LinkedIn Sales Navigator vs. Vainu

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
LinkedIn Sales Navigator is a sales intelligence software solution offered by LinkedIn.
$79.99
per month
Vainu
Score 9.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Traditional sales prospecting is inefficient and tiring. Vainu aims to fix it by transforming disorganized open and big data into insightful leads. Vainu is a sales intelligence, prospecting and account insights platform which aims to help users discover actionable account insights, identify timely prospecting signals, and determine the most valuable sales prospects from a database of +108 million companies enriched with open data. Currently over 1000 organizations and over…N/A
Pricing
LinkedIn Sales NavigatorVainu
Editions & Modules
Professional
$79.99
per month
Team
$134.99
per license
Enterprise
Contact sales team
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LinkedIn Sales NavigatorVainu
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
LinkedIn Sales NavigatorVainu
Top Pros
Top Cons

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Features
LinkedIn Sales NavigatorVainu
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
7.9
179 Ratings
4% above category average
Vainu
8.2
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Advanced search8.2179 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Identification of new leads8.0177 Ratings8.21 Ratings
List quality7.9173 Ratings8.21 Ratings
List upload/download7.3118 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting8.2172 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Load time/data access7.8159 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
7.2
177 Ratings
4% below category average
Vainu
7.6
1 Ratings
1% above category average
Contact information6.7156 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Company information7.4177 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Industry information7.5172 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
7.4
174 Ratings
1% above category average
Vainu
8.1
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Lead qualification process6.0133 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations7.7156 Ratings6.41 Ratings
Salesforce integration6.4128 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Company/business profiles8.6170 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Alerts and reminders8.0152 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Data hygiene7.1152 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Automatic data refresh7.1132 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Tags6.9126 Ratings00 Ratings
Filters and segmentation9.2160 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
6.5
77 Ratings
14% below category average
Vainu
-
Ratings
Sales email templates7.170 Ratings00 Ratings
Append emails to records5.965 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
LinkedIn Sales NavigatorVainu
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(180 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LinkedIn Sales NavigatorVainu
Likelihood to Recommend
LinkedIn
If you are trying to grow your business via sales or get a message out, LinkedIn Sales Navigator would be a great investment. You can easily group businesses together based on their operations, business classification, etc. However, if you were looking for a less specific and refined approach, it may be less appropriate.
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Vainu.io
Vainu is the best software I have ever used for prospecting. It offers everything that we need for sale, prospecting and leads, and indeed really cost-effective. It's really a small investment when comparing what it can bring to your business. Vainu is not indispensable If you don't have an active selling team and continuous need for new prospects.
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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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Vainu.io
  • You save time and find right prospects as fast as possible.
  • It's also easy to sort prospects by industry, revenue, digital foot print... etc.
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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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Vainu.io
  • Vainu has fixed all bugs we have reported. So no, can't really say what I dislike...
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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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Vainu.io
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Usability
LinkedIn
It lets you pull people with specific titles in specific areas and with the criteria you choose--job changes, mutual connections based on schools, roles, and companies, etc. It is easy to upload these lists into other software or download and save them to a drive.
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Vainu.io
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
LinkedIn
The tool speaks for itself, but the support is definitely a significant portion of why we use the tool. The company cares about their customer's success and it shows. We do not have to wait for long periods of time for the support team to respond; they do so in a timely manner, and virtually always with relevant insights and solutions.
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Vainu.io
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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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Vainu.io
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Alternatives Considered
LinkedIn
linkedin has way better data cleanup and relevant contact information. It provides a great insight into how to target personally your prospects, and gives great engagement highlights. ZoomInfo is sometimes outdated, the prospect has moved companies or is no longer employed there-- alot of filtering through the weeds can be hard if you are trying to hit high metrics and make your time valuable
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Vainu.io
Vainu contacted me 15 months ago. I had been looking for a good prospecting tool a long time before that. There wasn't any reason not to take the test! The introduction went well. We got guidance many times. Our new sales team members can still receive training from them if we want. They have been interested in our feedback.
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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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Vainu.io
  • Your sales team saves time and find right prospects as fast as possible.
  • Your sales team members like their work more when you provide a good tool for prospecting
  • More efficient time management and more sales
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