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Since 2023, the Apollo email warmup no longer works. Because of a breach of Gmail’s policy, Apollo no longer offers this feature that can round off Apollo’s offer and help you dodge spam filters. If you want to protect your sender reputation and email deliverability, the good news is that there are plenty of email warmup tools on the market.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, we share some of the best, with their pros, cons, and up to date pricing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why was the Apollo email warmup tool shut down?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Apollo\u2019s <\/span>email warmup feature was discontinued and eventually shut down<\/b> mainly because of compliance and reliability issues with how it operated, especially with Gmail and similar providers. Here\u2019s what\u2019s understood from user reports and community discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Compliance with Gmail policy<\/span><\/h3>\n

Apollo\u2019s email warm up pool reportedly didn\u2019t align with Gmail\u2019s policies for how warm-up traffic should be generated and handled. Because of this non-compliance, the warmup feature was pulled back by Apollo rather than continue running a service that could risk deliverability or violations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Service reliability problems<\/span><\/h3>\n

Users experienced ongoing interruptions with the warm-up service, making it inconsistent and unreliable. This contributed to Apollo deciding to discontinue it rather than support a feature that didn\u2019t work well for many accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Uncertainty about future availability<\/span><\/h3>\n

After stopping the warm-up pool, there was no clear roadmap from Apollo for bringing it back in a compliant or improved form. This left users looking for alternatives built specifically for deliverability.<\/span><\/p>\n

In short, it wasn\u2019t a single public announcement from Apollo but rather a decision driven by technical and compliance challenges with major inbox providers, especially Gmail. The feature disappeared, forcing teams to find tools with better inbox trust and deliverability-focused warm-up networks.<\/span><\/p>\n

The best alternatives to Apollo email warmup for 2026<\/b><\/h2>\n

If you’re looking to improve your inbox placement, visibility and more and dodge the spam folders, there are plenty of email warmup tools that replace Apollo’s warmup feature. And in fact, many of the tools we’ll mention integrate with Apollo, so you won’t waste any time switching back and forth between platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Woodpecker<\/b><\/h3>\n\"\"\n

Woodpecker has a deliverability and email warmup feature built into the Woodpecker platform for outreach and sales teams that send cold email sequences. It is ideal for teams that want a warm-up solution tightly linked to sending campaigns, so sender reputation improves as campaigns and inboxes ramp up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Key features<\/b><\/p>\n