LinkedIn automation and outreach
Hands-onDux-Soup
LinkedIn automation that visits profiles, sends connection invites and runs drip campaigns, from a browser extension on the lower plans and from the vendor's cloud on the top one.
The short answer
- Best for
- Recruiters repeating LinkedIn visits, invitations and follow-ups by hand
- Not ideal for
- Anyone who cannot afford to lose the LinkedIn account their desk runs on
- Price
- From USD 14.99 per month. Drip campaigns start on Turbo at USD 55. 14-day trial
- Closest alternative
- WaalaxyBetter when you want multichannel sequences and a more modern interface, with the same platform risk
At a glance
- Recruitment fitFair
- Ease of useFair
- ImplementationStrong
- Price transparencyStrong
- Value for moneyFair
- ScalabilityWeak
Why these assessments
- Recruitment fitFair
- The vocabulary is leads and campaigns and the integrations are CRM systems, but the vendor states compatibility with a Recruiter seat, which is where a recruiter's search already happens.
- Ease of useFair
- From our own use it does the repetitive work as advertised, but the working rule is to run it deliberately rather than at maximum volume, and that judgement sits with you rather than with a setting.
- ImplementationStrong
- A browser extension with a 14-day trial and no credit card. Nothing to integrate before the first campaign runs.
- Price transparencyStrong
- All three individual plans carry monthly and annual prices, and the page states what each tier adds.
- Value for moneyFair
- The cheapest entry point in the category, but Pro carries no drip campaigns, inbox or integrations, so the useful plan is Turbo at nearly four times the price.
- ScalabilityWeak
- Volume is what draws LinkedIn's attention, and LinkedIn's own help pages say accounts using automation risk restriction. The ceiling here is a platform rule, not a plan.
Our reading of the evidence on this page. No score, no formula.
Where it sits
- Discover
- Outreach
- ATS
The SourcrLab bottom line
The cheapest entry point of the mainstream LinkedIn automation tools, and the ladder is about capability and where the work runs rather than about volume. Pro at USD 14.99 does visits, invitations and messages. Drip campaigns, a central inbox and CRM integrations start on Turbo at USD 55. Cloud at USD 99 moves execution off your machine so campaigns continue when your browser is closed. From our own use the caveat is unchanged: run it deliberately rather than at maximum volume, because the account it operates is the one your desk depends on.
Best fit
Repetitive LinkedIn work you already do by hand: visiting profiles, sending invitations with a note, following up. It is compatible with a Recruiter seat, so it can sit next to the sourcing tool you already pay for.
Think twice if
Anyone who cannot afford to lose the LinkedIn account the whole desk runs on. Automation is against LinkedIn's terms, accounts do get restricted, and compatibility with Recruiter is not endorsement by LinkedIn.
Hands-on experience
Pieter Henderyckx's take
Recruiter and founder of SourcrLab
I have used Dux-Soup myself for LinkedIn outreach. Same caveat as every tool in this category: LinkedIn automation is a grey zone and accounts can be restricted, so use it deliberately rather than at maximum volume.
Why choose Dux-Soup?
It costs less than an hour of your time
USD 14.99 a month, or USD 11.25 on an annual commitment, for the entry plan. Whatever you conclude about the category, the price is not the thing that decides it.
It works with a Recruiter seat
The vendor lists compatibility with LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and Recruiter. That matters for a recruiter whose search already happens inside a paid Recruiter licence, and it is what separates this from purely sales-shaped automation. Compatibility is the vendor's statement, and it is not endorsement by LinkedIn.
Campaigns can leave your laptop
Pro and Turbo run on your infrastructure, so nothing happens while the browser is closed. Cloud runs on the vendor's, described as managed and monitored, which is the difference between a campaign that pauses when you shut the lid and one that does not.
The data goes where your process already is
From Turbo the listed integrations include Slack, Salesforce, Pipedrive, HubSpot, Freshsales, SharpSpring, HighLevel, Microsoft Teams, OpenAI and Anthropic, plus Zapier and Make. Those are sales systems rather than recruitment ones, but Zapier and Make are how a lead reaches an ATS that is not on the list.
Main trade-offs
The account you automate is the account you need
LinkedIn's own help pages say it does not permit third-party software, including browser plug-ins or extensions, that scrapes or automates activity on its website, and that members using them risk having their accounts restricted or shut down. From our own use the working rule is to run it deliberately rather than at maximum volume: the downside is not a wasted subscription, it is losing the profile your desk runs on.
Pro is the demo of the idea
Visits, invitations, messages to first-degree connections, tagging and CSV export. Drip campaigns, campaign statistics, the central inbox, lead management and every integration start on Turbo at USD 55, which is where the tool becomes a workflow rather than a macro.
Nothing here is built for recruitment
The vocabulary is leads and campaigns, and the integration list is CRM systems. It is compatible with Recruiter, which is not the same as understanding a hiring process: there are no candidates, no pipelines and no ATS on the list.
It keeps a record of who you visited
The vendor's privacy article states that summaries of LinkedIn profile visits are stored, along with the notes and tags users add, and that user-related data is kept for two years after a subscription ends, with erasure requests handled within 30 days unless legal or contractual retention applies. For candidate data, know that before you start rather than after.
Cloud moves the risk, it does not remove it
Running on the vendor's infrastructure is described as adding security and managed account safety. It also means a third party holds a session against your LinkedIn account around the clock. That is a trade worth making deliberately, in both directions.
Pricing and buying reality
From USD 14.99 per month
- Pro Dux: USD 14.99 per month, or USD 11.25 per month billed annually. Profile visits and tagging, connection invitations, messages, activity logging, CSV export. Runs on your infrastructure
- Turbo Dux: USD 55 per month, or USD 41.25 billed annually. Adds unlimited drip campaigns, campaign statistics, lead management, a central inbox, contact management and integrations. Runs on your infrastructure
- Cloud Dux: USD 99 per month, or USD 74.17 billed annually. Turbo capability running on the vendor's managed and monitored infrastructure, always on
- The vendor states compatibility with LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and Recruiter. A LinkedIn subscription is bought separately
- A 14-day free trial is advertised on the pricing page, with no credit card required
What we do not know
- Daily activity limits, and what the tool does when LinkedIn throttles an account
- Team and agency plan prices, which are listed separately from the individual plans
- Which plan the 14-day trial grants, and whether it starts automatically on installation
- Where cloud execution and stored profile-visit data are located
Checked on the vendor's pricing page, August 2026. Dux-Soup individual pricing page
How it fits your stack
Works with
- LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and Recruiter, per the vendor
- CRM systems including Salesforce, HubSpot and Pipedrive, from the Turbo plan
- Zapier and Make, which is how data reaches an ATS that is not on the list
Likely replaces
- Sending the same connection request by hand fifty times
- A spreadsheet tracking who you already approached
May overlap with
- Waalaxy and Dripify, which sell the same job with the same caveat
- The InMail and messaging allowance inside a Recruiter seat you already pay for
Check before buying
- Whether you can afford to lose the LinkedIn account this will operate
- Whether you need drip campaigns, because that is the Turbo line
- Whether campaigns must run with your browser closed, which is the Cloud line
- Your retention position, given stored profile-visit summaries and two years after cancellation
Dux-Soup vs alternatives
Products a buyer would genuinely put next to this one, with the reason you would pick each instead.
Compare Waalaxy directly: the same grey-zone job with a more modern interface and multichannel sequences.
Consider Dripify if you want cloud execution as the default rather than as the top plan.
Stay inside LinkedIn Recruiter if account safety outweighs volume: it is the expensive answer that carries no platform risk.
Used Dux-Soup?
Tell other recruiters what worked, what did not, and who it suits. Positive, mixed or critical — all useful.
Evidence
- Plan prices, monthly and annual — checked against a primary source: Dux-Soup individual pricing page
- Drip campaigns, central inbox and integrations start on Turbo — checked against a primary source: Dux-Soup individual pricing page
- Pro and Turbo run on your infrastructure, Cloud on the vendor's — checked against a primary source: Dux-Soup individual pricing page
- Named integrations including Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zapier and Make — checked against a primary source: Dux-Soup individual pricing page
- Compatibility with LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and Recruiter — vendor claim, not independently verified: Dux-Soup individual pricing page
- A 14-day free trial with no credit card required — checked against a primary source: Dux-Soup individual pricing page
- LinkedIn prohibits third-party tools that automate activity, and accounts risk restriction — checked against a primary source: LinkedIn help centre on prohibited third-party software and account restrictions
- Profile-visit summaries, notes and tags are stored — checked against a primary source: Dux-Soup privacy article on stored data and retention
- User-related data kept for two years after a subscription ends — checked against a primary source: Dux-Soup privacy article on stored data and retention
- Erasure requests handled within 30 days unless retention is required — checked against a primary source: Dux-Soup privacy article on stored data and retention
- Use in LinkedIn outreach, and the deliberate-volume caveat — first-hand use: Used by Pieter for LinkedIn outreach
- Daily activity limits and throttling behaviour — not enough evidence
- Location of cloud execution and stored data — not enough evidence
- Team and agency plan pricing — not enough evidence
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