Dux-Soup vs Linked Helper
An independent, review-free comparison compiled by the SaaSTracker editorial team. Both products are profiled in full, and neither can pay for placement here.
The short answer
Editorial assessmentDux-Soup compared with Linked Helper
The closest philosophical relative: both are veteran, technically-minded tools that run outside the cloud. Linked Helper is a desktop application with its own controlled browser, deeper automation, and a built-in CRM, at roughly $15 to $45 a month, but it demands more setup and lives on your machine. Dux-Soup is easier to run, better integrated with mainstream CRMs, and offers a cloud edition Linked Helper does not. Pick Linked Helper for maximum capability per dollar if you enjoy configuration; pick Dux-Soup for integrations and the cloud path.
Choose Dux-Soup if
Buyers who want a long-established vendor with a genuine upgrade path, starting at $14.99 in the browser and moving to $99 cloud execution when unattended running becomes necessary, and teams whose CRM is HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce, Freshsales, SharpSpring, or HighLevel and who want a native connector rather than a Zapier bridge.
Choose Linked Helper if
Cost-conscious solo operators, recruiters, and technical teams who want the deepest feature set per dollar in LinkedIn automation and are willing to run a desktop app (or host it on a VPS) and climb a denser learning curve in exchange.
Side by side
13 attributes| Attribute | Dux-Soup | Linked Helper |
|---|---|---|
| Category | ||
| Starting price | $14.99 per month (Pro Dux), or $11.25 per month billed annually (14 days trial) | $15/mo (Standard, local storage, monthly billing) (14 days trial) |
| Pricing model | Per-user edition pricing across three capability levels, each available as an individual, team, or agency plan, with the edition determining both feature depth and execution model. | Per-license subscription (1 license = 1 LinkedIn account at a time) in two tiers, Standard and Pro, each in a local-storage and a cloud-storage variant, with steep multi-month discounts: 11% off at 3 months, 33% at 6, 45% at 12. |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card required | 14 days |
| Best for | Buyers who want a long-established vendor with a genuine upgrade path, starting at $14.99 in the browser and moving to $99 cloud execution when unattended running becomes necessary, and teams whose CRM is HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce, Freshsales, SharpSpring, or HighLevel and who want a native connector rather than a Zapier bridge. | Cost-conscious solo operators, recruiters, and technical teams who want the deepest feature set per dollar in LinkedIn automation and are willing to run a desktop app (or host it on a VPS) and climb a denser learning curve in exchange. |
| Setup time | Twenty minutes for Pro or Turbo: install the extension, open LinkedIn, run a search, scan the results, and start a campaign. Cloud editions add an account provisioning step handled by the vendor and take a day or so to be fully live. | An afternoon to install the app, connect LinkedIn, and launch a first campaign; longer to master action chains, limits, and enrichment workflows. Always-on setups add VPS provisioning time. |
| Learning curve | Moderate, and mostly caused by the edition structure rather than the software. Understanding which of Pro, Turbo, and Cloud you need, in individual, team, or agency form, takes longer than learning to build a campaign. The campaign builder itself is conventional and the documentation is mature. | The steepest in the budget tier: the interface exposes dozens of action types and settings with little hand-holding. The payoff for climbing it is control cloud tools do not offer. |
| Platforms | Google Chrome extension (Pro and Turbo editions), Managed cloud execution (Cloud editions), Web dashboard for campaigns, inbox, and reporting | Windows desktop app, macOS desktop app, Ubuntu desktop app |
| Compliance | GDPR (operated by a Dutch entity subject to EU data protection law) | GDPR-aligned processes (self-reported) |
| Founded | 2015 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands (operated by Supertec BV) | Wilmington, Delaware, US |
| Ownership | Privately held, founder-led | Bootstrapped, privately held |
Strengths and limitations
Dux-Soup
Strengths
- Ten years of continuous operation and over 300,000 claimed users, which in a category where LinkedIn enforcement regularly removes vendors is the strongest available evidence of durability.
- Three execution models under one ladder, so you can start in the browser and move to managed cloud execution without changing vendors or rebuilding campaigns.
- The best native CRM connector list here: HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Freshsales, SharpSpring, and HighLevel directly, not through a Zapier bridge.
- Slack and Microsoft Teams notifications, with Teams support being genuinely uncommon in this category.
Limitations
- The $14.99 Pro edition is not a complete outreach tool. No drip campaigns, no inbox, no CRM integrations, which makes the headline price a poor guide to what you will actually pay.
- Pro and Turbo stop the moment Chrome closes. If unattended running matters, you are on the $99 Cloud edition and comparing against a very different set of competitors.
- No email finder, no email sending, and no multichannel sequencing at all. LinkedIn is the whole product.
- Cloud at $99 per seat is expensive against multi-account cloud rivals, and Cloud Agency at $371 for five accounts is roughly triple Aimfox's per-account rate at twenty seats.
Linked Helper
Strengths
- Lowest credible pricing in the category, with a feature set (extraction, enrichment, email finder, CRM, AI) that embarrasses tools charging four times as much.
- Desktop architecture keeps LinkedIn credentials off vendor servers and runs activity from your own IP, a genuinely different risk posture from cloud tools, and no code is injected into LinkedIn pages.
- Deep action coverage: groups, events, endorsements, likes, AI comments, company-page invites, and auto-withdrawal go beyond the invite-and-message basics.
- Strong data tooling; the 50+ point enrichment, email finder, CSV export, and 15+ CRM webhooks make it a capable list-building engine, not just a messenger.
Limitations
- Automation stops when the app closes; always-on campaigns require leaving a computer running or renting and configuring a VPS yourself.
- No team or agency layer: no client workspaces, shared inboxes, role management, or white label, and simultaneous multi-account use needs multiple licenses and machines.
- LinkedIn-only sequencing; there are no email or X steps, so multichannel programs need a second tool fed by Linked Helper's exports.
- The interface is dense and dated, and campaign setup has a real learning curve compared with polished cloud rivals.
Pricing compared
Dux-Soup
Per-user edition pricing across three capability levels, each available as an individual, team, or agency plan, with the edition determining both feature depth and execution model.
- Pro Dux$14.99
- Turbo Dux$55
- Cloud Dux$99
- Turbo Team and Cloud Team$55 and $99
- Cloud Agency$371
Turbo at $55 is fair rather than cheap: you get unlimited drip campaigns, a central inbox, a lead dashboard, and the best native CRM connector list in the category, from a vendor with ten years of history, in exchange for accepting that campaigns only run while your browser is open. Cloud at $99 removes that constraint and is priced at the top of what a single-account tool can justify, since Closely covers three accounts for $127 and Aimfox covers twenty for $499. The place Dux-Soup wins decisively is the upgrade path: no other vendor lets you start at $14.99 in the browser and end at managed cloud execution without changing tools, and for a buyer who genuinely does not know yet how far this channel will go, that optionality is worth paying for.
Linked Helper
Per-license subscription (1 license = 1 LinkedIn account at a time) in two tiers, Standard and Pro, each in a local-storage and a cloud-storage variant, with steep multi-month discounts: 11% off at 3 months, 33% at 6, 45% at 12.
- Standard (local)$15
- Pro (local)$45
- Standard (cloud storage)$29.90
- Pro (cloud storage)$59.90
Nothing else in LinkedIn automation comes close on capability per dollar: at $8.25 to $45 a month, Linked Helper delivers sequencing, extraction, enrichment, an email finder, a CRM, and AI assist that cloud competitors price at $49 to $100 or more. The catch is that part of the price difference is work transferred to you: uptime (your machine or VPS), proxy management for multiple accounts, and a denser interface. Value the tool honestly by adding your VPS cost and your time; even then it usually wins for individuals, and usually loses for teams who need management layers it does not have.
Editorial verdict on each
Dux-Soup
Dux-Soup is the safe, unglamorous choice, and there is a real argument for making it. It has survived a decade of LinkedIn enforcement, it has the best native CRM connector list in the category by some distance, its browser editions act from your own IP without ever handing a session credential to a vendor, and it needs no Sales Navigator seat, so a complete working setup is $55 a month. Above all, it is the only vendor here that lets you start cheap in the browser and move to managed always-on cloud execution without changing tools. What you give up is modernity and scale economics: there is no email channel, no event extraction, no voice messages, the interface shows its age, and Cloud Agency at $371 for five accounts is expensive next to Aimfox or HeyReach. Buy Turbo at $55 if LinkedIn is your channel, your CRM is on the native list, and you value a vendor that will still exist in three years. Ignore the $14.99 headline; it is not the product you want.
Read the full Dux-Soup profileLinked Helper
Linked Helper is the best pure value in LinkedIn automation and the clearest expression of the desktop philosophy: your machine, your IP, your data, and a price (as low as $8.25 a month) that makes cloud competitors look extravagant. The depth of its extraction, enrichment, and CRM tooling means many users get a scraper, an email finder, and a light CRM in the same purchase. Its costs are paid in kind rather than cash: uptime is your problem, the interface demands patience, and there is nothing here for teams or agencies who need management layers. Individuals and technical operators should shortlist it first; organizations buying convenience and oversight should look to the cloud tier and pay accordingly.
Read the full Linked Helper profileDux-Soup profile last reviewed 2026-08-22; Linked Helper last reviewed 2026-08-22. Pricing is compiled from public sources and can change without notice. See our methodology.