Free dev
$0forever
100 sends / mo
- One sender domain
- No jurisdiction routing
- Chainlog ingest (read-only export)
- MCP draft_pitch + score_signal
Pricing · Option C
DPA-defense built in. $0.035/send, not $99/seat.
Smartlead charges per seat for volume. CogniLead charges per send, with a GDPR posture, DPA template, and Chainlog-anchored audit trail in the box. Send fewer, better, defensible cold emails — and produce the evidence-pack PDF your DPO will sign off on in one call.
Pricing — Option C · per-send
Send fewer, better, defensible.
Pick the base bundle that matches your volume. Past the bundle you pay per send — never per seat — and your DPO gets a Chainlog-anchored audit pack for every lead, on demand.
Starter
$79/ month
2k sends / mo+ $0.045 / send over
- 3 sender domains, warmed
- GDPR-native posture + DPA template
- PHI Gateway jurisdiction routing (EU/CH)
- Reply detection + bounce suppression
- JSON evidence export (PDF $5 add-on)
Growth
most picked$399/ month
10k sends / mo+ $0.035 / send over
Evidence pack PDF included
- 10 sender domains
- AgentGate outbound-gdpr policy gate
- Chainlog audit pack
- Evidence pack PDF included (up to 200/mo, $5/PDF after)
- Postmaster reputation circuit breaker
Scale
$1,499/ month
40k sends / mo+ $0.028 / send over
Evidence pack PDF included
- Dedicated warming infrastructure
- BIMI with verified mark cert
- Evidence pack PDF included (unlimited)
- Multi-pool sender domain isolation
- Priority deliverability support
Enterprise
customunlimited
Bring-your-own-domains, on-prem reply detection, single-tenant Chainlog shard, signed BAA / DPA, unlimited evidence packs. Talk to us.
TCO vs Smartlead
CogniLead costs more on raw volume.
It earns it back the first time your DPO asks for evidence.
Comparison is for the closest equivalent SKU at the time of writing (Growth · 10k / Smartlead Pro · 30k). We'll update on every competitor price change — see the chainlog.
| Dimension | CogniLead Growth | Smartlead Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly base | $399 (Growth) | $94 (Pro) |
| Sends included | 10,000 | 30,000 |
| Overage rate | $0.035/send | n/a (refills only) |
| GDPR posture + DPA template | included | not offered |
| Audit-grade evidence pack | PDF included (200/mo) | not offered |
| Per-seat fees | $0 — never | team seats charged |
Add-on · Growth+Audit-grade SKU
Evidence pack — included in Growth and Scale.
$5/ PDF · Starter add-on
A Chainlog-backed PDF rendering of every send, every suppression, and every audit event for a single lead — the artifact a DPO or regulator asks for, generated in one call. Growth includes 200 PDFs/month; Scale includes unlimited. Starter pays per PDF.
See sample pack →- 6-page A4 layout — cover, lead, sends, suppressions, chainlog, attestation
- Chain-integrity verified at render time, every event re-hashed
- Available via /api/v1/evidence/:lead_id/pdf, MCP evidence_export, and the dashboard
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
How does CogniLead stay GDPR-defensible on cold outbound?+
Every send is wrapped in a documented legitimate-interest (LIA) case + a DPA template you forward to the recipient on first contact. Chainlog anchors the LIA decision, the DPA acknowledgement, and the suppression-list checks at the moment we hand the email to Resend. The evidence pack re-hashes that chain on demand.
Will deliverability match what I get on Smartlead?+
For warmed domains, yes — Resend is the underlying ESP for both and we add a Postmaster reputation circuit breaker that pauses pools the moment Google or Microsoft signal a complaint spike. The DPA-acknowledgement step trades a few minutes of cycle time for fewer hard-bounces.
What's in the evidence pack PDF?+
A six-page A4 artifact per lead: cover sheet, lead provenance, every send (subject, body hash, AgentGate decision, jurisdiction routing), suppression-list checks, chainlog event tree, and a signed attestation. The PDF embeds the Chainlog event ids so an auditor can re-verify against your tenant.
How does per-send pricing work past the included bundle?+
Below your tier cap (e.g. 10k on Growth) sends are covered by the base fee. Past the cap we report each send to Stripe at the tier overage rate ($0.035 on Growth) and you see the projected charge live on the dashboard. No surprise invoices — you can set a hard cap in /dashboard/billing.
Is there an annual billing discount?+
Yes — 15% off when you pay annually. Toggle "Annual" at the top of this page to see the prepaid rate; the discount applies to the base tier only (per-send overage stays at the catalog rate).
Waitlist · Phase 2 opens M3
5–10 EU SaaS founder design partners.
Reply with your sender domain and a rough monthly volume. We'll wire up your DKIM, warm the pool, and ship the first audit pack inside two weeks.