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New Open rates that filter Apple MPP & bots

Cold email that tells you the truth.

Around half of all email “opens” are faked by Apple Mail and bots. Norbelys filters them out — so you optimize on real replies, and your sending domain stays protected from the first email.

Plans from $29/mo · Unlimited mailboxes & warmup · Cancel anytime

Q3 Outbound — Founders Sending
Sent
2,480
Real opens
41%
Replies
9.2%
Bounce
0.6%
Opens, classified 1,587 raw opens
1,017 real human opens 570 filtered — Apple MPP & bots
Variant B won
+38% replies · auto-selected
Reputation: Good
Auto-pause armed at 4% bounce
≈50%
of email “opens” are Apple MPP & bots — we filter every one
Replies
the metric we optimize for, not vanity opens
Always-on
warmup included on every plan, on a separate budget
One API
run cold campaigns and bulk sends from one endpoint

Send from the mailboxes you already use

  • Gmail
  • Outlook
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365
  • Any SMTP / IMAP
The honesty difference

Most tools count robots as people. We don't.

Apple Mail Privacy Protection silently pre-fetches your tracking pixel. Gmail proxies every image. Security scanners click every link. Most platforms count all of it as “engagement” — and inflate your open rate by double digits.

Norbelys classifies every open and click in real time and shows you only the humans. The numbers you optimize against are numbers you can trust.

  • Apple MPP, proxies and bots filtered automatically
  • A trust flag on every open, click and reply
  • Decide your next campaign on real engagement, not noise
See your real numbers
What other tools report Inflated
64% “open rate”

Counts Apple MPP pre-fetches, image proxies and bots as real opens.

What Norbelys reports Honest
41% real human opens
Apple Mail Privacy pre-fetches
410 filtered
Image-proxy & cache opens
118 filtered
Link scanners & security bots
42 filtered
How it works

Live in an afternoon,
protected from day one

No deliverability degree required. Norbelys handles the parts that usually take weeks to learn.

  1. 01

    Connect your mailbox

    Link Google, Microsoft or any SMTP/IMAP inbox in a couple of clicks. We auto-derive your sending domain and walk you through SPF, DKIM and DMARC.

  2. 02

    We warm it and guard it

    Always-on warmup builds reputation gradually while Norbelys watches bounces and complaints, throttling or pausing automatically before anything goes wrong.

  3. 03

    Send and trust the numbers

    Launch sequences that send in each recipient's timezone. Watch real replies land in one inbox — with bot and Apple MPP opens filtered out of every report.

Everything in one engine

The whole outreach stack,
minus the busywork

Warmup, sending, deliverability and replies — built to work together, so you ship campaigns instead of babysitting them.

Deliverability autopilot

We read real bounces and spam complaints every few minutes, score each sender, and throttle or pause automatically before you burn a domain.

Warmup that never costs you

Unlimited warmup on every plan, ramped gradually on a separate budget — so warming a mailbox never eats into your sending limit.

Land at 9am — their 9am

Per-recipient timezone delivery with sending windows and human-like jitter. Daylight saving handled for you, no spreadsheets.

A/B tests that pick a winner

Run variants on any step. Once enough real replies land, Norbelys promotes the winner automatically — no dashboard to babysit.

Every reply in one inbox

Replies are threaded, classified as human, auto-reply or bounce, and a real reply instantly stops the sequence so you never double-send.

Compliance by default

One-click unsubscribe (RFC 8058), automatic suppression and encrypted credentials — the parts that keep you safe, on from day one.

Developer-first

An API you can read like a sentence

The dashboard is just a client of the same public API you get. Send your first email in minutes, automate the rest, and never hit a feature that's “UI only.”

One endpoint for your sends
Cold sequences and bulk sends both go through POST /v1/messages. Learn it once.
Predictable by design
Five patterns cover the whole API — resources, relationships, views, actions and jobs. Schema.org names your team and your LLM already know.
Webhooks, not polling
Subscribe to opens, clicks, replies and bounces. Typed IDs, cursor pagination, one error shape everywhere.
Explore the API reference
send.ts
import { Norbelys } from "@norbelys/sdk";

const norbelys = new Norbelys(process.env.NORBELYS_API_KEY);

// Launch into a cold sequence — one endpoint.
await norbelys.messages.send({
  from: "sara@acme.com",
  to: "founder@startup.com",
  subject: "Quick question, {{first_name}}",
  send_mode: "sequence",
  sequence: "seq_q3_founders",
});

// → { id: "msg_8f2c…", status: "queued" }
REST + TypeScript SDK Webhooks Scalar docs Idempotent Versioned
Built for operators

One platform,
every kind of sender

Whether you're sending your first cold email or your millionth, Norbelys meets you where you are.

Founders

Book your first 50 calls

Skip the agency retainer. Connect a mailbox, let warmup run, and start booking meetings with sequences that protect your domain from day one.

  • Set up in an afternoon
  • Real open & reply data
  • No deliverability degree required
Sales teams

Pipeline you can forecast

Run multi-step sequences at scale, let A/B tests promote their own winners, and trust the numbers because bots and proxies are filtered out.

  • Unlimited seats
  • Per-recipient timezone send
  • Replies stop sequences instantly
Agencies

Every client, one roof

Separate workspaces, unlimited mailboxes and flat pricing that doesn't punish you for growing. Report numbers your clients can actually believe.

  • Workspace isolation
  • Honest reporting
  • No per-mailbox surcharges
Developers

Email as infrastructure

Drive cold campaigns and bulk sends from one API. Wire opens, clicks and replies into your own product with webhooks and a typed SDK.

  • One /v1/messages endpoint
  • Webhooks & typed SDK
  • Scalar-documented
How we compare

The honest column
is the whole point

Tools like Smartlead, Instantly and Lemlist nail volume; platforms like Apollo sell data. Here's where Norbelys is built differently.

Norbelys compared with typical cold-email tools and data-first platforms
Capability Norbelys Typical cold-email tools Data-first platforms
Honest opens & clicks (Apple MPP + bots filtered)
Auto reputation pause before a domain burns
Unlimited warmup on a separate budget
Per-recipient timezone sending
A/B winner auto-selected from real replies
Cold campaigns and bulk sends on one API
Flat pricing — no per-mailbox or per-IP surcharges
Export everything, no lock-in

Included Varies by tool Not typical Reflects common patterns across popular tools in 2026.

“We're a new company, so you won't find a wall of logos here — we haven't earned them yet. What you'll find is a product built on one rule: tell you the truth, even when the truth is a lower open rate. We'd rather show you 41% real opens than 64% of fiction.”
— The team building Norbelys

Cancel anytime

No contracts, no lock-in, no “talk to sales” to leave. Pay monthly and stop whenever you like.

Free, hands-on migration

Coming from Smartlead, Instantly or Lemlist? We'll personally help move your campaigns, mailboxes and suppression lists.

Your data stays yours

Export contacts, events and message history whenever you want. We never hold your data hostage.

Secure by design

Encrypted credentials, RFC 8058 one-click unsubscribe, and GDPR-ready data handling by default.

Pricing

Simple pricing.
Nothing hidden.

Unlimited mailboxes, warmup and team seats on every plan. The price you see is the price you pay — no per-mailbox or per-IP surcharges.

Starter

For founders sending their first campaigns.

$ 39 /mo

billed monthly

Start with Starter
  • 5,000 emails / month
  • 2,000 active contacts
  • Sequences & A/B testing
  • Honest analytics
  • Unified inbox & replies
  • API · 120 requests/min
Most popular

Growth

For teams scaling outbound that has to land.

$ 99 /mo

billed monthly

Start with Growth
  • Everything in Starter, plus:
  • 100,000 emails / month
  • 30,000 active contacts
  • Reputation health & auto-pause
  • Per-recipient timezone send
  • Webhooks · API 600 requests/min

Scale

For agencies and high-volume senders.

$ 229 /mo

billed monthly

Start with Scale
  • Everything in Growth, plus:
  • 500,000 emails / month
  • Unlimited active contacts
  • Dedicated sending IP
  • White-label & multi-workspace
  • SSO
  • API · 1,200 requests/min

No free plan on purpose — keeping spammers off the shared warmup pool is how we protect everyone's inbox placement. Cancel anytime.

Enterprise

Higher volume, dedicated infrastructure, custom SLAs and security review.

Talk to us
FAQ

Questions, answered honestly

Will my emails actually land in the inbox?

Deliverability is the whole point. Every mailbox gets always-on warmup, we monitor real bounces and spam complaints every few minutes, and we automatically throttle or pause a sender before its reputation slips. You bring a healthy domain and relevant copy — Norbelys runs the protective machinery.

Is warmup included, or is it an extra?

Included on every plan, with no limits and no separate fee. Warmup runs on its own budget, so warming a mailbox never eats into your campaign sending limit.

Why are your open rates lower than my old tool's?

Because they're real. Apple Mail Privacy Protection and bots auto-trigger your tracking pixel, which inflates open rates across most tools. Norbelys filters those out and shows only human opens — so the lower number is the honest one. We optimize on replies, which can't be faked.

How do I connect my mailbox?

Connect Google or Microsoft, or any mailbox over SMTP/IMAP, in a couple of clicks. We auto-derive your sending domain and guide you through verification.

Do you set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC for me?

We walk you through SPF, DKIM and DMARC and verify they're configured correctly, so you meet the Gmail, Yahoo and Microsoft sender requirements that now gate the inbox.

Why is there no free plan or free trial?

A free tier invites spammers onto the shared warmup pool, which drags inbox placement down for everyone. Paying upfront keeps the network clean and your emails landing. Plans start at $29/mo and you can cancel anytime.

Can I migrate from Smartlead, Instantly or Lemlist?

Yes — and we'll help. Reach out and we'll personally move your campaigns, mailboxes and suppression lists so you don't lose momentum.

Is my data secure?

Credentials are encrypted and every account's data is isolated. We honor RFC 8058 one-click unsubscribe, are GDPR-ready, and let you export everything on demand.

Can I cancel anytime?

Anytime. Plans are month-to-month with no contracts and no lock-in, and you can export your data whenever you like.

Do you have an API?

A first-class one. Cold campaigns and bulk sends go through a single POST /v1/messages endpoint, with webhooks, a typed SDK and full reference docs. The dashboard is just a client of the same public API.

Start sending email
you can actually trust

Connect a mailbox, let warmup run, and watch real replies land — with your domain protected from the very first send.

Plans from $29/mo · Unlimited mailboxes & warmup · Cancel anytime