Dex vs Mesh

Dex

• Individuals who want to stay in touch with a large personal network
• Founders, investors and job seekers who network heavily on LinkedIn
• Students: there is a 50% discount with a school email

Mesh

• Individuals who want a contact book that keeps itself up to date
• People who want a free personal CRM for up to 1,000 contacts
• Small teams that share contacts and look for warm introductions

Dex

• No free plan is listed on the pricing page, and the 7-day trial requires a credit card.
• Dex has no deals or pipelines; its makers say it is not a sales CRM.
• Outlook integration, mail merge, multiple email accounts and API or Zapier access need Professional.
• LinkedIn sync stops at 2,500 connections on Premium and 9,000 on Professional and Enterprise.

Mesh

• The free Personal plan stops at 1,000 contacts and still asks for a credit card at sign-up.
• Sign-up starts a 14-day Pro trial automatically; you have to downgrade to Personal to stay on the free plan.
• The Team plan allows up to 4 team members; larger teams and SAML SSO need Enterprise.
• Paying monthly doubles the Pro price: $20 a month against $10 a month on the annual plan.

Dex

LinkedIn sync and job-change alerts

The browser extension syncs your LinkedIn connections in the background and tells you when a contact changes title. Plans cap the number of synced connections.

Keep-in-touch reminders

Dex reminds you to keep in touch with people, notifies you of upcoming birthdays and important dates, and shows where the last conversation left off.

Email, calendar and messaging sync

Connects Gmail, Google Calendar, WhatsApp, Instagram and iMessage so recent interactions and meeting attendees appear on each contact. Outlook needs Professional.

Notes and custom fields

Store how you met, work and education history, important dates, family details and gift ideas on each person, with custom fields for anything else.

Dex Research

Builds a briefing on a contact covering background, current role and what has changed since you last spoke, using monthly credits: 10 on Premium, 20 on Professional.

MCP server for AI assistants

An MCP server lets assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini read your contacts, notes and follow-ups from your Dex account.

Mesh

Automatic contact import

Creates contacts from the people you have emailed, met on your calendar, texted or called, and from LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

Life updates

Surfaces job changes, location changes and news mentions for the people in your network. Updates are unlimited on the free plan.

Reconnect and reminders

Set reminders for specific people, get prompts when it is time to reconnect, and receive birthday notifications.

Notes on every contact

Notes support Markdown, can reference other contacts with @ and carry # labels that search can filter on. The combined Notes view is on Mac, Windows and web only.

Nexus AI

An AI assistant that answers questions about your network using your contacts' context, such as reasons to get back in touch or ideas for an outreach email.

Mesh for Teams

Shares contacts across a company so colleagues can see who knows whom and spot warm introductions. The Team plan covers up to 4 members.

Dex

• Premium$12

  per month, billed annually ($16 quarterly, $20 monthly)

  Web, desktop, mobile and extension access, LinkedIn sync for up to 2,500 connections, 10 research credits a month, and email and calendar integrations.

• Professional$20

  per month, billed annually ($27 quarterly, $34 monthly)

  LinkedIn sync for up to 9,000 connections, 20 research credits a month, mail merge, voice mode, Outlook integration, and API and Zapier access.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds 50 research credits a month, CRM and notetaker integrations, SAML SSO, a SOC 2 report, and team billing on one invoice.

Mesh

• PersonalFree

  Up to 1,000 contacts with imports, search and groups, Reconnect, reminders, birthday notifications and unlimited life updates.

• Pro$10

  per month, billed annually at $120 ($20 billed monthly)

  Unlimited contacts, custom data imports from spreadsheets and CSVs, priority support, invoice-based billing and prioritized data refreshes.

• Team$40

  per seat / month, paid annually ($49 paid monthly)

  Everything in Pro for up to 4 team members, with advanced data enrichment, admin tools and custom integration and setup.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited team members, data import from 100+ software tools, SAML SSO, SOC 2 Type II and a dedicated success manager.

Dex

• Annual discount

  Up to 40% off with annual billing

  Premium is $12 a month billed annually against $20 billed monthly, and Professional is $20 against $34. Quarterly billing is about 20% off, at $16 and $27.

• Education

  50% off for students for one year

  Students with a .edu email can claim a code for 50% off for one year. The pricing FAQ says MBA students get 50% off for two years.

• Nonprofit

  Non-profit discounts on request

  The pricing FAQ says non-profit discounts are available by contacting Dex support. No percentage is published.

Mesh

• Annual discount

  50% off Pro with annual billing

  Pro is $120 a year, which works out to $10 a month, against $20 billed monthly. Team is $40 per seat a month paid annually against $49 paid monthly.

• Education

  3 sponsored months of Pro for students and educators

  The pricing FAQ says Mesh will sponsor three months of Mesh Pro for students and educators who email the team.

• Nonprofit

  3 sponsored months of Pro for nonprofits

  The same FAQ extends three sponsored months of Mesh Pro to 501(c)(3) organizations that email the team.