Linked Helper is the cheapest serious LinkedIn automation tool: $15 per account per month for a desktop app with 30+ action types, a built-in CRM and an email finder. The trade-offs are that it runs on your own machine and IP, the list is a search you paste in, and the message is a template. Updately is cloud-based with a dedicated IP and starts from signals: it finds who is in market, scores them against your ICP, researches and writes each message and handles replies, from $39 a month.
Linked Helper vs Updately at a glance
| Updately | Linked Helper | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Signal-based outbound: finds, qualifies, writes and sends | Desktop LinkedIn automation app with a built-in CRM |
| Where leads come from | Found for you from buying signals, scored against your ICP | LinkedIn and Sales Navigator searches, CSV |
| Pricing model | $39 / $69 / $99 per month for 1 / 2 / 3 LinkedIn accounts with signals; $19 per account for sending only | $15 Standard or ~$45 Pro per LinkedIn account per month; discounts for longer terms and volume |
| Typical cost, 3 senders | $99 / month with signals (Scale), or $57 sending only | $45 / month on Standard |
| Free trial | 10 days free | 14 days of Pro, no card |
| Best for | Founders and small teams who want pipeline, not a sending tool | Technical solo users who will run a desktop app and build lists by hand |
Feature comparison
| Capability | Updately | Linked Helper |
|---|---|---|
| Finding leads | ||
| Buying-signal lead sourcing (profile viewers, post engagers, job changes, hiring, website visitors) | Yes | No |
| ICP scoring before anyone is messaged | Yes | No |
| Signals outside LinkedIn (Reddit, X, G2, Trustpilot, tech stack) | Yes | No |
| Import from Sales Navigator or CSV | Yes | Yes |
| Contact database and email finder620 data credits a month; Snov.io and Apollo connectors | Partial | Yes |
| Works without a Sales Navigator seat | Yes | Yes |
| Social listening for brand and competitor mentions | Yes | No |
| Messaging | ||
| Per-prospect research before writing (recent posts, company news, 60+ data points) | Yes | No |
| AI writes every message in your voiceTemplates with variables and AI credits | Yes | Partial |
| Connection → follow-up → breakup sequences30+ action types in a visual builder | Yes | Yes |
| Profile view, like or comment before the invite; stale invites withdrawn | Yes | Yes |
| AI reply agent that answers from your playbook, with approvals | Yes | No |
| Unified inboxBuilt-in CRM inbox | Yes | Yes |
| Voice notes and files in a sequence | Yes | Not advertised |
| Channels | ||
| LinkedIn invites and messages | Yes | Yes |
| Email stepsEmail steps run on credits from Starter upwards | Partial | Not advertised |
| SMS, WhatsApp or calls | No | No |
| Account and team | ||
| Cloud-based: runs with your laptop closedDesktop app on your own machine or a VPS you run | Yes | No |
| Dedicated IP and LinkedIn-safe limitsYour own connection | Yes | No |
| Several LinkedIn senders in one workspaceOne licence per account; 10–50% volume discounts | Yes | Yes |
| White label for agencies | No | No |
| Integrations | ||
| HubSpot and Pipedrive syncBuilt-in CRM; external sync via webhooks on Pro | Yes | Partial |
| API and webhooksWebhooks on Pro | Yes | Partial |
| MCP server for AI agents (Claude, Cursor) | Yes | No |
| Slack alerts for replies and new leads | Yes | No |
Pricing
Updately
By connected LinkedIn account; signals included from Starter
- Outreach
- $19 / account / monthSending only, you bring the list
- Starter
- $39 / month1 account, 3 signals
- Growth
- $69 / month2 accounts, 8 signals
- Scale
- $99 / month3 accounts, 15 signals
- Custom
- Talk to us4+ accounts
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Linked Helper
Per LinkedIn account, per month
- Standard
- $15 / account / month$8.25 on a 12-month term
- Pro
- ~$45 / account / monthNo daily caps, history export
- Cloud storage
- Add-onNeeded for team CRM sync
Published list prices, approximate. Verify on Linked Helper's site.
Cost calculator
What would Linked Helper cost your team?
Linked Helper lists at about $15 per seat per month. Updately is $19 per account for sending only, or $39 / $69 / $99 a month for 1 / 2 / 3 accounts with signals finding the leads.
- Linked Helper
- $45 / month
- Updately Outreach sending only, you bring the list
- $57 / month
- Updately with signals Scale, 3 accounts
- $99 / month
- You keep
- $0 / year
Linked Helper Standard lists at $15 per LinkedIn account per month billed monthly, falling to $8.25 on a 12-month term. Pro, which lifts daily caps and adds message-history export, is priced at checkout (about $45 a month on past list prices). Volume discounts of 10–50% apply from 10 licences. The saving compares like for like: Linked Helper sends to lists you bring, so it is set against Updately Outreach. The signals plans add the lead sourcing Linked Helper does not do.
Where Linked Helper fits
Linked Helper is a power tool at a hobby price. A desktop app drives your LinkedIn session through 30+ action types – visits, invites, messages, endorsements, group and event actions – with a built-in CRM, an email finder and workflow templates. For $15 a month it does a great deal.
The design has consequences. It runs on your computer (or a VPS you keep alive), from your IP. The list is whatever search you paste in, and the message is a template.
What teams hit with Linked Helper
- Your machine is the server. Close the laptop and campaigns stop, unless you run a VPS yourself.
- Your IP, your risk. No dedicated IP; activity comes from wherever you are logged in.
- The list is a search URL. No signals, no scoring; everyone in the results gets the sequence.
- Daily caps on Standard. Several advanced actions are capped until you pay for Pro.
- Setup is technical. The visual builder is powerful and takes time to learn.
How to move from Linked Helper to Updately
- 1Connect your LinkedIn account. Updately runs in the cloud on a dedicated IP; nothing to keep running.
- 2Describe your ICP once so leads are scored before anyone is messaged.
- 3Turn on three signals – profile viewers, competitor post engagers, hiring – instead of pasting searches.
- 4Export your Linked Helper CRM as CSV and import it; contacts are scored like signal leads.
- 5Set the reply agent’s playbook and launch.
When Linked Helper is the better choice
- $15 a month is the budget and you are comfortable running a desktop app.
- You need unusual LinkedIn actions – group, event and endorsement automation – that a sales-focused tool does not offer.
- You want a built-in CRM rather than syncing to HubSpot or Pipedrive.
Which should you choose?
| If you are… | Choose |
|---|---|
| Solo, technical, $15 budget | Linked Helper |
| A founder who wants pipeline without building lists | Updately – signals and scoring for $39 |
| Tired of keeping a laptop or VPS awake | Updately – cloud with a dedicated IP, from $19 |
| Messages that read like templates | Updately – research-based, in your voice |
Frequently asked questions
Updated 16 October 2026
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