Why we put a third option on this page
Full disclosure before anything else: we build Leadsforlinked, so we are not a neutral referee. We have put ourselves in the comparison table rather than pretending otherwise, and where the other two are genuinely better we say so.
Here is the reason we think the two-way version of this comparison is the wrong question. LeadFuze answers "who should I contact" and Waalaxy answers "how do I contact them". Most people searching for this comparison need both, and until 2026 LeadFuze was a plausible self-serve answer to the first half. It is not any more.
Sourcing is priced separately from seats
Per-seat pricing is what quietly makes this category expensive. Two people running the same campaign pay twice for the same tool. Leadsforlinked prices the sourcing itself: 100 leads free on signup with no card, then credit packs from EUR 1.99, or subscriptions from EUR 4.99 per month. One credit equals one lead, duplicates are refunded, and credits never expire, so seasonal prospecting does not mean paying for capacity you are not using.
Eight sourcing methods, not one search box
Most tools in this category read one thing: the results of a LinkedIn search. Leadsforlinked reads eight: search results, post commenters, post reactors, event attendees, group members, post monitors that track a thread over time, your own profile visitors, and job-change signals. That matters because the warmest lists are not search results. Someone who commented on a post about your problem space has publicly raised their hand.
Paced deliberately, not raced
The extension paces itself on purpose. Delays between actions are drawn from a normal distribution rather than a fixed interval, pages are separated by several seconds, and every click scrolls into view and pauses first. On the free tier, leads are released 20 at a time every hour rather than in one burst. Slower is the point. Nobody in this category can promise you zero risk, and you should be sceptical of anyone who does, but pacing is the part that is actually within a tool's control.
No Sales Navigator requirement
Some tools in this space only read Sales Navigator result pages, which means a Sales Navigator seat at $119.99 per month per person before the tool's own price. Leadsforlinked works on standard LinkedIn search, so that line stays off the invoice.
LeadFuze vs Leadsforlinked vs Waalaxy: full comparison
| LeadFuze | Leadsforlinked | Waalaxy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | B2B contact database | LinkedIn sourcing + outreach + CRM | LinkedIn outreach automation |
| Core job | Who to contact | Who to contact and how | How to contact them |
| Self-serve signup | Discontinued in 2026 | Yes | Yes |
| Entry price | Sales contact required | Free, then EUR 4.99/mo | From ~EUR 19/user/mo |
| Reported list price | ~$1,500-2,000/mo licence | EUR 4.99 to EUR 149/mo | ~EUR 19 to 69/user/mo |
| Free tier | No self-serve trial | 100 leads, no card | 14-day trial* |
| Priced per seat | Licence-based | No, priced by leads | Yes |
| Credits expire | Licence term | Never | Monthly quota |
| Requires Sales Navigator | No | No | No |
| LinkedIn sourcing methods | Not LinkedIn-based | 8 | Search-led |
| Post commenters | No | Yes | No |
| Post reactors | No | Yes | No |
| Event attendees | No | Yes | No |
| Group members | No | Yes | No |
| Profile visitors | No | Yes | No |
| Job-change signals | Database filters | Yes | No |
| CSV export | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Outreach campaigns | No | Yes, from Starter | Yes, core feature |
| Unified inbox | No | Yes | Yes |
| CRM included | No | Yes, Kanban | Basic |
| Email enrichment | Core product | Not from LinkedIn profiles | Via integration, higher tiers |
| Architecture | Cloud database | Chrome extension | Fully cloud, no extension |
| EU infrastructure | US-based | Yes, built in France | Yes, French company |
| Best for | Enterprise data teams | Founders, SDRs, small agencies | Teams focused on LinkedIn sending |
Waalaxy moved to a fully cloud workflow on 1 July 2026 per its Help Center.
*Waalaxy’s pricing page currently advertises a 14-day trial only. A permanent freemium tier is described in Waalaxy’s own documentation but is not surfaced on the pricing page, so we state what the pricing page shows. Competitor pricing is as publicly reported in September 2026 and changes often. Check the vendor's own pricing page before you buy, and tell us if you spot something out of date.
What LeadFuze actually is now
LeadFuze is a B2B contact database. You search it by role, industry, company size and similar filters, and it returns records with contact details, drawing on a pool reported at over 300 million professional contacts. It was never a LinkedIn automation tool, and it never sent a message for you.
The important change is commercial rather than technical. During 2026 LeadFuze moved to a data licence model, reported at roughly $1,500 to $2,000 per month depending on contract length, and discontinued self-service signup. Pricing and trials now run through a sales conversation.
If you are an enterprise data team that wants bulk records piped into a warehouse or a CRM, that is a coherent product and the price is normal for the category. If you are one founder trying to book ten meetings this month, you are no longer the customer, and no amount of comparison shopping changes that.
This is worth stating plainly because a lot of the comparison content still ranking on this query was written before the change and quietly implies you can sign up for a small monthly plan. You cannot.
What Waalaxy actually does
Waalaxy is a French LinkedIn automation tool that runs fully in the cloud. Its core job is sending: connection requests, follow-up messages, and multi-step sequences that stop when someone replies. On higher tiers it adds cold email as a second channel, with email enrichment through an integration rather than from LinkedIn itself.
Reported 2026 pricing runs from a free plan with a small invitation allowance up to roughly EUR 69 per user per month, with the mid tier around EUR 49 including a monthly invitation quota and email finder credits.
Waalaxy is good at what it does and we are not going to pretend otherwise. The limitation is scope. It is search-led: you point it at a LinkedIn search and it acts on the results. If your best prospects are the fourteen people who commented on a competitor's post last week, that is a different job, and it is the job we built for.
The second limitation is the pricing shape. Because it is per seat, an agency running five client accounts pays five times. That is fine for a single SDR and expensive for anyone running volume across accounts.
Pricing in a nutshell
LeadFuze
Reported at roughly $1,500 to $2,000 per month as a data licence, contract length dependent. No self-serve signup, no published tier list, sales contact required.
Leadsforlinked
Free: 100 leads on signup, no card, released 20 at a time every hour. Credit packs: 500 leads for EUR 1.99 as a limited offer, then 1,500 for EUR 12.99, 4,000 for EUR 29, 8,000 for EUR 49, 20,000 for EUR 99, 50,000 for EUR 199. Packs never expire. Subscriptions: Basic EUR 4.99, Starter EUR 29, Diamond Pro EUR 79, Diamond Plus EUR 149 per month.
Waalaxy
Free plan with a limited invitation allowance, then roughly EUR 19 to EUR 69 per user per month depending on tier and billing term.
When to choose each
Choose LeadFuze if you are an enterprise with a data budget, you want records in volume rather than LinkedIn actions, and a $1,500 per month licence is a rounding error rather than a decision. Its database is genuinely large and that is a real advantage at that scale.
Choose Waalaxy if your bottleneck is purely sending, you already know exactly who to contact, you are one or two people rather than an agency, and LinkedIn search alone gets you to the right list.
Choose Leadsforlinked if the people you actually want are not sitting in a search result, if you would rather pay for leads than for seats, and if you want to see the CSV before spending anything. That last part is not a rhetorical flourish: take the 100 free leads, open the file, and count the rows you would genuinely contact. That number tells you more than any comparison table, including this one.
Frequently asked questions
Is LeadFuze still available for small teams?
Not on a self-serve basis. In 2026 LeadFuze moved to a data licence reported at roughly $1,500 to $2,000 per month and discontinued self-service signup, so access now requires contacting sales. For a solo founder or a small SDR team it is effectively out of range.
Are LeadFuze and Waalaxy actually competitors?
Not really, which is why the comparison feels confusing. LeadFuze is a database you licence. Waalaxy performs actions on LinkedIn. One gives you records, the other sends messages. Most people comparing them are really asking a single combined question: how do I find the right people and then reach them.
Does Waalaxy require LinkedIn Sales Navigator?
No. It works with a standard LinkedIn account, though a Sales Navigator seat widens the searches available to it. This is worth checking per tool, because some do require it, and that adds $119.99 per month per seat on top of the tool's own price.
What is the cheapest way to get LinkedIn leads into a CSV?
Start with a free tier large enough to judge data quality. Leadsforlinked gives 100 leads free on signup with no card, released 20 at a time every hour, and credits never expire. Paid plans start at EUR 4.99 per month and Sales Navigator is not required.
Do LinkedIn exports include email addresses?
No. LinkedIn does not expose a work email on a public profile, so no extraction tool reads one from a profile. Tools that supply emails either guess them from the company pattern or buy them from a third-party database, and both carry a bounce rate you should verify before sending. See finding emails for exported LinkedIn leads.
Which is best for an agency running multiple clients?
It depends whether your bottleneck is data or sending. Watch per-seat pricing closely, because that is what makes agency work expensive: five client accounts on a per-seat tool means paying five times. Leadsforlinked prices sourcing separately from seats, with credit packs that never expire.