PhantomBuster
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you run outbound sales or recruiting at volume and accept LinkedIn automation risk and usage caps.
Comparison
PhantomBuster vs Linked Helper
PhantomBuster and Linked Helper both land on Depends.
Linked Helper
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if you're a solo rep, freelancer, or recruiter running LinkedIn-only outreach on a budget.
| Compare | PhantomBuster | Linked Helper |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Outbound sales teams | Solo SDRs and freelancers |
| Who it's not for | Small teams that just need a contact list | Teams needing email + LinkedIn multichannel sequences |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁹ | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | No support evidence found | No support-quality evidence in sources |
| Public sentiment | Reviewers generally say it delivers on its automation promises but chafe at usage limits and question long-term LinkedIn safety. | Users on G2 and Trustpilot consistently praise time-saving automation and price; criticisms center on desktop resource use and restriction anxiety. |
| Biggest gotcha | Execution-time limits (users report 2-hour caps) throttle monthly scraping volume⁴ | Account restriction risk is real; competitor review calls extension-style tools account-risky |
Pick PhantomBuster when
- Outbound sales teams
- Recruiters sourcing at scale
- Lead-gen agencies
- Growth marketers scraping multiple platforms
When PhantomBuster is not a fit
- Small teams that just need a contact list
- Anyone who cannot risk a LinkedIn suspension
- Buyers wanting licensed, fully compliant contact data
- Non-technical teams with no time to tune automations
Pick Linked Helper when
- Solo SDRs and freelancers
- Recruiters sourcing candidates
- LinkedIn-only outbound teams
- Budget-conscious lead gen
When Linked Helper is not a fit
- Teams needing email + LinkedIn multichannel sequences
- Risk-averse users who can't lose their LinkedIn account
- Buyers wanting cloud-only, zero-desktop setups
- Light networkers sending a few messages weekly . overkill
Sources
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- PhantomBuster Trustpilot reviewstrustpilot.comreview
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- PhantomBuster on Capterracapterra.comreview
- PhantomBuster product security pagephantombuster.comofficial
- PhantomBuster 2FA support articlesupport.phantombuster.comofficial
- Because Startup customer storyphantombuster.comofficial
- PhantomBuster $10M ARR milestoneoneragtime.comnews
- PhantomBuster funding historygetlatka.comnews
- Linked Helper homepagelinkedhelper.comofficial
- Linked Helper pricinglinkedhelper.comofficial
- Linked Helper safety kitlinkedhelper.comofficial