Outsolvi vs Saleshandy: the best Saleshandy alternative in 2026
Updated October 10, 2026
Quick answer
Pick Saleshandy if you run high-volume cold outbound across many mailboxes and want sequences, warm-up, a lead database and a dialer in one per-account plan; for teams of about four or more it also costs less than per-person tools. Pick Outsolvi if you send one-to-one from Outlook or Gmail and want to know who actually read it: every open is labelled as a person or a machine, follow-ups stop when they reply by email, and it starts at $7 a month billed yearly. Saleshandy's own docs recommend turning tracking off in some setups. Outsolvi is built to keep it on.
Saleshandy says it in its own blog: it "started as an email tracking tool" and is "now a cold emailing platform". Today's product is built around that second sentence: multi-step sequences, sender rotation across many mailboxes, warm-up, a B2B lead database and a dialer, all priced per account rather than per person.
Tracking is still on the price list, as "Unlimited 1:1 Email Tracking" on every plan. But the company's own documentation keeps steering you away from it. Its safety settings article says "Disable open tracking if deliverability is your top priority." Another strongly recommends turning off open and click tracking if you haven't set up a tracking subdomain, one article is titled "Why we do not recommend link tracking?", and its blog calls open rate "one of the least trustworthy metrics in cold email".
That's a coherent position for a volume outbound tool. It's the wrong one if the reason you're shopping is to know who actually read the email you sent this morning from Outlook or Gmail. That's the job Outsolvi does, and by Saleshandy's own account it's the job Saleshandy moved on from.
Saleshandy is a cold email platform priced per account ($34 to $149 a month billed yearly) with sequences, sender rotation, warm-up, a lead database and a dialer. Its own docs recommend switching open and click tracking off in some setups, and its Outlook plugin is documented only for the legacy V2 app. Outsolvi is email tracking and follow-up inside Outlook and Gmail: every open is labelled as a person or a machine with the reason shown, from $7 a month billed yearly. Pick Saleshandy to send a lot of email. Pick Outsolvi to know who read the email you sent.
How Outsolvi compares to Saleshandy (feature by feature)
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Install Outsolvi for Outlook or Gmail, send your next email, and see who opened it. $7/mo yearly · $12 monthly once your trial ends.
Why teams choose Outsolvi
Outsolvi is for the email you send yourself. It runs inside classic Outlook for Windows (desktop add-in), the new Outlook and Outlook on the web (web add-in), and Gmail (Chrome extension), so you can track a single email without building a campaign. Every open is labelled as a person or a machine and the reason is shown: an Apple Mail privacy preload, a security scanner, a link preview or your own re-read is named and left out of the count. Follow-ups of up to three steps stop when the person replies by email, and Write with AI drafts them. Individual is $7 a month billed yearly ($12 monthly) for one person and up to 250 tracked emails a month; Pro is $20 per person a month billed yearly ($29 monthly) with no cap.
Where Saleshandy excels
Saleshandy is the stronger tool for volume outbound, and it isn't close. One per-account plan covers sequences, sender rotation, warm-up, a B2B lead database, a dialer and WhatsApp steps. Starter sends up to 6,000 emails a month for $34 billed yearly, and because seats aren't billed per person, Pro covers ten people for $76 a month billed yearly, which is cheaper than Outsolvi Pro from about four people up. Pro adds Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive and Zoho integrations, and stop-on-reply and out-of-office handling are configurable. Saleshandy is also unusually candid in public that open rates are unreliable, which serious outbound teams will appreciate.
Same email, two trackers
One cold email's first minutes, event by event. A tracker that counts every event and Outsolvi's labels drift apart fast, and only one of them tells you who's worth a follow-up.
- 0:00You hit sendsent
- 0:01A security scanner opens it before deliverysecurity scan · not counted
- 0:01The same scanner clicks both linksscanner clicks · not counted
- 0:04Apple Mail loads the images. Nobody lookedreached an Apple Mail inbox · not counted
- 0:30You re-read it in your Sent folderyour own open · not counted
- 1:10Someone pastes the link into a team chatlink preview · not counted
- 2:15A person opens it on their phoneread by a person · counted
- 2:16They click your pricing linkclick by a person · counted
- 6:40They open it againread again · counted
Example timeline, not real customer data. The left column is a generic tracker that counts every event. It does not show how Saleshandy handles any of these; check Saleshandy's own documentation for that.
What it costs for 1, 5 and 20 people
Saleshandy's prices come from its own pricing page, with the date we checked. Move the slider to your team size.
| Plan (billed yearly, per month) | 1 person | 5 people | 20 people |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saleshandy Starter1 user, 6,000 emails a month, tracking and sequences | $34 | over limit | over limit |
| Saleshandy Proup to 10 users, 100,000 emails a month, CRM integrations | $76 | $76 | over limit |
| Saleshandy Scaleunlimited users, 200,000 emails a month | $149 | $149 | $149 |
| OutsolviIndividual for 1 person (250 tracked emails a month), Pro per person for teams (no cap) | $7 | $100 | $400 |
- Saleshandy Starterover plan limit
- Saleshandy Pro$76 / month
- Saleshandy Scale$149 / month
- Outsolvi Pro$100 / month
Saleshandy prices per account, not per person, so its cost per person falls as a team grows. From about four people up it costs less than Outsolvi Pro, and it includes far more sending volume. Outsolvi Individual covers one person and up to 250 tracked emails a month.
Saleshandy Starter: priced per account, up to 1 person. Source: https://www.saleshandy.com/pricing, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Saleshandy Pro: priced per account, up to 10 people. Source: https://www.saleshandy.com/pricing, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Saleshandy Scale: priced per account. Source: https://www.saleshandy.com/pricing, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Outsolvi: Individual $7 a month billed yearly ($12 monthly) for one person, up to 250 tracked emails a month; Pro $20 per person a month billed yearly ($29 monthly), no cap.
Which is right for your team
Honest framing of who each tool fits best. Not every team is the same buyer.
AE on the new Outlook for Windows
Wants to see, inside Outlook, whether each email they send gets read.
Outsolvi. Saleshandy documents its Outlook plugin only for its legacy V2 app, as an add-in for Outlook 2010 to 2016 and Office 365 work accounts, and its pages don't mention the new Outlook. Microsoft says COM add-ins aren't supported in the new Outlook for Windows (putting those two pages together is our reading, not a Saleshandy statement). Outsolvi's web add-in runs in the new Outlook and Outlook on the web.
Rep on the current Saleshandy app who wants the Outlook plugin
Signs up today and looks for the Outlook add-in.
Outsolvi. Saleshandy's help center says you need to sign up to the legacy version to use the Outlook plugin. One Outsolvi account covers classic Outlook, the new Outlook, Outlook on the web and Gmail.
Founder who bought a tool to see who read their emails
Opens the settings and finds advice to switch tracking off.
Outsolvi. Saleshandy's safety settings article says "Disable open tracking if deliverability is your top priority." Outsolvi keeps opens on and labels each one as a person or a machine, so the number you look at is people.
Consultant tracking a handful of important emails from Gmail
Wants to know if one proposal email was read, without setting up a campaign.
Outsolvi. Saleshandy's own blog lists its sequence-based method as "Not ideal for users who only need to track one or two individual emails." Outsolvi's Gmail extension tracks each email you send.
SDR team sending 5,000+ cold emails a month across many mailboxes
Needs sender rotation, warm-up, a lead database and per-account pricing for a growing team.
Saleshandy. This is what it is built for, and per-account pricing makes it cheaper for a team. Outsolvi is not a volume outbound platform and has no warm-up or lead database.
Switching from Saleshandy to Outsolvi
What to expect, in order. The 14-day Outsolvi trial covers the whole switch.
Before you cancel
Copy your Saleshandy sequences and templates somewhere safe as a record, and note how many emails each rep sends a week. Outsolvi doesn't import them, because it works per email and per follow-up rather than per campaign.
Day 1
Add Outsolvi's Outlook add-in from your dashboard (desktop add-in for classic Outlook for Windows, web add-in for the new Outlook and Outlook on the web) or install the Gmail extension, then sign in with your work email. Tracking starts on your next send. The step-by-step guide is at /migrate/from-saleshandy.
Day 7
Compare replies, not opens. Your open count will look lower, because Apple Mail privacy preloads, security scanners and your own re-reads are labelled and left out. If replies held, the drop was machines leaving the number.
Day 30
Cancel Saleshandy once you're sure you didn't rely on its volume features: sender rotation across many mailboxes, warm-up or the lead database. If you did, keep Saleshandy for outbound volume and use Outsolvi for the emails you send yourself.
Frequently asked questions
Does Saleshandy still track email opens?+
Yes. As of 10 October 2026 its pricing page lists "Unlimited 1:1 Email Tracking" on every plan, and sequences have open and click tracking switches. Its docs also recommend turning tracking off in some setups for deliverability, and one article explains why it does not recommend link tracking.
Does Saleshandy work with Outlook?+
Partly. The current app connects Microsoft 365 and Outlook.com mailboxes so you can send sequences from the Saleshandy web app. The Outlook plugin is documented only for the legacy V2 app, for Outlook 2010 to 2016 on Windows and Office 365 work accounts. Its pages don't mention the new Outlook, Outlook on the web or Outlook for Mac. Outsolvi has add-ins for classic Outlook for Windows, the new Outlook and Outlook on the web.
Is Saleshandy cheaper than Outsolvi?+
For one person, no: Outsolvi Individual is $7 a month billed yearly and Saleshandy Starter is $34. For teams, yes: Saleshandy prices per account, so five people on Pro cost $76 a month billed yearly against $100 on Outsolvi Pro, and twenty people on Scale cost $149 against $400. Saleshandy also sends far more email per plan. Outsolvi is priced for tracking and follow-up, not volume.
How does Saleshandy handle bot opens?+
Its docs describe a time-based delay: the first open is counted only after 60 seconds and the first click after 90, to keep out opens and clicks from CRMs and bots. Its blog says Apple Mail Privacy Protection inflates open rates by an unknown amount. Outsolvi labels each open with what caused it, so an Apple Mail preload or a security scanner is named and left out of the count.
What happened to Saleshandy's old Chrome extension?+
Saleshandy announced in November 2022 that its legacy Chrome extension would no longer be available in the Chrome Web Store after 1 January 2023, citing Google's Manifest V3 change, and pointed tracking-only users to Saleshandy Connect or Mailtrack. Its Gmail tracking page still offers an extension today.
Can Outsolvi replace Saleshandy for cold outbound?+
Not for high-volume outbound. Outsolvi has follow-ups of up to three steps that stop when the person replies by email, but no warm-up, lead database or dialer. If sending a lot of cold email is the job, Saleshandy is the better fit.
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If the job is volume outbound across many mailboxes, Saleshandy is the better tool, and for a team it's also cheaper. If the job is knowing who read the email you just sent from Outlook or Gmail, Saleshandy's own documentation points you away from that, and Outsolvi is built for it. Try Outsolvi free for 14 days on the email you already send.
Our honest take on Saleshandy
Saleshandy's own history explains this page. Its About page dates the email tracking tool to 2016 and the launch of its cold emailing product to 2021. A 2022 blog post put it in one line: it started as an email tracking tool and is now a cold emailing platform.
Nothing wrong with that. It does mean tracking is now one feature in an outbound suite, and the docs treat it that way: switch open tracking off if deliverability matters most, don't use link tracking, use text-only mode for cold outreach. For an outbound team that advice is reasonable. If you bought a tool to know who read your email, it's the opposite of what you wanted.
Our take: buy Saleshandy to send a lot of email. Buy Outsolvi to know what happened to the email you sent.
Sources
Facts about Saleshandy come from its own public pages, checked on the dates shown. Prices and plans change; if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.
- Saleshandy pricing: https://www.saleshandy.com/pricing (checked 10 Oct 2026)
- Safety settings (open tracking and text-only advice): https://docs.saleshandy.com/en/articles/13905614-how-to-manage-safety-settings-in-saleshandy (checked 10 Oct 2026)
- Tracking policy article (turn off open and click tracking): https://docs.saleshandy.com/en/articles/9801642-google-s-new-tracking-policy-2024-what-you-need-to-know (checked 10 Oct 2026)
- Why we do not recommend link tracking?: https://docs.saleshandy.com/en/articles/6969595-why-we-do-not-recommend-link-tracking (checked 10 Oct 2026)
- Open tracking accuracy and bot delay: https://docs.saleshandy.com/en/articles/6969672-decoding-email-open-tracking-why-is-my-email-open-not-tracked-properly (checked 10 Oct 2026)
- Outlook plugin: legacy V2 only: https://docs.saleshandy.com/en/articles/8347401-i-have-created-an-account-in-saleshandy-but-i-am-unable-to-login-into-outlook-plugin-of-saleshandy-the-error-message-is-showing-as-invalid-credential (checked 10 Oct 2026)
- Outlook email tracking page: https://www.saleshandy.com/outlook-email-tracking (checked 10 Oct 2026)
- Blog: sunsetting the legacy Chrome extension (2022): https://www.saleshandy.com/blog/we-are-sunsetting-the-legacy-chrome-extension/ (checked 10 Oct 2026)
- Blog: how to know if someone opened your email: https://www.saleshandy.com/blog/know-someone-opened-your-email/ (checked 10 Oct 2026)
- Blog: cold email statistics: https://www.saleshandy.com/blog/cold-email-statistics/ (checked 10 Oct 2026)
- About Saleshandy (timeline): https://www.saleshandy.com/about-us (checked 10 Oct 2026)
- Microsoft: COM add-ins and the new Outlook: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/outlook/get-started/migrate-com-to-web-addins (checked 10 Oct 2026)
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Nate built Outsolvi after watching every email-tracking tool he had ever used lie to him about opens. Outsolvi grades every open as a person or a machine, in Outlook and Gmail, so the number on the dashboard is one a rep can actually act on.
We update these pages when the underlying mechanics change. new mailbox-provider rules, new tracker behavior, new measurement gaps. The dates above are real revisions, not auto-touches.