Kanbox vs Reply.io

Kanbox runs LinkedIn scraping and a Kanban CRM from 27/mo; Reply.io sequences email, LinkedIn, calls and SMS with a contact database from 49 USD/user/mo.

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The verdict

There is no universal winner here, because they are built for different motions. If your pipeline is LinkedIn relationships and you are running it solo or in a small team, Kanbox is the better buy: it does the one channel deeply, bundles a light CRM, and costs a fraction to start. The moment your plan involves cold email at volume or coordinated touches across several channels, Kanbox runs out of road, no built-in warmup, no lead database, and Reply.io becomes the right tool, with the breadth and the included data to back it.

So decide on motion first, not price. Buy Kanbox for depth on LinkedIn. Buy Reply.io for reach across channels. Picking on cost alone is how you end up paying for the wrong shape of tool.

What the data says

Reply.io covers more of the features we compared: 6 of 6, against 4.
Both have an API and an MCP server, so either works with AI employees.
In our Outbound ranking, Reply.io places 4 and Kanbox 9 of 33.

Side by side

Kanbox and Reply.io compared
10 points compared	Kanbox	Reply.io
Starts at	€15/mo	$49/mo
Free plan	No	No
API	Yes	Yes
MCP server	Yes	Yes
AI reply handling	Yes	Yes
Built-in email warmup	No	Yes
Built-in lead database	No	Yes
Built-in outreach (sequences/dialer)	Yes	Yes
LinkedIn automation	Yes	Yes
Unified inbox	Yes	Yes
Links	Visit	Visit

Plans and pricing

Kanbox

StarterOne LinkedIn account; EUR 15 per month billed yearly.€25/mo
EssentialPriced per LinkedIn account; EUR 30 per account per month billed yearly.€45/mo/seat
ProPriced per LinkedIn account; EUR 50 per account per month billed yearly.€80/mo/seat
Agency 10For 5 to 10 LinkedIn accounts; EUR 279 per month billed yearly.€399/mo

Reply.io

Email VolumeFrom $49 per month billed annually for 1,000 active contacts; unlimited users and mailboxes; the monthly price scales with contacts.$588/yr
MultichannelPer user: $99 monthly or $89 per user per month billed annually; email, LinkedIn, calls and SMS.$99/mo/seat
Jason AI SDRFully automated AI SDR from $500 per month.$500/mo

Prices as the vendors list them. They change often; the final price is on their sites.

Who each is for

Choose Kanbox if…

Pick Reply.io if you need genuine multichannel reach and you would rather buy breadth than stitch tools together. From one sequence builder it runs email, LinkedIn, calls, SMS and WhatsApp, and it ships the two things Kanbox leaves out: a built-in B2B contact database and email warmup. Add the Jason AI SDR for drafting and triaging replies and you have a platform that scales an outbound team. It costs more, from around 49 USD/user/mo and climbing with multichannel and AI tiers, so it earns its place when the breadth and the included data justify the per-seat spend.

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Choose Reply.io if…

Pick Kanbox if your outbound motion lives on LinkedIn and you want one cheap, solo-friendly tool to run it. You get scraping from LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and Recruiter, automated connection and message campaigns, a Kanban CRM pipeline and a unified inbox, from around 27/mo with a 15-day trial and no card. It is the right call for founders, sales reps, recruiters and small agencies whose pipeline is built on LinkedIn relationships rather than high-volume cold email. Just go in knowing it ships no built-in email warmup and no lead database, so email at scale is not its strength.

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