Smartwriter.ai
Researches each prospect, then writes the opening line — sold by leads rather than by words
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What is this tool?
This suits outbound teams whose reply rates depend on the opener being specific rather than templated, and whose volume is measured in prospects a month. The credit model is what to check: one credit is one lead and buys up to 21 lines for that person, so 400 leads on the entry plan is 400 people, however many sequences you write to them. Unused credits roll over and do not expire, which makes an uneven month less costly than it looks.
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You are not buying words or generations here; you are buying people. One credit is one lead, and feeding it a LinkedIn profile returns up to 21 different opening lines you can spread across an entire sequence. So the entry plan's 400 credits means 400 prospects a month regardless of how many times you follow up each of them — and since unused credits roll over without expiring, a quiet month funds a busy one. Compare that against a per-word tool by counting prospects rather than emails, or the comparison will come out wrong by an order of magnitude.
What it actually does is research. Before writing anything the tool goes looking for the person: their LinkedIn activity and job history, their recent posts, their company's case studies and press, blogs they have written, podcasts they have appeared on, reviews their business has collected. The openers it produces are worth what that research is worth, which is why the vendor's own summary of the limitation — garbage in, garbage out — is the fairest thing on the site. A thin LinkedIn profile yields a thin line. The same engine pointed at a blog produces backlink requests that quote the post's actual argument, which is the closest thing here to replacing a job someone does by hand.
The three plans differ only in lead volume — the feature list is identical down to the Chrome extension — so paying more buys headroom rather than capability, and the right plan is simply a headcount estimate. Set against that, the vendor's own FAQ, which is thorough on credits and billing, says nothing about which languages the tool writes in. For a team prospecting in English that is no obstacle. For anyone working a non-English market, or under a data-processing policy that needs the handling of gathered profile data in writing, those are the questions to settle before the seven days run out.
Is this right for you?
Quick fit check against how you actually work.
Choose this if
- Your outbound lives or dies on the opening line being specific to the person, not the segment
- You work from named prospects — LinkedIn profiles, company pages — rather than from bought address lists
- You run multi-step sequences, since one credit covers up to 21 lines for the same prospect
- Your volume is uneven month to month and you want unused allowance to carry forward
- You also do SEO link building and would use the same tool to draft requests from the target's own blog
Consider alternatives if
- You need the whole email written and sent: this produces the personalised part, and the vendor's FAQ documents no CRM, sequencer or API connection to carry it onward
- Your list is tens of thousands of contacts, where per-lead pricing stops being economical against a templating tool
- You prospect outside English-language sources, since the FAQ does not say which languages it generates in
- Your compliance position needs a documented answer on how the profile data it gathers is stored and processed — worth getting in writing before the trial ends
Key features
What you can actually do with this tool.
Research before writing, from 40-odd sources
The opener is generated from what the tool finds about the person: LinkedIn activity and job history, recent posts, company case studies, news, blogs, podcasts, interviews and Google and Facebook reviews. That is the product — the writing is the easy half.
One credit is one person, not one message
A LinkedIn profile costs a single credit and returns up to 21 first lines usable across a whole sequence. Following up five times therefore costs exactly what emailing once costs — the opposite of how per-word pricing behaves.
Credits that roll over and do not expire
Unused leads carry forward indefinitely. Outbound is seasonal for most teams, and this removes the pressure to burn an allowance before the month closes.
Backlink outreach from the target's own blog
The same engine reads a blog you want a link from and drafts a request referencing its actual argument. For SEO teams this is the use case that most resembles work a person would otherwise do by hand.
Instagram comments and Quora answers
Contextual comments on posts in your niche and detailed answers to Quora questions, both aimed at presence rather than direct outreach. Useful if your funnel starts with visibility; ignorable if it starts with a list.
A Chrome extension on every plan
Personalisation can be triggered from the profile you are already looking at rather than by exporting a list first, and the extension is not held back for higher tiers.
Plans & pricing
Pricing tiers and what's included in each.
Basic Plan
$59/month, or $49/month on annual billing
- 400 leads (credits)
- Up to 15 personalised lines per lead
- Full access to all AI tools
- Chrome extension access
- Unlimited projects
- Credits roll over and do not expire
Popular Plan
Starting paid plan$149/month, or $79/month on annual billing
- 1,200 leads (credits)
- Same feature set as Basic
- Chrome extension access
- Credits roll over and do not expire
Pro Plan
$359/month, or $129/month on annual billing
- 3,500 leads (credits)
- Same feature set as Basic
- Top-up credits available
- Credits roll over and do not expire
Official pricing pagePricing may have changed. Always verify before purchasing.
Frequently asked
Common questions about this tool, answered.
What exactly does one credit buy?
One lead. The vendor's FAQ puts it plainly: a credit equals one of your leads, so adding one person's LinkedIn profile spends one credit — and that single credit returns up to 21 first lines you can use across an entire email sequence to that person. The practical consequence is that follow-ups are free in credit terms, and your plan size is a headcount of prospects rather than a volume of writing.
Do I lose credits I don't use?
No. The pricing page states that credits roll over without limit and do not expire. Pro users can also buy top-up credits, and if you upgrade mid-cycle you are charged only the difference between the plans rather than the full new price.
Can it send the emails too?
No — and this is the boundary that decides whether it fits your stack. Smartwriter produces the personalised content and lets you export it; sending, sequencing, tracking and reply handling stay in whatever outbound tool you already use. No CRM integration, sequencer connection or public API is documented, so plan for a manual hand-off between the two.
Is it free to try?
A seven-day free trial opens without a payment method. Given the tool's whole value rests on how good the research is for your particular kind of prospect, running your real list through the trial rather than a sample one is the only test that means anything.