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Best HeyReach Alternatives (2026)

Ken (our product) is the top HeyReach alternative for LinkedIn and email steps in one campaign. Next: Expandi for agencies that want white label and InMail, then La Growth Machine for teams that run LinkedIn and email together.

Ken is our product. We list it first, and every fact about other tools comes from their public pages on the date shown.

Should You Switch From HeyReach to Ken?

In short Ken's view: switch if you want LinkedIn and email steps in one campaign, with replies from both in one inbox; stay on HeyReach if you run LinkedIn outreach for many clients and want flat pricing per bundle of senders, separate workspaces and whitelabel.

Ken or HeyReach?

Ken's view: Ken sends email and LinkedIn steps from one sequence, where a reply on either channel stops the other, and includes a database of 250M people and 24M companies; LinkedIn costs 1,500 credits ($30) a month per account on Platform ($200 a month). HeyReach has post likes and follows that Ken lacks today, and its 50-sender Agency bundle costs less than 50 LinkedIn accounts on Ken.

Pick Ken if

  • you want LinkedIn and email steps in one campaign, with replies from both in one inbox
  • you want leads from 250M people and 24M companies instead of building every list yourself
  • you want unlimited seats and workspaces: Platform is $200/month, and each LinkedIn account is 1,500 credits ($30) a month

Pick HeyReach if

  • you run LinkedIn outreach for many clients and want flat pricing per bundle of senders, separate workspaces and whitelabel
  • you already send cold email from Instantly or Smartlead and want LinkedIn steps that pass leads back and forth
  • you want several LinkedIn accounts on one campaign with one shared inbox

Top Alternatives at a Glance

In short Ken plus 7 tools that can replace HeyReach, ranked. Ken is first because it is ours.

HeyReach alternatives compared
ToolBest forStarting priceFree plan
Ken(ours)Teams that run LinkedIn and email in one sequenceFree, then Platform $200/month, or $160/month billed annuallyYes - 1,000 credits once, no card
Key differenceLinkedIn accounts at 1,500 credits ($30) a month each, in the same campaign as email
ExpandiAgencies that want white label and InMailFrom $99 per seat a month, or $79 billed annually (Business)No - 7-day trial with all features
Key differenceSends LinkedIn, InMail and email steps from one sequence, with endorsements, a Global Inbox across accounts and white label on the Agency plan
La Growth MachineTeams that run LinkedIn and email togetherFrom $70 per seat a month, or $60 billed annually (Basic)No - 14-day trial, no card, 1 identity
Key differenceSends LinkedIn and email from one sequence on every plan, with a 27M+ company database and a separate workspace per client
lemlistTeams that want one tool for every channelFrom $69 a month, or $55 billed annually (Email)No - 14-day free trial of Multichannel features, 200 free credits
Key differenceMultichannel sends LinkedIn, email, SMS and call steps from one campaign with a unified inbox, so you need no separate cold email account
Reply.ioAgencies that want email and LinkedIn per clientFrom $59 per seat a month, or $49 billed annually (Email Volume)No - 14-day free trial
Key differenceAgency Core gives client workspaces, unlimited clients, users and mailboxes, and one inbox for email and LinkedIn, at $210 a month billed annually
SalesforgeTeams that want unlimited LinkedIn senders and mailboxesFrom $48 a month, or $40 billed annually (Pro)No - 14-day free trial, 50 contacts and 100 emails
Key differenceGrowth sends cold email and LinkedIn steps in the same sequences, with unlimited users, LinkedIn senders, mailboxes and workspaces for $96 a month
PhantomBusterAgencies that scrape leads for many clientsFrom $69 a month, or $56 billed annually (Start)Yes - 14-day trial, no card, then a Free plan with 30 minutes of execution time a month and 1 slot
Key differenceCharges one price per workspace with up to 100 LinkedIn accounts, and scrapes leads from LinkedIn, Google Maps and other sites with email credits included
DripifySellers who want email steps and endorsementsFrom $79 per seat a month, or $59 billed annually (Pro)No - Trial: 7 days, no card, with Advanced plan features
Key differenceMixes 15+ LinkedIn and email actions in one sequence, including endorsements and InMail, sending email from your connected Gmail or Outlook account

Starting price is the lowest published paid plan or credit pack on each vendor's pricing page, checked Oct 17, 2026. Ken's prices come from Ken's pricing page.

Why Do Teams Look for HeyReach Alternatives?

In short Email steps need a separate cold email tool, and you source every lead list in other tools.

  • Email steps need a separate cold email tool. Email steps run through Instantly, Smartlead or EmailBison, which need their own accounts; HeyReach does not send email itself.
  • You source every lead list in other tools. No built-in contact database: leads come from Sales Navigator or other tools, and email lookups use enrichment credits beyond the one-time allocation.
  • Message copy relies on outside AI tools. AI-written messages: Partial. AI voice notes (beta) turn your text into audio in the sender's cloned voice; AI-written lines come from integrations such as SmartReach.
  • Engagement steps are capped, with no endorsements. Warm-up actions (like post, follow, view profile) are capped at 40 a day per sender, and there is no endorsement step.
  • Growth includes a dedicated residential proxy per sender; Agency and Unlimited run on your own proxies, and HeyReach offers a custom option if you have none.

1. Ken

In short LinkedIn accounts at 1,500 credits ($30) a month each, in the same campaign as email.

Campaigns finds and qualifies leads, writes personalized email and LinkedIn sequences, and sends them from your outbound inboxes.

Best for: teams that run LinkedIn and email in one sequence.

Strengths:

  • One campaign can mix email and LinkedIn steps.
  • Every reply from email and LinkedIn campaigns lands in one inbox.
  • Search 250M people and 24M companies.
  • Search is free; you pay only for valid emails found, 1 credit ($0.02) each.
  • Platform is $200/month for unlimited seats and workspaces, with 200,000 sends and 5,000 credits a month.

Limits:

  • On Free, every send costs credits: 25 credits per 1,000.
  • LinkedIn steps need a connected LinkedIn account at 1,500 credits ($30) a month.
  • Post likes, follows and endorsements: No (LinkedIn steps are profile visits, connection requests, messages and InMail).

Price: Free plan: 1,000 credits once, no card. Platform: $200/month, $180/month billed quarterly or $160/month billed annually, with 200,000 sends and 5,000 credits a month and unlimited seats and workspaces. 1 credit = $0.02. Campaigns: included on every plan; about 1.45 credits ($0.03) per finished lead. Checked Oct 17, 2026.

2. Expandi

In short Sends LinkedIn, InMail and email steps from one sequence, with endorsements, a Global Inbox across accounts and white label on the Agency plan.

Expandi is a cloud-based LinkedIn automation tool for sales teams, recruiters and agencies that runs LinkedIn, InMail and email steps in one conditional sequence, sold as one plan per LinkedIn account.

Best for: agencies that want white label and InMail.

Strengths:

  • One plan with every feature: $99 per LinkedIn account a month, or $79 billed annually.
  • Sequences mix connection requests, messages, InMail, email, post likes, follows and skill endorsements, branching on 9 if-conditions.
  • A Global Inbox shows replies from every LinkedIn account in a workspace, with custom roles and 100+ permission settings.
  • Native HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive sync that logs connection requests, messages and replies.
  • Each account gets a dedicated country-based IP address and profile auto warm-up.

Limits:

  • No built-in contact database: leads come from LinkedIn searches, Sales Navigator, Recruiter, post engagers, events, groups or CSV.
  • AI message generation is English only and capped per LinkedIn account at 15 credits a day for campaign steps and 20 for replies.
  • Personalized images and GIFs need a separate Hyperise subscription, and video needs Sendspark.
  • Every seat is billed whether or not a LinkedIn account is connected to it.

Starting price: From $99 per seat a month, or $79 billed annually (Business). 7-day trial with all features. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on Expandi's pricing page.

3. La Growth Machine

In short Sends LinkedIn and email from one sequence on every plan, with a 27M+ company database and a separate workspace per client.

La Growth Machine (LGM) is a multichannel prospecting tool for sales teams, founders and lead gen agencies that runs LinkedIn, email and X steps in one sequence, with a built-in company database and lead enrichment.

Best for: teams that run LinkedIn and email together.

Strengths:

  • Built-in LGM Database of 27M+ companies with semantic and lookalike search; browsing needs no credits, and plans include 250 to 1,000 enriched leads a month.
  • LinkedIn and email steps in one sequence on every plan, with AI-generated LinkedIn voice messages; X steps on Ultimate.
  • Reply Agent on Pro and Ultimate follows up on vague or hesitant LinkedIn replies from an approved playbook and hands interested leads back to a person.
  • Inbox rotation with up to 5 sending emails per identity on Pro and 10 on Ultimate.
  • Separate workspaces per client on every paid plan, each with its own identities, CRM connection and data.

Limits:

  • Native HubSpot and Pipedrive sync needs Ultimate, at $195 per identity a month or $165 billed annually; other CRMs go through Zapier.
  • Basic caps at 3 identities and 1 sending email per identity, and Pro allows up to 6 active campaigns.
  • No InMail action: LinkedIn steps are visits, invitations, messages, voice messages, post likes and follows.
  • Each extra client workspace needs its own subscription, with no trial.

Starting price: From $70 per seat a month, or $60 billed annually (Basic). 14-day trial, no card, 1 identity. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on La Growth Machine's pricing page.

4. lemlist

In short Multichannel sends LinkedIn, email, SMS and call steps from one campaign with a unified inbox, so you need no separate cold email account.

lemlist is a cold outreach platform with a built-in lead database, warmup and email, LinkedIn, SMS and call steps, used by sales and growth teams.

Best for: teams that want one tool for every channel.

Strengths:

  • The Email plan has unlimited users, email senders and contacts for one volume-based price, starting at $69 a month.
  • A lead database, an email and phone finder, warmup and a Deliverability Hub are listed on every plan.
  • The Multichannel plan adds LinkedIn automation, SMS steps and a built-in call dialer to the same campaigns.
  • HubSpot and Salesforce are listed as 2-way syncs, with Pipedrive, Attio and Close also on the integrations page.

Limits:

  • LinkedIn steps, SMS and the unified inbox are on the Multichannel plan only, at $109 a user a month on monthly billing, and each SMS also costs 6 credits plus a $15-a-month phone number.
  • The pricing page lists no included credits on Email or Multichannel. The lead data add-on is $20 a month for 2,000 credits.
  • The Email plan caps sending at 50,000 emails a month at the entry tier. 1,000,000 emails a month is $659.
  • Multichannel allows 5 senders per user, so inbox count grows with seats.

Starting price: From $69 a month, or $55 billed annually (Email). 14-day free trial of Multichannel features, 200 free credits. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on lemlist's pricing page.

5. Reply.io

In short Agency Core gives client workspaces, unlimited clients, users and mailboxes, and one inbox for email and LinkedIn, at $210 a month billed annually.

Sales engagement platform for sales teams and agencies that runs email, LinkedIn, call and SMS sequences, with an AI SDR product called Jason.

Best for: agencies that want email and LinkedIn per client.

Strengths:

  • Multichannel puts email, LinkedIn, calls, SMS and semi-automated WhatsApp steps in one sequence for $99 per user a month ($89 on annual billing).
  • Email Volume allows unlimited mailboxes, with warmup on each, and unlimited emails to active contacts.
  • From 10,000 active contacts a month, Email Volume covers unlimited users at one price, $179 a month ($159 on annual billing).
  • Native CRM sync with Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Copper and Close covers contacts, accounts, calls, tasks and activities.
  • Jason AI SDR finds prospects, writes messages and handles replies, from $500 a month on annual billing.

Limits:

  • Below 10,000 active contacts a month, Email Volume is priced per user, from $59 a user a month.
  • On Email Volume, LinkedIn costs $69 a month per account and calls and SMS cost $29 a month per user.
  • Multichannel includes 5 mailboxes on monthly billing (10 on annual), and each extra mailbox is $29 a month.
  • Live data is metered: plans include 50 credits a month, and more starts at $39 a month for 200 credits.

Starting price: From $59 per seat a month, or $49 billed annually (Email Volume). 14-day free trial. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on Reply.io's pricing page.

6. Salesforge

In short Growth sends cold email and LinkedIn steps in the same sequences, with unlimited users, LinkedIn senders, mailboxes and workspaces for $96 a month.

Salesforge is an AI cold email and LinkedIn sequencing tool from the Forge product family, used by outbound teams and agencies.

Best for: teams that want unlimited LinkedIn senders and mailboxes.

Strengths:

  • Both plans include unlimited mailboxes, unlimited workspaces and Warmforge warmup, starting at $48 a month.
  • LinkedIn steps run in the same sequences, with 1 LinkedIn sender on Pro and unlimited on Growth.
  • Primebox gives one inbox for replies, with sentiment analysis, smart mailbox rotation and dynamic IPs on both plans.
  • Growth has unlimited users, A/B testing, an API, MCP and CLI, and CRM integrations.

Limits:

  • Pro is capped at 1 user, 1,000 active contacts and 5,000 emails a month, and has no A/B testing, API or integrations.
  • Validation, personalization and social actions each draw on a monthly credit allowance, 300 each on Pro, and only Growth can buy more in the app.
  • Lead data is a separate product: Leadsforge starts at $49 a month for 2,000 credits.
  • Mailboxes and domains are separate products: Mailforge starts at $3 a mailbox a month with a 10-slot minimum.

Starting price: From $48 a month, or $40 billed annually (Pro). 14-day free trial, 50 contacts and 100 emails. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on Salesforge's pricing page.

7. PhantomBuster

In short Charges one price per workspace with up to 100 LinkedIn accounts, and scrapes leads from LinkedIn, Google Maps and other sites with email credits included.

PhantomBuster is a cloud automation platform whose Phantoms and Workflows extract leads from LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and other sites, find their emails and send LinkedIn outreach, priced by execution time, slots and credits per workspace.

Best for: agencies that scrape leads for many clients.

Strengths:

  • Extracts leads from LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Google Maps, Instagram, X, Facebook, Reddit, GitHub, YouTube, Slack and Yellow Pages, not only LinkedIn.
  • No per-seat or per-sender fee: every plan allows up to 100 members and 100 connected LinkedIn accounts per workspace.
  • Email discovery is included: 500 to 10,000 email credits a month on paid plans.
  • Covers LinkedIn engagement with Phantoms for post likes, follows and skill endorsements, next to connection requests with up to 3 follow-ups.
  • API access on every plan, plus an MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT.

Limits:

  • Sends no email: email follow-up runs in another tool fed with PhantomBuster's lead lists.
  • Usage is metered: Start includes 20 hours of execution time a month and 5 slots, and the LinkedIn Outreach Workflow alone takes 2 slots.
  • The LinkedIn Outreach report counts replies to the first message only, and accepted invites are checked twice a day, so follow-ups wait for that check.
  • The trial and the Free plan cap each results file at 10 rows, and CSV upload as input is paid-only.

Starting price: From $69 a month, or $56 billed annually (Start). 14-day trial, no card, then a Free plan with 30 minutes of execution time a month and 1 slot. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on PhantomBuster's pricing page.

8. Dripify

In short Mixes 15+ LinkedIn and email actions in one sequence, including endorsements and InMail, sending email from your connected Gmail or Outlook account.

Dripify is a cloud-based LinkedIn automation tool that runs LinkedIn and email steps in one sequence, sold per seat to individual sellers and sales teams, with one LinkedIn account per seat.

Best for: sellers who want email steps and endorsements.

Strengths:

  • One sequence mixes 15+ LinkedIn and email actions and conditions: connection requests, messages, Sales Navigator InMail, email, profile views, follows, post likes and endorsements.
  • Default daily caps per account: 75 connection requests, 100+ messages, 30 InMails, 200+ profile views and 50+ likes, follows and endorsements.
  • Campaigns run in the cloud from a dedicated IP in your location, with randomized timing inside the working hours you set.
  • A/B testing (beta, Advanced) splits leads across up to 3 variants on message, invite, email and InMail steps, with stats per variant.
  • Native HubSpot integration, an Open API and an MCP server on Pro and Advanced.

Limits:

  • Email steps send only from a connected Gmail or Outlook account.
  • Replies to Sales Navigator InMails are not tracked in Dripify yet, and a sequence ends after an InMail step.
  • The only native CRM is HubSpot, and it syncs one way; other CRMs need Zapier, Make or webhooks.
  • Team management, A/B testing and evergreen leads need Advanced, $99 a seat a month or $79 billed annually.

Starting price: From $79 per seat a month, or $59 billed annually (Pro). Trial: 7 days, no card, with Advanced plan features. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on Dripify's pricing page.

How Did We Pick and Rank These Tools?

In short Ken is first because it is ours. The others can replace HeyReach, ranked in Ken's view on the criteria below, with facts from each vendor's public pages on the dates shown.

  • Account safety: daily caps per LinkedIn account and how actions are paced.
  • Price per LinkedIn account, and whether extra seats or workspaces cost more.
  • Email steps in the same sequence, with one stop rule when someone replies.
  • One inbox for replies across every connected account.
  • Where the leads come from: your own list, Sales Navigator or a built-in database.
  • Facts come from each vendor's public pages on the dates shown in Sources.
  • We did not test these tools hands-on, and we do not copy third-party ratings.

FAQ

What is the best HeyReach alternative?

Ken (our product) is the top HeyReach alternative for LinkedIn and email steps in one campaign. Next: Expandi for agencies that want white label and InMail, then La Growth Machine for teams that run LinkedIn and email together.

What is the best free HeyReach alternative?

Ken's Free plan gives 1,000 credits once, no card. Of the others, PhantomBuster moves to a Free plan with 30 minutes of execution time a month after its 14-day trial. La Growth Machine, lemlist, Reply.io and Salesforge offer 14-day trials, and Expandi and Dripify 7-day trials.

Is there a cheaper alternative to HeyReach?

HeyReach Growth is $79 per sender a month, or $63 billed annually, and the Agency bundle brings 25 senders to $999 a month. Salesforge Growth is $96 a month, or $80 billed annually, with unlimited users and LinkedIn senders, though social actions draw on 1,000 credits a month. For comparison, Ken's Platform plan is $200/month ($160/month billed annually) for unlimited seats. Campaigns: included on every plan; about 1.45 credits ($0.03) per finished lead.

Which HeyReach alternatives send email themselves?

La Growth Machine, Expandi, Dripify and Salesforge send email steps in the same sequence as LinkedIn, and lemlist and Reply.io combine both channels on their Multichannel plans. PhantomBuster, like HeyReach, sends no email.

Is PhantomBuster an alternative to HeyReach?

Partly. PhantomBuster has no per-sender fee, with up to 100 LinkedIn accounts per workspace, and it scrapes leads from LinkedIn and other sites. Its LinkedIn Outreach takes one connection note and up to 3 follow-ups with no A/B variants, and it sends no email.

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Ken pricing
HeyReach pricing page
HeyReach help: plans and pricing
HeyReach help: what can be automated in a sequence
HeyReach help: launch your first campaign
HeyReach help: AI voice notes
HeyReach help: enrichment credits
HeyReach help: Instantly integration
HeyReach home page
HeyReach integrations page
HeyReach for agencies page
HeyReach multichannel page
Expandi pricing page
Expandi FAQ
Expandi lead generation page
Expandi Smart Campaigns page
Expandi personalization page
Expandi Workspaces page
Expandi integrations page
Expandi help: manage subscriptions and seats
Expandi help: AI Analyzer
Expandi help: A/B testing
Expandi help: Global Inbox
Expandi help: CRM integrations
La Growth Machine pricing page
LGM Database feature page
LGM help: How to use LGM Database?
LGM help: What LinkedIn actions are available in campaigns?
LGM help: A/B testing
LGM help: How do workspaces work?
LGM help: Reply Agent
LGM help: Magic Messages
lemlist pricing page
lemlist help center: plans guide
lemlist integrations
lemlist SMS campaigns
Reply.io pricing page
Reply.io pricing data export (every tier and billing period)
Reply.io appointment booking with Reply Calendar
Salesforge pricing page
Salesforge integrations
Mailforge pricing page
Infraforge pricing page
Warmforge pricing page
Leadsforge pricing page
PhantomBuster pricing page
PhantomBuster help: what each plan includes
PhantomBuster help: what PhantomBuster is
PhantomBuster help: LinkedIn Outreach
PhantomBuster help: tracking outreach performance
PhantomBuster help: InMail required error
PhantomBuster help: LinkedIn Auto Liker
PhantomBuster help: LinkedIn Auto Follow
PhantomBuster help: LinkedIn Auto Endorser
PhantomBuster help: LinkedIn Inbox Scraper
PhantomBuster help: LinkedIn Leads page
PhantomBuster help: AI LinkedIn Message Writer
PhantomBuster help: CRM integrations
PhantomBuster help: subscriptions across workspaces
PhantomBuster help: MCP server
PhantomBuster blog: email outreach
Dripify pricing page
Dripify features page
Dripify drip campaigns page
Dripify LinkedIn lead generation page
Dripify cold email page
Dripify inbox page
Dripify team management page
Dripify integrations page
Dripify help: A/B testing (beta)
Dripify help: improve your messages with AI
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