Best LinkedIn Automation Tools 2026 (Tested + Compared)

Key Takeaways

• The best LinkedIn automation tools in 2026 are Expandi (multi-account safety controls), Dripify (lowest-priced cloud option), HeyReach (agencies running many senders) and lemlist (cold email plus LinkedIn in one sequence).
• Cloud-based tools such as Expandi, Dripify, HeyReach and Skylead run campaigns on the vendor’s servers.
• Chrome extensions such as Octopus CRM run inside your browser, and desktop apps such as Linked Helper run on your computer.
• Public plans for cloud tools mostly fall between $39 and $100 per seat per month on annual billing.
• LinkedIn’s rules prohibit third-party automation software, so no tool removes the risk of an account restriction. Safety features reduce it; they do not eliminate it.
• Agencies should shortlist tools with multi-account dashboards and white-label options.

If your sales team is still spending 15+ hours a week on manual LinkedIn outreach, it’s time to harness the power of automation. From sending connection requests to follow-up sequences and campaign reporting, it can all be managed via a LinkedIn automation tool.

Maybe you’ve already tried some of the LinkedIn tools for lead generation. But something’s not right. 

Some are missing important features, unsafe, or just plain awkward to use.

You’re ready to start generating leads on autopilot. You just need the right LinkedIn tool that will help you get there.

I put 40 LinkedIn automation tools to the test, comparing their features, pricing and customer reviews, to narrow down your search for the right tool.

What is the best LinkedIn automation tool in 2026?

• Expandi is the strongest fit for teams that put account safety and multi-account management first
• Dripify is the lowest-priced cloud-based option with a large verified review base
• HeyReach suits agencies that run many sender accounts
• lemlist suits teams that want cold email and LinkedIn steps in the same sequence

Disclosure: Expandi is our product. We rank it first because it fits our ranking criteria below, apply the same criteria to every tool, and transparently list its trade-offs alongside the others. Expandi is a LinkedIn automation tool built around dedicated IP addresses and cloud-based campaigns.

What are LinkedIn automation tools?

LinkedIn automation tools are software products that perform repetitive LinkedIn outreach actions on a schedule, such as viewing profiles, sending connection requests, sending follow-up messages and stopping a sequence when a lead replies.

They fall into three deployment types:

• Cloud-based tools run on the vendor’s servers, so campaigns keep running when your computer is off. Expandi, Dripify, HeyReach, La Growth Machine, Skylead and Meet Alfred are cloud-based.
• Chrome extensions run inside your browser and depend on the browser staying open. Waalaxy and Octopus CRM work this way.
• Desktop apps run on your own machine. Linked Helper is the main example, and Dux-Soup offers a local desktop plan alongside a cloud plan.

Most tools combine a few core functions:

• A campaign or sequence builder
• Message personalization
• Shared inbox
• Reporting
• CRM & LLM integrations

How we chose and ranked these tools

We compared 40 tools that automate various aspects of LinkedIn outreach. Features and prices come from each vendor’s pricing page, and ratings come from G2 and Capterra.

We ranked the tools on six criteria:

1. Deployment and safety controls: Whether the tool runs in the cloud, uses dedicated IPs or proxies, and applies action limits or warm-up.
2. Channels: Whether the tool covers LinkedIn only or adds email and other channels.
3. Multi-account and team support: Roles, permissions, multi-sender dashboards and white-label options.
4. Integrations: CRM connections, webhooks, API access and Zapier or Make support.
5. Pricing transparency: Whether plans and prices are published, and what the entry price includes.
6. Review evidence: Ratings and review volume on G2 and Capterra, including the recurring complaints.

The 14 best LinkedIn automation tools

These are the tools whose core job is automating LinkedIn outreach: connection requests, messages and follow-ups sent on a schedule.

1. Expandi

Yes, that’s us.

But hear us out.

Expandi is awesome.

It’s THE safest LinkedIn tool on the market (a bold claim, but we can back it up). It’s super convenient as it runs 24/7 on your computer (or at specific times, depending on your settings), and it’s extremely easy to set up.

It’s what we use, and we have a ton of case studies and growth hacks covering successful campaigns on our blog.

Like that time, we got 40+ demos in a week on autopilot with NO ad spend.

PS – be sure to meet the Expandi team while you’re here!

Standout features

Here’s what makes Expandi a tool like no other:

• Webhooks & API: You can link Expandi to your other marketing tools via webhooks and API calls. Expandi also natively integrates with Salesforce, Pipedrive and Hubspot for added convenience. You can even throw Zapier into the mix to create a powerful omni-channel growth hack with hyper personalization.
• Smart Inbox: Let’s face it, managing your inbox natively from LinkedIn is a mess. Messages get lost, you’re limited in filters, and everything is just ten times worse if you manage multiple accounts. Luckily, Expandi has a dedicated smart inbox to boost customer engagement and ensure you never miss a chat again.
• Dynamic Personalization: With dynamic personalization, you can message people based on a custom variable. This method goes far beyond ‘First Name’ and ‘Company Name’ personalization most people stop. We reached out to 42 people in one outreach campaign once and managed to gain an 83% response rate thanks to dynamic personalization.
• Safety: At Expandi, we take safety seriously. Unlike many other tools on this list, you get a dedicated and local IP address using the tool. With most LinkedIn automation tools, your IP is different each time you log in, and LinkedIn can tell if you’re logging in from a different country each time. This is not the case with Expandi, and you can rest easy knowing your account is in safe hands. 
• Profile auto warm-up and smart limit ranges for daily actions to ensure you don’t end up in LinkedIn jail
• Unlimited campaigns and unlimited templates
• Multichannel steps: connection requests, LinkedIn messages and email follow-ups
• Agency roles and permissions: white-label option and a dedicated customer success manager on Agency plans
• Expandi MCP to give your AI-assistant the reins and truly take automation to a new level

Who is Expandi best for?

Expandi was explicitly designed for growth hackers, agency owners, and people managing multiple LinkedIn accounts.

With an easy-to-use dashboard and being able to switch between different accounts in a second – managing LinkedIn accounts has never been easier.

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
Dedicated IP and warm-up are included in the platform rather than sold as add-ons	No free plan; the entry point is a 7-day trial
Unlimited campaigns and templates	Entry price is higher than Dripify, Waalaxy and Octopus CRM
Multi-account dashboard, roles and white-label options for agencies	Some G2 reviewers report account restrictions and CRM connection errors
Webhooks and Zapier for stack integration	Focused on LinkedIn with email follow-ups, not a full cold email platform

Pricing

Plan	Monthly billing	Annual billing	Notes
Business	$99 per seat	$79 per seat	7-day free trial
Agency	Custom	Custom	For 10+ seats, includes roles, white-label option and customer success manager

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2. Dripify

Dripify is a cloud-based LinkedIn automation tool organized around “drip campaigns,” which are multi-step sequences of profile views, connection requests and messages. It has a large verified review base, with 477 Capterra reviews, and the lowest cloud entry price at $39 per user per month on annual billing.

Standout features

• Drip campaigns combining LinkedIn and email steps
• Advanced analytics and sequence templates
• Built-in LinkedIn protection, with advanced protection on the Advanced plan
• Email finder with 100 credits on Basic
• CSV export, webhook integration and a HubSpot integration on Pro
• A/B testing, lead tagging, step analytics and multi-team management on Advanced

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
Lowest cloud entry price in this guide at $39 per user per month annual	Basic is limited to one drip campaign and limited daily quotas
Very large verified review base on Capterra	CSV export, webhooks and HubSpot integration require Pro or above
7-day trial with Advanced plan features and no credit card	Cloud only, with no browser extension option
A/B testing available on Advanced	Fewer agency features than HeyReach or Skylead

Pricing

Plan	Monthly billing	Annual billing	Includes
Basic	$59 per user	$39 per user	1 drip campaign, analytics, LinkedIn and email sequences
Pro	$79 per user	$59 per user	Unlimited drip campaigns, CSV export, webhooks, HubSpot
Advanced	$99 per user	$79 per user	Multi-team management, A/B testing, lead tagging
Enterprise	Custom	Custom	Premium onboarding, customer success manager

Reviews and ratings: 

4.7 out of 5 on Capterra from 477 verified reviews, with 4.7 for ease of use and 4.6 for customer service.

Best for: small teams and solo users who want a low-cost cloud tool and a simple campaign builder.

3. HeyReach

HeyReach is a cloud-based LinkedIn outreach tool built around a multi-sender model. Instead of one account per campaign, a single campaign can rotate across many connected LinkedIn accounts, which suits agencies handling several clients and teams that want more outbound volume without pushing one account past its limits.

Standout features

• Unlimited campaigns and all LinkedIn actions on the Growth plan
• Unified inbox across sender accounts
• Multichannel outreach, API and webhooks
• Workspaces and permissions for client separation
• 100 enrichment credits per sender on Growth
• White-label, done-for-you onboarding and a dedicated Slack channel on the Agency plan
• MCP server for connecting AI agents

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
Multi-sender design built for agencies	Agency ($999 per month monthly) and Unlimited ($2,999 per month monthly) tiers are a large jump from Growth
14-day trial with 3 LinkedIn accounts and no credit card	Smaller public review base than Dripify or lemlist
White-label included on Agency	Per-sender pricing on Growth adds up as you add accounts
API, webhooks and MCP server on every plan	Enrichment credits are limited per plan

Pricing

Plan	Monthly billing	Yearly billing	Senders
Growth	$79 per sender	$63 per sender	Per seat
Agency	$999 per month	$799 per month	25 included, expandable to 50 on yearly billing
Unlimited	$2,999 per month	$2,399 per month	Capped at 300 under fair use
Done-for-You	Custom	Custom	Managed campaign setup

HeyReach also lists an Early Stage program with discounted pricing for companies under $250K in annual revenue and fewer than five people.

Reviews and ratings 

4.6 out of 5 on G2 from 72 reviews. Capterra lists 5.0 from 2 reviews, which is too few to draw conclusions from.

Best for: agencies and multi-account teams. See how Expandi compares to HeyReach on account-safety and pricing structure.

4. lemlist

lemlist started as a cold email platform and now offers multichannel sequences that combine email, LinkedIn, SMS and WhatsApp. It is the largest product in this guide by review volume, with 2,217 G2 reviews. The important detail for LinkedIn buyers is that LinkedIn automation is included on the Multichannel plan, not the lower-priced Email plan.

Standout features

• Multichannel sequences across email and LinkedIn, with SMS and WhatsApp add-ons
• Deliverability hub and inbox warm-up for email sending
• Access to a lead database of 650M+ contacts, with email and phone finder credits
• AI agents and an MCP server
• Unified inbox and task management
• Built-in call dialer and VoIP integrations on Multichannel

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
Email and LinkedIn in one sequence builder	LinkedIn automation requires the Multichannel plan at $87 to $109 per user per month
Built-in lead database and deliverability tooling	Priced for email-first teams, so LinkedIn-only buyers pay for features they may not use
Largest review base in this guide	Add-on credits for email and phone finding are billed separately
14-day trial with full Multichannel access and no credit card	Enterprise needs a 5-user minimum

Pricing

Plan	Monthly billing	Annual billing	LinkedIn automation
Email	$69	$55	No
Multichannel	$109 per user	$87 per user	Yes, with 5 senders per user
Enterprise	Custom	Custom	Yes, 5+ users

Add-on credits are listed at $0.05 per email found and $0.20 per phone number found.

Reviews and ratings

4.6 out of 5 on G2 from 2,217 reviews and 4.6 out of 5 on Capterra from 387 reviews. Capterra reviewers note strength in personalization and simplicity for cold email, with some reporting inconsistent support and reporting accuracy.

Best for: teams whose main channel is cold email and who want LinkedIn steps alongside it.

5. Waalaxy

Waalaxy is a Chrome-based prospecting tool that automates connection requests, messages and follow-ups through prebuilt sequences. It has a free plan, which makes it the easiest tool in this guide to try without a card, and it lists 253 reviews on Capterra.

Standout features

• Free plan with limited monthly invitations
• Smart Contact Importing: you can import up to 1000 LinkedIn contacts, and with premium features, the number can be as high as 2500.
• Segmented Lists Build: classify contacts into detailed lists and segment each for a more targeted outreach campaign
• Professional Email Finder: integrates with Dropcontact, which grants access to about 70% of professional email addresses used by LinkedIn prospects.  
• Visit Simulation: simulates human-like visits to LinkedIn to create LinkedIn activity and ensure the platform recognizes Waalaxy’s actions as human and not algorithmic. 
• Prospect data export to CRMs

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
Free plan and low entry price	Runs in the browser, so campaigns depend on the extension
Prebuilt sequences reduce setup time	Monthly invitation caps on lower plans
Large review base for its price tier	Reviewers say costs rise once you need advanced features

Pricing

Plan	Price per user per month	Notes
Free	$0	Basic features, limited invitations
Pro	$21	300 monthly invitations, unlimited campaigns, 25 email finder credits
Advanced	$44	Higher limits and more features
Business	$66	Highest self-serve tier
Enterprise	Custom	Custom quote

Reviews and ratings

4.4 out of 5 on Capterra from 253 reviews, with a 4.1 value-for-money score.

Best for: people trying LinkedIn automation for the first time and freelancers with small prospect lists.

6. La Growth Machine

La Growth Machine is a cloud-based multichannel outreach platform with a visual sequence builder. Pricing is per “identity,” meaning per connected sender profile, so costs scale with the number of profiles you run.

Standout features

• Visual multi-channel outreach sequence builder across LinkedIn, email and X
• Lead enrichment credits each month
• CRM sync and integrations for centralised lead management
• Multiple sending emails per identity on higher plans
• Agency plan for six or more identities
• Real-time performance analysis to make data-driven decisions
• Integrates with HubSpot, Clay, Make, MCP and more

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
Three channels in one sequence	Per-identity pricing rises quickly for larger teams
Visual builder that does not require technical skills	Some G2 reviewers report sync errors and unexpected logouts
Customer support praised in G2 reviews	Custom sequences are excluded from the free trial
14-day trial with most features	Fewer verified reviews than the largest tools

Pricing

Plan	Price per identity per month	Includes
Basic	From €60	250 enriched leads per month, LinkedIn and email, up to 3 identities
Pro	From €120	400 enriched leads per month, adds calls, unlimited identities, up to 6 active campaigns
Ultimate	See vendor	1,000 enriched leads per month, adds X, unlimited campaigns
Agency	Custom	Minimum of 6 identities

Annual billing includes two months free.

Reviews and ratings

4.6 out of 5 on G2 from 57 reviews.

Best for: small and mid-sized sales and recruiting teams that want one tool for LinkedIn, email and X.

7. Skylead

Skylead is a cloud-based LinkedIn and email automation tool with a single self-serve plan that includes everything: LinkedIn automation, unlimited email accounts and email warm-up. Its sequences branch based on lead behavior, for example changing the next step depending on whether a connection request was accepted.

Standout features

• Smart sequences that branch on lead behavior
• Unlimited email accounts and email warm-up alongside LinkedIn steps
• Image and GIF personalization, Spintax and Liquid syntax
• Email finder and verifier, plus a B2B database
• AI data enrichment and AI SDR as add-ons
• Agency dashboard, client roles and permissions, and white-label on the Agency plan
• Smart reply detection automatically stops the process of sending messages as soon as a prospect replies
• Real-time campaign performance insights
• Get a dedicated IP address to log into your system safely and from any device and operating system.

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
One plan includes LinkedIn and email features	$100 per seat per month is the highest self-serve seat price in this guide
Agency plan with white-label and client dashboards	G2 reviewers report no native CRM integrations, so Zapier is needed
Image and GIF personalization	Some reviewers describe a steep learning curve
7-day free trial	AI features are billed as add-ons

Pricing

Plan	Price	Notes
All-in-one	$100 per seat per month	7-day free trial
Agency	$999 per month for 25 seats (first-year promotion)	$1,999 per month for unlimited seats at the regular price
Annual	Contact sales	Pay for 10 months, get 12

Reviews and ratings

4.5 out of 5 on G2 from 127 reviews.

Best for: agencies and teams that want behavior-based sequencing and are comfortable with a higher seat price.

8. Meet Alfred

Meet Alfred, previously known as Leonard, is a low-cost, cloud-based tool that automates LinkedIn, X and email outreach and includes a basic CRM and smart inbox. Alfred helps with better team management, building LinkedIn campaigns, and automating outreach sequences. Its annual prices are among the lowest in this guide, but its review picture is mixed: G2 shows 4.3 from 38 reviews, while Capterra shows 2.8 from 13 reviews with complaints about support response times and refunds.

Standout features

• Campaign builder with LinkedIn, X and email steps on Pro
• Built-in LinkedIn CRM and smart inbox
• InMail automation, Sales Navigator support and LinkedIn Groups, Events and CSV campaigns on Pro
• Social media scheduling on Pro
• Team inbox management, white-label (5+ users) and a dedicated account manager (10+ users) on Team

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
Low annual pricing from $29 per user	Ratings diverge: 4.3 on G2 and 2.8 on Capterra
Built-in CRM and inbox	Basic is limited to 3 active campaigns
Multichannel on Pro	Reviewers report slow support and refund disputes

Pricing

Plan	Monthly billing	Quarterly billing	Annual billing
Basic	$59 per user	$49 per user	$29 per user
Pro	$99 per user	$79 per user	$49 per user
Team	$79 per user	$59 per user	$39 per user

Compare features and functionality with Expandi on the Expandi vs Meet Alfred page.

Reviews and ratings

4.3 out of 5 on G2 from 38 reviews and 2.8 out of 5 on Capterra from 13 reviews.

Best for: budget-conscious teams that want multichannel outreach and can accept the mixed support reviews.

9. Octopus CRM

Octopus CRM is a cost-effective, browser-based LinkedIn automation tool. It’s helpful to automate routine tasks, such as sending connection requests, visiting profiles for warm-up, messaging first-level connections, and endorsing skills.

Standout features

• Automated connection requests, messages, profile visits and endorsements
• Marketing funnel builder
• Search for your target ICP by running LinkedIn advanced filters or preparing a CSV file with LinkedIn profile URLs.
• Monitor and observe critical metrics like your SSI, number of profile views, search appearances, etc., that dictate your LinkedIn outreach.
• Email integration to send more connection requests than LinkedIn’s weekly invite limit
• Zapier and HubSpot integrations

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
Lowest price in this guide	Browser-based Chrome extension, so campaigns depend on the extension
Covers core outreach actions	Fewer team and agency controls than cloud tools
Zapier and HubSpot integrations	No dedicated IP option

Pricing

Plan	Price per month
Starter	$9.99
Pro	$14.99
Advanced	$21.99
Unlimited	$39.99

Reviews and ratings

4.3 out of 5 on G2 from 118 reviews.

Best for: solo users, lead providers and small businesses that need basic automation at the lowest cost.

10. LinkedHelper

LinkedHelper is a desktop application for Windows and Mac that automates LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and LinkedIn Recruiter tasks. You choose between local storage, where data stays on your device, and cloud storage, which costs roughly double.

Key features

• Automation across LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and Recruiter
• Autoresponder for LinkedIn reaches out to your 2nd and 3rd-degree contacts
• If you’re a member of a LinkedIn group, you can collect other members’ information and start messaging them
• Data credits and AI credits each month
• Standard and Pro plans, with Pro removing daily caps on advanced actions such as group messaging and event invites
• Volume discounts from 10 licenses and term discounts up to 45%

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
Low entry price with long-term discounts	G2 reviewers describe the interface as outdated and cluttered
Local storage keeps data on your device	Reviewers report the app can be heavy on the computer
14-day full Pro trial with no credit card	Standard limits advanced actions to 20 per day

Pricing

Plan	Notes
Standard	From $8.25 per month on local storage with a 12-month term; 620 data credits per month
Pro	Unlimited advanced actions; 3,100 data credits per month

Term discounts run from 11% for 3 months to 45% for 12 months, and cloud storage costs roughly double. Compare features and functionality with Expandi on the Expandi vs Linked Helper page.

Reviews and ratings

4.5 out of 5 on G2 from 149 reviews. Reviewers praise support and time savings.

Best for: users who prefer local software and long-term license discounts over a cloud dashboard.

11. Dux-Soup

Dux-Soup has offered LinkedIn automation since 2016 and now sells two plans: Local, which runs as a desktop app on your machine, and Cloud, which runs on Dux-Soup’s infrastructure. Both include unlimited concurrent campaigns and AI-powered message personalization.

Standout features

• Local (desktop) and Cloud deployment options
• Unlimited concurrent campaigns
• AI message personalization with ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
• Campaign statistics and lead management
• Contact export and native integrations with Slack, Salesforce, Zapier and Make
• Volume discounts of 10% per 10 seats, up to 50%

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
Local or Cloud choice	G2 reviewers call the interface dated
Native Slack, Salesforce, Zapier and Make integrations	Some reviewers report billing and account-slot issues
Volume discounts for teams	Messages cannot be edited after a campaign launches, per G2 reviewers

Pricing

Plan	Monthly billing	Annual billing	Notes
Local	$55 per seat	$41.25 per seat	Desktop app; machine must stay on
Cloud	$99 per seat	$74.17 per seat	Runs continuously on Dux-Soup’s servers

Reviews and ratings

4.4 out of 5 on G2 from 90 reviews. Reviewers praise support and setup, and criticize the interface.

Best for: small and mid-sized teams that want flexible deployment and standard integrations.

12. We-Connect

Best for: teams that want a visual, workflow-style campaign builder with LinkedIn and email in one plan.

We-Connect is a cloud-based LinkedIn automation tool built around a visual sequence builder it calls the “LinkedIn Lead Engine,” where you drag and connect steps rather than fill in a linear campaign form. Every plan, including the entry tier, includes unlimited campaigns and a dedicated IP address.

Key features

• Visual workflow builder (“LinkedIn Lead Engine”) for LinkedIn campaigns
• Unlimited LinkedIn smart campaigns on every plan
• AI Assist for message drafting, icebreakers and spintax
• Contact enrichment and management
• Cloud-based execution with a dedicated IP address per account
• Email automation, CRM integrations and enhanced reporting from the Professional plan up

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
Unlimited campaigns included at the entry price	Email automation and CRM integrations require Professional or above
Visual builder suits people who think in workflows rather than forms	Capterra reviewers report billing and account-access problems when a payment fails
Dedicated IP on every plan	Smaller public review base than Dripify or lemlist
14-day trial with no credit card	Scale plan was listed as “launching soon” when checked, so buying signal features may not be live yet

Pricing

Plan	Price per seat per month (annual)	Notes
Growth	$49	Entry-level, LinkedIn only
Professional	$59	Adds email automation and CRM integrations
Scale	$79	Buying-signal detection for teams; listed as launching soon
Agency	Custom	For 10+ seats

Source: We-Connect pricing page, checked 22 September 2026.

Reviews and ratings: 4.7 out of 5 on Capterra from 70 reviews, with 4.6 for ease of use and 4.5 for customer service.

Best for: teams that want a visual campaign builder and are prepared to upgrade for email and CRM features.

13. Salesflow

Best for: agencies and larger teams that want per-seat pricing that drops sharply at volume.

Salesflow (salesflow.io) is a cloud-based LinkedIn and email automation platform with a unified inbox and native integrations to HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce Starter, LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Zapier. Its pricing is the most volume-sensitive in this guide: the per-seat price falls from $99 at one seat to under $25 at 100+ seats.

Note: if you were looking for “Scaleflow,” we could not find a LinkedIn automation product under that name; scaleflow.digital is an unrelated DTC growth-marketing service. This entry covers Salesflow, which matches the tool described in earlier drafts of this article. [CLIENT INPUT NEEDED: confirm this is the intended tool before publishing.]

Key features

• Multichannel dynamic outreach combining LinkedIn and email steps
• Unified inbox with reminders and message templates
• Campaign analytics
• Native integrations with HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce Starter, LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Zapier
• Whitelabel URL customization on higher tiers
• Dedicated customer success manager on higher tiers

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
Steep volume discounts make it cheap per seat at scale	Entry price of $99/seat for a single user is among the highest in this guide
Native CRM integrations without needing Zapier for HubSpot or Pipedrive	Capterra reviewers report dashboard stability problems
7-day trial with no card required	Value-for-money and features both score under 4.0 on Capterra
Whitelabel option for agencies	46 Capterra reviews is a smaller sample than Dripify’s or lemlist’s

Pricing

Plan	Price per seat per month	Seats
Basic	$99	1+
Starter	$70	5+
Pro	$39.95	20+
Agency	$29.98	50+, annual commitment
Enterprise	$24.99	100+, annual commitment

Discounts of 15% for a 6-month commitment and 30% for 12 months apply on top of these prices. Source: Salesflow pricing page, checked 22 September 2026.

Reviews and ratings: 4.1 out of 5 on Capterra from 46 reviews (ease of use 4.2, customer support 4.0, value for money 3.9, features 3.9).

Best for: larger teams and agencies that can commit to volume or an annual term to bring the per-seat price down.

14. Reply.io

Best for: sales teams that want LinkedIn folded into a broader multichannel sequence alongside email, SMS and calls.

Reply.io is a sales engagement platform built primarily around email, with LinkedIn automation available as part of its Multichannel plan or as a paid add-on to its email-only plan. It also offers an AI SDR product (branded “Jason”) at a much higher price point.

Key features

• Multichannel sequences across email, LinkedIn, SMS and phone
• Chrome extension for lead research and data extraction
• Unlimited active contacts on the Multichannel plan
• AI-assisted personalization and campaign analytics
• API and integrations
• Agency workspace plans for managing multiple client accounts

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
One platform for email, LinkedIn, SMS and calls	LinkedIn automation is not included on the base Email Volume plan; it costs $69/month extra per account or requires Multichannel
14-day trial with full core features	Support is reportedly limited on monthly billing, requiring a quarterly plan for full access, per Capterra reviewers
Strong Capterra rating from a reasonably large review base	Multichannel starts at $89 per user per month, higher than LinkedIn-only tools like Dripify
Agency and AI SDR tiers for teams that outgrow the base plans	AI SDR (Jason) starts at $500/month, a large step up

Pricing

Plan	Price per user per month (annual)	LinkedIn automation
Email Volume	From $49	Add-on at $69/month per account
Multichannel	From $89	Included, 1 LinkedIn account per user
AI SDR (Jason)	From $500	Included
Agency	From $210/month	Multi-workspace

Source: Reply.io pricing page, checked 22 September 2026.

Reviews and ratings: 4.6 out of 5 on Capterra from 95 reviews.

Best for: teams whose primary channel is email and want LinkedIn as a secondary channel in the same sequence, rather than a LinkedIn-first tool.

2. Phantombuster

Phantombuster is a code-free automation and data extraction tool that helps businesses generate leads, scrape audiences, and automate growth.

The extension can automate most actions you do on the web, schedule tasks, chain automation, and more.

And as of now, it only works with the following channels: LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Instagram, Google, and Twitter.

But we’re focusing on LinkedIn here. 

So, let’s see what the tool offers for the platform.

Tool standout features

Phantombuster is based on phantoms that can extract data and perform certain automated actions.

Here are a few key features of LinkedIn:

• LinkedIn Network Booster – Automatically send invitations and connect to a list of LinkedIn users.
• LinkedIn Profile Scraper – Collect data (name, title, position, etc.) from LinkedIn profiles.
• LinkedIn Message Sender – Automatically send personalized messages to LinkedIn connections.
• LinkedIn Auto Commenter/Liker – Automatically engage with certain posts of your connections and other LinkedIn users.
• And more

Who is the tool for

Phantombuster offers a ton of different features and automation hacks.

But it’s best used together with a LinkedIn automation tool of your choice.

If you’re looking for new growth hacks and want to save time scraping profiles, you can extract your audience using Phantombuster and use a LinkedIn automation tool to reach out to them.

Tool pricing

Depending on your requirements, Phantombuster can cost anywhere from $0-$900.

Used together with a LinkedIn automation tool, this tool can save you a lot of time and get you ahead of your competitors.

Check out our outreach strategy using Phantombuster to get an idea of what you can achieve with the tool.

5. TexAu

TexAu is a combination of two words: text and automation.

Like Phantombuster, TexAu is also a growth automation platform that helps you scale your business faster by extracting all the data you need and automating certain tasks to save time.

The platform offers automation for several websites (including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Quora, and 6+ others).

But we’re focusing on LinkedIn here, so let’s start there.

Tool standout features

Here are some of the many key LinkedIn automation features TexAu offers:

• Extract Saved Leads List From Sales Navigator – Extract profiles from a saved Sales Navigator search.
• Find Email Using LinkedIn Profile – Scrape emails from specific LinkedIn profiles.
• LinkedIn Group Members – Scrape all the members of a LinkedIn group you’re a part of. You can reach out to them then using different task automation.
• Auto Endorse, Like, Comment, or Message – Automate all these tasks for target profiles or posts.
• And more.

Who is the tool for

As with Phantombuster, you can use TexAu on its own. Or you can scrape data with it, and use a separate LinkedIn automation tool for a more efficient outreach.

For the most part, TexAu focuses on getting you all the information you need for the right growth hacks. You can also verify your emails with its built-in data enrichment features and use it as a CRM.

Is it better than Phantombuster?

Like with most things, it depends! 

Luckily, both offer a 2-week free trial to find out.

Tool pricing

TexAu starts at $59/month and goes up to $399/month for Cloud agency support. Which is good. Especially if you’re using it with a LinkedIn automation tool.

Note: Recently, TextAu disabled their LinkedIn automation features and it is not yet clear if and when they will bring them back. But we’ve decided to keep them on this list for now as they might just return soon. And if you need a solution in the meantime, you know where to find us!

9. Salesflow

Salesflow is a new entrant in the market of LinkedIn automation. Yet, it earned an excellent reputation as a LinkedIn prospecting instrument. 

If you need to fill out your sales funnel with new leads, Salesflow has everything to do. 

It achieved excellent prospecting by helping companies create appealing profiles, the ones attracting leads from the get-go. 

What is more, when generating leads, Salesflow can simultaneously run multiple campaigns with an unlimited number of messages pre-scheduled for posting.

While this instrument is not a one-fits-all solution, it has some unique features. 

Tool standout features

Salesflow is one of the few tools tapping into AI-based growth hacks. This helps users with data effectively and efficiently. 

Here are several standout features Salesflow provides for LinkedIn automation:

Automatic Invites Sending – Finds the most-fitted prospects for the outbound process, uses advanced filtering, and automatically sends invites to the prospects.

Follow-up Messaging – Grants unlimited follow-ups allowing you to maximize both a response rate and increase the number of appointments.

Advanced Reporting and Statistics – Gives a comprehensive understanding of your campaign, including factors like volumes and response rates. 

AI-Driven Lear Management Inbox – Uses AI reply detection, advanced filters, and tags to manage all your inbound and outbound messaging in one place. 

Hyper Personalized Targeting – Automatically creates multiple campaigns for the different market segments to increase the prospects.

CSV Imports and Exports – Offers exports and imports of data into and from the CSV format. 

Who is the tool for

Salesflow is a tool known for its advanced automation, unlimited follow-ups, and excellent reporting. 

If you want growth hacks focusing on AI tools, the tool is for you. Yet, keep in mind handling AI is not a simple task. That is why this instrument is not for beginners. 

Try out Phantombuster first and then switch to Salesflow when you have enough experience with LinkedIn automation. 

Tool pricing

Depending on the toolkit you’re looking for, Salesflow can charge different prices. Yet, the starting price is $99/month. Besides, there is a free version available with a limited number of features. 

10. LinkedFusion

LinkedFusion is a great lead-generation tool. Designed to integrate with well-recognized platforms like Google Sheets, Zapier, and Hubspot, these instruments will increase your LinkedIn automation stack by a massive bunch. 

LinkedFusion brings forward some unique methods that other tools do not have. It focuses on top-grade security by offering users dedicated exclusive IPs.

Why do you need a dedicated IP when you use LinkedIn?

Simply put, it makes the client-server connection more stable and secure. The automation process will go much smoother than without a dedicated IP. 

Tool standout features

With Salesflow, you get these features added to your LinkedIn automation arsenal:

Cloud-Based Storage – The tool’s storage is cloud-based, which can be easily transferred, managed, and protected. 

Teammate Feature – Automatic sending connection requests to your teammates. 

Customer Support – The LinkedFusion team grants both sales and technical support for free.

Smart Inbox – Provides a feature for tagging conversations for easy and smooth chat filtering. 

Graphical Analytics – Offers graphical analytics dashboards allowing users to track and manage the entire outreach potential.

LinkedIn Training LinkedFusion Academy – The academy helps users learn advanced growth hacks and show how to implement them without hiccups. 

Who is the tool for

Salesflow is among the tools that not only give you the toolkit for growth hacks but provide you with the knowledge to use the instruments as well.

It means both seasoned experts and complete beginners can use this platform.

There is always something new to learn about LinkedIn automation. And what can be better than learning from the professionals who stand behind the tool you use. 

Tool pricing

In terms of pricing, Salesflow comes in different shapes and sizes. Essentially, you have three pricing options to choose from:

• Professional – $65.95/user/month.
• Grow – $95.95/user/month.
• Ultimate – $135.95/user/month.

Choose wisely, and it can bring you to the solution with the best quality-to-cost ratio. 

11. LeadConnect

LeadConnect is a lead prospecting LinkedIn automation tool armed with various features making your LinkedIn-related activities a hundred times easier. 

With the instrument, you can clearly define your target audience, which is the foundation for personalized messaging. 

By the way, you can automatically send about 100 customized invite messages to prospects. Sound perfect?

There is no catch. LeadConnect does a great job of communicating with your prospects. And it does it in a manner that makes it hard for recipients to recognize they received the message from an automated tool. 

Tool standout features

When speaking about LeadConnect’s arsenal, in particular, note the following features:

Outreach Message Templates – 

Team Blacklist – Eliminating team members’ chances of reaching the same prospects makes the outreach campaign more effective. 

Contact Database – Keeping the entire database of your target audience in one place, granting you easy access and searching options.

CRM Linking – Synching prospects’ profiles to Hubspot and other CRMs to make lead nurturing more effective. 

Activity Tracking – Automatic tracking of all LinkedIn-related changes and prospects’ responses.

With the features above, you get sufficient tools to start your growth hacks and proceed with the outreach campaign. 

Who is the tool for

As a lead prospecting tool, LeadConnect is a perfect fit for startups and SMEs that want to automate LinkedIn prospecting and take their outreach campaigns to another level. 

You can accompany LeadConnect with Phantombuster to tap into various automation hacks, as well as get advanced analytics and reporting on your hands.

With both tools, you can extract prospects’ data with Phantombuster and automate messages, invites, and responses with LeadConnect. 

Tool pricing

Depending on your outreach needs, your company’s size, and your plans, LeadConnect can cost from $0 to $78. Besides, there are four pricing plans available: 

• Free Forever – $0.
• Professional – $22.95.
• Grow – $40.95.
• Ultimate – $77.95.

12. Wiza

Wiza is a Chrome-based sales outreach tool designed and built for LinkedIn. The exciting thing about this instrument is that it connects to your Sales Navigator, bringing the power of both platforms together.

Sound complicated? In reality, it is easier than it may seem. 

All you need to do is to insert the potential prospects’ search into your Sales Navigator account. 

Yet, this is not all that the platform offers. So, let’s see what else it can do. 

Tool standout features

Wiza is the instrument emphasizing smooth integration with Sales Navigator. Besides, it also focuses on smooth automation and data extraction.

Here are some standout features making Wiza recognizable:

Sales Navigator Automation – This entails the smooth exporting of verified leads and email addresses from Sales Navigator to CSV or chosen CRM.

Individual Profile Finder – Automatically finds selected emails for chosen LinkedIn profiles. 

Chrome Extension – Easy process of setting up a Chrome extension with an option of exporting up to 20 emails without any charge. 

Personalized Payment Options – Presents various customized payment options, thus appealing to a broader audience of potential customers. 

Salesforce Integration – One of the few tools with direct Salesforce integration, which is great for boosting your outreach campaign.

Who is the tool for

Wiza indicates it delivers a staggering 99.5% deliverability. If that’s true, you and your sales team can use the tool to automate LinkedIn processes and then focus on some more pressing matters in turn. 

Wiza is a real-time prospecting tool that delivers. It is suitable for growing companies and enterprises. 

The company leverages LinkedIn data in real-time and can sustain a massive outreach campaign with about 2,500 enriched contacts in a single click. 

Tool pricing

Wiza offers 3 pricing packages:

• Free forever
• Email – $83/month
• Email + Phone – $166/month

Besides, the tool entails an interesting credit system. It means the more you use Wiza, the greater number of perks will be available to you.

13. We-Connect

WeConnect is a cloud-based LinkedIn automation tool that helps prospect, nurture, and close more deals.

Simply by being cloud-based, it’s already more secure than some browser tools.

But let’s take a look at what the tool offers in terms of its main features.

Tool standout features

WeConnect helps automate professional networking on LinkedIn with a personalized and convenient approach.

Here’s how it works:

Powerful Campaign Manager – Set up and run multiple campaigns based on a custom target audience.

Smart Reply Management – See and reply to your prospects all in one place. Make new connections, discover new opportunities, endorse skills, and more.

Easy User Management – Add more users within your account, get a bird’s eye view of your LinkedIn campaign reports, and monitor everything from one convenient dashboard.

Who is the tool for

WeConnect is a convenient LinkedIn tool that’s easy to get into for most people.

It was specifically designed for busy sales teams, marketers, recruiters, and other professionals.

So, it’s not for everyone.

It comes with the necessary features, a clean interface, and simple usability. 

But it does not have a lot of advanced features.

Tool pricing

WeConnect has a very straightforward pricing model.

It’s $69 per user/month.

And you pay as you go, based on the number of users you manage.

Learn more about how WeConnect compares to Expandi here.

15. UpLead

UpLead is a B2B prospecting tool that offers high-quality contact and company data. 

The instrument allows users to verify prospects’ emails in real-time, use 50+ LinkedIn search criteria options, and apply its unique competitor intelligence software. 

if that’s not enough, Uplead integrates with more than the 12 most recognized CRMs. 

Uplead argues there are there about 108,000,000 LinkedIn contacts in 200+ countries. With the platform’s help, you can easily find the so-needed prospects for your lead generation campaign.

Keeping all these aspects in mind, let’s see a bit close to what comes into Uplead’s toolkit. 

Tool standout features

UpLead is all about searching, filtering, and verifying. In such a case, its standout features include these:

Rich Profiles – An easy envisioning of your leads by assessing their detailed profiles.

Advanced Filtering – Automatic searching for prospects using over 50 filters, such as location, industry, management level, revenue, and many more. 

Technographics – Generating qualified leads per particular technology type they adopt. 

Account-Based Marketing – Initiate lead generation and outreach campaigns by identifying specific accounts to target. 

Real-Time Verification – Automatic real-time email verification, which guarantees on-time delivery. 

Bulk Processing – The ability to quickly and safely upload any volume of data.

Data Points – Enrich your database with more than 50 data points on prospective leads.

Who is the tool for

With UpLead, you can achieve 95% data accuracy in B2B prospecting and lead generation. 

The tool offers various promises and considering recent customer reviews, the platform manages to keep its promises.  

If you are looking for growth hacks directed at B2B prospecting, and data accuracy is the key concern, UpLead is the candidate worth considering. 

Tool pricing

UpLead offers a week-long free trial. Yet, if you want to get access to the tool’s entire arsenal, you should pay per these pricing options:

• Essentials – $99/month
• Plus – $199/month
• Professional – Custom pricing

16. Reply

Reply is a simple LinkedIn automation tool. As the name itself entails, professionals working at Reply are all about working anywhere with messaging taking place.

What does it mean?

The instrument allows sales and marketing professionals to establish communication channels with customers. 

Reply uses advanced inbound and outbound messaging technologies, for instance, chatbots and automatic messengers, to make it happen. 

In other words, with Reply, you can be sure your sales and marketing teams will have a direct line of communication with your prospective clients. This line can be handled both manually and automatically. 

The app’s toolkit focuses on versatility in messaging, as you might have guessed from what we talked about. 

Tool standout features

Reply’s toolkit focuses on four segments – discover, engage, execute, and improve. 

Deconstructing each one will take a lot of time. That is why we’ve selected some most notable features from the segments above. These are the following:

Web Crawling – Automatically detect and extract data on prospects’ emails and phone numbers. 

Email Warm-Up – Uses LinkedIn premium product to find emails for lead generation and prevents spam sanctions.

Instant Messaging – Receive your messages via WhatsApp and SMS to reach people more conveniently. 

Multichannel Sequence – This creates an opportunity to reach contacts from multiple channels, such as LinkedIn, email, Zapier, and social media messaging.

AI Assistant – Automatically send customized and human-like messages to prospects to maximize the response rate. 

Collaborative Environments – Help your teams collaborate and work more effectively by keeping track of all LinkedIn actions in one place. 

Advanced Analytics – Easily track down the results of LinkedIn automation and envision the data through customized dashboards to detect potential areas for improvement. 

Who is the tool for

Reply is a tool designed to assist sales and marketing professionals. Because of its social media and SMS capabilities, it can be beneficial for both B2B and B2C users. 

In a nutshell, Reply is best for covering two significant areas. 

First, it cuts down the time required to reply to customer inquiries. Second, it makes messaging effortless.

The tool is there to help users establish two-way communication with prospects. 

Tool pricing

With Reply, you receive a 14-day free trial. In terms of paid packages, there are three options to choose from:

• Email Volume – $49/month
• Multichannel – $89/user/month
• Agency – $166/month

17. LiProspect

LiProspect is a LinkedIn automation tool with a focus on outreach campaigns and follow-ups being entirely on auto-pilot. 

The platform brings forward some notable B2B sales and marketing techniques. These won’t leave your prospects and clients aside. Besides, with LiProspect, your banded messaging will be recognizable. 

LiProspect values safety, efficiency, and speed. It promises to help you build a perfect LinkedIn outreach and prospecting campaign. 

In any case, LiProspect is worth trying out. The list of its standout features is one of the reasons for doing that. 

Tool standout features

There are particular aspects of LiProspect making this platform appealing. At this point, let’s cover some of the tool’s key features making it stand out:

Sales Navigator Imports – Harness Sales Navigator’s power in finding new leads by taking advantage of its advanced search filters and later importing the results. 

Custom Listing Imports – With a single click import a list of selected contacts and activate your outreach campaign in a matter of seconds.

Blacklist Management – Easily blacklist selected accounts by simply copy-pasting profile links into the system. 

Smart Inbox – Management all responses with the help of an intuitive inbox coming with various advanced features. 

Dedicated 4G Mobile Proxy – Grants a specific 4 mobile proxy for each given account, which results in bank-grade security.

Cloud-Based Capabilities – With LiProspect, you don’t need to install it on your hardware or use it as a browser extension; everything you do within the platform is cloud-based. 

Who is the tool for

LiProspect is a great LinkedIn automation tool bringing growth hacks through its multiple integrations and data import options. 

It uses the power of AI and ML to automate lead generation. Keeping that in mind, B2B companies benefit most from the platform. 

By the way, don’t be afraid of the advanced tech mentioned above. With the tool’s intuitive interface and knowledge base, a beginner can tap into its potential. 

LiProspect is worth taking a shot at. It will introduce you to some next-level LinkedIn automation. 

Tool pricing

While most platforms offer a seven-day free trial, LiProspect gives you 15 days to try the tool out for free. If that is not enough, you have two pricing plans to choose from:

• Personal – $89/month.
• Personal SalesNav – $109/month.

18. Linked Radar

Linked Radar is coined as the safest LinkedIn lead generation and automated messaging tool. 

Whether true or not, the platform promises a 10x boost in LinkedIn sales outreach. 

Linked Rader tries to deliver its promises with unique approaches, the ones toward scrapping and messaging. 

The fact that the platform has a high rating on multiple review services speaks for itself. Yet, to understand how Linked Radar delivers on its promises, it is vital to take a closer look at its toolkit.  

Tool standout features

To understand Linked Radar, you must first focus on several standout aspects of its approach. There are two elements involved in that: 

LinkedIn Scraper and Viewer method allowing to scrape thousands of prospects and profiles with only one keyword or URL. 

Automated Messaging approach providing dozens of customized message templates proven to improve a response rate by a great deal. 

In addition, Linked Radar also comes with these features:

Time Zone Selection – Changes the activity time for LinkedIn actions and profiles to determine when it is best to send automated messages to the prospect’s activity time. 

Smart Limiting – Allows users to send up to 100 invites and messages per day to avoid account blocking. 

Cloud-Based Activity – Automatically keeps LinkedIn generation running in the cloud even if your computer is turned off. 

Human Behavior Mimicking – Reduces the account risk by mimicking LinkedIn users’ behavior, including randomized action delays. 

Personalized Templates – Create highly-personalized templates with the help of LinkedIn experts to increase the response rate. 

Who is the tool for

Linked Radar is suitable for different users. Whether you are a startup or an enterprise, there is something to find with the tool. 

Besides, both B2B and B2C companies can adopt growth hacks offered by the platform. 

On your part, you just need to prepare a Linked Radar account and enter a keyword. The platform will do the rest and take your outreach campaign to the stars. 

Tool pricing

Linked Radar comes with a 30-days free trial. To increase the number of connections and messages per week, you should select one of the four pricing plans:

• Start Plan – $13.9/month
• Biz Plan – $23.9/month
• Pro Plan – $49.9/month
• Team Plan – $69.9/month

19. Zopto

Zopto is a LinkedIn outreach automation tool that helps sales teams improve their lead-generation efforts.

You can filter your ideal customers and search using LinkedIn Premium or Sales Navigator.

Tool standout features

Here’s how Zopto helps businesses find their customers on LinkedIn and increase their sales and conversions.

Customer Filtering – Using Zopto, you can filter by location, industry, company size, title, seniority level, and more. 

Levels of Engagement – Once you’ve selected a filter or your target audience, you can then match the desired level of engagement and turn on the relevant features like connection invites, message sequences, free InMails, and more.

Managing Leads – Finally, you can track your leads on your live dashboard, providing you with detailed information and statistics related to your LinkedIn campaign.

In short, Zopto offers all the essential LinkedIn automation features and unique ones like Twitter engagement, InMail messages, advanced reporting, and more.

Who is the tool for

Zopto is mainly for startups and sales teams looking to improve their lead generation and outreach efforts.

To make the most out of the tool, you should have a solid understanding of sales and LinkedIn automation. 

Depending on your usage, you’ll also probably need LinkedIn Premium or Sales Navigator. 

Things might get pricey quickly.

Tool pricing

Zopto offers 4 plans:

• Basic – $197/month
• Pro – $297/month
• Agency & Enterprise Basic – $156/user/month
• Agency & Enterprise Pro – $237/user/month

22. SalesLoft

SalesLoft is a well-recognized engagement platform allowing sales representatives and marketers to prioritize workflows. 

The tool connects with a user’s CRM and establishes a smooth data inflow. Respectively, with the power of Sales Loft, you can plan and execute outreach campaigns of different broadness and complexity.

Some of the notable SalesLoft clients, for instance, Upwork, suggest this tool to be a one-stop shop for LinkedIn automation and live-execution coaching. The instrument helps marketers and sales representatives edit various real-time sales opportunities. 

All these aspects take your outreach campaign management to another whole level. Yet, speaking about Sales Loft’s approach without its features will be unfair. 

Tool standout features

Sales Loft does not have some unique features compared to other LinkedIn automation tools. However, what makes the instrument unique, is that it does a great job with some well-recognized toolkit almost every autoamtion platform has. 

In general, Sales Loft comes with these features:

Contact Personalization – Easy-to-use personalization tools allow you to segment contact lists to make it easier to access each one. 

Notes – Take notes and insights during the automation process and attach these to the contact lists to make the outreach campaign more accurate and personalized. 

Link Activity Analytics – Track and assess all LinkedIn automation-related link activities to see how the outreach campaign unveils in real-time. 

Email and Message Scheduling – Schedule automated messages and emails considering the time zones and prospects’ activity patterns. 

Workflow Management – Get your hands on various workflow management tools to boost workflow management. 

Who is the tool for

As mentioned above, Sales Loft is an excellent tool for sales representatives and marketers. 

Yet, it does not matter if you are a beginner or a seasoned pro. You will understand how to use Sales Loft from the get-go. 

In turn, if there is still something unclear with LinkedIn automation, here are some tips to make the picture clearer. 

Tool pricing

The one thing unclear with SalesLoft is its pricing. For all three of its pricing plans – Essentials, Advanced, and Premier, you need to contact the team for a custom quote.

23. SaleeAI

SaleeAI or Salee AI text generation is a text generation tool for LinkedIn automation.

More specifically, the tool helps you craft instant, personalized icebreakers to use in your outreach and boost your reply rate.

The tool analyzes your leads’ profiles, taking into account their company, industry, pain points, and goals – and then crafts a relevant sales message.

To get the most out of this tool, you need 2 things: A well-defined ideal customer persona (so the tool can tell how close of a match a lead it is) and a sales objective for the AI.

The objectives with its AI-driven outreach include:

Getting customer insights.

Personalizing connection requests.

Personalized warming up.

Product presentation.

Follow-ups.

Personalized icebreakers.

Closing deals.

And more.

Tool standout features

Salee lets you create personalized messages that will boost your sales success faster.

Here’s how the AI LinkedIn automation tool manages to do that:

Generating AI icebreakers based on the lead’s LinkedIn profile.

Rephrasing the sales message to make it sound more natural.

Create custom replies based on what your lead says, based on your objective.

Choose a goal and create a personalized message based on your unique solution.

Though Salee can help speed up your lead generation and outreach processes, it’s worth noting that the tool’s main use cases have to do with crafting sales messages.

As of now, the tool can’t automate your LinkedIn outreach activities. 

You still have to do that yourself or with any of the other LinkedIn automation software listed in this article.

Who is the tool for

Anyone doing LinkedIn lead generation or outreach can use Salee to speed up their messaging.

But the LinkedIn tool is mainly for:

Business growth teams.

Marketers.

Sales development representatives.

Junior sales associates.

Business relations and recruiters.

Tool pricing

SaleeAI is a chrome-based extension that offers the following pricing options:

• Free
• Pro – $25/month 
• Unlimited – $100/month

24. Taplio

Taplio is a LinkedIn social selling tool that lets you schedule posts, build relationships, and monitor analytics – all from one place.

While you can also schedule posts natively from LinkedIn on your own, Taplio provides other features to get the most out of your LinkedIn content strategy and lead generation.

The LinkedIn lead generation tool also leverages the power of AI to get the most out of the platform. The way it does this is by giving you fresh ideas with AI-picked inspiration, viral post library, chat assistance, and more.

Then, once you create and schedule LinkedIn posts at blazing speed, you can turn likes, comments, and shares into relationships and study your LinkedIn analytics.

Tool standout features

Taplio is all about using AI and quality content to generate leads, build relationships, and grow your brand on LinkedIn. Here’s how it manages to do that:

LinkedIn content inspiration – Not sure what to write about? Get post ideas and become inspired by viral LinkedIn posts in a 4M+ high-performing post library.

LinkedIn post scheduling – Create and schedule your LinkedIn posts at blazing speed. 

LinkedIn outreach automation – Create contact lists, engage with the right people, and send DMs all from one place.

LinkedIn analytics – Find out what’s working and what isn’t, and adjust your LinkedIn strategy by gaining access to main LinkedIn KPIs at a glance.

And more – As a Chrome extension, Taplio also offers other data and features for which you don’t have to pay for. You can identify your top performing posts, find other people’s best content, and more.

Who is the tool for

In a nutshell, Taplio can be helpful for anyone creating content on LinkedIn that want to elevate their brand. Whether you want to generate leads, build relationships, or grow your brand, you can use Taplio for your content needs.

Taplio users include:

LinkedIn creators.

Consultants.

CEOs.

Marketing influencers.

And more.

Tool pricing

Taplio has 3 main pricing plans, which include:

• Starter – $32/month
• Standard – $49/month
• Pro – $149/month

25. Evaboot

Evaboot is a Chrome extension that lets you directly export your leads from Sales Navigator into a spreadsheet file and also grab their emails.

One of the biggest downsides of LinkedIn Sales Navigator is that you can’t export leads from the platform directly.

So, to make things easier, you can use Evaboot to speed things up.

With it, you can export leads, clean data, filter leads, find and verify emails, and more.

While the tool doesn’t offer LinkedIn outreach automation, you can use it together with the other LinkedIn tools covered in this article.

Tool standout features

Evaboot is a chrome extension that helps boost your LinkedIn lead generation efforts through:

Data export and cleaning – Export lists and searches from Sales Navigator to CSV. Then, clean names, job titles, and company names right after they’re extracted.

Lead filtering – Stop spending hours double-checking your leads manually. Evaboot automatically detects false positives in your search results based on your lead filters.

Email finder and verifier – Evaboot uses 3 different sources to find the right emails (LinkedIn, web, algorithms), and then, it tests all emails to verify ones that really exist.

Team management -Connect unlimited Sales Navigator accounts without any additional costs and invite teammates to share export and email credits on the platform.

Who is the tool for

If you’re doing LinkedIn lead generation and outreach, Evaboot can help you build lead lists in seconds.

Tool pricing

When using Evaboot as your LinkedIn lead generation tool, you can buy credits with a one-time payment.

Export and email credits annual subscription prices are as following:

• 100 credits/month – $8/month
• 1500 credits/month – $41/month
• 4000 credits/month – $83/month
• And so on

27. SocialPilot

SocialPilot is popular for scheduling social media posts, creating content, and automating workflows. It can also be used to execute a LinkedIn marketing strategy by allowing you to post simultaneously on multiple profiles or company pages.

It supports a wide range of content formats, such as images, videos, GIFs, and carousels. Your team can access this content by saving it under your own Content library and refining it, repurposing it, and prospecting.

Tool standout features 

Some of SocialPilot’s features that make it a marketer’s favorite:

• Bulk Scheduling – Upload up to 500 LinkedIn posts in a click with SocialPilot’s bulk scheduling feature.
• Detailed analytics – Monitor performance metrics like post updates, followers’ growth, clicks, engagement rates, and more to get an end-to-end overview of your LinkedIn presence.
•  Social Inbox – A single space to address all the user comments and mentions received on your LinkedIn company page.
• AI Assistant – SocialPilot’s AI Assistant is your go-to tool for generating hashtags and engaging content.

Who is the tool for

SocialPilot best suits:

• Marketing agencies generating MQLs
• SMBs

Tool pricing 

Apart from the basic 14-day free trial, SocialPilot offers 4 pricing plans:

• Professional – $25.5/month
• Small Team – $42.5/month
• Agency – $85/month
• Agency+ – $170/month

28. LeadFuze

LeadFuze’s simple solutions, such as prospect list building, finding contacts, and automated emailing, make lead nurturing and prospecting easy.

LeadFuze is a lead intelligence tool that provides accurate lead data, hyper-targeted searches, and complete list building automation, saving salespeople time and effort. It can be easily integrated with internal CRMs and workflows.

Tool standout features 

Top LeadFuze features worth noting:

• Data Intelligence – Offers hyper-accurate contact data by collecting and verifying details in real time across a database of millions of prospects.
• Automatic List Building – Sales teams can automate list building and sync them into their CRMs and other outreach tools for prospecting and lead nurturing.
• Passive candidate sourcing – Recruiters use LeadFuze to find personal and company emails of passive candidates so they can reach out to them on LinkedIn.

Who is the tool for

LeadFuze best suits:

• Sales and marketing team
• Recruiters

Tool pricing 

Apart from a free trial, LeadFuze offers three pricing plans:

• Scaling – $147/month and up
• Unlimited – $397/month and up
• Custom – Custom pricing

29. Mailshake

Mailshake is another noteworthy and the best LinkedIn sequence tool for lead generation. Its Chrome extension lets you automate sending LinkedIn connection requests, follow-ups, and profile visits. 

You can run full-fledged LinkedIn plus email campaigns and automate the outreach sequence in one go. 

Tool standout features 

Some of Mailshake’s best features are:

• Data Finder – You can hunt for prospect data on LinkedIn via the Chrome browser and Mailshake. For more accurate results, you can specify filters like prospect role, location, and current company.
• Social Selling – Make social selling easy and increase your average LinkedIn message reply rate by personalizing messages on auto-pilot with Mailshake’s automation features.
• Omnichannel outreach – Integrate LinkedIn messages with email campaigns for an omnichannel outreach approach. You can also automate profile views to warm up leads.

Who is the tool for

Mailshake best suits:

• Sales teams performing outreach at scale
• Brands looking to combine sales and marketing efforts

Tool pricing 

Mailshake’s LinkedIn automation is part of its Sales Engagement suite:

• Sales Engagement – $85/user/month
• Email Outreach – $45/user/month (emails only)
• Starter – $25/user/month (no LinkedIn automation)

30. Octopus CRM

Octopus CRM is a cost-effective and all-in-one LinkedIn automation tool. It’s helpful to automate LinkedIn’s routine tasks, such as sending connection requests, visiting profiles for warm-up, messaging first-level connections, and endorsing skills.

It helps you create a complete LinkedIn marketing funnel by including several aspects, from connection requests to follow-ups.

Tool standout features 

Best noteworthy Octopus CRM features for LinkedIn lead generation:

• Target audience finding – Search for your target ICP by running LinkedIn advanced filters or preparing a CSV file with LinkedIn profile URLs.
• Performance evaluation – Monitor and observe critical metrics like your SSI, number of profile views, search appearances, etc., that dictate your LinkedIn outreach.
• Email automation – Make outreach omnichannel by approaching prospects via email and ensuring you’re within LinkedIn’s safe limit.

Who is the tool for

Octopus CRM best suits:

• Sales teams and marketing professionals who are looking for some assistance in LinkedIn outreach without compromising account safety.
• Recruiters who want to reach out to potential candidates on LinkedIn.

Tool pricing 

Octopus CRM has 4 pricing plans:

• Starter – $6.99/month
• Pro – $9.99/month
• Advanced – $14.99/month
• Unlimited – $24.99/month

31. Smartlead

Smartlead is a comprehensive email outreach platform focused on converting cold emails into revenue.

It offers advanced email deliverability + automation features. With it, you can run unlimited email accounts, rotate warm inboxes automatically, and even trigger LinkedIn actions based on behaviors – like email clicks or opens.

This means your outreach feels personal, multi-channel, and perfectly timed, all while being fully automated.

Tool standout features

• Unlimited email accounts – Smartlead offers the option to run multiple campaigns at scale without hurting deliverability. Perfect for agencies or sales teams managing multiple clients.
• Smart routing – Rotate between inboxes to avoid hitting send limits or spam filters.
• Smart triggers – Automate actions based on behavior (e.g. if prospect replies by email, pause LinkedIn follow-ups)
• Deliverability dashboard – Real-time spam rate tracking, inbox rotation stats, and automated warmups.
• AI sequencing  – Auto-generate personalized follow-ups based on lead activity and replies.

Who it’s for

Smartlead is ideal for:

• B2B growth agencies who want advanced systems and are managing multiple clients
• Outbound sales teams who need scale and personalization.
• Founders who want to build predictable pipelines through email + LinkedIn automation.

Pricing

• Basic plan: $39/mo per user. Includes core automation, inbox rotation, and analytics.
• Pro plan: $79/mo per user. Adds AI sequences, integrations, and advanced deliverability insights.
• Custom/agency plans: $174/mo onwards. Contact sales for multi-seat, white-label, and API access options.

Smartlead also offers a 14-day free trial, no credit card required.

Pro tip: Smartlead pairs with Expandi’s “if-this-then-that” campaign builder. For example, you can send an email from Smartlead, if the lead clicks a link, you can trigger Expandi to view their LinkedIn profile. If they reply positively, you move them into “warm leads” sequence automatically.

Learn more about Expandi email integration with Smartlead here.

32. Clay

Clay is the ultimate prospect enrichment and personalization tool that turns a plain CSV of names into a rich dataset full of job titles, technologies used, company size, revenue, location, and even intent signals.

You can then use that enriched data to personalize outreach at scale, automatically generating custom icebreakers, personalized first lines, dynamic placeholders, and more. Ideal before sending your campaigns through Expandi or another outreach tool.

Tool standout features

• Mass data enrichment – Pull 50+ data points for every prospect (company, role, tech stack, funding, etc.).
• AI field generation – Automatically write custom intros or icebreakers for each prospect using GPT-powered enrichment.
• Live syncs – Connect Clay with Google Sheets, Smartlead, HubSpot, or Expandi to power up data in real time.
• Smart filters – Segment lists by ICP attributes.
• Workflow automation – Chain data lookups and enrichment actions into “flows” that prep your list in minutes.

You CAN send emails directly from Clay, but it’s not optimized for inbox rotation, deliverability features, or LinkedIn safety limits. So, you can boost your LinkedIn acceptance rate by combining it with tools like Expandi.

Who it’s for

Clay is ideal for:

• Lead gen agencies building hyper-personalized outbound lists for clients.
• Advanced sales op teams managing complex, data-driven prospecting flows
• B2B founders who want to move beyond generic LinkedIn campaigns.

Pricing

• Free: Limited monthly 100 credits.
• Starter: $149/mo, includes advanced enrichment and 2,000 credits/mo.
• Explorer: $349/mo, integrates with any HTTP API and 10,000 credits/mo.
• Pro: $800/mo, comes with CRM integrations and 50,000 credits/mo.
• Enterprise: Best for large teams with high volumes, contact sales.

33. Tavus

Tavus lets you generate 1:1 personalized videos at scale (with name, company, role, even custom lines) without having to record hundreds of takes. Then, you can drop these videos into your outreach tool to create personalized campaigns that see more opens, clicks, and replies.

Tool standout features

• AI-generated 1:1 videos: Record one video and produce hundreds of personalized versions with name tags, company, industry, and other custom fields
• Dynamic overlays and scenes: Includes on-screen text, images, logos, or CTAs unique to each prospect.
• Template library: Ready-to-use intro, demo nudge, no-response bump and other video flows.
• Auto-hosted landing pages: Each prospect gets a unique video page with your CTA

Who it’s for

• Outbound teams and agencies already doing outreach that need a pattern–break in crowded inboxes.

Pricing

• Free: Limited features (25 free minutes of Conversational Video, 5 minutes of Video generation with a watermark)
• Starter: For individuals and startups that need flexibility. $59/mo, 100 minutes of Conversational Video, 3 Custom Replica trainings per month
• Growth: For teams building and productizing AI conversations. $397/mo. 1250 minutes of Conversational Video, 7 Custom Replica trainings per month, access to 100+ Stock Replicas
• Enterprise: For businesses with high volume and enterprise needs. Custom pricing with whitelabel option, scaling discounts, and more.

34. Lavender

Lavender is an AI sales email coach that scores your messages in real time and gives actionable feedback based on clarity, tone, structure, personalization, length, and more.

It analyzes millions of real-world sales emails, benchmarks your writing against top performers and helps you sound human.

Tool standout features

• Real-time scoring and feedback: Get instant feedback on tone, empathy, and reading level.
• Personalization grader: Detects how tailored your message is to each lead and suggests icebreakers based on LinkedIn or website data.
• AI rewrite assistant: One-click rewrites to shorten or improve your message.

Who it’s for

• Sales reps and SDRs writing dozens of cold emails per day.
• RevOps and enablement teams looking to train reps faster with AI feedback loops.

Pricing

• Basic: Free with limited features.
• Starter: $27/mo, no integrations option.
• Individual Pro: $45/mo, no dedicated CSM.
• Team plan: $89/seat/mo, aggregated analytics, content-studio access, human-led coaching programs, and more.

37. Lead Delta

Lead Delta is a LinkedIn CRM for networking that enriches your contacts. Helping you organize, tag, and manage your network like a sales pipeline.

With it, you can segment contacts, track conversations, and create workflows that plug directly into your sales stack.

If you’ve been doing LinkedIn outreach for a while and your connections pile up, messages get buried, and you lose track of warm leads who replied, that’s where LeadDelta comes in.

Tool standout features

• LinkedIn CRM view: Access all of your LinkedIn connections in a clean, CRM-like interface.
• Tagging and segmentation: Tag contacts by stage, priority, or campaign to keep outreach organized.
• Smart filters: Search your network by title, company, location, or message history.
• Notes and tasks: Add reminders or internal notes to each connection for better follow-up tracking.

Who it’s for

• Founders looking to manage and nurture their LinkedIn relationships.
• Sales teams looking to eliminate manual processing and sell better to their network.
• Marketing teams to grow their campaigns and expand their reach.
• Recruiters to keep track of top candidates and clients.

Pricing

• Starter: $25/mo/user, limited auto-sync and enrich, 50 credits.
• Pro: $55/mo/user, auto-sync 3x a day, auto-enrich weekly, 200 email/phone credits, Zapier integration.
• Business: $99/mo, unlimited auto-sync and daily enrichment, advanced shared network.

38. AuthoredUp

AuthoredUp is an all-in-one LinkedIn content creation and analytics tool. It helps you write better posts, craft stronger hooks, and track performance over time.

The tool lets you plan, schedule, and track your posts, edit with rich formatting, and gain data-driven analytics for your content.

Tool standout features

• Post editor and templates: create, edit, and preview LinkedIn posts before publishing. Craft stronger hooks by optimizing for “read more” preview.
• Engagement heatmaps: Visualize when your audience is most active to post at the right time.
• Content library: Store and reuse best-performing posts or turn top replies into new content.
• Performance analytics: Track impressions, engagement rate, post type breakdown, and content themes over time.

Who it’s for

• Anyone looking to create content or build a personal brand on LinkedIn.

Pricing

• Individual: $19.95/mo, 1 profile.
• Business plan: $14.95 per profile/mo, minimum 3 profiles.

39. Shield App

Shield is a LinkedIn analytics tool you can use to connect and track personal profiles at scale. 

If you’re creating a lot of content to become a thought leader or establish your personal brand, you need an analytics tool to track post performance, engagement growth, impressions, and follower trends across multiple profiles.

See if your content hits the right audience, calibrate your approach, and measure content performance based on data and not vibes.

Tool standout features

• Automated content tracking: Instantly pull posts from your LinkedIn profile and update analytics in real time.
• Performance insights: Compare your post types (text, image, carousel, video, etc.) to see what drives the most engagement.
• Multi-profile management: Perfect for agencies or teams running multiple accounts.

Who it’s for

• LinkedIn creators building a personal brand or growing inbound leads.
• Marketing teams and agencies managing multiple client accounts.

Pricing

• Track one profile: $15/mo.
• Track more profiles: $25 per profile/mo 

40. Crystal Knows

Crystal Knows analyzes public LinkedIn data, online presence, and your leads’ communication style to predict your prospect’s personality type (DISC profile). Helping you tailor your message tone, structure, and approach.

Crystal then tells you how to write and communicate with them.

Tool standout features

• AI-powered personality insights: Get instant DISC personality breakdowns (Dominant, Influential, Steady, Conscientious) based on your prospect’s LinkedIn profile.
• Message tone coach: Crystal suggests how to adjust your tone. E.g. focus on outcomes, start with rapport and empathy, etc.
• Integration and templates: Auto-generate email intros, subject lines, or DMs based on your prospect’s personality profile.

Who it’s for

• SDRs writing personalized LinkedIn DMs or cold emails.
• Recruiters and hiring teams doing outreach.
• Founders or closers doing outreach where every touchpoint matters.

Pricing

• Free trial: Limited features, 5 profile credits.
• Premium: $49/mo, 240 profile lookups per year, calendar integration.
• Business: Bespoke.

Conclusion

And that’s a wrap!

Hope this list of some of the best LinkedIn automation tools was useful and you’re ready to start generating LinkedIn leads on autopilot.

Though, it’s important to note that, no matter which tool you choose, you should always keep LinkedIn automation best safety practices in mind.

Ideally, your tool should also be optimized for safety and growth.

And it just so happens that Expandi was made with both principles in mind.

The tool mimics human behavior so that your account isn’t suddenly blasting out 100 messages in 5 minutes (which is how many accounts often get caught), and with a dedicated IP address, your profile’s activity sessions won’t seem suspicious to LinkedIn.

Now, let’s recap some of the top questions when it comes to LinkedIn automation:

Frequently Asked Questions

How do LinkedIn Automation tools work?

LinkedIn automation tools help expand your outreach to reach leads faster and efficiently. Sounds obvious, right? Sending connection requests, cold messages, and email follow-ups are all tedious manual tasks. Especially when you must change the template or text for each message.

Another thing worth mentioning here is that there are different types of LinkedIn automation software. Some help automate your outreach sequences, while others help you create content faster or scrape contacts from LinkedIn.

How to get more leads with Linkedin automation tools?

You can use LinkedIn automation tools like Expandi to automate your outreach and convert prospects into leads. To do that, you have to find the right audience for your niche and reach out with a personalized message.

When should I be using LinkedIn automation tools?

LinkedIn automation can save you hours of manual outreach and prospecting work. With automation, you can send the connection request and the follow-ups on autopilot while you work on your business. Done manually, you’d be writing each prospect’s first name, company name, and other information one by one for each lead.

Which is the best LinkedIn automation tool?

We may be biased, but Expandi is the best and safest LinkedIn automation tool on the market. This is because it’s cloud-based, mimics human behavior, and uses hyper-personalization when engaging with your prospects. With this in mind, LinkedIn will see your LinkedIn activity as if you’re doing all of the above manually. We’ve been using it for our own outreach campaigns too and successfully generating leads.

How can you get more leads on LinkedIn without getting banned?

LinkedIn does not like suspicious activity and spamming people. So, to get more leads without getting banned, you should: Use personalization, the right cold message templates, plan out your campaigns to make sure you’re targeting the right audience, consider using Sales Navigator for more specific leads, and finally, use the right LinkedIn automation tool so your account doesn’t get restricted.

Best LinkedIn automation tool for marketing?

Expandi was designed for marketing and growth hacking in mind. You can create marketing campaigns with follow-ups, hyper-personalize your messages, get key insights with marketing metrics, connect it with your company CRM, and more.

What are the problems that can be solved by LinkedIn automation tools?

The core problems people face with LinkedIn include: not being able to manage everything from one place, being unable to share campaign results, managing roles and permissions, and handling privacy and safety concerns. With Expandi, all these problems have a clear solution and your outreach becomes a breeze.

Is there a LinkedIn automation tool that is open-source?

Currently, no. There are no LinkedIn automation tools that are open-source. But hopefully, the above list of 10 LinkedIn automation tools was helpful for you to decide on the tool you want to use. If safety is your main concern, be sure to check out Expandi.

What are level connections on LinkedIn?

On LinkedIn, there are 3 types of connections:

1st-degree – People you’re already connected with

2nd-degree – People connected to your 1st-degree connections (mutual connections).

3rd-degree – People connected to your 2nd-degree connections (0 mutual connections). 

Now, once again, there is no one-size-fits-all “best” LinkedIn automation tool. All this depends on what you’re optimizing for – whether it’s safety, personalization, email, content automation, or something else.

The above list has plenty of options for you to pick from though.

That said, if you’re looking for an all-in-one LinkedIn outreach platform, one that’s powerful and fully compliant with LinkedIn limits – Expandi’s your best bet.

It’s designed for agencies, founders, and B2B sales teams who want to automate outreach without risking their accounts. It’s like having an SDR work for you 24/7 in the background, while you focus on other stuff.

Ready to start generating leads with the safest LinkedIn automation tool on autopilot?

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Once you’re inside, you can copy out top-performing LinkedIn outreach templates or check out our other blog posts, where we break down step-by-step proven playbooks that consistently get 50+ booked demos per campaign.

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• Best LinkedIn Outreach Message Strategy That Gets You Light Years Ahead of Your Competition
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