Mailshake
- Starting price: $29/user/month
- Free plan: 30-day money-back guarantee
- Founded: 2017
- HQ: Austin, TX, USA
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Mailshake vs Saleshandy vs Derrick: Which Is Better in 2026?
- Short answer
- Mailshake vs Saleshandy vs Derrick: Mailshake is a cold email · dialer · multichannel cadences, Saleshandy is a deliverability-first · unlimited mailboxes · lead finder bundled. Derrick is a B2B enrichment platform with three surfaces - a Google Sheets add-on, a REST API, and an MCP server (Claude and ChatGPT drive enrichment for you). Hit rates are noticeably higher (more emails + phone numbers returned per query than Mailshake or Saleshandy) and pricing is lower - free forever with 100 credits/month, paid plans from €9/month. Most teams pair Derrick for the data layer with Mailshake or Saleshandy for outreach.
Mailshake lives or dies by sender reputation - warmup pools, IP rotation, inbox health. The side-by-side comparison below weighs Mailshake's deliverability stack and per-seat scaling against Derrick's upstream model: clean Sheets-side enrichment first, send wherever your stack already sends from.
Free plan Yes - 100 credits/mo
Starts at €9/mo
Setup time 30 seconds
Where it lives Google Sheets
✓ Free forever · ✓ No credit card · ✓ Cancel anytime · ✓ Your data stays in your Sheet
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Mailshake vs Saleshandy vs Derrick at a glance
Saleshandy
- Starting price: $23/month (annual)
- Free plan: 7-day free trial
- Founded: 2015
- HQ: Ahmedabad, India
Derrick
★ Recommended- Starting price: Free · Paid from €9/mo
- Free plan: Yes - 100 credits/mo permanent
- Founded: 2023
- HQ: Marseille, FR
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Why teams pick Derrick over Mailshake and Saleshandy
3 core reasons SDRs and ops teams switch to Derrick. Click to expand each.
01 Built for teams whose pipeline runs in Sheets
Mailshake and Saleshandy both run as standalone platforms — separate UIs, separate logins, CSV exports + imports to move data into your CRM or spreadsheet. Derrick skips that entire layer : you enrich a Google Sheet with a formula (=DERRICK_EMAIL, =DERRICK_PHONE, =DERRICK_TECH) and the column populates inline. No platform-switching, no CSV round-trip.
02 Forget per-seat math : $10/mo regardless of scale
The total-cost-of-ownership math : at Mailshake's $29/user/month or Saleshandy's $23/month (annual) entry tier, a 3-seat team runs $150-600/month in year 1. Derrick at $10/mo flat is $120/year total. The break-even on switching pays back in week 2 for most teams.
03 Plug Derrick into Claude / ChatGPT via MCP — no glue code
The AI-agent stack in 2026 looks different : Claude calls MCP-enabled tools directly, no glue code. Derrick was built MCP-native from day one. Pairing Mailshake or Saleshandy with an AI agent still means setting up Zapier flows, parsing JSON responses, and handling rate limits manually.
Honest Comparison 
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What each tool does better
We're upfront - every tool has strengths. Here's where Mailshake, Saleshandy, and Derrick each genuinely win.
What Mailshake does better
- Salesforce integration that actually works under load
- US-based support that knows the product
- Multichannel + dialer in one bundle on Sales Engagement
What Saleshandy does better
- Unlimited mailboxes saves real money at scale
- Deliverability tooling is best-in-class
- Lead Finder removes a separate Apollo subscription
What Derrick does better
- Free forever - €0/mo with 100 credits permanent in Google Sheets
- 100+ data points per lead - verified emails, phones, LinkedIn, tech stack, SIRET
- Zero LinkedIn ban risk + real-time email verification built in
- Pair with any sequencer - LaGrowthMachine, Smartlead, Lemlist, HeyReach
Real Annual Cost
True cost over 12 months
Headline pricing rarely tells the whole story. Here's the real cost of running each tool for a year.
| Mailshake | Saleshandy | Derrick | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price (monthly) | $29/user/month | $23/month (annual) | €0 (free) · €9/mo paid |
| Annual cost (base) | ~€348/yr | ~€276/yr | €0/yr free · ~€108/yr paid |
| Free plan? | 30-day money-back guarantee | 7-day free trial | ✓ Forever - 100 credits/mo |
| Setup cost | Hours to days | Hours to days | 30 seconds via Marketplace |
| Switching cost | CSV export + retraining | CSV export + retraining | Zero - works alongside any stack |
💡 Most teams pay 2-5x more on add-ons (extra seats, phone credits, integrations) than on the headline base price. Derrick keeps everything in one transparent tier.
Feature-by-Feature
Mailshake vs Saleshandy vs Derrick: full feature comparison
| Mailshake | Derrick App | Saleshandy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $29/user/month | $10/mo flat | $23/month (annual) |
| Free plan | 30-day money-back guarantee | 14-day full trial | 7-day free trial |
| Best for | Traditional SDR teams on Salesforce | Sheet-native enrichment | Cold email at scale, agencies |
| Category positioning | Sales engagement | Spreadsheet-native B2B data | Cold email outreach |
| G2 rating | 4.4/5 | — | 4.5/5 |
| Founded | 2017 | 2022 | 2015 |
| Mailbox model | Per-user (1-5 mailboxes/seat) | N/A — data not sender | Unlimited on all paid tiers |
| Built-in warm-up | Basic, no private network | N/A | Included free |
| AI personalization | Added 2024, less mature | Via LLM integrations | Basic (spintax + merge tags) |
| Bundled B2B database | Standalone | Derrick search + enrich | 700M contacts on Outreach Pro+ |
| Works natively in Google Sheets | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Per-row pricing (no credit caps) | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ |
| MCP-ready for AI / LLM agents | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ |
Pricing in a nutshell Sales engagement derrick
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Mailshake vs Saleshandy vs Derrick pricing breakdown
Sales engagement Mailshake
$29/user/month
Best for: Traditional SDR teams on Salesforce
Mailshake starts at $29/user/month. Sales engagement, with positioning around traditional sdr teams on salesforce. Full tier-by-tier breakdown including credit caps, seat economics, and hidden line items lives on the dedicated Mailshake pricing page.
Results first.
Complexity removed.
Free · Paid plans from €9/mo
While other tools pile on features, complex setups, and pricing tiers that grow faster than your results, Derrick focuses on what actually matters:
getting usable leads, directly in Google Sheets.
No heavy workflows, No endless configuration. No learning curve.
Cold email outreach Saleshandy
$23/month (annual)
Best for: Cold email at scale, agencies
Cold email outreach category : Saleshandy entry tier is $23/month (annual). Best-for : cold email at scale, agencies. See the complete Saleshandy pricing page for tier comparison, credit cap behaviour, and annual-vs-monthly delta.
Migration Guide
How to switch from Mailshake to Derrick in 3 steps
Derrick is a Google Workspace app - no formulas to learn, no pipelines to migrate, no engineering work. Add it to Google Sheets and you're enriching in under a minute.
1
~30 sec Install Derrick from Google Workspace Marketplace
Click the install button on our Marketplace listing and grant Google Sheets access. No credit card required - you start with 100 free credits per month.
2
~30 sec Open any Google Sheet → Extensions → Derrick
Open a Sheet with your prospect list (paste a CSV from Mailshake, scrape from LinkedIn Sales Navigator, or import from your CRM). Click Extensions → Derrick and the sidebar opens with all enrichment features ready to use.
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~1 min Enrich your list with one click
Select the column with names, LinkedIn URLs, or company domains. Pick what you want - emails, phone numbers, LinkedIn data, company info, tech stack - and click "Enrich". Derrick fills the columns directly in your Sheet. No exports, no pipelines, no waiting.
Install Derrick free →
100 free credits / month · No credit card · Cancel anytime
Decision in 60 seconds
Which one is right for you?
Pick Mailshake if…
- You specifically need traditional sdr teams on salesforce
- Salesforce integration that actually works under load
- US-based support that knows the product
- You're already invested in the Mailshake ecosystem
Pick Saleshandy if…
- You specifically need cold email at scale, agencies
- Unlimited mailboxes saves real money at scale
- Deliverability tooling is best-in-class
- You're already invested in the Saleshandy ecosystem
Pick Derrick if…
- You want B2B enrichment directly in Google Sheets
- You need a usable free plan (100 credits/mo, no card)
- You don't want long contracts, lock-in, or sales calls
- You need 100+ data points per lead in one tool
What teams say after switching from Mailshake vs Saleshandy
See what our customers say about Derrick.
"This app saved me so much time and effort. Great for anyone looking to build a contact list or network at scale quickly. As a start-up it's been invaluable."
Alex Clark
Director | SaaS GTM Leader
"Working pretty nifty compared to Snov.Io. Price wise it does give a fair shake, and IMO better interface since it's google sheets."
David Sire
Mortgage Broker at Zero Point Mortgage
"Derrick is a very simple and user-friendly app to enrich your contacts database. Best thing: you can test it for free. And then the price is so low, it's a no brainer."
Etienne Grange
CEO Form'actions
"Super easy to enrich linkedin urls using this tool. Both personal and company url data can be easily enriched with a click of a button."
Zaid Bilal
RevOps Professional
"Amazing Tool, I would like to advocate this to my colleagues. So that you can get more users. Keep it Up. 5 Stars!"
Asif Hanzala
Lead Generation Specialist at IdeaPeel
"This app is fantastic. Brilliantly created to help small and mid sized businesses."
Dan Hughes
Founder/CEO, AlmanacIO
"I have been using other expensive apps or freemium like phantombuster, but Derrick has replaced them all. I love the simplicity of the Google sheet add-in, but what is best is the efficiency it delivers."
Julien Walon Cohen
CEO & Co-founder @ Diffly | B2B Sales Advisor
"The LinkedIn scraping and email finder combo is incredibly powerful. I can build a complete prospect list with contact info in under an hour. Absolute must-have for outbound."
Michael Kim
SDR Team Lead at CloudScale
"Have tested over 10+ LI scraper apps, Derrick beats them all. Simple to use, accurate data, and affordable price."
AJ Alexander
Opportunity Prospector
Frequently Asked Questions
Mailshake vs Saleshandy: when does each fit best?
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Mailshake is positioned as sales engagement for traditional sdr teams on salesforce. Saleshandy is positioned as cold email outreach for cold email at scale, agencies. Both compete in the cold email + sales engagement category, so the choice comes down to which best-for profile your team matches most closely. G2 reviewers rate Mailshake at 4.4/5 and Saleshandy at 4.5/5 — both products work, the deciding factor is workflow fit, not product quality.
How do Mailshake and Saleshandy pricing actually compare in 2026?
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Mailshake entry-paid tier : Starter at $29/user/month (annual). Next tier up is Email Outreach ($59/user/month (annual)). Mailshake's free tier : 30-day money-back guarantee. Saleshandy entry-paid tier : Outreach Starter at $23/month (annual). Next tier up is Outreach Pro ($59/month (annual)). Saleshandy's free tier : 7-day free trial. As a cross-reference : Derrick App's $10/month flat fee covers unlimited Sheet rows — useful for teams that hate budgeting around credit refills.
What's the biggest reason to pick Mailshake over Saleshandy?
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Salesforce integration that actually works under load. Mailshake's Salesforce sync is bidirectional, real-time, and doesn't break under high-volume scenarios. Newer competitors' integrations are mostly write-only or batch-synced, which causes data inconsistency in CRM-led sales motions. (Source : Mei C., RevOps Director, G2 review (Feb 2026).) If this single capability maps to a real pain in your sales motion, Mailshake is the right pick over Saleshandy.
What's the biggest reason to pick Saleshandy over Mailshake?
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Unlimited mailboxes saves real money at scale. Every paid tier supports unlimited connected sending mailboxes. Instantly, Smartlead, and Apollo all charge per-mailbox past 10-25. Agencies and multi-mailbox solo operators routinely save $500-2,000/mo just on this one feature. (Source : Mei C., Agency Operator, G2 review (Feb 2026).) If this is the differentiator that matters most for your stack, Saleshandy is the right pick over Mailshake.
Can Derrick replace both Mailshake and Saleshandy?
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Both Mailshake and Saleshandy compete in the cold email + sales engagement category. Derrick is data-and-Sheets-native — it doesn't replace a full cold email + sales engagement platform feature-for-feature, but it eliminates the data + spreadsheet layer that teams typically use alongside Mailshake or Saleshandy. For teams whose primary need is enrichment + list-building in Sheets, Derrick at $10/mo replaces 60-80% of typical cold email + sales engagement stack workflows. For teams running heavy cold email + sales engagement feature surface (sequencer, dialer, AI agents), Derrick complements rather than replaces.
Beyond Mailshake and Saleshandy, what other tools should I evaluate?
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Four other tools in the same competitive set worth evaluating : Instantly, Smartlead, Lemlist, Apollo. Each has its own positioning trade-off versus Mailshake and Saleshandy — Instantly typically appears as a direct competitor on G2 review pages, with Smartlead, Lemlist, Apollo as adjacent picks for different team sizes or use cases. Cross-reference each tool's standalone review for the trade-off detail that matters to your team's specific stack.
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