Snov.io

Sequence permissioned contacts and enrich only through user-supplied providers

NOT REALLY · consider alternatives
price $39/mosubscription / year $468estimated build time closest consolation build: one sittingreplaced by 0 people

A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Snov.io, sequence permissioned contacts and enrich only through user-supplied providers. The hard boundary is proprietary contact discovery, verification credits, warm-up, and sales tooling, plus proprietary data, deliverability, and network effects.

Build verification: not recorded. How we judge buildability

What you give up

  • proprietary contact discovery, verification credits, warm-up, and sales tooling
  • proprietary contact database
  • inbox warm-up network
  • deliverability reputation
  • large-scale enrichment and compliance tooling

Why people still pay

People still pay for Snov.io because the durable value is accurate contact data and deliverability infrastructure; a sequence editor alone is not the product. The recurring cost buys consent records, suppression lists, DNS, bounces, reputation, abuse complaints, provider limits, and changing email rules, not just the visible interface.

Your build guide

The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.

Before you start

  • legally obtained contact list
  • sending-domain authentication
  • email provider credentials
  • PostgreSQL
  • public HTTPS endpoint
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Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and a user-chosen transactional email provider.
02
Model contacts, companies, activities, stages, and follow-up history; store source IDs and timestamps for each.
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Interface for this lead discovery and outbound sequences workflow: a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views.
engineering roadmap

Implementation plan

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Phase 1, architecture and data

Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and a user-chosen transactional email provider. Model contacts, companies, activities, stages, and follow-up history; store source IDs and timestamps for each.

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Phase 2, implement

Show deliverability warnings, daily send totals, and a mandatory preview before activation.

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Phase 3, implement

Import a permissioned lead list, enrich contacts only through user-supplied providers, personalize a modest sequence, enforce sending limits, and track replies without supplying proprietary contact data.

4

Phase 4, review and output

Sequence permissioned contacts and enrich only through user-supplied providers.

5

Phase 5, recovery and acceptance

Record delivery failures and retries by message ID; never duplicate a send after restart. Verify this invariant with a saved fixture: An opt-out suppresses every future step; retrying a timed-out send cannot silently duplicate it. State the practical limit: proprietary contact discovery, verification credits, warm-up, and sales tooling.

the pro prompt
Build me a focused lead discovery and outbound sequences workflow for the personal core of Snov.io. Requirements:

- Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and a user-chosen transactional email provider. Model contacts, companies, activities, stages, and follow-up history; store source IDs and timestamps for each.
- Paid product context: Sequence permissioned contacts and enrich only through user-supplied providers. Build only this DIY scope: Import a permissioned lead list, enrich contacts only through user-supplied providers, personalize a modest sequence, enforce sending limits, and track replies without supplying proprietary contact data.
- Show deliverability warnings, daily send totals, and a mandatory preview before activation.
- Import a permissioned lead list, enrich contacts only through user-supplied providers, personalize a modest sequence, enforce sending limits, and track replies without supplying proprietary contact data.
- Sequence permissioned contacts and enrich only through user-supplied providers.
- Use a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views. Required input or access: legally obtained contact list; sending-domain authentication.
- Recovery: Record delivery failures and retries by message ID; never duplicate a send after restart.
- Acceptance: with one labelled sample, show the input, saved intermediate state, and exported result; verify this invariant: An opt-out suppresses every future step; retrying a timed-out send cannot silently duplicate it.
- Out of scope: proprietary contact discovery, verification credits, warm-up, and sales tooling; proprietary contact database. Keep this a personal, inspectable workflow.
- Include a README with setup, a sample input, required keys or permissions, data location, and the supported scope.

$ open in your agent (prompt prefilled, you press enter), copy the prompt or copy AGENTS.md · generated from this app's build plan

prior art · use these instead of building, if you'd ratherMauticOpen-source marketing automation platform with campaigns, contacts, and email workflows.↗
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Snov.io pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
trial$0/workspace$0/workspace50 credits, 100 recipients, 1 email warm-up slot; credits and recipients renew every 30 days; no integrations/API/bulk/teamwork/export.Renewable trial plan, not intended for sales growth.
starter$39/workspace$29.25/workspace1,000 credits, 5,000 recipients/month, 3 email warm-ups, unlimited monthly emails, unlimited team seats.Annual card showed $29.25/mo and $117/year saving.
pro s$99/workspace$74.25/workspace5,000 credits, 25,000 recipients/month, unlimited warm-ups, unlimited monthly emails, unlimited team seats.Annual card showed $74.25/mo and $297/year saving.
pro m$189/workspace$141.75/workspace20,000 credits, 50,000 recipients/month, unlimited warm-ups, unlimited monthly emails, unlimited team seats.Monthly reconstructed from annual price with 25% annual discount display.
pro l$369/workspace$276.75/workspace50,000 credits, 100,000 recipients/month, unlimited warm-ups, unlimited monthly emails, unlimited team seats.Monthly reconstructed from annual price with 25% annual discount display.
ultra$738/workspace$553.50/workspace100,000 credits, 200,000 recipients/month, unlimited warm-ups, unused credits rollover, flat rate.Monthly reconstructed from annual price with 25% annual discount display.
custom ultra——From 200,000 credits and 400,000 recipients; unlimited warm-ups, unused credits rollover, flat rate.Contact sales.
linkedin automation slot$69/user$62/user1 LinkedIn account slot, built-in local proxy, 7-day trial; Snov recommends not exceeding 50 actions/day per action type.$10/mo discount if also subscribed to Sales Suite.

free tier$0 Trial; 50 credits, 100 recipients, 1 email warm-up slot, renews every 30 days; 50 free enrichment tokens also offered.

billingmonthly, 3-month (-5%) and annual (up to 40% promo / 25% table discount) options shown; LinkedIn annual saves $7/slot/month

hidden costsLinkedIn automation slots are not included in Sales Suite and cost $69/mo or $62/mo annual per slot; enrichment tokens cost $0.02/token and expire after 90 days; 1 prospect/email verification/company view costs 1 credit; deliverability checks cost 25 credits.

pricing sources checked 2026-08-10 · pricing source ↗

Questions about Snov.io

Can you build your own Snov.io with AI?

A full replacement is not the recommended project. A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Snov.io, sequence permissioned contacts and enrich only through user-supplied providers. The hard boundary is proprietary contact discovery, verification credits, warm-up, and sales tooling, plus proprietary data, deliverability, and network effects.

What does the Snov.io build prompt cover?

The prompt starts with this scope: Import a permissioned lead list, enrich contacts only through user-supplied providers, personalize a modest sequence, enforce sending limits, and track replies without supplying proprietary contact data. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: proprietary contact discovery, verification credits, warm-up, and sales tooling; proprietary contact database; inbox warm-up network. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.

How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?

Start with the Snov.io prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.

How long will this Snov.io project take?

The catalogue estimate is closest consolation build: one sitting for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.

What would I give up by replacing Snov.io?

proprietary contact discovery, verification credits, warm-up, and sales tooling; proprietary contact database; inbox warm-up network; deliverability reputation; large-scale enrichment and compliance tooling. People still pay for Snov.io because the durable value is accurate contact data and deliverability infrastructure; a sequence editor alone is not the product. The recurring cost buys consent records, suppression lists, DNS, bounces, reputation, abuse complaints, provider limits, and changing email rules, not just the visible interface.

What price is this guide comparing against?

The recorded Starter plan is $39/mo (monthly), checked 2026-07-31. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.

What can I use instead of building Snov.io?

The prior-art section lists Mautic as starting points. Review their current scope, license and maintenance before adopting one.

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