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Salesforge is for building a stack.Ken is for running outreach.

Salesforge sells a family of products you assemble yourself - sequencing, lead data, mailboxes, warmup, and placement tests each as their own subscription. Ken prices the same job as one plan with data, sending, and AI included.

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Leads emailed per month5,000
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Ken AI

Ken Core

  • Ken Core plan

    Core at 5,000 leads / mo (VIP is $4,597/mo at the same software limits)

    $597

  • Leads

    5,000 included

    Included

  • Emails per day

    1,000/day included. Ken-provisioned mailboxes sized by type (Google/Outlook typically 25/day, Azure typically 5/day)

    Included

  • Inboxes (mailboxes)

    Included - Ken provisions and manages sending inboxes for your daily volume

    Included

  • LinkedIn multichannel seats

    5 seats included (connection requests, messages, profile visits + email in one sequence)

    Included

  • Email verification

    Included

    Included

  • AI qualification

    Included

    Included

  • AI personalization

    Included

    Included

  • AI segmentation

    Included

    Included

  • AI quality check

    Included

    Included

  • Placement tests and monitoring

    Included

    Included

  • Email warmup

    Included

    Included
Total per month$597

Salesforge

Growth

  • Salesforge Growth

    Salesforge Growth monthly at 5,000 contacts / 20,000 emails = $96

    $96

  • Leadsforge Essential (lead data)

    5,000 leads / 2,000 credits / mo per Essential seat (upper bound - larger Leadsforge tiers are not publicly priced) = 3 seats x $49 (extra-credit prices UNCONFIRMED) = $147

    $147

  • Email validation top-up

    4,000 validations beyond 1,000 included x $3 / 1k = $10

    $10

  • AI personalization top-up

    19,000 AI previews beyond 1,000 included x $5 / 1k = $95

    $95

  • AI qualification (external API)

    5,000 leads x $1 / 1k = $5, to match the AI Ken includes - external AI API cost, not billed by Salesforge

    $5

  • AI segmentation (external API)

    5,000 leads x $1 / 1k = $5, to match the AI Ken includes - external AI API cost, not billed by Salesforge

    $5

  • AI quality check (external API)

    20,000 emails x $6 / 1k = $120, to match the AI Ken includes - external AI API cost, not billed by Salesforge

    $120

  • Sending domains (Mailforge)they don't advertise this

    13 domains x $14 / yr = $15 / mo (Mailforge)

    $15

  • Inboxes (Mailforge)they don't advertise this

    37 mailboxes x $3 / mo = $111 (Mailforge)

    $111

  • Warmforge Pro placement teststhey don't advertise this

    Warmforge Pro placement tests $39 / mo

    $39

  • Warmforge email warmupthey don't advertise this

    Included for Salesforge subscribers (standalone Warmforge is $10 / slot / mo after 1 free slot)

    Included

  • LinkedIn seat-equivalent (social actions)

    1 seat-equiv within Growth included social-action credits (~400-500 actions/profile/mo; no per-action $ public - capacity covered by platform fee)

    Covered by platform credits
Total per month$643
See the full breakdown with every formula and source

Salesforge is priced as a stack of 5+ separate subscriptions you assemble and manage yourself (core sequencer, Leadsforge data, Mailforge mailboxes and domains, Warmforge warmup, Warmforge placement tests). The headline "starting at $48/mo" is only the core plan - at volume the itemized total is what you actually pay. LinkedIn is metered via social-action credits (not free unlimited work): this calculator adds a ~$49/mo seat-equivalent for capacity beyond the tier's included credits (Pro ≈ 1 seat, Growth ≈ 2). Top-up prices for extra validation, personalization, and social-action credits are not public; this calculator uses conservative market-rate estimates labeled as assumptions.

What Salesforge is

Salesforge is a cold email platform built around a multi-product stack. The core app handles sequences, contacts, and AI personalization credits. Adjacent Forge products cover lead search (Leadsforge), shared or private sending infrastructure (Mailforge, Infraforge, Primeforge), and deliverability tooling (Warmforge). Official pricing starts at $48/mo for Salesforge Pro; a full outbound setup typically means several separate subscriptions managed side by side.

When they are the right call: Salesforge is a better fit when you want to pick infrastructure style (shared vs private vs Google/Microsoft mailboxes), already run multi-product Forge workflows, or prefer modular tools over an all-in-one. Teams that like configuring Mailforge or Infraforge independently and already budget for Warmforge will feel at home.

Where Ken fits

Ken is a better fit when you want lead data, verification, AI qualification and personalization, domains, inboxes, warmup, and placement monitoring under one plan. If you would rather not assemble five subscriptions to send a campaign, Ken's list pricing is built for that.

The honest tradeoffs.

Salesforge stack

Strengths

  • Modular Forge stack lets you choose shared (Mailforge), private (Infraforge), or Google/Microsoft (Primeforge) infrastructure.
  • Core Pro starts at $48/mo ($40 effective on annual) with unlimited connected mailboxes on the plan itself.
  • Warmforge placement tests and warmup are first-class products with clear Pro/Growth tiers.
  • Leadsforge provides an in-ecosystem lead search product with a simple 1-credit-per-email model.
  • LinkedIn sender support and social-action credits on core plans for multi-channel sequences.

Tradeoffs

  • A production setup is a stack of separate subscriptions (core, lead data, mailboxes, warmup, placement), not a single $48 bill.
  • Additional contacts, emails, and AI credits beyond the tier are sold in-app; public top-up prices are not listed on the pricing page.
  • Mailforge enforces a 10-mailbox minimum, so small send volumes still pay for ten slots.

Ken AI

Strengths

  • One plan includes the lead database, verification, AI workflows, domains, inboxes, warmup, placement monitoring, and LinkedIn multichannel seats.
  • 5 LinkedIn seats included with no social-action credit mine - extra seats are $30–$15/mo by volume, not unpublished per-action top-ups.
  • Core $597/mo and VIP $4,597/mo with extra leads, emails/day, and seats volume-priced. Core quarterly is 16% off.
  • No separate infrastructure product to size, order, or reconcile against the sequencer.
  • Book a call or buy Core - no public Free plan and no vendor stack to assemble.

Tradeoffs

  • No multi-product infrastructure picker like Mailforge/Infraforge/Primeforge - Ken manages sending domains and inboxes inside one plan.

At a glance.

Salesforge stackKen AI
Core sequencerPro $48/mo or Growth $96/mo (annual $40 / $80 effective)Core $597/mo or VIP $4,597/mo (list)
Lead dataLeadsforge Essential $49/mo (2,000 credits; 1 credit = 1 email)300M+ database included in plan
Email validation300 (Pro) / 1,000 (Growth) credits included; top-ups in-appIncluded
AI personalization300 (Pro) / 1,000 (Growth) credits; 1 credit per AI previewIncluded
Sending infrastructureMailforge $3/mailbox/mo (10 min); domains $14/yr (or Infraforge/Primeforge)Domains and inboxes included
WarmupWarmforge: 1 free slot, then $10/slot/mo (billed quarterly)Included
Placement testsWarmforge Pro $39/mo ($32.50 annual effective)Included
Billing shapeMultiple products, each its own subscriptionCore or VIP; monthly or quarterly (16% off on Core)
LinkedIn multichannelUnlimited senders on Growth, metered by social-action credits (Pro 300 / Growth 1,000). Full capacity ~400-500 actions/profile/mo ≈ ~$48-49/seat-equiv; overage prices not public5 seats included, no per-action credits; extra seats $30–$15/mo by volume

The math, in full.

Worked at 10,000 leads / month, monthly billing. Every figure below is editable in the calculator above.

Salesforge: line by line

  • Salesforge Growth

    Salesforge Growth monthly at 10,000 contacts / 40,000 emails = $96

  • Leadsforge Essential (lead data)

    10,000 leads / 2,000 credits / mo per Essential seat (upper bound - larger Leadsforge tiers are not publicly priced) = 5 seats x $49 (extra-credit prices UNCONFIRMED) = $245

  • Email validation top-up

    9,000 validations beyond 1,000 included x $3 / 1k = $23

  • AI personalization top-up

    39,000 AI previews beyond 1,000 included x $5 / 1k = $195

  • AI qualification (external API)

    10,000 leads x $1 / 1k = $10, to match the AI Ken includes - external AI API cost, not billed by Salesforge

  • AI segmentation (external API)

    10,000 leads x $1 / 1k = $10, to match the AI Ken includes - external AI API cost, not billed by Salesforge

  • AI quality check (external API)

    40,000 emails x $6 / 1k = $240, to match the AI Ken includes - external AI API cost, not billed by Salesforge

  • Sending domains (Mailforge)

    25 domains x $14 / yr = $29 / mo (Mailforge)

  • Inboxes (Mailforge)

    73 mailboxes x $3 / mo = $219 (Mailforge)

  • Warmforge Pro placement tests

    Warmforge Pro placement tests $39 / mo

  • Warmforge email warmup

    Included for Salesforge subscribers (standalone Warmforge is $10 / slot / mo after 1 free slot)

  • LinkedIn seat-equivalent (social actions)

    1 seat-equiv within Growth included social-action credits (~400-500 actions/profile/mo; no per-action $ public - capacity covered by platform fee)

Ken: line by line

  • Ken Core plan

    Core at 10,000 leads / mo (VIP is $4,597/mo at the same software limits)

  • Leads

    5,000 included, plus 5k extra

  • Emails per day

    1,000/day included. Ken-provisioned mailboxes sized by type (Google/Outlook typically 25/day, Azure typically 5/day)

  • Inboxes (mailboxes)

    Included - Ken provisions and manages sending inboxes for your daily volume

  • LinkedIn multichannel seats

    5 seats included (connection requests, messages, profile visits + email in one sequence)

  • Email verification

    Included

  • AI qualification

    Included

  • AI personalization

    Included

  • AI segmentation

    Included

  • AI quality check

    Included

  • Placement tests and monitoring

    Included

  • Email warmup

    Included

Assumptions and sources

Salesforge pricing sources

Pricing verified 2026-07-24.

Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers on Salesforge stack vs Ken - fit, pricing, and when each wins.

Yes if you want one plan instead of stitching sequencer, data, mailboxes, warmup, and placement products. Salesforge is modular; Ken is all-in-one for cold email and LinkedIn with volume-based contact pricing.

See the real cost for yourself.

Book a call, or buy Core ($597/mo) or VIP ($4,597/mo) on the pricing page.

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