HeyReach alternative

Looking for a HeyReach alternative? Here's an honest comparison.

HeyReach automates LinkedIn outreach across many accounts. Outboundly does the opposite: it decides who to contact and drafts each message, and a real person sends it. Here's how they compare, and when each one is the right pick.

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The short answer

HeyReach is LinkedIn automation built for agencies and teams running many sender accounts at volume. Outboundly is for teams that want LinkedIn outreach without automation: it builds each rep's daily list and drafts every message, and a person (your rep or our team) sends it by hand. Pick HeyReach for automated scale; pick Outboundly to keep a human sending and stay inside LinkedIn's User Agreement.

Facts about HeyReach are from its own website, checked Oct 14, 2026. Sources are listed at the end.

Side by side

Outboundly vs HeyReach. Feature by feature.

	Outboundly	HeyReach
Built for	Sales teams, founders and service firms running LinkedIn outreach by hand	Agencies, sales teams and growth teams running outreach across many LinkedIn accounts
Who sends messages	A person: your reps on the Platform, our team on Done-for-you	The software, on a schedule, from your connected accounts
Runs on your LinkedIn account	No. Nothing acts on the account	Yes. Automates connection requests, messages, voice notes and profile views
Fit with LinkedIn's User Agreement	Manual sending, no bots or extensions	HeyReach's own blog says the User Agreement prohibits automated connecting and messaging
Multiple accounts	One daily list per profile in one workspace, combined reporting on Team	Unlimited senders, rotation across accounts, unified inbox
Messages	A draft written for each person from your offer brief, edited by the sender	Campaign templates with personalisation variables and conditional steps
Follow-ups	Warm-up and follow-up steps arrive as daily tasks	Automated sequences with branching
Email	Email steps in the same sequence with the Email & Pipeline add-on	Through integrations with Instantly, Smartlead or EmailBison
Integrations	Audience and results export on Team	API, webhooks, HubSpot, Clay, n8n, Make and Zapier
Done-for-you option	Yes. Our team sends by hand from your profile	Yes, custom-priced
Pricing	Per LinkedIn profile: Solo $150/mo (1 profile), Team $299/mo (3 profiles) on the Platform. Done-for-you $250 and $750. Setup fee of one month, waived on quarterly billing.	Growth $79 per sender/mo. Agency $999/mo. Unlimited $2,999/mo (fair use 300 senders). Lower on quarterly and yearly billing

What actually differs

Four differences that matter in practice.

Who presses send

This is the whole difference. HeyReach sends connection requests and messages for you, on a schedule, across your accounts. In Outboundly the software decides and drafts, then a person reads each message and sends it. That costs more human time per message. It also means every message gets a human check before it goes.

Account risk

LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits bots and unauthorised automated methods for adding contacts and sending messages. HeyReach adds safety measures, such as a dedicated proxy per account and conservative limits, and its own blog says plainly that no outreach automation tool is approved by LinkedIn. Outboundly avoids the question: nothing runs on the account.

Volume versus relevance

HeyReach is built to scale senders cheaply, which suits agencies running many campaigns. Outboundly is built around a short daily list per person, with a message drafted for each contact. You send fewer messages, and each one is written for the person receiving it.

Integrations

HeyReach has the deeper integration set: an API, webhooks and native connections to the tools agencies use. Outboundly keeps the workflow in one place, with exports on Team. If your stack depends on piping LinkedIn data into other tools, HeyReach is ahead here.

Which one fits

When each one is the better choice.

Choose HeyReach if

You run an agency or growth team managing many LinkedIn accounts at volume
You accept the account risk that comes with automation
You need an API, webhooks and white-label for clients
Lowest cost per sender matters more than message-by-message quality

Choose Outboundly if

You want a real person to send every message, with nothing running on the account
Your reps sell with their own names and reputations on the line
You want each message drafted for the person, not a template
You'd rather have our team send for you than run a tool

What happened with HeyReach on LinkedIn in 2026

On 25 March 2026, HeyReach reported that LinkedIn had removed its company page and restricted its executives' personal profiles. In its own words at the time, the action had zero impact on users and was temporary.

In a follow-up post in August 2026, HeyReach said the page had around 16,400 followers, that its CEO, CTO, CRO and CMO had been restricted, and that customer accounts were unaffected. The same post acknowledges that LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits automated outreach.

LinkedIn has not commented publicly, and we could not find a report that the page or profiles have been restored. Everything here comes from HeyReach's own posts, linked below.

Questions

HeyReach vs Outboundly: what people ask.

What is the best HeyReach alternative?

It depends on why you're leaving. If you want the same automated, multi-account approach, other automation tools are the closest match. If you want to stop automating and have a person send every message, Outboundly is built for that: it drafts each message and builds each rep's daily list, and a person sends.

Is HeyReach safe to use?

HeyReach uses safety measures such as a dedicated proxy per account and conservative limits. But its own August 2026 blog post says LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits automated connecting and messaging, and that no outreach automation tool is approved. Any automation carries some risk of restriction.

Is Outboundly a LinkedIn automation tool?

No. No bot or extension acts on your LinkedIn account. Outboundly decides who to reach and drafts the message, and a person sends it: your reps on the Platform, or our team on Done-for-you.

How does pricing compare?

HeyReach lists Growth at $79 per sender per month, Agency at $999 a month and Unlimited at $2,999 a month, with discounts for quarterly and yearly billing. Outboundly is priced per LinkedIn profile: $150 a month for one, $299 for three on the Platform, or $250 and $750 when our team sends.