Feed it Alternatives
Cleverly alternatives, ranked by fit.
Cleverly is best for small businesses and B2B teams that want a managed LinkedIn outreach campaign and have budget for outsourced execution. If that is not you anymore, here is where teams go instead, and what each one is good at.
Your first 2,000 engagers free. No card to start.
- EmbersFounders and small teams who can spend 30 minutes a day on warm follow-up $49/mo
- BelkinsCompanies that want an outsourced SDR motion across channels See site
- CallboxTeams that want full-service outsourced lead generation See site
- HeyReachAgencies and teams running high-volume LinkedIn outreach in-house $79/mo
- Apollo.ioSales teams that want database-driven outbound instead of a done-for-you service $49/mo
Why people switch
Why teams look past Cleverly.
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They want to own the sales learning instead of outsourcing it
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Founder voice matters more than campaign volume
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They want lower monthly cost than a managed service
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They already post on LinkedIn and need to act on warm engagement
Worth checking in Cleverly first
- Outsourced outreach can sound less like the founder or seller
- The team still has to review targeting, copy, replies, and fit
- Managed services cost more than self-serve tools
- Campaign learning sits with the agency instead of the founder
The shortlist
Cleverly alternatives, and who each one suits.
Ranked by fit for teams whose buyers show up on LinkedIn. Prices are each vendor's published entry price.
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Embers
Self-serve LinkedIn signal workflow for founders who want warm leads, DM context, and control over every conversation.
From$49/mo
Best for Founders and small teams who can spend 30 minutes a day on warm follow-up.
Does well
- Finds people already engaging with you or your market
- Keeps outreach in the founder's voice
- Lower starting price than managed services
- ICP scoring and AI DM drafts in one workflow
Skip Embers if you need
- You still review leads and send messages yourself
- Not a fully managed agency service
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Belkins
B2B appointment setting and lead generation agency with multi-channel outbound services.
FromSee site
Best for Companies that want an outsourced SDR motion across channels.
Does well
- Broad outbound service coverage
- Appointment-setting focus
- Experienced sales development team
Check before you pick
- Agency model can be expensive
- Less founder-controlled learning
- Not LinkedIn engagement-first
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Callbox
Managed B2B lead generation provider combining phone, email, social, and web outreach.
FromSee site
Best for Teams that want full-service outsourced lead generation.
Does well
- Multi-channel campaign execution
- Human SDR support
- Built for appointment generation
Check before you pick
- Heavier managed-service motion
- May be more than a founder needs
- Not centered on LinkedIn content engagement
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HeyReach
LinkedIn outreach automation for teams and agencies that want to manage many sender accounts. Embers pushes qualified leads into its campaigns.
From$79/mo
Best for Agencies and teams running high-volume LinkedIn outreach in-house.
Does well
- Multi-sender account rotation
- Agency campaign management
- Unified inbox
- Native Embers destination for warm leads
Check before you pick
- Requires sender account access
- Automation policy risk
- Not a managed service
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Apollo.io
Sales intelligence and engagement platform for building lists and running outbound sequences.
From$49/mo
Best for Sales teams that want database-driven outbound instead of a done-for-you service.
Does well
- Large contact database
- Email finder and sequences
Check before you pick
- Cold outbound workflow
- More setup than a managed agency
- No LinkedIn engagement queue
Scorecard
Embers against Cleverly, feature by feature.
The full side by side lives on the Embers vs Cleverly page. Here is the scorecard.
Pricing
Published prices, on one scale.
Every Embers plan is one workspace: no seats, no credits, no LinkedIn-account pricing. Your first 2,000 engagers are free.
Embers
Cleverly
Prices as published by each vendor. Prices in another currency are shown as published, not converted. Outlined bars are quoted or billed yearly.
Feed it
Pair them in four steps.
Nothing to migrate: Cleverly keeps sending, and Embers changes who it sends to.
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Keep Cleverly for the sending
Embers never sends connection requests, messages, comments, or reactions, so your campaigns stay where they are.
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Let Embers pick who
Engagers are scored against your ICP and ranked, each with the reason they surfaced.
How it works -
Connect the handoff
HeyReach, Instantly, Smartlead, and Emelia are native destinations; anything else takes signed webhooks through Zapier, Make, or n8n. Set a minimum score and ICP-only rules.
How it works -
Send to people who just engaged
Each lead arrives with the signal that surfaced it and its score, ready to use as campaign variables.
How it works
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How we compare
Embers wrote this page, and Embers is one of the products in it. Facts about other tools come from their own product and pricing pages on the date shown; Embers facts come from our pricing and help center. Where a vendor does not say, we say so instead of guessing. Spot something out of date? Write to viraj@useembers.com and we will fix it.
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Leaving Cleverly?
Common questions.
Straight answers, with the plan or help article behind each one.
Open the help centerEmbers is a strong Cleverly alternative when you want to keep outreach self-serve. It surfaces ICP-fit people from public LinkedIn engagement, drafts a message, and lets the founder control the conversation instead of outsourcing it.
Cleverly is primarily a done-for-you B2B lead generation agency. Its LinkedIn outreach offer includes prospect list building, outreach copy, follow-up, and account-manager support.
Choose Cleverly if you have budget, very little time, and want someone else to run LinkedIn outreach campaigns for you. Choose Embers if founder voice, warm engagement signals, and direct sales learning matter more.
Cleverly publicly advertises LinkedIn outreach starting at $397 per month, with broader lead generation plans ranging from $397 to $997 per month depending on campaign needs.
It can for founders who are willing to own the daily follow-up workflow. Embers does not run campaigns for you; it gives you the ranked leads and context to send better manual DMs yourself.
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