Dux-Soup and Dripify are both long-standing LinkedIn automation tools, but they represent two eras of the category. Dux-Soup began as a browser extension that acts on LinkedIn from your own machine; Dripify is a cloud tool that runs campaigns from its servers. The architecture difference shapes how each feels to use — and how each behaves on your account.
The short version
Dux-Soup is best known as a browser-extension automation tool: it drives LinkedIn from your own Chrome session, visiting profiles and sending messages as you browse. It also offers cloud (Turbo/Cloud) tiers. Long-established, affordable at the entry level, and hands-on.
Dripify is a cloud-native sequence builder: campaigns run from the cloud on a schedule, no browser tab needed, with a polished campaign builder and team features. More set-and-forget, more modern-feeling.
Choose Dux-Soup for a low-cost, hands-on entry point; choose Dripify for a cleaner, cloud-based campaign experience.
Browser extension vs cloud
This is the core distinction. Dux-Soup's classic model runs in your browser — actions happen from your real machine and IP while the extension is active, which some people prefer as "closer to real usage," but it means keeping a tab open and the activity is tied to your local session. Dripify runs in the cloud — campaigns execute on Dripify's infrastructure on a schedule, so nothing needs to be open, but the actions originate from cloud servers.
Neither architecture is inherently "safe"; both are ways of automating actions LinkedIn would rather you take by hand. Dux-Soup's newer cloud tiers blur the line further.
Pricing
- Dux-Soup is the cheaper entry point: Pro plans start around $15 per month, with Turbo/Cloud tiers around $55 per month for automation and team features.
- Dripify lists paid plans roughly $39–$99 per month (billed annually), tiered by features.
Dux-Soup wins on entry price; Dripify's plans are pricier but more feature-complete out of the box. Check both sites for current pricing.
The safety question both share
Both tools automate LinkedIn actions, and both carry the inherent risk that comes with it — automated connection requests and templated messages at volume are the pattern LinkedIn's systems flag, whether the actions come from a browser extension or the cloud. Both invest in pacing and limits, and both are widely used, but the risk is structural to auto-sending. It's yours to manage either way.
A human-approved alternative
If you want the leverage of these tools without the auto-send risk, Conextly is built on a different principle — draft, then approve:
- Find the right people with LinkedIn search and Boolean filters. See Find.
- Track them on a pipeline with job-change alerts. See Track.
- Draft & Approve a personal message per person, written from their profile, that you approve before it sends — at a human pace, under LinkedIn's limits. See Draft & Approve.
There's no browser extension driving your session and no cloud server firing messages on autopilot — just personal drafts you approve and Conextly sends at a natural rhythm. You get the finding, tracking, and drafting these tools are used for, without the bulk automation that creates the risk.
See the full Dux-Soup alternatives and Dripify alternatives rundowns, and the best LinkedIn automation tools guide for the wider field.