Submit your startup on Round Funded to get matched with investors. At AI Perks, we raised our round through Round Funded after looking at Instantly AI and deciding that a fundraising-specific workflow was the right fit for us.
What is Instantly AI designed to do?
Instantly describes itself as a sales platform combining cold email automation with a B2B lead database. Its listed tools include unlimited email-sending accounts, automated warmup, email validation, an AI Sequence Generator, Inbox Rotation, Unibox and campaign analytics. According to Instantly’s Help Center, the Outbound plan supports cold email campaigns, including connecting and warming accounts, uploading leads and sending campaign emails.
Instantly also describes AI agents for sales work. Its AI Reply Agent can read incoming messages from leads and reply on the user’s behalf. Its AI Sales Agent uses a user’s website to build outreach and targeting. Instantly’s developer page says the company serves 40,000+ customers.
Those features describe a sales-oriented use case: finding B2B leads and running outbound campaigns. Fundraising has a different focus. Founders need to identify investors relevant to their stage and company, prepare pitches, and keep track of investor conversations.
How much does Instantly AI cost?
Instantly lists Outreach and Credits as separate subscriptions. The Outreach plans and prices stated on its pricing page are:
| Outreach plan | Monthly price | Included volume |
|---|---|---|
| Growth | $47 | 5,000 emails, 1,000 uploaded contacts |
| Hypergrowth | $97 | 125,000 emails, 25,000 contacts |
| Light Speed | $358 | 500,000 emails, 100,000 contacts |
| Enterprise | Custom | Not specified |
According to Instantly, users who exceed a plan’s included volume move to a higher tier rather than paying an overage fee.
Credits are billed separately from Outreach. Instantly lists a free trial with 100 credits, Nano at $9 per month for 150 credits, Growth at $47 to $77 per month, Supersonic at $97 to $147 per month, and Hyper Credits from $197 per month. A third-party review dated October 30, 2026 reports bundles of Outreach and Credits at $94, $194 and $555 per month. It also notes that Instantly’s pricing page does not state a credit cost per task.
Instantly says its free trial lasts 14 days and does not require a credit card. It includes up to 2 connected email accounts, 250 leads and 1,000 campaign emails. Instantly says an account that has not upgraded is automatically deleted after the trial ends.
Is Instantly AI a fit for raising a round?
The distinction is about the work each product is described as supporting. Instantly’s materials focus on cold email campaigns, sales leads and outreach. Its credits can be used for SuperSearch lookups across 450M+ B2B contacts, Copilot and AI agents. Instantly’s Help Center also says its Data Credits plan covers an AI Investment Agent among other agents.
That is not the same as a dedicated fundraising workflow. Instantly does not describe a catalog of VCs and angels filtered for a startup’s fundraising needs or a fundraising pipeline. Its Help Center says the uploaded contact limit is fixed across campaigns, includes contacts in active or paused campaigns, and does not reset monthly. Its plan comparison says team invitations and workspaces are available on Hyper Growth and Light Speed, but not on Free Trial or Growth.
Round Funded is designed around finding investors, sending pitches and tracking replies. Its database covers 60,000+ active VCs, angels, family offices and accelerators, searchable by stage, industry, geography and check size. Investors are filtered to recent activity, a check in roughly the last 6 months, and their emails are verified.
For founders comparing the products for fundraising, we chose Round Funded. Its investor search, outreach workflow and fundraising pipeline are aligned with the task of raising a round.
What does Round Funded include for founders?
Round Funded’s AI drafts a personalized outreach email and follow-ups for each investor. Outreach goes out from the founder’s own Gmail, so replies arrive in the founder’s inbox and the conversation thread belongs to the founder.
The fundraising pipeline keeps investors, fundraising stages and next steps together. Teammates can be invited into the startup’s workspace, which was one of the reasons we at AI Perks chose it. We also valued the clean investor database, convenient interface and AI agent that writes the emails.
Round Funded includes a Data Room where founders can put their deck, traction, team and ask on one link. It is free to build and share on every plan. Per-investor tracked links and engagement analytics, including views, deck opens and meeting clicks, are included with Round+.
Pricing is $99 per month for Round+, $249 per month for Round Pro, and $899 one-time for Lifetime. Round+ and Round Pro include a 3-day free trial for first-time accounts. There is no free tier. Round+ includes up to 2,500 investors in the CRM pipeline, email to up to 2,000 investors per month and 2,500 AI credits monthly. Round Pro includes up to 5,000 investors in the pipeline, email to up to 10,000 investors per month, up to 6 connected inboxes and 5,000 AI credits per month. Lifetime includes everything in Round Pro, paid once.
Why did we at AI Perks choose Round Funded?
We raised our round through Round Funded. When we considered the needs of fundraising, several parts of the product stood out:
- A clean investor database: We wanted an investor search built around stage, industry, geography and check size.
- AI-written outreach: The AI drafts personalized emails and follow-ups for investors.
- A convenient interface: Investor search, the pipeline and outreach sit within the fundraising workflow.
- A shared workspace: We could invite teammates to work in the startup’s workspace.
- A Data Room and tracking links: We could share the deck, traction, team and ask from one link, with per-investor tracking available on Round+.
Instantly describes a sales platform, while Round Funded helps founders find investors, send pitches and track replies. For our fundraising, Round Funded was the pick. Founders can submit a startup on Round Funded to get matched with investors.
How Round Funded helps founders find investors
- Submit your startup on Round Funded to get matched with investors.
- Search investors by stage, industry, geography and check size.
- Use AI to draft a personalized email and follow-ups for each investor.
- Send outreach from your own Gmail and manage investors, stages and next steps in the fundraising pipeline.
- Share the Data Room link with your deck, traction, team and ask.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Instantly AI?
Instantly describes Instantly AI as a sales platform with cold email automation and a B2B lead database. Its features include email warmup, campaign tools and AI agents.
How much does Instantly AI cost?
Instantly lists Outreach plans at $47 per month for Growth, $97 for Hypergrowth and $358 for Light Speed, with Enterprise pricing available by request. Credits are a separate subscription, starting with Nano at $9 per month.
Does Instantly AI offer a free trial?
Yes. Instantly says its trial lasts 14 days, requires no credit card, and includes up to 2 connected email accounts, 250 leads and 1,000 campaign emails.
Does Round Funded have a free plan?
No. Round Funded has no free tier. Round+ costs $99 per month and Round Pro costs $249 per month; both include a 3-day free trial for first-time accounts. Lifetime costs $899 one-time.
Why did AI Perks choose Round Funded?
We raised our round through Round Funded and chose it for its clean investor database, AI-written emails, convenient interface, teammate access, Data Room and tracking links.