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PhantomBuster alternatives

By Joris van Huët · each comparison from the vendors' own pricing and help pages, prices dated on the page

The short answer: 3 tools are compared with PhantomBuster on this site, and the line under each one is the verdict from its comparison: who should pick which, with the figures that decide it on the comparison itself. Read the one that names your job. What PhantomBuster costs and who it suits is in its entry, and how to use PhantomBuster walks through one job with it.

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Apify

Choose PhantomBuster if your job is a repeatable prospecting workflow a marketer can run alone. Choose Apify if your job is data from sites no packaged tool covers, with a developer or an agent doing the wiring.

PhantomBuster vs Apify: Maintained Workflows or a Scraper Marketplace

Apollo.io

Choose Apollo.io if your job is building and sequencing a target list from a database, with LinkedIn steps done by a person. Choose PhantomBuster if your job is turning live activity on platforms whose terms allow it into rows for your CRM.

PhantomBuster vs Apollo.io: Capture Engagement or Search a Database

Dripify

If your job is turning LinkedIn activity, a post's commenters or a search, into rows in your CRM, PhantomBuster's Start plan at $69 a month buys 20 hours of run time for any number of users; if your job is a drip sequence of invitations, messages and emails from one rep's profile, Dripify's Pro seat at $79 a month is.

PhantomBuster vs Dripify: Build the List or Run the Sequence

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