PhantomBuster review
What it does
PhantomBuster is a no-code automation platform for extracting data and running actions across web platforms, with a library of more than 130 pre-built automations ("Phantoms") covering lead generation, scraping, and outreach across networks such as LinkedIn.
Pricing
The Free plan includes 30 minutes per month of execution time, 1 automation slot, and 50 MB of storage, with exports and API output limited to 10 rows. Paid plans, per PhantomBuster's pricing blog dated 2026-07-21, are Start at $69 per month (20 execution hours, 5 slots), Grow at $159 per month (80 hours, 15 slots), and Scale at $439 per month (300 hours, 50 slots). Annual billing lowers Start to $56 per month. A 14-day trial provides 2 run hours.
Limits that bite
Execution is metered in hours, so a data-heavy job on Start can consume its 20 monthly hours quickly. Free-plan exports and API output are capped at 10 rows. PhantomBuster's own guidance caps LinkedIn activity for safety at roughly 20 connection requests per day on free or premium accounts.
How it compares
Apify targets developers with code-first "actors." Expandi focuses on native LinkedIn-plus-email sequences with conditional logic. La Growth Machine charges per identity, starting at €60 per month per seat.
Good fit / poor fit
A good fit for growth and sales teams automating repetitive social and scraping tasks without code. A poor fit for very high-volume scraping on the entry plan, or for teams uncomfortable operating close to a platform's automation limits.