Saleshandy vs Smartlead vs Derrick: Which Is Better in 2026?
Short answer
Saleshandy vs Smartlead vs Derrick: Saleshandy is a deliverability-first · unlimited mailboxes · lead finder bundled, Smartlead is a ai personalization · unlimited mailboxes · master inbox. 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 Saleshandy or Smartlead) and pricing is lower - free forever with 100 credits/month, paid plans from €9/month. Most teams pair Derrick for the data layer with Saleshandy or Smartlead for outreach.
Where Saleshandy optimises the send + measure loop, Derrick owns the lead-list quality that determines whether Saleshandy's send loop ever lands in inbox. The side-by-side comparison below covers Saleshandy's pricing tiers, deliverability features and contact-source ecosystem against Derrick's 10-source lookup enrichment.
Trusted byHands Down best extension for sheets till date. It eased up my linkedin lead collection journey by 10x. Thank you!!Rahul Nairfrom Google Workspace MarketplaceThis tool makes enriching LinkedIn URLs incredibly easy. You can enrich both personal and company profiles with a single click, and the Google Sheets integration is a game-changer.Pankaj Rohillafrom Google Workspace MarketplaceGreat extension. There's bigger companies that do 1000x less. Go with Derrick.Ben Leinenfrom Google Workspace MarketplaceIt makes my life a lot easier… no more copy and paste and time wasted. Thank you!Cris Forlanifrom Google Workspace MarketplaceDerrick is your one stop solution to data collection and up to date leads data automated collection. 100/100 value for money.Manu Nairfrom Google Workspace MarketplaceThis is one hell of a magical tool, it has blown my mind already, it's so handy, just love it. I am exploring how much more I can do with itJagdip Gohilfrom Google Workspace MarketplaceLoving the smoothness of the experience especially on Chrome. Great value for the price as well.GB Alaofrom Google Workspace MarketplaceI was looking for a tool to enrich LinkedIn data. Very easy to use.Keith Hildebrandfrom Google Workspace MarketplaceCURSOREasy to enhance contacts by running bulk lists. Try itJames Finlaysonfrom Google Workspace Marketplace +31,000 others
Quick Facts
Saleshandy vs Smartlead vs Derrick at a glance
Saleshandy
Starting price: $23/month (annual)
Free plan: 7-day free trial
Founded: 2015
HQ: Ahmedabad, India
★ 4.5/5 G2★ 4.6/5 Capterra
Smartlead
Starting price: $39/month
Free plan: 14-day free trial
Founded: 2022
HQ: Sydney, Australia
★ 4.7/5 G2★ 4.7/5 Capterra
Derrick
★ Recommended
Starting price: Free · Paid from €9/mo
Free plan: Yes - 100 credits/mo permanent
Founded: 2023
HQ: Marseille, FR
★ 4.8/5 G2★ 4.8/5 Capterra
Why Derrick wins
Why teams pick Derrick over Saleshandy and Smartlead
3 core reasons SDRs and ops teams switch to Derrick. Click to expand each.
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Sheet-native workflows : no export, no import, no friction
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Both Saleshandy and Smartlead make you leave your spreadsheet to do real work. Derrick stays inside the sheet - formulas trigger enrichment in place, results land in the next column, and your existing pivot tables, filters, and dashboards keep working. For teams already running their pipeline in Sheets, that's hours saved per week on copy-paste alone.
02
Forget per-seat math : from €9/month for 4,000 credits
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Saleshandy ($23/month (annual)) and Smartlead ($39/month) follow the SaaS-standard model : tier the features, cap the credits, upsell when you outgrow it. Derrick works the other way round : one credit balance, five plans from 0 to 175 EUR a month, and unused credits roll over on the paid ones. Predictable spend for teams that hate budgeting around credit-pool refills.
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Plug Derrick into Claude / ChatGPT via MCP - no glue code
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In 2026, AI agents need data tools they can call natively. Derrick speaks MCP out of the box - point Claude at your sheet, ask "enrich these 200 LinkedIn URLs with mobile numbers", done. Saleshandy and Smartlead need either a custom integration or a Zapier middleman for the same workflow.
Honest Comparison
What each tool does better
We're upfront - every tool has strengths. Here's where Saleshandy, Smartlead, and Derrick each genuinely win.
What Saleshandy does better
Unlimited mailboxes saves real money at scale
Deliverability tooling is best-in-class
Lead Finder removes a separate Apollo subscription
Headline pricing rarely tells the whole story. Here's the real cost of running each tool for a year.
Saleshandy
Smartlead
Derrick
Starting price (monthly)
$23/month (annual)
$39/month
€0 (free) · €9/mo paid
Annual cost (base)
~€276/yr
~€468/yr
€0/yr free · ~€108/yr paid
Free plan?
7-day free trial
14-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.
Saleshandy vs Smartlead vs Derrick pricing breakdown
Cold email outreach
Saleshandy
$23/month (annual)
Best for: Cold email at scale, agencies
For cold email at scale, agencies, Saleshandy cold email outreach starts at $23/month (annual). Tier ceilings, credit refresh rules, and per-seat economics are all detailed on the Saleshandy pricing page below.
Smartlead starts at $39/month. Cold email outreach, with positioning around ai-first cold email teams. Full tier-by-tier breakdown including credit caps, seat economics, and hidden line items lives on the dedicated Smartlead pricing page.
How to switch from Saleshandy 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.
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~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.
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~30 sec
Open any Google Sheet → Extensions → Derrick
Open a Sheet with your prospect list (paste a CSV from Saleshandy, 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.
What teams say after switching from Saleshandy vs Smartlead
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
Saleshandy vs Smartlead: when does each fit best?
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Saleshandy is positioned as cold email outreach for cold email at scale, agencies. Smartlead is positioned as cold email outreach for ai-first cold email teams. Both compete in the cold email + sales engagement category, so the choice comes down to which usage profile your team matches most closely. Both are established products with real user bases, so the deciding factor is workflow fit, not product quality.
How do Saleshandy and Smartlead pricing actually compare in 2026?
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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. Smartlead entry-paid tier : Basic at $39/month ($32.5 annual). Next tier up is Pro ($94/month ($78.3 annual)). Smartlead's free tier : 14-day free trial. If tier-based pricing is what you are weighing, Derrick App starts free with 100 credits a month and moves to 9 EUR for 4,000, every credit spent inside Google Sheets.
What's the biggest reason to pick Saleshandy over Smartlead?
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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. That is the capability to test against your own list before it decides anything.
What's the biggest reason to pick Smartlead over Saleshandy?
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AI features bundled at $39 Basic tier. Auto-icebreaker generation, AI subject-line testing, and AI-suggested follow-ups are all included on the Basic tier - no upgrade path required. Instantly gates the same features to Hypergrowth ($97). For AI-curious cold-emailers on a budget, this is the deciding factor. That is the difference to test against your own workflow before it decides anything.
Can Derrick replace both Saleshandy and Smartlead?
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Both Saleshandy and Smartlead 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 Saleshandy or Smartlead. For teams whose primary need is enrichment + list-building in Sheets, Derrick replaces 60-80% of typical cold email + sales engagement stack workflows, with credits that roll over on every paid plan (from 9 EUR a month). For teams running heavy cold email + sales engagement feature surface (sequencer, dialer, AI agents), Derrick complements rather than replaces.
Beyond Saleshandy and Smartlead, what other tools should I evaluate?
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Four other tools in the same competitive set worth evaluating : Lemlist, Snov.io, Apollo, Hunter. Each has its own positioning trade-off versus Saleshandy and Smartlead - Lemlist sits closest to them on the same use case, with Snov.io, Apollo, Hunter as adjacent picks for different team sizes or use cases. For an apples-to-apples evaluation, run each candidate's review side-by-side against your specific procurement criteria.
Hands Down best extension for sheets till date. It eased up my linkedin lead collection journey by 10x. Thank you!! Rahul Nair from Google Workspace Marketplace 
This tool makes enriching LinkedIn URLs incredibly easy. You can enrich both personal and company profiles with a single click, and the Google Sheets integration is a game-changer. Pankaj Rohilla from Google Workspace Marketplace 
Great extension. There's bigger companies that do 1000x less. Go with Derrick. Ben Leinen from Google Workspace Marketplace 
It makes my life a lot easier… no more copy and paste and time wasted. Thank you! Cris Forlani from Google Workspace Marketplace 
Derrick is your one stop solution to data collection and up to date leads data automated collection. 100/100 value for money. Manu Nair from Google Workspace Marketplace 
This is one hell of a magical tool, it has blown my mind already, it's so handy, just love it. I am exploring how much more I can do with it Jagdip Gohil from Google Workspace Marketplace 
Loving the smoothness of the experience especially on Chrome. Great value for the price as well. GB Alao from Google Workspace Marketplace 
I was looking for a tool to enrich LinkedIn data. Very easy to use. Keith Hildebrand from Google Workspace Marketplace CURSOR Easy to enhance contacts by running bulk lists. Try it James Finlayson from Google Workspace Marketplace +31,000 others 
