PhantomBuster vs HeyLeads

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Updated October 2026 · Based on PhantomBuster's public website and help center

The short answer

PhantomBuster is a cloud automation and scraping platform with prebuilt 'Phantoms' for LinkedIn and other sites, billed by execution time and credits. PhantomBuster starts lower, at $69 per workspace / month (execution hours and credits, not per LinkedIn account); HeyLeads is $79 per LinkedIn sender.

The difference is everything around the send. HeyLeads builds a campaign from one sentence, sends voice notes in your cloned voice with each lead's name spoken, branches on what a reply actually means (eight intents), rewrites your replies with AI, and pulls both reactors and commenters off any LinkedIn post with its Chrome extension.

PhantomBuster is ahead today on built-in email finder with monthly email credits and InMail sending via Sales Navigator. If those matter most, it is a fine choice. If LinkedIn is your channel and you want AI doing the work around the send, HeyLeads does more.

Side by side

Feature by feature

	PhantomBuster	HeyLeads
Price
Price	✓From $69/mo per workspace for 20 execution hours; usage-based, not priced per LinkedIn sender.	✓$79 per LinkedIn sender / month ($72 quarterly, $64 yearly). $999 for 25 senders, $2,999 unlimited
Finding leads
Leads from a LinkedIn post	✓Separate Phantoms export post likers (up to 3,000 per post) and post commenters.	✓Reactors and commenters, right on the post, filtered by reaction, showing who's already in your lists
Sales Navigator and LinkedIn search	✓Sales Navigator Search Export Phantom, capped at Sales Navigator's 2,500 results per search.	✓Sales Navigator searches and lists, LinkedIn search, event attendees
Imports and integrations	✓CSV or Google Sheet inputs; HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce; Zapier, Make and API.	✓CSV up to 50,000 rows, Clay, RB2B, HubSpot, Zapier, Make, n8n, API
Email enrichment	✓Built-in email finder; plans include 500 to 10,000 email credits a month.	—Not built in (most teams connect Clay)
AI
Build a campaign	Not advertised; an AI Message Writer Phantom drafts per-lead messages using AI credits.	✓Describe it in one sentence; AI drafts every step, wait, branch and A/B variant AI
Voice notes	Not advertised.	✓Clone your own voice; every lead gets a separate note with their name and company spoken AI
Branch on replies	—LinkedIn Outreach sends follow-ups only if there is no reply; no reply-meaning branching advertised.	✓Branch on what the reply means: interested, meeting booked, question, referral, not now, opt-out AI
Reading and writing replies	Not advertised.	✓Replies sorted into eight intents; AI rewrite in five styles AI
Sending and safety
Where it runs	✓Cloud; runs with your computer off. Browser extension grabs the LinkedIn session cookie.	✓Cloud. Runs 24/7 with your computer off
Multiple LinkedIn senders	Each Phantom runs on one LinkedIn session cookie; sender rotation not advertised.	✓Unlimited senders, least-loaded rotation, each lead sticks to one sender
Account limits	✓Published suggested limits and scheduled launches; limits are set per Phantom, not per account.	✓Daily and weekly caps on six actions, warm-up, working hours per time zone, random gaps, escalating cool-off
IP per account	Not advertised.	✓A dedicated, sticky IP per account; never shared
A/B testing	Not advertised.	✓Connection notes, messages and voice scripts
InMail	✓Sales Navigator Message Sender sends InMails using your Sales Navigator credits.	—Coming soon
Email sequences	Not advertised; finds emails but does not run email sequences.	—LinkedIn only; syncs with Smartlead, Instantly and EmailBison
Inbox and agencies
Unified inbox	Not advertised.	✓All accounts in one inbox, plus snoozes, shared drafts, snippets and ⌘K shortcuts
Agency workspaces	Workspace members share one pool of hours and credits; client workspaces not advertised.	✓Client workspaces, Master View, free client viewer seats
White-label	Not advertised.	—Not yet
Developers and AI agents
API and MCP	✓API on all plans plus a hosted MCP server (OAuth, one workspace per connection).	✓REST API, MCP server, CLI, Node and Python SDKs
Webhooks	✓Webhook fires at the end of each Phantom run; unsigned, optional secret in the URL.	✓Signed, with retries and a delivery log

PhantomBuster details come from phantombuster.com and its help pages as of October 2026. Features change; tell us if something here is out of date and we'll fix it.

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Six things PhantomBuster doesn't do.

A campaign from one sentence

"Book demos with RevOps leads at Series A SaaS in the UK." AI builds the steps, waits, branches and variants.

Your cloned voice

Every lead hears their own name and company, in your voice. Nobody records 200 notes.

Branches that read replies

"Talk to Sam, she owns this" becomes a referral. "Try me in March" waits until March.

Rewrite any reply

Five styles in the inbox. Your reply goes out sounding like you on a good day.

Keyboard

⌘K everything

Clear an inbox of 50 replies without touching the mouse: E done, H snooze, Z undo.

Safety

Weekly caps and a dedicated IP

Daily and weekly limits on six actions, a warm-up ramp, working hours per time zone, and an IP no one else uses.

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Bring everything over in an afternoon.

Step 1Bring your leadsPhantom results download as CSV (full exports on paid plans) or via the API, then import the CSV into HeyLeads. Upload it to HeyLeads: up to 50,000 rows, deduplicated by LinkedIn identity.

Step 2Connect your LinkedIn accountsFrom the HeyLeads Chrome extension. Each account gets its own dedicated IP and a warm-up ramp.

Step 3Describe your first campaignAI builds it from a sentence. Point your Zapier, Make or n8n flows at HeyLeads webhooks and you're live.

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PhantomBuster vs HeyLeads: FAQ

Is HeyLeads a good PhantomBuster alternative?

Yes, if LinkedIn is your main channel. HeyLeads finds leads in LinkedIn post engagement and Sales Navigator, sends from unlimited LinkedIn accounts on a cloud platform, and adds AI at every step: campaigns built from a sentence, voice notes in your cloned voice, AI branching on what replies mean, and AI reply rewriting.

How does PhantomBuster pricing compare to HeyLeads?

Start $69/mo ($56/mo yearly, 20 execution hours, 5 slots), Grow $159/mo ($128 yearly, 80h), Scale $439/mo ($352 yearly, 300h); per workspace, not per sender; free plan and 14-day trial. HeyLeads is $79 per LinkedIn sender per month ($72 quarterly, $64 yearly), $999 a month for 25 senders, or $2,999 a month for unlimited senders.

What does PhantomBuster have that HeyLeads doesn't?

Today, built-in email finder with monthly email credits and InMail sending via Sales Navigator. HeyLeads is focused on LinkedIn; for email, it syncs with Smartlead, Instantly and EmailBison, and most teams use Clay for enrichment.

Can I move my leads from PhantomBuster to HeyLeads?

Phantom results download as CSV (full exports on paid plans) or via the API, then import the CSV into HeyLeads. HeyLeads imports CSVs of up to 50,000 rows and deduplicates them by LinkedIn identity.

Which is safer for my LinkedIn accounts?

HeyLeads uses daily and weekly caps on six actions, a warm-up ramp for new accounts, working hours in each account's time zone, random gaps, an escalating cool-off when LinkedIn pushes back, and a dedicated IP per account that is never shared. No tool can promise LinkedIn never notices.

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