Best PhantomBuster Alternatives (2026)

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 PhantomBuster if you need lead lists scraped from LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Google Maps and other sites, then sent to your CRM or email tool.

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

In short Follow-up email needs a separate tool, and usage is metered by hours of execution time.

• Follow-up email needs a separate tool. 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.
• Replies stay in each LinkedIn account's own inbox. One inbox across LinkedIn accounts: No. The LinkedIn Inbox Scraper exports one account's threads to a results file.
• The trial and the Free plan cap each results file at 10 rows, and CSV upload as input is paid-only.

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

• 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.

• 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).

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In short Searches a 27M+ company database with no credits to browse, then runs LinkedIn and email in one sequence, with 250 to 1,000 enriched leads a month.

• 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.

• 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.

• La Growth Machine pricing page

In short Runs connection requests, messages, InMail, email and engagement steps in one sequence with if-conditions, and shows replies from every account in a Global Inbox.

• 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.

• 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.

• Expandi pricing page

In short Enriches people and companies from 150+ data and AI providers in tables, charges nothing when an enrichment finds no result, and has a Free plan.

• Every plan, Free included, has unlimited seats and tables, multi-provider waterfalls and the Claygent AI research agent.
• Connects to 150+ data and AI providers, and charges no Actions or Data Credits when an enrichment returns no result.
• You can bring your own data provider and AI keys: those runs skip Data Credits and use 1 Action each.
• Launch adds job change, company news and social listening signals, plus an email sequencer that sends from Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or SMTP accounts.
• Growth syncs with CRMs and data warehouses, calls any HTTP API and receives data through webhooks.

• HTTP API calls, webhooks and CRM integrations start at Growth: $495 a month billed monthly or $446 a month billed annually.
• Billing runs on two meters: Actions reset each cycle and cannot be topped up, and Data Credit top-ups cost a 30% premium.
• The Sequencer is email only, with up to 4 emails per sequence and no LinkedIn, dialer or manual task steps.
• Each webhook source accepts 50,000 submissions; only Enterprise can auto-delete rows so one webhook keeps receiving data.

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In short Runs one campaign across many LinkedIn senders with one shared Unibox and separate client workspaces, priced per sender or in flat bundles of senders.

• Flat bundles for agencies: 25 senders for $999 a month (about $40 per sender), and Unlimited covers up to 300 senders for $2,999 a month.
• Several LinkedIn senders can share one campaign, each with its own daily action limits.
• Unibox puts LinkedIn messages from every sender in one inbox, so teammates can reply for each other without switching accounts.
• You pay only for LinkedIn senders: teammates, VAs and clients get access at no charge.
• Native HubSpot sync logs connections, messages and replies on HubSpot contacts, and every plan has an API, webhooks and an MCP server.

• Email steps run through Instantly, Smartlead or EmailBison, which need their own accounts; HeyReach does not send email itself.
• No built-in contact database: leads come from Sales Navigator or other tools, and email lookups use enrichment credits beyond the one-time allocation.
• Warm-up actions (like post, follow, view profile) are capped at 40 a day per sender, and there is no endorsement step.
• Agency and Unlimited plans run on your own proxies.

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In short Multichannel runs LinkedIn, email, SMS and call steps in one campaign, and every plan lists a lead database, an email and phone finder and warmup.

• 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.

• 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.

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In short Its Lead Finder searches profiles by title, industry, location and company size, with emails and phone numbers when available, so Sales Navigator is optional.

• One sequence can move a lead between LinkedIn, email and X (Twitter) on Business and up.
• Engagement steps cover profile views, follows, up to 5 skill endorsements and likes on up to 5 recent posts.
• Built-in Lead Finder with plain-language AI search returns emails and phone numbers when available, so Sales Navigator is optional.
• On Business and up, campaigns can start from LinkedIn groups, events, post engagers, newsletters, company pages or a CSV file.
• Annual billing takes 40% off, bringing Business to $59 a user a month.

• Individual ($59 a month) is LinkedIn-only: no email steps, Sales Navigator, InMail or CSV campaigns.
• Native HubSpot and Salesforce integrations need Teams, and the HubSpot one exports contact fields (name, company, title, city, industry, LinkedIn URL).
• No A/B variants inside a campaign; the help center suggests duplicating the campaign instead.
• Paid plans come with a no-refund policy.

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In short Mixes 15+ LinkedIn and email actions in one cloud sequence, with 100 email finder credits a month and native HubSpot sync on every plan.

• 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.

• 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.

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In short Ken is first because it is ours. The others can replace PhantomBuster, 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.