About Woodpecker
Woodpecker is a commercial outbound sales tool for running cold email campaigns and follow-ups, with LinkedIn outreach available as an add-on. It is built for businesses that do outbound prospecting, including sales teams, lead generation agencies, recruiters and business owners.
Key features include free email verification, email warm-up, inbox rotation, adaptive sending, a centralized inbox, a domain audit and condition-based campaigns, and the vendor states that it is GDPR compliant. Optional add-ons cover LinkedIn outreach automation, an agency panel, extra warm-ups, Lead Finder credits and domains with email accounts. Integrations include Pipedrive, HubSpot, Calendly, Zapier, Google Sheets, Clay, an API, webhooks, an MCP server and a CLI. Free tools such as an infrastructure calculator, an email preview tool and an A/B test calculator are also offered, along with a 14-day free trial.
Key features
- Cold email campaigns with automated follow-ups
- Email warm-up and inbox rotation
- Adaptive sending to protect deliverability
- Condition-based campaign steps
- Centralized inbox for replies
- Free email verification and domain audit
- LinkedIn outreach automation add-on
Good fit for
- →Sales teams booking meetings through outbound
- →Lead generation agencies running client campaigns
- →Recruiters contacting candidates
- Tags
- cold-email
- email-outreach
- sales-automation
- linkedin-outreach
- email-warmup
- lead-generation
- proprietary
Woodpecker: questions and answers
- What is Woodpecker used for?
- Woodpecker is a cold email and LinkedIn outreach tool for sales teams, agencies and recruiters, with warm-up, inbox rotation, verification and a shared inbox. It is a good fit for sales teams booking meetings through outbound, lead generation agencies running client campaigns and recruiters contacting candidates.
- How much does Woodpecker cost?
- Woodpecker is a paid product with no free plan. A free trial is available. Volume-based pricing of $7.00 per 100 contacted prospects, with a lower rate per prospect at higher tiers and annual billing saving 33%. A 14-day free trial includes all features; add-ons are priced separately.
- Is Woodpecker open source?
- No. Woodpecker is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Email Marketing category, open-source options include Listmonk, Mautic and BillionMail.
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