Growth is $47 a month, billed monthly. Smartlead Base allows 6,000 email sends a month, and Instantly Outreach Growth allows 5,000. ### Do Instantly and Smartlead charge for each email account? Neither charges per email account; Instantly includes unlimited accounts on every Outreach plan, and Smartlead includes unlimited accounts on every plan. ### Which one names a security certification? Instantly does: its trust center names SOC 2 Type I and Type II. No named certification was found for Smartlead. ## Sources - [Instantly pricing](https://instantly.ai/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly pricing (plain-text version)](https://instantly.ai/pricing.md) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly email warmup](https://instantly.ai/email-warmup) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly Outreach](https://instantly.ai/outreach) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly help center: DNS and Forwarding Setup](https://help.instantly.ai/en/collections/9548650-dns-forwarding-setup) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly help center: Account Connection](https://help.instantly.ai/en/collections/9548609-account-connection) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly integrations](https://instantly.ai/integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly API v2 developer docs](https://developer.instantly.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly help center: Integrations](https://help.instantly.ai/en/collections/9548903-integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly Trust Center](https://trust.instantly.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly terms of service](https://instantly.ai/terms) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead pricing](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead pricing fact sheet (markdown, generated 2026-07-28)](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing.md) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead email warmup](https://www.smartlead.ai/email-warmup) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead home page](https://www.smartlead.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead llms.txt](https://www.smartlead.ai/llms.txt) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead help center](https://helpcenter.smartlead.ai/en/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead integrations](https://www.smartlead.ai/integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead API reference](https://api.smartlead.ai/reference/welcome) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead API: leads](https://api.smartlead.ai/core/leads) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead Data Processing Addendum](https://www.smartlead.ai/dpa) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead privacy policy](https://www.smartlead.ai/privacy-policy) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead terms and conditions](https://www.smartlead.ai/new-terms-and-conditions) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "lemlist vs Smartlead: which cold email tool fits a sales team weighing multichannel against email-only outreach?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/compare/lemlist-vs-smartlead/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/compare/lemlist-vs-smartlead/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) · Comparison # lemlist vs Smartlead: which cold email tool fits a sales team weighing multichannel against email-only outreach? lemlist suits sales teams needing multichannel outreach, while Smartlead suits those focused on email-only cold email campaigns. lemlist wins on integrations and trust. Smartlead's $39 a month Base plan includes unlimited email accounts. These conclusions are based on published-evidence scores read in October 2026. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 lemlist Evidence score 3.9 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) From $55 a month, billed yearly (read October 5, 2026) [Read the lemlist review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/) Smartlead Evidence score 3.6 / 5 (6 of 6 criteria) From $39 a month, billed monthly (read October 5, 2026) [Read the Smartlead review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/) ## How do lemlist and Smartlead differ on each criterion? **Criterion by criterion** | Criterion | lemlist | Smartlead | Wins | Why | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 3 | 3 | Tie | Both tools fully describe core cold email jobs like sending, warm-up, and sequences. | | Fit for the category's buyer | 5 | 5 | Tie | Both tools offer self-serve plans that cover core cold email needs for their target buyers. | | Pricing transparency | 4 | 4 | Tie | Both tools price most plans and add-ons transparently, but have some unpriced items. | | Setup and time to first result | 3 | 3 | Tie | Neither was tested hands-on, so setup is capped at the same level for both; lemlist authenticates domains bought in lemlist automatically, but an existing domain still needs manual SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. | | Integrations and data portability | 5 | 4 | lemlist | lemlist lists 58 integrations and CSV export on all plans; Smartlead lists 35 and keeps its API for Pro and above. | | Trust, security and support | 4 | 2 | lemlist | lemlist wins with a SOC 2 report and a public status page, unlike Smartlead. | ## What would each cost for a team sending up to 5,000 cold emails a month on monthly billing? **Monthly cost, computed only from prices read on the vendors' pages** | Product | Plan | Monthly cost | | --- | --- | --- | | lemlist | Email (billed monthly) | $69 a month | | Smartlead | Base (billed monthly) | $39 a month | ## Pick lemlist if... You need to send multichannel campaigns that include email, LinkedIn, and calls. You want a vendor that lists a SOC 2 report and a public status page. ## Pick Smartlead if... You need to send cold email from many different mailboxes and pay by send volume. You want unlimited email accounts on every plan. ## What else separates them? lemlist offers an “Email” plan at $69 a month with unlimited users and email senders, capped at 50,000 emails a month. Its “Multichannel” plan is priced per user: $109 a month billed monthly, or $87 billed yearly. Add-ons like lead data enrichment and WhatsApp are extra. Smartlead prices its plans per account, not per user. The “Base” plan costs $39 a month and includes unlimited email accounts. Agency features like white-label client workspaces are available on higher tiers for an added monthly fee. ## What does Reddit say about each? - [What Reddit users say about lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/#reddit) - [What Reddit users say about Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/#reddit) ## Full reviews - [lemlist review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/) - [Smartlead review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/) - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Which costs less for a team sending up to 5,000 cold emails a month? Smartlead's Base plan is $39 a month, while lemlist's Email plan is $69 a month. ### Which one lists more integrations? lemlist lists more: 58 integrations across 8 categories, against 35 for Smartlead. lemlist also offers CSV lead export on all plans. ### Does lemlist or Smartlead have a SOC 2 report? lemlist does: its trust center lists a SOC 2 Type 2 report. No named certification was found for Smartlead. ## Sources - [lemlist pricing](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist deliverability setup](https://www.lemlist.com/product/deliverability-setup) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist multichannel prospecting](https://www.lemlist.com/product/multichannel-prospecting) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist Help Center](https://help.lemlist.com/en/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist home page](https://www.lemlist.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist Help Center: How to set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC](https://help.lemlist.com/en/articles/6628020-how-to-set-up-spf-dkim-and-dmarc-general-setup-guide) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist integrations](https://www.lemlist.com/integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist API reference](https://developer.lemlist.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist API documentation index](https://developer.lemlist.com/llms.txt) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist Trust Center](https://trust.lemlist.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lempire status page](https://status.lempire.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist terms of service](https://www.lemlist.com/legal/terms) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead pricing](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead pricing fact sheet (markdown, generated 2026-07-28)](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing.md) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead email warmup](https://www.smartlead.ai/email-warmup) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead home page](https://www.smartlead.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead llms.txt](https://www.smartlead.ai/llms.txt) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead help center](https://helpcenter.smartlead.ai/en/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead integrations](https://www.smartlead.ai/integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead API reference](https://api.smartlead.ai/reference/welcome) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead API: leads](https://api.smartlead.ai/core/leads) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead Data Processing Addendum](https://www.smartlead.ai/dpa) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead privacy policy](https://www.smartlead.ai/privacy-policy) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead terms and conditions](https://www.smartlead.ai/new-terms-and-conditions) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: Setup is now a tie: neither tool was tested hands-on, so both setup scores are capped at 3. - October 5, 2026: The lemlist pick no longer claims faster setup, since setup is a tie. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Contact Evaluate AI Service" url: "https://eaiservice.com/contact/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/contact/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- # Contact Evaluate AI Service Email is the way to reach Evaluate AI Service: [corrections@eaiservice.com](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com). ## How do I report a mistake? Email [corrections@eaiservice.com](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) with the page address and what is wrong. A corrected fact is noted in the changelog at the bottom of that page. ## How do I get a quote removed? If you wrote a Reddit post or comment quoted on this site, email the same address with the page address. The excerpt is removed within 7 days, no questions asked. ## I make one of the products reviewed. Can I ask for a change? Yes. Send a link to the public page that shows the correct price or feature, and the review is checked against it. Vendors cannot pay to change a rank or a score. [How the site makes money](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/). ## Postal address Midwest AI Solution Inc. 30 5th St NE, 2nd Floor Atlanta, GA 30308 United States That company owns this site and also makes CreatoRain, one of the products we cover. [Ownership and partners](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/). ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Download our review and price data" url: "https://eaiservice.com/data/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/data/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-07" dateModified: "2026-10-07" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- # Download our review and price data Every review on this site is also published as two files you can download and reuse: the full review records as JSON, and every plan price we have read as CSV. Both are rebuilt from the same review files as the pages each time the site is published, so a figure in a file always matches the page it came from. We make CreatoRain. The files list it like every other tool but never score it. Its price rows say **is\_our\_product=true**, and tools made by business partners of CreatoRain are marked in the **relationship** column. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) ## What is in each file? - [**Review data (JSON)**](https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json): 18 records, one per review, with each tool's evidence score and criterion scores, plan prices as the pages word them, free plan or trial, the sources we read with their dates, and a count of the Reddit threads we read. CreatoRain's record has no score. - [**Plan prices (CSV)**](https://eaiservice.com/data/prices.csv): 74 rows from 13 tools, one per published plan price, 4 of them for CreatoRain. A tool that quotes prices only on request has no rows. The CSV columns are: - **tool**, **category** and **plan**: the product, the category it is reviewed in, and the plan name the vendor uses. - **billing**: monthly, yearly, or not stated on the vendor's page. - **price\_usd**: the plan's price in US dollars, as a number, and **period**: whether that amount is a month or a year. - **unit**: what the price is charged per, such as per location, when the page says. - **read\_date** and **source\_url**: the date we read the vendor's pricing page, and that page. - **price\_text**: the price as the review page writes it. - **is\_our\_product**, **relationship** and **disclosure**: true for CreatoRain, "owner" or "partner" where a tool is ours or a partner's, and the line that says so. - **review\_url**: the review the row comes from. The header row lists all 14 columns in that order. There is no score column. ## When was the data last updated? Last updated October 7, 2026, the date of the most recently updated review. Each price row carries its own read date. Prices change, so check the vendor's page before you buy. ## Can I reuse the data? Yes. Both files are free to use under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). You may copy, share and adapt them, including for commercial use, as long as you credit us and say if you changed them. ## Where else is it published? The same two files are also on: - [Zenodo (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23210350)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23210350) - [GitHub](https://github.com/creatorainco/eaiservice-data) - [Kaggle](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/evaluateaiservice/ai-software-review-and-price-data) This page is the source. The copies are refreshed when we re-read prices, so they can lag behind it. ## How should I credit it? Credit the data as "Evaluate AI Service (eaiservice.com), published by Midwest AI Solution Inc." and link to this page. A full citation: Evaluate AI Service (eaiservice.com), published by Midwest AI Solution Inc. Review and price data, updated October 7, 2026. https://eaiservice.com/data/ Licensed under CC BY 4.0. ## What should I know before using it? Scores are evidence scores built from vendor pages, pricing and user reports, as [our methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) explains. Found a wrong figure? Email [corrections@eaiservice.com](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) and we will fix the review and both files. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "How does Evaluate AI Service score software?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/methodology/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/methodology/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- # How does Evaluate AI Service score software? Evaluate AI Service scores each product on published evidence: the vendor's own pages, its pricing page, its documentation and attributed user reports. This page explains what the scores mean, who each category is scored for, how pages are written and how Reddit quotes are picked. ## What do the scores mean? A score grades the published evidence about a product. It does not measure how the product performs in daily use. Where a review shows a dated first-hand check, which is a signup that stops before anything is sent, that check feeds the core job and setup criteria only. Each of 6 criteria gets a whole number from 1 to 5, or "unknown" when no published evidence was found. Unknown is never counted as 1. Even scores (2 and 4) mean the evidence sits between two anchors. The evidence score is the weighted mean of the known criteria, rounded half up to one decimal and shown next to how many of the 6 criteria had evidence. A product with evidence on fewer than 4 criteria gets no score and no rank. A product can rank lower because its vendor publishes little. The scores are not comparable with G2, PCMag or other sites. Pricing transparency follows the anchors in the table below. A vendor that names its plans or products but shows no price for any of them scores 1, the lowest anchor. It is not marked "unknown". "Unknown" is only for a criterion where we found no published evidence at all. Setup is capped at 3 when a product has not been tried hands-on. A setup score above 3 needs a dated signup check of our own, so a product can sit at 3 even when its vendor promises a quick start. Every review says near the top whether it was tried hands-on. Trust, security and support counts four kinds of evidence: a named security certification, a public status page, published support channels or a support agreement, and support reports from named users. A product with no certification and no status page scores at most 2, even when it publishes support hours. One certification or status page meets the 3 anchor. Three kinds of evidence score 4, and all four score 5. Category pages rank products by evidence score, highest first. Two products with the same score share the same rank, and the table marks both as a tie. Neither one is better than the other on this rubric. A table still has to list one first, so within a tie it lists the higher core job score first, then the higher pricing transparency score, then the name in A to Z order. That order is only for reading; it is not a ranking. Products with evidence on fewer than 4 criteria are listed separately and are not ranked. **The rubric: six criteria, their weights and what scores of 1, 3 and 5 require** | Criterion | Weight | 1 | 3 | 5 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | Vendor pages describe only part of the job | Full job described with named features, unconfirmed | Full job in vendor docs AND a dated first-hand check or at least 2 attributed user reports | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | The category's 1-point fit anchor | The category's 3-point fit anchor | The category's 5-point fit anchor | | Pricing transparency | 20% | Some tiers listed, none priced | Entry price published; usage, outcome or add-on costs incomplete | Every tier and usage charge on the rendered page, with its unit, plus a free plan or trial | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | Sales onboarding, professional services or developer work required | Self-serve, but multi-step technical setup (DNS, keys) | Self-serve with guided setup AND a dated first-hand check or user reports of a same-day result | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | No integration list or API docs found | Main-system integration list OR public API | Integration directory AND public API AND export, count cited | | Trust, security and support | 10% | No certification, status page or support terms, and no user reports | One verifiable signal (for example SOC 2 on a trust page) | Named certification, a public status page, published support channels or SLA, AND attributed support reports | ## How do we show our own product? [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) We never score CreatoRain. On the influencer marketing page it is listed first, labelled as our product and shown without a score. Every tool after it is scored on the same rubric as every other review and ranked by that score. On the restaurant marketing page it appears in a separate box after the ranked list. ## Who is each category scored for? The fit criterion asks whether a product suits one declared buyer per category. That buyer is small or mid-sized, so products sold only to large enterprises score low on fit here. Each category page names its buyer again. The restaurant wording in two categories, AI voice agents and restaurant marketing, matches the market our own product sells to. That is our editorial choice, and we say so here and on the ownership page. Some products we review are business partners of our product. They are scored on the same rubric; [the ownership page](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/#partners) lists them. **Declared buyer and core needs per category** | Category | Buyer | Core needs | | --- | --- | --- | | Cold email | A sales team or agency of 1-20 people sending outbound email | sending inboxes, warm-up, sequences | | Workflow automation | An operations or marketing team connecting SaaS apps without engineers | triggers, multi-step flows, app connectors | | AI voice agents | A local business or restaurant answering inbound calls | answering, booking or reservations, call transfer | | Influencer marketing | A restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations working with local food creators | local creator discovery, invitations to a hosted visit, content tracking per location | | Restaurant marketing | An independent restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations | guest marketing, online presence, per-location buying | **How fit is scored (the general shape; each category states its own wording)** | Score | Meaning | | --- | --- | | 1 | Vendor pages name no plan or use for the buyer. | | 3 | A plan the buyer can buy, but one core need sits in a higher tier, an add-on or a sales call. | | 5 | Vendor pages name the buyer AND one self-serve plan covers all core needs. | ## How are these pages written? A research pass gathers prices, criteria evidence, sources and Reddit threads into structured data. Gemini drafts the prose from that data only. DeepSeek checks every claim against it and reads it as a first-time reader. Deterministic checks then test numbers, wording and length. Each page's changelog records when it was drafted and each later correction. Peter Chen is the editor responsible for this site and its corrections. Prices, plan names, sources, Reddit excerpts and criterion scores are copied from the research data; no model writes them. A draft gets at most 2 rounds of revision. A page that still fails its checks stays a draft for the editor, and nothing is published automatically. Prices come only from the vendor's own pricing page, with the date it was read and the billing unit. When a vendor publishes no price, the price table says "Not published" and the pricing score follows the rule above. Each live page is re-checked every 30 days. ## How are Reddit quotes picked? An editor runs Reddit's own search for the product in a normal browser, in each relevant subreddit and across the whole site, sorted by relevance and limited to the 24 months before the read date. The editor reads the first 10 threads that name the product and records each one as mostly negative, mixed or positive. Nothing is collected by script. Every review prints that tally. It quotes at most 5 excerpts, each 60 words or fewer, word for word, one per author, roughly in proportion to the tally. Each excerpt shows the username, subreddit and post date and links to the original thread on reddit.com. Vote scores are not shown. A username that looks like a real name is shortened. An excerpt posted more than 12 months before the read date is marked as possibly older than the current version. Bot posts, deleted posts, personal details and comments under 10 words are never quoted. A commenter who says they work for the vendor or a competitor is labelled as such. Links are re-opened at each 30-day re-check, and a quote whose source is gone is removed. Anyone quoted can ask for removal at [corrections@eaiservice.com](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com); the excerpt comes down within 7 days. The [ownership page](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) covers corrections. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Who owns Evaluate AI Service?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/ownership/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/ownership/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- # Who owns Evaluate AI Service? ## Facts Owner Midwest AI Solution Inc. Location Atlanta, Georgia Editor [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) Editor's other role CEO of Midwest AI Solution Also makes CreatoRain Evaluate AI Service is owned by Midwest AI Solution Inc., an Atlanta company that also makes CreatoRain, an influencer marketing tool for restaurants. That's a conflict of interest, so here is how we handle it. We never score CreatoRain. Where it competes, in influencer marketing and restaurant marketing, it carries a clear label: first and unscored on the influencer marketing ranking, in a separate box on the restaurant marketing ranking and as the last alternative in reviews of its competitors. Every other product on those pages is ranked by its evidence score alone. We also chose to cover restaurant-focused categories and to judge fit from a restaurant's point of view, which is CreatoRain's market, so weigh our rankings there with that in mind. Wherever CreatoRain appears it carries an "Our product" tag that links to this page, and a business partner carries a "Partner" tag that does the same. Our house ads for CreatoRain are covered on [the advertising page](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/). ## Business partners CreatoRain has a business partnership with Chowbus. We review Chowbus like every other product: same rubric, public sources only, nothing shared with us privately. It carries a "Partner" tag linking to this page wherever it appears. - [The Chowbus review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/) (Partner of CreatoRain) ## Where does CreatoRain appear on this site? - [The CreatoRain review (not scored)](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/) - [What is the best influencer marketing platform for a restaurant? (listed first, labelled, not scored; one house ad)](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [What is the best restaurant marketing software for an independent restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations? (a labelled box below the ranked list; one house ad)](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) - [The Chowbus review (last entry under alternatives)](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/) [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [The Creator.co review (last entry under alternatives)](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/) - [The GRIN review (last entry under alternatives)](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/) - [The Later Influence review (last entry under alternatives)](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/) - [The Modash review (last entry under alternatives)](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/) - [The Owner.com review (last entry under alternatives)](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/) - [The SevenRooms review (last entry under alternatives)](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/) - [The Toast Email Marketing review (last entry under alternatives)](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/) - [The Upfluence review (last entry under alternatives)](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/) - [The prices table (one labelled row)](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [The list of reviews (one labelled entry)](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [The home page (one house ad)](https://eaiservice.com/) - [What AI marketing software costs in 2026 (an "Our own product" note and one labelled table row)](https://eaiservice.com/blog/ai-marketing-software-prices-2026/) - [What does influencer marketing cost a restaurant? (an "Our own product" note)](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-influencer-marketing-cost/) - [Peter Chen's author page (one labelled entry in the list of pages)](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) ## Who writes these pages, and who is responsible for them? Peter Chen, our editor and the company's CEO, is responsible for every page and for corrections. Each page is drafted with AI from structured research data, then checked against its sources; [the methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#writing) explains how. - [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) ## How do I report a mistake? Email [corrections@eaiservice.com](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) with the page address and what is wrong. Vendors can use the same address. A corrected fact is noted in the changelog at the bottom of that page. ## How do I get a quote removed? If you wrote a Reddit post or comment quoted on this site, email [corrections@eaiservice.com](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) with the page address. The excerpt is removed within 7 days, no questions asked. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "How much does AI automation software cost?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/prices/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/prices/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-07" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- # How much does AI automation software cost? The entry price, billing unit, read date and source for every tool reviewed on Evaluate AI Service, read from each vendor pricing page. **Entry price by tool, as read on each vendor's pricing page** | Tool | Entry price | Charged per | Read on | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Chowbus](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/) [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) | Not published; quotes on request | — | October 5, 2026 | [Chowbus pricing page](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/pricing) | | [Creator.co](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/) | $199 a month, billed yearly | — | October 6, 2026 | [Creator.co pricing page](https://www.creator.co/pricing) | | [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/) | Free | — | October 7, 2026 | [CreatoRain pricing page](https://www.creatorain.com/pricing) | | [Goodcall](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/) | $79 a month, billed monthly | Per agent | October 5, 2026 | [Goodcall pricing page](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing) | | [GRIN](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/) | Free | Per account | October 6, 2026 | [GRIN pricing page](https://grin.co/pricing/) | | [Instantly](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/) | $47 a month, billed monthly | Per subscription | October 5, 2026 | [Instantly pricing page](https://instantly.ai/pricing) | | [Later Influence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/) | Not published; quotes on request | — | October 6, 2026 | None published | | [lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/) | $55 a month, billed yearly | Per account | October 5, 2026 | [lemlist pricing page](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing) | | [Modash](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/) | $199 a month, billed yearly | Per account | October 6, 2026 | [Modash pricing page](https://www.modash.io/pricing) | | [Owner.com](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/) | $249 a month, billed monthly, plus a 5% restaurant fee per order | Per restaurant | October 5, 2026 | [Owner.com pricing page](https://www.owner.com/pricing) | | [Popmenu](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/) | $179 a month, billed monthly | Per location | October 5, 2026 | [Popmenu pricing page](https://get.popmenu.com/pricing) | | [SevenRooms](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/) | Not published; quotes on request | — | October 5, 2026 | [SevenRooms pricing page](https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/) | | [Slang AI](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/) | By quote; listed from $399 per location; billing period not stated | Per location | October 5, 2026 | [Slang AI pricing page](https://www.slang.ai/pricing) | | [Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/) | $39 a month, billed monthly | Per account | October 5, 2026 | [Smartlead pricing page](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing) | | [Smith.ai AI Receptionist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/) | Free | Per account | October 5, 2026 | [Smith.ai AI Receptionist pricing page](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist) | | [Toast Email Marketing](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/) | Not published; quotes on request | — | October 5, 2026 | [Toast Email Marketing pricing page](https://pos.toasttab.com/pricing) | | [Upfluence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/) | Not published; quotes on request | — | October 6, 2026 | [Upfluence pricing page](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing) | | [Zapier](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/zapier/) | Free | Per account | October 5, 2026 | [Zapier pricing page](https://zapier.com/pricing) | Creator.co: the pricing page does not say what the price is charged per. Every published plan price, not only the entry plan, is also a file: [download the plan prices (CSV)](https://eaiservice.com/data/prices.csv), free to reuse under CC BY 4.0; [what the columns mean and how to credit it](https://eaiservice.com/data/). ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Privacy at Evaluate AI Service" url: "https://eaiservice.com/privacy/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/privacy/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- # Privacy at Evaluate AI Service Evaluate AI Service uses no analytics, no cookies and no tracking. Its pages run no scripts and load nothing from other companies' servers. ## What does the host keep? Cloudflare serves the site. Like any web host, it keeps standard request logs, such as the address a request came from, the page asked for and the time. Those logs are covered by [Cloudflare's privacy policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/). ## Do the ads track me? No. The house ads for CreatoRain are plain text and links, with no scripts or images. Their links carry tags in the address (such as utm\_source=eaiservice) that tell CreatoRain's website a visit came from this site, and only if you click. ## What happens to email I send? Email to [corrections@eaiservice.com](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) is used only to reply to you and to fix the page you wrote about. It is not added to a mailing list. ## Who is responsible for this site? The company that owns this site, which also makes CreatoRain. Its name is in the footer of every page, and its postal address is on the [contact page](https://eaiservice.com/contact/). ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "All reviews" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-07" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- # All reviews Every product reviewed on Evaluate AI Service, grouped by category. ## Browse by category ### [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) A restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations working with local food creators CreatoRain [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) listed first · 5 products scored · Top scored: GRIN, Modash ### [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) An independent restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations 5 products scored · Top scored: Popmenu ### [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) A local business or restaurant answering inbound calls 3 products scored · Top scored: Smith.ai AI Receptionist ### [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) A sales team or agency of 1-20 people sending outbound email 3 products scored · Top scored: lemlist ### Coming: Workflow automation An operations or marketing team connecting SaaS apps without engineers [See the reviews so far](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/#workflow-automation) ## Influencer marketing Category guide: [What is the best influencer marketing platform for a restaurant?](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) **[CreatoRain](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/)** Best for: A restaurant or restaurant group that wants local food creators invited, booked into a visit and tracked to a video, run by its own staff or by a CreatoRain specialist. Not scored · Updated October 7, 2026 - **[GRIN](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/)** Best for: An ecommerce or food and beverage brand that wants a creator CRM, affiliate links and published monthly prices. Evidence score 3.2 / 5 · Updated October 6, 2026 - **[Modash](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/)** Best for: An in-house brand team that wants to search for creators by audience and run its own outreach. Evidence score 3.2 / 5 · Updated October 6, 2026 - **[Creator.co](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/)** Best for: A consumer brand that wants AI creator matching it can run itself or hand to a managed team. Evidence score 2.7 / 5 · Updated October 6, 2026 - **[Upfluence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/)** Best for: An ecommerce brand or agency that wants creator outreach tied to store sales and creator payments. Evidence score 1.9 / 5 · Updated October 6, 2026 - **[Later Influence](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/)** Best for: An enterprise food or drink brand that wants creator campaigns planned and run by an outside team. Evidence score 1.6 / 5 · Updated October 6, 2026 ## Restaurant marketing Category guide: [What is the best restaurant marketing software for an independent restaurant or a group of up to 50 locations?](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) - **[Popmenu](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/)** Best for: An independent restaurant that wants its website, ordering and guest marketing in one place. Evidence score 3.1 / 5 · Updated October 5, 2026 - **[Owner.com](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/)** Best for: An independent restaurant that wants its site, ordering and marketing set up for it. Evidence score 3.0 / 5 · Updated October 5, 2026 - **[Chowbus](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/)** [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) Best for: A restaurant, including a multi-location group, that wants POS, ordering and marketing from one vendor with on-site setup. Evidence score 2.6 / 5 · Updated October 5, 2026 - **[Toast Email Marketing](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/)** Best for: A restaurant already on Toast POS that wants automated guest email and SMS. Evidence score 2.5 / 5 · Updated October 5, 2026 - **[SevenRooms](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/)** Best for: A restaurant group that wants shared guest profiles. Evidence score 2.1 / 5 · Updated October 5, 2026 ## AI voice agents Category guide: [What is the best AI voice agent for a local business or restaurant answering inbound calls?](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - **[Smith.ai AI Receptionist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/)** Best for: A small firm that wants AI to answer calls, with people as backup. Evidence score 3.4 / 5 · Updated October 5, 2026 - **[Goodcall](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/)** Best for: A small business that wants calls answered, messages taken and callers transferred. Evidence score 3.3 / 5 · Updated October 5, 2026 - **[Slang AI](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/)** Best for: A full-service restaurant or hospitality group that takes phone reservations through OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms or Yelp. Evidence score 3.1 / 5 · Updated October 5, 2026 ## Cold email Category guide: [What is the best cold email software for a sales team or agency of up to 20 people?](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - **[lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/)** Best for: A sales team that wants email, LinkedIn and call steps in one sequence. Evidence score 3.9 / 5 · Updated October 5, 2026 - **[Instantly](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/)** Best for: A small team or agency sending cold email from many inboxes. Evidence score 3.6 / 5 · Updated October 5, 2026 - **[Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/)** Best for: An agency or sales team that sends from many mailboxes and pays by send volume. Evidence score 3.6 / 5 · Updated October 5, 2026 ## Workflow automation - **[Zapier](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/zapier/)** Best for: A team without engineers that needs to connect many SaaS apps with multi-step automations. Evidence score 3.7 / 5 · Updated October 7, 2026 ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Chowbus review: is it worth it for a restaurant’s POS, online ordering and guest marketing in one system?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" relationship: "partner" data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) # Chowbus review: is it worth it for a restaurant’s POS, online ordering and guest marketing in one system? Evidence score 2.6 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 5, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) Chowbus is a business partner of CreatoRain, which we make. [How we handle that](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) Chowbus is a restaurant POS with online ordering, loyalty, SMS and an AI marketing suite in one system. It fits a restaurant or a group of locations that wants one vendor and wants Chowbus to handle setup. The catch is price: Chowbus publishes no plan prices, so every plan starts with a quote or a demo. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 5, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** A restaurant, including a multi-location group, that wants POS, ordering and marketing from one vendor with on-site setup **Not for:** A restaurant that wants to compare published plan prices before talking to sales **Chowbus at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | Not published. Chowbus quotes on request (read 2026-10-05) | | Free plan or trial | No | | Standout feature | One system covers POS, kiosks, online ordering, loyalty, SMS and an AI marketing suite | | Maker | Chowbus, Inc. | ## Who is Chowbus for? This system is for restaurants that want a single provider for their point-of-sale, online ordering, and marketing needs. Its plans are aimed at single locations and at groups with many locations. Chowbus says it uploads the menu, installs the system and trains staff on site. Skip this if you want to see clear pricing online before talking to sales. It is also not for owners who want to sign up and set the system up themselves, since no self-serve signup or trial was found. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - POS, online ordering, loyalty, SMS and an AI marketing suite from one vendor - Online ordering fee is published: $1 or 5% per order - Chowbus says it connects to nearly 50 U.S. delivery platforms - Chowbus says every plan includes 24/7 support, in four languages ### Cons - No plan prices published; every plan is quote or demo - No self-serve signup or trial - SMS per-message and payment processing rates are not published - No security certification, status page or help center found ## How much does Chowbus cost? **Chowbus plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | Quote on request | Per restaurant | For a new or single-location restaurant: the POS, kitchen tickets, menu management, kiosks, table tablets, QR and online ordering (a fee of $1 or 5% per order), and loyalty | | Efficiency | Quote on request | Per restaurant | For a busy quick-service, boba or single full-service restaurant: everything in Starter, plus delivery integration, promotions, waitlist and reservations | | Growth | Quote on request | Per restaurant | For multi-location groups: everything in Efficiency, plus a kitchen display, a branded app, a pickup screen, picture messages (MMS), custom reports and robot integrations | - All Chowbus plans: Chowbus quotes each restaurant a price that depends on its hardware and size. - All Chowbus plans: Chowbus says $0 upfront hardware is available for qualified restaurants, and hardware, software add-ons and payment processing may cost extra. As read on October 5, 2026 from [https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/pricing](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/pricing). ## Did we sign up for Chowbus? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Chowbus' public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up, because Chowbus has no self-serve free plan or trial. ## How it scored **Chowbus evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Loyalty, automated SMS, promotions, gift cards, a website with online ordering, review management, multi-location tools and an AI marketing suite are all named on vendor pages. [\[source 1\]](https://www.chowbus.com/) [\[source 2\]](https://www.chowbus.com/products/restaurant-loyalty-programs) [\[source 3\]](https://www.chowbus.com/products/sms-marketing-for-restaurants) [\[source 4\]](https://www.chowbus.com/products/website-for-restaurants) [\[source 5\]](https://www.chowbus.com/products/restaurant-review-management) [\[source 6\]](https://www.chowbus.com/products/multi-location-management) [\[source 7\]](https://www.chowbus.com/ai-suite/ai-ads-optimization) [\[source 8\]](https://www.chowbus.com/ai-suite/ai-social-media) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 3 | Plans are named for single- and multi-location restaurants, but all are bought through a sales call and branded app and MMS sit in the top tier. [\[source 1\]](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.chowbus.com/) [\[source 3\]](https://www.chowbus.com/free-pos-demo) [\[source 4\]](https://www.chowbus.com/products/website-for-restaurants) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 2 | Above the lowest score because the online ordering fee ($1 or 5% per order) is published, though its plans are listed without prices and SMS, processing and AI Suite rates are not. [\[source 1\]](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.chowbus.com/products/website-for-restaurants) [\[source 3\]](https://www.chowbus.com/products/online-ordering-for-restaurants) [\[source 4\]](https://www.chowbus.com/products/sms-marketing-for-restaurants) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 2 | Sales-led onboarding; Chowbus says it uploads the menu, installs and trains on site, and most websites go live within a week. [\[source 1\]](https://www.chowbus.com/free-pos-demo) [\[source 2\]](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/why-chowbus) [\[source 3\]](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/pricing) [\[source 4\]](https://www.chowbus.com/products/website-for-restaurants) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 3 | Connects to nearly 50 U.S. delivery platforms and exports report data; no public API or integration directory found. [\[source 1\]](https://www.chowbus.com/products/third-party-delivery-integration) [\[source 2\]](https://www.chowbus.com/products/point-of-sale) [\[source 3\]](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/pricing) [\[source 4\]](https://www.chowbus.com/privacy-policy) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 2 | 24/7 phone, text and chat support in four languages is published, but no security certification or status page was found, so it falls below the one-verifiable-signal anchor. [\[source 1\]](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/why-chowbus) [\[source 2\]](https://www.chowbus.com/products/point-of-sale) [\[source 3\]](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/pricing) [\[source 4\]](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/compare) [\[source 5\]](https://www.chowbus.com/privacy-policy) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 2.6 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Chowbus? We found no Reddit discussion of Chowbus from 2024-10-05 to 2026-10-05 that met our quoting rules (searched all of Reddit). [See how we pick quotes.](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#reddit) The one thread we found where a restaurant owner asked about Chowbus POS was posted in May 2024, before the 24-month search window, so it is not quoted or counted. The other results were about the Chowbus delivery app, which Chowbus sold in 2024, or about POS systems in general and never named Chowbus. ## What are the best alternatives to Chowbus? - [Popmenu review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/): Popmenu provides restaurant websites, ordering, and marketing with published plans. - [Owner.com review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/): Owner.com offers website, ordering, and marketing for independent restaurants with published plans. - [Toast Email Marketing review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/): Toast's marketing add-on integrates with its POS for email and SMS campaigns. - [SevenRooms review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/): SevenRooms focuses on guest CRM, reservations, and marketing, with quote-based pricing. - [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/): Finds food creators in the areas of your locations and tracks each one to a booked visit and a video; it does not measure views or sales. ## Where Chowbus is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best restaurant marketing (3 of 5)](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Is the Chowbus restaurant website really free? Chowbus says yes: it covers all design and domain costs. The restaurant pays a fee of $1 or 5% per online order. ### Which delivery apps does Chowbus connect to? Chowbus says it connects to nearly 50 U.S. delivery platforms, including Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub. Delivery integration starts on the Efficiency plan. ### Does Chowbus charge for SMS marketing? Chowbus says its SMS marketing has no monthly fee and is billed per message. It does not publish the rate per message. ### Where is Chowbus available? Chowbus's demo page says it works with restaurants in the U.S. and Canada. Its website and AI Creatives pages say U.S.-based restaurants only. ## Sources - [Chowbus POS plans and pricing](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus home page](https://www.chowbus.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Why Chowbus](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/why-chowbus) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus POS comparison page](https://www.chowbus.com/pos-plans/compare) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus demo request page](https://www.chowbus.com/free-pos-demo) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus point of sale](https://www.chowbus.com/products/point-of-sale) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus online ordering](https://www.chowbus.com/products/online-ordering-for-restaurants) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus restaurant website](https://www.chowbus.com/products/website-for-restaurants) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus loyalty programs](https://www.chowbus.com/products/restaurant-loyalty-programs) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus SMS marketing](https://www.chowbus.com/products/sms-marketing-for-restaurants) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus gift cards](https://www.chowbus.com/products/gift-cards-for-restaurants) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus review management](https://www.chowbus.com/products/restaurant-review-management) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus multi-location management](https://www.chowbus.com/products/multi-location-management) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus third-party delivery integration](https://www.chowbus.com/products/third-party-delivery-integration) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus AI Ads Optimization](https://www.chowbus.com/ai-suite/ai-ads-optimization) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus AI Social Media](https://www.chowbus.com/ai-suite/ai-social-media) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus AI Creatives Assets](https://www.chowbus.com/ai-suite/ai-creatives-assets) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus AI Review Insights](https://www.chowbus.com/ai-suite/ai-review-insights) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus news: Chowbus Raises $81M Series E](https://www.chowbus.com/news/chowbus-raises-81m-series-e) (read October 5, 2026) - [Chowbus privacy policy](https://www.chowbus.com/privacy-policy) (read October 5, 2026) - [TechCrunch: Fantuan acquires Chowbus’ food delivery business (2024-01-24); Chowbus kept its restaurant software and POS business](https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/24/fantuan-acquires-chowbus-food-delivery/) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: Added our own product to the alternatives, listed last. - October 5, 2026: Support score set to 2 under the trust rule: Chowbus publishes support channels but no security certification and no status page; pricing evidence now says why it is above the lowest score. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Creator.co review: is it worth it for a consumer brand that wants creator matching with an option to hand campaigns to a managed team?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) # Creator.co review: is it worth it for a consumer brand that wants creator matching with an option to hand campaigns to a managed team? Evidence score 2.7 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 6, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) Creator.co is influencer marketing software with AI creator matching and outreach, sold as Self Serve or as a Managed plan run by an account manager. Self Serve costs $199 a month billed annually, or $299 monthly with a 3-month minimum. Its pages name food and beverage brands and in-store promotions, but not restaurants. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 6, 2026 · Updated October 6, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 6, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** A consumer brand that wants AI creator matching it can run itself or hand to a managed team **Not for:** A restaurant that wants creators booked into visits at its locations, or a buyer who needs an API **Creator.co at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | $199 a month, billed yearly (Self Serve plan, read October 6, 2026) | | Free plan or trial | Trial 14 days | | Standout feature | One vendor for self-serve creator matching and a priced managed service | | Maker | Shop and Shout Ltd. (doing business as Creator.co) | ## Who is Creator.co for? Creator.co sells two ways of working with creators. On Self Serve, a brand uses the AI matching to find creators, sends AI-written briefs and outreach, and tracks the results itself. On Managed, a dedicated account manager recruits the creators, runs the campaigns and reports back, up to 5 creator collaborations a month. Its food and beverage page describes targeting creators by location and tracking in-store or ecommerce results, aimed at food and beverage brands that sell in stores or online. Skip it if you need an API or a restaurant visit booked: neither is described on the pages read. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Self Serve and Managed plans are both priced on the page, monthly and annually - A Managed plan hands campaigns to a dedicated account manager - A 14-day Self Serve trial with no card - Extra contact credits and a paid onboarding add-on have published prices ### Cons - Monthly billing carries a 3-month minimum on Self Serve and 6 months on Managed - No integration list or API documentation was found - No security certification or support terms were found - Its pages name food and beverage brands, not restaurants or hosted creator visits ## How much does Creator.co cost? **Creator.co plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Self Serve (annual) | $199 a month, billed yearly | — | 100 contact credits; 50 insight reports; unlimited creator collaborations | | Self Serve (monthly) | $299 a month, billed monthly | — | 100 contact credits; 50 insight reports; unlimited creator collaborations | | Managed (annual) | $1,499 a month, billed yearly | — | 250 contact credits; 150 insight reports; dedicated account manager; up to 5 creator collaborations a month | | Managed (monthly) | $2,199 a month, billed monthly | — | 250 contact credits; 150 insight reports; dedicated account manager; up to 5 creator collaborations a month | | Enterprise | Quote on request | — | Custom credits and reports; in-store promotions and event support | - Creator.co credits: additional contact credits cost $99 for 100 on Self Serve and Managed. - Creator.co Jumpstart Onboarding: a $395 add-on covers campaign setup, a list of 50 influencers and platform training. - Creator.co monthly billing: Self Serve needs a 3-month minimum and Managed a 6-month minimum. As read on October 6, 2026 from [https://www.creator.co/pricing](https://www.creator.co/pricing). ## Did we sign up for Creator.co? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Creator.co's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up for its 14-day free trial. ## How it scored **Creator.co evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | AI creator matching across 400M+ creators, AI-written briefs and outreach, collaborations and performance tracking are documented; not confirmed first-hand. [\[source 1\]](https://www.creator.co/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.creator.co/) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 2 | Self Serve can be bought, and a food and beverage page names targeting by location, but no restaurant use is named and in-store promotions are Enterprise only. [\[source 1\]](https://www.creator.co/use-cases/food-beverage-brands) [\[source 2\]](https://www.creator.co/pricing) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 4 | Self Serve and Managed are priced monthly and annually with minimums, extra credits and onboarding are priced, and a trial is offered; Enterprise is custom. [\[source 1\]](https://www.creator.co/pricing) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 3 | Self-serve 14-day trial with no card; a paid onboarding add-on sets up the first campaign for those who want help. [\[source 1\]](https://www.creator.co/pricing) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 1 | No integration list or API docs found; a use-case page names Google Analytics and Shopify tracking. [\[source 1\]](https://www.creator.co/use-cases/food-beverage-brands) [\[source 2\]](https://www.creator.co/) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 2 | A status report hosted by StatusCake and a help center with no articles found; no certification or support terms found. [\[source 1\]](https://status.creator.co/) [\[source 2\]](https://help.creator.co/) [\[source 3\]](https://www.creator.co/brand-terms) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 2.7 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Creator.co? Reddit has little discussion of Creator.co. In one r/ecommerce reply, a brand says it switched from GRIN and found Creator.co's bulk management and UI better. A small-business listicle calls it a marketplace-style entry point for small budgets, and a UGC creator lists it as good for smaller brand campaigns. No negative first-hand reports were found. Etsy's similarly named CreatorCo affiliate program is a different product and was excluded. We found 3 threads (r/ecommerce, r/ecommerce101 and r/UGCcreators) from April 2025 to October 2026: 0 mostly negative, 0 mixed, 3 positive. > Have you looked into Creator.co? We switched from Grin last year and the bulk management features are way better. The UI actually makes sense unlike some of these other platforms that feel like they were designed in 2015 [u/OtherwisePin1044 in r/ecommerce, 2026-01-13](https://www.reddit.com/r/ecommerce/comments/1qbpm9z/comment/nzcagh2/) > GetCreatorsList / Creator.co – marketplace-style, easier entry point for small budgets. [u/AEGISTech2 in r/ecommerce101, 2026-08-01](https://www.reddit.com/r/ecommerce101/comments/1vd1hig/top_creator_marketing_platforms_for_small/) > You create a profile and apply to brand opportunities inside the platform. Good mix of smaller and mid-sized companies. [u/ceo-grow11 in r/UGCcreators, 2026-03-04](https://www.reddit.com/r/UGCcreators/comments/1rkcg7m/some_platforms_i_used_to_get_3kmonth/) Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to Creator.co? - [Modash review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/): Creator search with audience location filters, an inbox for creator email and content tracking, priced by plan. - [GRIN review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/): A creator CRM with affiliate links and an AI agent for outreach, with every plan priced and a free plan. - [Later Influence review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/): Food and beverage creator campaigns run by a managed team, sold through a sales call. - [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/): Finds food creators in the areas of your locations and tracks each one to a booked visit and a video; it does not measure views or sales. ## Where Creator.co is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best influencer marketing (3 of 5)](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) Compared with: [Creator.co vs Modash](https://eaiservice.com/compare/creator-co-vs-modash/) ## Related reading - [What AI marketing software costs in 2026](https://eaiservice.com/blog/ai-marketing-software-prices-2026/) - [What does influencer marketing cost a restaurant?](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-influencer-marketing-cost/) ## Frequently asked questions ### How much more does Creator.co cost billed monthly? Monthly billing costs $100 more a month on Self Serve: $299 against $199 billed annually. Managed costs $2,199 billed monthly against $1,499 annually, and Enterprise is custom. ### Does Creator.co have a free trial? Yes, Self Serve has a 14-day free trial with no card required. ### What does the Creator.co Managed plan add? Managed adds a dedicated account manager who runs the campaigns. It includes 2 seats, 250 contact credits, 150 insight reports and up to 5 creator collaborations a month. ### Is there a minimum contract on Creator.co? Monthly billing has a minimum: 3 months on Self Serve and 6 months on Managed. Enterprise needs an annual commitment. ## Sources - [Creator.co pricing](https://www.creator.co/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) - [Creator.co home page](https://www.creator.co/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Creator.co for food and beverage brands](https://www.creator.co/use-cases/food-beverage-brands) (read October 6, 2026) - [About Creator.co](https://www.creator.co/about) (read October 6, 2026) - [Creator.co brand terms](https://www.creator.co/brand-terms) (read October 6, 2026) - [Creator.co status report (StatusCake)](https://status.creator.co/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Creator.co help center](https://help.creator.co/) (read October 6, 2026) ## Changelog - October 6, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 6, 2026: Published without a hands-on test; the setup score is capped at 3 until one is done. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "CreatoRain, our own product: what does it do for a restaurant’s food-influencer marketing, and what does it cost?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-07" relationship: "owner" data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) # CreatoRain, our own product: what does it do for a restaurant’s food-influencer marketing, and what does it cost? We make CreatoRain. Midwest AI Solution Inc. owns both CreatoRain and this site, and our editor, Peter Chen, is its CEO. CreatoRain is influencer marketing software for restaurants. It finds local food creators, invites them to book a visit and tracks each visit to a finished video. It has a free plan; paid plans start at $200 a month. It is made by the company that owns Evaluate AI Service, so it has no score. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 7, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 7, 2026 At a glance **Best for:** A restaurant or restaurant group that wants local food creators invited, booked into a visit and tracked to a video, run by its own staff or by a CreatoRain specialist **Not for:** A business that is not a restaurant, or one that needs views or sales measured **CreatoRain at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | Free plan; paid plans from $200 a month, billed monthly (read October 7, 2026) | | Free plan or trial | Free plan | | Standout feature | Creators are invited and booked into a visit at one of your locations, from one campaign that covers every location | | Maker | Midwest AI Solution Inc. | ## Who is CreatoRain for? CreatoRain is for restaurants that want local food creators to come in, eat and post a video. It searches for creators in the areas where your locations are and sends the invitations and follow-ups. Creators who say yes pick one of your locations and book a date and time in CreatoRain’s app for creators, and you host them. A person checks each drafted reply before it goes out, unless you turn on auto-send. One campaign covers every location, and each invitation names your locations in the creator’s state or city. If you would rather not run it yourself, the done-with-you service puts a CreatoRain marketing specialist on outreach, creator negotiation, follow-ups and content review. It costs $250 to $300 per finished video depending on the plan, and that price includes the creator’s commission. Restaurants and agencies with 3 or more locations can get one full campaign run free first, as a pilot. Skip it if your business is not a restaurant. Skip it too if you need to know how many people saw a video or what it did for sales, because it tracks replies, bookings and videos only. On self-serve, creator pay and comp meals cost extra on top of the plan. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Creators pick one of your locations and book a date and time in CreatoRain’s app for creators - Done-with-you: a CreatoRain specialist runs outreach, negotiation, follow-ups and content review, and the per-video price includes the creator’s pay - One campaign covers many locations, and each invitation names up to five of them in the creator’s state or city - A person reviews each AI-drafted reply before it sends, unless auto-send is on - A free plan, and every plan fee, per-video price and minimum is published ### Cons - No search by distance: creator filters are name, city, state and follower count - Tracks replies, bookings and videos, not views or sales - Monthly billing has a 4-month minimum, and self-serve creator pay and meals cost extra - Done-with-you bills a monthly video minimum: 3, 6 or 10 by plan ## How much does CreatoRain cost? **CreatoRain plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Free | Free | — | 1 restaurant location and 1 team login. You bring your own creators (CSV import or added by hand). Outreach, AI discovery and the creator database are on the paid plans. | | Starter | $200 a month, billed monthly | — | Up to 3 restaurant locations, 1 team login and 2,000 customized emails a month. Self-serve: platform fee only, up to 16 finished videos a month; creator commission and food comp are paid on top. Done-with-you: $300 per finished video, 3 to 16 a month, so at least $1,100 a month, creator commission included. Paying annually adds 2 bonus videos for the year. | | Growth | $500 a month, billed monthly | — | Up to 10 restaurant locations, 3 team logins, 5,000 customized emails a month and priority support. Self-serve: platform fee only, up to 48 finished videos a month. Done-with-you: $275 per finished video, 6 to 48 a month, so at least $2,150 a month, creator commission included. Paying annually adds 4 bonus videos for the year. | | Scale | $1,000 a month, billed monthly | — | Up to 100 restaurant locations, 10 team logins, 15,000 customized emails a month, priority support and a dedicated account manager. Self-serve: platform fee only, up to 120 finished videos a month. Done-with-you: $250 per finished video, 10 to 120 a month, so at least $3,500 a month, creator commission included. Paying annually adds 6 bonus videos for the year. | - CreatoRain Free: the plan is free with no time limit, and no card is needed to sign up. - CreatoRain Starter, Growth and Scale: each is one flat platform fee for up to 3, 10 or 100 restaurant locations, billed monthly with a 4-month minimum or annually at the same rate. - CreatoRain done-with-you: a CreatoRain specialist runs the campaign for $300, $275 or $250 per finished video on Starter, Growth or Scale, the creator’s commission included, with a monthly minimum of 3, 6 or 10 videos. As read on October 7, 2026 from [https://www.creatorain.com/pricing](https://www.creatorain.com/pricing). ## How did we check CreatoRain? We make CreatoRain, so we don't grade it. This page reports what CreatoRain publishes about itself, the same kind of evidence we collect for every tool. ## What CreatoRain publishes, by criterion **What CreatoRain publishes, by criterion** | Criterion | Evidence | | --- | --- | | Core job | Finds food creators where your locations are, sends invitations and follow-ups, and lets creators book a visit. A person reviews each drafted reply unless auto-send is on. [\[source 1\]](https://www.creatorain.com/platform) | | Fit for the category's buyer | Built for restaurants: restaurant brands, multi-location chains and the agencies that serve them, with separate pages for QSR and fast casual brands and for Asian restaurant brands. [\[source 1\]](https://www.creatorain.com/about) [\[source 2\]](https://www.creatorain.com/solutions/restaurant-chains) | | Pricing transparency | Free plan and platform fees are published; done-with-you per-video prices include creator pay. On self-serve, creator pay and meals are extra; monthly billing has a 4-month minimum. [\[source 1\]](https://www.creatorain.com/pricing) | | Setup and time to first result | Reads your website and drafts the campaign name and description; you review, correct it and add your locations. [\[source 1\]](https://www.creatorain.com/platform) | | Integrations and data portability | Imports a creator list by CSV. The pricing page links a Partner API page, which was not read; the platform page names no other integration. [\[source 1\]](https://www.creatorain.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.creatorain.com/platform) | | Trust, security and support | Run from Atlanta, with a support email, legal documents and a security policy. The policy cites only its host's security audits, none of CreatoRain's own, and the site links no status page. [\[source 1\]](https://www.creatorain.com/about) [\[source 2\]](https://www.creatorain.com/security) | ## What do Reddit users say about CreatoRain? We found no Reddit discussion of CreatoRain from 2024-10-05 to 2026-10-05 that met our quoting rules (searched all of Reddit). [See how we pick quotes.](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#reddit) ## What are the best alternatives to CreatoRain? - [GRIN review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/): Creator discovery, outreach, gifting and content tracking for ecommerce brands, with published plan prices and a free plan. - [Modash review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/): Creator search with audience location filters, an inbox for creator email and content tracking, priced by plan. - [Creator.co review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/): Self-serve creator matching and outreach, or a managed plan with a dedicated account manager. ## Frequently asked questions ### Does CreatoRain send replies to creators without a person checking them? No, not by default. The AI drafts each reply, and a person reviews it before it sends unless the operator turns on auto-send. On self-serve that person is you; on done-with-you it is a CreatoRain specialist. ### Does the done-with-you price include paying the creator? Yes. On done-with-you, the per-video price of $250 to $300, depending on the plan, includes the creator’s commission, so you pay creators nothing more. The meal the creator eats on the visit comes from your own kitchen. ### Can CreatoRain search for creators by distance from my restaurant? No. It searches for food creators in the areas where your locations are, and the filters are name, city, state and follower count. Results are not ranked by distance. ### What results does CreatoRain track? It tracks replies, visits booked by location and status, and videos submitted and approved. It does not measure views or sales. ### Does CreatoRain set up the campaign for me? Partly. It reads your restaurant’s website and drafts the campaign name and description. You review and correct them, and you add your locations. On done-with-you, a CreatoRain specialist runs the campaign from there. ## Sources - [CreatoRain platform and how it works](https://www.creatorain.com/platform) (read October 7, 2026) - [CreatoRain pricing](https://www.creatorain.com/pricing) (read October 7, 2026) - [About CreatoRain](https://www.creatorain.com/about) (read October 7, 2026) - [CreatoRain for restaurant chains](https://www.creatorain.com/solutions/restaurant-chains) (read October 7, 2026) - [CreatoRain security policy](https://www.creatorain.com/security) (read October 7, 2026) - [Reddit search for “creatorain”](https://www.reddit.com/search/?q=%22creatorain%22&type=posts&t=all) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 7, 2026: Sources now cite CreatoRain's platform, pricing, about, restaurant chains and security pages instead of its product summary file. Prices re-read October 7, 2026, unchanged. - October 6, 2026: Moved to influencer marketing (also listed under restaurant marketing). Prices re-read October 6, 2026, unchanged; added the done-with-you service, booked visits and per-plan limits. - October 5, 2026: First draft written from CreatoRain's published product summary (October 5, 2026), then checked against the cited sources. - October 5, 2026: Published without a hands-on test. CreatoRain is our own product, so it is not scored. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Goodcall review: is it worth it for a local business answering inbound calls with an AI phone agent?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) # Goodcall review: is it worth it for a local business answering inbound calls with an AI phone agent? Evidence score 3.3 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 5, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) Goodcall is an AI voice agent that answers a local business's inbound calls, takes messages and transfers callers. Starter costs $79 a month per agent, or $66 a month billed annually. It bills by unique callers, not minutes. Direct booking is documented only through the Boulevard integration, and it works only in the USA. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 5, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** A small business that wants calls answered, messages taken and callers transferred **Not for:** A business that needs direct booking in another calendar **Goodcall at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | $79 a month, billed monthly (Starter plan, read October 5, 2026) | | Free plan or trial | Trial 14 days | | Standout feature | Billing counts unique callers per month, not minutes or tokens | | Maker | Goodcall AI Inc. | ## Who is Goodcall for? Goodcall is for a small business that misses calls and mostly needs each caller greeted, a message taken or the call passed to a person. Setup starts from the business’s website or Google listing. Skip it if you need bookings written straight into a calendar other than Boulevard, or if your business is outside the USA. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Three self-serve tiers are publicly priced per agent, with a stated overage of $0.50 per unique customer - No charges for calls, call minutes or AI tokens; billing counts unique callers - Self-serve setup from a website or Google listing, with a 14-day free trial advertised - SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and HIPAA claimed on the homepage ### Cons - The homepage claims calendar sync, but help docs document direct booking only through Boulevard; the Zapier app has no booking action - No integrations directory or public API documentation found; custom API integrations are Enterprise only - Available in the USA only, per the help centre; international numbers are in beta - Starter and Growth keep call and customer details for 7 and 30 days ## How much does Goodcall cost? **Goodcall plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $79 a month, billed monthly | Per agent | 100 unique customers a month, then $0.50 per extra customer; unlimited minutes and tokens; 1 logic flow; 3 team members; 3 directory contacts; 7 days of call & customer details | | Growth | $129 a month, billed monthly | Per agent | 250 unique customers a month, then $0.50 per extra customer; unlimited minutes and tokens; 3 logic flows; 9 team members; 25 directory contacts; 30 days of call & customer details | | Scale | $249 a month, billed monthly | Per agent | 500 unique customers a month, then $0.50 per extra customer; unlimited minutes and tokens; 25 logic flows; 50 team members; 500 directory contacts; unlimited call & customer details | | Starter (annual) | $66 a month, billed yearly | Per agent | 100 unique customers a month, then $0.50 per extra customer | | Growth (annual) | $108 a month, billed yearly | Per agent | 250 unique customers a month, then $0.50 per extra customer | | Scale (annual) | $208 a month, billed yearly | Per agent | 500 unique customers a month, then $0.50 per extra customer | | Enterprise | Quote on request | — | Custom minutes and tokens; Custom API integrations; SLA & priority support | - Goodcall Starter, Growth and Scale: paying yearly lowers the monthly price, for example Starter from $79 to $66 per agent. As read on October 5, 2026 from [https://www.goodcall.com/pricing](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing). ## Did we sign up for Goodcall? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Goodcall's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up for its 14-day free trial. ## How it scored **Goodcall evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Vendor docs describe call answering, transfer to staff and appointment handling; direct booking is documented for Boulevard only. [\[source 1\]](https://www.goodcall.com/) [\[source 2\]](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/8007540-teach-your-agent-to-be-an-operator) [\[source 3\]](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/8007538-schedule-appointments-with-your-ai-agent) [\[source 4\]](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/11372295-integrating-boulevard-for-ai-powered-appointments) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 4 | Small and local businesses are named; the self-serve plans include answering and transfer, with direct booking tied to integrations. [\[source 1\]](https://www.goodcall.com/) [\[source 2\]](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing) [\[source 3\]](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/11372295-integrating-boulevard-for-ai-powered-appointments) [\[source 4\]](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/8007552-what-countries-is-it-available-for) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 4 | Three self-serve tiers priced per agent with a stated overage; Enterprise unpriced; 14-day free trial advertised. [\[source 1\]](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 3 | Self-serve signup with guided setup; claimed launch in minutes, unconfirmed; booking integrations need API keys; capped at 3: not tested hands-on. [\[source 1\]](https://www.goodcall.com/) [\[source 2\]](https://www.goodcall.com/how-it-works) [\[source 3\]](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/11372295-integrating-boulevard-for-ai-powered-appointments) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 2 | Zapier app and a few named integrations; no integrations directory, public API docs or export documentation found. [\[source 1\]](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/9215884-step-by-step-guide-to-linking-goodcall-with-zapier) [\[source 2\]](https://zapier.com/apps/goodcall/integrations) [\[source 3\]](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/11372295-integrating-boulevard-for-ai-powered-appointments) [\[source 4\]](https://www.goodcall.com/enterprise) [\[source 5\]](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 3 | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and HIPAA claimed with a Vanta trust centre; help centre support; SLA on Enterprise only; no status page found. [\[source 1\]](https://www.goodcall.com/) [\[source 2\]](https://trust.goodcall.com/) [\[source 3\]](https://help.goodcall.com/en) [\[source 4\]](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 3.3 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Goodcall? We found no Reddit discussion of Goodcall from 2024-10-05 to 2026-10-05 that met our quoting rules (searched r/smallbusiness and r/AIReceptionists). [See how we pick quotes.](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#reddit) ## What are the best alternatives to Goodcall? - [Smith.ai AI Receptionist review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/): AI receptionist with optional live-agent backup. - [Slang AI review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/): AI phone host for full-service restaurants. - [Popmenu review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/): Restaurant website, ordering and marketing automation with an AI phone add-on. ## Where Goodcall is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best ai voice agents (2 of 3)](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) ## Related reading - [What AI marketing software costs in 2026](https://eaiservice.com/blog/ai-marketing-software-prices-2026/) - [How many restaurant calls go unanswered? Where the popular numbers come from](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-missed-calls-fact-check/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Goodcall charge per minute? Goodcall does not charge for calls, call minutes or AI tokens, per its pricing page. ### Can Goodcall book appointments into my calendar? Goodcall books directly only through a documented integration such as Boulevard, where the agent can create, cancel and reschedule appointments. ### Can I keep my existing business phone number with Goodcall? You can keep your number by forwarding it: each agent gets a Goodcall number, and the vendor says conditional call forwarding from your existing line works. ### Is there a free trial of Goodcall? The pricing page meta description says "Try Goodcall free for 14 days". ### Is Goodcall available outside the US? Goodcall is currently available in the USA only, per a help centre article updated 2024-04-28. ## Sources - [Goodcall pricing](https://www.goodcall.com/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Goodcall home page](https://www.goodcall.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Goodcall: How it works](https://www.goodcall.com/how-it-works) (read October 5, 2026) - [Goodcall Enterprise](https://www.goodcall.com/enterprise) (read October 5, 2026) - [Goodcall Trust Center](https://trust.goodcall.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Goodcall Help Center](https://help.goodcall.com/en) (read October 5, 2026) - [Goodcall help: Teach Your Agent To Be An Operator](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/8007540-teach-your-agent-to-be-an-operator) (read October 5, 2026) - [Goodcall help: Schedule Appointments With Your Ai Agent](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/8007538-schedule-appointments-with-your-ai-agent) (read October 5, 2026) - [Goodcall help: Integrating Boulevard for AI-powered appointments](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/11372295-integrating-boulevard-for-ai-powered-appointments) (read October 5, 2026) - [Goodcall help: Step-by-Step Guide to Linking Goodcall with Zapier](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/9215884-step-by-step-guide-to-linking-goodcall-with-zapier) (read October 5, 2026) - [Goodcall help: What countries is it available for?](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/8007552-what-countries-is-it-available-for) (read October 5, 2026) - [Goodcall help: Goodcall Plan and Pricing Update](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/13168924-goodcall-plan-and-pricing-update) (read October 5, 2026) - [Goodcall Terms of Service](https://help.goodcall.com/en/articles/8007566-terms-of-service) (read October 5, 2026) - [Goodcall integrations on Zapier (third-party listing)](https://zapier.com/apps/goodcall/integrations) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: Published without a hands-on test; the setup score is capped at 3 until one is done. - October 5, 2026: Rewrote the answer and summary in plainer words; the yearly saving is now shown as prices, not a percentage. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "GRIN review: is it worth it for an ecommerce brand running creator and affiliate programs?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) # GRIN review: is it worth it for an ecommerce brand running creator and affiliate programs? Evidence score 3.2 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 6, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) GRIN is influencer marketing software for ecommerce brands, with a creator CRM, affiliate links and an AI agent called Gia that does the outreach work. Every plan has a public price, from a free plan to $1,000 a month, with no contract or sales call. Its pages name food and beverage brands but not restaurants or hosted visits. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 6, 2026 · Updated October 6, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 6, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** An ecommerce or food and beverage brand that wants a creator CRM, affiliate links and published monthly prices **Not for:** A restaurant that wants local creators booked into visits at its locations **GRIN at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | Free plan; paid plans from $200 a month, billed monthly (read October 6, 2026) | | Free plan or trial | Free plan (50 usage credits) | | Standout feature | Every plan priced on the page, month-to-month, with a free plan and no sales call | | Maker | Grin Technologies Inc. | ## Who is GRIN for? GRIN is for ecommerce brands that run creator, gifting and affiliate programs and want the work tracked to sales. Its AI agent, Gia, prepares outreach and other tasks, and a person approves them before they go out. Paid plans include monthly credits that meter Gia’s work. For a restaurant, the gap is the visit. GRIN’s pages describe creators who promote products and drive orders online, not creators who come in for a meal at one of a restaurant’s locations. Skip it if you need creators found near your locations and booked into a visit. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Every plan has a public price, from a free plan to $1,000 a month - Month-to-month billing with no annual contract, no seat charge and no required sales call - A SOC 2 Type II report on request, a public status page and written support terms - A bi-directional API and an MCP server, plus Shopify, Klaviyo and Slack connections ### Cons - Extra AI credits are sold on paid plans, but no price is shown - Sales tracking outside Shopify needs developer work with its SDK and order webhooks - The AI agent's work is metered in credits, so a busy month can use up the plan's allowance - Its pages name ecommerce and food and beverage brands, not restaurants or hosted creator visits - On Reddit, small brands call it too expensive, and users reported a multi-day outage in August 2025 ## How much does GRIN cost? **GRIN plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Free | Free | Per account | 50 usage credits; extra credits cannot be bought | | Starter | $200 a month, billed monthly | Per account | 2,000 monthly credits; Gia's Desk and customizable dashboards | | Growth | $500 a month, billed monthly | Per account | 7,500 monthly credits; multiple brands, multiple currencies and paid boosting | | Scale | $1,000 a month, billed monthly | Per account | 20,000 monthly credits | - GRIN Starter: every new account gets a free 30-day trial of the Starter plan. - GRIN paid plans: more credits can be bought, but the pricing page gives no price for them. - All GRIN plans: billing is month-to-month, with no annual contract and no charge per seat. As read on October 6, 2026 from [https://grin.co/pricing/](https://grin.co/pricing/). ## Did we sign up for GRIN? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on GRIN's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up for its free plan. ## How it scored **GRIN evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Creator CRM, a creator marketplace, outreach run by the Gia agent with human approval, affiliate links, codes and sales tracking are documented; not confirmed first-hand. [\[source 1\]](https://grin.co/pricing/) [\[source 2\]](https://grin.co/platform/) [\[source 3\]](https://grin.co/) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 2 | Self-serve plans exist, but the pages name ecommerce and food and beverage brands only; no restaurant, local creator search or hosted visit is described. [\[source 1\]](https://grin.co/industries/) [\[source 2\]](https://grin.co/platform/) [\[source 3\]](https://grin.co/pricing/) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 4 | All four plans are priced with their monthly credits, plus a free plan and a 30-day Starter trial; extra credits can be bought but are not priced. [\[source 1\]](https://grin.co/pricing/) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 3 | Self-serve signup with no sales call; Shopify connects in one click, while other stores need the tracking SDK and signed order webhooks. [\[source 1\]](https://grin.co/pricing/) [\[source 2\]](https://grin.co/platform/) [\[source 3\]](https://help.grin.co/) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 4 | Integrations page lists Shopify, Gmail, Klaviyo, Slack, DocuSign and PayPal, with a bi-directional API and MCP; no data export was documented in what was read. [\[source 1\]](https://grin.co/integrations/) [\[source 2\]](https://grin.co/platform/) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 4 | SOC 2 Type II under NDA, a public status page, support terms with 99.8% availability and 24/7 chat; Reddit users reported an August 2025 outage and weak technical support. [\[source 1\]](https://grin.co/security/) [\[source 2\]](https://status.grin.co/) [\[source 3\]](https://grin.co/legal/support-terms/) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 3.2 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about GRIN? Reddit threads from brand-side marketers treat GRIN as a well-known, capable tool that is priced and contracted for bigger companies. Small and gifting-first brands call it too expensive and too heavy, with long commitments. A December 2025 commenter says GRIN cut staff and no longer has technical support. Others report a multi-day outage in August 2025 and clunky campaign management. Positive notes cover the interface and creator discovery. Several replies are posted by competing vendors. We read 10 threads from r/influencermarketing, r/MarketingHelp, r/SocialMediaManagers, r/AskMarketing, r/ecommerce and r/DigitalMarketing, started 2025-04-06 to 2026-10-06, with replies read up to 2026-10-06: 5 mostly negative, 5 mixed, 0 positive. > They fired all but 5 employees, so if you have an issue or a tech glitch - GRIN has no technical support. We've been trying to figure out CS solutions for months now. [u/Intelligent-Permit94 in r/influencermarketing, 2025-12-10](https://www.reddit.com/r/influencermarketing/comments/1pf2nzf/comment/ntaluxi/) > I use GRIN in my 9-5 but it’s SO expensive and not a good option for small businesses. [u/Justhereforalitte in r/influencermarketing, 2025-09-22](https://www.reddit.com/r/influencermarketing/comments/1nn7sqj/creator_crm_for_small_business/), may predate the current version > Grin has been down for a couple of days. I need to find influencers. [u/FalconBeneficial4464 in r/influencermarketing, 2025-08-07](https://www.reddit.com/r/influencermarketing/comments/1mk74f4/grin_is_down/), may predate the current version > Grin has clean interface and solid discovery. But campaign management felt clunky for us though and we kept hitting workflow limitations. Support is not the fastest but helpful [u/Signal\_Way\_2559 in r/MarketingHelp, 2025-12-24](https://www.reddit.com/r/MarketingHelp/comments/1puiomi/tested_3_influencer_platforms_over_6_months_heres/) > I’ve used them all, even grin for 3 years.. do not recommend. [u/Mountainsarecolling in r/influencermarketing, 2026-07-10](https://www.reddit.com/r/influencermarketing/comments/1uq78zq/comment/owrxhm0/) Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to GRIN? - [Modash review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/): Creator search with audience location filters, an inbox for creator email and content tracking, priced by plan. - [Creator.co review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/): Self-serve creator matching and outreach, or a managed plan with a dedicated account manager. - [Upfluence review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/): Creator search, ecommerce connections and creator payments, sold by quote on an annual contract. - [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/): Finds food creators in the areas of your locations and tracks each one to a booked visit and a video; it does not measure views or sales. ## Where GRIN is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best influencer marketing (tied 1 of 5)](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) Compared with: [GRIN vs Modash](https://eaiservice.com/compare/grin-vs-modash/) ## Related reading - [What AI marketing software costs in 2026](https://eaiservice.com/blog/ai-marketing-software-prices-2026/) - [What does influencer marketing cost a restaurant?](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-influencer-marketing-cost/) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do the credits in a GRIN plan pay for? Credits meter the work GRIN's AI agent does. Starter at $200 a month includes 2,000 credits, Growth at $500 includes 7,500 and Scale at $1,000 includes 20,000; extra credits can be bought, but no price is shown. ### Does GRIN need a contract or a sales call? No contract or sales call is needed. The pricing page says plans are month-to-month, with no annual contract and no minimum commitment. ### Does GRIN have a free trial? Yes, every new account gets a free 30-day trial of the Starter plan. The Free plan itself has no time limit and needs no card. ### Is GRIN SOC 2 compliant? GRIN states SOC 2 Type II compliance on its security page. The report is shared under NDA on request. ### Does GRIN work for restaurants? GRIN's pages do not name restaurants. They name food and beverage brands and focus on ecommerce sales tracked through Shopify or an SDK. ## Sources - [GRIN pricing](https://grin.co/pricing/) (read October 6, 2026) - [GRIN home page](https://grin.co/) (read October 6, 2026) - [GRIN platform](https://grin.co/platform/) (read October 6, 2026) - [GRIN industries](https://grin.co/industries/) (read October 6, 2026) - [GRIN integrations](https://grin.co/integrations/) (read October 6, 2026) - [GRIN security](https://grin.co/security/) (read October 6, 2026) - [GRIN status page](https://status.grin.co/) (read October 6, 2026) - [GRIN support terms](https://grin.co/legal/support-terms/) (read October 6, 2026) - [GRIN help center](https://help.grin.co/) (read October 6, 2026) ## Changelog - October 6, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 6, 2026: Published without a hands-on test; the setup score is capped at 3 until one is done. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Instantly review: is it worth it for cold email at volume?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) # Instantly review: is it worth it for cold email at volume? Evidence score 3.6 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 5, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) Instantly is worth it for a small sales team or agency that sends cold email from many inboxes. Outreach Growth costs $47 a month for 5,000 emails, with unlimited sending accounts and warmup, and the 14-day free trial needs no card. Full A/Z testing (many email versions), webhooks and in-app replies need the $97 a month Hypergrowth plan. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 5, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** A small team or agency sending cold email from many inboxes **Not for:** A team that needs a written uptime commitment **Instantly at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | $47 a month, billed monthly (Outreach Growth plan, read October 5, 2026) | | Free plan or trial | Trial 14 days | | Standout feature | Unlimited sending accounts and warmup on every Outreach plan, starting at $47 a month | | Maker | Foo Monk, LLC (trading as Instantly) | ## Who is Instantly for? This tool is for small sales teams and agencies that need to send cold emails in large volumes. Skip this if you need a guaranteed uptime, or if you need full A/Z testing, webhooks or in-app replies on the entry plan (Growth has only basic A/Z testing, which compares a few versions of one email). ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Unlimited email accounts and warmup on every Outreach plan - Every self-serve tier has a public price with its email and contact limits - A 14-day free trial with no card required - Public API v2 and a 50+ integration directory ### Cons - Growth caps sending at 5,000 emails monthly - In-app replies, full A/Z testing (many versions of one email) and webhooks need Hypergrowth - Lead data and AI agents are a separate Credits subscription - Fees are non-refundable, and the terms give no uptime guarantee ## How much does Instantly cost? **Instantly plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Outreach Growth | $47 a month, billed monthly | Per subscription | 5,000 emails monthly, 1,000 uploaded contacts, unlimited email accounts and warmup | | Outreach Hypergrowth | $97 a month, billed monthly | Per subscription | 125,000 emails monthly, 25,000 uploaded contacts | | Outreach Light Speed | $358 a month, billed monthly | Per subscription | 500,000 emails monthly, 100,000 uploaded contacts, SISR system (dedicated private servers and IP rotation) | | Outreach Growth (yearly) | $37.60 a month, billed yearly | Per subscription | 5,000 emails monthly, 1,000 uploaded contacts | | Outreach Hypergrowth (yearly) | $77.60 a month, billed yearly | Per subscription | 100,000 emails monthly and 25,000 uploaded contacts on yearly billing (the monthly price lists 125,000 emails) | | Outreach Light Speed (yearly) | $286.30 a month, billed yearly | Per subscription | 500,000+ emails monthly, 100,000+ uploaded contacts | | Outreach Enterprise | Quote on request | Per subscription | 500,000+ emails monthly, 100,000+ uploaded contacts, private deliverability network | | Credits Nano | $9 a month | Per subscription | 150 Instantly credits monthly (listed only in Instantly's plain-text pricing file) | | Credits Growth | $47 a month, billed monthly | Per subscription | 1500-2000 Instantly credits monthly | | Credits Supersonic | $97 a month, billed monthly | Per subscription | 5000-7500 Instantly credits monthly | | Hyper Credits | From $197 a month, billed monthly | Per subscription | 10K-200K Instantly credits monthly | | Starter bundle | $94 a month, billed monthly | Per subscription | 5000 emails monthly, 1000 uploaded contacts, 1500 Instantly credits monthly | | Scale bundle | $194 a month, billed monthly | Per subscription | 100,000 emails monthly, 25,000 uploaded contacts, 5000 Instantly credits monthly | | Agency bundle | $555 a month, billed monthly | Per subscription | 500,000 emails monthly, 100,000 uploaded contacts, 10,000 Instantly credits monthly | | Outreach add-on | $87 a month | Per add-on | Extra 25,000 uploaded contacts and 125,000 emails monthly; Hypergrowth, Light Speed, Scale and Agency only | | Instantly Credits add-on | $425 a month | Per add-on | +50,000 credits; Hyper Credits, Scale and Agency only | - All Instantly plans: the pricing page does not say whether one subscription covers more than one user. As read on October 5, 2026 from [https://instantly.ai/pricing](https://instantly.ai/pricing). ## Did we sign up for Instantly? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Instantly's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up for its 14-day free trial. ## How it scored **Instantly evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Unlimited sending accounts, built-in warmup and sequences are documented; unconfirmed by a first-hand check. [\[source 1\]](https://instantly.ai/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://instantly.ai/pricing.md) [\[source 3\]](https://instantly.ai/email-warmup) [\[source 4\]](https://instantly.ai/outreach) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 4 | Growth covers inboxes, warmup and sequences; in-app replies, full A/Z testing (many versions of one email) and webhooks need Hypergrowth. [\[source 1\]](https://instantly.ai/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://instantly.ai/pricing.md) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 4 | All tiers priced with limits and a 14-day no-card trial; add-on and credit costs are listed only in Instantly's plain-text pricing file. [\[source 1\]](https://instantly.ai/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://instantly.ai/pricing.md) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 3 | Self-serve, but own domains need DNS setup and warmup; done-for-you accounts are sold to skip that. [\[source 1\]](https://instantly.ai/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://instantly.ai/pricing.md) [\[source 3\]](https://help.instantly.ai/en/collections/9548650-dns-forwarding-setup) [\[source 4\]](https://help.instantly.ai/en/collections/9548609-account-connection) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 4 | 50+ integrations claimed, public API v2 and webhooks; plain data export not documented in the pages read. [\[source 1\]](https://instantly.ai/integrations) [\[source 2\]](https://developer.instantly.ai/) [\[source 3\]](https://help.instantly.ai/en/collections/9548903-integrations) [\[source 4\]](https://instantly.ai/pricing.md) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 4 | Trust center names SOC 2 Type I and Type II (reports on request); support by chat and email tickets; no uptime guarantee; Reddit users report slow support. [\[source 1\]](https://trust.instantly.ai/) [\[source 2\]](https://instantly.ai/terms) [\[source 3\]](https://instantly.ai/pricing) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 3.6 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Instantly? Most threads found in the window are complaints about support, warmup pools, UI bugs and getting data out, and several posters advise against Instantly. In a thread comparing it with Warmy.io, one commenter favoured Instantly. We found 7 threads (r/Coldemailing, r/CRM, r/gohighlevel and r/gtmengineering) from November 2025 to September 2026: 6 mostly negative, 1 mixed, 0 positive. > yeah instantly support went downhill hard this year. same thing happened to me warming up a bunch of accounts got stuck in orange pool forever despite upgrading. [u/gs6174666 in r/Coldemailing, 2026-03-19](https://www.reddit.com/r/Coldemailing/comments/1rwy3ln/comment/ob9u97a/) > Product aside, instantly has horrible business practices. They try to lock you into using their platform and don't let you export or access any of your own data. [u/rzammit001 in r/gohighlevel, 2026-07-06](https://www.reddit.com/r/gohighlevel/comments/1p0tfy5/comment/ovvdp9a/) > Honestly I cancelled their subscription long back, the cooling off mechanism was absent…highly inflated open rates. I didn’t see any difference with others just other tools had cooling off done properly. [u/Accomplished-Pay4495 in r/Coldemailing, 2026-03-23](https://www.reddit.com/r/Coldemailing/comments/1rwy3ln/comment/obyy7qa/) > they got a terrible engineering team and everything with their app doesn’t work properly [u/Both-Power-1247 in r/Coldemailing, 2026-09-04](https://www.reddit.com/r/Coldemailing/comments/1w77xnf/comment/p7t0zl5/) > If you're on a budget I liked Smart lead as they have the free trial to warm up in. But of the two you mentioned I have favoured Instantly [u/mrligugu in r/gohighlevel, 2025-11-19](https://www.reddit.com/r/gohighlevel/comments/1p0tfy5/comment/npne0ol/) Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to Instantly? - [lemlist review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/): Supports multichannel sequences across email, LinkedIn, calls, and SMS. - [Smartlead review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/): Offers unlimited sending mailboxes and agency white-label workspaces. - **Saleshandy**: Cold email with unlimited connected mailboxes, unlimited email warm-up and a lead finder. [\[source\]](https://www.saleshandy.com/pricing/) - **Apollo.io**: A B2B contact database with email sequences, including a free plan. [\[source\]](https://www.apollo.io/pricing) ## Where Instantly is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best cold email (tied 2 of 3)](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) Compared with: [Instantly vs lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-lemlist/), [Instantly vs Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-smartlead/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Instantly have a free trial? Instantly offers a 14-day free trial with no card required, including 250 uploaded contacts and 1,000 emails. ### Is warmup included in every Instantly plan? Warmup is included on every Outreach plan, with all plans including unlimited email accounts and automated warmup. ### What happens if I send more emails than my Instantly plan allows? Instantly's plain-text pricing file says you upgrade to a higher tier rather than pay an overage charge, though its terms of service still allow overage to be invoiced at its then-current rates. ### Is the Instantly lead database included in Outreach plans? The lead database is not included in Outreach plans; Credits are a separate subscription. ### Can I get a refund from Instantly? Instantly does not give refunds, as its terms state all fees are non-refundable and non-cancellable. ## Sources - [Instantly pricing](https://instantly.ai/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly pricing (plain-text version)](https://instantly.ai/pricing.md) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly home page](https://instantly.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly Outreach](https://instantly.ai/outreach) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly email warmup](https://instantly.ai/email-warmup) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly integrations](https://instantly.ai/integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly API v2 developer docs](https://developer.instantly.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly help center: DNS and Forwarding Setup](https://help.instantly.ai/en/collections/9548650-dns-forwarding-setup) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly help center: Account Connection](https://help.instantly.ai/en/collections/9548609-account-connection) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly help center: Integrations](https://help.instantly.ai/en/collections/9548903-integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly Trust Center](https://trust.instantly.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Instantly terms of service](https://instantly.ai/terms) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: Published without a hands-on test; the setup score is capped at 3 until one is done. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Later Influence review: is it worth it for an enterprise brand that wants creator campaigns run by an outside team?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/later-influence/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) # Later Influence review: is it worth it for an enterprise brand that wants creator campaigns run by an outside team? Evidence score 1.6 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 6, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) Later Influence is influencer marketing from Later, sold mainly as managed campaigns for enterprise brands, plus a platform with AI forecasting called Later EdgeAI. Its food and beverage page cites 10M+ contactable food creators, and El Pollo Loco is quoted as a customer. No influencer price is published, and every route starts with a sales form. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 6, 2026 · Updated October 6, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 6, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** An enterprise food or drink brand that wants creator campaigns planned and run by an outside team **Not for:** A single restaurant or small group that wants a self-serve plan and a published price **Later Influence at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | Not published. Later Influence quotes on request (read 2026-10-06) | | Free plan or trial | No free plan or trial found for Later Influence | | Standout feature | Managed creator campaigns from the company behind Later's social scheduling tools | | Maker | Later | ## Who is Later Influence for? Later Influence is the creator side of Later, the company better known for its social media scheduling tools. Its pages describe two ways in: full-service programs, where Later’s team plans, produces and manages the campaigns, and a platform for running campaigns yourself with Later EdgeAI for creator discovery, forecasting and reporting. Both routes start with a form or a strategy call, and no price is shown for either. Skip it if you run one restaurant or a small group and want to start on your own. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Managed campaigns with a dedicated account manager who plans, runs and reports on them - A food and beverage practice with case studies for CLIF Bar, Totino's and Kraft - AI forecasting that its pages say draws on 20M+ creators analyzed ### Cons - No influencer price is published, so every quote starts with a form - No plan a single restaurant can buy is described - No integration list or API documentation was found for Later Influence ## How much does Later Influence cost? Not published. Later Influence quotes on request (read 2026-10-06). ## Did we sign up for Later Influence? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Later Influence's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up, and its pages don't say whether there is a self-serve trial. ## How it scored **Later Influence evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 2 | Creator discovery, rate and contract negotiation, and EdgeAI forecasting and reporting are described; no feature documentation or plan list was found. [\[source 1\]](https://later.com/influencer-marketing-platform/) [\[source 2\]](https://later.com/food-beverage-influencers/) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 2 | Pages name food and beverage brands and quote El Pollo Loco, a restaurant chain, but no plan a single restaurant can buy is described. [\[source 1\]](https://later.com/food-beverage-influencers/) [\[source 2\]](https://later.com/influencer-marketing-platform/) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 1 | No influencer price is published; the pricing page covers Later Social only. [\[source 1\]](https://later.com/pricing/) [\[source 2\]](https://later.com/influencer-marketing-platform/) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 1 | Every call to action is a strategy call or a form, and managed campaigns are run by a dedicated account manager. [\[source 1\]](https://later.com/influencer-marketing-platform/) [\[source 2\]](https://later.com/food-beverage-influencers/) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 1 | No integration list or API docs found for Later Influence; the partners page marks some social platform connections as partial for it. [\[source 1\]](https://later.com/partners/) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 2 | A public status page for Later; the Trust Center blocked automated reading, and no certification or support terms were found elsewhere. [\[source 1\]](https://status.later.com/) [\[source 2\]](https://later.com/about/) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 1.6 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Later Influence? Reddit has almost no discussion of Later Influence, the former Mavrck. One r/influencermarketing post asks about its service fees and got no replies. In a Modash-alternatives thread, one commenter says Later and Modash are all terrible, and in another thread a commenter calls Later's tool pretty good. A creator in r/sidehustlePH asks whether an affiliate DM pointing to Later Influence is legitimate. Threads about Later's social scheduler were excluded. We found 4 threads (r/influencermarketing, r/sidehustlePH and r/AskMarketing) from April 2025 to October 2026: 1 mostly negative, 2 mixed, 1 positive. > Has anyone ever worked with Later or Tagger? I'm in the process of picking a vendor for my 2026 influencer marketing and I'm curious to know what kind of service fees they charge for the three tiers on their pricing pages. [u/tyman67898 in r/influencermarketing, 2025-08-05](https://www.reddit.com/r/influencermarketing/comments/1mid4ma/later_and_tagger_influencer_platforms/), may predate the current version > Modash, Later, etc are all terrible. Captiv8 has the best search capabilities for influencer. [u/Traditional-Ask-8000 in r/influencermarketing, 2025-11-06](https://www.reddit.com/r/influencermarketing/comments/1opumrl/comment/nnfife7/) > Sprout has a pretty good tool, so does Later. [u/lkmumens in r/AskMarketing, 2026-01-07](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMarketing/comments/1q6u5h7/comment/nyavdfv/) Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to Later Influence? - [GRIN review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/): A creator CRM with affiliate links and an AI agent for outreach, with every plan priced and a free plan. - [Creator.co review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/): Self-serve creator matching and outreach, or a managed plan with a dedicated account manager. - [Upfluence review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/): Creator search, ecommerce connections and creator payments, sold by quote on an annual contract. - [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/): Finds food creators in the areas of your locations and tracks each one to a booked visit and a video; it does not measure views or sales. ## Where Later Influence is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best influencer marketing (5 of 5)](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) ## Related reading - [What does influencer marketing cost a restaurant?](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-influencer-marketing-cost/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Later publish a price for Later Influence? Later publishes no price for Later Influence. Its pages ask brands to fill in a form or book a strategy call. ### Is Later Influence the same as Later's social media plans? No, they are separate products. The plans on Later's pricing page are for Later Social, its scheduling and analytics tool. ### Does Later Influence work with food brands? Yes, Later has a food and beverage page. It cites 10M+ contactable food creators and case studies for brands such as CLIF Bar and Totino's. ## Sources - [Later influencer marketing platform](https://later.com/influencer-marketing-platform/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Later Influence for food and beverage brands](https://later.com/food-beverage-influencers/) (read October 6, 2026) - [About Later](https://later.com/about/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Later pricing (Later Social)](https://later.com/pricing/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Later partners and integrations](https://later.com/partners/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Later status page](https://status.later.com/) (read October 6, 2026) ## Changelog - October 6, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 6, 2026: Published without a hands-on test; no self-serve signup was found, so setup is scored from the published pages. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "lemlist review: is it worth it for a sales team's multichannel cold outreach?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) # lemlist review: is it worth it for a sales team's multichannel cold outreach? Evidence score 3.9 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 5, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) lemlist suits a sales team that wants cold email, LinkedIn and call steps in one sequence. The Email plan costs $55 a month billed yearly and covers email only. LinkedIn, calls and SMS need the Multichannel plan at $87 per user a month, billed yearly. A 14-day trial is offered. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 5, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** A sales team that wants email, LinkedIn and call steps in one sequence **Not for:** A buyer who needs a public uptime or support SLA before signing **lemlist at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | $55 a month, billed yearly (Email plan, read October 5, 2026) | | Free plan or trial | Trial 14 days | | Standout feature | One sequence can mix email, LinkedIn, call and SMS steps, plus WhatsApp as an add-on, with conditions between them | | Maker | lempire SAS | ## Who is lemlist for? This tool is for sales teams that want to send emails and connect on LinkedIn or via calls in one campaign. If you only need email outreach, the cheaper Email plan covers it without LinkedIn or calls. If you need a public uptime or support SLA before signing, ask sales what the Order Form offers, or look elsewhere. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Email plan has unlimited users and email senders for one account price - Warm-up (lemwarm) and deliverability protection are included in all plans - Email, LinkedIn, calls and SMS in one sequence on the Multichannel plan, with WhatsApp as an add-on - 58 listed integrations plus a public API with webhooks ### Cons - LinkedIn, calls and SMS need the per-user Multichannel plan - Lead data, buying signals and WhatsApp ($20 per user per month) are paid add-ons - No refunds for a month or year already begun, per the terms - No public uptime or support SLA; service levels are set only in an Order Form ## How much does lemlist cost? **lemlist plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Email | $55 a month, billed yearly | Per account | 50,000 emails /mo | | Email | $69 a month, billed monthly | Per account | 50,000 emails /mo | | Multichannel | $87 a month, billed yearly | Per user | Unlimited emails & messages | | Multichannel | $109 a month, billed monthly | Per user | Unlimited emails & messages | | Enterprise | Quote on request | Per user | Unlimited emails & messages | - lemlist Email and Multichannel: the yearly price is 20% lower than monthly. - lemlist Email: one account price covers unlimited users and email senders. - lemlist Multichannel and Enterprise: the FAQ says pricing is based on the number of users; Multichannel gives each user 5 senders, and Enterprise at least 5. As read on October 5, 2026 from [https://www.lemlist.com/pricing](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing). ## Did we sign up for lemlist? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on lemlist's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up for its 14-day free trial. ## How it scored **lemlist evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Inbox connection, lemwarm warm-up, inbox rotation and multichannel sequences are documented; Reddit reports on warm-up conflict and there is no first-hand check yet. [\[source 1\]](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.lemlist.com/product/deliverability-setup) [\[source 3\]](https://www.lemlist.com/product/multichannel-prospecting) [\[source 4\]](https://help.lemlist.com/en/) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 5 | The self-serve Email plan includes unlimited senders, warm-up and sequences; pages name sales reps, sales leaders and founders as the buyer. [\[source 1\]](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.lemlist.com/) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 4 | Two self-serve plans and most add-ons are priced with units, plus a 14-day trial; Enterprise and in-app domain and mailbox purchases are unpriced. [\[source 1\]](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 3 | Self-serve trial without a card; domains bought in lemlist are authenticated automatically, while an existing domain needs manual SPF, DKIM and DMARC records; capped at 3: not tested hands-on. [\[source 1\]](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.lemlist.com/product/deliverability-setup) [\[source 3\]](https://help.lemlist.com/en/articles/6628020-how-to-set-up-spf-dkim-and-dmarc-general-setup-guide) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 5 | 58 integrations across 8 categories, a public API with webhooks, and CSV lead export on all plans. [\[source 1\]](https://www.lemlist.com/integrations) [\[source 2\]](https://developer.lemlist.com/) [\[source 3\]](https://developer.lemlist.com/llms.txt) [\[source 4\]](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 4 | SOC 2 Type 2 report listed on a trust center, a public status page and in-app live support on all plans; no public SLA, as the terms leave service levels to an addendum in an Order Form. [\[source 1\]](https://trust.lemlist.com/) [\[source 2\]](https://status.lempire.com/) [\[source 3\]](https://www.lemlist.com/legal/terms) [\[source 4\]](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing) [\[source 5\]](https://www.lemlist.com/) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 3.9 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about lemlist? Reddit discussions show a mixed sentiment regarding lemlist's value, with some users finding it effective for cold email and multichannel outreach, while others question if it's overhyped or if alternatives offer better value. We found 9 threads (r/EmailOutreach, r/EmailProspecting, r/AskGTM, r/SaaS, r/appointmentsetter, r/sales\_intelligence and r/gtmengineering) from January 2026 to September 2026: 0 mostly negative, 8 mixed, 1 positive. > ...we bought 3 e-mail addresses for cold outreach and you have to wait up to 6 weeks! for it to warmup, also some lemlist IPS are on ban lists so our e-mails ended up bouncing a lot.... [u/A… in r/AskGTM, 2026-07-02](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskGTM/comments/1u1mf9u/comment/ov3zsgy/) > ...overall I think lemlist more-or-less met expectations. The outreach functionality - our main need - was solid with a few minor irritations... [u/blackjak77 in r/EmailProspecting, 2026-03-19](https://www.reddit.com/r/EmailProspecting/comments/1ret448/comment/obc3ab9/) > Lemlist itself isn’t the issue, but pricing gets steep once you add multiple seats.... [u/Blaze69X in r/SaaS, 2026-01-29](https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1qhi1m2/comment/o2eyy4k/) > Been on lemlist about a year and the execution side is legit: warm-up, custom tracking domains, and image/video personalization took my reply rate from ~3% to 7-8% on cold email. Their built-in contact finder is mid though, so keep ZoomInfo and push lists in, don't expect their data to fully replace it.... [u/Savings\_Moment\_6129 in r/sales\_intelligence, 2026-10-04](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales_intelligence/comments/1wt2bki/comment/pdvunkk/) > ...We also used Lemlist and while emails were good the LinkedIn automation tanked our reps engagement on LinkedIn because their automations are technically against the terms of service. [u/Abject\_Economics1192 in r/gtmengineering, 2026-08-13](https://www.reddit.com/r/gtmengineering/comments/1vn49qt/comment/p3fb89h/) Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to lemlist? - [Instantly review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/): Focuses on cold email at volume with warm-up and a lead database. - [Smartlead review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/): Offers unlimited mailboxes and agency white-label options. - **Apollo**: A B2B contact database with email sequences, including a free plan. [\[source\]](https://www.apollo.io/pricing) - **HubSpot Sales Hub**: Sales software built on HubSpot's own CRM, for teams already using that CRM. [\[source\]](https://www.hubspot.com/products/sales) ## Where lemlist is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best cold email (1 of 3)](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) Compared with: [lemlist vs Instantly](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-lemlist/), [lemlist vs Smartlead](https://eaiservice.com/compare/lemlist-vs-smartlead/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Does lemlist have a free trial? lemlist offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required; the trial includes the Multichannel plan features except in-app calls. ### Is warm-up included in lemlist? Warm-up is included: lemwarm and built-in deliverability protections are included in all plans. ### Can lemlist send LinkedIn messages and SMS on the Email plan? The Email plan does not include LinkedIn automation, SMS or the call dialer; those are listed on the Multichannel plan. ### Is lemlist SOC 2 compliant? Its trust center lists a SOC2 type 2 report, and the homepage says SOC 2 certified. ## Sources - [lemlist pricing](https://www.lemlist.com/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist home page](https://www.lemlist.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist multichannel prospecting](https://www.lemlist.com/product/multichannel-prospecting) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist deliverability setup](https://www.lemlist.com/product/deliverability-setup) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist integrations](https://www.lemlist.com/integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist Help Center](https://help.lemlist.com/en/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist Help Center: How to set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC](https://help.lemlist.com/en/articles/6628020-how-to-set-up-spf-dkim-and-dmarc-general-setup-guide) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist API reference](https://developer.lemlist.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist API documentation index](https://developer.lemlist.com/llms.txt) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist Trust Center](https://trust.lemlist.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lempire status page](https://status.lempire.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [lemlist terms of service](https://www.lemlist.com/legal/terms) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: Published without a hands-on test; the setup score is capped at 3 until one is done. - October 5, 2026: Corrected the entry price in the answer: the cheapest plan is Email at $55 a month billed yearly, not Multichannel. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Modash review: is it worth it for a brand team that searches for creators and runs its own outreach?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) # Modash review: is it worth it for a brand team that searches for creators and runs its own outreach? Evidence score 3.2 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 6, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) Modash is influencer marketing software for in-house brand teams: a creator search across 380M+ profiles, filtered by audience location, with an inbox and content tracking. Essentials costs $199 a month billed yearly, or $299 billed monthly, with a 14-day trial and no card. Its pages do not name restaurants or hosted creator visits. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 6, 2026 · Updated October 6, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 6, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** An in-house brand team that wants to search for creators by audience and run its own outreach **Not for:** A restaurant that wants creators invited and booked into visits at its locations **Modash at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | $199 a month, billed yearly (Essentials plan, read October 6, 2026) | | Free plan or trial | Trial 14 days | | Standout feature | Creator search across 380M+ profiles, with priced self-serve plans and a trial | | Maker | Modash OÜ | ## Who is Modash for? Modash is for brand teams that want to find creators themselves and run their own outreach. Its search covers 380M+ profiles and filters them by audience location, demographics and interests; an inbox connected to Gmail or Outlook keeps the creator conversations, and content tracking collects the posts. Modash says it is a platform only, not an agency or a marketplace, so the outreach and the follow-up are your team’s work. For a restaurant, the pages describe no way to invite a creator to a visit at a location or to track content by location. Skip it if you want that done for you. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Creator search across 380M+ profiles, filtered by audience location, demographics and interests - Both self-serve plans are priced monthly and yearly, with no setup or onboarding fees - A 14-day trial with no card, and plans that can be cancelled at any time - A documented data API, CSV import and profile export to a CRM ### Cons - Built for in-house brand teams searching by audience; nothing on booking a creator visit - Opened profiles, email unlocks and tracked creators are capped each month on every plan - Enterprise shows only a starting price of $14,700 a year - Creator payments on Performance carry a 5% fee once payouts pass $10,000 a year - On Reddit, users call it expensive for a small brand and thin beyond creator search ## How much does Modash cost? **Modash plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Essentials (yearly) | $199 a month, billed yearly | Per account | 2 team members; 300 opened profiles; 150 unlocked creator emails; 100 tracked creators | | Essentials (monthly) | $299 a month, billed monthly | Per account | 2 team members; 300 opened profiles; 150 unlocked creator emails; 100 tracked creators | | Performance (yearly) | $499 a month, billed yearly | Per account | 5 team members; 800 opened profiles; 400 unlocked creator emails; 250 tracked creators | | Performance (monthly) | $599 a month, billed monthly | Per account | 5 team members; 800 opened profiles; 400 unlocked creator emails; 250 tracked creators | | Enterprise | Not published | Per account | For campaigns above 250 creators; more team members and opened profiles | - Modash plans: profile, email and tracking limits reset each month, and there are no setup or onboarding fees. - Modash Payments (on Performance billed yearly): no fee up to $10,000 a year in payouts, creator payments and affiliate payouts combined, then a 5% fee. - Modash trial: the 14-day free trial needs no card and includes 20 profile views, 6 email unlocks and 10 tracked creators. As read on October 6, 2026 from [https://www.modash.io/pricing](https://www.modash.io/pricing). ## Did we sign up for Modash? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Modash's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up for its 14-day free trial. ## How it scored **Modash evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Creator search with 37 filters, a creator CRM, a Gmail or Outlook inbox, content tracking and creator payments are documented; not confirmed first-hand. [\[source 1\]](https://www.modash.io/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.modash.io/) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 2 | Self-serve plans and audience location filters, but the pages name in-house brand teams and Shopify gifting; no restaurant or hosted visit is described. [\[source 1\]](https://www.modash.io/) [\[source 2\]](https://www.modash.io/pricing) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 4 | Essentials and Performance are priced monthly and yearly with limits, payment fees are stated and a trial is offered; Enterprise shows only a starting price. [\[source 1\]](https://www.modash.io/pricing) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 3 | Self-serve 14-day trial with no card and interactive product tours; the Shopify gifting features need a Shopify store connected. [\[source 1\]](https://www.modash.io/pricing) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 4 | Gmail, Outlook and Shopify connections, CSV import, profile export to a CRM and a documented data API; no integration directory was found. [\[source 1\]](https://www.modash.io/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://docs.modash.io/) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 4 | ISO 27001 and GDPR named in the site footer, a public API status page, and 24/7 in-platform chat, email and a help center; no attributed support reports found. [\[source 1\]](https://www.modash.io/) [\[source 2\]](https://status.modash.io/) [\[source 3\]](https://www.modash.io/pricing) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 3.2 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Modash? On Reddit, Modash is mostly described as a creator discovery database that brands rate well for search, audience data and fake-follower vetting. The recurring complaints are price for small brands (one user wanted to split an account) and thin campaign, CRM and gifting tools beyond discovery. Some users question its data accuracy, especially for EU markets and estimated metrics. Several commenters still call it cheaper and easier to scale with than Upfluence. We read 10 threads from r/influencermarketing, r/shopify, r/Entrepreneur and r/AskMarketing, started 2025-04-06 to 2026-10-06, with replies read up to 2026-10-06: 2 mostly negative, 7 mixed, 1 positive. > Honestly, I haven’t found a tool better than Modash. Their creator database and audience insights are solid, but the pricing is on the higher side. [u/DressTrue9361 in r/influencermarketing, 2025-11-30](https://www.reddit.com/r/influencermarketing/comments/1p9o5zh/comment/nrhb3ey/) > I actually think Modash's database isn't too bad. The real issue is their other features don't go deep enough. It's really just an influencer discovery tool, not much beyond that. [u/Current\_Reindeer\_926 in r/influencermarketing, 2025-11-06](https://www.reddit.com/r/influencermarketing/comments/1opumrl/comment/nnehshg/) > Tried Modash's free trial but was disappointed with their data quality, especially for EU markets which is crucial since we run campaigns in both US and EU. [u/nikz\_7 in r/influencermarketing, 2025-11-06](https://www.reddit.com/r/influencermarketing/comments/1opumrl/looking_for_modash_competitors_any_recommendations/) > I’m looking to purchase Modash again but it’s so expensive. Does anyone want to go halfs on an account? [u/Optimal\_Rough\_1366 in r/influencermarketing, 2025-09-04](https://www.reddit.com/r/influencermarketing/comments/1n87cdb/modash_recommendations_2nd_account_holder/), may predate the current version > I've used so many of these tools. They promise a lot but when you dig in, a lot of the metrics are guessed (looking at you MODASH) or surface level, and you pay ALOT. [u/hereforsimulacra in r/AskMarketing, 2026-06-17](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMarketing/comments/1q6u5h7/comment/os9kerr/) Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to Modash? - [GRIN review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/): A creator CRM with affiliate links and an AI agent for outreach, with every plan priced and a free plan. - [Creator.co review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/): Self-serve creator matching and outreach, or a managed plan with a dedicated account manager. - [Upfluence review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/): Creator search, ecommerce connections and creator payments, sold by quote on an annual contract. - [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/): Finds food creators in the areas of your locations and tracks each one to a booked visit and a video; it does not measure views or sales. ## Where Modash is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best influencer marketing (tied 1 of 5)](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) Compared with: [Modash vs Creator.co](https://eaiservice.com/compare/creator-co-vs-modash/), [Modash vs GRIN](https://eaiservice.com/compare/grin-vs-modash/) ## Related reading - [What does influencer marketing cost a restaurant?](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-influencer-marketing-cost/) ## Frequently asked questions ### How much does yearly billing save on Modash? Yearly billing saves $100 a month on each self-serve plan. Essentials costs $199 a month billed yearly or $299 billed monthly, Performance $499 or $599, and Enterprise starts at $14,700 a year. ### Does Modash have a free trial? Yes, Modash offers a 14-day free trial with no card. It includes 20 profile views, 6 email unlocks and 10 tracked creators. ### Can Modash find creators in a given area? Modash filters creators by their audience's location, along with demographics and interests. Its pages do not describe a search by distance from an address. ### Does Modash need Shopify? Shopify is needed only for the gifting features. Search, the inbox and content tracking are on every plan without Shopify. ### Does Modash take a cut of creator payments? On Performance billed yearly, payouts carry no fee up to $10,000 a year, creator payments and affiliate payouts combined. After that, a 5% fee applies, and creators receive the full amount the brand approves. ## Sources - [Modash pricing](https://www.modash.io/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) - [Modash home page](https://www.modash.io/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Modash API documentation](https://docs.modash.io/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Modash API status page](https://status.modash.io/) (read October 6, 2026) ## Changelog - October 6, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 6, 2026: Published without a hands-on test; the setup score is capped at 3 until one is done. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Owner.com review: is it worth it for an independent restaurant’s website, online ordering and guest marketing?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) # Owner.com review: is it worth it for an independent restaurant’s website, online ordering and guest marketing? Evidence score 3.0 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 5, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) Owner.com suits an independent restaurant that wants its website, online ordering and guest marketing set up and run for it. The Flexible plan costs $249 a month plus a 5% restaurant fee per order, and Flat Rate costs $499 a month. There is no self-serve signup or trial, and multi-location rates are not published. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 5, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** An independent restaurant that wants its site, ordering and marketing set up for it **Not for:** A restaurant group that needs published per-location prices **Owner.com at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | $249 a month, billed monthly, plus a 5% restaurant fee per order (Flexible plan, read October 5, 2026) | | Free plan or trial | No | | Standout feature | Both plans include the whole platform, setup and migration, billed month to month | | Maker | Owner.com, Inc. | ## Who is Owner.com for? This service is for independent restaurant owners who want their website, online ordering, and marketing all set up for them. It is good if you want a company to handle your online presence and customer outreach. Skip this if you are a restaurant group needing clear prices for multiple locations. It is also not for those who prefer to sign up and manage their own services without a sales call. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Both plans and their per-order fees are published - Every feature, including setup and migration, is on both plans - Month-to-month billing with no cancellation fees - Guest list exports to CSV ### Cons - No self-serve signup or trial - Guests pay a 5% order support fee on both plans - Multi-location rates are not published - No security certification or status page found ## How much does Owner.com cost? **Owner.com plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Flexible | $249 a month, billed monthly, plus a 5% restaurant fee per order | Per restaurant | Pricing page: "Lower subscription with a small per-order fee. Your costs scale with your sales." Guests also pay a 5% order support fee on both plans. | | Flat Rate | $499 a month, billed monthly, with no restaurant fee per order | Per restaurant | Pricing page: "Best for restaurants at $5k+/mo in online sales." Guests also pay a 5% order support fee on both plans. | As read on October 5, 2026 from [https://www.owner.com/pricing](https://www.owner.com/pricing). ## Did we sign up for Owner.com? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Owner.com's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up, because Owner.com has no self-serve free plan or trial. ## How it scored **Owner.com evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Website, SEO pages, listings, reviews engine, automated email/SMS, push and loyalty are all named on vendor pages. [\[source 1\]](https://www.owner.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.owner.com/automatic-marketing) [\[source 3\]](https://www.owner.com/email-sms-marketing) [\[source 4\]](https://www.owner.com/) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 3 | Built for independent restaurants; every feature is on both plans, but buying is through a demo and multi-location rates are not published. [\[source 1\]](https://www.owner.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.owner.com/) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 4 | Both plans and the per-order fees are public; no trial, no multi-location rate, no processing rate published. [\[source 1\]](https://www.owner.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://help.owner.com/en/articles/16949965-what-is-owner-payments) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 2 | Demo-led onboarding; Owner says it handles setup with a dedicated specialist and many restaurants launch within a week. [\[source 1\]](https://www.owner.com/pricing) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 3 | Integration pages list POS systems (Clover native; Toast, Square, Lightspeed and more) and delivery apps; guest list and payouts export to CSV; no full directory, count or public API found. [\[source 1\]](https://www.owner.com/pos-integrations) [\[source 2\]](https://www.owner.com/marketplace-integrations) [\[source 3\]](https://help.owner.com/en/collections/14143731-integrations) [\[source 4\]](https://help.owner.com/en/articles/11833364-how-do-i-export-my-guest-list) [\[source 5\]](https://help.owner.com/en/articles/13067045-how-do-i-view-and-export-the-payouts-report) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 2 | 24/7 phone, chat and email support is published, but no security certification, status page or support SLA was found. [\[source 1\]](https://www.owner.com/support) [\[source 2\]](https://help.owner.com/en/articles/11833261-how-do-i-contact-owner-support) [\[source 3\]](https://www.owner.com/privacy-policy) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 3.0 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Owner.com? Reddit discussions show mixed to negative sentiment about Owner.com, with some users questioning its value and others reporting negative experiences, though a few users say its SEO, marketing and app worked well for them. We found 7 threads (r/restaurantowners, r/ToastPOS and r/restaurateur) from March 2025 to September 2026: 4 mostly negative, 3 mixed, 0 positive. > I used them for about a month and gave them the boot. Got pondering the cost of $500 per month plus the 5% processing fee charged to all the customers. With my current sales, they would have been getting roughly 50k per year. I don't feel the service they provide is worth them making that much off of me. [u/Fancy\_Pants40 in r/ToastPOS, 2026-02-22](https://www.reddit.com/r/ToastPOS/comments/1ray0un/comment/o6q56hp/) > Owner is NOT all it’s cracked up to be, they are very rigid and lack the essential tools you need to get your customers off of DD and UE and onto your native site. Their rewards program is awful, their discount programming is basic and inflexible, their SEO is overrated.... [u/distrubinglyfamiliar in r/restaurantowners, 2026-09-25](https://www.reddit.com/r/restaurantowners/comments/1wpzpjp/comment/pbzuxmw/) > Don’t waste your money. I had it for a month and only got 2 orders. The website is a template designed as a DoorDash or other platform. I threw away $500 [u/Nineruna in r/restaurateur, 2026-01-17](https://www.reddit.com/r/restaurateur/comments/1qdzik7/comment/o04igf7/) > Pros: seo, marketing, the mobile app is really cool. Cons: menu builder is not very good, you can’t integrate rewards/gift cards with the POS I think if they had a POS I would have stayed with them. [u/devinwp94 in r/restaurantowners, 2025-03-15](https://www.reddit.com/r/restaurantowners/comments/1jc4zmw/comment/mhzfqb5/), may predate the current version > I use them. Yea they pricey, and the 3% fee to the customer kinda sucks, but I haven’t gotten any push back from it. I used to have Toast online ordering and switched to owner and I have minimum doubled my online orders.... [u/Eyad123 in r/ToastPOS, 2026-02-21](https://www.reddit.com/r/ToastPOS/comments/1ray0un/comment/o6nxhlj/) Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to Owner.com? - [Popmenu review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/): Offers website, ordering, and marketing automation with an AI phone add-on. - [Chowbus review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/) [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/): POS, online ordering, loyalty and SMS marketing from one vendor with on-site setup; every plan is sold by quote. - [Toast Email Marketing review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/): An email/SMS marketing add-on within the Toast POS system. - [SevenRooms review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/): Provides guest CRM, reservations, waitlist, and marketing tools. - [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/): Finds food creators in the areas of your locations and tracks each one to a booked visit and a video; it does not measure views or sales. ## Where Owner.com is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best restaurant marketing (2 of 5)](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Related reading - [What AI marketing software costs in 2026](https://eaiservice.com/blog/ai-marketing-software-prices-2026/) - [How many restaurant calls go unanswered? Where the popular numbers come from](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-missed-calls-fact-check/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Owner.com require a contract? Owner.com does not require a long-term contract, offering month-to-month billing with no cancellation fees. ### How long does it take to launch Owner.com? Owner.com says many restaurants can launch within a week, with the company handling the setup and providing a dedicated specialist. ### Which POS systems does Owner.com work with? Owner.com has a native Clover integration and connects with Toast, Square, Lightspeed, and more, sending online orders directly to the POS. ### Can I export my customer list from Owner.com? Owner.com lets you export your guest list as a CSV file from the Owner Dashboard. ## Sources - [Owner.com pricing](https://www.owner.com/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Owner.com home page](https://www.owner.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Owner.com automatic marketing](https://www.owner.com/automatic-marketing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Owner.com email and SMS marketing](https://www.owner.com/email-sms-marketing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Owner.com POS integrations](https://www.owner.com/pos-integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Owner.com marketplace integrations](https://www.owner.com/marketplace-integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Owner.com support](https://www.owner.com/support) (read October 5, 2026) - [Owner.com privacy policy](https://www.owner.com/privacy-policy) (read October 5, 2026) - [Owner Help Center: How do I contact Owner support](https://help.owner.com/en/articles/11833261-how-do-i-contact-owner-support) (read October 5, 2026) - [Owner Help Center: Integrations](https://help.owner.com/en/collections/14143731-integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Owner Help Center: How do I export my guest list](https://help.owner.com/en/articles/11833364-how-do-i-export-my-guest-list) (read October 5, 2026) - [Owner Help Center: How do I view and export the payouts report](https://help.owner.com/en/articles/13067045-how-do-i-view-and-export-the-payouts-report) (read October 5, 2026) - [Owner Help Center: What is Owner Payments](https://help.owner.com/en/articles/16949965-what-is-owner-payments) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: Added Chowbus and our own product to the alternatives. - October 5, 2026: Support score lowered from 3 to 2 under the trust rule (24/7 support is published, but no security certification or status page), so the evidence score moved from 3.1 to 3.0. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Popmenu review: is it worth it for an independent restaurant's website, online ordering and guest marketing?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) # Popmenu review: is it worth it for an independent restaurant's website, online ordering and guest marketing? Evidence score 3.1 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 5, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) Popmenu fits an independent restaurant that wants its website, online ordering and guest marketing from one vendor. Plans run from $179 to $499 a month per location, billed monthly, and online orders cost a flat $1.00 each. Every plan starts with a sales demo, and audience segmentation and reservations come only with Premier. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 5, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** An independent restaurant that wants its website, ordering and guest marketing in one place **Not for:** An owner who wants to sign up without a sales call **Popmenu at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | $179 a month, billed monthly (Starter plan, read October 5, 2026) | | Free plan or trial | No | | Standout feature | Online ordering carries a flat $1.00 per order fee rather than a percentage commission | | Maker | Popmenu, Inc. | ## Who is Popmenu for? This service is for independent restaurant owners who want to manage their website, online ordering, and customer outreach from a single platform. It suits an owner who would rather deal with one vendor than join separate tools together. Skip this if you prefer to handle each part of your online presence separately. Owners who want to sign up without talking to a salesperson should also look elsewhere, as a demo is required for all plans. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Published monthly and annual prices for all three main plans - Commission-free online ordering with a flat $1.00 per order fee - Trust center names SOC 2 Type II and PCI DSS, with a public status page - AI phone answering add-on sends ordering and reservation links by text ### Cons - No self-serve signup - Add-on prices and multi-location savings are not published - Audience segmentation and reservations are included only in Premier; lower plans pay for unpriced add-ons - No public API documentation was found ## How much does Popmenu cost? **Popmenu plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $179 a month, billed monthly | Per location | SEO-driven website, interactive menu, Google Business Profile sync, guest contact collection, automated email marketing | | Starter (annual) | $159 a month, billed yearly | Per location | Same as the monthly plan | | Essentials | $299 a month, billed monthly | Per location | Everything in Starter plus mass email campaigns, social posting, SMS text messages (500), AI-crafted emails and social posts (6) | | Essentials (annual) | $269 a month, billed yearly | Per location | Same as the monthly plan | | Premier | $499 a month, billed monthly | Per location | Everything in Essentials plus SMS text messages (5,000), audience segmentation, digital waitlist and reservations, guest feedback, reputation management, AI-crafted review replies (marked 'soon' in the plan comparison) | | Premier (annual) | $449 a month, billed yearly | Per location | Same as the monthly plan | | Build your own | Quote on request | — | Not stated | | Online ordering fee | $1 per online order | Per online order | Not stated | | AI phone answering (add-on) | By quote; listed from $149 a month | — | Not stated | - All Popmenu plans: the pricing FAQ says Popmenu charges per location, and it does not publish its multi-location savings. - Popmenu online ordering fee: the pricing FAQ says the restaurant can pass the $1 fee to the guest at checkout or pay it itself. - Popmenu AI phone answering: the price starts at $149 a month, and the FAQ says to contact Popmenu for a custom quote. - Popmenu Build your own: a custom package for one or many locations, priced by quote. As read on October 5, 2026 from [https://get.popmenu.com/pricing](https://get.popmenu.com/pricing). ## Did we sign up for Popmenu? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Popmenu's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up, because Popmenu has no self-serve free plan or trial. ## How it scored **Popmenu evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Website, menu, email, SMS, social, AI marketing, ordering and reviews are named on vendor pages; not confirmed first-hand. [\[source 1\]](https://get.popmenu.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://get.popmenu.com/) [\[source 3\]](https://get.popmenu.com/solutions/online-ordering) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 3 | Single- and multi-location restaurants are named; purchase is via demo and some core needs are included only in the top tier (add-ons, unpriced, on lower plans). [\[source 1\]](https://get.popmenu.com/location/single-location) [\[source 2\]](https://get.popmenu.com/) [\[source 3\]](https://get.popmenu.com/pricing) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 4 | Three tiers priced monthly and annually plus a $1.00 per-order fee; most add-on and multi-location prices unpublished; no self-serve trial. [\[source 1\]](https://get.popmenu.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://get.popmenu.com/solutions/ai-phone-answering) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 1 | Sales demo required for every plan; no self-serve signup or published setup time. [\[source 1\]](https://get.popmenu.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://get.popmenu.com/solutions/ai-phone-answering) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 4 | Integrations page with over two dozen partner logos and a data-export statement; no public API docs found. [\[source 1\]](https://get.popmenu.com/solutions/pos-integrations) [\[source 2\]](https://get.popmenu.com/trust) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 4 | SOC 2 Type II and PCI DSS named, public status page, published support phone and email; no SLA or user support reports read. [\[source 1\]](https://get.popmenu.com/trust) [\[source 2\]](https://status.popmenu.com/) [\[source 3\]](https://get.popmenu.com/pricing) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 3.1 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Popmenu? Reddit threads show a mixed reception for Popmenu, with some users expressing negative experiences regarding its functionality and suitability for their needs, while others have had positive interactions or are seeking information about its use. We found 3 threads (r/restaurant, r/PopMenu and r/restaurantowners) from March 2025 to March 2026: 2 mostly negative, 0 mixed, 1 positive. > Liars and thieves. Had to threaten to sue them to get rid of my agreement [u/FarAnywhere5596 in r/restaurant, 2025-06-18](https://www.reddit.com/r/restaurant/comments/1le3sih/comment/myd6ubb/), may predate the current version > I just signed with them, took 8 weeks to get my first view of the website and it looks like doodoo. [u/motivateddoug in r/restaurant, 2025-06-18](https://www.reddit.com/r/restaurant/comments/1le3sih/comment/myhdpq8/), may predate the current version > product is \*okay\*. ordering seems to go down every other weekend, which is leading us to look for other solutions but the marketing tools and the site itself are solid. regarding customer support, feels like I have a new account manager every quarter.... [u/Bitter-Fee8388 in r/restaurant, 2025-09-17](https://www.reddit.com/r/restaurant/comments/1le3sih/comment/nerxm8n/), may predate the current version > ...I've worked at a few places that use them, worked in the backend a lot, and it seemed to work great. [u/hazeydaze4833 in r/PopMenu, 2025-03-17](https://www.reddit.com/r/PopMenu/comments/1j6gon4/comment/mias46v/), may predate the current version Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to Popmenu? - [Slang AI review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/): AI phone host for restaurants that handles calls, reservations, and common questions. - [Owner.com review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/): Website, online ordering, and marketing for independent restaurants. A close alternative. - [Chowbus review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/) [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/): POS, online ordering, loyalty and SMS marketing from one vendor with on-site setup; every plan is sold by quote. - **Marqii**: Manages online reviews, menus, listings and local search for restaurants and other hospitality businesses. [\[source\]](https://www.marqii.com/) - **Olo Engage**: Uses guest data from across a restaurant's tech stack for retention and marketing. [\[source\]](https://www.olo.com/engage) ## Where Popmenu is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best restaurant marketing (1 of 5)](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Related reading - [What AI marketing software costs in 2026](https://eaiservice.com/blog/ai-marketing-software-prices-2026/) - [How many restaurant calls go unanswered? Where the popular numbers come from](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-missed-calls-fact-check/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Popmenu charge per location? Yes. The pricing FAQ says it charges per location, with tiered savings for multi-location groups that are not published. ### Does Popmenu take a commission on online orders? Popmenu takes no percentage cut of online orders. It does charge a flat $1.00 fee per online order, which the guest or the restaurant can pay. ### Does Popmenu have a free trial? There is no free plan or self-serve trial on the pricing page. ### How much is Popmenu's AI phone answering? AI phone answering starts at $149 a month. ### Is Popmenu SOC 2 compliant? Yes, the trust center lists SOC 2 Type II, audited each year. ## Sources - [Popmenu pricing](https://get.popmenu.com/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Popmenu home page](https://get.popmenu.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Popmenu AI Phone Answering](https://get.popmenu.com/solutions/ai-phone-answering) (read October 5, 2026) - [Popmenu restaurant online ordering](https://get.popmenu.com/solutions/online-ordering) (read October 5, 2026) - [Popmenu integrations](https://get.popmenu.com/solutions/pos-integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Popmenu for single-location independents](https://get.popmenu.com/location/single-location) (read October 5, 2026) - [Popmenu Trust Center](https://get.popmenu.com/trust) (read October 5, 2026) - [Popmenu Status](https://status.popmenu.com/) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: Added Chowbus to the alternatives. - October 5, 2026: Rewrote the answer in plainer words. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "SevenRooms review: is it worth it for a restaurant's guest CRM, reservations and marketing?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) # SevenRooms review: is it worth it for a restaurant's guest CRM, reservations and marketing? Evidence score 2.1 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 5, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) SevenRooms fits a restaurant group that wants one guest profile shared across its locations, with reservations, a waitlist and marketing in one system. It ranks last of the restaurant marketing tools on published evidence: no plan has a price, each plan needs a quote and a setup fee, and email and text marketing are paid add-ons. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 5, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** A restaurant group that wants shared guest profiles **Not for:** A single restaurant that wants a public price **SevenRooms at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | Not published. SevenRooms quotes on request (read 2026-10-05) | | Free plan or trial | No | | Standout feature | Guest profiles that build themselves, with a single view across a group's locations and brands | | Maker | SevenRooms, a DoorDash company | ## Who is SevenRooms for? This tool is for restaurant groups that want to manage guest profiles across multiple locations. It helps with reservations and marketing automation. Skip this if you are a single restaurant that needs clear pricing upfront. Budget for add-ons too: email marketing and text marketing are sold separately from every plan. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Guest CRM, reservations, waitlist and marketing automation in one platform - 100+ integrations, including Toast, Square and MICROS Simphony - Bookings from Google, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, plus DoorDash and Deliveroo reservation marketplace access with no cover fees - Trust portal lists SOC 2 and PCI DSS, and a public status page exists ### Cons - No prices are published; every plan is quote-only, plus a one-time setup fee - Email marketing and WhatsApp / text marketing are add-ons, not included in any listed plan - Sales-led onboarding; the vendor says go-live takes a few weeks - API documentation is gated behind a partnerships form ## How much does SevenRooms cost? **SevenRooms plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | Quote on request | — | Includes CRM & Guest Profiles, Branded Reservations & Waitlist Management, Access to DoorDash & Deliveroo Reservation Marketplace Users with No Cover Fees, Table Management, Reputation Management, Basic Marketing Automations | | Growth | Quote on request | — | Includes Starter plus Multi-Venue Reservation Widget, Ticketed Events, Advanced Auto-Tags & Segmentations, Advanced Marketing Automations | | Premium | Quote on request | — | Includes Growth plus Custom Auto-tags and Segmentations, Custom Marketing Automations, In-Service Perks, AI Feedback Summaries & Responses, AI Marketing Assistant, AI Note Polish, AI Client Insights | As read on October 5, 2026 from [https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/](https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/). ## Did we sign up for SevenRooms? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on SevenRooms' public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up, because SevenRooms has no self-serve free plan or trial. ## How it scored **SevenRooms evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Guest CRM, 13 pre-built automated emails, Google and social booking channels and multi-venue tools are documented; email marketing is an add-on. [\[source 1\]](https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/) [\[source 2\]](https://sevenrooms.com/platform/marketing-automation/) [\[source 3\]](https://sevenrooms.com/platform/booking-channels/) [\[source 4\]](https://sevenrooms.com/restaurant-groups/) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 2 | Built for restaurants and groups, but every plan is quote-only and email marketing is an add-on. [\[source 1\]](https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/) [\[source 2\]](https://sevenrooms.com/restaurant-groups/) [\[source 3\]](https://sevenrooms.com/restaurants/) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 1 | Three tiers are listed with no prices; a monthly subscription, a one-time setup fee and a pre-sale transaction fee are named without amounts. [\[source 1\]](https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 1 | Sales-led 1:1 onboarding; the vendor says go-live takes a few weeks. [\[source 1\]](https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 3 | 100+ integrations including Toast, Square and MICROS Simphony; API docs are gated and API & Integrations is an add-on; data export not documented on the pages read. [\[source 1\]](https://sevenrooms.com/platform/integrations-apis/) [\[source 2\]](https://api-docs.sevenrooms.com/) [\[source 3\]](https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 3 | Trust portal lists SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR and CCPA; public status page; support terms not found. [\[source 1\]](https://trust.sevenrooms.com/) [\[source 2\]](https://status.sevenrooms.com/) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 2.1 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about SevenRooms? Reddit discussions show mixed sentiment regarding SevenRooms, with users comparing it to other reservation systems and discussing integration challenges, particularly with WhatsApp and Toast POS. We found 5 threads (r/restaurant, r/Restaurant\_Managers, r/ToastPOS and r/n8n) from November 2025 to April 2026: 0 mostly negative, 4 mixed, 1 positive. > Been using SevenRooms for 4 years - now 4 locations - with toast and love it. It's true it does not integrate as well as ToastTables but after a 90 day demo of ToastTables I decided to keep SevenRooms.... [u/nickrac in r/ToastPOS, 2026-03-13](https://www.reddit.com/r/ToastPOS/comments/1rs3p4o/comment/oa8ik6o/) > Doesn’t integrate as well as toast tables does. We switched from SevenRooms to toast tables when we changed the POS system to toast and I wouldn’t really ever go back. [u/vono360 in r/ToastPOS, 2026-03-13](https://www.reddit.com/r/ToastPOS/comments/1rs3p4o/comment/oa5guvc/) > ...I’d say be careful with your service times and access rules, we’ve run into an issue when we switch from brunch to dinner the tables all appear open because it’s a different shift, and we have to use 2 iPads in the hour or so between shift change. [u/Ok\_Contribution1181 in r/Restaurant\_Managers, 2026-04-15](https://www.reddit.com/r/Restaurant_Managers/comments/1s8pwke/comment/og9k393/) > ...SevenRooms wins on richer guest profiles and advanced segmentation for lifecycle automation, but it requires heavier setup and costs more.... [u/a… in r/restaurant, 2025-11-05](https://www.reddit.com/r/restaurant/comments/1olvfgw/comment/nn81qwy/) Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to SevenRooms? - [Popmenu review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/): Provides restaurant websites, ordering, and marketing automation, with plans from $179 a month. - [Owner.com review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/): Offers website, ordering, and marketing for independent restaurants with public pricing. - [Chowbus review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/) [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/): POS, online ordering, loyalty and SMS marketing from one vendor with on-site setup; every plan is sold by quote. - [Toast Email Marketing review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/): An email/SMS marketing add-on within the Toast POS system. - [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/): Finds food creators in the areas of your locations and tracks each one to a booked visit and a video; it does not measure views or sales. ## Where SevenRooms is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best restaurant marketing (5 of 5)](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Does SevenRooms charge cover fees or commissions? SevenRooms never charges reservation fees or online order commissions, but does charge a transaction fee on pre-sales made through its booking widgets. ### Is there a free trial of SevenRooms? No free trial was found; the pricing page offers options to 'Get a quote' and 'Get a Demo', with no mention of a free plan or trial. ### How long does SevenRooms take to set up? The vendor states that customers receive white-glove 1:1 onboarding and can go live within a few weeks. ### Does SevenRooms integrate with Toast? Yes, SevenRooms integrates with Toast, which is listed among over 100 integrations including other POS systems like Square for Restaurants and Lightspeed. ## Sources - [SevenRooms pricing](https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/) (read October 5, 2026) - [SevenRooms home page](https://sevenrooms.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [SevenRooms API & integrations](https://sevenrooms.com/platform/integrations-apis/) (read October 5, 2026) - [SevenRooms marketing automation](https://sevenrooms.com/platform/marketing-automation/) (read October 5, 2026) - [SevenRooms search, social & discovery booking channels](https://sevenrooms.com/platform/booking-channels/) (read October 5, 2026) - [SevenRooms for restaurant groups](https://sevenrooms.com/restaurant-groups/) (read October 5, 2026) - [SevenRooms for restaurants](https://sevenrooms.com/restaurants/) (read October 5, 2026) - [SevenRooms trust portal](https://trust.sevenrooms.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [SevenRooms status page](https://status.sevenrooms.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [SevenRooms API documentation access notice](https://api-docs.sevenrooms.com/) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: Added Chowbus and our own product to the alternatives. - October 5, 2026: Pricing rescored to the lowest score: plans are listed but none is priced. Rewrote the answer to match its last place. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Slang AI review: is it worth it for a full-service restaurant's phone calls and reservations?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) # Slang AI review: is it worth it for a full-service restaurant's phone calls and reservations? Evidence score 3.1 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 5, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) We make CreatoRain, which competes with the tools on this page. [How we handle that](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) Slang AI is a voice agent for a full-service restaurant that takes phone reservations: callers can book, change or cancel in OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms or Yelp. Every plan needs a quote. The pricing page lists Core from $399 per location but states no billing period, and there is no self-serve trial. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 5, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** A full-service restaurant or hospitality group that takes phone reservations through OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms or Yelp **Not for:** A business that wants to sign up and try an AI phone agent the same day without a sales call **Slang AI at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | By quote; listed from $399 per location; billing period not stated (Core plan, read October 5, 2026) | | Free plan or trial | No | | Standout feature | Phone callers can book, change or cancel reservations directly in the reservation platform the restaurant already uses | | Maker | Gablex Inc. (d/b/a Slang.AI) | ## Who is Slang AI for? Slang AI is for restaurants that want to automate phone calls and reservations. It is built around reservation systems such as OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms and Yelp. Skip this if you want to sign up and start using an AI phone agent right away. You need to get a quote and talk to sales first. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Entry prices per location are published for two of three plans - Reservation integrations with OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms and Yelp - Premium lists support for 97 languages - Public status page with per-component uptime ### Cons - No self-serve signup or trial: every plan is "Get a quote" - Pricing page states no billing period - No public API found; help exporting data is billable under the terms - SLA-backed support, SSO and MFA are Enterprise-only ## How much does Slang AI cost? **Slang AI plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core | By quote; listed from $399 per location; billing period not stated | Per location | Core includes reservation management, text links and confirmations, full reservation integrations, VIP call handling and bilingual support | | Premium | By quote; listed from $599 per location; billing period not stated | Per location | Everything in Core plus Superhost, 97 languages, custom branding, private events capture, real time alerts and smart inbox | | Enterprise | Quote on request | — | Everything in Premium plus custom workflows, custom integrations, reporting and dashboards, enterprise security and access controls, and SLA-backed support | - Slang AI Core and Premium: the pricing page states no billing period, and every plan button says “Get a quote”. As read on October 5, 2026 from [https://www.slang.ai/pricing](https://www.slang.ai/pricing). ## Did we sign up for Slang AI? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Slang AI's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up, because Slang AI has no self-serve free plan or trial. ## How it scored **Slang AI evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Vendor pages describe 24/7 answering, reservation booking and changes, and forwarding to staff; unconfirmed. [\[source 1\]](https://www.slang.ai/product) [\[source 2\]](https://www.slang.ai/pricing) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 4 | Restaurant buyer named; Core covers answering, reservations and transfer, but every plan is bought through a quote. [\[source 1\]](https://www.slang.ai/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.slang.ai/restaurants) [\[source 3\]](https://www.slang.ai/terms-of-service) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 3 | Core and Premium show a "starting at" price per location with no billing period stated; Enterprise is quote-only. [\[source 1\]](https://www.slang.ai/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.slang.ai/terms-of-service) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 2 | Vendor claims under 30 minutes of setup and same-day go-live, but purchase goes through a quote and onboarding team. [\[source 1\]](https://www.slang.ai/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.slang.ai/restaurants) [\[source 3\]](https://slang-ai-knowledge-base.help.usepylon.com/collections/6913660670-phone_setup) [\[source 4\]](https://slang-ai-knowledge-base.help.usepylon.com/articles/6190926819-what-to-do-when-slang-phone-service-is-not-working) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 3 | Reservation integrations listed (OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms, Yelp, Tripleseat, Perfect Venue); no public API found. [\[source 1\]](https://www.slang.ai/integrations) [\[source 2\]](https://slang-ai-knowledge-base.help.usepylon.com/articles/1159751309-integration-capabilities-overview) [\[source 3\]](https://www.slang.ai/) [\[source 4\]](https://www.slang.ai/terms-of-service) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 3 | SOC 2 claim and a public status page; SLA-backed support only on Enterprise, terms not published. [\[source 1\]](https://www.slang.ai/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.slang.ai/) [\[source 3\]](https://status.slang.ai/) [\[source 4\]](https://www.slang.ai/terms-of-service) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 3.1 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Slang AI? We found no Reddit discussion of Slang AI from 2024-10-05 to 2026-10-05 that met our quoting rules (searched all of Reddit, r/restaurantowners, r/restaurateur and r/AIReceptionists). [See how we pick quotes.](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#reddit) ## What are the best alternatives to Slang AI? - [Smith.ai AI Receptionist review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/): AI receptionist for small businesses with optional live-agent backup and a free tier. - [Goodcall review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/): AI phone agent for small businesses with public self-serve pricing. - [Popmenu review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/): Restaurant website platform with an AI phone answering add-on starting at $149 per month. - **Loman AI**: An AI phone agent for restaurants that takes orders and reservations and connects to POS systems such as Toast, Square and Clover; prices not published. [\[source\]](https://loman.ai/pricing) ## Where Slang AI is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best ai voice agents (3 of 3)](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) ## Related reading - [How many restaurant calls go unanswered? Where the popular numbers come from](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-missed-calls-fact-check/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Slang AI have a free trial? No self-serve trial or free plan is offered on the pricing page; "Try Slang AI" leads to a demo request page. The terms of service let a new customer terminate within 30 days of the effective date (the Pilot Period), with fees paid for the evaluation service refunded. ### Can a restaurant keep its existing phone number with Slang AI? Slang AI provides a new local or toll-free number; keeping the existing number is possible but should be discussed with the onboarding team. ### What happens when Slang AI cannot answer a caller? Per the pricing FAQ, it forwards the call to a human or texts a link with the email and other contact information of the restaurant. ### Which reservation systems does Slang AI work with? OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms and Yelp for reservations, plus Tripleseat and Perfect Venue for private events. ## Sources - [Slang AI pricing](https://www.slang.ai/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Slang AI home page](https://www.slang.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Slang AI product page](https://www.slang.ai/product) (read October 5, 2026) - [Slang AI integrations](https://www.slang.ai/integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Slang AI demo request page](https://www.slang.ai/restaurants) (read October 5, 2026) - [Slang AI about page](https://www.slang.ai/about) (read October 5, 2026) - [Slang AI terms of service (Gablex Inc.)](https://www.slang.ai/terms-of-service) (read October 5, 2026) - [Slang AI status page](https://status.slang.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Slang AI knowledge base](https://slang-ai-knowledge-base.help.usepylon.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Slang AI help: Integration Capabilities Overview](https://slang-ai-knowledge-base.help.usepylon.com/articles/1159751309-integration-capabilities-overview) (read October 5, 2026) - [Slang AI help: Initial Phone Setup](https://slang-ai-knowledge-base.help.usepylon.com/collections/6913660670-phone_setup) (read October 5, 2026) - [Slang AI help: phone service not working](https://slang-ai-knowledge-base.help.usepylon.com/articles/6190926819-what-to-do-when-slang-phone-service-is-not-working) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: The answer now says every plan needs a quote and the pricing page states no billing period. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Smartlead review: is it worth it for a sales team or agency sending cold email from many mailboxes?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smartlead/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) # Smartlead review: is it worth it for a sales team or agency sending cold email from many mailboxes? Evidence score 3.6 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 5, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) Smartlead suits an agency or sales team that sends cold email from many mailboxes, because every plan includes unlimited email accounts and you pay by send volume. Base costs $39 a month. Base has no API and caps sends at 6,000 a month, and no security certification was found on its pages. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 5, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** An agency or sales team that sends from many mailboxes and pays by send volume **Not for:** A buyer who needs a named security certification before buying **Smartlead at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | $39 a month, billed monthly (Base plan, read October 5, 2026) | | Free plan or trial | Free trial (length not stated) | | Standout feature | Unlimited email accounts on every plan, priced by send volume | | Maker | 521 Products Pty Ltd (trading as Smartlead.ai) | ## Who is Smartlead for? Smartlead is for sales teams and agencies that send cold email from many inboxes and want to add mailboxes without paying per mailbox. Skip it if your buyer needs a named security certification such as SOC 2, or if you need the API on the cheapest plan: Base has none. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Every plan includes unlimited email accounts, with no per-mailbox or per-seat charge - All four plans and most add-ons have public prices, monthly and yearly - Agencies can add white-labelled client workspaces from the Pro plan - Public API with webhooks and a long integrations list ### Cons - No security certification or status page was found - Base plan has no API or CRM access and caps sends at 6,000 a month - White-label workspaces cost $29/month each below Unlimited Prime - Terms say fees are non-refundable on cancellation ## How much does Smartlead cost? **Smartlead plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Base | $39 a month, billed monthly | Per account | 2,000 contacts; 6,000 Email sends; 2,000 Verified Emails | | Pro | $94 a month, billed monthly | Per account | 30,000 contacts; 90,000 Email sends; 30,000 Verified Emails | | Unlimited Smart | $174 a month, billed monthly | Per account | Unlimited contacts; 150,000 Email sends; 50,000 Verified Emails | | Unlimited Prime | $379 a month, billed monthly | Per account | Unlimited contacts; 500,000 Email sends; 170,000 Verified Emails; 3 SmartServers included | | Base (Yearly) | $32.50 a month, billed yearly | Per account | 2,000 contacts; 6,000 Email sends; 2,000 Verified Emails | | Pro (Yearly) | $78.30 a month, billed yearly | Per account | 30,000 contacts; 90,000 Email sends; 30,000 Verified Emails | | Unlimited Smart (Yearly) | $144.50 a month, billed yearly | Per account | Unlimited contacts; 150,000 Email sends; 50,000 Verified Emails | | Unlimited Prime (Yearly) | $314.60 a month, billed yearly | Per account | Unlimited contacts; 500,000 Email sends; 170,000 Verified Emails; 3 SmartServers included | - Smartlead yearly plans: paying yearly lowers the price by 17%. - All Smartlead plans: there is no charge per seat or per mailbox. As read on October 5, 2026 from [https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing). ## Did we sign up for Smartlead? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Smartlead's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up for its free trial. ## How it scored **Smartlead evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Unlimited email accounts, automatic warm-up and sequences with mailbox rotation are documented; not confirmed first-hand. [\[source 1\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing.md) [\[source 3\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/email-warmup) [\[source 4\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 5 | Pricing page names solo founders, sales teams and agencies; every self-serve plan includes unlimited email accounts and warm-up. [\[source 1\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing.md) [\[source 2\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 4 | All four plans priced monthly and yearly with limits; most add-ons priced; verification and dialer show starting prices only; trial length not stated. [\[source 1\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing.md) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 3 | Self-serve trial; own domains need DNS (SPF/DKIM/DMARC) setup unless mailboxes are bought in-app. [\[source 1\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/email-warmup) [\[source 3\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/llms.txt) [\[source 4\]](https://helpcenter.smartlead.ai/en/) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 4 | 35 integrations listed and a public API with webhooks (Pro and above); no export feature documented in what was read. [\[source 1\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/integrations) [\[source 2\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/llms.txt) [\[source 3\]](https://api.smartlead.ai/reference/welcome) [\[source 4\]](https://api.smartlead.ai/core/leads) [\[source 5\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing.md) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 2 | DPA with stated encryption and a support email; no named certification or public status page found. [\[source 1\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/dpa) [\[source 2\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/privacy-policy) [\[source 3\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/new-terms-and-conditions) [\[source 4\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/) [\[source 5\]](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 3.6 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Smartlead? Reddit threads show mixed to negative sentiment regarding Smartlead, with users discussing issues with its warm-up pool and lead sourcing tool, and comparing it to alternatives like Instantly and lemlist. We found 7 threads (r/Coldemailing, r/coldoutreach, r/SaaSMarketing and r/micro\_saas) from February 2026 to August 2026: 3 mostly negative, 4 mixed, 0 positive. > I'm pretty happy with smartlead tbh. Pricing seems pretty fair to me.... [u/MistrLemon in r/SaaSMarketing, 2026-06-07](https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaSMarketing/comments/1tydo7d/comment/oqc0qgq/) > I have worked with Smart Lead, but in my experience, as I was integrating Smart Lead's APIs with Google Sheets to directly import the leads into the system, their backend APIs were not so clean. I would say it was not reliable from the integration perspective.... [u/sidmish in r/Coldemailing, 2026-08-19](https://www.reddit.com/r/Coldemailing/comments/1vocl5m/comment/p4kespw/) > Smartlead's answer is honestly ridiculous. Gmail doesn't care those came from a pool. a hard bounce is a hard bounce. That's your 100 to 67 right there.... [u/yousuf190 in r/Coldemailing, 2026-07-05](https://www.reddit.com/r/Coldemailing/comments/1ucez0o/comment/ovqy1vz/) > It's the pre-warmed mailboxes that really got me, felt like I was just burning domains for no reason. I switched everything over to using my own domains with a slow manual warmup and it's been way more consistent. Something about their infrastructure just seems off lately, like they're overpromising and underdelivering on the automation side.... [u/Silly\_Comfortable740 in r/micro\_saas, 2026-08-24](https://www.reddit.com/r/micro_saas/comments/1vxddvp/comment/p5o06ni/) > ...smartlead's good when you like keeping the control over all things and narrow settings ... I use mostly smartlead for projects because of their auto labels for replies (warm, OOO, interested, information request etc)... [u/cojirokatana in r/coldoutreach, 2026-02-26](https://www.reddit.com/r/coldoutreach/comments/1qu4tej/comment/o7iflb3/) Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to Smartlead? - [lemlist review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/lemlist/): Multichannel sequences across email, LinkedIn, calls, and SMS. - [Instantly review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/instantly/): Cold email at volume from many inboxes with warm-up and a lead database. - **Saleshandy**: Cold email with unlimited connected mailboxes, unlimited email warm-up and a lead finder. [\[source\]](https://www.saleshandy.com/pricing/) ## Where Smartlead is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best cold email (tied 2 of 3)](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) Compared with: [Smartlead vs Instantly](https://eaiservice.com/compare/instantly-vs-smartlead/), [Smartlead vs lemlist](https://eaiservice.com/compare/lemlist-vs-smartlead/) ## Related reading - [What AI marketing software costs in 2026](https://eaiservice.com/blog/ai-marketing-software-prices-2026/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Smartlead charge per mailbox? Smartlead does not charge per mailbox, as all plans include unlimited email accounts at no extra cost. ### How much is Smartlead white-label for agencies? $29/month per client workspace is the add-on cost for white-labeling, available from the Pro plan. ### Does Smartlead have a free trial? Smartlead offers a free trial on every plan with no credit card required. ### Which Smartlead plan includes API access? API and webhooks are included with the Pro plan and higher tiers. ### Is Smartlead SOC 2 certified? No SOC 2 or other named security certification was found on the public pages read. ## Sources - [Smartlead pricing](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead pricing fact sheet (markdown, generated 2026-07-28)](https://www.smartlead.ai/pricing.md) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead home page](https://www.smartlead.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead llms.txt](https://www.smartlead.ai/llms.txt) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead integrations](https://www.smartlead.ai/integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead email warmup](https://www.smartlead.ai/email-warmup) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead help center](https://helpcenter.smartlead.ai/en/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead API reference](https://api.smartlead.ai/reference/welcome) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead API: leads](https://api.smartlead.ai/core/leads) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead Data Processing Addendum](https://www.smartlead.ai/dpa) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead privacy policy](https://www.smartlead.ai/privacy-policy) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smartlead terms and conditions](https://www.smartlead.ai/new-terms-and-conditions) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: Published without a hands-on test; the setup score is capped at 3 until one is done. - October 5, 2026: Rewrote the answer in plainer words; the Saleshandy alternative now carries a sourced sentence. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Smith.ai AI Receptionist review: is it worth it for inbound calls for a small business, answered by AI with live-agent backup?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/smith-ai/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) # Smith.ai AI Receptionist review: is it worth it for inbound calls for a small business, answered by AI with live-agent backup? Evidence score 3.4 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 5, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) Smith.ai AI Receptionist is worth it for a small business that wants AI to answer its calls, with real people as backup. The AI voice receptionist answers calls and books appointments. A free plan covers 25 calls a month and paid plans start at $150 a month, but the price of the live-agent add-on is not published. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 5, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** A small firm that wants AI to answer calls, with people as backup **Not for:** A restaurant that needs orders or bookings sent to its POS **Smith.ai AI Receptionist at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | Free plan; paid plans from $150 a month, billed monthly (read October 5, 2026) | | Free plan or trial | Free plan | | Standout feature | AI answering backed by a 500+ person live receptionist network under one account | | Maker | Smith.ai, Inc. | ## Who is Smith.ai AI Receptionist for? This service is for small businesses that get many inbound calls. It can answer calls, qualify leads, and schedule appointments. It works well if you want AI to handle routine calls and have live agents for complex ones. Skip this if you are a restaurant needing to send orders directly to your point-of-sale system. It is also not ideal if you need a service that clearly lists all pricing upfront, especially for add-ons. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Free plan with 25 real calls a month and no setup fees - Every self-serve tier and overage rate is published - Calls can escalate to a live North America-based receptionist, with no fee when the AI initiates the escalation - Billed per call rather than per minute, and known spam calls are filtered before they count ### Cons - No price is shown for the live-agent add-on - No named security certification or public status page was found - Customer stories are mostly law firms; listed industries (home services, medical and wellness, contractors and others) do not include restaurants - Credit card required at signup even on the Free plan (no charge until you authorize overages) ## How much does Smith.ai AI Receptionist cost? **Smith.ai AI Receptionist plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Free | Free | Per account | 25 calls a month, then $3.00 a call; 50 practice calls a month | | Pro (75 calls) | $150 a month, billed monthly | Per account | 75 calls a month included ($2.00 a call); extra calls $2.50 each | | Pro (150 calls) | $270 a month, billed monthly | Per account | 150 calls a month included ($1.80 a call); extra calls $2.30 each | | Pro (300 calls) | $500 a month, billed monthly | Per account | 300 calls a month included ($1.67 a call); extra calls $2.17 each | | Enterprise (300 calls) | $500 a month | Per account | Same 300 calls and call rates as Pro (300 calls), bought through sales with a longer-term plan on offer | | Enterprise (500 calls) | $800 a month | Per account | 500 calls a month included ($1.60 a call); extra calls $2.10 each; bought through sales | | Enterprise (1000+ calls) | Quote on request | Per account | More than 1,000 calls a month; bought through sales | - Smith.ai Free and Pro: billing is month to month, with 30 days’ notice to cancel. - Smith.ai Enterprise: these plans are bought through sales, and the pricing page also offers a longer-term plan. As read on October 5, 2026 from [https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist). ## Did we sign up for Smith.ai AI Receptionist? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Smith.ai AI Receptionist's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up for its free plan. ## How it scored **Smith.ai AI Receptionist evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Answering, qualification, scheduling, warm transfers and live-agent escalation are all described on vendor pages; not confirmed first-hand. [\[source 1\]](https://smith.ai/ai-receptionist) [\[source 2\]](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist) [\[source 3\]](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/smith.ai) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 4 | Self-serve Free and Pro plans include answering, scheduling and call routing; customer stories are mostly law firms; restaurants are not among listed industries. [\[source 1\]](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist) [\[source 2\]](https://smith.ai/ai-receptionist) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 4 | All AI Receptionist tiers and overage rates are public with a free plan; the live-agent add-on price is not published. [\[source 1\]](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist) [\[source 2\]](https://smith.ai/ai-receptionist) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 3 | Self-serve signup with a guided test step; vendor says setup takes about 15 minutes (unconfirmed); capped at 3: not tested hands-on. [\[source 1\]](https://smith.ai/ai-receptionist) [\[source 2\]](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 4 | Integration directory and native CRM integrations; API and CSV export are documented for the live-receptionist product. [\[source 1\]](https://smith.ai/integrations) [\[source 2\]](https://smith.ai/ai-receptionist) [\[source 3\]](https://docs.smith.ai/category/ydtshfm8im-api) [\[source 4\]](https://docs.smith.ai/article/hgokiaaksk-how-to-export-your-smith-ai-call-data-via-csv) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 2 | Support channels are published and Trustpilot reviews discuss support, but no named security certification or status page was found. [\[source 1\]](https://smith.ai/ai-receptionist) [\[source 2\]](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist) [\[source 3\]](https://docs.smith.ai/) [\[source 4\]](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/smith.ai) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 3.4 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Smith.ai AI Receptionist? Both threads are lawyers comparing answering services, so the comments cover Smith.ai's service in general, including its human receptionists, not only the AI Receptionist. The newer r/Lawyertalk thread leans positive; the older r/LawFirm thread is mixed, with complaints about scripted calls, value and CMS integration. We found 2 threads (r/Lawyertalk and r/LawFirm) from July 2025 to August 2026: 0 mostly negative, 1 mixed, 1 positive. > I was an early adopter of smith and still use them. excellent all the way. [u/Observant\_Neighbor in r/Lawyertalk, 2026-08-15](https://www.reddit.com/r/Lawyertalk/comments/1vog787/comment/p3uxuxl/) > Smith.ai is good for me. They follow my basic instructions well. Ask about cheaper plans, a "starter" plan, etc. You might save a few bucks. [u/jmeesonly in r/Lawyertalk, 2026-08-18](https://www.reddit.com/r/Lawyertalk/comments/1vog787/comment/p4fn6rf/) > All of those services are mediocre at best. ... The receptionists at smithai are answering calls for many different businesses by reading a script as it pops up on their screen. It's often awkward and off putting. ... After hours just send to voicemail or use smithai for low volume times [u/calipali12 in r/LawFirm, 2025-07-12](https://www.reddit.com/r/LawFirm/comments/1ly4nu2/comment/n2r39j3/), may predate the current version > You get more bang for buck lighting cash on fire than using smith.ai. Hire a VA for calls [u/Few\_Requirement6657 in r/LawFirm, 2025-07-12](https://www.reddit.com/r/LawFirm/comments/1ly4nu2/comment/n2r5j9y/), may predate the current version > I don't use smith.ai because they wouldn't send retainers if asked and did not integrate the way I wanted with my CMS.... [u/amlbreader in r/LawFirm, 2025-07-13](https://www.reddit.com/r/LawFirm/comments/1ly4nu2/comment/n2xkuo9/), may predate the current version Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to Smith.ai AI Receptionist? - [Goodcall review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/goodcall/): AI phone agent for local small businesses. - [Slang AI review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/slang-ai/): AI phone host for restaurants: calls, reservations, FAQs. - **Loman AI**: An AI phone agent for restaurants that takes orders and reservations and connects to POS systems such as Toast, Square and Clover; prices not published. [\[source\]](https://loman.ai/pricing) - **Retell AI**: A platform for building and testing AI phone agents through an API, priced per minute. [\[source\]](https://www.retellai.com/pricing) ## Where Smith.ai AI Receptionist is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best ai voice agents (1 of 3)](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) ## Related reading - [How many restaurant calls go unanswered? Where the popular numbers come from](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-missed-calls-fact-check/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Is there a free version of Smith.ai AI Receptionist? Smith.ai has a Free plan at $0/mo with 25 calls/mo and $3.00/call after that. ### Does a call cost extra when it goes to a human receptionist? Not when the AI initiates the escalation; live agent involvement for information verification or scheduling is a per-call add-on with an unstated price. ### Do spam calls count toward the call quota? Calls from over 20 million known spammers are filtered out and do not count towards your quota. ### Is there a contract? AI Receptionist operates on a month-to-month basis with no long-term contract, requiring 30 days notice to cancel. ### How much do human-only receptionists cost at Smith.ai? Human-first Virtual Receptionist plans start at $300/month for 30 calls, with various tiers available up to custom enterprise solutions. ## Sources - [Smith.ai home page](https://smith.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smith.ai AI Receptionist product page and FAQ](https://smith.ai/ai-receptionist) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smith.ai AI Receptionist plans and pricing](https://smith.ai/pricing/ai-receptionist) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smith.ai Virtual Receptionists (human-first) plans and pricing](https://smith.ai/pricing/receptionists) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smith.ai integrations directory](https://smith.ai/integrations) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smith.ai AI Receptionist for enterprise](https://smith.ai/ai-receptionist-for-enterprise) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smith.ai help center](https://docs.smith.ai/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smith.ai help center: API articles](https://docs.smith.ai/category/ydtshfm8im-api) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smith.ai help: export call data via CSV](https://docs.smith.ai/article/hgokiaaksk-how-to-export-your-smith-ai-call-data-via-csv) (read October 5, 2026) - [Smith.ai reviews on Trustpilot (third party)](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/smith.ai) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: Fact check: Enterprise contract terms, industry focus, credit-card note, one Reddit excerpt and the Reddit summary corrected against sources. - October 5, 2026: Published without a hands-on test; the setup score is capped at 3 until one is done. - October 5, 2026: Support score lowered from 3 to 2 under the trust rule (support channels are published, but no security certification or status page), so the evidence score moved from 3.5 to 3.4. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Toast Email Marketing review: is it worth it for a restaurant's guest email and SMS marketing on Toast POS?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/toast-marketing/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-05" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) # Toast Email Marketing review: is it worth it for a restaurant's guest email and SMS marketing on Toast POS? Evidence score 2.5 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 5, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) Toast Email Marketing suits a restaurant already on Toast POS that wants automated email and text campaigns built from its own guest and order data. It is built only for Toast POS restaurants. Toast publishes no price for it, so new buyers start with a sales demo. Toast Care support is included, 24/7/365. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 5, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 5, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** A restaurant already on Toast POS that wants automated guest email and SMS **Not for:** A restaurant on another POS **Toast Email Marketing at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | Not published. Toast Email Marketing quotes on request (read 2026-10-05) | | Free plan or trial | None found | | Standout feature | Campaigns run on the guest data from Toast POS and online orders | | Maker | Toast, Inc. | ## Who is Toast Email Marketing for? Toast Email Marketing is for restaurants that already run Toast POS. It sends automated emails and texts to guests using the guest and order data Toast already collects, and an AI assistant can draft the copy. Skip it if your restaurant runs a different POS. Toast publishes no price for it, so expect a sales demo before you can buy. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Campaigns use guest and ordering data collected automatically from Toast POS and Toast Online Ordering, so emails are not exported to or imported from another tool - Automated campaigns for new guests, lapsed guests and VIPs - An AI writing assistant and restaurant templates for campaign copy - Toast Care support is included in every software subscription, 24/7/365 ### Cons - No published Email Marketing price - Built for restaurants that run Toast POS on approved Toast hardware - New buyers start with a sales demo - No named security certification on the pages read ## How much does Toast Email Marketing cost? Not published. Toast Email Marketing quotes on request (read 2026-10-05). ## Did we sign up for Toast Email Marketing? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Toast Email Marketing's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up, and its pages don't say whether there is a self-serve trial. ## How it scored **Toast Email Marketing evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Email, SMS and social campaigns, automated guest campaigns, an AI writing assistant and restaurant templates are described on Toast's pages. [\[source 1\]](https://pos.toasttab.com/products/toast-marketing) [\[source 2\]](https://pos.toasttab.com/products/toast-iq-grow) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 3 | Built for restaurant operators in the United States, but sold as an add-on to the Toast platform through a demo. [\[source 1\]](https://pos.toasttab.com/products/toast-marketing) [\[source 2\]](https://pos.toasttab.com/pricing) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 1 | Email Marketing, the Marketing Suite and Toast IQ Grow are named but none is priced; the pricing page offers Contact Sales. [\[source 1\]](https://pos.toasttab.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://pos.toasttab.com/products/toast-iq-grow) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 2 | New buyers start with a sales demo and Toast hardware; existing Toast customers add it from a login-gated shop. [\[source 1\]](https://pos.toasttab.com/products/toast-marketing) [\[source 2\]](https://pos.toasttab.com/pricing) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 3 | Public API documentation exists; the integrations directory could not be read and guest-list export was not confirmed. [\[source 1\]](https://doc.toasttab.com/) [\[source 2\]](https://pos.toasttab.com/products/toast-marketing) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 3 | Public status page, 24/7/365 support by phone or web messaging, and a vulnerability disclosure program; no named certification found. [\[source 1\]](https://status.toasttab.com/) [\[source 2\]](https://pos.toasttab.com/pricing) [\[source 3\]](https://pos.toasttab.com/security) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 2.5 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Toast Email Marketing? Reddit opinion is mixed. One pizza owner says weeks with emails bring extra online sales, and several users call it cheap and fine for simple bulk email or for a few locations. Others say it has few features and limited reporting for multi-unit groups, and one owner who moved to Klaviyo found the guest data hard to carry across. We found 7 threads (r/ToastPOS and r/restaurantowners) from January 2025 to May 2026: 2 mostly negative, 4 mixed, 1 positive. > ...the marketing specific options generate sales. Weeks I run emails tend to lead towards $6,000 additional in online sales for my pizza place. I email customers every other week, and have 9,000 emails on the list. Around 51% open rate to the emails.... [u/not-feeling-so-well in r/ToastPOS, 2025-03-06](https://www.reddit.com/r/ToastPOS/comments/1j51lds/comment/mge2as4/), may predate the current version > ...Toast marketing is cheaper but really lacks any features. If your goal is to have a quick and easy way to bulk email then toast is fine.... [u/Suspicious-Sock-4553 in r/restaurantowners, 2025-05-09](https://www.reddit.com/r/restaurantowners/comments/1kiqzij/comment/mrhd5q5/), may predate the current version > If you're multi unit it's pretty bad. It's dirt cheap though so that's nice but it's really hard to quantify anything because they only give you 3 metrics.... [u/spoondoggle in r/ToastPOS, 2025-01-07](https://www.reddit.com/r/ToastPOS/comments/1hvma98/comment/m5uh06w/), may predate the current version > We really like many things about toast but their marketing suite was not one of them…we switched to Klaviyo really quickly, But then you quickly discover how completely disconnected all the customer data is in toast.... [u/cake\_it\_ in r/ToastPOS, 2026-05-16](https://www.reddit.com/r/ToastPOS/comments/1td2rcl/comment/om2451q/) > Depends on how many locations you have and what your goal is. Toast marketing is fine for brands that have <5 locations. [u/Efficient-Bank8318 in r/ToastPOS, 2026-03-08](https://www.reddit.com/r/ToastPOS/comments/1rl90o8/comment/o98zt9b/) Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to Toast Email Marketing? - [Popmenu review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/popmenu/): Popmenu provides restaurant websites, ordering, and marketing tools, including an AI phone add-on. - [Owner.com review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/owner-com/): Owner.com offers websites, ordering, and marketing for independent restaurants with public pricing. - [Chowbus review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/chowbus/) [Partner](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/): POS, online ordering, loyalty and SMS marketing from one vendor with on-site setup; every plan is sold by quote. - [SevenRooms review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/sevenrooms/): SevenRooms offers a guest CRM, reservations, waitlist, and marketing tools with unpriced plans. - [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/): Finds food creators in the areas of your locations and tracks each one to a booked visit and a video; it does not measure views or sales. ## Where Toast Email Marketing is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best restaurant marketing (4 of 5)](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Related reading - [How many restaurant calls go unanswered? Where the popular numbers come from](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-missed-calls-fact-check/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Do you need Toast POS to use Toast Email Marketing? Yes, it uses guest and order data from Toast POS and Toast Online Ordering. ### Does Toast Email Marketing include SMS? Yes, the product page lists email, SMS and social campaigns. ### What is Toast IQ Grow? It is a Toast bundle that adds an AI Marketing Agent (labelled beta) and a dedicated Marketing Success Manager to websites, online ordering, ads, loyalty, gift cards, and email and SMS. Ad spend and per-delivery fees are charged separately. ### Does Toast Email Marketing write emails with AI? Yes, an AI assistant writes the email copy, and you review it before it is sent. ## Sources - [Toast: Restaurant and Retail Email & SMS Marketing](https://pos.toasttab.com/products/toast-marketing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Toast: Official Toast Restaurant POS Pricing & Plans (2026)](https://pos.toasttab.com/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Toast IQ Grow](https://pos.toasttab.com/products/toast-iq-grow) (read October 5, 2026) - [Toast: Report a vulnerability](https://pos.toasttab.com/security) (read October 5, 2026) - [Toast System Status](https://status.toasttab.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Toast platform docs](https://doc.toasttab.com/) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: Added Chowbus and our own product to the alternatives. - October 5, 2026: Published without a hands-on test; the setup score is capped at 3 until one is done. - October 5, 2026: Pricing rescored to the lowest score: products are named but none is priced. Rewrote the answer and summary in plainer words. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Upfluence review: is it worth it for an ecommerce brand or agency running creator and affiliate programs at scale?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/upfluence/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-06" dateModified: "2026-10-06" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) # Upfluence review: is it worth it for an ecommerce brand or agency running creator and affiliate programs at scale? Evidence score 1.9 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 6, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) Upfluence is influencer marketing software for ecommerce brands and agencies, with a 14M+ creator database, outreach, Shopify and Amazon sales tracking and creator payments. Every plan is custom-quoted after a call, with a 12-month minimum contract and a dedicated account manager. Its pages do not name restaurants or hosted creator visits. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 6, 2026 · Updated October 6, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 6, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** An ecommerce brand or agency that wants creator outreach tied to store sales and creator payments **Not for:** A restaurant, or any buyer that wants a published price or a month-to-month plan **Upfluence at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | Not published. Upfluence quotes on request (read 2026-10-06) | | Free plan or trial | No (trial set up after an initial call) | | Standout feature | Creator outreach connected to ecommerce stores, an API and MCP, under one fixed fee | | Maker | Upfluence | ## Who is Upfluence for? Upfluence is for ecommerce brands and agencies that run creator, affiliate and gifting programs tied to online store sales. It connects to Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Adobe Commerce and Amazon, sends products to creators in bulk and pays them through Upfluence Pay. Every plan is quoted on a call and runs at least 12 months. Skip it if you want to see a price before talking to sales, or if you need creators booked into visits at a restaurant. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - Ecommerce connections to Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Adobe Commerce and Amazon - A documented REST API and an MCP server for AI tools - A fixed platform fee with no percentage of creator-driven sales and no mandatory setup fee - Creator payments with automatic 1099 and W9 forms on the Autopilot plan ### Cons - No plan has a public price; every quote comes from a sales call - The minimum contract is 12 months - Its pages name ecommerce and affiliate programs, not restaurants or hosted creator visits - No security certification or public status page was found - On Reddit, users report auto-renewal billing disputes and prices that climb past the entry tier ## How much does Upfluence cost? **Upfluence plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Find Creators | Quote on request | — | Creator search, recruitment pages, mass outreach and the Gmail or Outlook integration | | Scale Creator Programs | Quote on request | — | Adds the creator marketplace, drip sequences, ecommerce integrations, affiliate codes and product shipping | | Autopilot | Quote on request | — | Adds creator payments in several currencies and automatic 1099 and W9 forms | - Upfluence plans: each quote is a fixed platform fee set by module, team size and program volume, with no percentage of sales. - Upfluence contract: the minimum contract is 12 months, and the free trial is set up after an initial call. As read on October 6, 2026 from [https://www.upfluence.com/pricing](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing). ## Did we sign up for Upfluence? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Upfluence's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up, because Upfluence has no self-serve free plan or trial. ## How it scored **Upfluence evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Creator search across a 14M+ database, mass outreach, campaign management, sales tracking and creator payments are documented; not confirmed first-hand. [\[source 1\]](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.upfluence.com/) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 1 | Pages name ecommerce, affiliate, agency and UGC programs; no restaurant use and no self-serve plan. [\[source 1\]](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://www.upfluence.com/) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 1 | Three modules are listed with features, but none is priced; the page asks buyers to book a demo for a quote. [\[source 1\]](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 1 | A sales call comes first: the free trial is set up after an initial call, and the minimum contract is 12 months. [\[source 1\]](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 4 | Integrations page lists Shopify, Amazon Attribution, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Klaviyo, Zapier and Hootsuite, with a documented REST API and MCP; no export documented. [\[source 1\]](https://www.upfluence.com/integrations) [\[source 2\]](https://www.upfluence.com/influencer-marketing-api) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 2 | 2FA, role-based permissions and a dedicated account manager are listed; no certification or public status page was found. [\[source 1\]](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://status.upfluence.com/) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 1.9 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Upfluence? Reddit opinion of Upfluence is split. Brand users praise its discovery, affiliate tracking and Shopify fit, and some call it cheaper than GRIN or Aspire. Others report billing and auto-renewal disputes, strict annual contracts, pricing that rises as you scale, and UX that gets clunky on large campaigns. Creator-side threads object to its content-rights terms and to tighter campaign eligibility. Upfluence's CEO and VP Product replied publicly to both creator threads. We read 10 threads from r/influencermarketing, r/SaaS, r/UGCcreators, r/ecommerce, r/AskMarketing, r/MarketingHelp and r/SocialMediaManagers, started 2025-04-06 to 2026-10-06, with replies read up to 2026-10-06: 3 mostly negative, 4 mixed, 3 positive. > We originally signed up with a clear 6-month Order Form/contract. But after the term ended, Upfluence kept charging our account based on an auto-renewal clause we never agreed to. [u/w… in r/influencermarketing, 2025-09-19](https://www.reddit.com/r/influencermarketing/comments/1nkt21m/has_anyone_else_had_issues_canceling_upfluence/), may predate the current version > Upfluence pricing is brutal once you scale past their entry tier. [u/erickrealz in r/AskMarketing, 2026-01-09](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMarketing/comments/1q6u5h7/comment/nyi1lr0/) > Upfluence is powerful, but the UX can feel like you're fighting the software just to send a simple brief. [u/whitelabelpundit in r/ecommerce, 2026-01-20](https://www.reddit.com/r/ecommerce/comments/1qbpm9z/comment/o0pho4k/) > Upfluence discovery is comprehensive and campaign management flexible. Affiliate tracking solved a pain point for us. Not perfect but covers the important stuff. [u/Signal\_Way\_2559 in r/MarketingHelp, 2025-12-24](https://www.reddit.com/r/MarketingHelp/comments/1puiomi/tested_3_influencer_platforms_over_6_months_heres/) > We like Upfluence, we've been using for 2 years now I think - been really good. Especially for affiliation [u/Unfair\_Variation4733 in r/SaaS, 2025-07-04](https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1lcxbpg/comment/n19umnv/), may predate the current version Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to Upfluence? - [GRIN review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/grin/): A creator CRM with affiliate links and an AI agent for outreach, with every plan priced and a free plan. - [Modash review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/modash/): Creator search with audience location filters, an inbox for creator email and content tracking, priced by plan. - [Creator.co review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creator-co/): Self-serve creator matching and outreach, or a managed plan with a dedicated account manager. - [Our product](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) [CreatoRain review](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/creatorain/): Finds food creators in the areas of your locations and tracks each one to a booked visit and a video; it does not measure views or sales. ## Where Upfluence is ranked and compared Ranked in: [Best influencer marketing (4 of 5)](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) ## Related reading - [What does influencer marketing cost a restaurant?](https://eaiservice.com/blog/restaurant-influencer-marketing-cost/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Upfluence publish its prices? Upfluence publishes no prices. Each plan is custom-quoted after a demo, based on the modules chosen, team size and program volume. ### Does Upfluence have a free trial? Yes, but only after an initial call. Upfluence sets the trial up for the buyer's use case. ### What is the minimum Upfluence contract? The pricing page states a minimum contract of 12 months, with a dedicated account manager. ### Does Upfluence take a percentage of sales? No percentage of sales is taken. Each plan is a fixed platform fee, and there is no mandatory setup fee. ## Sources - [Upfluence pricing](https://www.upfluence.com/pricing) (read October 6, 2026) - [Upfluence home page](https://www.upfluence.com/) (read October 6, 2026) - [Upfluence integrations](https://www.upfluence.com/integrations) (read October 6, 2026) - [Upfluence influencer marketing API and MCP](https://www.upfluence.com/influencer-marketing-api) (read October 6, 2026) - [Upfluence status address (redirects to the home page)](https://status.upfluence.com/) (read October 6, 2026) ## Changelog - October 6, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 6, 2026: Published without a hands-on test; Upfluence has no self-serve trial, so setup is scored from its published terms. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. [Who owns this site](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) · [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) --- title: "Zapier review: is it worth it for no-code automation across a very large app catalogue?" url: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/zapier/" markdown: "https://eaiservice.com/reviews/zapier/index.md" publisher: "Evaluate AI Service" owner: "Midwest AI Solution Inc." editor: "Peter Chen" datePublished: "2026-10-05" dateModified: "2026-10-07" relationship: null data: "https://eaiservice.com/data/reviews.json" corrections: "corrections@eaiservice.com" --- [Workflow automation](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/#workflow-automation) # Zapier review: is it worth it for no-code automation across a very large app catalogue? Evidence score 3.7 / 5 (from public pages, pricing and user reports, October 5, 2026; 6 of 6 criteria; not tried hands-on). [How we score](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/#scores) Zapier is a good no-code automation tool for a team without engineers that wants to connect many apps; its directory lists 9,000+ apps. The Free plan allows only two-step Zaps and 100 tasks a month. Professional starts at $19.99 a month billed yearly, with a 14-day trial. The overage rate per task is not published. By [Peter Chen](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/), Editor Published October 5, 2026 · Updated October 7, 2026 · Prices and features last checked October 5, 2026 Our verdict **Best for:** A team without engineers that needs to connect many SaaS apps with multi-step automations **Not for:** A team that needs a published pay-per-task overage rate before buying **Zapier at a glance** | | | | --- | --- | | Starting price | Free plan; paid plans from $19.99 a month, billed yearly (read October 5, 2026) | | Free plan or trial | Free plan | | Standout feature | Its app directory lists 9,000+ apps | | Maker | Zapier | ## Who is Zapier for? Zapier is for people who want to connect many apps and automate tasks without writing code, such as a small team with no engineers. Skip it if you need to know the exact cost of going over your task limit before you buy: the pricing page does not give that rate as a number. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - A free plan and a 14-day Professional trial with no credit card required - A very large app directory: 9,000+ apps per the vendor pages - SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 reports named on the trust center ### Cons - The Free plan is limited to two-step Zaps and 100 tasks per month - Pay-per-task overage is charged at a higher per-task rate that the pricing page does not state as a number - Live chat support starts only at the Professional 2,000 task tier ## How much does Zapier cost? **Zapier plans and prices** | Plan | Price | Charged per | Main limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Free | Free | Per account | Zaps, Tables, and Forms included (100 tasks per month); Two-step Zaps | | Professional | From $19.99 a month, billed yearly | Per account | Multi-step Zaps; Unlimited Premium apps; Webhooks; task tier chosen on the page selector | | Professional (monthly) | From $29.99 a month, billed monthly | Per account | The Professional plan above, paid month to month | | Team | From $69 a month, billed yearly | Per account | 25 users; Shared Zaps and folders; Shared app connections; SAML SSO | | Enterprise | Quote on request | Per organization | Unlimited users; Annual task limits | | Agents Pro (add-on) | $33.33 a month, billed yearly | Per account | 1,500 activities per month (Agents Free: 400 activities per month) | | Chatbots Pro (add-on) | $13.33 a month, billed yearly | Per account | Build up to 5 chatbots (Chatbots Free: up to 2 chatbots) | | Chatbots Advanced (add-on) | $66.67 a month, billed yearly | Per account | Build up to 20 chatbots; Remove Zapier logo | - Zapier Professional and Team: the prices shown are for yearly billing, which the page says saves 33%, and they rise with the number of tasks you choose. As read on October 5, 2026 from [https://zapier.com/pricing](https://zapier.com/pricing). ## Did we sign up for Zapier? Not tested hands-on. This review is based on Zapier's public pages and Reddit; we have not signed up for its free plan. ## How it scored **Zapier evidence by criterion** | Criterion | Weight | Score (1-5) | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Core job | 25% | 3 | Triggers, multi-step Zaps, filters, paths and app connectors are documented; not yet confirmed first-hand or by user reports. [\[source 1\]](https://zapier.com/pricing) [\[source 2\]](https://zapier.com/) | | Fit for the category's buyer | 20% | 4 | No coding required per the vendor FAQ; the self-serve Professional plan includes multi-step Zaps and Premium apps, and Team adds 25 users. [\[source 1\]](https://zapier.com/pricing) | | Pricing transparency | 20% | 4 | Starting prices, task tiers, add-on prices, a free plan and a 14-day trial are public; the overage rate is not given as a number. [\[source 1\]](https://zapier.com/pricing) | | Setup and time to first result | 15% | 3 | Self-serve signup, a 14-day trial without a credit card, and no coding needed per the vendor FAQ; capped at 3: not tested hands-on. [\[source 1\]](https://zapier.com/pricing) | | Integrations and data portability | 10% | 5 | App directory of 9,000+ apps per the vendor pages, a developer platform, SDK and MCP, and JSON export of Zap workflows from account settings per the help center. [\[source 1\]](https://zapier.com/apps) [\[source 2\]](https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496308481933-Import-and-export-Zap-workflows-in-your-Team-or-Enterprise-account) [\[source 3\]](https://docs.zapier.com/) [\[source 4\]](https://docs.zapier.com/platform/home) [\[source 5\]](https://docs.zapier.com/powered-by-zapier/introduction) [\[source 6\]](https://zapier.com/tables) | | Trust, security and support | 10% | 4 | SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, GDPR and CCPA on the trust center; a public status page; support channels listed by plan. [\[source 1\]](https://trust.zapier.com/) [\[source 2\]](https://status.zapier.com/) [\[source 3\]](https://zapier.com/pricing) [\[source 4\]](https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us) | 6 of 6 criteria had published evidence. Evidence score total: 3.7 / 5 (weighted over the known criteria). ## What do Reddit users say about Zapier? Reddit discussions show mixed feelings about Zapier, with some users praising its automation capabilities and others criticizing its task-based pricing, especially with AI integrations. Some users have found alternatives or built their own solutions due to cost concerns. We found 9 threads (r/zapier, r/CustomerSuccess, r/SaasDevelopers, r/aiagents, r/automation and r/sysadmin) from November 2025 to September 2026: 4 mostly negative, 5 mixed, 0 positive. > Coming from Workato, this is an unfair comparison. I’ve found Zapier to be limited and frustrating. Then again, cost is a fraction of what Workato is.... [u/traveller1856 in r/CustomerSuccess, 2025-11-25](https://www.reddit.com/r/CustomerSuccess/comments/1p5mhm6/comment/nqmwyko/) > I'm about to give up on Zapier. It fails more often than it works, and I am trying to fix one zap right now and it won't publish the zap and doesn't tell me why not.... [u/LordPhantom74 in r/zapier, 2026-09-02](https://www.reddit.com/r/zapier/comments/1rcgpeu/comment/p7bhdsa/) > Zapier's solid for simple linear stuff - a form submission triggers a ticket, a Slack message creates a row in Sheets. Where it falls apart is anything with branching logic, apps that don't have APIs, or workflows that need proof they completed.... [u/v… in r/sysadmin, 2026-03-19](https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1rwykx2/comment/ob9f1ju/) > Their policies are crap and is a constant sore spot. Pro-rated refunds should be a thing especially if your account doesn’t show any abusive patterns.... [u/micasa\_es\_miproblema in r/zapier, 2026-09-24](https://www.reddit.com/r/zapier/comments/1wp1qea/comment/pbtbacv/) > Zapier has always been the easiest money I’ve spent. So much capability for the money. [u/YourPromoPilot in r/zapier, 2026-05-10](https://www.reddit.com/r/zapier/comments/1t99166/comment/ol0iei3/) Quotes are short excerpts from public Reddit posts, linked to the originals and picked by the rules in our methodology. They're the posters' opinions, not ours, and Reddit isn't affiliated with this site. Wrote one and want it removed? Email corrections@eaiservice.com and we'll take it down within 7 days. ## What are the best alternatives to Zapier? - **n8n**: A workflow automation platform that pairs AI with business process automation, aimed at technical teams that want code and no-code in one tool. [\[source\]](https://n8n.io/) - **Power Automate**: Microsoft's tool for automating workflows across apps, systems and websites, including robotic process automation. [\[source\]](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/products/power-automate) - **Workato**: An enterprise platform that connects apps, data, workflows and AI agents in one place. [\[source\]](https://www.workato.com/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Zapier have a free plan? Yes, Zapier has a Free plan that is free forever. ### Is there a Zapier free trial? Yes, a new account is enrolled in a free 14-day trial of the Professional plan, and no credit card is required. ### What counts as a task in Zapier? A task is used each time a Zap successfully completes an action; some apps or actions use more than one task, while triggers and failed actions use none. ### What happens when Zapier hits the task limit? With pay-per-task billing on, Zaps keep running at a higher per-task rate up to a maximum; with it off, Zaps pause until the next usage period. ### Is Zapier SOC 2 compliant? Yes, the trust center lists SOC 2 Type II, with the report available under NDA, and a public SOC 3 report. ## Sources - [Zapier pricing](https://zapier.com/pricing) (read October 5, 2026) - [Zapier home page](https://zapier.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Zapier app directory](https://zapier.com/apps) (read October 5, 2026) - [Zapier Trust Center](https://trust.zapier.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Zapier status](https://status.zapier.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Zapier Help Center](https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us) (read October 5, 2026) - [Zapier developer docs](https://docs.zapier.com/) (read October 5, 2026) - [Zapier Developer Platform docs](https://docs.zapier.com/platform/home) (read October 5, 2026) - [Powered by Zapier docs](https://docs.zapier.com/powered-by-zapier/introduction) (read October 5, 2026) - [Zapier Tables](https://zapier.com/tables) (read October 5, 2026) - [Zapier Help Center: import and export Zap workflows](https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496308481933-Import-and-export-Zap-workflows-in-your-Team-or-Enterprise-account) (read October 5, 2026) ## Changelog - October 7, 2026: Added the Professional price billed monthly, $29.99 a month, read from zapier.com/pricing with Pay monthly selected. - October 5, 2026: First draft written with AI from the cited sources, then checked against them. - October 5, 2026: Published without a hands-on test; the setup score is capped at 3 until one is done. - October 5, 2026: Rewrote the answer in plainer words; each alternative now carries a sourced sentence. ## Categories - [Cold email](https://eaiservice.com/best/cold-email/) - [AI voice agents](https://eaiservice.com/best/ai-voice-agents/) - [Influencer marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/influencer-marketing/) - [Restaurant marketing](https://eaiservice.com/best/restaurant-marketing/) ## Reviews - [All reviews](https://eaiservice.com/reviews/) - [Compare](https://eaiservice.com/compare/) - [Prices](https://eaiservice.com/prices/) - [Blog](https://eaiservice.com/blog/) ## About the site - [About](https://eaiservice.com/about/) - [Ownership](https://eaiservice.com/ownership/) - [Advertising](https://eaiservice.com/advertising/) - [Methodology](https://eaiservice.com/methodology/) - [Editor](https://eaiservice.com/authors/editor/) - [Contact](https://eaiservice.com/contact/) - [Corrections](mailto:corrections@eaiservice.com) - [Privacy](https://eaiservice.com/privacy/) ## For machines - [RSS](https://eaiservice.com/rss.xml) - [llms.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt](https://eaiservice.com/llms-full.txt) - [Dataset](https://eaiservice.com/data/) - [Sitemap](https://eaiservice.com/sitemap-index.xml) [Evaluate AI Service](https://eaiservice.com/) © 2026 Midwest AI Solution Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. 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