Woodpecker is a stalwart: reliable sending, in-thread follow-ups and decent deliverability. You bring the leads yourself though, and the AI assistant does not personalise from the company website. Colldly also covers the data and the copy.
Including the company database, AI copy, warm-up and verification
Woodpecker
from about 29 to 49 USD/mo depending on contact volume
Indicative prices from public price lists, August 2026. Competitor prices may change.
Feature by feature
Colldly 5 tie 3 Woodpecker 0
Feature
Colldly
Woodpecker
Company database
Built in
None, import only
AI writing from the company website
Yes
No
In-thread follow-ups
Yes
Yes
Warm-up
Yes, included
Yes
Unibox across mailboxes
Yes, with AI sorting
Centralised inbox yes
Email verification
Built in
Built-in verification
Support
Directly from the people who built it
Ticket queue
Starting price
19 EUR/mo
~29 USD/mo
Indicative prices from public price lists, August 2026. Competitor prices may change.
Honestly: who is better at what
No tool wins everything. These are the things Woodpecker does better, and the things where Colldly leads.
Where Woodpecker is better
Simplicity and reliability: a sender tuned for years that does nothing extra and makes no mistakes.
Condition-based sequences (if opened, if clicked) and adaptive sending within provider limits.
An agency panel with client accounts and easy switching.
A deliverability monitor with inbox placement tests on higher plans.
Where Colldly is better
Finds and enriches companies: Woodpecker starts at the CSV import.
The AI writes every email separately from the company's website. Woodpecker sends your templates with variables.
Address verification included, Unibox with intent, Smart rules based on behaviour.
Autopilot and client workspaces in Agency, statistics per step, a heatmap and a load forecast.
Priced per account, not per number of contacted prospects.
Price in practice: three scenarios
A price list is one thing, the monthly invoice another. Three typical situations and what you would pay in each, including the data and verification you usually buy separately with the competition.
Scenario 1
Solo: 1 person, 2 mailboxes, ~250 companies a month
Freelancer
ColldlyStarter 19 EUR
Woodpecker29 to 49 USD depending on contacts + data from elsewhere
Scenario 2
Small business: 2 people, 5 mailboxes, ~750 companies a month
Small business
ColldlyPro 39 EUR
Woodpecker~99 to 149 USD (higher contact tier) + data
Scenario 3
Agency: 5 clients, 20 mailboxes, ~1,800 companies a month
Agency
ColldlyAgency 89 EUR
Woodpecker200 USD and up + agency panel + data
Indicative monthly prices from public price lists (2026), excluding VAT, with a 5-step sequence. Colldly: Starter 19 EUR, Pro 39 EUR, Agency 89 EUR including data, AI copy and verification; extra credits from 5 EUR per 500. Competitor prices change, check the current price list.
Switching from Woodpecker to Colldly
What can be carried over, what you rebuild and how to do it without a gap in outreach. Usually one afternoon.
1
Export your contacts from Woodpecker to CSV (company, email, website, name) and upload them to a lead list in Colldly. The import maps the columns itself and merges duplicates.
2
Connect the same mailboxes over SMTP and IMAP with an app password. Reputation is tied to the domain and mailbox, not the tool, so you lose nothing.
3
Carry over the blocklist and unsubscribes: export from Woodpecker, import into the Blocklist. People who opted out must not get an email from the new tool either.
4
Rebuild the sequence: either templates with variables (your own copy) or let the AI write from website facts. Run both tools in parallel for two weeks and compare reply rates.
Who should pick which
Pick Woodpecker if
You have your own data and finished copy
You only want a reliable sending channel without AI
You need conditional branching in sequences
Choose Woodpecker if you have your own data, write the copy yourself and only want a reliable sending channel.
Pick Colldly if
You have nowhere to get companies from and do not want to buy databases
Writing emails is what slows you down
You want one account for data, copy, sending and replies
Woodpecker is an honest sender. Colldly adds what takes the most time: finding the companies and writing copy that fits each one. The result: you launch a campaign in an hour instead of two days.
Pick Woodpecker for campaigns with your own lead source if you do not need AI copy.
What it looks like in Colldly
Campaign, sequence, AI copy and replies in one place. No switching between tools for data, copy and sending.
Partly: Smart rules change the focus of the next step based on opens and clicks (e.g. three opens without a reply = short question). It does not have full conditional branching like Woodpecker.
Can I write the copy myself in Colldly?
Yes, switch a step to a template with variables ({{company}}, {{first_name}}, {{ai_intro}}). The AI then only fills in the opening sentence from the website, or nothing at all.
Can I bring my contacts from Woodpecker?
Yes, via CSV. Upload the export to a lead list; Colldly enriches website and email where missing and verifies the addresses.