Discover the Best French Alternative to Woodpecker

Woodpecker has established itself as one of the leading cold emailing tools thanks to its simplicity and effectiveness. Used by thousands of sales teams around the world, it allows you to create personalized sequences, automate follow-ups, and track performance in real time. But behind this solid reputation, several limitations are often mentioned in user reviews: interface only in English, lack of certain advanced automations, inability to easily send mass attachments, lack of native multichannel support, restrictions on managing large volumes... not to mention pricing that is considered high compared to its competitors.

If you're looking for a more comprehensive, flexible tool or simply one that better suits your budget, you've come to the right place. In this article, we've selected six alternatives to Woodpecker, including several French options, that combine performance, usability, and better value for money.

Emelia is an email marketing platform designed to simplify the creation and management of cold email campaigns. Launched in 2021 by digital agency Bridgers, it is aimed at startups, SMEs, marketers, and freelancers looking to optimize their prospecting.

Emelia includes all the essential features that make Woodpecker so powerful... but goes further at every step:

• AI classification of responses

• Automated management of Mailinblack

• Smart management of Out-of-office

• AI assistance with writing cold emails

• Magic Reply: Emelia learns from the way you respond to your prospects and then writes responses for you: huge time saver!

• A fully open API (if you need additional routes, just contact us)

• Much more detailed exportable statistics

• Intuitive interface: The Emelia interface stands out for its simplicity and fluidity. Every feature is accessible in just a few clicks, and navigation between tools, whether it's creating campaigns, checking emails, or analyzing results, is completely logical and intuitive. We've prepared a short video for you below:

• Warm-up included and optimized to protect your domain reputation and maximize deliverability. (It may not seem important, but warm-up is essential, so take two minutes to watch this video!)

• No limit on the number of leads, whereas Woodpecker imposes restrictions on large-scale management.

• An Email Finder: Finds verified email addresses to enrich your contact lists, with a success rate of up to 80%. Emails are thoroughly verified, including a catch-all check, ensuring their reliability.

• A Phone Finder: Allows you to retrieve prospect phone numbers for direct outreach, ideal for quick exchanges and human connection. Simply enter the LinkedIn URL of the person you are looking for.

We use a credit system for the Email and Phone Finder;

Whether you use the Email finder or the Phone finder, you can search one by one or in bulk using your CSV file.

Watch this video to see how simple it is.

• An Email Verifier: An email verifier is a tool that allows you to check whether an email address is valid, active, and free from bounce risks. It helps improve campaign deliverability by cleaning up contact lists before sending.

• The LinkedIn scraper: Capable of extracting all data from LinkedIn and providing complete information from LinkedIn profiles.

For contact lists, nothing could be simpler than scraping LinkedIn with the help of this video to get you started:

• Multichannel prospecting: Multichannel prospecting involves contacting your prospects across multiple channels—email, LinkedIn, and now WhatsApp—to maximize your chances of response and create more engaging interactions.

Emelia.io's customer service is simply exceptional, supported by a team of highly dedicated managers who go out of their way for their users. Every request is answered in less than five minutes (Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.), with remarkable efficiency in resolving issues, often in record time. If anything is unclear, they don't hesitate to organize clear and detailed video calls to explain everything, making the experience smooth and enjoyable. What's more, their approach is incredibly warm and friendly, making you feel like you're talking to caring partners rather than just technical support.

Lemlist automates your email prospecting campaigns while offering advanced personalization. You can insert images, videos, and dynamic variables into your emails to make them unique to each prospect. The tool also includes an automatic warm-up to improve deliverability and offers multi-channel campaigns (LinkedIn, calls, emails).

• Advanced customization for each prospect

• Intuitive and easy-to-use interface

• Built-in email warm-up to avoid spam

• Real-time tracking of opens and clicks

• B2B sales teams looking to increase response rates

• Agencies and freelancers seeking creative and personalized campaigns

Saleshandy is an affordable solution for sending mass emails, tracking opens and clicks, and scheduling automatic sequences. The tool also offers tracking of sent documents and detailed reporting to optimize your campaigns.

• Very affordable for small businesses

• Simple, easy-to-use interface

• Detailed email performance tracking

• Scheduling and automatic sequence features

• Startups and small sales teams with a limited budget

• Users who want a simple, effective solution without unnecessary features

Reply.io automates multichannel prospecting: emails, calls, and LinkedIn. It offers intelligent sequences that automatically adapt follow-ups based on prospect behavior. The tool integrates easily with most CRMs to synchronize data and track campaign effectiveness.

• Multi-channel automation

• Smart sequences based on prospect behavior

• Easy integration with CRMs

• Advanced campaign performance reporting

• B2B sales teams looking to automate their interactions

• Companies wanting to centralize their prospecting in a CRM system.

QuickMail offers a simple interface to automate your email campaigns. The tool automatically detects responses and ends sequences to avoid unnecessary sends. It also offers performance tracking and the ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously.

• Simple and intuitive interface

• Automatic response detection to optimize campaigns

• Simultaneous management of multiple campaigns

• Performance tracking and detailed statistics

• Small teams or freelancers looking for a quick and easy solution

• Simple and effective email prospecting

Mailshake allows you to create personalized prospecting campaigns with detailed performance tracking. The tool also includes email list cleaning, AI-powered content generation, and CRM synchronization for a smooth workflow.

• Advanced email customization

• Automatic list cleaning and account warm-up

• Robust CRM integration

• AI-powered content generation to speed up prospecting

• B2B sales teams looking to automate and personalize their campaigns

• Companies that want to integrate prospecting directly into their CRM.

Smartlead.ai combines multichannel automation and AI-powered deliverability optimization. The tool offers automated email list cleaning, account warm-up, and recommendations to maximize response rates and avoid spam.

• AI-powered deliverability optimization

• Automated list cleaning and account warm-up

• Multi-channel automation

• Reporting and recommendations to improve performance

• Companies concerned about their sender reputation

• B2B sales teams that want to maximize deliverability.

In summary, there are many alternatives to Woodpecker for your prospecting campaigns: Mailshake, Lemlist, QuickMail, Reply.io, and SalesHandy each offer interesting features depending on your specific needs.

However, Emelia stands out for its ease of use, built-in tools for checking and optimizing emails, and automation features suitable for teams of all sizes. It is a comprehensive solution for maximizing your results while saving time.

Choosing the right platform will depend on your priorities, but Emelia appears to be an excellent compromise between efficiency, reliability, and practicality.