11 Best LinkedIn Automation Tools in 2026 (Prices Compared)

The best LinkedIn automation tools in October 2026 are useArtemis (LinkedIn + email sequences with AI-written messages and built-in lead finding), Waalaxy (easiest start on a small budget), La Growth Machine and lemlist (multichannel), HeyReach (agencies running many LinkedIn senders), Expandi, Dripify and Skylead (cloud LinkedIn sequences), PhantomBuster (scraping and workflows), and STACKED (formerly Dux-Soup) and Linked Helper (desktop apps). Entry prices range from about $15 to $110 per LinkedIn account per month.

One thing no vendor page will tell you upfront: LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits bots and unauthorized automation, so every tool on this list carries some account risk. Cloud tools with conservative limits reduce that risk; they don't remove it. The safety section below explains what that means in practice.

What changed since the first version of this list

This post first ran in May 2024. Since then, several tools from the original list have changed or disappeared:

• Zopto now redirects to Zeekeo, a done-for-you lead generation agency. It's no longer a self-serve automation tool you can compare like-for-like.
• Salesloop shows a waitlist page ("A new Salesloop, launching 2026"): there is no product to sign up for today.
• LeadFuze has shut down direct software access and now only sells a full data license.
• Dux-Soup became STACKED, a desktop app (local or cloud). The old Dux-Soup Chrome extensions are deprecated.
• Waalaxy is now 100% cloud (announced in July 2026) and removed its Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store. Its pricing page now lists three paid plans with a 14-day trial instead of a free plan.

We replaced the dead entries with tools people actually shortlist in 2026: HeyReach, lemlist, La Growth Machine, Dripify and Skylead.

LinkedIn automation tools compared (October 2026)

Prices are public prices per month as of October 2026, taken from each vendor's pricing page: the month-to-month price where the vendor shows it, otherwise the billing period is noted. Annual billing is usually 20–50% cheaper.

The 11 best LinkedIn automation tools in detail

All prices below are as of October 2026 and link to the vendor's official pricing page.

1. useArtemis

useArtemis is a LinkedIn + email prospecting platform built for founders, sales teams and agencies. It covers the whole chain: you find leads in Discover (a B2B lead database with verified emails) or export them from LinkedIn and Sales Navigator searches with the LinkedIn scraper, find and verify their emails, then run sequences that mix profile visits, invitations, messages, likes and emails. The AI writes each message from your pitch and the prospect's profile, and a unified inbox collects LinkedIn and email replies.

• Price: Starter $69/month (2 LinkedIn accounts, 500 verified emails, 2,500 Discover leads), Scale $159 (5 accounts, 1,500 emails, 5,000 leads, automatic AI replies), Agency $399 (10 accounts). Unused credits roll over. See the pricing page.
• Pros: lead database, email finder and outreach in one tool; several LinkedIn accounts included in every plan; AI-written messages instead of {firstName} templates; safe sending limits and a human-like pace; accounts connected through a secure login (your password isn't stored).
• Cons: the free account has no email credits and no LinkedIn automation (both need a paid plan); LinkedIn and email only (no call, SMS or WhatsApp steps); automatic AI replies start on the Scale plan.

2. Waalaxy

Waalaxy is the French tool many people start with: pre-built sequences, a simple interface, and a low entry price. Since mid-2026 it runs fully in the cloud, so campaigns keep going when your browser is closed.

• Price: Pro €19/user/month (300 invitations/month), Advanced €49, Business €69 (800 invitations/month, cold email and LinkedIn + email campaigns), with a 14-day trial (pricing). Quarterly and yearly billing are discounted.
• Pros: easiest learning curve; cheap way to test LinkedIn outreach; large template library.
• Cons: email sequences only on the Business plan; invitation quotas are capped per month; its AI prospecting agent is still a separate beta.

More detail in our Waalaxy review and alternatives.

3. La Growth Machine

La Growth Machine (LGM) builds multichannel sequences across LinkedIn, email, calls and X, with lead enrichment included. You pay per "identity" (a LinkedIn profile running campaigns).

• Price: from €60/month per identity on the Basic plan (LinkedIn + email, 250 enriched leads/month); Pro adds calls and a multichannel inbox. 14-day trial (pricing).
• Pros: visual sequence builder; enrichment and email verification included; AI writing assistant and AI-generated voice messages on LinkedIn.
• Cons: the bill grows with every LinkedIn identity you add; Basic is capped at 3 identities.

4. lemlist

lemlist started as a cold email tool and now runs multichannel sequences: LinkedIn visits, invitations, messages, voice messages and InMail alongside email, calls, and SMS/WhatsApp as add-ons.

• Price: the Multichannel plan (the one with LinkedIn automation) costs $109/user/month billed monthly or $87 billed yearly; the Email plan ($69) doesn't include LinkedIn steps. 14-day trial (pricing).
• Pros: best-in-class email side (deliverability tools, lemwarm included); AI icebreakers built from LinkedIn bios; large template library.
• Cons: you pay for the email engine even if LinkedIn is your main channel; data credits are a separate subscription.

5. HeyReach

HeyReach is built for agencies and teams that run outreach from many LinkedIn accounts. It charges per sender, not per seat, and pools every conversation in one inbox.

• Price: Growth $79/month per sender (monthly), Agency $999/month for 25 senders, Unlimited $2,999/month. 14-day trial with 3 LinkedIn accounts (pricing).
• Pros: sender rotation and multi-client workspaces; white label on Agency; API, webhooks and an MCP server so AI agents (Claude, n8n, Clay) can drive campaigns.
• Cons: LinkedIn only: email goes through integrations such as Instantly or Smartlead; overkill for a single account.

6. Expandi

Expandi is a cloud LinkedIn automation tool with a dedicated country-based IP per account, smart limits and profile warm-up. Sequences can include email follow-ups.

• Price: $99/month billed monthly or $79/month billed yearly for one account; agency pricing on request. 7-day trial (pricing).
• Pros: fine-grained conditions; image and GIF personalization; an AI Analyzer that drafts messages and replies and sorts responses by sentiment.
• Cons: pricier than Dripify for one seat; AI message generation is capped by daily credits.

7. Dripify

Dripify runs LinkedIn and email drip campaigns from the cloud with a clean, simple builder.

• Price: Pro $79/user/month billed monthly ($59 billed yearly), Advanced $99 ($79 yearly) with team management and A/B testing. 7-day trial (pricing).
• Pros: quick to set up; 100 email finder credits a month included; message A/B testing (Advanced).
• Cons: AI is limited to rewriting your drafts ("Improve with AI"), not writing per-prospect messages from scratch.

8. Skylead

Skylead combines LinkedIn automation with unlimited email accounts in "smart sequences" that branch on prospect behavior.

• Price: All-in-one plan $100/seat/month with a 7-day trial; agency plans are sold separately (pricing).
• Pros: unlimited email inboxes per seat (up to 100,000 emails/month); built-in email finder and verifier; image and GIF personalization.
• Cons: the AI SDR and AI enrichment are paid add-ons on top of the seat price.

9. PhantomBuster

PhantomBuster isn't a sequence tool in the classic sense: it's a library of automations ("Phantoms") and workflows to extract data from LinkedIn and Sales Navigator, enrich it and trigger actions.

• Price: a free Trial plan (2 hours of execution time, exports limited to 10 rows), then Start at $56/month billed yearly ($672/year), Grow $128 and Scale $352 (pricing).
• Pros: very flexible for scraping and data workflows; AI and email-finding credits included; MCP server.
• Cons: you think in execution hours, not campaigns; you'll still need an outreach tool for proper multichannel sequences.

Our PhantomBuster review covers the use cases.

10. STACKED (formerly Dux-Soup)

Dux-Soup, one of the oldest LinkedIn automation tools (since 2015), is now STACKED, a desktop app. You choose between running automation on your own computer or in the cloud.

• Price: STACKED Local $55/seat/month billed monthly ($41.25 yearly); STACKED Cloud $99/seat/month ($74.17 yearly) (pricing).
• Pros: up to 12 LinkedIn actions (visit, connect, message, InMail, endorse, like…); AI-powered message personalization; native CRM integrations (HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive).
• Cons: no email steps; existing Dux-Soup users have to move from the deprecated extension to the new app.

11. Linked Helper

Linked Helper is a desktop application that runs on your computer or a VPS. It's the cheapest serious option and one of the most configurable.

• Price: Standard $15/license/month billed monthly, down to $8.25/month on a 12-month term; 14-day trial (pricing).
• Pros: very low cost; detailed workflows; AI messages, reply assistant and an email finder included.
• Cons: your machine (or a VPS you manage) has to stay on; steeper learning curve than cloud tools.

Is LinkedIn automation safe? What LinkedIn actually says

LinkedIn is explicit. Section 8.2 of its User Agreement says you agree not to "use bots or other unauthorized automated methods to access the Services, add or download contacts, send or redirect messages", nor to use software, browser plugins or add-ons to scrape the Services. Its help page on prohibited software and extensions adds that members who use such tools "risk having their accounts restricted or shut down."

So the honest answer: no automation tool is approved by LinkedIn, whatever its marketing says. What separates tools is how much risk they add:

• Cloud tools run from servers with steady pacing, so you're not depending on a browser tab. Chrome extensions automate actions inside your own browser session, and LinkedIn's help center names browser extensions explicitly. Desktop apps sit in between.
• Volume is the main trigger. LinkedIn doesn't publish its weekly invitation cap; its help center only says that when you hit it, the restriction "typically lasts one week" and applies to Basic and Premium members alike. Most users report the cap around 100 invitations per week; our guide on how many LinkedIn invites you can send per week goes deeper.
• Personalized notes are limited on free accounts. LinkedIn's help center says free members can add a note to only three connection requests per month (200 characters max); Premium members can personalize all of them.

Practical rules that keep restrictions rare:

1. Warm up new or quiet accounts: a week of visits and a handful of invitations a day before scaling.
2. Stay well under the weekly cap and spread actions over working hours, with random delays.
3. Target tightly. Low acceptance rates (many ignored invitations) hurt more than volume alone.
4. Withdraw invitations that stay pending for weeks.
5. Never run two automation tools on the same account at the same time.

If it does happen, our guide to a restricted LinkedIn account lists the steps to get it back.

How to choose the right LinkedIn automation tool

• You also need leads and verified emails: pick a tool that includes them (useArtemis, lemlist, La Growth Machine) instead of paying for a separate database.
• You run many LinkedIn accounts (agency): HeyReach or the useArtemis Agency plan; compare the price per sender, not per seat.
• LinkedIn is your only channel and the budget is tight: Waalaxy Pro or Linked Helper.
• Email is your main channel: lemlist or Skylead, with LinkedIn as a second touch.
• You mostly need data, not sequences: PhantomBuster.
• You care about AI personalization: check whether the AI writes each message from the prospect's profile, or only rewrites a template you wrote. Our guide on automating LinkedIn messages with AI shows prompts that work.

Once you've picked a tool, our step-by-step guide on how to automate your LinkedIn outreach walks through the full workflow, from target list to first replies.

If you want leads, verified emails and LinkedIn + email sequences in one place, you can create a useArtemis account and start on the Starter plan at $69 per month.

FAQ

What is the best LinkedIn automation tool in 2026?

It depends on your setup. For LinkedIn + email outreach with leads included, useArtemis, lemlist and La Growth Machine are the most complete. For agencies with many senders, HeyReach. For the lowest price, Waalaxy Pro (€19/user/month billed yearly, €39 monthly) or Linked Helper ($15/month). For scraping and data workflows, PhantomBuster.

Is LinkedIn automation allowed?

No. LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits bots and unauthorized automated methods to add contacts or send messages, and its help center says members using such tools risk restriction. Cloud tools with low, human-paced limits reduce the risk of detection, but no tool is endorsed by LinkedIn.

Is there a free LinkedIn automation tool?

Not really in 2026. Waalaxy's pricing page now shows paid plans with a 14-day trial; PhantomBuster has a free Trial plan limited to 2 hours of execution and 10-row exports; most other tools offer 7- to 14-day trials. The cheapest paid options are Octopus CRM (a Chrome extension from $9.99/month) and Linked Helper ($15/month).

Cloud or Chrome extension: which is safer?

Cloud tools are generally safer: they don't run inside your browser, they keep a consistent pace and they work when your computer is off. LinkedIn's own help pages name browser extensions that automate activity as prohibited software. Even so, the volume and quality of your outreach matter more than the technology.

Is LeadFuze still an alternative to Waalaxy?

No. LeadFuze has shut down direct access to its software and now only sells a data license, so it's no longer a self-serve tool to compare with Waalaxy. If you're looking at Waalaxy alternatives, compare useArtemis, La Growth Machine, Dripify or Expandi instead.