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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LinkedIn Sales Navigator

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ALinkedIn Sales Navigator is a sales intelligence software solution offered by LinkedIn.

    $79.99

    per month

    Reply

    Score7.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Reply.io helps sales teams book more meetings by automating outreach with smart AI. It finds leads, writes personalized messages, handles replies, and books meetings, so you can focus on closing deals. Reply.io's AI SDR learns the product, targets its potential users, and engages across email, LinkedIn, SMS, WhatsApp, and calls. Additionally it: Handles replies, books meetings, and works in multiple languages Has access to 1B+ leads with…

    $59

    per month per user (1000 active contacts/month)

    Pricing
    LinkedIn Sales NavigatorReply
    Editions & Modules
    Professional
    $79.99
    per month
    Team
    $134.99
    per license
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    AI Chat
    $50
    per month
    Email Volume
    $59
    per month per user
    Multichannel
    $99
    per month per user
    Agency
    $166 (starts at)
    per month (billed annually) per account
    AI SDR Starter
    starting with $800
    per month 1000 active contacts
    AI SDR Growth
    Starts from $2500
    per month 5000 active contacts
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LinkedIn Sales NavigatorReply
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    LinkedIn Sales NavigatorReply
    Considered Both Products
    LinkedIn
    No answer on this topic
    Reply
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    68 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    56 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    66 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    49 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    47 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    LinkedIn Sales NavigatorReply
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Reply
    Feature
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator
    7.7
    182 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Reply
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    Ratings
    Advanced search9.6182 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identification of new leads9.5180 Ratings00 Ratings
    List quality8.2176 Ratings00 Ratings
    List upload/download4.3121 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting8.2175 Ratings00 Ratings
    Load time/data access6.3162 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Reply
    Feature
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator
    8.3
    180 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Reply
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    Ratings
    Contact information7.9159 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company information8.4180 Ratings00 Ratings
    Industry information8.6175 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Reply
    Feature
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator
    8.2
    177 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Reply
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    Ratings
    Lead qualification process8.3136 Ratings00 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations7.6159 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salesforce integration8.3130 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company/business profiles8.6173 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders8.2154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data hygiene7.9155 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh6.9135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tags8.8129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation9.0163 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Reply
    Feature
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator
    6.6
    79 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Reply
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    Ratings
    Sales email templates6.972 Ratings00 Ratings
    Append emails to records6.467 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    LinkedIn Sales NavigatorReply
    Small Businesses
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    HubSpot Sales Hub
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Mixmax
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail (discontinued)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Groove (legacy product)
    Score7.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LinkedIn Sales NavigatorReply
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (184 ratings)
    6.3
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    5.6
    (12 ratings)
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LinkedIn Sales NavigatorReply
    Likelihood to Recommend
    LinkedIn
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator is hands down the best tool for identifying targeted contacts or leads. You can drill down on a company and look at its entire workforce, or search by the exact title that is your key target. The information is up to date, as people tend to keep their LinkedIn profiles current. In terms of other marketing functions LI Sales Navigator is extremely limited. BUT if you are looking to identify contacts for prospecting purposes, then this tool is what you need.
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    Reply
    Reply works best for structured outbound to a defined ICP, where reps personalize the opener, then let multi-step cadences run across email, calls, and LinkedIn with reply detection and CRM sync. It excels for time-sensitive triggers, event follow ups, closed-lost recycling, and A/B testing to standardize winning copy. It is less suited to bespoke enterprise pursuits that need deep research or legal signoff on every touch, or to untargeted high-volume blasts. In those cases, keep Reply for light structure and handle core outreach manually.
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    Pros
    LinkedIn
    • Search Functionality: LinkedIn Sales Navigator has one of the most powerful search functions. The filters are not unnecessary and some are very well thought of. You can drill down to finding a needle in a haystack of 20000 employee company when it comes to using LinkedIn Sales Navigator if done in the right manner.
    • Smart Links: Gone are the days of attached Decks. One can simply create their deck online using this feature on LinkedIn Sales Navigator, or even upload an existing ppt. A smart link is shareable as well as trackable for opens and clicks.
    • Fewer Clicks: With a single click, I can filter out decision-makers in any company. With a single click, I can import contacts from LinkedIn Sales Navigator to Salesforce. Lesser clicks are actually less stressful if you think.
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    Reply
    • To automatically sync our data, and keep records up to date, it offers a variety of native CRM connections, seamless integration with other tools, a robust API, and the power of Zapier.
    • I'm impressed by it, because it includes all of the capabilities I needed, as well as multivariate testing and, most significantly, an excellent reporting system.
    • It offers an extensive set of features for efficient outbound and inbound marketing automation.
    • With reporting and lead qualifying, the automation component is pretty powerful.
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    Cons
    LinkedIn
    • Inbox needs work - too much confusion around your LinkedIn inbox and Sales Nav inbox
    • Sorting - need a better, faster way to sort by for prospect lists and account lists
    • Only voluntarily shared information. No cross checking or using API’s like a ZoomInfo
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    Reply
    • Syncing to other programs. You cannot interrelate Reply with other software in a simple way. Zapier is required and even then it’s not perfect.
    • Similar to syncing, there’s no way to export results of particular campaigns. This is awful. If I send out a campaign to a group, I’d like to export the results to enter into a CRM since I can’t sync the contacts. One of these features must be added ASAP.
    • Organization. While Reply itself is user-friendly, keeping campaigns and contacts and results organized is not. You cannot organize campaigns or file them away when they are done. Therefore you have to delete campaigns to stay organized and lose results, which you cannot even export.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    LinkedIn
    This question is a no-brainer. The tool is the industry standard for anyone tied to sales and marketing. The name "LinkedIn Sales Navigator" is synonymous with streamlining relevant customer and account data in an easy to use format that is actionable and intelligent. The focus on continuous improvement and richer means of communicating with customers and prospects is evident each time new features are rolled out. The social component of the tool even includes a gamification component to ensure that peers remain relevant among each other, which is refreshing and enjoyable for those who engage the tool on a daily basis.
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    Reply
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    Usability
    LinkedIn
    Overall, it's very user-friendly. It's hard for a tool to make sorting through loads of data easy, but Sales Nav does this very well. Its advanced search features enable us to be selective in finding the right people to talk to and connect with.
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    Reply
    Reply’s overall usability is strong. The interface is intuitive, and most features are easy to navigate without much training. Creating and managing sequences is straightforward, and the automation flow saves a lot of manual effort. Occasionally, the dashboard can feel a bit cluttered, and reporting could be more flexible. But overall, it’s a user-friendly tool that allows teams to get started quickly and operate efficiently day to day
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    Support Rating
    LinkedIn
    I would recommend LinkedIn Sales Navigator entirely. It has been the most user-friendly tool to use starting off in a sales role. I genuinely enjoy the navigation of the tool and how easy it is to save lists and see job changes within those lists. Generating leads and finding the most up to date information on prospects is all housed within this tool.
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    Reply
    I generally receive a reply in no time at all and found not only the support org. but the sales team to be extremely helpful. Additionally I found a great onboarding process with plenty of resources to consume.
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    Implementation Rating
    LinkedIn
    I am unsure of the rollout, as I was not involved. I was an early adopter, and I have had a lot of success with the tool personally at multiple organizations, but I have no idea whether the implementation process encountered any errors. I can personally say that it works, and that I have not encountered significant issues with the tool since adoption, although a few issues like messages showing up as being unread even though they have been opened have been an on-again/off-again issues throughout the past few years. Overall, the company is doing a great job, and our implementation seems to have been effective.
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    Alternatives Considered
    LinkedIn
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator is much more valuable than Dice or Cognism, as we do most of our prospecting on LinkedIn. Therefore, it means we can build lists of our prospects based on activity, connections, and buying intention. With Cognism and Dice, you cannot do this as they do not work alongside the LinkedIn platform and, therefore, lack the functionality that is essential to what we are using the platform for.
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    Reply
    Reply is a very good and widely known platform. I find it to be a lot more sophisticated and composed. I believe this tool works great for both large and small companies, which makes it stand out. There are so many other tools that work great, but they are restricted to the type and size of certain companies. With Mailchimp the email chain automation was not up to the mark and we faced a lot of problems due to it. However, Reply has solved all those issues.
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    Return on Investment
    LinkedIn
    • Helped warm up a few leads that I was having trouble getting in touch with via phone and email
    • Allowed me to better identify the key stakeholders at companies I was targeting
    • Kept me up to date on what was happening with my prospects and their companies.
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    Reply
    • Reply.io has been a lot more effective than MailChimp in terms of the follow-ups for the email chains. We use them to contact the people who said they wanted to do business with us and MailChimp's emails usually went to Promotions on Gmail. With Reply.io, we overcame this problem and the open rate improved 30%.
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    Reply Screenshots

    Screenshot of an overview of Reply's multichannel outreach toolScreenshot of Reply's multichannel cold outreachScreenshot of an overview of Reply's AI PersonalizationScreenshot of the email deliverability kitScreenshot of Reply's B2B databaseScreenshot of the AI SDR Agent