Dux-Soup is one of the oldest LinkedIn automation tools: it visits profiles, sends connection requests, and messages on your behalf, as a browser extension on the Pro tier (from about $15 a month) or an always-on cloud service on Turbo and Cloud (roughly $55 to $99 a month, 2026). Most people shopping for an alternative want one of three things: cloud automation without the price jump, a lower account-risk setup, or just the tracking without any sending at all.
Disclosure up front: Outscore, listed below, is our own product, and it is a tracker rather than an automation tool. That makes it the right pick for one of those three groups and openly the wrong pick for the others.
Dux-Soup alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Type | Sends outreach for you? | Account risk | Pricing (2026) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outscore (our product) | Read-only tracker | No, tracking only | Same as normal browsing | $20 one time |
| Waalaxy | Freemium automation | Yes | Elevated | Free tier, then from about €19/mo |
| Expandi | Cloud automation | Yes | Elevated | Subscription, per seat |
| HeyReach | Agency-scale automation | Yes | Elevated | Subscription |
| Phantombuster | Scripted automation and scraping | Yes | Elevated | Subscription, credit-based |
| LinkedIn plus a spreadsheet | Manual tracking | No | None | Free, costs weekly effort |
The alternatives, briefly
Outscore (ours, $20 one time)
A Chrome extension that keeps the history LinkedIn throws away: it records every connection request as accepted, pending, or declined while you browse, with dates, an accept rate, and CSV export. It never sends or automates anything, so your account activity looks exactly like normal use, and the data stays in your browser. This is the swap for anyone leaving Dux-Soup because of ban worry or because the tracking was the part they used.
Expandi and HeyReach (cloud automation, subscription)
The natural move if you want Dux-Soup's Cloud tier without Dux-Soup. Both send from the cloud, add warm-up pacing and multi-account dashboards, and target agencies. The trade-off is unchanged: they hold your LinkedIn session, which is precisely the automated third-party access LinkedIn prohibits.
Waalaxy (freemium)
A more approachable, freemium automation suite with LinkedIn and email sequences. Good if you want to keep automating on a smaller budget. Covered in depth in our Waalaxy comparison.
Phantombuster (credit-based)
A general automation and scraping platform with LinkedIn scripts, aimed at technical users who want data pipelines rather than a tidy outreach app. Powerful and fiddly, and it shares the same terms-of-service position as the rest.
LinkedIn plus a spreadsheet (free)
The zero-risk baseline. Log each request and reconcile weekly against your Sent tab. Free and private, at the cost of the fifteen to thirty minutes it takes each week and the gaps that appear the moment you skip it.
Choosing by what you actually want
Want cloud automation without the Dux-Soup price ladder? Expandi or HeyReach. Want to keep automating cheaply? Waalaxy. Want to stop worrying about your account, or only ever cared about the reporting? Drop automation and track instead, so you keep the accept rate and the history with none of the sending risk. That is the group Outscore is built for.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best alternative to Dux-Soup?
For cloud automation without running your browser, Expandi and HeyReach are the usual moves. For a cheaper freemium option, Waalaxy. If you are leaving because of ban risk or because you only wanted the tracking, a read-only tracker like Outscore records your accept rate and history without sending anything.
Why do people look for Dux-Soup alternatives?
Three common reasons: the useful features (drip campaigns, cloud sending) sit on the Turbo and Cloud tiers, which run from about $55 to $99 a month; the browser-based version acts from your own session, which some users find risky; and some people realize they wanted the activity tracking, not the automation, and want to drop the account risk.
Is Dux-Soup safe to use?
Dux-Soup automates activity on your LinkedIn account, which the user agreement prohibits, so it carries restriction and ban risk like any automation tool. The browser version performs actions from your own session; the cloud version holds your session on Dux-Soup servers. A tool that only reads pages you already visit avoids this category entirely.
Is there a free Dux-Soup alternative?
Waalaxy has a free automation tier. For tracking rather than sending, LinkedIn's invitation manager plus a spreadsheet is free, and a read-only tracker automates that same job for a one-time cost.