# Botdog review (2026): is it worth $55.33 a month, billed yearly? > Cloud-based LinkedIn automation with an AI inbox and lead review Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Botdog automates LinkedIn outreach from the cloud: sequences of connection requests, messages and InMails, with leads imported from LinkedIn searches, Sales Navigator, Recruiter, events or CSV files. AI features write openers, screen leads against a plain-English description of the ideal prospect and summarize inbox threads. It works on LinkedIn only and has no email channel. - **Category:** Cold Outreach - **Made by:** Botdog - **Website:** https://www.botdog.co - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you need email or other channels, as it's LinkedIn only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Botdog is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $55.33 per account / month, billed yearly ($79 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of all features, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Solo | $55.33 per account / month, billed yearly ($79 billed monthly) | One sender. Unlimited campaigns, all LinkedIn actions, AI campaign building and inbox, and analytics. The yearly price is $664, shown as 30% off the monthly rate. | | Agency | $209.33 per month for 5 senders, billed yearly ($299 billed monthly) | Starts at 5 senders, with 10, 20, 30 and 40 sender steps; price rises with senders. Adds white-glove onboarding, migration, priority and dedicated support, and volume discounts. | | Managed | Custom | Done-for-you outbound run by Botdog: campaign setup, inbox management and ghostwritten posts. The page says from $690 a month per seat, billed monthly. | Read from https://www.botdog.co/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Botdog before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **30% off with 12-month billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page lists 12-month billing at 30% off the monthly rate, and 10% off for 3 months. Source: https://www.botdog.co/pricing ## Key features - **LinkedIn sequences:** Step-by-step campaigns of connection requests, follow-up messages, InMails and post likes or comments, run from the cloud. - **Many ways to import leads:** Leads come from LinkedIn searches, Sales Navigator lists, Recruiter projects, event attendees, post reactions or CSV files. - **AI lead review and variables:** A plain-English description of the ideal prospect screens leads before invitations are spent, and AI variables write a unique opener per prospect. - **Unified and team inbox:** Read and reply to LinkedIn conversations in one place, share inboxes with teammates, and get AI summaries and suggested replies. - **Team and agency management:** One campaign can send from several teammates' accounts, with roles, shared contacts and a team performance report. - **Webhooks, Slack alerts and MCP:** Events can be pushed to any URL or a Slack channel, and an MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor query campaigns and add leads. ## Good for - Individuals and small teams doing LinkedIn-only outreach - Agencies running campaigns for several clients from one dashboard - Recruiters importing candidates from LinkedIn Recruiter ## Worth knowing - LinkedIn only: the vendor says it skips email and other channels. - The pricing page shows the yearly-billed price first; the monthly-billed rates are $79 per account (Solo) and $299 (Agency, 5 senders). - No refunds are offered; a cancelled subscription runs to the end of its billing period. - The Managed service is priced separately, from $690 a month per seat. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Botdog runs LinkedIn sequences from the cloud with an AI inbox and lead review, with a 14-day trial and no card. But it's LinkedIn only, the page shows the yearly price first ($79 a month if billed monthly), and it offers no refunds. - **Value for money: C.** $55.33 an account a month billed yearly, or $79 billed monthly. Agency starts at 5 senders for $209.33 yearly. That sits in the middle of this category. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 14-day trial of all features with no credit card needed. There's no free plan after it. - **Features: C.** LinkedIn sequences, many ways to import leads, AI lead review, a team inbox and webhooks. It skips email and other channels. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect accounts and build campaigns. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with Slack, Google Sheets, Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and LinkedIn Sales Navigator listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Botdog's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among cold outreach tools - Botdog's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 40 of the 81 other cold outreach tools we grade, and level with 20. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 17 of 81) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $55.33 a month, against a middle price of $39 for the category: 50 of the 73 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 11 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/cold-outreach ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Botdog you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $663.96 a year. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: One mailbox that several people work at once. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Slack, Google Sheets, Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, LinkedIn Recruiter **Tags:** Workflow automation, AI features, Shared inbox, Public API, Reports ## Alternatives - [Waalaxy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/waalaxy): LinkedIn invitations and follow-ups, with cold email on Business. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/botdog-vs-waalaxy) - [Expandi](https://toolgpa.com/tools/expandi): Cloud-based LinkedIn outreach sequences with email follow-ups. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/botdog-vs-expandi) - [Dripify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dripify): LinkedIn automation with email steps, run from the cloud. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/botdog-vs-dripify) - [HeyReach](https://toolgpa.com/tools/heyreach): LinkedIn outreach across many sender accounts, billed per sender. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/botdog-vs-heyreach) - [Octopus CRM](https://toolgpa.com/tools/octopus-crm): Chrome extension that automates LinkedIn invites and messages. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/botdog-vs-octopus-crm) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.botdog.co/pricing - https://www.botdog.co - https://www.botdog.co/features Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/botdog Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).