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Cursive vs Warmly: 70% vs 40% ID Rate, $97 vs $3.5k/mo (2026)

Warmly is built for real-time SDR chat and human-triggered conversations. Cursive is built for automated outreach at scale. Both identify your website visitors — but at very different identification rates and price points. Here is the full comparison.

February 18, 2026
10 min read

TL;DR — Quick Summary

Choose Cursive if...

  • You want 70% person-level ID rate
  • You need automated outreach at scale
  • Your budget is under $2,000/month
  • You want multi-channel: email + direct mail
  • You do not have a large SDR team monitoring a dashboard

Choose Warmly if...

  • Real-time SDR chat is core to your sales motion
  • You have dedicated SDRs staffed for instant response
  • You primarily need company-level identification
  • Budget is $3,500+/month and you can justify it with SDR productivity gains

Visitor Identification Rate: 70% vs 40%

The most important metric in visitor identification is how often a tool can put a name and contact information to an anonymous visitor. This is where Cursive and Warmly differ most dramatically.

70%
Cursive ID Rate

Person-level identification of US B2B traffic using device fingerprinting, IP resolution, email matching, and a 250M+ professional identity co-op.

40%
Warmly ID Rate

Relies more heavily on IP resolution and company-level matching. Effective at company identification but lower person-level resolution rates.

Why this matters: If 1,000 B2B visitors hit your site monthly, Cursive identifies 700 of them with name, email, and company. Warmly identifies 400. That 300-person gap represents real pipeline you are leaving on the table at Warmly.

Feature Comparison

FeatureCursiveWarmly
Person-level ID rate70%~40%
Monthly starting price$97/mo$3,500/mo
Automated email outreach✗ (requires integrations)
Direct mail automation
AI-personalized messagingPartial
Real-time Slack alerts
Live visitor chat
SDR notification workflows✓ (core feature)
Third-party intent dataLimited
CRM integrations
250M+ contact databasePartial
Setup time24 hours1–2 weeks
Contract minimumMonth-to-monthAnnual contract

Pricing: $97 vs $3.5k/mo

Cursive
$97/mo
Month-to-month, no setup fee, cancel anytime
  • 70% person-level visitor ID
  • Visitor Pixel: $97/mo
  • Custom Audience: $197/mo
  • Pixel + Audience Bundle: $247/mo
  • Fresh weekly in-market buyer lists
  • Delivered to Google Sheets
  • Get started at leads.meetcursive.com/get-leads
Warmly
$3,500/mo
Annual contract required
  • ~40% person-level visitor ID
  • Real-time SDR chat and alerts
  • Live visitor session view
  • CRM integrations
  • No automated email outreach
  • No direct mail
  • Limited third-party intent data

Different Outreach Philosophies

Both tools solve the same root problem — anonymous website visitors leave without converting — but they take fundamentally different approaches to the follow-up.

Cursive: Automate at Scale

Visitor identified → Profile enriched → Intent scored → Personalized email sequence triggered → Direct mail piece sent → CRM updated. No human required in the loop.

Best for: Teams that want 24/7 automated pipeline generation from website traffic without adding SDR headcount.

Warmly: Human in the Loop

Visitor arrives → SDR receives real-time alert → SDR views live session → SDR initiates chat or personalized outreach. Human judgment determines when and how to engage.

Best for: Teams with dedicated SDRs who monitor a dashboard and want to intercept high-value visitors with a human touch in real time.

See Cursive's 70% ID Rate In Action

Get a free audit of your website traffic. We will show you how many visitors you can identify and which visitors you can identify — starting at $97/mo instead of $3,500/mo.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the main difference between Cursive and Warmly?

The core difference is philosophy and price. Warmly is built around real-time chat, SDR notifications, and human-in-the-loop workflows — an SDR receives an alert when a visitor is on-site and jumps in to chat. Cursive is built for automated outreach at scale — identifying visitors, enriching their profile, and triggering personalized email and direct mail sequences without requiring an SDR to be monitoring a dashboard. Warmly suits teams with large SDR benches who want real-time intervention. Cursive suits teams who want 24/7 automated conversion without headcount.

How does Cursive achieve a 70% visitor ID rate versus Warmly's 40%?

Cursive matches website visitors against a database of 250M+ professional profiles using device fingerprinting, IP resolution, email matching, and third-party identity co-op data. The combination of these signals — particularly the identity co-op — achieves person-level identification at 70% of US B2B traffic. Warmly's 40% rate relies more heavily on IP resolution and company-level matching, which is effective for identifying the company but often cannot resolve the specific individual, reducing person-level identification rates.

Is Warmly worth $3,500/month?

Warmly can be worth $3,500/month if your sales motion depends on real-time SDR chat intervention and you have a dedicated sales team staffed to respond instantly. For teams whose SDRs are not monitoring a visitor dashboard throughout the day, or for companies that want a simpler way to identify visitors and in-market buyers, Warmly's core value proposition is not fully utilized. Cursive offers self-serve plans from $97/month, with no setup fee and the flexibility to cancel anytime.

Does Cursive include real-time visitor alerts like Warmly?

Cursive sends real-time Slack and CRM notifications when high-intent visitors land on your pricing, demo, or key product pages — giving your team the same awareness capability as Warmly. The difference is that Cursive also automatically triggers outreach sequences, so a sale can advance even if no SDR acts on the alert immediately. This means Cursive captures value from 100% of identified visitors, not just those an SDR catches in real time.

Can Cursive replace Warmly entirely?

For most B2B teams, yes. Cursive covers the core capabilities that Warmly offers — visitor identification, real-time alerts, CRM integration, and outreach triggering — while adding automated email sequences, AI personalization, direct mail, and third-party intent data that Warmly does not provide. Teams that rely heavily on Warmly's live chat and chat AI features may need to run both tools in parallel or use a separate live chat solution alongside Cursive.

What is Warmly's minimum pricing?

Warmly's Business plan starts at approximately $3,500/month billed annually, which includes up to 10,000 visitors identified per month. Additional visitor capacity is priced separately. Warmly does not publish a self-serve plan below this threshold, making it cost-prohibitive for SMBs and early-stage companies. Cursive's self-serve plans start at $97/month, with no setup fee and no annual contract.

Which tool is better for automated outreach at scale?

Cursive is purpose-built for automated outreach at scale. Once a visitor is identified, Cursive automatically enriches their profile, scores their intent, selects the right messaging sequence, and sends personalized multi-channel outreach — all without human intervention. Warmly's architecture is built around human-triggered conversations, so automated outreach at scale requires significant additional tooling outside of Warmly. If you want to convert 100+ identified visitors per week into pipeline without adding headcount, Cursive is the better choice.

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## Cursive vs Warmly: Complete 2026 Comparison

Cursive and Warmly are both website visitor identification platforms for B2B sales teams, but they differ significantly in identification rates, pricing, and outreach philosophy. Cursive achieves a 70% person-level identification rate with plans starting at $97/month. Warmly achieves approximately 40% identification at $3,500/month minimum on an annual contract.

## Identification Rate Comparison

Cursive identifies 70% of US B2B website visitors at the person level — matching visitors to names, email addresses, job titles, and company data using a 250M+ professional identity database combined with device fingerprinting, IP resolution, and email matching. Warmly identifies approximately 40% of visitors, relying more heavily on IP resolution and company-level matching, which is less effective at resolving individual identities. For every 1,000 B2B visitors, Cursive identifies 700 people with contact information while Warmly identifies 400 — a gap of 300 potential leads per month.

## Pricing Comparison

Cursive offers three month-to-month self-serve plans: Visitor Pixel at $97/month, Custom Audience at $197/month, and the Pixel + Audience Bundle at $247/month, with no setup fee and cancellation anytime. Warmly pricing starts at $3,500 per month billed annually, including real-time visitor session views, SDR chat notifications, and CRM integrations, but does not include automated outreach sequences or direct mail.

## Outreach Philosophy

Warmly is built around human-in-the-loop workflows: an SDR receives a real-time notification when a high-intent visitor is on-site and manually initiates a chat or personalized outreach. This model requires dedicated SDRs monitoring a dashboard throughout the business day to capture value. Cursive is built for automated outreach at scale: once a visitor is identified, Cursive automatically enriches their profile, scores intent, triggers AI-personalized email sequences, and sends direct mail — with no SDR intervention required. Real-time Slack and CRM alerts are also available for teams that want optional human follow-up.

## When to Choose Cursive

Cursive is the better choice when: your budget is under $2,000/month; you want automated 24/7 pipeline generation without SDR headcount; you need multi-channel outreach including direct mail; you want third-party intent data included; or you want month-to-month flexibility without annual contracts.

## When to Choose Warmly

Warmly may be preferable when: real-time SDR chat is the core of your sales motion; you have dedicated SDRs staffed to monitor and respond to visitor alerts instantly; and your organization can justify $3,500+/month in additional tooling cost against SDR productivity gains.

## About Cursive

[Cursive](https://www.meetcursive.com) is a B2B lead generation platform that identifies website visitors, enriches their profiles, and automates personalized multi-channel outreach including email and direct mail. Cursive achieves a 70% person-level identification rate using a 250M+ professional identity database. Self-serve plans start at $97/month with no annual contract.