# Do you still need LinkedIn Sales Navigator?

What parts of LinkedIn Sales Navigator other tools can do, and what's hard to replace. Interactive version: https://onelesstool.com/replace/linkedin-sales-navigator

## Alternatives by capability

### Research prospects and accounts
LinkedIn Sales Navigator fit: native

- Clay: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free $0 (verified)
- ZoomInfo: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan unknown
- Apollo.io: strong fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free $0 (verified)

### Manage contacts and customer records
LinkedIn Sales Navigator fit: partial

- HubSpot Sales Hub: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free $0 (verified)
- Salesforce Sales Cloud: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free Suite $0 (verified)
- Pipedrive: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Lite $14 (verified)

### Find verified contact data (emails, phones)
LinkedIn Sales Navigator fit: workaround

- Apollo.io: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free $0 (verified)
- ZoomInfo: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan unknown
- Clay: strong fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free $0 (verified)

### Send sales email sequences
LinkedIn Sales Navigator fit: workaround

- Apollo.io: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Basic $49 (unverified)
- HubSpot Sales Hub: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Professional $100 (verified)
- Pipedrive: partial fit; cheapest qualifying plan Growth $24 (verified)

## Reasons to keep paying

- First-party LinkedIn profile data that people maintain themselves; no other source is as current for role changes.
- A compliant way to search and message on LinkedIn; scraping LinkedIn instead violates its User Agreement and risks account bans.
- Warm-path features such as shared connections (TeamLink) that rely on LinkedIn's network graph.

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