# NudgeLink

> NudgeLink is an AI SDR for LinkedIn cold outreach. It reads every prospect's profile, scores fit against your ICP from 0–100, writes a personalized opener for each qualified lead, rotates multiple LinkedIn accounts safely with warmup, adds two emails from your own mailbox on Growth and Scale, and syncs leads, activity, deals and opt-outs to HubSpot on every paid plan. Drafts wait in a review queue by default — nothing goes out unattended unless you switch the account to auto-send. Self-serve: start free with 1,000 trial credits (no card) and read the messages it writes before you send anything; paid plans from $55/mo.

## Product
- [Features](https://nudgelink.co/features): AI lead scoring with written rationale, per-lead personalized messages, multi-account rotation with a fixed IP per account, warmup logic, email from your own mailbox (Growth and Scale), HubSpot sync (every paid plan), an AI assistant connection (MCP, every plan) and reply classification.
- [Scout (Beta, Scale plan)](https://nudgelink.co/features#scout): Scout takes your campaign's job titles, industry and location and searches the public web — LinkedIn profiles, company sites, news, directories — for the people in those roles. A person is campaign-ready only once their LinkedIn profile is confirmed; uncertain matches go to you for review, never an auto-pick. Every fact carries its source URL, every run shows what it searched, and you're billed only for campaign-ready people. Scout has no ability to contact anyone.
- [Pricing](https://nudgelink.co/pricing): 3 credit-based plans — Starter $55, Growth $99, Scale $139 per month — plus custom Enterprise. Outreach pauses at your monthly allowance — no overage charges, no per-reply success fees.

## Documentation
- [Docs](https://nudgelink.co/docs): Getting started, how lead scoring works, warmup sequences, message approval, and account safety.
- [Create your NudgeLink account](https://nudgelink.co/docs/create-your-account): Sign up with email or Google, verify your address, and what to have ready before onboarding.
- [Connect your LinkedIn](https://nudgelink.co/docs/connect-your-linkedin): How the hosted LinkedIn connection works, what NudgeLink can and cannot do with your account, and how to add a second seat.
- [Describe your business](https://nudgelink.co/docs/describe-your-business): The answers you give when creating a campaign — business, ideal customer, voice — and exactly how each one drives the system.
- [Set up your targeting](https://nudgelink.co/docs/set-up-your-icp): What a campaign's targeting controls, how to change it without regenerating, and how to exclude who you never want to see.
- [Send your first message](https://nudgelink.co/docs/send-your-first-message): From a discovery run to an approved connection request in NudgeLink: the full path, step by step, from finding leads to approving your first message.
- [Connect NudgeLink to your AI assistant](https://nudgelink.co/docs/connect-claude-or-chatgpt): Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code or Gemini CLI with OAuth. Setup in English, Polish and Russian, permissions and disconnect instructions.
- [Connect a mailbox for email outreach](https://nudgelink.co/docs/connect-a-mailbox): Connect Gmail, Outlook or an IMAP mailbox so campaigns can send two short emails alongside LinkedIn. Plans, daily limits, warm-up, pairing and disconnecting.
- [Connect HubSpot](https://nudgelink.co/docs/connect-hubspot): Sync leads to HubSpot contacts and companies, log messages and replies on the timeline, open deals on positive replies and keep email opt-outs in step.
- [How lead scoring works](https://nudgelink.co/docs/how-lead-scoring-works): What the 0–100 fit score means, what evidence it's based on, and how your decisions make it sharper.
- [Scores and the quality threshold](https://nudgelink.co/docs/quality-threshold): How the score threshold decides which leads reach you, how to tune it, and how to read the run funnel.
- [Review and approve messages](https://nudgelink.co/docs/review-and-approve-messages): How the approval queue works — edit, approve, reject — what each action does, and why nothing goes out unattended unless you turn on auto-send.
- [Message personalization](https://nudgelink.co/docs/message-personalization): What every draft is actually written from — and the guardrails that keep messages honest, human, and yours.
- [Reply classification](https://nudgelink.co/docs/reply-classification): What happens when a lead replies — how replies are read, when sequences stop, and when you're notified.
- [Warmup and account safety](https://nudgelink.co/docs/warmup-and-account-safety): What NudgeLink does to keep your LinkedIn account safe — warmup ramps, daily caps, human send windows, and the approval gate.
- [Finding people with Scout](https://nudgelink.co/docs/finding-people-with-scout): How to tell Scout who to look for, preview its searches, review what it finds, and what a Scout run costs.
- [Email in a campaign](https://nudgelink.co/docs/email-in-a-campaign): How NudgeLink adds two emails to a LinkedIn sequence: the four modes, where addresses come from, opt-out, bounces, and how any reply stops the sequence.
- [Manage multiple LinkedIn accounts](https://nudgelink.co/docs/manage-multiple-linkedin-accounts): Running more than one seat — per-seat warmup, caps and timezones, and pinning campaigns to specific accounts.
- [Account health, warnings, and recovery](https://nudgelink.co/docs/account-health-and-recovery): How NudgeLink watches every seat, what each status means, and what happens when LinkedIn pushes back.
- [Plans and limits](https://nudgelink.co/docs/plans-and-limits): What each NudgeLink plan includes: credits, LinkedIn accounts, email and mailboxes, HubSpot sync, AI assistants and Scout, and what a plan change does.
- [LinkedIn account restricted: why and what to do](https://nudgelink.co/docs/account-restricted): Why LinkedIn restricts accounts, what NudgeLink does the moment it happens, and the safe path back to sending.
- [Low connection accept rate](https://nudgelink.co/docs/low-accept-rate): The levers that actually move invite accepts — targeting, the note, warmup familiarity, and pacing.
- [Low LinkedIn reply rate - what to check](https://nudgelink.co/docs/low-reply-rate): What drives LinkedIn replies and where to look when accepted connections go quiet: the pitch, the follow-up and how the lead engages.
- [My messages sound too AI](https://nudgelink.co/docs/messages-sound-too-ai): The built-in defenses against AI-sounding drafts, and how to make messages sound like you.

## Guides
- [What is an AI SDR? How AI SDRs work for outreach](https://nudgelink.co/docs/what-is-an-ai-sdr): An AI SDR finds prospects, qualifies them and writes a first message for each, while a human approves what gets sent. Here's how it works.
- [AI SDR vs. templated LinkedIn automation](https://nudgelink.co/docs/ai-sdr-vs-templated-automation): Templated tools send everyone the same message with merge fields. An AI SDR scores fit first and writes each message from the person's profile.
- [How to choose an AI LinkedIn outreach tool](https://nudgelink.co/docs/choosing-a-linkedin-outreach-tool): A checklist for choosing an AI LinkedIn outreach tool: personalization, lead qualification, account safety, human control and honest pricing.
- [How to do LinkedIn outreach without getting restricted](https://nudgelink.co/docs/linkedin-outreach-without-getting-restricted): LinkedIn restricts accounts that act like bots. Warm up new accounts, stay under daily limits, send in human hours and pause at the first warning.

## Blog
- [New in NudgeLink, email from your own mailbox, HubSpot sync and your AI assistant](https://nudgelink.co/blog/linkedin-email-and-hubspot-in-one-sequence): NudgeLink now adds two emails to a LinkedIn sequence from your own mailbox, syncs leads, activity, deals and opt-outs to HubSpot, and connects to Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants. What each does and which plans include it. (updated 2026-10-13)
- [Cloud vs Chrome extension LinkedIn automation, which is safer and what each really costs](https://nudgelink.co/blog/cloud-vs-chrome-extension-linkedin-automation): How browser-extension and cloud LinkedIn automation tools work, what LinkedIn says about extensions, the real cost of keeping a computer on, and how to choose. Checked against LinkedIn Help on 2026-10-11. (updated 2026-10-11)
- [Do LinkedIn connection requests expire? Pending invites, withdrawing, and when the limit resets](https://nudgelink.co/blog/do-linkedin-connection-requests-expire): What happens to a LinkedIn invitation nobody answers, what LinkedIn's own Help Center says about withdrawing and re-inviting, and when an invitation restriction lifts. Checked against LinkedIn Help on 2026-10-11. (updated 2026-10-11)
- [Dripify alternatives in 2026, compared on price and fit](https://nudgelink.co/blog/dripify-alternatives): Four Dripify alternatives (HeyReach, Expandi, Waalaxy and NudgeLink) compared on price for 1 and 6 LinkedIn accounts, email, inbox, account safety and agency features, from each vendor's own website. Checked 2026-10-09 to 2026-10-11. (updated 2026-10-11)
- [Expandi vs Dripify in 2026, pricing, features and who each is for](https://nudgelink.co/blog/expandi-vs-dripify): Expandi and Dripify compared on price for 1 and 6 LinkedIn accounts, sequences, email, account safety, integrations and agency features, using each tool's own website. Prices checked 2026-10-11. (updated 2026-10-11)
- [LinkedIn automation for SDR teams, what to automate, what to keep human, and how to run several accounts](https://nudgelink.co/blog/linkedin-automation-for-sdr-teams): A practical setup for SDR teams using LinkedIn automation, covering one account per rep, shared exclusion lists, per-rep limits, approval, CRM hand-off and the numbers to review each week. (updated 2026-10-11)
- [LinkedIn limits in 2026, one cheat sheet for invitations, notes, InMail, searches and connections](https://nudgelink.co/blog/linkedin-limits-cheat-sheet): Every LinkedIn limit that matters for outreach in one table, split into what LinkedIn documents (InMail credits, 30,000 connections, five notes a month, the commercial use limit) and what people only observe (about 100 invites a week). Checked against LinkedIn Help on 2026-10-11. (updated 2026-10-11)
- [Waalaxy alternatives in 2026, compared on price, volume and fit](https://nudgelink.co/blog/waalaxy-alternatives): Four Waalaxy alternatives (Dripify, HeyReach, Expandi and NudgeLink) compared on price for 1 and 6 LinkedIn accounts, invitation volume, email, inbox and agency features, from each vendor's own website. Checked 2026-10-09 to 2026-10-11. (updated 2026-10-11)
- [Dripify vs HeyReach in 2026, pricing, features and who each is for](https://nudgelink.co/blog/dripify-vs-heyreach): Dripify and HeyReach compared on price for 1 and 6 LinkedIn accounts, email, inbox, integrations and agency features, using each tool's own website. Prices checked 2026-10-09. (updated 2026-10-13)
- [Dripify vs Waalaxy in 2026, pricing, features and who each is for](https://nudgelink.co/blog/dripify-vs-waalaxy): Dripify and Waalaxy compared on price for 1 and 6 LinkedIn accounts, invite caps, email, inbox and integrations, using each tool's own website. Prices checked 2026-10-09. (updated 2026-10-13)
- [HeyReach alternatives in 2026, compared on price and fit](https://nudgelink.co/blog/heyreach-alternatives): Four HeyReach alternatives (Expandi, Dripify, Waalaxy and NudgeLink) compared on price for 1 and 6 LinkedIn accounts, email, inbox and agency features, from each vendor's own website. Checked 2026-10-09. (updated 2026-10-13)
- [LinkedIn and email in one outreach sequence, how to combine them without spamming](https://nudgelink.co/blog/linkedin-and-email-outreach-sequence): How to add email to LinkedIn outreach so it helps instead of annoying people. Which order works, how many emails, how to protect your mailbox, how to handle opt-outs, and how one reply should stop everything. (updated 2026-10-13)
- [How to decide who to contact on LinkedIn, scoring leads before you write a word](https://nudgelink.co/blog/linkedin-lead-scoring-who-to-contact): A practical way to choose who gets a LinkedIn message. Must-haves versus nice-to-haves, why a title keyword isn't a fit, fit versus timing, a threshold you can tune, and how to check the scores against real replies. (updated 2026-10-09)
- [How to sync LinkedIn outreach with HubSpot, what to log and what never to overwrite](https://nudgelink.co/blog/linkedin-outreach-hubspot-sync): Why LinkedIn outreach belongs in your CRM, what should sync to HubSpot (contacts, companies, activity, deals, opt-outs), the duplicate and overwrite traps to avoid, and how to set it up without manual copy-paste. (updated 2026-10-13)
- [Sales Navigator's AI features in 2026, Account IQ, Lead IQ and Message Assist explained](https://nudgelink.co/blog/sales-navigator-ai-account-iq-lead-iq-message-assist): LinkedIn now offers Account IQ, Lead IQ and Message Assist on every Sales Navigator plan. What each one does, according to LinkedIn, where they help, where they don't, and how to use AI-drafted messages without sounding like everyone else. (updated 2026-10-09)
- [Expandi vs HeyReach in 2026, pricing, features and who each is for](https://nudgelink.co/blog/expandi-vs-heyreach): Expandi and HeyReach compared on price for 1 and 6 LinkedIn accounts, account safety, integrations and agency features, using each tool's own website. Prices checked 2026-09-29. (updated 2026-10-13)
- [Expandi vs Waalaxy in 2026, pricing, features and who each is for](https://nudgelink.co/blog/expandi-vs-waalaxy): Expandi and Waalaxy compared on price for 1 and 6 LinkedIn accounts, invite caps, account safety, integrations and agency features, using each tool's own website. Prices checked 2026-09-29. (updated 2026-10-13)
- [HeyReach vs Waalaxy in 2026, pricing, features and who each is for](https://nudgelink.co/blog/heyreach-vs-waalaxy): HeyReach and Waalaxy compared on price for 1 and 6 LinkedIn accounts, invite caps, team features and integrations, using each tool's own website. Prices checked 2026-09-29. (updated 2026-10-13)
- [Why is my LinkedIn account restricted? The common reasons and what to do next](https://nudgelink.co/blog/why-is-my-linkedin-account-restricted): LinkedIn doesn't publish its rules, but the same few patterns keep showing up when accounts get restricted. What they are, how a checkpoint differs from a restriction, and the safe way back to sending. (updated 2026-10-08)
- [Why we show LinkedIn leads we're not sure about](https://nudgelink.co/blog/linkedin-leads-needs-verification): A lead can look like a perfect fit while their company can't be confirmed. Dropping them wastes good leads, messaging them hurts acceptance. The third option we use, and how to do it by hand. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [When should automated LinkedIn outreach send? Hours, weekdays and time zones](https://nudgelink.co/blog/linkedin-outreach-sending-hours-time-zones): A message that arrives at 3 a.m. or on a Sunday looks automated. How sending hours work in NudgeLink, what we got wrong until October 2026, and how to choose a window for your own prospects. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [LinkedIn reply rate: why the same 13 replies are 8% or 25%](https://nudgelink.co/blog/linkedin-reply-rate-how-to-calculate): There is no single LinkedIn reply rate. It depends on what you divide by. One real month of outreach, calculated two ways, and the three numbers worth tracking. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [Don't pitch in the first LinkedIn message](https://nudgelink.co/blog/dont-pitch-in-first-linkedin-message): The first message after someone accepts your invite has one job, starting a conversation. Here's the short format that got a 25% reply rate and zero negative replies in a client's first month. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [Lead fit matters more than message copy in LinkedIn outreach](https://nudgelink.co/blog/lead-fit-matters-more-than-message-copy): A great message sent to the wrong person still gets ignored, and it costs you acceptance rate too. Why we filter leads before writing a word, and how to do it yourself. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [Why we send LinkedIn connection requests with no note](https://nudgelink.co/blog/linkedin-connection-request-no-note): A client's campaign sent blank invites to cold decision-makers and got 33% accepted. Here's why we leave the note empty, and where the conversation actually starts. (updated 2026-10-06)
- [LinkedIn automation pricing in 2026: why per-seat pricing punishes agencies](https://nudgelink.co/blog/linkedin-automation-pricing-per-seat-vs-usage): Most LinkedIn automation tools charge per connected account. Here is what 6 accounts actually cost across Expandi, Dripify, HeyReach and Waalaxy, and when usage-based pricing is cheaper (and when it isn't). (updated 2026-09-28)
- [How many LinkedIn connection requests per day is safe in 2026?](https://nudgelink.co/blog/linkedin-connection-requests-per-day-safe-limit): LinkedIn doesn't publish its invite limits. Here's what's widely observed in 2026, how to warm up a new account, and the factors that matter more than the daily number. (updated 2026-10-08)
- [What 161 LinkedIn invites brought a client in month one: real numbers](https://nudgelink.co/blog/linkedin-outreach-first-month-results): Acceptance rate, reply rate and positive replies from the first month of a real B2B LinkedIn outreach campaign run with NudgeLink, plus what we'd change for month two. (updated 2026-10-06)

## Comparisons
- [NudgeLink vs the alternatives](https://nudgelink.co/compare): pricing for 1 and 6 LinkedIn accounts across tools (checked 2026-10-09).
- [NudgeLink vs HeyReach](https://nudgelink.co/compare/nudgelink-vs-heyreach): HeyReach Growth costs $79 per sender per month; its Agency plan is $999/month for 25 senders and Unlimited is $2,999/month.
- [NudgeLink vs Expandi](https://nudgelink.co/compare/nudgelink-vs-expandi): Expandi Business costs $99 per seat per month ($79 billed annually); agencies with 10+ seats get custom pricing.
- [NudgeLink vs Dripify](https://nudgelink.co/compare/nudgelink-vs-dripify): Dripify costs $59, $79 or $99 per user per month (Basic, Pro, Advanced); each seat connects one LinkedIn account.
- [NudgeLink vs Waalaxy](https://nudgelink.co/compare/nudgelink-vs-waalaxy): Waalaxy costs €19 (Pro, 300 invites/month), €49 (Advanced, 800 invites/month) or €69 (Business, with cold email) per user per month.

## Company
- [About](https://nudgelink.co/about): The three founders building NudgeLink in the open and our quality-over-volume principles.

## Legal
- [Privacy Policy](https://nudgelink.co/legal/privacy): What we collect, how we use it, retention, and your data rights.
- [Terms of Service](https://nudgelink.co/legal/terms): Terms governing use of the service.
- [Data Processing Agreement](https://nudgelink.co/legal/dpa): How we process personal data as your processor, including sub-processors and transfer safeguards.