Is Streak or Woodpecker better?

Neither clearly leads. Streak starts at Free and Woodpecker at $7/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Streak or Woodpecker?

Streak has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Streak and $7/month for Woodpecker.

Does Streak or Woodpecker run on more platforms?

Streak runs on Web. Woodpecker runs on web, api.

Can I use Streak for free?

Yes. Streak has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Woodpecker starts at $7/month.

What is Streak best used for?

Streak is most often used for managing sales pipelines directly inside gmail, tracking email opens and running mail merges from an inbox. Of those, managing sales pipelines directly inside gmail and tracking email opens and running mail merges from an inbox are not what Woodpecker is typically brought in for.

What can Streak do that Woodpecker cannot?

Streak covers Pipeline management, Email tracking, Automation, Document tracking. Woodpecker covers Cold email sequencing, Email verification, Deliverability warm-up, Lead Finder.

CRM & Sales · head to head

Streak vs Woodpecker

Streak

CRM & Sales

CRM superpowers for Gmail

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Woodpecker

CRM & Sales

Cold email and LinkedIn outreach automation platform with pay-per-use pricing

From: $7/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Streak has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Streak the free tier is email tools only, with pipelines, contact records and automation all requiring the Pro plan; Woodpecker linkedIn outreach, extra warm-ups and API access are all separate paid add-ons rather than bundled features.
They diverge on capability: Streak covers Pipeline management, Woodpecker covers Cold email sequencing.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Streak and Woodpecker actually diverge.

Attributes where Streak and Woodpecker differ
Attribute	Streak	Woodpecker
Starting price	Free	$7/month
Pricing model	subscription	usage-based
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	Web	web, api
Founded	2011	2015

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (CRM & Sales).

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 Streak

Pipeline management
Email tracking
Automation
Document tracking
Live engagement metrics
Gmail
Outlook
Google Sheets

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.

Streak

Managing sales pipelines directly inside Gmailnot Woodpecker
Tracking email opens and running mail merges from an inboxnot Woodpecker

Woodpecker

Running personalized one-to-one cold email campaignsnot Streak
Agencies managing outreach across multiple client accountsnot Streak
Verifying catch-all email addresses before sendingnot Streak
Adding LinkedIn outreach on top of an existing email campaignnot Streak

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Streak

The free tier is email tools only, with pipelines, contact records and automation all requiring the Pro plan
Free mail merge is capped at 50 a day
The entry paid plan is $49 per user per month, which is high for a CRM that lives inside Gmail
Integrations require a paid plan

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

Streak

Free

FreeFree
- Basic CRM
- Pipeline management
Professional$10/month
- Everything in Free
- Email tracking
- Automation
Business$50/month
- Everything in Professional
- Advanced features

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 Streak if

You need pipeline management.
You want to start without paying.
You also want email tracking.

Streak review

Choose Woodpecker if

You need cold email sequencing.
You work on web, api.
You also want email verification.

Woodpecker review

Questions people ask

Is Streak or Woodpecker better?: Neither clearly leads. Streak starts at Free and Woodpecker at $7/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Streak or Woodpecker?: Streak has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Streak and $7/month for Woodpecker.
Does Streak or Woodpecker run on more platforms?: Streak runs on Web. Woodpecker runs on web, api.
Can I use Streak for free?: Yes. Streak has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Woodpecker starts at $7/month.
What is Streak best used for?: Streak is most often used for managing sales pipelines directly inside gmail, tracking email opens and running mail merges from an inbox. Of those, managing sales pipelines directly inside gmail and tracking email opens and running mail merges from an inbox are not what Woodpecker is typically brought in for.
What can Streak do that Woodpecker cannot?: Streak covers Pipeline management, Email tracking, Automation, Document tracking. 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.

Source

Woodpecker: 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.

Source

Woodpecker: 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.

Source

Woodpecker: 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.

Source

Streak vs Woodpecker

Streak

Woodpecker

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Streak

Only in Woodpecker

What people use each for

Streak

Woodpecker

Where each one falls short

Streak

Woodpecker

Pricing, plan by plan

Streak

Woodpecker

Which should you pick?

Choose Streak if

Choose Woodpecker if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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