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Apex Overlay

Apex Overlay for Instantly.ai

Get more replies from the same campaigns — automatically

Apex Overlay connects to Instantly.ai and sends more volume through whichever email variants are actually getting replies. No manual A/B testing. No campaign changes. Just more replies from the same lists.

Your campaigns, inboxes, and sequences stay untouched. Only the send distribution changes.

Campaign dashboard – toggle optimize on any campaign

The Problem

Your data got better.
Your testing didn’t.

75% of sends go to emails that stopped working

Standard A/B testing splits sends equally. Your worst email gets the same volume as your best — and you only find out after the leads are burned.

Yesterday’s winner is today’s loser

Reply rates shift week to week. By the time you check your dashboard and manually pause a variant, hundreds of leads have already seen your worst copy.

Different buyers need different emails

A CTO and a VP of Sales respond to completely different angles. But who has time to test copy for every segment?

Half your “opens” are bots

Security scanners, link crawlers, and email filters inflate your data. You’re making copy decisions based on signals that aren’t real.

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Apex Overlay fixes all of these automatically.

How It Works

4 steps. See it work.

1
Step one

Connect Instantly

Paste API key — Connected ✅

Paste your API key to start. See all your workspaces in one dashboard.

2
Step two

Click “Optimize”

One-click optimization toggle
  • Pick any campaign and flip the Optimize switch.
  • Apex reads your email variants and starts tracking which ones get real replies.
  • Your campaign keeps running on its existing schedule — nothing changes on your end.
3
Step three

Learn in real time

Live allocation shifts as replies arrive
  • Every reply, click, and genuine open is tracked in real time.
  • Bot activity is filtered out automatically — only real human engagement counts.
  • The system shifts more sends to variants that are actually getting replies, and dials down the rest.
4
Step four

See the results

Persona analytics — uplift by market and role
  • Campaigns typically see a ~5–10% performance uplift just by turning optimization on.
  • You send more of what works and stop burning good leads on losing variants.
  • Advanced persona analytics show which demographics and segments respond to which specific copy.
  • Multi‑workspace support lets you see and optimize all your Instantly workspaces in one dashboard.

Your campaigns, inboxes, and sequences stay untouched. Only the send distribution changes.

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+5-10% replies vs A/B Testing standard

Simulate Your Campaign

Apex Overlay

Auto-Optimization Engine

Additional Revenue
+£0
vs static A/B split
Cycle Day
00
Standby
Speed
Configure parameters below and deploy.Awaiting Simulation Sequence
Daily Volume 2,500
Avg Reply % 2.8%
Variants
Reply Value £5.1k
Duration

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Outcomes

More replies. Less waste.

More replies without writing new copy

Your best email already exists. Apex just makes sure more prospects see it.

Stop wasting leads on emails that don’t work

Underperforming variants are automatically dialed down before they burn through your list.

Show clients exactly what’s working

Persona breakdowns, winner identification, uplift stats. Reports your clients will actually read.

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Only 10 codes available • Lock in 50%+ off forever when you convert

Solo

£49/mo

£109/mo Founding

  • 🏢 1 Workspace
  • Unlimited Campaigns
  • Unlimited Variants
  • Auto-Optimization Engine
  • Bot-filtered engagement data
  • Audience-level analytics
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Team

£149/mo

£299/mo Founding

  • 🏢 10 Workspaces
  • Unlimited Campaigns
  • Everything in Growth
  • Custom optimization rules
  • Quarterly performance reviews
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FAQ

Top questions

No. Apex Overlay sits on top of Instantly. Your campaigns, inboxes, warmup, and sequences stay exactly the same.

No — it helps. By dialing down emails that get ignored and sending more of what gets replies, your overall engagement improves. Better engagement means better sender reputation.

The more variants & sends the better, but the algorithm works best with at least ~600 sends per week. Below that, learning just takes a bit longer.

Every open, click, reply, and spam report is tracked in real time. Bot activity is filtered out automatically so only real human engagement counts. Emails that get genuine replies earn more sends. Emails that get ignored or flagged get fewer.

Yes. Lead data is processed temporarily for optimization only — automatically cleared on Stop/Pause, deleted every 30 days, and fully purged on account closure (GDPR compliant).

Privacy-first:

- Company names anonymized during processing

- Lead PII never stored long-term

- API keys encrypted at rest + in transit (AES-256)

- No third-party sharing, you control all data flows

Your Instantly/Smartlead data stays in your account—we only see engagement signals.

Stop sending your best leads
your worst email.

Takes 2 minutes. No contract. Disconnect in one click.

Our product integrates with Instantly.ai via API. Instantly.ai is a third-party platform and is not affiliated with or endorsing this product.