Both are used to build lead lists from the web. PhantomBuster focuses on LinkedIn and Sales Navigator: list building, profile and email enrichment, outreach campaigns and CRM export. Apify is a general web scraping platform with thousands of ready-made scrapers (Actors) and usage-based pricing.
you need data from many websites, not just LinkedIn, and want a free plan with $5 of monthly usage and pay-as-you-go compute.
PricingFree $0 ($5 monthly usage); Starter $19/mo, Scale $199/mo plus pay-as-you-go usage ($0.2 per compute unit on Free/Starter)
Visit Apify See pricingLinkedIn and Sales Navigator are the source, and you want ready-made outreach campaigns plus HubSpot and Salesforce export.
PricingTrial: free (limited); Start $56/mo, Grow $128/mo, Scale $352/mo (billed annually: $672, $1,536, $4,224/yr)
Visit PhantomBuster See pricingPhantomBuster is the turnkey LinkedIn tool; Apify is the flexible scraping platform for everything else. Whichever you pick, check each website's terms (and LinkedIn's) before you scrape.
"Unknown" means we could not confirm it on the vendor's site, not that it is unavailable.
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| Compare by | Visit Apify | Visit PhantomBuster |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Web scraping and automation platform with thousands of ready-made scrapers (Actors) for lead lists, company data and websites. | Cloud automations for LinkedIn and Sales Navigator: lead list building, profile and email enrichment, outreach campaigns and CRM export. |
| Pricing | Free $0 ($5 monthly usage); Starter $19/mo, Scale $199/mo plus pay-as-you-go usage ($0.2 per compute unit on Free/Starter) | Trial: free (limited); Start $56/mo, Grow $128/mo, Scale $352/mo (billed annually: $672, $1,536, $4,224/yr) |
| Pricing model | Public pricing | Public pricing |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | Unknown | Yes |
| HubSpot | Unknown | Yes |
| Salesforce | Unknown | Yes |
| Last checked | 2026-10-18 | 2026-10-18 |
| Source | apify.com | phantombuster.com |
Prices as shown on each vendor's site on the "Last checked" date above. Vendors change prices often, so confirm before you buy.
Apify: Buy the scraping infrastructure; run Actors from n8n and write the results into your CRM. Check each website's terms before scraping.
PhantomBuster: Buy; LinkedIn automation is not something to build yourself. Trigger Phantoms and pipe results into the CRM from n8n.
Read the full build-vs-buy guide for Lead Routing & EnrichmentThe n8n Community Edition is free to self-host, and n8n has HubSpot, Salesforce and AI Agent nodes.
PhantomBuster is the turnkey LinkedIn tool; Apify is the flexible scraping platform for everything else. Whichever you pick, check each website's terms (and LinkedIn's) before you scrape.
Apify: yes. Free $0 ($5 monthly usage); Starter $19/mo, Scale $199/mo plus pay-as-you-go usage ($0.2 per compute unit on Free/Starter). PhantomBuster: yes. Trial: free (limited); Start $56/mo, Grow $128/mo, Scale $352/mo (billed annually: $672, $1,536, $4,224/yr). Checked 2026-10-18 on the vendors' pricing pages.
Apify: HubSpot unknown, Salesforce unknown. PhantomBuster: HubSpot yes, Salesforce yes. "Unknown" means we could not confirm it on the vendor's site.
Apify: Yes. PhantomBuster: No.
Apify: Buy the scraping infrastructure; run Actors from n8n and write the results into your CRM. Check each website's terms before scraping. PhantomBuster: Buy; LinkedIn automation is not something to build yourself. Trigger Phantoms and pipe results into the CRM from n8n.
Web scraping and automation platform with thousands of ready-made scrapers (Actors) for lead lists, company data and websites.
Cloud automations for LinkedIn and Sales Navigator: lead list building, profile and email enrichment, outreach campaigns and CRM export.
