OUBADI Ahmed

This isn t a hit piece on any specific tool. Instantly, Clay, Smartlead; they re all great at what they do. But I ve been running outbound for clients for 3+ years, and managing 5 separate tools was slowly killing my workflow. Here s the setup I used to run: Instantly for sending Clay for enrichment Smartlead for follow-ups Google Sheets for tracking Zapier for automations All that added up to: $600/month in subscriptions Constant integrations breaking Endless manual checks Then I switched to ElevateSells, which combines all of it: Lead finder + enrichment (auto-finds verified local & B2B leads) AI cold email writer (personalized 1:1 emails that don t sound robotic) Automatic follow-up sequences Deliverability setup baked in Dashboard for replies, meetings, and conversion tracking Same output way less friction: More replies (because personalization is built-in) 50% faster campaign setup Saved $400+/month in tool costs Why I switched: Not because those other tools are bad; they re just fragmented. At scale, juggling five dashboards kills your focus and burns your margins. Now, with ElevateSells, I just log in, set my target industry and location, and it finds + emails my ideal leads automatically. If you re running multiple tools just to do outbound You don t need to. ElevateSells automates the entire outbound system; from finding the leads to booking the meetings. I d still say if you re just learning cold email, start simple. But once you re ready to scale without the chaos; this is the move.