HeyReach vs Aimfox: Which LinkedIn Outreach Tool Is Better?

If you're weighing HeyReach vs Aimfox, you've already decided LinkedIn belongs in your outbound. The harder question is what happens when a prospect never accepts your connection request.

To answer it, I went through each vendor's live pricing and product pages, plus recent Trustpilot reviews, in October 2026. HeyReach is built for agencies that rotate many LinkedIn senders. Aimfox is a per-seat LinkedIn tool that also rents out profiles.

Both send email only through a second tool, such as Instantly or Smartlead. Salesforge runs email and LinkedIn in one sequence, with one inbox for every reply. For a wider shortlist, see these LinkedIn automation tools.

LinkedIn Automation Comparison at a Glance: HeyReach vs Aimfox

Every competitor price below comes from the vendor's live pricing page on October 18, 2026.

HeyReach Overview: Features, Pricing, and Limits

HeyReach is a cloud-based LinkedIn automation tool, launched in 2023, for agencies, sales teams, and GTM experts. Its core idea is sender rotation: one campaign sends from many LinkedIn accounts. HeyReach says 7,000+ companies use it.

Core features

• Sender rotation: connect many LinkedIn accounts to one campaign and rotate sending between them.
• All LinkedIn actions on every plan, including connection requests, messages, voice notes, and profile views, with "If Connected" logic.
• Unified Inbox: LinkedIn replies from every sender in one view, with sentiment analysis and replies on behalf of teammates.
• Lead imports from Sales Navigator, Clay, RB2B, HubSpot, or any other tool.
• Multichannel through native integrations with Instantly, Smartlead, and EmailBison, plus a "Find Email" step that spends enrichment credits.
• API, webhooks, an MCP server, and a CLI, so AI agents like Claude or ChatGPT can run campaigns.
• Whitelabel, workspaces, and permissions for agencies, plus a HubSpot CRM sync.

Pricing

• HeyReach Growth: $79 per sender/mo monthly, $72 quarterly, or $64 yearly, with 100 enrichment credits per sender.
• HeyReach Agency: $999/mo for 25 senders or $1,399/mo for 50 ($800 or $1,120/mo yearly), adding whitelabel and done-for-you onboarding.
• HeyReach Unlimited: $2,999/mo ($2,399/mo yearly) for unlimited senders, sold through a demo.

A discounted early-stage plan is open to companies under $250,000 ARR with fewer than 5 people.

Who HeyReach is best for

HeyReach fits lead-gen agencies and sales teams whose outbound runs mostly on LinkedIn across many accounts. The flat Agency plan beats per-sender billing from 13 senders, since 13 × $79 is $1,027.

What reviewers say

HeyReach's recent critical Trustpilot reviews center on support. In January 2026, Ernest wrote that replies could take 3 business days and criticized a "no refund" policy. In November 2025, Kazi Islam reported 24-48 hour ticket replies and MCP data that didn't match the main dashboard.

Known limitations

• No native email. HeyReach's own multichannel page leaves email volume and deliverability to Instantly or Smartlead.
• Per-sender pricing on HeyReach Growth means 10 senders cost $790/mo before any email tool.
• On March 25, 2026, LinkedIn removed HeyReach's company page and restricted its CEO, CTO, CRO, and CMO profiles. HeyReach says customer automations kept running.

For a deeper look, read this HeyReach review or the Salesforge vs HeyReach breakdown.

Aimfox Overview: Features, Pricing, and Limits

Aimfox is a cloud-based LinkedIn outreach tool for lead-gen agencies, sales teams, and GTM experts. It's priced per seat, and it's the only tool here that rents out LinkedIn profiles, which it calls Outreach Avatars. Aimfox says 10,000+ outreach experts use it.

Core features

• Campaign sources: LinkedIn search, Sales Navigator, post engagers, event attendees, group members, and custom lists, plus 7 options for 1st-degree connections.
• LinkedIn actions: profile views, connection requests (200 a week per seat), messages, free InMails to open profiles, reactions, skill endorsements, voice notes, and videos.
• Unibox: one inbox for every connected profile's LinkedIn conversations.
• AI message customization, auto-translate, smart time zones, and A/B testing.
• Safety: local IPs from a pool covering 60+ countries, bring-your-own IPs, passwordless login through a Chrome extension, hard-coded limits, and automated account warm-up.
• One Sales Navigator licence can feed leads to the whole team.
• Integrations with Instantly (two-way sync), Smartlead, EmailBison, Clay, HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zapier, Make, and n8n, plus API docs.

Pricing

• Aimfox Outreach seat: $49 per seat/mo monthly, or $490 per seat per year (about $40.83/mo).
• Aimfox Agency: from $499/mo for 20 seats plus $20 per extra seat, or $4,490 a year for 20 seats.
• Aimfox Outreach Avatars: $387/mo for 3 rented profiles (about $129 each), though the comparison table labels that price per profile.

The Outreach seat has a 14-day free trial with no credit card. Rented profiles have no trial, only a 48-hour money-back guarantee.

Who Aimfox is best for

Aimfox fits solo sellers, small teams, and agencies that only need LinkedIn and want a low per-seat price. At 20 seats, the Agency plan works out to $24.95 per seat.

What reviewers say

Aimfox's recent critical reviews focus on Avatars. In July 2026, BP called the automation tool good but said the most professional-looking rented profiles were AI-generated, with days-long support delays. In June 2026, Sonia wrote that five accounts she bought through Aimfox had technical problems from the start.

Known limitations

• LinkedIn only. Email runs through Instantly, Smartlead, or EmailBison.
• Renting a profile means sending from an account that isn't yours. LinkedIn's User Agreement allows one account per member, in their real name, and bans using another person's account.
• Whitelabel messaging conflicts: the Agency card promises full whitelabel, but the pricing FAQ says full whitelabel is "in the pipeline."

For more detail, see this Aimfox review and the Salesforge vs Aimfox comparison.

Salesforge Overview: Email and LinkedIn Outreach on the Forge Stack

Salesforge is a multichannel outreach platform that runs cold email and LinkedIn as one sequence, with one inbox for replies. It's the outreach layer of the Forge Stack, and Salesforge says 10,000+ businesses use it.

Core features

• Unlimited senders: Growth includes unlimited LinkedIn senders, users, and mailboxes. Pro has 1 LinkedIn sender and unlimited mailboxes.
• Conditional sequences: if a connection request is accepted, send a LinkedIn message; if not, fall back to email.
• Six native LinkedIn actions: connection requests, messages, InMails, post likes, follows, and withdraw requests, each capped at 30 a day per profile.
• Account safety: actions route through shared proxies (custom proxies optional), and login uses session tokens, so your LinkedIn password is never stored. There's no Chrome extension injection.
• AI personalization across 21+ languages: Overdrive Mode pulls from several sources for each message.
• Free warm-up: unlimited Warmforge warm-up on every plan.
• Deliverability guards: ESP matching (Growth), sender rotation, Bounce Shield, built-in validation, and text-only emails.
• Primebox™: email and LinkedIn replies in one inbox with sentiment tags, plus Autopilot and Co-pilot AI replies on Growth.
• LinkedIn email and phone finder: a Chrome extension powered by Leadsforge and its 500M+ contacts, with 100 free credits.
• Testing and analytics: A/B tests (Growth) plus open, reply, acceptance, and meeting rates.
• API, MCP, CLI, and integrations: on Growth, including native HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Attio, HighLevel, folk, and Breakcold.

The Forge Stack behind it

Mailforge (shared), Infraforge (dedicated IPs), and Primeforge (Google Workspace and Microsoft 365) supply mailboxes under the same login. Leadsforge pushes lists straight into sequences, with no CSV export. Every Forge product also has an MCP server, so your own AI agents can run the stack.

You can run it all with your own team, hand it to Agent Frank, or bring in a Forge Expert agency. Neither HeyReach nor Aimfox sells email infrastructure, email warm-up, a contact database, or an AI SDR. The Forge Stack covers every one of those layers under one roof.

Pricing

• Salesforge Pro: $48/mo monthly or $40/mo annual. 1 user, 1 LinkedIn sender, 5,000 emails, and 300 social action credits a month.
• Salesforge Growth: $96/mo monthly or $80/mo annual. Unlimited users and LinkedIn senders, 50,000 emails, and 1,000 social action credits a month.
• Agent Frank: a separate subscription from $499/mo billed quarterly ($416/mo billed annually).

Both plans start with a 14-day free trial, no credit card required. You can verify the live price before you buy.

Who Salesforge is best for

Salesforge fits B2B companies selling at $5K-$100K ACVs to startups, SMBs, and mid-market buyers, targeting 3,000+ businesses. UniteSync reached an 85.26% positive reply rate and a $2.86 CAC on Salesforge, Mailforge, and Warmforge. Salesforge itself says it's a poor fit for Fortune 500 targets and long RFP cycles.

Honest limitations

• Email infrastructure isn't included. Mailboxes come from your own provider or a Forge infrastructure product.
• LinkedIn volume runs on social action credits. Salesforge estimates 400-500 per active profile a month, so many senders need extra credits.
• API, integrations, A/B testing, ESP matching, Primebox™ AI replies, MCP, and CLI need the Growth plan.
• Agent Frank needs a sales demo and a 2-week warm-up before he sends.

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Head-to-Head Feature Comparison: HeyReach vs Aimfox

I compared the three tools on seven areas, from channels and account safety to pricing and lead data.

Multichannel outreach: one sequence or two tools

This is the biggest split in the comparison. HeyReach and Aimfox automate LinkedIn and pass email work to a second product.

• HeyReach: sequences include "Add to Instantly" and "Add to Smartlead" steps, plus an EmailBison integration. The email tool sends the email and handles deliverability.
• Aimfox: a two-way Instantly sync, plus Smartlead and EmailBison integrations, cover email.
• Salesforge: email and LinkedIn steps sit in one conditional sequence, and replies from both channels land in Primebox™.

HeyReach's own multichannel guide recommends a branching flow: if the invite is accepted, send a LinkedIn message; if not, email after a few days. With HeyReach, that email step runs in Instantly or Smartlead, and the two tools sync lead status.

Two tools means two bills, two dashboards, and two places where a reply can slip. This walkthrough shows one multichannel outreach sequence inside Salesforge:

LinkedIn automation and account safety

Aimfox publishes the longest action list of the three, so it has the edge on variety. It covers reactions, skill endorsements, videos, and event and group campaigns, with 200 connection requests a week per seat.

HeyReach's strength is scale: one campaign rotates across many senders, each with its own daily limits. Salesforge caps each of its six native actions at 30 a day per profile, routes them through proxies, and never stores your LinkedIn password. It also skips Chrome extension injection, and Salesforge is SOC 2 compliant.

Risk is where they differ most. LinkedIn removed HeyReach's company page in March 2026, and Aimfox rents out profiles you send from without owning them.

LinkedIn's User Agreement bans using another person's account, so I wouldn't put a client's pipeline on a rented identity. Here's a plain look at LinkedIn automation legality.

Email deliverability and warm-up

HeyReach and Aimfox have nothing to compare here, because neither sends email. Aimfox's warm-up is for LinkedIn accounts, not mailboxes.

Salesforge includes free, unlimited Warmforge warm-up. Its pool mixes aged IMAP/SMTP, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365 mailboxes. Warmforge also tracks a Heat Score™ per mailbox and runs health checks and inbox placement tests.

For mailboxes, Mailforge, Infraforge, and Primeforge sit under the same login. Salesforge recommends mixing 2+ providers so a mailbox matching each prospect's provider is always ready for ESP matching. Its rule of thumb is 30-50 cold emails per inbox a day.

Add Bounce Shield and sender rotation, and deliverability stays inside one stack. With HeyReach or Aimfox, it's your email tool's job. If that's new to you, start with these email warm-up basics.

AI and personalization

HeyReach's homepage pitches AI through outside agents. Its MCP server, CLI, and API let Claude, ChatGPT, or your own agents build and run campaigns, and its inbox tags reply sentiment. Aimfox offers AI message customization and auto-translate.

Salesforge personalizes every message with AI across 21+ languages, and Overdrive Mode pulls from several sources per prospect. Agent Frank goes further as an AI SDR: he prospects, writes, follows up, replies, and books meetings across email and LinkedIn. VAI Consulting booked 3 calls within the first week after narrowing its target customer profile.

Agent Frank runs in Auto-Pilot or Co-Pilot mode, so a person can approve each draft before it sends. He's a separate subscription that starts with a sales demo.

Inbox management and reply handling

HeyReach's Unified Inbox and Aimfox's Unibox both gather LinkedIn conversations from every connected profile. HeyReach lets you reply on behalf of teammates, and Aimfox can hide conversations it didn't start for privacy.

Neither inbox shows email replies, which stay in your email tool. Primebox™ puts email and LinkedIn replies in one unified inbox, tags sentiment, and catches replies sent from a different address.

On Salesforge Growth, Primebox™ AI drafts replies in Co-pilot mode or answers in Autopilot. A mobile app covers replies on the go.

Pricing and scalability

HeyReach and Aimfox bill per LinkedIn account until you buy an agency pack: $999/mo for 25 HeyReach senders or $499/mo for 20 Aimfox seats. Salesforge Growth costs the same for 1 sender or 20 and meters LinkedIn activity with social action credits instead. The full math is in the pricing section below.

Past 25 HeyReach senders, the next step is $1,399/mo for 50, then $2,999/mo for Unlimited. Aimfox adds $20 per seat past 20.

Integrations, API, and lead data

All three connect to Clay, HubSpot, Zapier, and Make, and both competitors support n8n. HeyReach's HubSpot sync is verified by HubSpot, while Aimfox also lists Salesforce, Pipedrive, and Close.

Salesforge Growth adds native Salesforce, Pipedrive, Attio, HighLevel, folk, and Breakcold integrations, plus an API, MCP server, and CLI. Its edge is lead data: Leadsforge searches 500M+ contacts with waterfall enrichment and intent signals, then sends lists straight into sequences.

Leadsforge can also turn a competitor's company-page followers into a lead list. Its Chrome extension finds emails and phone numbers from LinkedIn profiles.

HeyReach vs Aimfox vs Salesforge Pricing in 2026

Competitor prices come from the live HeyReach and Aimfox pricing pages on October 18, 2026. HeyReach discounts 10% quarterly and 20% yearly, and Aimfox saves up to 25% yearly.

HeyReach and Aimfox add cost with every LinkedIn account until you jump to an agency pack. Salesforge Growth keeps one price for unlimited senders and users, and LinkedIn activity scales through credit tiers. Paid yearly, one HeyReach sender costs $759, one Aimfox seat $490, and Salesforge Growth $960.

Cost scenario: 10 LinkedIn senders with email follow-up

Say your team runs 10 LinkedIn senders and emails prospects who don't accept:

• HeyReach Growth: 10 × $79 = $790/mo ($640/mo yearly), plus an email tool.
• Aimfox Outreach seats: 10 × $49 = $490/mo (about $408/mo yearly), plus an email tool.
• Salesforge Growth: $96 plus a 5,000-credit social action tier at $220 = $316/mo ($263/mo annual), with email sending and warm-up included.

Salesforge estimates 400-500 social action credits per active LinkedIn profile a month, so 10 senders need about 4,000-5,000. Mailboxes are a separate cost in every setup.

One honest exception applies to solo, LinkedIn-only users. If you run one profile at full LinkedIn limits and never email, Aimfox's $49 seat allows more activity than Salesforge Pro's 300 social action credits.

Who Should Use HeyReach, Aimfox, or Salesforge

You might consider HeyReach if

• You run a lead-gen agency with 13 or more LinkedIn-only senders, where the $999/mo Agency pack beats $79 per sender.
• You already pay for Instantly, Smartlead, or EmailBison and want LinkedIn steps that plug into it.
• You want whitelabel and done-for-you onboarding for client accounts, both part of the Agency plan.

You might consider Aimfox if

• You only need LinkedIn and want reactions, endorsements, videos, and event or group campaigns at $49 per seat.
• You want one Sales Navigator licence to feed leads to a whole team.
• You want 7 campaign types for 1st-degree connections, such as re-engaging people who already know you.

Choose Salesforge if

• You sell B2B at $5K-$100K ACVs to startups, SMBs, or mid-market buyers, and target 3,000+ businesses.
• You want email and LinkedIn in one conditional sequence, with every reply in Primebox™.
• You're adding senders and users and don't want per-seat fees, since Salesforge Growth starts at $80/mo annual.
• You manage several clients or brands and need unlimited workspaces with free warm-up for every mailbox.
• You want the option to hand outbound to an AI SDR, with Agent Frank as a separate subscription.

More head-to-head breakdowns live in the comparison library and the sales tools directory.

Final Verdict: Which LinkedIn Outreach Tool to Choose in 2026

HeyReach and Aimfox are LinkedIn-only tools. HeyReach rotates senders at agency scale, and Aimfox covers a wide set of LinkedIn actions from $49 per seat. Both need a second tool for email, and neither warms mailboxes or sells email infrastructure.

For B2B teams running LinkedIn and email together, Salesforge is the stronger choice. Salesforge Growth costs $96/mo monthly ($80/mo annual) for unlimited users and LinkedIn senders, with email sending, free Warmforge warm-up, and Primebox™ included. Neither alternative offers that combination at any price.

One falsifiable benchmark: UniteSync reached an 85.26% positive reply rate and a $2.86 CAC on Salesforge, Mailforge, and Warmforge. The case study is public.

Salesforge itself says it's a poor fit if you mainly target Fortune 500 companies or depend on long RFP cycles. For teams selling at $5K-$100K ACVs, it's the only tool here that covers both channels in one place.

Salesforge vs HeyReach vs Aimfox: FAQ

Is Salesforge better than HeyReach and Aimfox?

For teams that run LinkedIn and email together, yes. Salesforge runs both channels in one conditional sequence, with free Warmforge warm-up and the Primebox™ inbox. HeyReach and Aimfox automate LinkedIn only and send email through Instantly, Smartlead, or EmailBison.

Salesforge Growth costs $96/mo monthly ($80/mo annual) with unlimited users and LinkedIn senders. For a single LinkedIn-only profile at full limits, Aimfox's $49 seat allows more LinkedIn activity than Salesforge Pro.

What's the main difference between HeyReach and Aimfox?

HeyReach is built around sender rotation for agencies, priced at $79 per sender or $999/mo for 25 senders. Aimfox costs $49 per seat, lists actions like reactions, endorsements, and videos, and rents LinkedIn profiles through its Avatars plan.

LinkedIn's User Agreement bans using another person's account, so rented profiles carry real risk. Both tools are LinkedIn-only and need a second tool for email.

Which is cheaper: HeyReach, Aimfox, or Salesforge?

For a team running 10 LinkedIn senders plus email, Salesforge is the cheapest at $316/mo monthly ($263/mo annual), counting a 5,000-credit social action tier. HeyReach Growth costs $790/mo and Aimfox costs $490/mo for 10 senders, before you add an email tool.

For one LinkedIn sender, Salesforge Pro starts at $48/mo monthly ($40/mo annual), with email included.

Do HeyReach and Aimfox send cold email?

No. Both automate LinkedIn and connect to email tools instead. HeyReach sequences use "Add to Instantly" and "Add to Smartlead" steps, and Aimfox offers a two-way Instantly sync plus Smartlead and EmailBison integrations.

That means a second subscription, a second inbox for email replies, and separate warm-up. Salesforge sends email and LinkedIn steps from one sequence.

Can I switch from HeyReach or Aimfox to Salesforge easily?

Yes. Salesforge imports contacts from a CSV or Google Sheets, connects unlimited mailboxes on any plan, and adds unlimited LinkedIn senders on Salesforge Growth. LinkedIn login uses session tokens, so your password is never stored.

The 14-day free trial includes warm-up and unlimited mailbox connections. That lets you test email and LinkedIn steps before you cancel your old tool.

Which tool has better email deliverability?

Salesforge, because it's the only one of the three that sends email. Every plan includes free, unlimited Warmforge warm-up with a Heat Score™ for each mailbox. Warmforge also runs health checks and inbox placement tests.

Salesforge Growth adds ESP matching, and sending runs through sender rotation and Bounce Shield. HeyReach and Aimfox leave deliverability to Instantly, Smartlead, or EmailBison.

Does Salesforge offer a free trial?

Yes. Salesforge has a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. Warm-up and unlimited mailbox connections work during the trial, with smaller usage limits than the paid plans.

Agent Frank is the exception: he needs a sales demo and a 2-week warm-up, with no self-serve trial. Once the trial ends, Salesforge Pro starts at $48/mo monthly ($40/mo annual).

Who are HeyReach and Aimfox best for?

HeyReach fits lead-gen agencies that run many LinkedIn-only senders, since its Agency plan covers 25 senders for $999/mo. Aimfox fits solo sellers and small teams that want LinkedIn at $49 per seat, or agencies at $499/mo for 20 seats.

Teams that also email prospects should compare both against Salesforge, which runs both channels in one sequence.