Growbots
Growbots provides outbound prospecting, lead generation, and campaign execution for small and medium-sized businesses.
What Growbots is
Growbots provides outbound prospecting, lead generation, and campaign execution for small and medium-sized businesses. Its prospecting product offers access to more than 180 million verified contacts and detailed search filters. Outreach tools listed include email sequences, personalization, tracking, reporting, A/B testing, and do-not-contact lists. Deliverability features include dashboards, automatic warmup, authentication checks, and tests. Salesforce and HubSpot integrations are native, while other CRMs can connect through Zapier. Email providers can connect when they support IMAP, SMTP, and SSL. Growbots charges a prospect credit when a contact is scheduled or exported; credits reset at renewal and do not carry over, though credits for invalid or inactive email addresses are refunded. The free plan includes 20 email accounts and three sequences, with partial access to the contact database. The product runs on the web and offers a free trial.
Good
- Search access to a database of over 180 million contacts.
- Includes sequencing, personalization, tracking, and reporting.
- Deliverability tools include automatic warmup and tests.
- Native Salesforce and HubSpot integrations.
- Invalid or inactive email prospect credits are refunded.
Watch out
- Free database access is partial.
- Free plan allows three sequences.
- Prospect credits reset and do not roll over.
- Email providers must support IMAP, SMTP, and SSL.
Who it suits
It suits sales teams or individuals seeking professional email addresses and B2B prospects for outbound campaigns. Teams using Salesforce or HubSpot may also value the native CRM connections.
Verdict
Growbots combines contact prospecting with campaign and deliverability tools, and has a free tier as well as paid plans. Account for the prospect-credit rules when assessing how it fits your outreach workflow.
Plans and prices
From Growbots's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium | Free | 20 email accounts · 3 sequences · 5 steps per sequence · up to 20 emails per inbox daily · Free |
| Starter Outreach | $29 a month | Unlimited email accounts · unlimited sequences · up to 100 emails per inbox daily · Starting from $29 |
| Pro Outreach | $39 a month | Unlimited email accounts · unlimited sequences · up to 500 emails per inbox daily · Starting from $39 |
| Outreach | $49 a month | 1 email account · unlimited sequences · $49 flat rate per month |
| All-in-one | $199 a month | 1 email account · unlimited sequences · $199 flat rate per month |
| Pro | Priced on request | 6 email accounts · unlimited sequences · Pricing available upon request |
| 3-month bootcamp | Priced on request | Personalized onboarding and training · up to 500 new contacts per month · Pricing available upon request |
The facts
Each one read from Growbots's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- A/B testing
- The outreach plans list A/B testing and an A/B-test variant generator.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI capabilities
- Listed AI functions include prospecting, email-template generation, A/B-variant generation, personalization and responder features, with several marked coming soon.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Growbots says its prospect database is GDPR-compliant and excludes contacts from countries covered by the GDPR.checked 30 Sep 2026
- CRM integrations
- Native two-way CRM integrations are provided for Salesforce and HubSpot.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The help center contains getting-started, settings, campaign, deliverability, FAQ, video, subscription and legal collections.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Email deliverability
- The pricing page lists deliverability dashboards, automatic warmup, email authentication checks, and deliverability tests.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Email integrations
- Email providers can connect if they support IMAP, SMTP, and SSL.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Email-provider requirements
- Email accounts can be connected when the provider supports IMAP, SMTP and SSL.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Email verification
- Email verification on import is included as a prospecting capability in the plan comparison.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding news
- TechCrunch reported on June 21, 2017 that Growbots raised $2.5 million, bringing reported total funding to $4.2 million.checked 15 Oct 2026
- GDPR processing
- The company describes GDPR controller and processor roles, provides a privacy contact and refers users to supervisory authorities for unresolved complaints.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- Terms prohibit copying, reverse engineering, scraping and bypassing usage limits, indicating a proprietary hosted service rather than open-source software.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: bugs and speed
- A 2026 G2 reviewer reported that the product had become slow and buggy, with repeated reload errors affecting campaigns.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Capterra usability
- Capterra reviewers describe the People section as somewhat clunky.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: deliverability
- G2 reviewers report that deliverability percentages and warm-response volume can be lower than desired.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: pricing
- G2 reviewers complain about high costs, including charges for additional email accounts and perceived difficulty scaling.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Trustpilot review mix
- Trustpilot shows 88% one-star reviews and says the company has not invited customers to review, so the sample may not be representative.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Online-only service
- The data-processing terms describe Growbots as providing solely online services and place responsibility for customer-side backups and account security on the customer.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Outreach
- The pricing comparison lists email sequences, personalization, tracking, reporting, A/B testing, and do-not-contact lists among its outreach features.checked 30 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Browser requirement
- Growbots recommends Google Chrome only and warns that other browsers can produce interface errors or missing elements.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- Growbots says it was established in 2014 and was part of 500 Startups in San Francisco.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Company location
- LinkedIn lists San Francisco, California as headquarters and also shows a Warsaw location.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Growbots as privately held with 11–50 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- LinkedIn states that Growbots was founded in 2014.checked 15 Oct 2026
The full review of Growbots
Growbots is a web platform for finding B2B prospects and running outbound email campaigns. It is best suited to sales teams and individual sellers who want prospect search, sequencing and deliverability controls in one workflow. The main trade-off is that prospect usage is metered separately from the subscription, so high-volume prospecting can cost more than the headline plan price suggests.
Overview
Growbots combines a database of more than 180 million verified contacts with detailed search filters, then carries those contacts into campaign execution. Email sequences, AI personalization, tracking, reporting and A/B testing cover the core work of launching and refining outreach. That combination is useful for small and medium-sized businesses that would rather avoid stitching a data vendor and a sequencing tool together.
Its deliverability layer is unusually broad for an outbound platform: dashboards, automatic warmup, email-authentication checks and deliverability tests sit alongside mailbox rotation and reply detection. These controls can reduce operational gaps, although inbox-level sending caps still determine how much mail a team can actually send.
Key features
Prospecting and campaign execution
Detailed filters make the 180-million-plus contact database workable for targeted B2B searches rather than indiscriminate list building. Sequences, personalization, tracking and reporting support a complete campaign cycle, while A/B testing helps compare variants instead of relying on anecdotal wins. AI personalization is helpful for scaling tailored messages, but the quality of output still depends on the targeting and review process your team applies.
Credits and data quality
Growbots charges one prospect credit when a contact is scheduled or exported. Credits reset when the subscription renews and do not roll over, so buying more capacity than you can use in a billing period wastes part of the allowance. Invalid or inactive email addresses generate refunds, which limits the downside of unusable records but does not remove the need to budget for credits.
Deliverability and connections
Automatic warmup, authentication checks, deliverability tests and dashboards give teams concrete safeguards before and during sending. Mailbox rotation and reply detection add useful automation for multi-inbox programs. Native Salesforce and HubSpot integrations suit common sales stacks; other CRMs can connect through Zapier. Email providers must support IMAP, SMTP and SSL, a practical requirement to confirm before committing.
Growbots says its database is GDPR-compliant and excludes contacts from countries covered by the GDPR. Support includes an updated knowledge base, in-app training, webinars and Q&A sessions, giving smaller teams structured help as they build their process.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium | free | 20 email accounts, three sequences, up to 20 emails per inbox per day and partial access to the 180M+ prospects database |
| Starter Outreach | $29 a month, starting from $29 | Unlimited email accounts and sequences, up to 100 emails per inbox per day, prospect credits from $0.13 each |
| Pro Outreach | $39 a month, starting from $39 | Unlimited email accounts and sequences, up to 500 emails per inbox per day, prospect credits from $0.13 each |
The free plan is a sensible way to learn the interface or run a very small test, but 20 accounts, three sequences and 20 daily emails per inbox make it unsuitable for a serious outbound motion. Starter is the better fit for growing teams that need higher throughput without the Pro allowance; its 100-email inbox cap is still a meaningful ceiling. Pro costs more for a substantially larger 500-email-per-inbox limit, making it the practical choice for high-volume programs. Both paid plans leave prospect credits as an additional, usage-based expense. A free trial is available, and the free tier has no subscription charge.
Platforms
Growbots runs on the web. It supports email connections through IMAP, SMTP and SSL, with Salesforce and HubSpot integrations plus Zapier connectivity for other CRMs.
Who it's for
Choose Growbots if you are a sales team or individual who needs professional email addresses, B2B prospect discovery and campaign execution in one service. It is particularly suitable for organizations that value deliverability controls and already use Salesforce or HubSpot. It is less compelling for buyers seeking a predictable all-in subscription, because prospect credits are separate and unused credits expire at renewal.
Pros and cons
- Pros: 180M-plus verified contacts with detailed filters; sequencing, AI personalization, tracking, reporting and A/B testing in one workflow; warmup, authentication checks, testing, mailbox rotation and reply detection; native Salesforce and HubSpot integrations; refunds for invalid or inactive addresses.
- Cons: Prospect credits cost extra and do not roll over; the free tier has only three sequences and 20 daily emails per inbox; paid plans cap daily sending per inbox; email connections require IMAP, SMTP and SSL.
Alternatives
Mixmax is a better fit if you want a broader multi-platform footprint and a free plan limited to 20 tracked emails or 50 sequence recipients per month. Yesware suits users prioritizing basic open and attachment tracking, campaign limits and a meeting scheduler. Regie.ai is the alternative for research, enrichment, drafting and agents with one-time shared credits. Warmbly is more focused on mailbox warmup, including a free pool for up to 10 mailboxes. Mails.ai fits teams wanting API and SDK access alongside agent quotas. Mystrika is another freemium web option with a free-forever tier. Outplay suits users who prefer a free-forever plan with one user, two mailboxes and 2,000 active prospects per month. ReachInbox is worth considering for unlimited email accounts, warmup and stated monthly lead and email quotas.
For broader comparisons, see Cold Email Software, Sales Engagement Software and Sales Prospecting Software.
Verdict
Growbots is a strong choice for sales teams that want a large B2B database, campaign automation and deliverability tooling under one roof. Its main reason to choose it is the breadth of prospecting and outreach controls; its main reason to look elsewhere is the separate, non-rolling prospect-credit cost and the free tier's tight limits.
