ColdSEO
coldseo.com
What it is
ColdSEO is a link-building outreach platform for SEO professionals, combining prospect discovery, personalized email campaigns and backlink monitoring. Prospect Finder searches by keyword, competitor backlinks, content topic or uploaded domains, with filters for authority, traffic, language, country and spam score. Hunter.io helps locate verified email addresses and check them before a campaign sends. Anthropic’s Claude API generates a tailored opening sentence for each prospect. Campaigns can send through Gmail, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or custom SMTP. Replies are threaded and categorized, and campaigns periodically check replied prospects’ sites for links to a chosen target URL. Deliverability controls include inbox rotation, send caps, warmup and unsubscribe mechanisms. ColdSEO offers web and API access, but API access is not included in its plans. The free plan has one inbox, 50 prospect credits and 100 sends per month, 25 AI personalizations and one active campaign. Pro is $79 a month; Agency is $199 a month. Monthly credits expire, and campaigns pause at the cap.
Spec sheet
- Purpose
- ColdSEO is a link-building outreach platform for SEO professionals that finds prospects, personalizes and sends outreach, and tracks backlink placements.Read 29 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
- Audience
- ColdSEO identifies SEO consultants and freelancers, in-house SEO leads, and link-building agencies as its intended users.Read 29 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
- Security
- The privacy policy says SMTP credentials are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM, passwords use bcrypt cost 12, traffic is HTTPS-only, and privileged actions are logged.Read 29 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
- Privacy
- ColdSEO says it does not sell user data or share prospect lists between customers; it lists Stripe, Anthropic, Hunter.io, Mozscape/DataForSEO, and email infrastructure providers as subprocessors.Read 29 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
- Compliance
- The privacy policy describes GDPR and CCPA data rights, and the terms require users to comply with CAN-SPAM, GDPR, CASL, and other applicable laws.Read 29 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
- Support
- The company lists [email protected] and a contact form; Pro and Agency customers receive priority email and chat support.Read 29 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
- Founded
- 2025Read 23 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
- AI personalization
- ColdSEO uses Anthropic's Claude API to generate a personalized opening sentence for each prospect.Read 29 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
- Deliverability
- The service provides inbox rotation, per-inbox send caps, warmup, unsubscribe links, and List-Unsubscribe headers.Read 29 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
- Email finding
- ColdSEO integrates Hunter.io to find verified email addresses and automatically checks addresses before campaign sends.Read 29 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
- Email providers
- Users can connect Gmail, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or a custom SMTP server for campaign sending.Read 29 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
- Notable limits
- Monthly plan credits do not roll over, campaigns pause at the monthly cap, and one-time credit packs remain available until used.Read 29 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
- Prospect discovery
- The Prospect Finder searches by keyword, competitor backlinks, content topic, or uploaded domains, with filters for authority, traffic, language, country, and spam score.Read 29 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
- Reply and link tracking
- Replies are threaded and categorized, and campaigns periodically scan replied prospects' sites for backlinks to a specified target URL.Read 29 Sep 2026 · coldseo.com
Plans and prices
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- Searches prospects using keywords, backlinks, topics or domains.
- Finds and checks addresses through Hunter.io.
- Supports Gmail, Microsoft 365 and custom SMTP sending.
- Tracks replies and backlinks to a target URL.
- Includes inbox rotation, warmup and unsubscribe controls.
Limits
- Monthly plan credits do not roll over.
- Campaigns pause when they reach the monthly cap.
- Free plan limits users to one active campaign.
- Free trial is not offered.
Who it suits
ColdSEO identifies SEO consultants, freelancers, in-house SEO leads and link-building agencies as its intended users. It suits teams that want prospect discovery, email outreach and backlink tracking in one workflow.
Verdict
ColdSEO brings prospecting, personalized outreach and placement monitoring together, with a free plan and paid tiers. Check monthly credit limits and the number of inboxes, sends and campaigns included before choosing a plan.
Where Specifiction places it
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