Can I use Zevari and Smartlead together?
Yes. Zevari can send the email steps of a sequence through your Smartlead account: in Zevari, open Settings, then Email Provider, choose Smartlead and paste an API key from Smartlead's settings. LinkedIn steps run through Zevari's hosted connector, and every send waits for your approval until you switch a trained specialist to Autopilot.
Does Smartlead have an MCP server?
Yes. Smartlead's help centre documents an MCP server, set up in Claude Desktop with your Smartlead API key, which Smartlead says supports Claude Desktop for now. It drives your Smartlead account. Zevari's hosted LinkedIn MCP works in Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT and any MCP client, trained on your ideal customer and your voice, then run on Autopilot.
Instantly or Smartlead: which works with Zevari?
Both. Zevari can send its email steps through either account, connected in Settings, then Email Provider, with that tool's API key. Both are cold email platforms with unlimited mailboxes and warm-up; Zevari adds the LinkedIn side, the prospect scoring and the writing in your voice; sends wait for your approval while you train the team, then Autopilot sends on its own.
How much does Smartlead cost compared with Zevari?
Smartlead's Base plan is $39 a month billed monthly, for 2,000 contacts and 6,000 emails a month with unlimited mailboxes; Pro, from $94 a month, adds API access. Zevari is one plan at $87 a month, or $497 a year (save 52%), with all six specialists and one LinkedIn sender account included. Each extra LinkedIn sender account is $37 a month, and extra Zevari users are free.
Do messages go out without my approval?
Yes, once you switch a specialist to Autopilot, and not before. First you train your team: you teach ICP Scoring who your ideal customer is by reviewing the leads it scores, and Voice Writer drafts in your voice from a Voice DNA learned from your own writing, sharpened by every message you approve or edit. While you train them, every connection request, message, comment and post waits for your approval. When a specialist has earned it, such as Follow-up after ten approved sends in 30 days, switch it to Autopilot on the AI team page and it runs on its own, in your voice and to your ideal customer. You can switch it back to Reviews with you at any time.
Will Zevari get my LinkedIn account restricted?
No. If Zevari is the only tool running outbound on your LinkedIn account, and you use the account lightly yourself while Zevari is working, we guarantee it. Zevari's Safety Center paces every action like a person and counts every action the account takes against its limits: 100 connection requests a week on Free* accounts, 150 on Premium and 200 on Sales Navigator, daily caps, working hours and burst limits. Anything that would cross a limit waits for the window to reset. If another automation tool runs on the same account, or you use it heavily by hand at the same time, those actions fall outside Zevari's count, and we cannot guarantee it. The weekly figure covers connection requests sent without a note: LinkedIn caps requests that carry a note at 3 a month on a free account, and gives Premium and Sales Navigator a far larger allowance, so Premium or Sales Navigator is the practical choice for real outbound (see /safety).
How do I train Zevari on my business?
During onboarding you train the six specialists on your business. ICP Scoring learns who your ideal customer is from the leads you approve and reject. Voice Writer builds a Voice DNA from your own writing and learns from every message you approve or edit, so drafts sound like you. You approve their work while they learn, and once a specialist has earned it you take the training wheels off: switch it to Autopilot and it runs your outbound on its own.
Does Zevari work for teams and agencies?
Yes. Zevari users are free, so you can invite your whole team and your clients. A workspace holds many LinkedIn accounts, one per person: each person connects their own LinkedIn on their own free Zevari login, and your team can then run outbound across every LinkedIn account in the workspace, including another person's. Agencies keep one workspace per client, each with its own ideal customer, Voice DNA and approvals. You pay only for LinkedIn sender accounts: the plan includes one, and each extra LinkedIn account is $37 a month.
Can I connect Zevari's MCP with an access token instead of an OAuth sign-in?
Yes. Besides the browser sign-in, Zevari offers MCP access tokens, which you create under Settings → Developers. A token needs no OAuth sign-in, so it suits automations, agents and servers that cannot open a browser. Each token is locked to one LinkedIn sender account and to one workspace (or, if you confirm it, to all your workspaces), expires after 30, 90 or 365 days, and can be revoked at any time. Agencies and teams with several workspaces or senders make one token per client and sender, so an automation never has to switch workspace or sender mid-run.