LinkedIn Prospecting Extensions: Capturing Contacts as You Browse
Hunter scores highest of the fourteen tools on this LinkedIn prospecting extensions grid, 8.5 on 105 tagged reviews. Its value for money scores 7.8 on 52 tagged reviews, up to September 2026.
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The top three
Rank follows score, nothing else; the full table of 14 is below.
Hunter scores 8.5 on 105 tagged reviews: ease of setup scores 9.3 and support quality 9.1, while price level draws 18 negative mentions and credits and quotas 12.
Artisan scores 7.8 on 9 tagged reviews: value for money scores 9.0 on 7 tagged reviews and ease of setup 8.2 on 7, while output quality draws 4 negative mentions and feature range draws 3.
SignalHire scores 7.7 on 14 tagged reviews: ease of use has 13 favourable mentions and no negative one, while credits and quotas draw 6 negative mentions, all of its mentions.
Highest-scored for your situation
One tool per situation: the highest-scored of the 14 whose reviews describe that situation. Each card names what it gives up.
Hunter scores 8.5, the highest of the tools with team reviews; its Starter plan lists 2,000 credits a month and Growth 10,000, read on Oct 3, 2026.
Hunter scores 8.5, the highest of the tools with solo reviews, but only 3 of 105 tagged reviews are from solo users; its Free plan lists 50 credits a month, read on Sep 26, 2026.
Clay scores 6.8, the highest of the tools with agency reviews, but only 2 of its 28 tagged reviews come from agencies, and its ease of setup scores 5.3 on 18 tagged reviews.
All 14, side by side
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| Rank | Tool | Score | Entry price | Trial | Best for | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunter |
8.5 | $49/mo | Team | ||
| 2 | Artisan |
7.8* | $280/mo | Team | ||
| 3 | SignalHire |
7.7 | $69/mo | Team | ||
| 4 |  Valley |
7.6* | $199/seat /mo | Team | ||
| 5 |  CoPilot AI |
7.6* | $199/mo billed annually | |||
| 6 |  Unify |
7.4* | $20/seat /mo | Team | ||
| 7 |  Ocean.io |
7.4* | Not published | Team | ||
| 8 |  SalesIntel |
7.2 | Quote | Team | ||
| 9 |  ZoomInfo |
6.9 | Quote | Team | ||
| 10 |  LinkedIn Sales Navigator |
6.8 | From $119.99/seat /mo | Team | ||
| 11 | Clay |
6.8 | From $185/mo | Team | ||
| 12 |  Apollo |
6.8 | $65/seat /mo | Team | ||
| 13 |  Crunchbase |
6.3 | $99/mo | Team | ||
| 14 |  RocketReach |
6.1 | $49/mo | Team |
Entry prices read on each vendor's public pricing page where one exists; the oldest reading dates from Sep 26, 2026. Some of these prices have not been read again for 6 months. Check the vendors' pages before you buy. * Under 10 tagged reviews: the score is weighted toward the site average; with none, it comes from the averages of the tools we score. How we score
The top six, in detail
The first six rows of the table, in rank order: what the reviews and the vendor's pages say about each one.
Hunter scores 8.5 on 105 tagged reviews up to September 2026. Ease of setup scores 9.3 on 63 tagged reviews, and support quality scores 9.1 on 32. Price level draws 18 negative mentions and data coverage 15. Starter is $49 a month billed monthly, read on Oct 3, 2026.
- Ease of setup scores 9.3 on 63 tagged reviews
- Support quality scores 9.1 on 32 tagged reviews
- Price level draws 18 negative mentions
- Data coverage draws 15 negative mentions
Artisan scores 7.8 on 9 tagged reviews. Value for money scores 9.0 on 7 tagged reviews, ease of setup 8.2 on 7 and support quality 8.1 on 3. Feature depth scores 7.2 on 9 tagged reviews. Output quality draws 4 negative mentions and feature range draws 3, and the Free plan cannot run campaigns, read on Oct 4, 2026.
- Value for money scores 9.0 on 7 tagged reviews
- Ease of setup scores 8.2 on 7 tagged reviews
- Output quality draws 4 negative mentions
- Feature range draws 3 negative mentions
SignalHire scores 7.7 on 14 tagged reviews up to September 2026. Ease of setup scores 8.7 on 4 tagged reviews and value for money 8.4 on 14, while feature depth scores 6.1 on 9. The Emails plan is $69 a month, billed monthly, read on the vendor's page on Oct 3, 2026.
- Ease of use draws 13 favourable mentions
- Value for money scores 8.4 on 14 tagged reviews
- Credits and quotas draw 6 negative mentions
- Feature depth scores 6.1 on 9 tagged reviews
Valley scores 7.6 on 3 tagged reviews up to March 2026, so its score is weighted toward the site average. Feature depth scores 7.1 on the 3 tagged reviews of Valley that discuss it, with 1 positive and 1 mixed. Starter is $199 per seat a month, and Valley Scale requires at least 5 seats. Prices were read on the vendor's page on Sep 27, 2026.
- Explains why each prospect matches the ideal customer
- LinkedIn and email in one sequence
- Valley is scored on only 3 tagged reviews
- Valley Scale requires at least 5 seats
CoPilot AI scores 7.6 on 0 tagged reviews: its dimensions take the site average, so the score reflects no reviewer feedback. Core is $199 a month, billed annually, on a committed term, and the vendor states each user also needs a separate paid LinkedIn subscription. Prices were read on the vendor's page on Oct 4, 2026.
- Three AI agents for strategy, targeting and replies
- Unlimited AI-generated replies on the Core plan
- CoPilot AI is scored on 0 tagged reviews
- Committed term: Core is $199 a month, billed annually
Unify scores 7.4 on 9 tagged reviews up to September 2026. Value for money scores 8.9 on 9 tagged reviews, feature depth 7.6 on 8 and support quality 7.8 on 5. Ease of setup scores 7.0 on 7 tagged reviews, and feature range draws 12 favourable and 4 negative mentions.
- Ease of use draws 22 favourable mentions
- Automation draws 14 favourable mentions, none negative
- Integrations draws 5 negative mentions against 1 favourable
- Learning curve draws 5 negative mentions, none favourable
Beyond the scores
The tools differ in how they capture a contact: a listed browser extension, a database search or an outreach flow. The sections below read the extensions, the accuracy mentions, the export and CRM facts and the plan prices.
Which of these tools list a browser extension, and what reviewers say
RocketReach lists a Chrome extension that also works on company websites, read on Oct 3, 2026. SignalHire lists a browser extension across social platforms and most websites, and its Free plan gives 10 credits a month with the extension installed, read on Sep 26, 2026. SalesIntel lists a built-in Chrome extension for LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and other sites, read on Sep 26, 2026.
Reviewers raise the extension of other tools too. Apollo draws 11 mentions of its browser extension, 4 of them negative. Hunter draws 8 mentions of its browser extension, 2 of them negative. ZoomInfo draws 4 mentions of its browser extension, 1 of them negative.
Reviewer mentions of email, phone and data accuracy, with negatives
Hunter draws 24 mentions of email accuracy, none of them negative. Apollo draws 18 mentions of email accuracy, 4 of them negative, and 12 of phone accuracy, 8 of them negative. ZoomInfo draws 6 mentions of email accuracy, 3 of them negative, and 10 of phone accuracy, 7 of them negative.
SalesIntel draws 4 mentions of phone accuracy, all negative. RocketReach draws 3 mentions of email accuracy, 2 of them negative. Beyond email and phone, Apollo's data accuracy draws 505 mentions, 479 of them negative, and ZoomInfo's draws 217 negative mentions and 337 favourable mentions.
Export limits, bulk runs and CRM delivery that the tools list
SignalHire lists bulk search of up to 1,000 profiles at a time, read on Sep 26, 2026. RocketReach lists 1,200 exports per year on Essentials and 3,600 on Pro, billed annually, read on Oct 3, 2026.
For delivery, Hunter lists CRM sync with HubSpot and Salesforce, plus lead enrichment on import that costs no credits on all paid plans, read on Sep 27, 2026. CoPilot AI lists native sync with both, read on Sep 27, 2026. Ocean.io lists a direct push of its ranked account list to Salesforce, HubSpot and Clay, read on Sep 26, 2026.
Plan prices, billing cycles and credits on the pricing pages
RocketReach's Essentials plan is $49 a month billed monthly, or $27 a month billed annually, with 100 lookups a month, read on Oct 3, 2026. Apollo's Basic plan is $65 per seat a month billed monthly, or $49 per seat a month billed annually, with 2,500 credits per seat a month, read on Oct 3, 2026. Unify's Base plan is $20 per seat a month billed monthly, with 800 credits per seat a month, read on Sep 29, 2026. LinkedIn Sales Navigator Core starts at $119.99 per license a month, read on Oct 3, 2026.
Free plans are listed for Apollo, ZoomInfo, RocketReach, Hunter, Crunchbase, Clay, SignalHire, Artisan and Unify on pages read between Sep 25 and Oct 3, 2026.
Before you choose
SignalHire lists a browser extension and describes itself as a contact finder that returns verified emails and phone numbers, read on Sep 26, 2026. RocketReach lists email plus phone on Pro and email only on Essentials, read on Sep 26, 2026.
This page does not test whether any extension works without Sales Navigator. CoPilot AI's Targeting builds prospect lists inside Sales Navigator, read on Sep 27, 2026, and the vendor states each user needs a separate Sales Navigator subscription, read on Oct 16, 2026.
This page does not test export steps, so it gives no click path. LinkedIn Sales Navigator lists CRM integrations on its Advanced Plus plan, and 50+ search filters for targeting leads, read on Oct 3, 2026.
This page leaves account safety out of its comparison and does not test any tool for it. CoPilot AI's help page states that LinkedIn's weekly invitation limit is set by LinkedIn itself, not by CoPilot AI, read on Sep 27, 2026.
This page does not measure a hit rate; the accuracy section counts reviewer mentions instead. Hunter lists an Email Verifier that costs 0.5 credit per verification, and Ocean.io lists an email reveal that turns a LinkedIn URL into a verified email with a confidence score, both read on Oct 3, 2026.
SignalHire lists CRM and ATS sync, native or by CSV fallback, read on Oct 3, 2026, and cold email sequences sent from your own mailbox, read on Sep 26, 2026. RocketReach lists multi-step email sequences that stop on a reply or bounce, read on Sep 26, 2026.
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