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13 LinkedIn Prospecting Tools to Try in 2025

Written by Joe Barron | Apr 24, 2025 9:00:00 AM

We asked Cognism’s sales team for their favourite tools for prospecting on LinkedIn.

Here’s a list of the free and paid tools they’ve used in their careers, including feature comparisons and pricing plans. 👇

1. Cognism Browser Extension

Cognism’s Browser Extension provides easy access to verified contact information from LinkedIn profiles and corporate websites.

SDRs use it to generate contact data for LinkedIn Sales Navigator lists and prospect lists from websites.

The Cognism Sales Companion extension integrates seamlessly with CRM systems and sales engagement tools (including Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, and more), allowing users to export data for streamlined workflow management.

It also allows users to enrich CRM accounts and contact-level records.

Want to see the Browser Extension in action? Take an interactive tour below 👇

Features

  • Sales Companion (Web App): Access a vast database of contacts, companies, and buying signals.
  • Sales Companion (Browser Extension): Access company and contact details on LinkedIn and other platforms.
  • Diamond Data®: Phone-verified mobile numbers for B2B contacts.
  • Intent data by Bombora: Identify companies researching topics relevant to your business.
  • Cognism AI Search: Find prospects with ChatGPT-style text or voice prompts.
  • Cognism Enrich: Instant and scheduled CRM enrichment and on-demand CSV enrichment.
  • Seamless integrations with CRMs and sales and marketing tools.
  • International coverage: EMEA, NAM, APAC.
  • Fully GDPR and CCPA-compliant data.
  • Database checked and cleaned against global DNC lists.
  • Fast and friendly support team.
  • Unrestricted access to person and company-level data (subject to fair use policy).

Pricing

  • Cognism offers two packages: Grow and Elevate.

  • Grow offers essential contact and company data for prospecting.

  • Elevate adds advanced intelligence and actionable intent signals.

What Cognism customers say

2. Kaspr

Kaspr is a LinkedIn prospecting tool that helps users directly extract contact information, such as emails and phone numbers, from LinkedIn profiles.

It automates the process of gathering lead data, allowing sales professionals to save time and focus on outreach.

Kaspr also integrates with various CRM and sales engagement platforms for smooth data management.

Features

  • Extracts emails and phone numbers from LinkedIn profiles.
  • Team collaboration and lead management features.
  • Extract prospect data from LinkedIn lists, groups, events, etc.

Pricing

  • Free plan available.
  • Paid plans start at €45 per user per month.
3. LinkedIn Sales Navigator

LinkedIn Sales Navigator is a premium tool designed to help sales professionals build prospect lists on LinkedIn and personalise outreach.

The tool offers advanced search filters and lead recommendations to streamline the prospecting process on LinkedIn. It integrates seamlessly with CRM systems to manage and track sales activities.

Features

  • Advanced lead and company search filters.
  • Real-time buyer interest insights on leads and accounts.
  • CRM integration and lead recommendations.

Pricing

  • Visit LinkedIn’s website to view up-to-date pricing details or request a custom demo.

4. Dripify

Dripify is an advanced LinkedIn automation platform that works on autopilot and can supercharge your prospecting on LinkedIn.

It helps with team onboarding, collaboration, and management in a few clicks. The tool also offers analytics features for more strategic and targeted LinkedIn outreach.

Features

  • Creates drip campaigns with a sequence of actions (i.e. delays, conditions).
  • Smart inbox to manage all conversations.
  • Exports lead data into CSV files.

Pricing

  • Starts at $39 per user per month.

5. Dux-Soup

Dux-Soup is a LinkedIn prospecting tool that helps users automate lead generation and engagement activities.

For example, it allows users to create campaigns that send LinkedIn connection invites, automatically view, follow, and endorse profiles, or send InMails. 

Dux-Soup also works on LinkedIn Recruiter and Sales Navigator.

Features

  • Automated profile views and connection requests.
  • Skill endorsements and message automation.
  • Engagement analytics and campaign statistics.

Pricing

  • Paid pricing plans start at £9.08 per user per month.

6. PhantomBuster

PhantomBuster is another automation tool for prospecting on LinkedIn. It extracts prospect data from LinkedIn and allows users to automate tasks such as sending connection requests and messaging.

The tool is highly customisable and has various automatedPhantoms.”

Features

  • Simple installation on Chrome and Firefox.
  • Customisable automation for various tasks.
  • LinkedIn data extraction and scraping.

Pricing

  • Offers a 14-day free trial.
  • Paid plans start at €56 per user per month.

7. Octopus CRM

Octopus CRM is LinkedIn sales prospecting software designed to automate various actions. It’s a good tool for starting and scaling social marketing and increasing engagement on LinkedIn.

It provides a dashboard for tracking campaign performance and creating personal sales funnels. It’s compatible with all LinkedIn account types.

Features

  • Automated connection requests and messages.
  • Campaign performance tracking dashboard.
  • Integration with other CRM systems.

Pricing

  • Starts at $6.99 per user per month.

8. MeetAlfred

An all-in-one LinkedIn prospecting tool, MeetAlfred scrapes and collects all your LinkedIn connection data, creates multi-channel sequences, and supports your social selling campaigns.

It also has features for team management and outreach sequence automation. Additionally, it sends personalised messages via Email and Twitter.

Features

  • Customisable templates and follow-up sequences.
  • Single CRM interface.
  • Tracks the latest prospects’ actions.

Pricing

  • Free version available.
  • Paid pricing plans start at $29 per user per month.

9. Lempod

If you’re looking for a solution to increase LinkedIn post views and engagement, try Lempod. It creates groups of people in your network, called ‘pods’, who like, comment, and share your posts, boosting their visibility.

The software helps recruiters, marketers, and influencers build relationships with target prospects.

Features

  • Views and comments tracking.
  • Choice of 100+ communities (“pods”).
  • Filter pods by location and industry.

Pricing

  • Starts at $9.99 per pod.

10. Hunter

Hunter.io no longer integrates with LinkedIn, as LinkedIn’s Terms of Use prohibit it.

However, sales reps use the tool to verify LinkedIn prospects’ email addresses. Hunter’s Email Finder allows users to search for contacts and buy email lists by industry, domain and name. 

Features

  • Email lookup and verification.
  • Domain search for company contacts.
  • CRM and outreach apps integration.

Pricing

  • Free plan available.
  • Paid plans start at £28 per user per month.

11. Salesloft

Salesloft is a sales engagement platform partnered with LinkedIn Sales Navigator. It allows its customers to view and take action on LinkedIn Sales Navigator data directly from the Salesloft platform.

The integration automates LinkedIn prospecting by adding Sales Nav steps into the Salesloft cadence workflow. This allows sales teams to target the right prospects, understand key insights, and better personalise their outreach.

Features

  • Multi-channel outreach (email, calls, social).
  • Automation and personalisation of sales cadences.
  • Detailed analytics and reporting.

Pricing

  • Visit Salesloft’s website to request a demo and get a quote.

12. LeadFuze

LeadFuze is a LinkedIn plugin. It automates lead generation by finding LinkedIn prospects’ email addresses and contact details.

It integrates with LinkedIn Sales Navigator to enhance the sales prospecting process. LeadFuze also offers AI-powered lead scoring to prioritise the best leads.

Features

  • Automated lead generation and contact info discovery.
  • Integration with LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
  • AI-powered lead scoring.

Pricing

  • Visit LeadFuze’s website to request a data license.

13. AeroLeads

AeroLeads is a prospecting and lead generation tool that helps users find verified email addresses and phone numbers on LinkedIn. It allows users to export leads to their CRM or email marketing software.

You can segment lists by job title, for example, CSO email lists. It also provides a browser plugin for easy data extraction.

Features

  • Email and phone number lookup.
  • Direct export to CRM and email tools.
  • Browser plugin for data extraction.

Pricing

  • Free trial available.
  • Paid pricing plans start at $39 per user per month.