Warmerly vs Closely
Closely pairs cloud-based LinkedIn automation with a B2B lead database and a waterfall email finder, so you can prospect and enrich in one place. It is a capable, mature outreach tool — but it treats sending reputation as someone else's job: there is no email-mailbox warmup and no LinkedIn account warmup baked in, so the deliverability half of your outreach rides on whatever infrastructure you bring.
LinkedIn and email outreach in one tool — human-paced sequences with account warmup and mailbox deliverability built in, so the messages you send actually get seen.
LinkedIn automation with a built-in email finder.
The short version
- Closely starts around $49/seat/month and bundles a LinkedIn automation engine with a B2B lead database and email finder. Warmerly's LinkedIn plan is $14/month, with email warmup bundled from $19.
- Closely genuinely wins on built-in data: it finds and verifies emails and pulls contacts from its own database. Warmerly has no lead database — it integrates with whatever list source you already use.
- Warmerly wins on reputation: it warms LinkedIn accounts with ramped activity and warms email mailboxes with SPF/DKIM/DMARC monitoring, neither of which Closely includes.
- Both run cloud-based LinkedIn automation with safe daily limits, personalization, and reply detection.
- Closely is the better fit if you want sourcing and sending in one license; Warmerly is the better fit if you already have your list and want the sending to land.
Feature by feature
| Warmerly | Closely | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (per month) | $14 | $49 / seat (from) |
| LinkedIn automation | Yes | Yes, mature |
| Cloud-based sending | Yes | Yes |
| LinkedIn account warmup (ramped activity) | Yes | Not included |
| Human-paced sending & safe daily limits | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in lead database & email finder | No — bring your own list | Yes |
| Email sequences included | Yes (bundle) | Partial — finder-first |
| Email mailbox warmup & deliverability | Built in | Not included |
| SPF/DKIM/DMARC monitoring | Daily, with fix-it copy | Not included |
| Multichannel LinkedIn + email sequences | Yes, coordinated | Possible, but unwarmed |
| Unified inbox | Reply detection per sequence | Yes |
| Reply detection (stops on reply) | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | 14 days, no card | Yes (verify at closelyhq.com) |
Our verdict
Closely and Warmerly solve two different ends of the same problem. Closely is strong at the front of the funnel — its lead database and waterfall email finder mean you can source and enrich contacts without leaving the tool, and that is a real advantage if you don't already have a list. Warmerly is strong at the back of the funnel: it warms the LinkedIn account with ramped activity and warms the email mailbox with authentication monitoring, so the outreach you send is less likely to get throttled, restricted, or filtered to spam. If you need data and sending in one license, Closely is the more complete sourcing tool. If you already have your list and your problem is messages not landing — connection requests stalling, emails going to junk — Warmerly is built for exactly that, at roughly a third of the per-seat price.
- You already have a prospect list and want LinkedIn plus email sending that actually lands
- You want LinkedIn account warmup and email mailbox warmup handled in one place, not bolted on
- You run multichannel sequences and care more about deliverability than about sourcing data
- Per-seat pricing matters and you don't need a built-in lead database
- You want to source and verify contacts inside the same tool — Closely's lead database and email finder are a genuine strength Warmerly does not match
- You value Closely's unified inbox and its specific automation templates
- You'd rather buy data and sending together, even at a higher per-seat price
Questions
Is Warmerly a replacement for Closely?
Partly. Warmerly matches Closely on cloud-based LinkedIn automation, safe sending limits, personalization, and reply detection, and it adds two things Closely leaves out: LinkedIn account warmup and email mailbox warmup with authentication monitoring. What Warmerly does not replace is Closely's lead database and email finder — if sourcing and verifying contacts inside one tool is core to your workflow, Closely keeps that edge. Many teams pair a data source they trust with Warmerly for the sending.
How does the pricing compare?
Closely's plans start at roughly $49 per seat per month and scale up with its lead and enrichment credits; verify the current tiers at closelyhq.com. Warmerly's LinkedIn plan is $14 per month, or about $19 bundled with email warmup. For sending-focused outbound where you already have your list, Warmerly is typically the cheaper per-seat option; for teams that need Closely's built-in data, the higher price buys sourcing you'd otherwise pay for separately.
Does Closely include LinkedIn or email warmup?
No. Closely focuses on automation and data — finding, enriching, and messaging contacts. It does not warm up LinkedIn accounts with ramped activity or warm up email mailboxes with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC monitoring. Warmerly builds both into the same tool that sends your outreach, which is what keeps new accounts and new mailboxes from getting restricted or filtered. See our guide to safe LinkedIn outreach limits for how account warmup works.
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