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lemlist pricing, use cases, and first steps

lemlist is specialized sales prospecting software, made in Paris. You prepare a series of messages (emails, LinkedIn, calls) that go out on their own to a list of prospects. AI does three things here: find prospects that match your target, write the campaign, and write an opening line for each person that is specific to them.

lemlist has no free plan. The recommended plan to start with: Email, $55 per month, billed yearly ($69 billed monthly). Prices checked on October 3, 2026 on the vendor’s official page.

lemlistProspect by email and LinkedIn, with personalized messages
Vendor
lempire (France)
Free plan
No
Recommended plan
Email, $55 per month, billed yearly ($69 billed monthly)
Page checked on
October 3, 2026

What lemlist does

Who it’s for: salespeople, founders, and recruiters who contact companies they don’t know yet.

Campaigns that combine email, LinkedIn, and calls

You build a sequence of steps: a first email, a LinkedIn invitation three days later, a follow-up, a call task. Each prospect moves through the sequence at their own pace, and you track opens, clicks, and replies.

lemAgent: describe what you want, and it prepares it

An assistant you write to in plain language. It searches for prospects, builds the campaign, writes the messages, analyzes your results, and drafts replies. It has you approve the strategy and the copy before going further.

A tailored line for each prospect

You add a column to your list and write a prompt. lemlist fills in the column row by row: it cleans up a job title, or writes an opening line from the LinkedIn profile and the company’s website. You then drop that column into your emails.

Also

  • Find prospects and their contact details
  • lemwarm: stay out of the spam folder
  • Every reply in one place
  • The Chrome extension
  • Run lemlist from Claude or ChatGPT

lemlist pricing

Prices shown in dollars on the website. There is no free plan, only the trial. Two add-ons are available: contact lookup ($16 per month billed yearly, 2,000 credits) and buying intent signals ($21 per month billed yearly, 100 signals).

PlanPriceWho it’s for
Email Recommended to start$55 per month, billed yearly ($69 billed monthly)Prospecting by email only
Multichannel$87 per user per month, billed yearly ($109 billed monthly)Adding LinkedIn, calls, and SMS
EnterpriseCustom pricingLarge sales teams

Nova’s advice

Use the 14-day trial to complete the technical setup and send a small campaign. If you only prospect by email, the Email plan is enough and the whole team can log in to it. Only go for Multichannel if LinkedIn or the phone are truly part of your approach.

A first try, in 10 minutes

Your data. lemlist is run by a French company and states that it hosts its databases only in the European Union.

What it does less well

  • Getting started isn’t within reach of a beginner alone: the domain name settings require help from IT. Without them, your emails go to spam.
  • lemAgent says it itself: a vague prompt produces a bland message. It isn’t a general-purpose assistant, and it has a daily usage limit.
Ask lemAgent to prepare a first campaignlemlist
  1. Open lemAgent, in the left sidebar.
  2. Paste the prompt below, replacing the target and the offer with your own. The more specific you are, the better the result.
  3. lemAgent sometimes asks one or two questions before answering. Just answer them.
  4. It proposes a strategy: goal, target, message angle. Read it, then click “Validate.”
  5. Review each message in the proposed sequence and fix whatever doesn’t sound like you.
  6. Don’t launch anything yet. First send the campaign to your own address to see what a prospect will receive.

The prompt to copy

Find 20 CFOs at manufacturing companies with 50 to 200 employees in France. Prepare a campaign of three short emails offering them a demo of our expense report tracking software. Direct, polite tone, no jargon.

Jobs that use lemlist

In the starter kit for 2 jobs.

Alternatives to lemlist

HubSpot (Breeze)

If you want prospecting and your customer database in the same software.

Clay

For building and enriching very precise prospect lists, before sending them into lemlist.

Brevo

For writing to contacts who already know you: newsletters and emails to customers.

In the same family: sales and customer relations

Frequently asked questions about lemlist

How much does lemlist cost?

Email: $55 per month, billed yearly ($69 billed monthly); Multichannel: $87 per user per month, billed yearly ($109 billed monthly); Enterprise: custom pricing. Prices checked on October 3, 2026 on the vendor’s official page.

Can you use lemlist for free?

No: lemlist has no free plan. Use the 14-day trial to complete the technical setup and send a small campaign.

What happens to my data with lemlist?

lemlist is run by a French company and states that it hosts its databases only in the European Union.

What are the alternatives to lemlist?

HubSpot (Breeze): If you want prospecting and your customer database in the same software. Clay: For building and enriching very precise prospect lists, before sending them into lemlist. Brevo: For writing to contacts who already know you: newsletters and emails to customers.

Official pages consulted

Page checked on October 3, 2026. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.