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Snov.io: cost, fit and limits
Snov.io is a sales prospecting and email outreach platform made by Snovio Inc. that combines an email finder and verifier with campaigns, warm-up, a unified inbox and an AI Assistant. It is priced in credits and recipients and aimed at freelancers, small sales teams and agencies that build their own lists.
What to know first
Snov.io treats prospecting and sending as one subscription measured in credits, recipients and warm-up accounts. A free plan renews every 30 days, and paid plans run from Starter to Ultra with a 25 percent discount on annual billing. AI sits in an assistant, reply analysis, an AI Studio and an enrichment add-on sold by token. Read the plan table by recipients, because the number of people you can contact per month is the real cap.
Snov.io at a glance
| Maker | Snov.io, United States |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Free trial only |
| Entry price | $39 per month, or $29.25 billed annually |
| API access | Yes |
| Category | Best AI Cold Email Software in 2026, rank 1 of 11 |
| Website | snov.io |
Who Snov.io is best for
Freelancers testing outreach
The Trial plan renews monthly with 50 credits, 100 recipients and one warm-up slot, so a freelancer can send real campaigns before paying.
Teams that build lists and send in one place
Starter includes 1,000 credits, 5,000 recipients and 3 warm-up accounts, with finder, verifier and campaigns under one login. Pro S raises that to 25,000 recipients when the list grows beyond a small test.
Buyers adding LinkedIn actions
LinkedIn Automation is a separate add-on at $69 a month per slot, $62 annually, with a free 7-day trial on the add-on.
Sales teams that want AI persona help
AI Studio lists a Buyer Persona Generator, Unique Selling Point Explorer and persona-driven Email Builder, unlimited on paid plans and three generations on the trial.
Snov.io plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Trial | Free | 50 credits, 100 recipients, 25 enrichment tokens and one warm-up account at 15 emails a day; excludes integrations, A/B testing, API and export. |
| Starter | $39 per month, $29.25 billed annually | 1,000 credits, 5,000 recipients, 75 enrichment tokens and 3 warm-up accounts at 50 emails a day, with sequences and AI Assistant. |
| Pro S | $99 per month, $74.25 billed annually | 5,000 credits, 25,000 recipients, 150 enrichment tokens and unlimited warm-up accounts at 100 emails a day. |
| Pro M and Pro L | $189 and $369 per month | 20,000 to 50,000 credits and 50,000 to 100,000 recipients, with warm-up volume of 200 and 500 emails a day per account. |
| Ultra and Custom Ultra | $738 per month, or custom | 100,000 credits and 200,000 recipients on Ultra, with 750 enrichment tokens, and custom plans from 200,000 credits upward. |
Checked October 2026.
What Snov.io does
- Sequences and Unibox
- Campaigns support follow-ups, mailbox rotation, A/B testing, spintax, Calendly booking detection and a Unibox for replies. The Trial plan can send campaigns but excludes A/B testing.
- Reply sentiment analysis
- AI estimates lead interest in replies on Starter and Pro plans, which helps a rep decide which responses to answer first. The page does not describe the model or accuracy.
- AI Studio
- Three tools generate buyer personas, unique selling points and persona-driven emails. Paid plans have unlimited generations, so these suit teams that rework messaging often. Heavy copy rework still needs a human edit before sending.
- Enrichment add-on
- Tokens cost $0.02 each in packages from 1K to 50K and expire after 90 days. They generate personalized messages and fill data from the web, sold separately from Sales Suite.
- MCP access
- The page lists MCP access on Starter, Pro and Custom plans, so an assistant can reach account data. Scope and permission details were not checked for this page.
How Snov.io handles your data
Snov.io's privacy policy names Snovio Inc., 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, Delaware. It does not say Snovio trains its own AI models. For Email AI it names OpenAI as a provider, notes OpenAI does not use API data for training by default, and stores Email AI data for 60 days, listing feature improvement as a purpose. Registration data is kept 90 days after abandonment. The policy names AWS and MongoDB for storage but no hosting region, and says transfers may reach countries outside the EU and EEA such as Ukraine, China and Brazil under safeguards.
Where Snov.io falls short in practice
- Pricing page leaves gaps. Pro M, Pro L and Ultra prices are shown without saying whether they are monthly or annual, and some token counts are not stated, so quotes need confirming.
- Warm-up is capped by plan. Starter allows 3 warm-up accounts at 50 emails a day each, so a small team that wants many mailboxes warmed must move up to Pro S.
- No European hosting statement. The policy names no hosting region and lists transfers to Ukraine, China and Brazil, which a European compliance reviewer will want to question. Ask for the hosting region in writing before uploading a list of European contacts.
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Snov.io: common questions
Does Snov.io have a free plan?
Yes. The Trial plan is free and renews every month with 50 credits, 100 recipients, 25 enrichment tokens and one warm-up account. It can send campaigns, but it excludes integrations, bulk search, A/B testing, API, webhooks and export. Paid plans lift those exclusions, so test integrations only after upgrading.
How does Snov.io count recipients?
Each plan lists a recipient count alongside credits: 100 on Trial, 5,000 on Starter, 25,000 on Pro S and 200,000 on Ultra. Recipients are the people you can contact per month, so size the plan to your list rather than to credits.
How much is the Snov.io AI enrichment add-on?
The page lists $0.02 per token, with packages from 1K to 50K tokens, and says tokens expire after 90 days. It is a separate subscription from Sales Suite. Package prices were not shown in the text read, so compute totals before buying.
Does Snov.io train AI on my data?
The privacy policy does not say Snovio trains its own AI models. It names OpenAI for Email AI, says OpenAI does not train on API data by default, and lists feature improvement as a purpose for the 60 days of Email AI data it stores.
Is LinkedIn automation included in Snov.io?
No. LinkedIn Automation is an add-on at $69 a month per slot on monthly billing or $62 annually, with a free 7-day trial. Sales Suite subscribers get $10 off per slot. Starter and Pro plans include multichannel campaigns without it.