The 6 Best Kanbox Alternatives for LinkedIn Outreach in 2026
Kanbox is a French LinkedIn workspace built as a Chrome extension: scraping, enrichment, sequences and a Kanban CRM, with EU data storage. Pricing runs $20 Starter, $45 Essential and $80 Pro per LinkedIn account, with steep annual discounts.
Two details send people looking for alternatives, and neither is obvious from the pricing page. Starter has no campaign automation at all, and AI is gated to the Pro tier. Here are six alternatives.
Kanbox alternatives at a glance
| Tool | From | Automation starts at | Runs | AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octopus CRM | $9.99/mo | $9.99 | your machine, extension | none |
| Waalaxy | ~€19/mo | paid tier | Waalaxy cloud | included |
| Linked Helper | ~$15/mo | $15 | your machine, desktop app | templates |
| Reachy AI | $39/mo | $39 | your machine, desktop app | your own key, 0% markup |
| Dripify | $59/mo | $59 | cloud | templates |
| HeyReach | $79/sender/mo | $79 | cloud | included |
| Kanbox | $20/mo | $45 (Essential) | your machine, extension | Pro only, $80 |
Vendor-published figures as of August 2026. Kanbox prices in USD on its own site, though some directories list it in euros.
Why look for a Kanbox alternative?
The entry price is not the working price. $20 buys lead import and an email finder. To actually run a campaign you need Essential at $45, and to get AI personalisation and ICP scoring you need Pro at $80 per account. The real number is two to four times the headline.
It is a Chrome extension. That is better than cloud for account safety, because actions come from your own IP. It is worse than a desktop app in daily use: Chrome has to stay open, the tab has to stay alive, and anything that closes your browser pauses your campaigns.
Agency pricing jumps. Agency 10 covers five to ten accounts at $399 a month, $279 annually. Above ten, pricing is not published.
To be fair to Kanbox: the EU-server position is a real advantage if GDPR conversations with clients matter to you, and 4.8 on Capterra from 75 reviews is a solid record for a tool this size.
1. Reachy AI, if you want local without the browser tab
Disclosure: I build Reachy AI.
Reachy AI keeps the part of Kanbox that matters, running from your own machine and your own IP, and drops the part that hurts, the dependency on Chrome. It is a desktop app with its own embedded session per account, so there is no tab to keep alive and no extension to break when Chrome updates.
AI is not a tier. You connect your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Google key on every plan and pay the provider directly at 0% markup, so ICP scoring and message writing are not something you upgrade to reach. Pricing is $39 for one account, $79 for five, $179 for fifteen.
At fifteen client accounts that is $179 against Kanbox’s unpublished tier above Agency 10. On data residency, everything stays on your machine, which is a shorter GDPR conversation than EU servers.
Pick something else if you want your campaigns running while your computer is off.
2. Waalaxy, if you would rather not run a browser at all
Waalaxy is French like Kanbox and much better known, from around €19 per user monthly. Note that it is no longer an extension: the Chrome listing was delisted in June 2026 and campaigns now run server-side at app.waalaxy.com, through a VPN IP Waalaxy allocates. The old campaign-capable free tier is gone too.
Pick it if escaping the open-Chrome problem matters more to you than keeping actions on your own IP. That is the opposite trade from the one Kanbox makes. Reachy AI vs Waalaxy.
3. Linked Helper, if you want cheap and truly local
Linked Helper is a desktop application, not an extension, from about $15 a month. It proved years ago that local automation is the safer architecture, and it is still one of the cheapest ways to get it.
Pick it if budget rules and you do not need AI writing or signal sourcing. Reachy AI vs Linked Helper covers what a generation of development added.
4. Octopus CRM, if you want the absolute floor
$9.99 to $39.99, Chrome extension, no AI whatsoever. Cheaper than Kanbox Starter and, unlike Kanbox Starter, it actually automates.
Pick it if you want to test the channel before spending properly.
5. Dripify, if you would rather not manage a browser at all
$59 monthly, $39 annually, fully cloud. It removes the open-Chrome problem by moving execution to their servers, which trades one risk for another: the login now comes from a datacenter. Worth reading cloud vs local LinkedIn automation before making that swap deliberately.
6. HeyReach, if you have more than twenty accounts
$79 per sender with a flat unlimited plan above that, built for agencies from the ground up. It is the right answer past the point where per-account pricing stops working. Reachy AI vs HeyReach has the small-agency version.
Which should you actually pick?
- You liked local but hate the Chrome dependency: Reachy AI or Linked Helper, both desktop apps.
- You want AI without an $80 tier: Reachy AI, where your own key works on every plan.
- You want free to start: Waalaxy.
- Cheapest working automation: Octopus CRM.
- You run more than 10 client accounts: Reachy AI at $179 flat, or HeyReach past twenty senders.
- EU data residency is contractual for you: Kanbox is genuinely strong there. Local storage on your own machine is the other answer.
Download Reachy AI and run two accounts on the 14-day trial, no card required.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does Kanbox cost?
- Kanbox publishes Starter at $20 a month, Essential at $45 per LinkedIn account, and Pro at $80 per LinkedIn account, with 33 to 50% off billed annually. An Agency 10 plan covering five to ten accounts is $399 monthly or $279 annually.
- Does the Kanbox Starter plan include automation?
- No. Starter is lead import and email finding only. Campaign sequences begin at the Essential tier, so $20 a month is not an automation entry price.
- Is Kanbox a Chrome extension?
- Yes. Kanbox installs as a Chrome extension and stores data in the cloud on EU servers. That means Chrome has to be open and running for campaigns to progress.
- What is the best Kanbox alternative for agencies?
- Reachy AI Agency is $179 a month flat for 15 accounts, against Kanbox Agency 10 at $399 monthly for up to 10. Above roughly 20 senders, HeyReach at $79 per sender is the stronger fit.