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HeyReach vs Octopus CRM
The cheapest way to automate one LinkedIn profile against the tool built to run dozens of them. They share a channel and almost nothing else.
Reviewed by Théo Pascard, Co-founder · Updated October 2026
Quick answer
Octopus CRM automates connection requests, messages, profile views and endorsements for a LinkedIn account, with simple campaigns and funnels, from $6.99 to $24.99 a month. HeyReach connects many LinkedIn accounts, rotates sending between them within safe limits and collects every reply in one inbox, at $79 a month per sender or $999 for 25. Pick Octopus CRM if you are one person prospecting from your own profile. Pick HeyReach if several senders, several clients or an email channel have to work together.
Side by side
| HeyReach | Octopus CRM | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | LinkedIn outreach automation at scale, one fixed cost | LinkedIn automation for outreach and campaigns |
| Category | LinkedIn Automation | LinkedIn Outreach Automation |
| Pricing model | Per seat, annual | Per seat, annual |
| Starting price | From $79/mo | From $6.99/mo |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Built for | Many sender accounts, rotated | One user and their own account |
| Channels | LinkedIn, with email steps in the same sequence | LinkedIn only |
| Replies | Unified inbox across senders | CRM-style contact tracking |
| Automation hooks | Native Make module, API, webhooks | CSV import and export |
| Market rating | 4.6/5 (70 reviews) | 4.3/5 (118 reviews) |
| Enjyn Score | 9.2/10 | 8.6/10 |
| Our experience | Operated | Researched |
Cost per result from our Credit Cost Comparator. Market rating is the public review average; the Enjyn Score is our own grading.
Pick HeyReach if
- You run LinkedIn for several senders or several clients
- Replies from all accounts need to land in one inbox
- LinkedIn has to be triggered from Clay, Make or your own workflows
Where it breaks. Pushed past LinkedIn's safe limits, or expected to be a data/analytics tool. It's the action + inbox layer — bring the list and a sane sending cadence.
Full HeyReach review →Pick Octopus CRM if
- You prospect from a single LinkedIn profile
- Your budget is under $25 a month
- You want simple campaigns without building a stack
Where it breaks. It is LinkedIn-only and account safety depends on sane limits. Teams expecting multichannel orchestration or enterprise CRM depth will outgrow it, and over-automation can get profiles flagged.
Full Octopus CRM review →Our take. HeyReach is our LinkedIn layer: enriched lists feed sequences across several sender accounts, replies come back to one inbox, and the whole thing runs next to email. At that scale Octopus CRM is not a candidate, and it does not pretend to be. For one founder working their own network it is the reverse: HeyReach costs more than ten times as much for rotation you have nothing to rotate. The ceiling is the same for both and it is not in the software. LinkedIn's own limits decide how much one profile can send, so we cap daily connection requests and messages per sender, stagger activity and never start a cold account at full volume. A cheaper tool does not raise that ceiling and a more expensive one does not either; it only puts more profiles under it. We have not operated Octopus CRM.
Frequently asked questions
Is Octopus CRM safe for my LinkedIn account?
Any LinkedIn automation carries risk if you push volume. Keep daily actions conservative and warm a new account slowly; that advice does not change with the tool.
Can Octopus CRM run several accounts?
It is built and priced for individual users. Multi-account rotation with a shared inbox is what HeyReach sells.
Does HeyReach send email too?
It supports sequences that combine LinkedIn and email steps. Octopus CRM is LinkedIn only.
Which is cheaper for a team of five?
Octopus CRM, by far, on list price: five Unlimited subscriptions come to about $125 a month against $395 for five HeyReach senders. The comparison only holds if five separate tools with five separate inboxes are acceptable.
Still torn between the two?
We run outbound stacks for B2B teams and pick tools by what they cost per result, not by the pitch.
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