Octopus CRM Review: A Light LinkedIn Tool and Where It Stops
Octopus CRM targets sales teams and agencies with LinkedIn automationIn this Octopus CRM review, support draws 9 negative mentions and billing and renewals draw 4.
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Octopus CRM in three sentences
Octopus CRM is LinkedIn automation software for prospecting and outreach, with CRM sync listed via Zapier. It automates connection requests, bulk messages to 1st-level connections and profile visits. Scores rest on 30 tagged reviews; support is the most raised drawback, with 9 negative mentions.
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What it costs
Four plans. Every figure read on the vendor's pricing page on Sep 27, 2026.
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Prices read on the vendor's page: Starter $9.99, Pro $14.99, Advanced $21.99, Unlimited $39.99 per month.
Scores recalculated on 30 tagged reviews; global score 6.9.
What you get, what you don't
Five things Octopus CRM does, one it doesn't. The miss is marked because it decides for some readers.
- ZapierNative
- HubSpotVia Zapier or API
- Data hostedNot published
- GDPR data processing agreementNot published
- SOC 2 reportNot published
- Single sign-onNot published
- ChannelsEmail
- HoursNot published
- PhoneNot published
- Read as negative8 of 15 tagged reviews
The data behind the score
Our five scores against the average of the tools we score.
Should you buy it?
Name your dealbreaker. No profile is scored on its own yet: too few tagged reviews per profile, so the page shows the overall score.
Buy it if You want automated invites and bulk messages with Starter at $9.99 per month and can work with email support. Skip it if You need refunds on monthly plans, which the terms exclude; support draws 9 negative mentions.
Support is reached by email and draws complaints Customer support draws 9 negative mentions; the vendor's FAQ points to its support team by email, read on Oct 4, 2026. Dux-Soup covers it
Automation draws complaints as well as praise Automation draws 4 negative mentions, against 9 favourable mentions. We hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better.
Billing and renewals draw complaints Billing and renewals draw 4 negative mentions and no favourable ones; monthly plans are non-refundable, per the terms read on Oct 4, 2026. Dux-Soup covers it
Feature range splits reviewers Feature range draws 4 negative mentions, against 4 favourable mentions. We hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better.
Questions to ask the vendor
- What is the typical email reply time from Octopus CRM support?Support draws 9 negative mentions.
- Can a monthly plan be refunded after the first payment?Monthly plans are non-refundable, per the terms read on Oct 4, 2026.
- Which features does Unlimited add over Advanced beyond Activity Control?Activity Control is listed on Unlimited; Feature range draws 4 negative mentions.
- What daily limits apply to automated actions on each plan?Automation draws 4 negative mentions.
If Octopus CRM isn't it
Three tools we score in this category. Each card names where the tool is weaker. The highest-scored tool that covers a dealbreaker above is always among them. Automation and Feature range have no card: we hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better. Click a card, or a name below, to put it next to Octopus CRM.
- Two-way sync with HubSpot and Salesforce, also Pipedrive and Close
- Feature range draws 5 negative mentions
- Email, chat and phone support; refund within 31 days of initial purchase
- Customer support draws 3 negative mentions
- Built-in email finder with 100 credits every month
- Price level draws 48 negative mentions
Octopus CRM vs Aimfoxthe three alternatives
 Octopus CRM |
Aimfox |
Dux-Soup |
Dripify |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our score | 6.9 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Price and plan | ||||
| Entry price | $9.99 /mo | $49 /seat /mo | $41.25 /seat /mo billed annually | $59 /seat /mo |
| Free plan | No free plan stated | No free plan stated | No free plan stated | No free plan stated |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial | 14-day free trial | 14-day free trial | 7-day free trial |
| Four dimensions, same grid | ||||
| Ease of setup | 8.1 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 9.4 |
| Feature depth | 7.1 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.1 |
| Value for money | 7.5 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 8.1 |
| Support quality | 5.9 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 8.7 |
| Fit | ||||
| Integrations | Zapier, HubSpot | HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive | Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive | Make, Zapier, HubSpot |
| Support channels | Live Chat | Email, chat, phone | Chat and email | |
| Main strength | Automated LinkedIn connection requests | Support and ease of setup | LinkedIn drip campaign automation | Ease of use and automation |
Aimfox lists connection requests capped at 100 to 200 per week and message requests at 150 to 200 per week, read on Oct 4, 2026.
Dux-Soup runs drip campaigns of up to 12 steps and lists Salesforce, HubSpot and Pipedrive among its native integrations, read on Oct 4, 2026.
Dripify sequences combine LinkedIn and email actions, delays and triggers, per its page read on Oct 4, 2026.
Entry plans read between Sep 27 and Oct 4, 2026: Octopus CRM $9.99 per month; Aimfox $49 per seat a month; Dux-Soup $41.25 per seat a month, billed annually; Dripify $59 per user a month.
Same five-dimension grid for every tool; the fifth dimension changes with the category and stays out of this table. Prices and integrations read on each vendor's public pages between Sep 27 and Oct 4, 2026. Some of these prices have not been read again for 6 months. Check the vendors' pages before you buy.
What the reviews say, in depth
Octopus CRM pricing spans four plans, Starter to Unlimited
Starter is $9.99 per month, Pro is $14.99, Advanced is $21.99 and Unlimited is $39.99, read on the vendor's page on Sep 27, 2026. The annual tab brings them to $6.99, $9.99, $14.99 and $24.99 a month, billed annually. Annual plans are refundable within 24 hours of payment and monthly plans are not, per the terms read on Oct 4, 2026.
Billing and renewals draw 4 negative mentions and no favourable ones. The terms say the subscription renews automatically until cancelled, read on Sep 27, 2026.
It automates invites, messages, visits and endorsements
The vendor's page lists automated personalized connection requests, bulk messages to 1st-level connections, automated profile visits and automatic endorsements of up to 7 skills, read on Sep 27, 2026. It also lists CSV import and export of leads.
Automation draws 13 mentions, 4 of them negative and 9 favourable. Feature range draws 8 mentions, 4 negative and 4 favourable.
Support is the most raised drawback, reached by email
Customer support draws 14 mentions, 9 of them negative and 4 favourable. The vendor's FAQ points to its customer support team by email, read on Oct 4, 2026.
Plans differ by the LinkedIn account types they list
Starter, Pro and Advanced list compatibility with Sales Navigator; Unlimited lists Premium, Sales Navigator and Recruiter, read on Sep 27, 2026. Activity Control, which sends alerts on excessive LinkedIn activity, is listed on the Unlimited plan, per the FAQ read on Oct 4, 2026.
CRM sync is listed via Zapier, naming HubSpot and Google Docs, per the vendor page read on Oct 4, 2026.
Before you commit
Starter is $9.99 per month, or $6.99 a month billed annually; Unlimited is $39.99 per month, or $24.99 a month billed annually. Prices were read on the vendor's page on Sep 27, 2026.
The pricing page read on Sep 27, 2026 lists Sales Navigator compatibility on Starter, Pro and Advanced, and Premium, Sales Navigator and Recruiter on Unlimited. This page does not rule on free LinkedIn accounts.
No outcome can be promised. The vendor lists an Activity Control feature on the Unlimited plan that alerts on excessive LinkedIn activity, per its FAQ read on Oct 4, 2026. Account safety draws 1 negative mention among the tagged reviews.
This page does not state where campaigns run. Cloud execution draws 1 negative mention among the tagged reviews, so confirm it with the vendor before you pay.
The vendor's page read on Sep 27, 2026 lists connecting by email as a way to send more connection requests per week than the LinkedIn invite limit allows. This page does not rate Octopus CRM as an email outreach tool.
The vendor's page read on Sep 27, 2026 lists sales teams and agencies among the users it works best for. This page cannot name the team size where it stops scaling. 5 tagged reviews come from team users, too few for a score of their own.
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