HotHawk vs TrulyInbox
TrulyInbox is the standalone warmup engine behind Saleshandy, priced flat by volume across unlimited accounts. HotHawk warms only real Google and Microsoft inboxes, built into the platform that sends.
Choose HotHawk if
You sell to people on Google and Microsoft, and you want warmup, sending and reply management in one platform rather than a warmup engine bolted under a sender.
Choose TrulyInbox if
You want the cheapest flat-rate warmup across a lot of accounts, or you already run Saleshandy, which bundles TrulyInbox warmup in for free.
Last updated June 2026
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Side by side
HotHawk and TrulyInbox, line by line.
We win on a Google and Microsoft pool and on everything around the warmup, the sender and the reply inbox, and on warmup volume that is not capped and shared. TrulyInbox wins on cheap flat pricing for light warmup. The detail is below.
| Feature | HotHawk | TrulyInbox |
|---|---|---|
| Warmup pool | ||
| Warmup pool type | Real Google and Microsoft inboxes only | Mixed Gmail, Outlook and IMAP |
| Restricted to Google and Microsoft | No, mixed network | |
| Disclosed pool size | 50,000+ | ~10,000 (Saleshandy docs) |
| AI warmup content | ||
| Daily warmup volume | Per mailbox, no shared cap | Shared pool (200/day on Starter) |
| Reputation protection | ||
| Mailbox quarantine + instant bounce suspension | Not documented | |
| Platform | ||
| Warmup inside a full sender | No, standalone (powers Saleshandy) | |
| Master Inbox for replies + team routing | ||
| White-label client portal | ClientBox, included on Scale | Scale+ tier only |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Flat, metered on send volume | Flat by daily warmup volume |
| Connected accounts on paid plans | Mailboxes effectively unlimited | Unlimited |
| Free tier | 7-day trial, no card | Free forever, 1 account, 10/day |
| Starting price | $97/mo all-in | $22/mo (annual, 200/day) |
Comparison based on publicly available information from trulyinbox.com, saleshandy.com and hothawk.ai, accurate as of June 2026. TrulyInbox bills by daily warmup-email volume with unlimited connected accounts; figures shown are annual billing. Saleshandy bundles TrulyInbox warmup free with its paid plans. Pool sizes are vendor-stated and not independently audited. "Not documented" means the feature is not confirmed in TrulyInbox’s public material. TrulyInbox and Saleshandy are trademarks of their respective owners; HotHawk is not affiliated with or endorsed by either.
Where HotHawk wins
A platform, not an engine bolted under one.
TrulyInbox is the warmup layer Saleshandy sits on top of. HotHawk is the whole thing in one place, and the warmup is built to a tighter spec because it lives inside the platform that sends.
Two providers, by design
Our pool of more than 50,000 inboxes is real Google and Microsoft accounts and nothing else. TrulyInbox warms across a mixed network of around 10,000 Gmail, Outlook and IMAP accounts, which is broader but lower signal when your buyers are on Workspace and Microsoft 365.
A ceiling per mailbox
HotHawk sets a daily warmup limit per mailbox, so each inbox warms to its own pace. TrulyInbox shares one daily volume across every connected account, so the more you warm each one, the fewer you can run.
Bad mailboxes pulled out
A risky mailbox is quarantined and taken out of the pool, and any inbox that starts bouncing is suspended straight away, so one bad account does not drag the rest of your fleet down with it.
One tool, one bill
Warmup, the sender, the Master Inbox, the API and the MCP server all sit in the same platform at $97 a month. With TrulyInbox you are buying a warmup engine and a separate sender to run it under.
Where HotHawk wins
The best Master Inbox in cold email.
Warmup gets your mailboxes ready to send. It does nothing with the replies that come back. That is the bit HotHawk is built around, and a standalone engine like TrulyInbox does not touch it at all.
Catches every reply
It connects to your real mailboxes and pulls in the forwarded replies, the CC’d colleagues, the out-of-office notices and the people who answer from an address you never emailed. A warmup engine has no reply inbox at all.
Each reply gets assigned
Round robin shares new replies evenly across the team, and mailbox groups route them by the inbox they came in on, the moment they land. Nothing waits in a pile while a warm lead goes quiet.
A My Inbox per rep
Every rep can have a view of just their own replies, or you run one shared team inbox. You decide the visibility, and managers keep the whole picture regardless.
Positive replies float up
Replies get tagged positive, negative and out of office automatically, so the people who want to talk are the ones the team sees first.
Where TrulyInbox wins
Cheap flat pricing, if you keep the volume light.
This is a real edge, so we will say it plainly. TrulyInbox charges by daily warmup volume, not per inbox, connects unlimited accounts on every paid plan, and has a free-forever tier on top. If you are already on Saleshandy you get its warmup folded in at no extra cost. On sticker price for warmup alone, that is genuinely cheaper than HotHawk, and we would tell you so.
One thing to know going in: the daily volume is shared across every account you connect. The $22 plan warms 200 emails a day in total, so connect fifty client inboxes and each one is down to a handful. That makes it the better-value pick for light warmup on a budget, not for warming a big roster hard. HotHawk warms each mailbox to its own limit with no shared cap.
HotHawk earns its price somewhere else: it is the sender, the Master Inbox and ClientBox as well as the warmup. If all of that lives in separate tools today, the all-in $97 a month usually comes out ahead. If it does not, TrulyInbox is the cheaper warmup, and that is an honest call.
The verdict
Which one fits you?
Pick HotHawk
For warmup on real Google and Microsoft inboxes, native to a sender with the Master Inbox and ClientBox, when you want the whole workflow in one platform.
Pick TrulyInbox
For the cheapest flat-rate warmup across a lot of accounts, or because you already run Saleshandy and get TrulyInbox warmup bundled in for free.
FAQ
HotHawk vs TrulyInbox questions.
Is TrulyInbox the same as Saleshandy’s warmup?
Yes, in effect. TrulyInbox is the warmup engine behind Saleshandy: Saleshandy’s own help docs say warmup is provided through its partner TrulyInbox at no extra cost on paid plans, on a pool of more than 10,000 accounts. So comparing HotHawk to Saleshandy’s warmup is really comparing it to TrulyInbox, which is why this page covers both.
How does TrulyInbox pricing work?
TrulyInbox charges by daily warmup-email volume rather than per inbox, and paid plans connect unlimited accounts. On annual billing the Starter plan is around $22 a month for 200 emails a day, Growth around $84 for 1,000 a day, and Scale around $169 for 3,000 a day, with a free-forever tier limited to one account at 10 a day. The catch is that the daily volume is shared across every account, so the $22 plan only warms 200 a day no matter how many inboxes you connect. It is genuinely cheaper than HotHawk for light warmup, not for warming a lot of inboxes hard.
What is the difference in the warmup pool?
TrulyInbox warms across a mixed network of around 10,000 real Gmail, Outlook and IMAP accounts. HotHawk warms only against a pool of more than 50,000 real Google and Microsoft inboxes. When your prospects are on Workspace and Microsoft 365, engagement from those same two providers is the signal that matters, so we keep the pool restricted to them.
Does TrulyInbox really give unlimited accounts?
On paid plans, yes, but the billing unit is daily warmup volume, and that volume is shared across all your connected accounts. So while you can connect many, the heavier you warm each mailbox, the fewer you can realistically run on a given plan. HotHawk sets per-mailbox daily limits instead, so each inbox warms to its own ceiling.
Is HotHawk or TrulyInbox cheaper for warmup?
For light warmup on a budget, TrulyInbox, on sticker price. Its flat pay-per-volume pricing and free tier are built for that, and HotHawk does not try to win on warmup price alone. But that volume is shared across every account, so it is not the cheaper way to warm a lot of inboxes hard. And HotHawk is the cheaper choice overall once you count the sender, the Master Inbox and ClientBox you would otherwise pay for separately, since all of that is in the $97 a month.
Can I switch from TrulyInbox or 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. The bigger decision is that you are moving the whole sending workflow into HotHawk, rather than only swapping the warmup engine underneath it.
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