{"slug": "phantombuster", "name": "PhantomBuster", "website": "https://phantombuster.com", "summary": "PhantomBuster is a cloud automation platform that runs prebuilt automations (Phantoms) and multi-step Workflows to extract, enrich and act on data from LinkedIn and other websites.", "categories": ["linkedin-automation", "lead-enrichment"], "scores": {"components": {"safety": {"label": "Safety & Account Health", "score": 84.1, "coverage": 0.55, "leaves": {"dedicated_proxy": 0.4, "limits_safety": null, "account_rotation": null, "runs_offline": 1.0, "pending_cleanup": 1.0}}, "multichannel": {"label": "Multichannel & Data Quality", "score": 89.7, "coverage": 0.6, "leaves": {"multichannel_native": null, "li_actions": 1.0, "unified_inbox": null, "email_finder_quality": 1.0, "sales_navigator": 1.0}}, "pricing": {"label": "Pricing & Value", "score": 74.3, "coverage": 1.0, "leaves": {"pricing_transparency": 1.0, "price_value": 0.5725}}, "ai": {"label": "AI & Developer Readiness", "score": 100.0, "coverage": 1.0, "leaves": {"mcp": 1.0, "api": 1.0, "openapi": 1.0, "webhooks": 1.0, "zapier": 1.0}}, "reputation": {"label": "Reputation", "score": 43.1, "coverage": 1.0, "leaves": {"reviews": 0.4311}}, "free": {"label": "Free Tier / Trial", "score": 100.0, "coverage": 1.0, "leaves": {"free_access": 1.0}}}, "profiles": {"general": {"score": 82.7, "coverage": 0.774, "rank": 11}, "by-type": {"score": 82.8, "coverage": 0.762, "rank": 12}, "team": {"score": 83.4, "coverage": 0.767, "rank": 11}}}, "url": "https://outreach.toys/tools/phantombuster/", "facts": {"type": {"v": "cloud", "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042658id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010769599-How-to-Use-a-Proxy-with-PhantomBuster", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12: 'All PhantomBuster automations run in the cloud'. A browser extension is used to connect the LinkedIn session cookie."}, "li_profile_views": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042655id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26971040554514-How-to-Use-the-LinkedIn-Profile-Visitor", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12 (LinkedIn Profile Visitor Phantom)."}, "li_follows": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260116054302id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26970991314322-How-to-use-the-LinkedIn-Auto-Follow", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-01-16 (LinkedIn Auto Follow Phantom)."}, "li_likes": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042658id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26971019017874-How-to-Use-the-LinkedIn-Auto-Liker", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12 (LinkedIn Auto Liker Phantom)."}, "li_connection_requests": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042653id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26971011946130-How-to-Use-the-LinkedIn-Auto-Connect", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12 (LinkedIn Auto Connect Phantom)."}, "li_messages": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20251210205055id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26971015615378-How-to-use-the-LinkedIn-Message-Sender", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2025-12-10 (LinkedIn Message Sender; 1st-degree connections only)."}, "li_inmail": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20251013161447id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26971064403090-How-to-use-the-Sales-Navigator-Message-Sender", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2025-10-13. Sales Navigator Message Sender has an optional 'Send InMail messages' setting that uses Sales Navigator InMail credits."}, "li_endorsements": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042706id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26970991597330-How-to-Use-the-LinkedIn-Auto-Endorser", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12 (LinkedIn Auto Endorser Phantom)."}, "li_conditional_logic": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20251213083900id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26971043420050-How-to-use-the-LinkedIn-Outreach", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2025-12-13. The LinkedIn Outreach workflow sends scheduled follow-ups only after connection requests are accepted. No general if/else branch builder is documented."}, "li_sales_navigator": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250805224542id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/27232517304338-Use-Multiple-LinkedIn-or-Sales-Navigator-Accounts-to-Extract-more-Leads-in-one-Automation", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2025-08-05. Lists the Sales Navigator Search Export Phantom."}, "email_sequences": {"v": null, "e": "not-verified", "s": null, "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "No PhantomBuster page that was fetched documents sending cold email sequences."}, "multichannel_native": {"v": null, "e": "not-verified", "s": null, "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "No fetched source documents a combined email + LinkedIn sequence builder."}, "unified_inbox": {"v": null, "e": "not-verified", "s": null, "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "No fetched source documents a combined LinkedIn + email inbox."}, "email_finder": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042656id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26971134160530-How-to-Use-the-Professional-Email-Finder", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12 (Professional Email Finder Phantom). Uses email credits."}, "email_verification": {"v": null, "e": "not-verified", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042656id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26971134160530-How-to-Use-the-Professional-Email-Finder", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Email discovery returns 'verified' addresses (Professional Email Finder article), but no standalone verification of an existing list is documented."}, "database_contacts": {"v": null, "e": "not-verified", "s": null, "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "No built-in contact database figure found."}, "dedicated_proxy": {"v": "shared", "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042658id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010769599-How-to-Use-a-Proxy-with-PhantomBuster", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12. Optional proxies are PhantomBuster-hosted internal proxies in 5 locations (Quebec, Hauts-de-France, England, Virginia, Oregon) or your own external proxy, assigned per Phantom. Internal proxies are not described as dedicated per account. Not recommended by default for LinkedIn."}, "limits_randomizer": {"v": null, "e": "not-verified", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042656id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011875099-Best-Practices-for-Safe-Social-Media-Automation-with-PhantomBuster", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "The safety guide recommends varied timing, but no built-in randomization is documented."}, "daily_limits": {"v": null, "e": "not-verified", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042708id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017014479-PhantomBuster-Rate-Limits-Daily-Limits-by-Platform-and-Phantom", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Docs give recommended daily or weekly limits and per-launch amounts plus launch schedules. No account-level daily cap setting is documented."}, "ssi_monitoring": {"v": null, "e": "not-verified", "s": null, "checked": "2026-10-15"}, "li_warmup": {"v": null, "e": "not-verified", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042656id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011875099-Best-Practices-for-Safe-Social-Media-Automation-with-PhantomBuster", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "The safety guide advises warming up new accounts gradually, but no automatic warm-up feature is documented."}, "account_rotation": {"v": null, "e": "not-verified", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250805224542id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/27232517304338-Use-Multiple-LinkedIn-or-Sales-Navigator-Accounts-to-Extract-more-Leads-in-one-Automation", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "A multi-account feature (up to 100 LinkedIn/Sales Navigator accounts) is documented only for extraction Phantoms (Search Export, Profile Scraper), not for outreach."}, "runs_offline": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042658id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010769599-How-to-Use-a-Proxy-with-PhantomBuster", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12: 'All PhantomBuster automations run in the cloud'."}, "pending_cleanup": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042646id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26970999568274-How-to-Use-the-LinkedIn-Auto-Invitation-Withdrawer", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12 (LinkedIn Auto Invitation Withdrawer Phantom)."}, "pricing_public": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042656id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/4494623647250-What-Each-PhantomBuster-Plan-Includes-Features-Limits-and-Pricing", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12. The help article shows a price table ('current as of May 2026'). The live phantombuster.com/pricing page is client-rendered and returned no text to the fetcher."}, "price_unit": {"v": "per-workspace", "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042656id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/4494623647250-What-Each-PhantomBuster-Plan-Includes-Features-Limits-and-Pricing", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12: 'Plans are not differentiated by number of users'. Resources (execution hours, slots, credits) are shared per workspace."}, "price_1_account": {"v": 69, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042656id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/4494623647250-What-Each-PhantomBuster-Plan-Includes-Features-Limits-and-Pricing", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12. Start plan $69 billed monthly; $56/mo billed annually (-20%). Same figures in the official blog (2026-07-21) at https://phantombuster.com/blog/ai-automation/phantombuster-pricing-explained/. Start includes 20 execution hours/month and 5 slots."}, "price_5_accounts": {"v": null, "e": "not-verified", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042656id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/4494623647250-What-Each-PhantomBuster-Plan-Includes-Features-Limits-and-Pricing", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Not computable from per-account pricing: PhantomBuster has no per-LinkedIn-account price. A workspace plan (Start $69/mo monthly) covers connected accounts, but all accounts share its execution hours and slots (5 on Start). How many accounts a plan can sustain depends on usage."}, "free_tier": {"v": "forever", "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042656id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/4494623647250-What-Each-PhantomBuster-Plan-Includes-Features-Limits-and-Pricing", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12. After the 14-day trial, the workspace moves to a Free plan ($0). The official blog says Free includes 30 min/month execution time and 1 slot, with exports limited to 10 rows."}, "trial_days": {"v": 14, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042656id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/4494623647250-What-Each-PhantomBuster-Plan-Includes-Features-Limits-and-Pricing", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12."}, "api": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712042656id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/4494623647250-What-Each-PhantomBuster-Plan-Includes-Features-Limits-and-Pricing", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12: 'All plans also include full access to our API at no additional cost'. Free and trial output are capped at 10 rows."}, "openapi": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://hub.phantombuster.com/reference/get_agents-fetch-output.md", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "API reference pages embed an OpenAPI 3.0.0 definition and point to a Swagger spec on GitHub (phantombuster/public-gists swagger-api-v2.json)."}, "webhooks": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261001235900id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/24248994798482-How-to-Use-Advanced-Settings-for-Phantoms-and-Workflows", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-10-01. Advanced settings include webhooks that send results or status updates to other tools."}, "mcp": {"v": "official-remote", "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://hub.phantombuster.com/docs/mcp-server.md", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Centrally hosted by PhantomBuster, OAuth-protected, Streamable HTTP transport."}, "zapier": {"v": true, "e": "official-docs", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20251210202449id_/https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007079180-How-PhantomBuster-and-Zapier-Integrate", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live support.phantombuster.com blocks automated fetching; read from Wayback snapshot dated 2025-12-10. The help center also has Make and n8n guides."}, "g2_rating": {"v": null, "e": "not-verified", "s": "https://www.g2.com/products/phantombuster/reviews", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live page returned HTTP 403 (curl and WebFetch, 2026-10-15); newest HTTP-200 Wayback capture is 2025-11-18; the 2026-03-09 capture is a 403. No snapshot dated on/after 2026-04-15, so not recorded."}, "g2_reviews": {"v": null, "e": "not-verified", "s": "https://www.g2.com/products/phantombuster/reviews", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live page returned HTTP 403 (curl and WebFetch, 2026-10-15); newest HTTP-200 Wayback capture is 2025-11-18; the 2026-03-09 capture is a 403. No snapshot dated on/after 2026-04-15, so not recorded."}, "capterra_rating": {"v": 4.5, "e": "third-party-confirmed", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712123644id_/https://www.capterra.com/p/173165/Phantombuster/reviews/", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live page returned HTTP 403 (curl and WebFetch, 2026-10-15); read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12 (Overall rating / 'Based on N user reviews')."}, "capterra_reviews": {"v": 64, "e": "third-party-confirmed", "s": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260712123644id_/https://www.capterra.com/p/173165/Phantombuster/reviews/", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "Live page returned HTTP 403 (curl and WebFetch, 2026-10-15); read from Wayback snapshot dated 2026-07-12."}, "trustpilot_rating": {"v": 3.3, "e": "third-party-confirmed", "s": "https://www.trustpilot.com/review/phantombuster.com", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "TrustScore 3.3 as of 2026-10-15 (star graphic shows 3.5)."}, "trustpilot_reviews": {"v": 113, "e": "third-party-confirmed", "s": "https://www.trustpilot.com/review/phantombuster.com", "checked": "2026-10-15", "n": "As of 2026-10-15."}}, "unknown_facts": ["email_sequences", "multichannel_native", "unified_inbox", "email_verification", "database_contacts", "limits_randomizer", "daily_limits", "ssi_monitoring", "li_warmup", "account_rotation", "price_5_accounts", "g2_rating", "g2_reviews"]}