Closely vs Waalaxy
We give Closely a 2.4 GPA and Waalaxy a 2.8, out of 4.0. Waalaxy grades higher on value for money and ease of use. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Closely
LinkedIn and email outreach automation with AI-written messages
Waalaxy
LinkedIn invitations and follow-ups, with cold email on Business
How we grade them
| 2.4GPACloselyFair | 2.8GPAWaalaxyGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $39 a month for one LinkedIn account and inbox billed annually, or $65 month to month. That's the ordinary middle of what outreach tools here charge. It comes with no monthly credits; Growth at $95 covers 3 accounts and 3,000 credits. | BEach person has their own seat, so five on Pro pay €19 a head billed yearly, inside the cheaper quarter's $32.50 even after converting from euros. Only the yearly rate is shown, and email in the same campaign needs Business at €69 a user. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but every plan has a free trial. Its length isn't stated and neither is a card, so it sits at the ordinary grade. After you pay, refunds are only on request within 2 days of a first purchase. | CNo free plan, but a 14-day trial on every plan. That's enough to run a real sequence and see who accepts. |
| Features | BThe whole job: LinkedIn requests, visits, messages and InMails mixed with email steps in one conditional sequence, A/B tests, unlimited email accounts, a waterfall email and phone finder, AI lead scoring and one inbox for replies. Finding contacts uses credits Starter lacks. | BThe whole job on Business: LinkedIn requests and messages from 99+ ready-made sequences that stop on a reply, plus cold email sequences and follow-ups from several senders. Pro and Advanced are LinkedIn only, and the LinkedIn Inbox is €20 a month after 500 free conversations. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record. You connect your own LinkedIn account and inboxes and work inside daily limits, and the sequence builder branches on conditions, so there's some setting up before the first campaign goes out. | BNo App Store rating on record, but this is about as little setup as the category gets: a Chrome extension on the LinkedIn account you already have, and 99+ ready-made sequences to pick from. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb and a browser extension, with HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive and GoHighLevel sync, and Gmail, Outlook or SMTP for sending. No API on record, and no phone or desktop app. | BWeb and a Chrome extension, with HubSpot and Pipedrive, plus Make, Zapier, n8n and the API from Advanced. No phone or desktop app on record. |
| Best for | LinkedIn-first outreach with email steps | starting LinkedIn outreach for the first time |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Closely and Waalaxy. How we grade
Price against what you get
Closely starts at $39 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Waalaxy starts at about $21.29 a month for each person and scores 3.0.
Waalaxy scores higher and starts $17.71 a month lower. Of the other cold outreach tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Closely for less, and none scores higher than Waalaxy for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Closely starts at $39 per month for 1 LinkedIn account, billed annually ($65 monthly). Waalaxy starts at €19 per user / month, billed yearly.
- Closely also covers AI agents.
- Waalaxy also covers templates.
At a glance
| Closely | Waalaxy | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $39 per month for 1 LinkedIn account, billed annually ($65 monthly) | €19 per user / month, billed yearly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | Free trial offered on every plan; its length is not stated | 14-day free trial on every plan |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Esterson Limited | Waalaxy |
| Price read from | closelyhq.com | waalaxy.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Closely
- Sellers and founders who prospect mainly on LinkedIn
- Teams that want LinkedIn and email steps in one sequence
- Agencies reselling outreach under their own brand
Waalaxy
- Founders and freelancers starting LinkedIn outreach for the first time
- Sales reps who prospect from Sales Navigator searches
- Small teams that want LinkedIn and email in one campaign
Worth knowing
Closely
- Starter includes no monthly credits, so finding emails, phone numbers or AI personalization starts on Growth or with credits bought separately.
- LinkedIn steps run on your own LinkedIn account, which is connected to Closely and works within daily limits.
- Payments are non-refundable except for a request within 2 days of a first purchase, or for service problems at Closely's discretion.
- Discounts shown on the site need a promo code at checkout; the prices listed here are without them.
Waalaxy
- Prices are shown in euros, even to US visitors, and only the yearly-billed rate is shown; monthly and quarterly billing cost more.
- Pro and Advanced cover LinkedIn only; cold email and LinkedIn-plus-email campaigns need Business.
- The LinkedIn Inbox for managing conversations is a paid add-on at €20 a month after 500 free conversations.
- Pro is capped at 300 LinkedIn invitations a month; Advanced and Business allow 800.
Key features
Closely
- LinkedIn automation
- Sequences of connection requests, profile visits, messages and InMails with daily limits, delays and warm-up, each LinkedIn account on its own residential IP.
- Multichannel campaigns
- A conditional sequence builder mixes LinkedIn and email steps, with unlimited email accounts over Gmail, Outlook or SMTP and A/B tests on copy.
- Email and phone finder
- Finds work emails and phone numbers by checking sources in turn until one returns a valid result, and pulls leads from Sales Navigator, posts and events.
- AI agents
- Score leads against your ideal customer profile, research companies on the web for hiring, funding and tech stack, and write personalized messages.
- Unified inbox and CRM sync
- LinkedIn messages, InMails and email replies land in one inbox with tags and templates, and sync to HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive or GoHighLevel.
- White label
- Every plan can run under an agency's own logo, colors and domain, with branded reports and a client portal at no setup fee.
Waalaxy
- LinkedIn sequences
- Connection requests, messages and follow-ups run from 99+ ready-made sequences, paced to stay within LinkedIn's limits, and stop when a reply is detected.
- Prospect lists from LinkedIn
- Import prospects from LinkedIn search, Sales Navigator or Recruiter Lite, or target post reactions, groups and events; CSV imports also work.
- Email finder
- Finds prospects' professional emails from a monthly credit allowance: 25 on Pro and Advanced, 500 on Business.
- Cold email and multichannel campaigns
- On Business, campaigns combine LinkedIn steps with cold email sequences and automated email follow-ups sent from several sender accounts.
- Team prospecting
- A shared workspace with duplicate prevention so two teammates do not contact the same person, shared analytics and one payment for the team.
- Campaign reporting
- Reply rates per campaign compared with industry benchmarks, positive-reply sentiment and a dashboard for each user and the team.
Plans
Closely
Starter$39
per month for 1 LinkedIn account, billed annually ($65 monthly)
1 sender (a LinkedIn account and an email inbox), unlimited email accounts and campaigns, LinkedIn and email sequences and white label. No monthly credits.
Growth$95
per month for 3 LinkedIn accounts, billed annually ($159 monthly)
3 senders and 3,000 credits a month, enough for about 750 emails, 150 phone numbers or 1,500 AI personalizations.
Essential$155
per month for 5 LinkedIn accounts, billed annually ($259 monthly)
5 senders and 5,000 credits a month, enough for about 1,250 emails, 250 phone numbers or 2,500 AI personalizations.
Custom$1,499
per month for unlimited LinkedIn accounts, billed monthly
A calculator prices any number of LinkedIn accounts and credits; from 30 accounts up, the price is a flat $1,499 a month however many seats an agency runs.
Waalaxy
Pro€19
per user / month, billed yearly
300 LinkedIn invitations a month, unlimited campaigns, pre-built sequences, automated follow-ups, CRM sync and 25 email finder credits a month.
Advanced€49
per user / month, billed yearly
800 invitations a month, API access, Make, Zapier and n8n modules, and live chat support that replies within 4 hours.
Business€69
per user / month, billed yearly
Adds cold email sequences, campaigns mixing LinkedIn and email, multiple sender accounts and 500 email finder credits a month.
Ways to pay less
Closely
- Annual discount
40% off with annual billing
Closely's pricing page marks annual billing 40% off: Starter is $39 a month ($468 a year) against $65 billed monthly.
Waalaxy
- Annual discount
Up to 50% off with yearly billing
Waalaxy's pricing page lists 20% off for quarterly billing and up to 50% off for yearly billing, paid up front in one payment.
