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Octopus CRM alternative

Connected Outreach is $29 a month for one LinkedIn account, with every tool, your own cloud browser and your own IP address included. Octopus CRM is $9.99 a month (Starter). Here is what each one does, and where Octopus CRM is the better pick.

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What Octopus CRM is

Octopus CRM is a low-cost LinkedIn automation tool that works as a Chrome extension; its free trial links straight to the Chrome Web Store. Plans run from $9.99 a month (Starter) to $39.99 (Unlimited), or $6.99 to $24.99 a month billed yearly, and there is a 7-day trial with no card. It automates connection requests, messages, profile visits and skill endorsements, and connects to Zapier and HubSpot. Agencies managing 20 or more accounts are asked to contact the team.

Octopus CRM and Connected Outreach, side by side

Price for one LinkedIn account

Octopus CRM
$9.99 a month (Starter) to $39.99 (Unlimited); $6.99 to $24.99 billed yearly
Connected Outreach
$29 a month, or $20 a month paid yearly

Where it runs

Octopus CRM
Chrome extension (its trial links to the Chrome Web Store)
Connected Outreach
Your own cloud browser on our server. Nothing to install

Own IP address included

Octopus CRM
Not confirmed on their own site
Connected Outreach
Yes: your own static IP address in your country, used only by your account

Free trial

Octopus CRM
7 days, no card
Connected Outreach
No. 14-day money-back guarantee on the first payment

Billing periods

Octopus CRM
Monthly, yearly (35% off)
Connected Outreach
Monthly, every 3 months, every 6 months, yearly

Octopus CRM figures checked on octopuscrm.io on 8 Nov 2026. Octopus CRM has no separate pricing page; the figures are from the pricing section of its home page.

A dash means we could not confirm it on their own site. Prices are list prices in the vendor's currency, before tax, and can change, so check before you buy. Product names belong to their owners; Connected Outreach is not affiliated with Octopus CRM or LinkedIn.

Where Octopus CRM wins

  • Price

    Every Octopus CRM plan is below our $29 a month. If cost is the only question, it wins.

  • Endorsements, visits and integrations

    Octopus CRM can visit profiles and endorse skills, and it connects to Zapier and HubSpot. We don't do any of those.

  • A trial first

    Octopus CRM offers a 7-day trial with no card. We have no trial; we refund your first payment within 14 days instead.

What you get with Connected Outreach

  • Nothing to install

    Each customer gets their own persistent cloud browser on our server. No browser extension, no desktop app, and your computer can be off while a run goes.

  • Your own IP address comes with it

    Each paying account gets its own static IP address in the country it picks (India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, the Netherlands or Singapore), used only by that account. Nothing extra to buy or set up.

  • Leads are part of the plan

    The built-in finder searches LinkedIn people by keywords, job title, industry and company, or from a pasted LinkedIn people-search link: 300 finds a month. You can also upload a CSV.

Switching from Octopus CRM

Why does running in the cloud matter?
A Chrome extension works from your own computer, in your own browser, while it is open. Our runs happen in your own cloud browser on our server, through its own static IP address, with your computer off. Sequences keep going on their own.
Can I bring my leads over from Octopus CRM?
Yes, if you can export them. Save the list as a CSV with a column of LinkedIn profile links and upload it on the Leads page. Run Profile Scraper once to fill in names and companies. You can also let the lead finder build a new list from a job title.
Should I run Octopus CRM and Connected Outreach at the same time?
No. Pause or cancel your Octopus CRM campaigns before you start here, so two tools never act on the same LinkedIn account. One account, one tool at a time.
Can my LinkedIn account still be restricted?
Yes, with any tool. Automating LinkedIn is against its terms, so there is always some risk. We keep it lower with fixed caps (20 connection requests a day and at most 100 in any 7 days), a random gap between sends, your own static IP address in your country, and runs that stop when LinkedIn shows a security check. We reduce the risk; we never remove it.
Does a sequence stop when someone replies?
It checks the conversation before each message and skips anyone who has replied, but that check has not been proven against live LinkedIn yet. Keep sequences to one or two messages and read your LinkedIn inbox every day.
Is there a free trial, and can I cancel?
There is no free trial. If it isn't right for you, ask within 14 days of your first payment and we refund it in full. Cancel any time from the billing portal; the plan runs to the end of the paid period.

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