DelightLoop vs Instantly
Instantly sends the cold email. DelightLoop warms up the people who matter.
In short
Instantly is built for cold email at volume. DelightLoop integrates with it and handles warm outreach: a native LinkedIn channel, personal letters and gifts, and a 1:1 page for the people and accounts that matter.
| Compared on | Instantly | DelightLoop |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Cold email platform: sending accounts, warm-up, a lead database and a shared inbox | Outcome-based outreach platform for warm outreach: ICP discovery, native LinkedIn, letters, gifts and 1:1 pages |
| Best at | Sending cold email at volume while protecting deliverability | Turning the accounts that matter, and the people who engaged, into meetings |
| Kind of outreach | Cold: large lists, reached by email | Warm: high-intent people and target accounts, reached personally across channels |
| Not its core channel | Native LinkedIn channel for warm, 1:1 touches in the same sequence as the letter and the gift | |
| Letters and gifts | None | Personal letters, gifts, eGifts and swag, sent in your rep's name |
| Where the recipient lands | Your website or a booking link | A personal Delight Surface page with one clear next step |
| Pricing | Monthly plans, priced by contacts and emails sent | Forever Free, $500 per campaign, or a fixed annual fee for unlimited plays |
| What you report | Opens, replies and sequence performance | Moments of Delight, replies, meetings, registrations and influenced pipeline |
Based on Instantly's public website and third-party buyer guides, reviewed November 2026.
Keep Instantly for
Cold email at volume: mailboxes, warm-up, deliverability and a shared inbox for replies. DelightLoop integrates with Instantly, so those sequences keep running where they are.
Add DelightLoop for
- The people who opened, replied or visited get a warm follow-up on LinkedIn, by letter or with a gift
- Target accounts get a personal touch your cold tool can't send
- Every recipient lands on their own 1:1 page with one next step
- One goal, one report: meetings, registrations and influenced pipeline
- Start free, or prove it with one $500 campaign
FAQ
Questions we hear a lot
Is DelightLoop an Instantly alternative?
Not for cold email. DelightLoop integrates with Instantly: keep Instantly for cold email at volume, and use DelightLoop for warm outreach, with a native LinkedIn channel, letters, gifts and a 1:1 page for the people who engage.
Does DelightLoop integrate with Instantly?
Yes. Your Instantly sequence keeps running, and DelightLoop adds LinkedIn, letter and gift steps for the people and accounts you choose, with every touch counted toward one goal.
Can DelightLoop run the whole sequence without Instantly?
Yes. Delight Outreach can run email, LinkedIn, letters and gifts itself. Teams that already send cold email from Instantly usually keep it and add DelightLoop for warm outreach.
Already on Instantly? Keep it.
Bring one campaign to a 15-minute call. We'll connect your Instantly sequence and add the warm steps that turn replies into meetings.