The best AI LinkedIn outreach tools in 2026, compared with prices

An AI LinkedIn outreach tool uses AI for some part of prospecting on LinkedIn: deciding who to contact, researching them, writing the message or handling replies. The eight tools below all claim AI, but they put it in very different places. This guide compares what the AI actually does in each, and what each costs.

Every price was checked on the vendor's own pricing page on 3 Nov 2026 and is linked inline. We make GTM Plays, one of the tools listed, and we say so plainly. We have tried to describe each tool fairly and to say where another tool is the better fit.

The short answer: comparison table

Tool	Where the AI works	LinkedIn senders	Starting price (checked 3 Nov 2026)	Trial
GTM Plays	Finds intent signals, scores ICP fit, writes each message	Your own account	Pro $149 a month	7 days free
Valley	Researches prospects, scores fit, writes in your voice	One per seat	$199 per seat a month	7 days, card required
Origami	Finds leads from your website, researches, writes sequences	3 included on Starter	$99 a month plus usage	7 days, card required
lemlist	AI agents for signals and messaging, AI replies	5 senders per user on Multichannel	$109 a month (Multichannel)	Free trial
La Growth Machine	AI writing assistant, AI voice messages	Billed per identity	€60 per identity a month	14 days free
Skylead	AI SDR add-on for conversations, AI enrichment add-on	One per seat	$100 per seat a month	7 days free
HeyReach	MCP server so your own AI agents can run campaigns	Per sender or bundles	$79 per sender a month	"Try it free"
Expandi	Personalisation, MCP connection for AI tools	One per seat	$99 a month	7 days free

Prices change often, so confirm on the vendor's page before you buy. For tools that focus on automation rather than AI, see our best LinkedIn automation tools roundup.

Three kinds of AI in LinkedIn outreach

Most tools fit one of three groups, and knowing which you need saves a lot of trials.

1. AI that decides who to contact. The tool watches for buying signals, checks each person against your ideal customer profile and only then writes. GTM Plays, Valley and Origami work this way.
2. AI that writes inside a sequence. You still build the list and the campaign; AI drafts or personalises steps, voice notes or replies. lemlist, La Growth Machine and Skylead sit here.
3. AI you bring yourself. The tool exposes an MCP server or API so an assistant such as Claude or ChatGPT can create campaigns. HeyReach and Expandi have added this.

The first group costs more per sender but replaces a list tool. The second and third are cheaper per account but need a lead source upstream.

How we compared the tools

We looked at where the AI does real work, how many LinkedIn accounts you can send from, how each tool charges, the trial terms, and the team size each suits. Features and prices are summarised from each vendor's own website on 3 Nov 2026. We did not include tools that only write single messages without sending.

The tools in detail

GTM Plays

What it is: an AI outbound agent for LinkedIn. It finds people showing intent signals, such as engagement with your competitors and with the topics you solve, scores each one for fit against your ICP, then writes and sends a personalised message from your own LinkedIn account. Replies land in one inbox, where you take over.

Pricing: GTM Plays Pro is $149 a month, with a 7-day free trial.

Best for: founders and small B2B teams who want the AI to choose who to contact, not only to write.

Trade-offs: it sends from one account rather than rotating many, it is not a contact database to browse, and it does not book meetings for you. For email it connects to Instantly, Smartlead and SmartReach.

Valley

What it is: Valley, also called Valley AI, handles prospecting, qualification and research, scores ICP fit and writes LinkedIn messages in your voice, with a copilot called Scout. One seat connects one LinkedIn account.

Pricing (checked 3 Nov 2026, joinvalley.co/pricing): Starter $199 per seat a month ($149 billed quarterly), LinkedIn only. Plus $299 per seat adds 1,000 emails a month and onboarding. Growth $499 per seat adds $300 in monthly credits. Scale is custom. The 7-day trial needs a payment method.

Best for: teams who want signal-led LinkedIn and email outreach and are fine paying per seat. Compare it head to head in GTM Plays vs Valley.

Origami

What it is: Origami is an AI prospecting agent. You describe your business and it finds people with a reason to hear from you, researches them and runs email and LinkedIn sequences with its built-in sequencer.

Pricing (checked 3 Nov 2026, origami.chat/pricing): Starter $99 a month with $165 of usage, 5 email and 3 LinkedIn senders. Pro $199 with $330 of usage. Max $399 with $660 of usage and 10 LinkedIn senders. Extra LinkedIn senders are $10 a month. Usage pays for searches, verified contacts and AI research. Starter can be tried for 7 days with $66 of usage and a card.

Best for: teams who want broad AI prospecting across email and LinkedIn with usage-based pricing. See Origami alternatives.

lemlist

What it is: an email-first outreach platform. According to lemlist.com, its AI features include lemAgent signal, enrichment and messaging agents, LinkedIn agents, AI reply intent detection, AI-generated replies and AI personalised LinkedIn voice notes, plus a 650M+ lead database.

Pricing (checked 3 Nov 2026, lemlist.com/pricing): Email $69 a month ($55 billed yearly). Multichannel $109 a month ($87 billed yearly) adds LinkedIn automation, a dialer and five senders per user. Data and buying-signal add-ons are extra.

Best for: email-first teams adding LinkedIn as a second channel.

La Growth Machine

What it is: multichannel sequences across LinkedIn and email, with calls and X on higher plans. Its plans list an AI writing assistant and AI generated voice messages, and it says you can build and run campaigns from Claude or ChatGPT, according to lagrowthmachine.com.

Pricing (checked 3 Nov 2026, lagrowthmachine.com/pricing): Basic €60 and Pro €120 a month per identity on monthly billing, each identity billed separately, with a 14-day free trial.

Best for: teams who want AI help writing multichannel sequences from a few identities.

Skylead

What it is: LinkedIn and email sequences with unlimited email accounts and post signals. Its AI SDR, launched in July 2026, handles conversations with prospects and is listed as an add-on, as is AI data enrichment, according to skylead.io.

Pricing (checked 3 Nov 2026, skylead.io/pricing): All-in-one $100 per seat a month. Agency $999 a month for 25 seats or $1,999 for unlimited seats, listed as a first-year promotion. There is a 7-day free trial.

Best for: teams who want LinkedIn and email in one sequence with optional AI reply handling.

HeyReach

What it is: multi-sender LinkedIn automation for agencies and sales teams. Its AI angle is an MCP server that lets AI agents split lead lists, create campaigns with custom messages and tag replies by sentiment, according to heyreach.io.

Pricing (checked 3 Nov 2026, heyreach.io/pricing): Growth $79 per sender a month, Agency $999 for 25 senders or $1,399 for 50, Unlimited $2,999. Quarterly billing saves 10% and yearly 20%.

Best for: agencies and GTM engineers who already run their own AI workflows and need sending at scale. See our HeyReach alternative page for price per sender.

Expandi

What it is: cloud LinkedIn automation with behaviour-based campaigns, message personalisation and a dedicated IP per account. It recently added Expandi MCP to run workflows from a single prompt, according to expandi.io.

Pricing (checked 3 Nov 2026, expandi.io/pricing): Business $99 a month, or $79 billed annually, with a 7-day free trial. Plans for 10 or more seats are priced by sales.

Best for: growth teams who want detailed sequence control and like to drive tools from an AI assistant.

How to choose an AI LinkedIn outreach tool

1. Decide what you want the AI to own. If you have no lead source, pick a tool whose AI chooses who to contact. If you already have lists, an AI writing layer is enough.
2. Count your senders. Per-seat tools get expensive with many accounts; bundle plans only pay off at agency scale.
3. Check what is extra. Credits, data, email sending and AI add-ons often sit outside the headline price.
4. Read every message in week one. AI drafts improve with feedback. Someone should check fit and tone before volume goes up.
5. Measure positive replies by source. Keep the signals and segments that produce conversations and drop the rest.

Using AI on LinkedIn responsibly

LinkedIn's User Agreement sets rules for automated activity, and no vendor can promise an account will never be restricted. Keep daily volumes human, personalise for real, and never recite someone's activity back to them. The best AI outreach sends fewer messages to better-chosen people, which is also what keeps accounts healthy.