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Outsolvi vs Yesware: the best Yesware alternative in 2026

Updated October 10, 2026

Pro allows 20 campaign recipients a month (checked 10 Oct 2026)Pro is limited to 5 users; a sixth seat means Premium at $35Reminders, Send Later and LinkedIn touches are marked Gmail on its pricing tableNew Outlook isn't in its requirements or docs (checked 10 Oct 2026)

Quick answer

Pick Yesware if your team needs page-level tracking on PDFs and decks, multi-touch campaigns or Salesforce sync (Enterprise, $65 a seat a month billed yearly). Pick Outsolvi if you send 1:1 from Outlook or Gmail and want to know who actually read it: every open is graded as a person or a machine with the reason shown, and follow-ups stop when the person replies by email. Outsolvi is $7 a month billed yearly for one person, $20 per person on Pro. Yesware Pro is $15, capped at 20 campaign recipients a month and 5 users.

Yesware is a sales add-in for Gmail and Outlook, founded in Boston in 2010 and owned by Vendasta since October 2022. It calls itself "sales engagement that lives in your inbox": open, link and attachment tracking, templates, campaigns with email, call and task touches, a meeting scheduler, a Prospector contact database and, on its Enterprise plan, Salesforce sync.

In Outlook it needs a mailbox hosted by Microsoft 365. Its requirements list Outlook 2016 desktop (v16.0 or later) and Outlook on the web in Chrome or Edge, and in classic Outlook the sidebar "must be open to send tracked emails". New Outlook for Windows isn't mentioned in its requirements or docs (checked 10 Oct 2026). On a Mac it asks you to use the legacy Outlook experience. In Gmail it needs Chrome and a Google-hosted account. It has no mobile app.

Outsolvi is narrower: email tracking and follow-up for Outlook and Gmail. Every open is graded as a person or a machine and the reason is shown. Machines such as Apple Mail privacy preloads and Microsoft Defender scans are shown but not counted, and clicks count once scanner clicks are set aside. Follow-ups run up to 3 steps and stop when the person replies by email. It has no attachment tracking, meeting scheduler or CRM sync, and it doesn't run in Outlook for Mac.

TL;DR

Yesware does more; Outsolvi tells you more about each open. Pick Yesware for document tracking, a scheduler, multi-touch campaigns or Salesforce on Enterprise. Pick Outsolvi if you send 1:1 from Outlook or Gmail and want every open graded with a reason and follow-ups that stop on an email reply, from $7 a month for one person or $20 per person on Pro, billed yearly. Up to 5 people, Yesware Pro costs less; past 5, Yesware means Premium at $35 a seat.

How Outsolvi compares to Yesware (feature by feature)

Email open tracking
Outsolvi
YeswareUnlimited from Pro; Free: last 24 hours
Link click tracking
Outsolvi
YeswareUnlimited from Pro; Free: last 24 hours
Bot & scanner filtering
OutsolviShown with a label, not counted
YeswareFilters proxy and security-device opens
Graded opens (person or machine)
OutsolviYes, reason shown per open
YeswareNot stated (checked 10 Oct 2026)
Scanner clicks set aside
Outsolvi
YeswareNot mentioned in their docs
Your own opens left out
OutsolviShown as "your own open"
Yesware
Attachment and document tracking
Outsolvi
YeswarePDF, PPT, Word, Excel, MP4, per page
Email sequences
OutsolviUp to 3 follow-ups
YeswarePro: 20 recipients a month; unlimited from Premium
Sequence stops on reply
OutsolviWhen they reply by email
YeswareIf "Remove recipients after connection" is on
LinkedIn steps in a sequence
OutsolviEarly access; an email reply stops them
YeswareGmail only, Premium and up
Meeting scheduler
Outsolvi
Yesware
Salesforce sync
Outsolvi
YeswareEnterprise
Native Outlook add-in
Outsolvi
YeswareMicrosoft 365-hosted mailboxes
Classic Outlook for Windows
Outsolvi
YeswareOutlook 2016 v16.0 or later
Outlook on the web
Outsolvi
YeswareChrome or Edge
New Outlook for Windows
Outsolvi
YeswareNot in their requirements
Outlook for Mac
OutsolviNo; use Outlook on the web
YeswareLegacy Outlook only
Gmail extension
Outsolvi
YeswareChrome, Google-hosted accounts
Free plan
OutsolviTrial: 14 days or 250 emails
YeswareYes, last 24 hours of tracking
Starts under $10/mo
Outsolvi$7 billed yearly
YeswarePaid plans from $15
SOC 2 report
Outsolvi
YeswareSOC 2 Type 2 and SOC 3
Unified dashboard
Outsolvi
YeswareNot mentioned
Hot lead detection
Outsolvi
YeswareNot mentioned
Custom tracking domains
OutsolviPro
YeswareNot mentioned
Domain rotation
Outsolvi
YeswareNot mentioned
No email branding
OutsolviPaid plans
YeswareNot mentioned
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Why teams choose Outsolvi

Pick Outsolvi if you send 1:1 from Outlook or Gmail and the question you need answered is who actually read it. Every open is graded as a person or a machine, and the reason is on the email: "reached an Apple Mail inbox", "Microsoft Defender security scan", "Gmail preloaded this", "your own open". Machines are shown but not counted, and clicks count once scanner clicks are set aside. Yesware says it filters proxy and security-device opens, but its pages don't say you can see which ones were dropped or why. Outsolvi follow-ups run up to 3 steps and stop when the person replies by email, the same way in classic Outlook, new Outlook, Outlook on the web and Gmail. Individual is $7 a month billed yearly ($12 monthly) for one person and 250 tracked emails a month. Pro is $20 per person billed yearly ($29 monthly) with no cap, so 20 people cost $400 a month against $700 on Yesware Premium.

Where Yesware excels

Pick Yesware if you need what it does and Outsolvi doesn't. It tracks PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and MP4 files page by page, with time per page and viewer names. It has a meeting scheduler, templates, campaigns with call and task touches that pause on out-of-office replies and chain into follow-up campaigns after up to 90 days, and a Prospector contact database. On Enterprise ($65 a seat a month billed yearly) it adds a Salesforce sidebar, sent, reply and calendar sync, and Salesforce SSO. It also has a Free plan that doesn't expire, unlimited tracking from Pro, SOC 2 Type 2 and SOC 3 reports, and support for legacy Outlook on a Mac, where Outsolvi doesn't run. And for a team of up to 5, Yesware Pro at $75 a month billed yearly costs less than Outsolvi Pro at $100, as long as 20 campaign recipients a month is enough.

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.

An example timeline of one cold email's first minutes. A tracker that counts every event shows 5 opens and 4 clicks; Outsolvi shows 2 reads by a person and 1 click, with the reason for each event. Captions are part of the video. Example timeline, not real customer data.
A tracker that counts every event
5 opens, 4 clicks
Outsolvi
2 reads by a person, 1 click
  1. 0:00You hit sendsent
  2. 0:01A security scanner opens it before deliverysecurity scan · not counted
  3. 0:01The same scanner clicks both linksscanner clicks · not counted
  4. 0:04Apple Mail loads the images. Nobody lookedreached an Apple Mail inbox · not counted
  5. 0:30You re-read it in your Sent folderyour own open · not counted
  6. 1:10Someone pastes the link into a team chatlink preview · not counted
  7. 2:15A person opens it on their phoneread by a person · counted
  8. 2:16They click your pricing linkclick by a person · counted
  9. 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 Yesware handles any of these; check Yesware's own documentation for that.

What it costs for 1, 5 and 20 people

Yesware's prices come from its own pricing page, with the date we checked. Move the slider to your team size.

Monthly cost for 1, 5 and 20 people, billed yearly, Yesware vs Outsolvi
Plan (billed yearly, per month)1 person5 people20 people
Yesware Pro (up to 5 users)Unlimited open, link and attachment tracking; 20 campaign recipients a month; up to 5 users$15$75over limit
Yesware PremiumEverything in Pro, plus unlimited campaigns, shared templates and campaigns, team reporting$35$175$700
OutsolviIndividual for 1 person (250 tracked emails a month), Pro per person for teams (no cap)$7$100$400
  • Yesware Pro (up to 5 users)
    $75 / month
  • Yesware Premium
    $175 / month
  • Outsolvi Pro
    $100 / month

Yesware's prices are per seat in USD, from its pricing page on 10 Oct 2026 (yearly $15, $35, $65; monthly $19, $45, $85). Pro is limited to 5 users and 20 campaign recipients a month, so a team of 6 or more, or anyone adding more than 20 people a month to campaigns, needs Premium. Enterprise adds Salesforce and isn't shown. The Free plan tracks only emails sent in the last 24 hours. Up to 5 people, Yesware Pro costs less than Outsolvi Pro.

Yesware Pro (up to 5 users): priced per person, up to 5 people. Source: https://www.yesware.com/plans-and-pricing, checked 10 Oct 2026.

Yesware Premium: priced per person. Source: https://www.yesware.com/plans-and-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.

Case 1

Solo AE following up with 50 new prospects a month

Wants automated follow-ups on every new prospect, on the cheapest plan that allows it. Yesware Pro ($15 a seat billed yearly) allows "20 Campaign Recipients/Month". Unlimited campaigns start at Premium, $35 billed yearly or $45 monthly (pricing page, checked 10 Oct 2026).

Better fit

Outsolvi. Follow-ups run up to 3 steps per email and stop when the person replies by email. Pro is $20 a month billed yearly with no cap; Individual is $7 for up to 250 tracked emails a month.

Case 2

Sales team of 8 that wants Pro-level tracking

Unlimited open and link tracking for everyone, without paying for shared templates and team reports. Yesware Pro's feature table says "Up to 5 users", so eight people means Premium: 8 x $35 = $280 a month billed yearly.

Better fit

Outsolvi Pro, priced per person: 8 x $20 = $160 a month billed yearly ($232 monthly, against $360 on Yesware Premium monthly).

Case 3

AE in Outlook who wants a nudge when nobody replies

Lives in Outlook and wants the tool to follow up on silence. Yesware's pricing table marks Reminders and Send Later as "Gmail" on Pro, Premium and Enterprise, and its Reminders doc only describes Gmail (checked 10 Oct 2026).

Better fit

Outsolvi. Follow-ups send for you from Outlook or Gmail and stop when the person replies by email. If you're on Gmail, Yesware's reminders are on every plan, Free included.

Case 4

AE on Microsoft 365 sending a proposal link

Needs to know whether a person or a security scanner clicked the link. Yesware's link tracking pings its server "with the IP address"; its docs don't mention scanner clicks, Defender or Safe Links (checked 10 Oct 2026). In Outlook, tracked links go in through the sidebar's Insert Tracked Link tab.

Better fit

Outsolvi. Microsoft Defender scans are labelled "Microsoft Defender security scan" and not counted, and clicks count once scanner clicks are set aside. To check any tracker, send one tracked link to a Microsoft 365 mailbox you own and don't touch it for 5 minutes.

Case 5

IT team moving a sales floor to new Outlook

Needs a tracker that's documented for new Outlook for Windows. Yesware's requirements list Outlook 2016 desktop and Outlook on the web in Chrome or Edge; new Outlook has no mention in its docs (checked 10 Oct 2026). Its add-in may still work there; the docs just don't say.

Better fit

Outsolvi, whose web add-in runs in new Outlook and Outlook on the web, with a desktop add-in for classic Outlook for Windows. If Yesware is already deployed, test it on one new-Outlook mailbox before the rollout.

Case 6

Salesforce team that sends proposals as attachments

Reps send decks and PDFs, need to see which pages a buyer read, and want every email, reply and meeting logged to Salesforce.

Better fit

Yesware Enterprise. Attachment tracking with time per page is on every paid plan, and Salesforce sent, reply and calendar sync is on Enterprise. Outsolvi tracks neither attachments nor anything in a CRM.

Switching from Yesware to Outsolvi

What to expect, in order. The 14-day Outsolvi trial covers the whole switch.

1

Before you switch

List what you use Yesware for today: tracking, campaigns, attachment tracking, the meeting scheduler, Salesforce logging. Outsolvi replaces the tracking and the follow-ups. If attachments, the scheduler or Salesforce are on your list, plan for those first, because Outsolvi doesn't do them.

2

Day 1

Install Outsolvi: the desktop add-in for classic Outlook for Windows, the web add-in for Outlook on the web and new Outlook, or the Chrome extension for Gmail. On a Mac, send from Outlook on the web. The trial runs 14 days or 250 tracked emails, no card.

3

Weeks 1 and 2

Send your normal 1:1 email and compare. Expect fewer counted opens in Outsolvi, because machine opens are shown with a label but not counted. Judge both against replies, the one signal a scanner can't produce.

4

At your Yesware renewal

Yesware's pricing FAQ says no refunds are given for the unused remainder of a term, so time the switch to your renewal date. The full plan, with a team rollout, is in the guide at /migrate/from-yesware.

Frequently asked questions

Does Yesware work in the new Outlook?+

Yesware's system requirements list Outlook 2016 desktop (v16.0 or later) and Outlook on the web in Chrome or Edge, for mailboxes hosted directly by Microsoft 365. New Outlook for Windows isn't mentioned in its requirements or anywhere in its docs (checked 10 Oct 2026). That doesn't mean it fails there, only that Yesware doesn't say. On a Mac, Yesware asks you to use the legacy Outlook experience, a setting it says resets after 30 days. Outsolvi's web add-in runs in new Outlook and Outlook on the web, and its desktop add-in covers classic Outlook for Windows. Outsolvi doesn't run in Outlook for Mac; on a Mac, send from Outlook on the web.

Does Yesware filter bot opens?+

In part, and it says so. Its docs say it "filters out opens that appear to come from proxies, email security devices" and other infrastructure, so you may see fewer open events. On opens that land the instant you send, its docs say the email may have gone through a virus scanner and "there is no workaround". Its pages don't say whether you can see which opens were filtered or why, and they don't mention scanner clicks (checked 10 Oct 2026). Outsolvi shows every open with a label, such as "reached an Apple Mail inbox" or "Microsoft Defender security scan", and counts the ones graded as a person.

Is Yesware free?+

There's a Free plan, labelled "Free Forever" on the pricing page, with open, link and attachment tracking limited to emails sent less than 24 hours ago; the docs say up to 40 events. The same page's FAQ describes the free option as a 14-day trial, and the docs say accounts move to the Free plan after it. Paid plans start at $15 a seat a month billed yearly ($19 monthly). Outsolvi has no free plan: its trial runs 14 days or 250 tracked emails, whichever comes first, with no card.

How many people can I follow up with on Yesware Pro?+

Yesware Pro allows 20 campaign recipients a month and up to 5 users (pricing page, checked 10 Oct 2026). Premium, at $35 a seat billed yearly, removes the campaign cap; its docs list 900 recipients per upload and 5,000 per campaign. Outsolvi's follow-ups run up to 3 steps per email and stop when the person replies by email.

Is Outsolvi cheaper than Yesware?+

Not at every team size. Billed yearly, one person pays $7 on Outsolvi Individual (250 tracked emails a month) or $15 on Yesware Pro. Five people pay $75 on Yesware Pro and $100 on Outsolvi Pro, so Yesware is cheaper there, as long as 20 campaign recipients a month is enough. Twenty people can't use Yesware Pro, which stops at 5 users, so the comparison is Yesware Premium at $700 a month against Outsolvi Pro at $400.

Which Yesware plan includes Salesforce?+

Yes, on Enterprise ($65 a seat a month billed yearly, $85 monthly): a Salesforce inbox sidebar, email sent and reply sync, calendar sync, bi-directional activity sync and Salesforce single sign-on. Premium doesn't include it. Outsolvi has no CRM integration, so if Salesforce logging is the reason you use Yesware, that's a reason to stay.

Does Yesware have reminders and LinkedIn steps in Outlook?+

Its pricing table marks Reminders, Send Later and LinkedIn Touches as "Gmail". Its LinkedIn doc says the integration is on Gmail on Premium and Enterprise, needs a Sales Navigator Advanced or Advanced Plus plan, and asks Outlook users to check with support (checked 10 Oct 2026). Outsolvi's follow-ups send from Outlook and Gmail alike, and a sequence can include LinkedIn steps (in early access); an email reply stops those too.

Does Yesware show which person opened a group email?+

Its docs say it tracks only the To field: "CC'd addresses are not tracked." On an email to several people, it says it "cannot identify exactly who opened it". If you email buying committees, ask any tracker how it reports a group send before you read its counts.

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The honest verdict

Yesware is a sales engagement suite built for teams, and it's priced and limited like one: Pro caps campaigns at 20 recipients a month and 5 users, and several rows on its pricing table only apply in Gmail. If you need document tracking, a scheduler or Salesforce on Enterprise, it earns its price. If you send 1:1 from Outlook or Gmail and want to know who actually read it, Outsolvi shows every open with a reason and sends follow-ups that stop when the person replies by email, from $7 a month billed yearly.

Our honest take on Yesware

Yesware has been selling inbox sales tools since 2010 and has belonged to Vendasta since October 2022. Its docs and pricing are current and detailed, which made it easy to source: every Yesware fact on this page comes from its own pricing page or docs, checked on 10 Oct 2026 and listed below.

Our take: Yesware is designed around the team plan. The things that make it worth $35 a seat (unlimited campaigns, shared templates, team reports) sit on Premium, and Pro reads as a step towards it, with 20 campaign recipients a month and room for 5 users. That's a sensible design for a sales team with a manager and a Salesforce admin. It's a poor fit for the one AE who wants follow-ups on 50 new prospects a month and nothing else.

On open data, Yesware does filter some machine opens, and says so plainly. What its pages don't describe is showing you which opens were dropped and why, or anything about scanner clicks. In our view, that reason is the useful part when you're deciding who to call today. If your buyers sit behind Microsoft Defender, send one test link to a mailbox you own before you trust any tracker's first-minute click, ours included.

Sources

Facts about Yesware 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.

  1. Yesware plans and pricing (monthly and annual toggles, feature table, FAQ): https://www.yesware.com/plans-and-pricing (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  2. Yesware home page: https://www.yesware.com/ (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  3. Yesware email tracking feature page: https://www.yesware.com/feature/email-tracking (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  4. Yesware about page: https://www.yesware.com/about/ (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  5. Installing Yesware: system requirements and FAQ: https://docs.yesware.com/docs/overview/installing-yesware/ (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  6. Advanced features (Send with Yesware button): https://docs.yesware.com/docs/overview/advanced-features (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  7. Reminders: https://docs.yesware.com/docs/overview/reminders/ (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  8. Send Later: https://docs.yesware.com/docs/overview/send-later/ (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  9. LinkedIn Sales Navigator integration: https://docs.yesware.com/docs/overview/additional-resources/linkedin-sales-navigator (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  10. Email tracking and activity FAQ: https://docs.yesware.com/docs/activity/ (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  11. Link tracking: https://docs.yesware.com/docs/activity/link-tracking (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  12. Attachment tracking: https://docs.yesware.com/docs/activity/attachment-tracking (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  13. Viewing engagement data: https://docs.yesware.com/docs/activity/viewing-engagement-data (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  14. Campaigns: https://docs.yesware.com/docs/campaigns/ (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  15. Creating campaigns: https://docs.yesware.com/docs/campaigns/creating-campaigns (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  16. Follow-up campaigns: https://docs.yesware.com/docs/campaigns/follow-up-campaigns (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  17. Prospector: https://docs.yesware.com/docs/prospector/ (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  18. Security and privacy (SOC reports): https://docs.yesware.com/docs/settings/security-and-privacy/ (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  19. Yesware docs full-text index, used for "not mentioned in their docs" checks: https://docs.yesware.com/search-index.json (checked 10 Oct 2026)
  20. Vendasta press release on acquiring Yesware: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/10/17/2535212/0/en/Vendasta-Acquires-Yesware-To-Bring-To-Market-Best-In-Class-Sales-Engagement-Platform.html (checked 10 Oct 2026)

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Nate SummersCo-Founder, Outsolvi

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.

Last reviewed October 10, 2026Editorially independent

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.

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