HeyReach vs Linked Helper for LinkedIn outreach at scale
Comparison
Both automate LinkedIn. One is cloud-native and built for running many sender profiles as a single campaign; the other is a desktop tool with deeper per-profile control. That distinction decides which one fits your team.
- HeyReach
- Cloud
- Linked Helper
- Desktop
- How limits are set
- Per profile
Running multiple senders as one campaign
HeyReach was designed for exactly this: pool ten sender profiles, share one list, and every prospect is touched once by one sender. Linked Helper can do multi-profile work, but each instance runs on its own machine, so coordination is manual.
Account safety and daily limits
Restriction risk comes from behaviour, not branding. We cap connection requests and messages well below platform thresholds, use a dedicated residential proxy per profile, and ramp new senders over two weeks. Both tools support this; only discipline enforces it.
Reply handling and reporting
Our reply desk sits outside either tool: replies stream into a live checker that pushes to Telegram within minutes so a human answers the same hour. Whichever tool you pick, do not let interest sit in a platform inbox nobody watches.
Who we target
- Founders choosing an outbound stack for the first time
- VP Sales replacing tooling that never got adopted
- Heads of Growth consolidating overlapping subscriptions
- RevOps leads auditing data quality and spend
How the campaign runs
Define the job
Write down the one job the tool has to do in your campaign before comparing feature lists.
Test on your ICP
Pull the same 200 accounts through each option and measure match rate, not marketing claims.
Verify the output
Run both exports through verification — coverage means nothing if the records bounce.
Price at real volume
Model annual cost at the volume you will actually send, including credits and overages.
The stack behind it
- HeyReach
- Linked Helper
- LinkedIn Sales Navigator
- Evaboot
- Attio
Questions we get
- Will automation get my LinkedIn account restricted?
- Not at the volumes we run, with dedicated proxies and staged ramp-up. Restrictions come from sudden spikes and shared IPs.
- Do I need Sales Navigator too?
- Yes for serious targeting. Both tools consume Sales Navigator searches as their list source.
- Which do you run?
- HeyReach for pooled sender campaigns, which is the majority of client work.