Emelia
French agency-built outreach at freelancer prices, with Sales Navigator scraping built in
Emelia is a cold email and LinkedIn prospecting platform, built in Paris by the growth agency Bridgers, that combines multi-sender email campaigns, LinkedIn automation, Sales Navigator scraping, an email and phone finder, warm-up, and a merged inbox at flat euro-denominated prices aimed at freelancers, SMEs, and small agencies.
Overview
Emelia began in early 2021 as an internal tool at Bridgers, a Paris growth-marketing agency whose team found existing cold email platforms overpriced for what they did, several hundred dollars a month for sending and follow-ups. They built a lighter alternative for their own client work, beta-tested it with partner clients, and let it spread through word of mouth and LinkedIn communities. By 2023 the tool had outgrown the agency: Emelia became Bridgers' core business.
The product covers the full small-team prospecting loop. Sourcing comes from a LinkedIn Sales Navigator scraper plus an email finder (claiming up to 80% find rates with verification) and a phone finder. Sending covers multi-sender cold email with A/B testing, warm-up, and a claimed 97% deliverability benchmark, while LinkedIn automation handles visits, connection requests, and messages. Multichannel campaigns chain these into node-based workflows, replies land in a merged inbox, and AI features (Magic Writer for drafting, Magic Reply for responses) handle copy. Integrations reach Zapier, Make, HubSpot, and Pipedrive, with an API for the technical.
The commercial identity is aggressive simplicity: Start at 37 euros/month, Grow at 97, Scale at 297, with inbox allowances scaling from 3 to unlimited, LinkedIn accounts from 1 to 20, enrichment credits bundled, pay-as-you-go credit packs from 19 euros, and an explicit no-hidden-fees stance. With about 2,500 active users and a small Paris team shipping updates almost weekly, Emelia is the value pick of the category rather than the deepest platform, and it makes no pretense otherwise.
Best for
Freelancers, founders, and small agencies, especially in European markets, who want scraping, enrichment, email, and LinkedIn automation in one tool at the lowest credible price, and who do not need enterprise trust artifacts or deep platform extensibility.
Not the right fit for
- Enterprise and compliance-sensitive buyers; Emelia publishes no SOC 2 or formal security documentation, and the company behind it is a small Paris team.
- Teams that need a large owned contact database; Emelia sources from LinkedIn scraping and lookups, not from a searchable proprietary database like Snov.io or Apollo.
- US-centric teams wanting phone-heavy workflows; there is no dialer, and phone data comes from a finder, not a premium phone dataset.
- Heavy LinkedIn scrapers should note the obvious: Sales Navigator extraction and LinkedIn automation operate against LinkedIn's terms of service, and account-safety risk sits with the user.
How it works
- 1
Prospecting starts with data: the Sales Navigator scraper extracts lead lists from LinkedIn searches, and the email finder enriches them with verified addresses (charged only against bundled or pay-as-you-go credits), with a phone finder for call-based follow-up. Imported CSVs work equally well for teams with existing lists.
- 2
Email campaigns run multi-sender: several mailboxes attach to one campaign and Emelia spreads volume across them, with warm-up building reputation underneath and A/B testing splitting copy variants. Personalization variables draw on the scraped LinkedIn and enrichment data.
- 3
LinkedIn automation runs visits, connection requests, and messages per connected account, and multichannel campaigns combine email and LinkedIn steps in a node-based workflow builder, so a sequence can open with a profile visit, follow with a connection request, and fall back to email.
- 4
Replies from every channel and mailbox collect in a merged inbox, where Magic Reply drafts responses and Magic Writer helps produce campaign copy. Zapier, Make, HubSpot, and Pipedrive integrations move interested leads onward, and the API covers custom flows on the Scale plan.
Feature breakdown
21 features in 5 modulesCold email engine
Multi-sender campaigns with the fundamentals done at a fraction of typical prices.- Multi-sender campaigns
- Attach several mailboxes to one campaign (3 on Start, 50 on Grow, unlimited on Scale) and Emelia rotates sending across them to scale volume safely.
- Automated follow-up sequences
- Multi-step sequences with delays and stop-on-reply, with unlimited campaigns and sending across plans.
- A/B testing
- Split-tests subject lines and copy variants within campaigns to find what earns replies.
- Personalization variables
- Merge fields fed by scraped LinkedIn data and enrichment output personalize at scale.
- Email warm-up
- Built-in warm-up raises and maintains sender reputation; Emelia showcases a 97 deliverability score as its benchmark.
- Merged inbox
- Replies from all senders and channels collect in one inbox so campaign responses never scatter across mailboxes.
LinkedIn automation and scraping
The sourcing-plus-touch layer that anchors Emelia's multichannel pitch.- Sales Navigator scraping
- Extracts lead lists directly from LinkedIn Sales Navigator searches, turning a search URL into a campaign-ready list.
- Connection request automation
- Automated invitations with personalized notes per connected LinkedIn account (1 on Start, 5 on Grow, 20 on Scale).
- Profile visits and messages
- Automated visits warm prospects before contact, and message sequences follow accepted connections.
- Multichannel workflow builder
- Node-based campaigns chain LinkedIn and email steps with conditions, so channels reinforce rather than run in parallel silos.
Data enrichment
Finders priced as commodity utilities rather than premium data products.- Email finder
- Finds professional addresses with a claimed success rate up to 80%, verification included; bundled credits range from 500 to 5,000 per month by plan.
- Email verification
- Verification cleans found and imported addresses before sending, backing the platform's 90% verified-accuracy claim.
- Phone number finder
- Looks up direct phone numbers for prospects where available, extending outreach beyond digital channels.
- Pay-as-you-go credit packs
- Credit packs from 19 euros supplement or replace subscriptions, an option for spiky or occasional enrichment needs.
AI assistance
Copy help without a separate AI subscription.- Magic Writer
- AI drafting for campaign copy, aimed at getting non-writers to a solid first email quickly.
- Magic Reply
- AI-drafted responses to campaign replies inside the merged inbox, shortening response times on interested leads.
- Spam-aware copy guidance
- Writing guidance oriented at deliverability, consistent with the platform's warm-up and multi-sender posture.
Platform and integrations
Small-team plumbing, with an API for the technical minority.- Zapier and Make
- No-code connections push leads and replies into thousands of downstream tools, with Make coverage notable for the European automation crowd.
- HubSpot and Pipedrive integrations
- CRM connections move interested prospects into pipeline; multi-CRM support arrives on the Scale plan.
- API access
- Full API access on Scale for teams that script list loading, campaign control, and reply retrieval.
- Rapid release cadence
- The small team ships updates nearly weekly, and the product's evolution from email-only to multichannel happened in under three years.
Use cases
4 documentedFreelance lead-gen consultant
Runs outreach for a handful of clients on tight margins where a 300-euro tool bill per client would erase profitability.
Grow at 97 euros/month covers 50 inboxes and 5 LinkedIn accounts, enough to run several client campaigns with scraping and enrichment included, keeping tooling under 10% of retainer revenue.
French SME founder selling B2B services
Wants prospects from Sales Navigator contacted across LinkedIn and email in French and English without hiring a growth team.
The scraper turns a Sales Navigator search into a list, the finder adds verified emails, and a multichannel workflow visits, connects, and emails each prospect, with Magic Writer handling first-draft copy.
Bootstrapped startup doing first outbound
Two founders need to test messaging against a few hundred prospects with near-zero budget and no patience for tool sprawl.
Start at 37 euros/month with 3 inboxes, 1 LinkedIn account, and 500 credits covers the whole test loop: source, enrich, send, and reply from one screen, with a 7-day trial before any spend.
Growth agency standardizing its stack
Runs multichannel campaigns for a dozen clients and wants scraping, sending, and LinkedIn in one subscription with API control.
Scale at 297 euros/month provides unlimited inboxes, 20 LinkedIn accounts, 5,000 monthly credits, multi-CRM sync, and full API access, replacing a scraper, a sequencer, and a LinkedIn tool.
Pricing
from €37/mo (Start)Three flat monthly tiers in euros gating connected inboxes, LinkedIn accounts, and monthly enrichment credits, with unlimited sending and campaigns throughout, plus pay-as-you-go credit packs. No per-seat pricing.
| Plan | Price | Includes |
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| Start | €37 per month |
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| Grow | €97 per month |
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| Scale | €297 per month |
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Add-ons
- Pay-as-you-go credit packs (From €19): Email and phone finder credits purchasable outside the subscription for spiky usage.
Billing notes
- Prices are euro-denominated; USD figures shown to American buyers track the euro prices closely, so non-euro cardholders should expect minor exchange variation.
- All plans include unlimited email sending and campaign creation; the levers between tiers are inboxes, LinkedIn accounts, credits, and integrations depth.
- Emelia markets an explicit no-hidden-fees position, and pay-as-you-go credits mean enrichment does not force a tier upgrade.
- The 7-day trial covers the full platform, and there is no per-user charge at any tier.
Value assessment: Emelia is plainly the price leader among credible multichannel tools: 97 euros/month for 50 rotating inboxes, 5 LinkedIn accounts, scraping, enrichment, and warm-up undercuts most name-brand competitors by half or more, and Scale at 297 euros compares against agency stacks costing four figures. The discount is honest about its source: a small team, thinner documentation and ecosystem, no enterprise trust artifacts, and data sourced by scraping and lookup rather than an owned database. For its target buyer, the freelancer or small agency, the capability-per-euro is hard to argue with; buyers who need depth, compliance, or scale guarantees are not the target and should pay more elsewhere.
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Aggressive pricing with no per-seat charges: the 97-euro Grow tier covers workloads that cost twice as much on better-known platforms.
- Sales Navigator scraping built into the same tool that sends, removing the scraper-to-CSV-to-sequencer shuffle entirely.
- Multi-sender rotation, warm-up, and a merged inbox cover the deliverability fundamentals despite the budget price.
- Node-based multichannel workflows chain LinkedIn and email with conditions, a design usually found in pricier tools.
- Pay-as-you-go credit packs from 19 euros make enrichment costs elastic instead of forcing tier jumps.
- Agency pedigree: the product was built inside Bridgers for real client campaigns, and the near-weekly release cadence shows an operator's priorities.
Limitations
- No owned contact database: sourcing depends on LinkedIn scraping and email lookups, so list quality tracks the user's Sales Navigator craft.
- Scraping and automating LinkedIn violates LinkedIn's terms of service, and account restrictions are a real operational risk that Emelia, like all such tools, cannot eliminate.
- No published SOC 2, security documentation, or enterprise trust artifacts; the company is a small Paris team, which cuts both ways.
- Ecosystem thinness: fewer native integrations, templates, and community resources than category leaders, and full API access requires the top tier.
- Vendor-reported claims (80% find rate, 97 deliverability, 90% verified accuracy) are marketing benchmarks, not audited figures.
- Support and documentation depth reflect team size; complex deployments will find fewer answers on file than with larger rivals.
Head-to-head comparisons
4 alternativesEmelia vs lemlist
from $39/user/molemlist is the polished French multichannel incumbent: deeper personalization, a lead database, a big template ecosystem, and per-seat prices to match. Emelia is the scrappy Paris alternative at a fraction of the cost with scraping built in. Teams that monetize personalization depth and want ecosystem support pay for lemlist; price-sensitive operators who source from Sales Navigator get most of the loop from Emelia for less.
Full Emelia vs lemlist comparisonEmelia vs Snov.io
from $24.69/mo (Starter, billed annually)Snov.io brings an owned database, a 7-tier verifier, a free CRM, and documented compliance; Emelia brings lower prices and native Sales Navigator scraping. Data quality and trust posture favor Snov.io; cost per campaign and LinkedIn-centric sourcing favor Emelia. Teams with compliance requirements pick Snov.io; solo operators optimizing spend pick Emelia.
Full Emelia vs Snov.io comparisonEmelia vs Waalaxy
from €19/user/mo (Pro, billed monthly)Both are French tools pairing LinkedIn and email, but from opposite ends: Waalaxy leads with LinkedIn automation and treats email as the follow-up channel, while Emelia's email engine (multi-sender rotation, warm-up, merged inbox) is the sturdier half. LinkedIn-first prospectors lean Waalaxy; teams whose volume lives in email with LinkedIn as reinforcement lean Emelia.
Full Emelia vs Waalaxy comparisonEmelia vs Instantly
from $37/moInstantly is the volume king with a huge community, bundled leads, and warm-up at industrial scale; Emelia is smaller, cheaper at the entry point, and adds native LinkedIn automation and scraping that Instantly lacks. High-volume email-only senders choose Instantly; small teams that want LinkedIn and email in one budget tool choose Emelia.
Full Emelia vs Instantly comparisonImplementation & onboarding
- Setup time
- Under a day for a first campaign: connect mailboxes, scrape or import a list, enrich, and launch. New domains still want 2 to 3 weeks of warm-up, and LinkedIn accounts connect individually.
- Learning curve
- Low: the product is deliberately lighter than enterprise sequencers, and the node-based workflow builder is the only surface requiring real thought.
- Onboarding
- Self-serve with chat support and a content hub; no paid onboarding tiers, consistent with the product's simplicity.
- Migration notes
- CSV import and Zapier/Make bridges bring existing lists in; mailboxes and LinkedIn accounts reconnect individually. No import of historical campaign metrics from other tools.
Platform, API & security
- Platforms
- Web appREST API (Scale plan)
- API
- Full API access is gated to the Scale plan, covering list, campaign, and reply operations; lower tiers rely on Zapier and Make for automation.
- Compliance
- GDPR-aligned processes (French company under EU law)No SOC 2 or formal security certification published
- Data residency
- France-based company under EU jurisdiction; hosting specifics are not published.
- SSO
- Standard authentication; no published SSO offering.
- Security notes
- LinkedIn scraping and automation carry inherent account-restriction risk under LinkedIn's terms; sending uses the user's own connected mailboxes via standard authentication.
Support & resources
- Channels
- In-app chatEmail support
- Documentation
- A content hub with guides, comparisons, and tutorials in English and French; product documentation is serviceable but thinner than category leaders.
- Community
- No large official community; growth has come through word of mouth and LinkedIn circles, mirroring its origins.
Company
- Founded
- 2021
- Headquarters
- Paris, France (operated by Bridgers SAS)
- Ownership
- Privately held; owned by Bridgers SAS, the Paris growth agency it emerged from
- Founders
- Niels Cohen (co-founder, CEO), Bridgers agency growth team
- Employees
- Not disclosed (small Paris-based team)
- Funding
- No external funding disclosed; grown from agency revenue and subscriptions.
Timeline
- 2021Built in early 2021 as an internal tool at Paris growth agency Bridgers, frustrated by the price of existing cold email platforms; beta-tested with partner clients and spreading by word of mouth by mid-year.
- 2023Emelia becomes Bridgers' core business as subscription growth outpaces the agency work that spawned it.
- 2023 to 2025Expands from cold email into a multichannel platform: LinkedIn automation, Sales Navigator scraping, phone finder, merged inbox, and the Magic Writer and Magic Reply AI features.
- 2026Serves 2,500+ active users on three flat euro tiers, shipping product updates almost weekly from a small Paris team.
Integrations
- Zapier
- Make
- HubSpot
- Pipedrive
- LinkedIn Sales Navigator (scraping)
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft 365
- Custom SMTP
- REST API (Scale plan)
Frequently asked questions
10 questionsWhat is Emelia used for?
Emelia is used to run B2B prospecting end to end on a budget: scraping leads from LinkedIn Sales Navigator, enriching them with verified emails and phone numbers, sending multi-sender cold email campaigns with warm-up, automating LinkedIn touches, and managing replies in a merged inbox.
How much does Emelia cost?
Three flat monthly tiers: Start at 37 euros (3 inboxes, 1 LinkedIn account, 500 credits), Grow at 97 euros (50 inboxes, 5 LinkedIn accounts, 1,000 credits), and Scale at 297 euros (unlimited inboxes, 20 LinkedIn accounts, 5,000 credits, full API). Credit packs start at 19 euros pay-as-you-go, and a 7-day trial covers the full platform.
Does Emelia include LinkedIn automation?
Yes, natively: automated profile visits, connection requests, and messages per connected LinkedIn account, plus a Sales Navigator scraper that turns searches into lead lists. LinkedIn accounts are gated by tier, from 1 on Start to 20 on Scale.
Does Emelia have an email finder?
Yes. The finder claims success rates up to 80% with verification included, alongside a phone number finder. Lookups draw on monthly credits bundled with each plan or pay-as-you-go packs from 19 euros.
Does Emelia include email warm-up?
Yes, warm-up is built in to raise and maintain sender reputation across connected mailboxes, and Emelia's multi-sender rotation spreads campaign volume across inboxes to protect deliverability, with a showcased 97 deliverability score as its benchmark.
Who is behind Emelia?
Emelia was built in Paris in early 2021 by the growth team at Bridgers, a French marketing agency, with Niels Cohen as co-founder and CEO. It is owned by Bridgers SAS, has taken no disclosed external funding, and became the agency's core business in 2023.
Is Emelia safe for my LinkedIn account?
Emelia's scraping and automation operate against LinkedIn's terms of service, like every tool in this space, so account restrictions are a real risk. Conservative volumes and warmed accounts reduce but do not remove it; users should weigh that risk before automating a primary LinkedIn profile.
Does Emelia have an API?
Yes, but full API access is reserved for the Scale plan at 297 euros/month. Start and Grow users automate through Zapier and Make integrations instead.
How is Emelia so much cheaper than competitors?
Structurally: a small bootstrapped team, no owned contact database to maintain (data comes from scraping and lookups), no per-seat pricing, and no enterprise sales or compliance overhead. The price reflects real trade-offs in ecosystem depth and trust artifacts rather than a promotional discount.
Is Emelia good for agencies?
Small agencies are a core audience: Grow covers 50 inboxes and 5 LinkedIn accounts for 97 euros/month, and Scale adds unlimited inboxes, 20 LinkedIn accounts, and multi-CRM sync. What it lacks is formal white-label and per-client billing machinery, so larger agencies may outgrow it.
Editorial verdict
Emelia is the best-value multichannel prospecting tool for small operators, full stop: scraping, enrichment, multi-sender email, LinkedIn automation, and warm-up for less than most rivals charge for sending alone. It exists because an agency got tired of category pricing and built the tool it wished it could buy, and that origin shows in both the practical feature set and the honest price. The ceiling is equally clear: no database, no enterprise trust artifacts, a thin ecosystem, and LinkedIn-dependent sourcing with the account risk that implies. Freelancers, founders, and small agencies should shortlist it first; everyone above that weight class should read the limitations before falling for the price.
Written by the SaaSTracker editorial team. Awards, when shown, are judged against the published criteria in our methodology.