CRM & Sales · head to head
Capsule vs Woodpecker

Woodpecker
CRM & Sales
Cold email and LinkedIn outreach automation platform with pay-per-use pricing
- From
- $7/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Capsule the free plan is capped at 2 users, 250 contacts, 5 custom fields and a single pipeline; Woodpecker linkedIn outreach, extra warm-ups and API access are all separate paid add-ons rather than bundled features.
- They diverge on capability: Capsule covers Contact management, Woodpecker covers Cold email sequencing.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Capsule and Woodpecker actually diverge.
| Attribute | Capsule | Woodpecker |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $19/month | $7/month |
| Pricing model | subscription | usage-based |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | web, api |
| Category | CRM & Sales | Unknown |
| Founded | 2008 | 2015 |
Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Capsule
- Contact management
- Deal tracking
- Task management
- Email sync
- Activity timeline
- Slack
- Zapier
- Google Apps
Only in Woodpecker
- Cold email sequencing
- Email verification
- Deliverability warm-up
- Lead Finder
- Agency panel
- API and integrations
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Capsule
- Simple contact and pipeline CRM for a small teamnot Woodpecker
- Tracking deals and follow-up tasksnot Woodpecker
- Linking emails and notes to contact recordsnot Woodpecker
- Multiple sales pipelines on the paid tiersnot Woodpecker
Woodpecker
- Running personalized one-to-one cold email campaignsnot Capsule
- Agencies managing outreach across multiple client accountsnot Capsule
- Verifying catch-all email addresses before sendingnot Capsule
- Adding LinkedIn outreach on top of an existing email campaignnot Capsule
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Capsule
- The free plan is capped at 2 users, 250 contacts, 5 custom fields and a single pipeline
- Contact ceilings gate every tier, from 30,000 on Starter to 120,000 on Advanced
- Per-user prices are not shown as figures on the pricing page, only as tier names
- Ultimate is quote-only
Woodpecker
- LinkedIn outreach, extra warm-ups and API access are all separate paid add-ons rather than bundled features.
- Pay-per-contacted-prospect pricing can be harder to predict than flat per-seat plans at high volume.
- Exceeding the contacted-prospect limit halts new sends until the plan is topped up.
- Lacks the built-in calling/SMS channels that some multichannel competitors offer.
Pricing, plan by plan
Capsule
$19/month- Starter$19/month
- Contact management
- Task tracking
- Professional$39/month
- Everything in Starter
- Pipeline management
- Reporting
- Enterprise$99/month
- Everything in Professional
- Custom fields
- API access
Woodpecker
$7/month- Pay-per-use$7/month
- $7 per 100 contacted prospects
- Unlimited team members and email accounts
- 4 warm-ups monthly
Which should you pick?
Choose Capsule if
- You need contact management.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want deal tracking.
Choose Woodpecker if
- You need cold email sequencing.
- You work on web, api.
- You also want email verification.
Questions people ask
- Is Capsule or Woodpecker better?
- Neither clearly leads. Capsule starts at $19/month and Woodpecker at $7/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Capsule or Woodpecker?
- Capsule starts at $19/month and Woodpecker at $7/month.
- Does Capsule or Woodpecker run on more platforms?
- Capsule runs on Web, Ios, Android. Woodpecker runs on web, api.
- What is Capsule best used for?
- Capsule is most often used for simple contact and pipeline crm for a small team, tracking deals and follow-up tasks, linking emails and notes to contact records, multiple sales pipelines on the paid tiers. Of those, simple contact and pipeline crm for a small team and tracking deals and follow-up tasks are not what Woodpecker is typically brought in for.
- What can Capsule do that Woodpecker cannot?
- Capsule covers Contact management, Deal tracking, Task management, Email sync. Woodpecker covers Cold email sequencing, Email verification, Deliverability warm-up, Lead Finder.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Woodpecker: What does Woodpecker cost?
Woodpecker charges $7 per 100 contacted prospects per month (discounted heavily on annual billing), with add-ons like LinkedIn outreach at $29/month per account and extra warm-ups at $5/month each.
SourceWoodpecker: Is there a free plan, and what are its limits?
Woodpecker offers a 14-day free trial with full features, capped at 14 days or 100 emails sent, whichever comes first; the trial can be extended by contacting support.
SourceWoodpecker: How is usage metered?
Usage is metered by the number of prospects contacted per month; exceeding the plan's contacted-prospect limit halts new email sends, and exceeding the stored prospect limit prevents adding new leads.
SourceWoodpecker: What does Woodpecker integrate with?
Woodpecker integrates with Pipedrive, HubSpot, Zoho, Calendly, Zapier, Google Sheets, and offers an API, CLI, webhooks and an MCP server for custom workflows.
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