Kanbox vs Mailshake

Kanbox scrapes LinkedIn and Sales Navigator into a Kanban CRM from 27 EUR/mo; Mailshake runs email sequences with built-in warmup and a contact finder.

Visit Visit

The verdict Side by side Plans and pricing Who each is for Other options

The verdict

For a lean founder, the decision is one question: where do your replies come from today? If LinkedIn is your primary channel , you live in Sales Navigator, your prospects respond to connection requests , Kanbox is the tighter fit. It bundles scraping, automation, a unified inbox, AI reply handling and a Kanban pipeline into one tool at a lower entry price, so you avoid stitching a scraper, a sender and a CRM together.

If you run cold email at any scale, Mailshake is built for that world. Its built-in warmup protects your domain reputation and its built-in lead database means you are not paying separately for data, two things Kanbox simply does not offer. The catch is Mailshake prices per user, so a small team scales cost faster, and its real strength , multichannel sequencing , only opens up on the pricier Sales Engagement tier.

Bottom line: Kanbox for LinkedIn-led prospecting with a CRM, Mailshake for email-led outbound with deliverability built in.

What the data says

Mailshake covers more of the features we compared: 5 of 6, against 4.
Only Kanbox has an MCP server, so an AI employee can work in it directly.
In our Outbound ranking, Mailshake places 12 and Kanbox 9 of 33.

Side by side

Kanbox and Mailshake compared
10 points compared	Kanbox	Mailshake
Starts at	€15/mo	$25/mo
Free plan	No	No
API	Yes	Yes
MCP server	Yes	No
AI reply handling	Yes	No
Built-in email warmup	No	Yes
Built-in lead database	No	Yes
Built-in outreach (sequences/dialer)	Yes	Yes
LinkedIn automation	Yes	Yes
Unified inbox	Yes	Yes
Links	Visit	Visit

Plans and pricing

Kanbox

StarterOne LinkedIn account; EUR 15 per month billed yearly.€25/mo
EssentialPriced per LinkedIn account; EUR 30 per account per month billed yearly.€45/mo/seat
ProPriced per LinkedIn account; EUR 50 per account per month billed yearly.€80/mo/seat
Agency 10For 5 to 10 LinkedIn accounts; EUR 279 per month billed yearly.€399/mo

Mailshake

Starter1 email address, 1,500 sends a month, unlimited contacts and campaigns. Annual shown as 25 per month.$29/mo/seat
Email Outreach2 email addresses, unlimited sends, rotation, unified inbox and CRM integrations. Annual shown as 45 per month.$49/mo/seat
Sales Engagement10 email addresses, unlimited sends and 5 phone numbers with a dialer. Annual shown as 85 per month.$99/mo/seat

Prices as the vendors list them. They change often; the final price is on their sites.

Who each is for

Choose Kanbox if…

Pick Kanbox if LinkedIn is where your prospects actually reply. It is the better fit for solo founders, sales reps, recruiters and small agencies who run prospecting through LinkedIn and Sales Navigator and want scraping, connection-and-message automation, AI reply handling and a Kanban CRM in one place. The 27 EUR entry price and a 15-day no-card trial make it cheap to test. You give up built-in email warmup and a built-in lead database, so it is the wrong tool if cold email is your main motion.

Visit Read the review

Choose Mailshake if…

Pick Mailshake if your outbound is email-led. It is built for B2B sales teams, agencies and founders who want automated email sequences, deliverability tooling including built-in warmup, and a built-in contact finder so you are not buying data separately. Phone and LinkedIn are available, but the real multichannel power lives on the Sales Engagement tier at 99 USD. Be aware it prices per user, so a growing team adds cost quickly, and unlike Kanbox there is no AI reply handling and no Kanban CRM, so you will lean on a separate pipeline tool.

Visit Read the review

Other options worth a look

ToolClient acquisition
Lemlist
Runs multichannel cold outreach with built-in email warmup, lead database, and deliverability scoring.
Outbound
From $55/mo yearlyAffiliate link
Sign up on Lemlist
ToolClient acquisition
Apollo
Find B2B prospects and run email and phone outreach campaigns from one unified platform.
Outbound
From $49/moFree planAffiliate link
Sign up on Apollo
ToolClient acquisition
Instantly
Sends high-volume cold email across multiple mailboxes with automated warmup and a unified reply inbox.
Outbound
From $85/mo yearlyAffiliate link
Sign up on Instantly
ToolClient acquisition
Reply.io
Automates outreach across email, LinkedIn, calls and SMS to coordinate your sales prospecting in one place.
Outbound
From $49/mo yearlyAffiliate link
Sign up on Reply.io
ToolClient acquisition
Smartlead
Run cold email outreach at scale with unlimited mailboxes, warm-up automation and lead verification.
Outbound
From $32/mo yearly
Sign up on Smartlead
ToolClient acquisition
Warmup Inbox
Builds sender reputation for new email accounts by warming them through a network of real inboxes.
Outbound
From $15/mo
Sign up on Warmup Inbox