Put this together because the same question keeps coming up, and the answers are usually one tool name with no price attached. So here are all 12 in one place with what they do, what they cost, and where each one stops.
One thing worth sorting out before you shop. "LinkedIn automation" covers four different jobs, and most tools only do one of them. Outreach tools send connection requests and messages. Profile tools help with engagement. Data tools find emails. Schedulers publish posts. If you buy from the wrong group, you end up paying for something that cannot do the thing you need.
Figure out which job you have first, then pick inside that group.
A few numbers worth knowing
- The connection request limit is around 100 a week, so roughly 20 to 30 a day is the comfortable range.
- 89% of B2B marketers use LinkedIn for lead generation, which is why this category has so many tools in it.
- Evaboot looks like the cheapest option at around $9/month, but it needs a Sales Navigator subscription at about $99.99/month to work at all.
The 12, grouped by job
Outreach automation (connection requests and message sequences)
Expandi
- Price: starts at $99/month, about $79/month on annual billing
- Features: cloud-based with dedicated residential IPs, conditional outreach sequences, image and GIF personalization, A/B testing, webhooks and CRM integrations
- Catch: it was named in the Q1 2026 elevated restriction analysis, so keep volume sensible
Linked Helper
- Price: Standard starts around $15/month, about $8.25/month on annual billing
- Features: built-in CRM for prospects, multi-step drip campaigns and auto-responses, auto-connect, message and endorse, profile data export
- Catch: it is a desktop app, so your computer has to stay on, and the interface feels dated
Dux-Soup
- Price: Pro Dux starts around $14.99/month, about $11.25/month on annual billing
- Features: auto-visit, connect and message, profile tagging and notes, drip campaigns, CSV export, runs directly in Chrome
- Catch: browser extension, so the browser has to stay open, and it is not built for high volume
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
- Price: Core starts at $99.99/month, $89.99/month billed annually
- Features: advanced lead and account search filters, saved lead lists with real-time alerts, InMail credits, CRM integrations
- Catch: it does not automate connections or messages. It finds the people; something else has to reach them.
Dripify
- Price: Basic starts at $59/user/month billed monthly, $39/month annually
- Features: multi-step automated sequences, conditional actions based on prospect behavior, team management and analytics, A/B testing, CSV import and export plus integrations
- Catch: priced per user, so a team of five on Basic is $295/month, and the default volumes run higher than the safe limits
Profile and engagement (visibility rather than outreach)
Waalaxy
- Price: Pro from $19/user/month for 300 invites, Advanced from $39/user/month for 800 invites
- Features: pre-built LinkedIn and email sequences, auto-import leads from LinkedIn searches, beginner-friendly interface, basic CRM and team features, multichannel campaigns
- Catch: the extension component raises detection risk, and the easy setup makes it tempting to run more volume than you should
Linkboost
- Price: free plan available, Premium from $39/month for 30 posts and 5 pods
- Features: access to curated engagement communities, early engagement on new posts, industry and interest-based groups, analytics on post performance, web-based
- Catch: results depend on the quality of the community you land in, and it needs consistent participation to be worth anything
Data extraction and email finders (building the list)
Wiza
- Price: free tier available, Starter at $49/month/user
- Features: verified email and phone number finding, real-time email validation, Sales Navigator list export, CRM integrations, bulk export with credits
- Catch: credit costs add up at volume, and you get the best results with Sales Navigator on top
Evaboot
- Price: from around $9/month for 100 credits, plus a required Sales Navigator subscription at about $99.99/month
- Features: one-click Sales Navigator search export, automatic data cleaning and filtering, email finding and verification, flags mismatched results, CSV export ready for CRM
- Catch: the headline price is not the real price, and it does less than a full data platform
Scheduling and management (publishing, reporting, approvals)
SocialPilot
- Price: Essentials $25.50/month, Standard $42.50/month, Premium $85/month, Ultimate $170/month on annual billing, flat rate for the whole team rather than per seat
- Features: publishes through the official LinkedIn API, bulk scheduling up to 500 posts, LinkedIn carousel PDFs, client approval workflows, white-label LinkedIn reports, multi-account management, AI Pilot for captions and ideas, MCP server for AI workflows
- Catch: no connection outreach at all, so if sequences are the job, this is the wrong group, and the agency features sit on the higher tiers
Taplio
- Price: Starter from $39/month with no AI credits, AI-enabled plans from around $69/month, Standard around $99/month, Pro around $199/month
- Features: AI post, hook, and carousel generation trained on high-performing content, drag-and-drop content calendar with suggested times, inspiration library filterable by industry and engagement, lead database of 3M+ enriched profiles on the top tier, post and profile analytics
- Catch: it uses cookie-based auth rather than the official API, the AI features cost well above the headline price, and it is LinkedIn only
Zoho Social
- Price: Standard starts around $10 to $15/month depending on billing
- Features: post scheduling and publishing calendar, basic analytics and engagement monitoring, team collaboration and approval roles, tight integration with Zoho CRM and the wider Zoho suite
- Catch: lighter agency and white-label features, fewer advanced reporting options, and the value is mostly there if you already use Zoho
What we'd actually tell someone
- If you need connection requests and message sequences, start with Linked Helper or Dux-Soup at low volume. Expandi if you want cloud-based and can respect the limits.
- If you have a team, check whether the pricing is per user. Five people on Dripify Basic is $295/month before anyone sends a message.
- If you just need enriched lists, Wiza or Evaboot, and budget for Sales Navigator because both work better with it.
- If the job is publishing, reporting, and client approvals, SocialPilot is $85/month flat for the whole team. Taplio writes better LinkedIn copy but costs more once you add AI credits.
- Most people end up with two tools, one to publish and one to reach out, because almost nothing does both properly.
Curious what people here have actually settled on. If you run more than one of these, which combination stuck?
Source: r/SocialPilot · by /u/_SocialPilot