HotHawk vs Saleshandy
Saleshandy is the budget pick, with unlimited mailboxes and clients on a flat plan. HotHawk costs a bit more and earns it: native warmup, the best master inbox in cold email, and a richer client portal.
Choose HotHawk if
You want warmup built into the platform on real Google and Microsoft inboxes, the best master inbox with team routing, and a richer client portal, and you are not chasing the lowest possible price.
Choose Saleshandy if
You want the cheapest way to run unlimited mailboxes and clients, with a built-in lead finder, and you do not mind warmup running through a separate tool.
Last updated June 2026
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Side by side
HotHawk vs Saleshandy at a glance.
The honest split: we win on native warmup and reply management, Saleshandy wins on price and its built-in lead finder. The detail is underneath.
| Feature | HotHawk | Saleshandy |
|---|---|---|
| Reply management | ||
| Master inbox for every reply | ||
| Round robin reply assignment | Not documented | |
| Mailbox groups (route by the inbox a reply lands on) | Not documented | |
| Per-rep My Inbox + visibility levels | Not documented | |
| AI reply categorisation | ||
| Deliverability | ||
| Built-in warmup | Native, real Google + Microsoft | Outsourced to TrulyInbox |
| Automatic inbox rotation | ||
| Dedicated IPs | Yes, on Infra | Infra add-on |
| For agencies | ||
| White-label client portal | ClientBox | |
| Unlimited client workspaces | Included | Included |
| Pricing & data | ||
| Built-in lead database | No, bring your own | Yes, lead finder |
| Starting price | $97/mo | $25/mo |
Comparison based on publicly available information from saleshandy.com and hothawk.ai, accurate as of June 2026. Pricing and features change, so check each provider for the latest. "Not documented" means the feature is not confirmed in Saleshandy’s public material, not that it is necessarily absent. Saleshandy is a trademark of its respective owner; HotHawk is not affiliated with or endorsed by Saleshandy.
Where HotHawk wins
The best master inbox in cold email.
Saleshandy has a unified inbox. HotHawk’s master inbox is built for teams, so every reply is caught and routed to the right rep before the lead cools off.
Catches every reply
It connects to your real mailboxes and pulls in the forwarded replies, the CC’d colleagues and the people you never emailed directly, not just the contacts a campaign wrote to.
Routes it to the right rep
Round robin shares new replies evenly across your team, and mailbox groups send them by the inbox they landed in. Every reply has an owner the second it arrives.
Each rep gets their own view
Run one shared team inbox, or give every rep a My Inbox of just their replies. Managers still see everything, and you set who can see what.
The hot ones, first
Replies get sorted into positive, negative and out of office for you, so the team works the warm ones before they go cold.
Where HotHawk wins
Warmup that lives in the platform.
Saleshandy sends its warmup out to a separate tool, TrulyInbox, with its own login. HotHawk’s warmup is built in, on a pool of real Google and Microsoft inboxes, with nothing extra to manage.
Built in, not bolted on
Warmup runs inside HotHawk. There is no second tool to log into and no separate account to keep an eye on, the way Saleshandy sends its warmup out to TrulyInbox.
Real Google and Microsoft inboxes
The pool is real Google and Microsoft inboxes, never SMTP accounts or bots, with more than 50,000 mailboxes warming at any time.
Conversations that read like real email
AI holds genuine, business-relevant exchanges between pool mailboxes across a wide range of topics, so the warmup looks like real people talking.
Risky mailboxes pulled automatically
A mailbox that starts to look risky is quarantined, and one that starts bouncing is suspended, before it can drag anyone else down.
Where Saleshandy wins
It is the cheaper option.
Saleshandy is the value pick, plainly. Unlimited mailboxes and unlimited client accounts come included on a flat plan that starts around $25 a month, well under HotHawk, and there is a built-in lead finder so you can source contacts without another tool. If the lowest price for unlimited mailboxes is what you are after, Saleshandy is hard to beat on cost, and we would not pretend to be cheaper.
HotHawk costs more for a reason: the warmup is native rather than outsourced, the master inbox is the best in cold email, and the client portal goes further.
The verdict
Which tool should you pick?
Pick HotHawk
For native warmup on real Google and Microsoft inboxes, the best master inbox with team routing, and a client portal that goes further, when you are not buying purely on price.
Pick Saleshandy
For the cheapest way to run unlimited mailboxes and clients, with a built-in lead finder, if warmup living in a separate tool is a fair trade for the lower price.
FAQ
HotHawk vs Saleshandy questions.
How much does Saleshandy cost?
Saleshandy runs from about $25 a month to $209 a month on a flat plan, with unlimited email accounts and unlimited clients included, and the lead finder priced separately. HotHawk starts at $97 a month. Saleshandy is the cheaper option, and we are upfront about that.
What is the difference in warmup?
Saleshandy’s warmup is handled by a separate partner tool, TrulyInbox, with its own login, and reviewers note it weakens past 50 or so inboxes. HotHawk’s warmup is native, on a pool of real Google and Microsoft inboxes, with nothing extra to log into.
What is the difference in reply management?
Both have a unified inbox. HotHawk’s master inbox adds the team layer: round robin and mailbox groups assign every reply for you, each rep gets their own My Inbox, and the positive ones surface first.
Is Saleshandy cheaper than HotHawk?
Yes. Saleshandy starts lower and is the value pick for unlimited mailboxes on a budget. HotHawk costs more because the warmup is native rather than outsourced, the master inbox is the best in cold email, and the client portal goes further.
Which is better for agencies?
Both include unlimited clients and white-label, so the difference is depth. ClientBox lets you control exactly which replies and reporting each client sees, on your own domain, with a live dashboard per client.
Can I switch from Saleshandy to HotHawk?
Yes. You connect your own mailboxes over OAuth or SMTP, then import your leads and campaigns, so there is nothing to migrate at the infrastructure level. Use the API or our bulk upload tools to move everything across.
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