Substack
Publish a newsletter with built-in subscriptions and audience growth — Substack handles writing, distribution, and payments without technical setup.
AI Outreach & CRM · Startup (free-$50/month)
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Overview
Substack is an AI-powered outreach & crm platform that publish a newsletter with built-in subscriptions and audience growth — Substack handles writing, distribution, and payments without technical setup. Basic AI writing assistance within Substack's publishing platform. Free to use; Substack takes 10% of paid subscriptions.
Key differentiator: Publish a newsletter with built-in subscriptions and audience growth — Substack handles writing, dis
Best suited for startup teams. Also strong for outreach & crm workflows. Our current platform. The AI writing is basic but the community and discovery features drove our migration decision.
Pricing: Startup (free-$50/month).
Worth noting: Newer entry — full review in progress
Key Strengths
- +Publish a newsletter with built-in subscriptions and audience growth — Substack handles writing, dis
- +Contact enrichment automatically fills in missing firmographic and demographic data, saving hours of manual research per prospect and improving targeting precision.
- +Multi-channel sequence builder orchestrates outreach across email, LinkedIn, and phone from a single workflow, increasing touch points without increasing manual effort.
- +Pipeline analytics provide clear visibility into conversion rates at each stage, identifying exactly where deals stall and which outreach approaches move prospects forward.
- +Personalization at scale uses AI to customize messaging based on prospect data, industry context, and behavioral signals — beyond simple merge fields.
Limitations
- -Newer entry — full review in progress
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