The 8 Best LinkedIn Automation Tools in 2026
LinkedIn automation tools run outreach for you: connection requests, messages and follow-ups. These are the eight we would shortlist, compared on what they do on LinkedIn, what they cost a month and how you start free.
Updated 5 November 2026
Emailchaser is our pick for the part of LinkedIn outreach that ends in an inbox. Its free Lead Finder extension exports a Sales Navigator search with every work email double-verified, you pay only for the address checks at $0.0034 a lead at most, and the same account sends the campaign by email, so your LinkedIn account sends no connection requests or messages.
Expandi, HeyReach, Waalaxy, Dripify, Dux-Soup, Linked Helper and La Growth Machine run actions on LinkedIn itself, from $15 to $99 a month for one account.
Here is how the eight LinkedIn automation tools compare at a glance.
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| # | Tool | What it does | Entry price, monthly billing | Free start | Also in the account |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Emailchaser | Nothing on LinkedIn: turns a Sales Navigator search or profile links into verified emails | Extension free, $0.0034 a lead at most | 3 free lookups a day, 7-day free trial | Email campaigns with follow-ups and Unibox |
| 2 | Expandi | Runs LinkedIn campaigns from the cloud | Business, $99 a month | 7-day free trial | Dedicated IP and automatic warm-up |
| 3 | HeyReach | Runs LinkedIn actions per sender | Growth, $79 a month per sender | A free trial | Unified inbox, API and webhooks |
| 4 | Waalaxy | Runs invites and follow-ups | Pro, $19 a month per user | 14-day free trial | Cold email sequences on Business |
| 5 | Dripify | Runs LinkedIn sequences | Pro, $79 a month per user | 7-day free trial | Email sequences and 100 email finder credits |
| 6 | Dux-Soup | Runs up to 12 LinkedIn actions | Local, $55 a month per seat | See their site | Campaign statistics and integrations |
| 7 | Linked Helper | Runs LinkedIn campaigns | Standard, $15 a month per license | Free start, no card | AI features and webhooks |
| 8 | La Growth Machine | Runs LinkedIn and email sequences | Basic, 60 euros a month per identity | 14-day free trial | Voice messages and a team that joins free |
Prices and features as published on each vendor's own pages, monthly billing, read on 5 November 2026. Each card below links to the vendor's page.
Entry prices for one LinkedIn account run from $15 to $99 a month, while Emailchaser's export is billed per lead.
Each bar is the entry plan on the vendor's own monthly-billing view, per user, seat, license or sender. La Growth Machine is priced in euros, from 60 euros a month per identity, and is not in the chart. Emailchaser does not run actions on LinkedIn, so it has no monthly LinkedIn fee: the Lead Finder extension is free and an export is billed as address checks at $0.0017 each. Read 5 November 2026.
LinkedIn outreach has two halves, and these tools split them differently.
Expandi, HeyReach, Waalaxy, Dripify, Dux-Soup, Linked Helper and La Growth Machine send the invites and messages from your LinkedIn account.
Emailchaser takes the search you built in LinkedIn, finds and verifies each work email, and sends the campaign by email from your own mailboxes.
Waalaxy Business, Dripify and La Growth Machine add email steps to their LinkedIn sequences, while Emailchaser adds the verified email list they start from.
Emailchaser handles one profile, a list of profile links or a whole Sales Navigator search.
Reach the people from a LinkedIn search by email in five steps.
- InstallAdd the free Lead Finder extension to Chrome.
- SearchBuild your search in LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
- ExportClick Export with Emailchaser to download a CSV of leads with their emails.
- UploadAdd the CSV to a campaign with your email steps.
- Follow upAutomatic follow-ups go out until a lead replies.
The campaign that follows sends each email and its follow-ups on the days you set.
We compared them on five things that decide which tool fits a LinkedIn outreach team.
- What it does on LinkedIn, and whether it touches your account at all.
- The entry price per month for one LinkedIn account.
- How the price is set: per user, seat, license, sender or lead.
- What a free start gives you before you pay.
- Whether the people you reach can be emailed from the same account.
Every fact below comes from the vendor's own pages, read on 5 November 2026.
These are the eight LinkedIn automation tools worth a look in 2026.
1. Emailchaser turns a Sales Navigator search into verified emails and sends the campaign, for $0.0034 a lead at most.
Its free Lead Finder extension exports a LinkedIn Sales Navigator search with every work email found and verified twice, and the same account sends the campaign by email with automatic follow-ups, so your LinkedIn account sends no connection requests or messages.
- The extension is free, and an export is billed only as address checks: $0.0017 a check, one or two per address, so a lead with its email costs at most $0.0034.
- One LinkedIn account exports up to 2,500 Sales Navigator leads a day.
- The LinkedIn email finder takes profile links instead: 3 free lookups a day, and up to 10,000 links in one run inside Emailchaser at 5 credits a profile.
- Emailchaser found 88 of 100 work emails in our August 2026 test, against 67 for Hunter.
Best for: Teams that want to reach LinkedIn prospects by email and keep their LinkedIn account out of the automation.
2. Expandi costs $99 a month on monthly billing and runs LinkedIn campaigns in the cloud from a dedicated IP address.
Expandi's pricing page lists one plan, Business, for small sales teams. It is cloud-based, gives each account a dedicated country-based IP address and starts every account with an automatic warm-up.
- It lists 10 campaign types, from Connector to Recovery campaigns, and an unlimited number of campaigns.
- One sequence can send connection requests, messages and email follow-ups.
- Annual billing takes 20% off, which its page puts as 2 months free.
Best for: Small sales teams that want LinkedIn actions run from the cloud.
Source: expandi.io/pricing, read 5 November 2026.
3. HeyReach's Growth plan is $79 a month per sender, and its Agency plan is $999 a month for 25 senders.
HeyReach prices by the LinkedIn sender, not the seat. Its Growth plan lists unlimited campaigns, all LinkedIn actions, a unified inbox, multichannel outreach and 100 enrichment credits per sender.
- Integrations, an API with webhooks, workspaces with permissions and an MCP server are listed on Growth.
- Paying quarterly takes 10% off and yearly takes 20% off.
- A free trial starts from the pricing page.
Best for: Agencies and teams that send from several LinkedIn accounts at once.
Source: heyreach.io/pricing, read 5 November 2026.
4. Waalaxy's Pro plan is $19 a month per user for 300 invites a month, with a 14-day free trial.
Waalaxy runs LinkedIn outreach with unlimited campaigns, pre-built sequences and automated follow-ups, and prices each plan by the invitations it allows a month.
- Advanced is $39 a month per user for 800 invites, with API access and Make, Zapier and n8n modules.
- Business is $69 a month per user for 800 invites, with cold email sequences and 500 email finder credits a month.
- The LinkedIn inbox is a paid add-on, and the page lists 500 free conversations with no time limit.
Best for: Solo prospectors who want to start small and see replies fast.
Source: waalaxy.com/pricing, read 5 November 2026.
5. Dripify's Pro plan is $79 a month per user on monthly billing and includes LinkedIn and email sequences.
Dripify's pricing page says every paid plan includes LinkedIn and email sequences and 100 email finder credits a month.
- Advanced is $99 a month per user on monthly billing.
- Billed annually the same plans are $59 and $79 per user a month.
- Enterprise is custom-priced, and the 7-day free trial needs no credit card.
Best for: Teams that want LinkedIn and email steps in one sequence for one price.
Source: dripify.com/pricing, read 5 November 2026.
6. Dux-Soup runs on your own computer from $55 a month per seat, or in its cloud from $99.
Dux-Soup's pricing page sells STACKED local, a desktop app, and STACKED cloud, which runs on its own servers. Campaigns can use up to 12 actions: endorse, follow, InMail, connect, message, visit and like a post.
- It lists unlimited concurrent campaigns, AI message personalization and campaign statistics.
- Yearly billing takes local to $41.25 a month per seat and cloud to $74.17.
- Integrations include Slack, Salesforce, Pipedrive and HubSpot, plus Zapier and Make.
Best for: Solo users who prefer a desktop app they control.
Source: dux-soup.com/pricing, read 5 November 2026.
7. Linked Helper's Standard license is $15 a month with local data storage, and longer terms cut it by up to 45%.
Linked Helper sells licenses, and its page shows the price changing with the data storage you pick, the length of the term and how many licenses you buy together for one workspace.
- A 3-month term takes 11% off, 6 months takes 33% and 12 months takes 45%.
- Volume discounts start at 10% for 10 licenses and reach 50% at 1,000 or more.
- The page lists AI features such as personalized messages, a reply assistant and a commenter, and webhooks.
Best for: Teams buying many licenses that want the longest-term discounts.
Source: linkedhelper.com/pricing, read 5 November 2026.
8. La Growth Machine charges per sender identity, from 60 euros a month, and its whole team joins for free.
La Growth Machine's pricing page says you pay per identity and your teammates import leads, prepare campaigns and answer replies for free. Basic covers LinkedIn and email sequences and voice messages.
- Basic lists AI messages, 1 sending inbox per identity and 1,250 credits a month.
- Pro is 120 euros a month per identity and adds a Reply Agent in beta and an MCP server.
- Annual billing brings Basic to 50 euros and Pro to 100 euros a month, and the 14-day trial needs no credit card.
Best for: Teams where many people work the same few LinkedIn accounts.
See La Growth Machine's pricing
Source: lagrowthmachine.com/pricing, read 5 November 2026.
The right LinkedIn automation tool depends on whether you act on LinkedIn or email the people you find there.
| Your job | Start with |
|---|---|
| Turn a Sales Navigator search into verified emails and send the campaign | Emailchaser |
| Run LinkedIn actions from the cloud with a dedicated IP | Expandi |
| Run several LinkedIn senders for clients | HeyReach or La Growth Machine |
| Start on LinkedIn for the lowest monthly price | Linked Helper or Waalaxy |
| Run LinkedIn actions from your own computer | Dux-Soup |
| Mix LinkedIn and email steps in one sequence | Dripify, Waalaxy Business or La Growth Machine |
Related reading: the best LinkedIn scraper tools, the best LinkedIn email finder tools, the best LinkedIn lead generation tools, the best sales outreach tools and how to keep your LinkedIn account safe. To try one profile free, use the LinkedIn email finder. For every kind of tool, see the best cold email and sales tools.
People ask these questions about LinkedIn automation tools.
What is the best LinkedIn automation tool in 2026?
It depends on the job. For running actions on LinkedIn, Expandi, HeyReach, Waalaxy, Dripify, Dux-Soup, Linked Helper and La Growth Machine all list monthly plans from $15 to $99. For reaching the people you find on LinkedIn by email we pick Emailchaser: its free Lead Finder extension exports a Sales Navigator search with double-verified emails at $0.0034 a lead at most.
How does Emailchaser reach LinkedIn prospects?
By email. Emailchaser exports your Sales Navigator search or a list of profile links with verified work emails and sends the follow-up campaign by email, so your LinkedIn account sends no connection requests or messages.
What are LinkedIn outreach tools?
They are tools that send connection requests, messages and follow-ups to LinkedIn prospects on a schedule, usually from your own account or from a cloud setup. Some, such as Waalaxy Business and Dripify, also add email steps.
How much do LinkedIn automation tools cost?
From the vendors' own pages on monthly billing, Linked Helper starts at $15 a month, Waalaxy at $19, Dux-Soup at $55, Dripify and HeyReach at $79 and Expandi at $99, and La Growth Machine at 60 euros a month. Emailchaser's extension is free and an export is billed as address checks.
Can I try a LinkedIn automation tool for free?
Yes. Expandi and Dripify have a 7-day free trial, Waalaxy and La Growth Machine a 14-day free trial, and Linked Helper a free start with no card. Emailchaser's LinkedIn email finder gives 3 free lookups a day and the Lead Finder extension is free to install.
Do I need Sales Navigator to use Emailchaser's Lead Finder?
To export a whole search, yes: the extension works on your own Sales Navigator searches, up to 2,500 leads per LinkedIn account a day. For single profiles you do not: paste a profile link into the LinkedIn email finder.
Is LinkedIn automation safe for my account?
Tools that act on your account carry more risk than an export of your own search results. Our guide to keeping your LinkedIn account safe covers the limits to respect.
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