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You can run the software yourself. Or you can just approve.

The five tools below are software you run yourself. Cadento is done for you. We write each person on your list up to 5 personal emails in your voice, Compliance Mode checks every one, and they go out from your own Gmail or Outlook once you approve. One flat fee covers two months. Nothing renews on its own.

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Who does the work, and how it sends.

Cadento and five alternatives, as of November 2026
Product Who writes the emails Who sends, and from where Approval before sending Compliance checks Pricing
Cadento We do. Up to 5 personal emails for each person, in your voice. You, from your own Gmail or Outlook. Replies come to you. Always. Nothing sends until you approve. Compliance Mode checks every email, including your brokerage name or NMLS IDs. One flat fee for a two-month campaign, from $1,250.
Follow Up Boss You, with templates and AI-suggested texts and emails. You, through Follow Up Boss, with Gmail or Office 365 connected. Your call. Action Plans can email new leads for you. Not listed Grow plan: $69 a month per user, or $58 a month billed yearly.
SphereSync Sloane, its AI Ops Manager, prepares drafts for you. You, through SphereSync’s email tools. Yes. You review drafts and sending settings first. Flags Do Not Call matches in your existing contacts. $179 a month, or $1,788 a year.
KeyInbox Its AI drafts replies in your voice. You, from your connected Gmail or Outlook. Yes. It never sends without your approval. Compliance tools and an audit trail, from the $249 plan. $149 or $249 a month. Teams: $199 per agent.
Serif Its AI drafts replies to the mail you receive. You, from your own Gmail or Outlook. Yes. You send or edit each draft. Not listed for email content. Data security: SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR and HIPAA. From $30 a month. True Voice from $50.
LoanOfficer.ai Its AI, in your voice. Its AI and you, through LoanOfficer.ai, by text, email and voice. Campaigns: you review and send. New leads get AI replies in under 60 seconds. RESPA-aware templates, audit trails and opt-out handling. From $197 a month for 2 seats, plus $299 setup.

Checked on each company’s own website, November 2, 2026. “Not listed” means we didn’t find it there. Sources

Real estate CRM

Follow Up Boss

A CRM for agents and teams. Leads, calls, texts and email live in one place, Action Plans email new leads for you, and its AI suggests replies based on what a lead has done. Its Grow plan is $69 a month per user, or $58 a month billed yearly.

  • Choose Follow Up Boss if you want one place to run your leads, calls and team every day.
  • Choose Cadento if your past clients, warm leads and referrals need to hear from you, and you’d rather approve than write. Keep your CRM.

As of November 2026, from followupboss.com: pricing, email and AI.

Relationship CRM for agents

SphereSync

A relationship CRM for real estate agents. Sloane, its AI Ops Manager, suggests who to contact and prepares drafts and a newsletter for you. You review drafts and sending settings before anything goes out, and it flags Do Not Call matches in your existing contacts. $179 a month, or $1,788 a year.

  • Choose SphereSync if you want a CRM with an assistant beside you, and you like doing the reaching out yourself.
  • Choose Cadento if you want every person on your list written to for you, up to 5 emails each, sent from your own inbox once you approve.

As of November 2026, from spheresync.com: pricing, home page and fair use policy.

Inbox assistant for agents

KeyInbox

An AI email assistant for real estate agents. It sorts your inbox, drafts replies in your voice from a few emails you’ve sent, and tracks your deals. It works with Gmail and Outlook and never sends without your approval. The $249 plan adds a nurture engine and ghost client revival. $149 or $249 a month, or $199 per agent for teams of 3 or more.

  • Choose KeyInbox if the email coming in is the problem, and you want help answering it and keeping deals on track.
  • Choose Cadento if the problem is the people who aren’t emailing you: the past clients, warm leads and referrals you meant to write to. We write. You approve.

As of November 2026, from keyinbox.co.

Inbox assistant

Serif

An AI email assistant that works inside your Gmail or Outlook. It reads incoming mail, learns how you write and drafts replies for you to send or edit. Plans start at $30 a month, and True Voice, which replies in your tone, starts at $50.

  • Choose Serif if you want help keeping up with the email you already get, across your whole inbox.
  • Choose Cadento if you want every person on your list to hear from you, each email checked before you approve. You could run both.

As of November 2026, from serif.ai: pricing and personal email assistant.

Mortgage CRM

LoanOfficer.ai

A CRM built for loan officers. Its AI answers new leads by text, email and voice in under 60 seconds, and writes campaigns in your voice for you to review and send. It also lists past-borrower retention with monthly property value reports, and RESPA-aware templates with audit trails. From $197 a month for 2 seats, plus a one-time $299 setup fee.

  • Choose LoanOfficer.ai if new leads are your focus and you want them answered in under a minute, with a dialer and texting in the same place.
  • Choose Cadento if you want past borrowers, warm leads and referrals written to for you, from your own inbox, each email checked for your NMLS IDs and the Equal Housing line.

As of November 2026, from loanofficer.ai: home page, pricing, features, speed to lead, campaigns and compliance.

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