HeyLead vs Linked Helper

Last updated 28 September 2026

Linked Helper and HeyLead (heylead.dev) both automate LinkedIn outreach without a Chrome extension, and they differ in where they run. Linked Helper is a desktop app on your own computer or a VPS, from $15 per licence a month[1][4]. HeyLead is an AI agent in the cloud you brief in a sentence: it finds the people, writes each message, follows up and answers replies. Free is $0; Pro is $29 per connected LinkedIn account per month.

HeyLead is an AI agent for LinkedIn outreach: it finds the right people, writes to them in the voice of your own LinkedIn posts, follows up, and handles replies. It runs from Claude Code, Cursor, any MCP client or a web dashboard.

Side by side

	HeyLead	Linked Helper
What it is	An AI agent that runs LinkedIn outreach: people, invitations, messages, follow-ups, replies.	LinkedIn automation as a desktop app: invitations, message sequences, InMail, group and event messages, comments, with AI-drafted messages and a CRM inside[1][4].
Price	Free: $0, one LinkedIn seat, no card. Pro: $29 per connected LinkedIn account per month, monthly, cancel any time.	Per licence, one LinkedIn account each: Standard $15 a month with local storage or $29.90 with cloud storage; Pro $45 or $59.90; lower on 3, 6 and 12-month terms, from $8.25 a month on a yearly Standard licence[1].
Where it runs	In the cloud, with your laptop closed. Not a browser extension. The MIT-licensed client can also run on your own machine.	Desktop software on your own computer or a VPS; the computer has to be on and running the app; the LinkedIn session is never on its servers[1].
Invitations	20 invitations a day and 100 a week on a free LinkedIn account; 168 and 320 on Premium or Sales Navigator (measured 16 September 2026). Monday to Friday 08:00 to 22:00 in your time zone.	A default of 150 profile actions in 24 hours with per-action limits you set; the support centre shows how to cap invitations at 50 a day[2]. Standard caps group, event and company invitations at 20 a day[1].
Channels	LinkedIn invitations, messages and InMail. Email to people whose record carries an address, once you connect a Gmail or Outlook mailbox. No voice messages, calls or WhatsApp.	LinkedIn invitations, messages and sequences, InMail, group and event messages, comments and likes; an email finder for enrichment[1].
Several accounts	Pro: more than one LinkedIn account in one workspace, each billed and capped on its own. One workspace per client, with editor and viewer roles. No white-label.	Workspaces with owner, admin, member and guest roles, one per client, and a multi-account manager; no full white-label, but you can change the logo and the name[1][3].
From an AI client	Built as an MCP server: every step of a campaign runs from Claude Code, Cursor, any MCP client, or the web dashboard.	AI-drafted messages, ICP detection, a commenter and a reply assistant inside the app, with AI credits per plan[1]. No MCP or AI-client connection is stated on its pages.
Integrations	HubSpot is the only CRM sync, from the local client. Meetings book on Google Calendar.	HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zoho, ActiveCampaign, Close, Capsule, Streak, HighLevel, Instantly, Apollo and Google Sheets, plus webhooks for Zapier, Make and n8n[1].
Trial	A free plan instead of a trial, with no card.	14 days of Pro, no card, nothing renews[1].

Checked on 28 September 2026 on Linked Helper's own pages (linkedhelper.com and its support centre at support.linkedhelper.com). Each [n] links to the page the fact comes from; the list is under Sources. Prices and plans change, so check the linked page before you decide. HeyLead wrote this page; if a fact about Linked Helper is wrong, write to [email protected] and it will be corrected.

What Linked Helper does better

Price: a Standard licence from $8.25 a month on a yearly term[1].
Twelve CRM and tool integrations against HeyLead's HubSpot-only sync[1].
Actions HeyLead does not take: group and event messages, likes and comments on posts as campaign steps, InMail as a first touch[1].
Your data and your LinkedIn session stay on your own machine[1]. HeyLead's hosted plan keeps them in the cloud; the MIT client can run locally.

What HeyLead does differently

You brief it in a sentence, from Claude Code, Cursor, any MCP client or the web dashboard. It saves a draft campaign and sends nothing until you press Launch.
Each message is written for the person, in the voice of your own LinkedIn posts. The agents plan each person's next step as accepts and replies land; every decision is readable with inspect or on the campaign page.
Replies are answered from your campaign's facts. Anything ambiguous is held for you, and "not now" gets a check-in in 30 days.
Free is $0 with one LinkedIn seat and cloud sending, no card.

A campaign has one of six goals, and the ICP, the fit check and the messages follow it: Sell a product or service, Find a job, Hire people, Find partners or investors, Find a vendor and Research interviews. Hire people, Find partners or investors and Research interviews run on a custom brief until their message sets exist.

HeyLead sends from your own LinkedIn account at a human pace: at most 20 invitations a day and 100 a week on a free LinkedIn account (more on Premium or Sales Navigator), Monday to Friday 08:00 to 22:00 in your time zone, minutes apart. It backs off when LinkedIn pushes back and resumes on its own. You can pause any campaign at any time.

Choose Linked Helper if

You want the lowest price per LinkedIn account and are happy to keep a computer or VPS running[1].
You need a CRM other than HubSpot[1].
You want to set every limit and every step yourself[2].

When HeyLead is the wrong choice

You need a CRM other than HubSpot, or a calendar other than Google Calendar.
You want group messages, event messages or post likes and comments as campaign steps.
You want everything on your own machine and nothing in a vendor's cloud. HeyLead's hosted plan runs in the cloud; only the MIT client is local.

Choose HeyLead if

You want the campaign to run with your laptop closed. HeyLead sends from the cloud; Linked Helper needs the computer on and the app running[1].
You want an agent that runs the whole campaign from one sentence, in the voice of your own LinkedIn posts, and answers replies from the campaign's facts.
You brief campaigns from Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client. Linked Helper states no MCP or AI-client connection on its pages.

Questions people ask

What is the difference between Linked Helper and HeyLead?

Linked Helper is a desktop app: it runs LinkedIn automation on your own computer or a VPS, with limits and steps you set, and the computer has to stay on. HeyLead is an AI agent in the cloud: you brief it in a sentence and it finds the people, writes each message in the voice of your own LinkedIn posts, follows up and answers replies, with your laptop closed.

How much do Linked Helper and HeyLead cost?

On 28 September 2026 Linked Helper's pricing page showed Standard at $15 a month per licence with local storage or $29.90 with cloud storage, Pro at $45 or $59.90, and lower prices on 3, 6 and 12-month terms, with a 14-day Pro trial and no card. HeyLead Free is $0 with one LinkedIn seat and no card; Pro is $29 per connected LinkedIn account per month.

Is Linked Helper a Chrome extension?

No. Its pages say it is a desktop app, not a Chrome extension, and that the LinkedIn session is never on its servers. HeyLead is not an extension either: it reaches LinkedIn through Unipile's API from the cloud.

Does Linked Helper work with Claude or Cursor?

Its pages state AI features inside the app (drafted messages, ICP detection, a reply assistant) but no MCP or AI-client connection. HeyLead is an MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and any MCP client, and every step of a campaign runs from the chat.

Sources

Checked on 28 September 2026. Linked Helper's support centre is hosted at support.linkedhelper.com. Prices are per licence, one LinkedIn account each.

HeyLead is not affiliated with LinkedIn. It reaches LinkedIn through Unipile, which is also not affiliated. LinkedIn's own rules are in the Terms. HeyLead is not affiliated with Linked Helper; the name belongs to its owner.

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