Pricing Overview

All three tools have low-cost entry points:

• LinkedAutomate has three paid monthly tiers: Entry ($5.99), Plus ($10.99), and Pro ($24.99).
• Waalaxy’s model includes the following paid plans (without an inbox): ~$46/user/mo (Pro), ~$117/user/mo (Advanced), ~$164/user/mo (Business) and ~$578/user/mo (Elite) when converted from euros.
• Salesforge’s pricing plans start at $48/month (Pro Plan) and $96/month (Growth Plan). An annual subscription gives 2 months free. Salesforge’s paid plans provide much higher usage limits in return for a higher price.

Free Tiers and Trials

Both LinkedAutomate and Waalaxy provide free versions to help individual users start outreach:

• LinkedAutomate’s free Chrome extension is very basic: it allows up to 10 connection requests, 10 messages, 10 profile views, and 10 auto likes/comments per day.
• Waalaxy’s Freemium plan gives 80 LinkedIn invites per month.

In contrast, Salesforge offers a 14-day free trial that lets new users try its platform without any restricted features: you get 10 contacts, 25 emails, 10 email validation credits, and 9 personalization credits.

Outreach Channels

Salesforge is built as a multi-channel prospecting platform:

• It supports both LinkedIn and email outreach natively
• You can connect unlimited LinkedIn accounts (senders) and unlimited mailboxes for email campaigns
• Salesforge can run multi-channel campaigns in a single workflow

In contrast, LinkedAutomate is LinkedIn-only. Its Chrome extension automates LinkedIn actions: sending bulk connection requests with personalized notes, bulk messages, profile views, and automated likes/comments.

Waalaxy supports both LinkedIn and email, but only on higher tiers. The Business and Elite plans explicitly combine LinkedIn and email touches, enabling multichannel outreach (as well as featuring an email finder).

While Waalaxy can send cold email sequences on paid plans, Salesforge includes both LinkedIn and email outreach from the start.

LinkedIn Automation Tool Features

All three tools automate core LinkedIn tasks, but with different scopes:

• LinkedAutomate automates LinkedIn connection requests, bulk messaging, and profile views. It even offers a built-in inbox: users can filter and reply to LinkedIn messages from within the app. LinkedAutomate also provides analytics on invitations sent and accepted.
• Waalaxy automates LinkedIn prospecting. It can send connection requests and messages, and it has an optional “LinkedIn Inbox” feature (premium add-on) for managing incoming LinkedIn conversations with saved replies and tags.

Salesforge takes LinkedIn automation further:

• A key advantage is its unlimited LinkedIn seats - the Growth plan allows connecting an unlimited number of LinkedIn seats at just $96/mo.
• Salesforge also offers multi-step sequences, A/B testing, and advanced customization of messages across LinkedIn and email.
• Its interface is cloud-based, which gives advanced users tools like sentiment analysis and API access.

Salesforge’s unlimited LinkedIn outreach senders and seats mean it can out-scale LinkedAutomate (one profile at a time) and match or exceed Waalaxy’s multi-account support at an affordable price.

Email Outreach and Sequences

Email prospecting is crucial for cold outreach:

• LinkedAutomate does not support email outreach - it is limited to LinkedIn.
• Waalaxy does offer email outreach on more pricey plans. It also provides an email finder (credits to find professional addresses). Waalaxy’s email sending is done via the browser extension for Gmail or Outlook.

Salesforge includes robust cold outreach email campaign capabilities:

• It provides unlimited email accounts (mailboxes) and even free email warm-up to maintain inbox placement (ensuring messages land in primary inbox).
• Users can send automated email sequences, schedule follow-ups, and use AI personalization.
• Salesforge handles emails inside its SaaS platform.
• You connect external mailboxes and send directly, with features like dynamic sender rotation and deliverability monitoring.

Salesforge is strong in email outreach, offering email sequences and multi-domain sending.

Overall, Salesforge provides more powerful email automation than LinkedAutomate (none) and is more feature-rich unlike Waalaxy for cold email sequences.

Multi-Channel Prospecting

Modern prospecting often means reaching leads across multiple channels:

• LinkedAutomate remains single-channel: it only works on LinkedIn.
• Waalaxy also offers multi-channel by letting you sequence LinkedIn invites and email messages in one campaign.
• Salesforge is built for multichannel outreach. It uses credits to perform actions like LinkedIn profile views, connection requests, and also sending messages. Salesforge sequences can combine LinkedIn touches and emails together.

Waalaxy’s own FAQ says “Combine LinkedIn prospecting with emailing to double your results”. Salesforge doesn’t need a special plan - multi-channel is the default approach. It is a true Sales Engagement Tool that can automate entire outreach sequences, blending LinkedIn connection requests, follow-up messages, and emails.

Team Management and Multiple Accounts

For agencies or sales teams, managing multiple LinkedIn accounts or team members is key:

• Salesforge shines here: it allows unlimited seats and workspaces. You can add as many sales reps or clients as needed under one subscription.
• Waalaxy also supports teams, but differently: it has a paid “Team Plan” where you pay per seat, meaning the pricing scales with the size of the team.
• LinkedAutomate, by contrast, is a single-user browser plugin - there is no built-in team or multi-account management.

Additionally, Salesforge offers organizational features: separate workspaces for different projects or clients, and unlimited campaign spaces. Waalaxy provides a centralized dashboard for team leads to reassign seats and monitor members. But the Salesforge Growth plan truly has no upper seat limit, whereas Waalaxy’s “up to 20” must be negotiated.

Analytics and Reporting

Effective outreach requires detailed analytics. All three tools include some reporting:

• LinkedAutomate provides a LinkedIn-focused dashboard: it shows how many invitations were sent vs accepted and tracks message reply rates.
• Waalaxy likewise offers campaign metrics and an Inbox to manage responses (by filtering positive replies and tagging leads).
• Salesforge goes further with advanced analytics: Salesforge supports A/B testing of sequences and provides a “Primebox” unified inbox to review email replies. It also mentions sentiment analysis on email threads (tagging positive/negative replies) and an API to fetch data.

As a cloud-based tool, Salesforge likely has more flexibility for custom reporting (plus CRM integrations). Waalaxy’s analytics are built into its extension/dashboard. LinkedAutomate’s stats are simpler and limited to LinkedIn metrics.

Integration and API

Sales teams often need to integrate outreach data with CRMs and other tools:

• LinkedAutomate doesn’t advertise integrations; as a Chrome extension its workflow is mostly manual.
• Waalaxy has an email finder to extract contact data and supports major CRMs, Zapier and Make. Waalaxy also has a native LinkedIn profile data enrichment.
• Salesforge offers an open API for programmatically scaling campaigns, and it’s built as part of a larger cold outreach suite - the Forge stack. It also supports major CRMs, Zapier, webhooks, Clay and more.

User Interface and Ease of Use

LinkedAutomate is also a Chrome extension that uses a straightforward interface to set up basic LinkedIn campaigns.

Waalaxy markets itself as extremely user-friendly: it’s a browser extension with a simple campaign builder. Even non-technical users can launch outreach, as their reviews note ease of use.

Salesforge is a full cloud-based platform (no extension needed). That means it has a more sophisticated UI with dashboards, settings, and more features. This can have a slight learning curve. However, Salesforge provides a very user friendly interface, onboarding, knowledge base, and even AI tools to streamline tasks.

LinkedIn Account Safety

Maintaining LinkedIn account safety is vital when automating outreach. Rapid connection requests or messages can trigger LinkedIn’s anti-automation radar:

• LinkedAutomate specifically addresses this by withdrawing pending invites older than a threshold to stay within LinkedIn’s daily invite limits.
• Waalaxy also enforces LinkedIn limits.
• Salesforge it offers unlimited actions, automatically adjusted and controlled under specific guidelines to stay under LinkedIn’s daily caps. Salesforge provides best-practice guidance and rate-limits actions per account.

Overall, all three tools aim to keep accounts safe if used correctly. Salesforge’s advantage is that unlimited linked accounts lets you spread actions across many profiles, reducing risk on any single LinkedIn account.

Use Case: Sales vs. Marketing Teams

These tools are primarily for outbound sales prospecting. Sales teams (B2B sales reps, agencies) will appreciate features like multi-channel campaigns and analytics. Marketing teams interested in demand generation can use these tools to enrich lead funnels.

Salesforge is particularly aimed at sales engagement. Its multi-channel approach is useful for pipeline coverage. LinkedAutomate is more basic and suits individual users or small teams focusing on LinkedIn. Waalaxy targets agencies and teams as well - its Team dashboard shows multiple accounts at a glance.

Notable Key Advantages

Several features set Salesforge apart when compared to LinkedAutomate and Waalaxy:

• Unlimited LinkedIn & Email Senders
• Advanced Automation: Beyond basic sequences, Salesforge includes AI-powered features (A/B testing, sentiment analysis, personalization credits). Waalaxy has visual campaign flows, but Salesforge allows deep customization (including dynamic templates).
• Free, Unlimited Warm-Up
• Multi-language Support
• Team Scalability: Growth plan has unlimited users/workspaces, whereas Waalaxy scales seats with pricing and LinkedAutomate has no team concept.
• Forge Stack: Salesforge seamlessly integrates with the Forge stack to support every single cold outreach step (including a large 500M+ contact database via Leadsforge to extract data for leads) among many other integration capabilities.
• Support & Community: Salesforge highlights support and training (Salesforge Academy, live chat, onboarding) which exceeds Waalaxy’s support hours or LinkedAutomate’s minimal docs.

While Waalaxy aims at ease of use, Salesforge is geared towards sales and marketing teams of all sizes that need high volume, unlimited campaigns, and advanced features, while maintaining a simple workflow and quick setup.

Overall, in many head-to-head categories (multi-channel outreach, team management, campaign limits, detailed analytics, integrations), Salesforge is stronger.

Conclusion

All three tools - Salesforge, LinkedAutomate, and Waalaxy - help sales and marketing teams automate cold outreach:

• LinkedAutomate is the simplest, LinkedIn-only option, ideal for individuals looking for basic features.
• Waalaxy offers a polished, visual interface and adds email automation on paid plans.
• Salesforge stands out with its unlimited scales and advanced features: it supports unlimited LinkedIn and email, includes free warm-up, multi-language support, robust integrations, advanced AI personalization, active support and advanced analytics within an intuitive, user friendly UI with no technical expertise required.

But, ultimately, choosing the best cold outreach automation tool depends on the needs of your business.

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