LinkedIn Sales Navigator costs about $99–$120 per seat per month for the Core plan and roughly $150–$160 per seat per month for the Advanced plan when billed monthly, dropping to around $80/month (Core) and $150/month (Advanced) on an annual contract. The top tier, Advanced Plus, is enterprise-only with custom pricing — typically starting around $1,600 per seat per year and up, depending on seats and CRM integrations. So the real price of Sales Navigator ranges from roughly $960/year for a single Core seat to several thousand per seat at the top. This guide breaks down each tier's 2026 cost, what you get for the money, and the cheaper ways to get the same result. (LinkedIn doesn't publish one global price and it varies by region and negotiation — confirm the live figure before you buy.)
Sales Navigator pricing at a glance (2026)
| Plan | Monthly (per seat) | Annual (per seat) | InMail credits/mo | Who it's for | |---|---|---|---|---| | Core | ~$99.99–$119.99 | ~$960–$1,080 | 50 | Individual sellers | | Advanced | ~$149.99–$159.99 | ~$1,800 | 50 | Teams (TeamLink, admin) | | Advanced Plus | Custom quote | ~$1,600+ | 50 | Enterprise + CRM sync |
Two consistent truths: annual billing is cheaper per month than monthly, and there's usually a one-month free trial (card required) so you can test it before committing.
What each tier adds
Core — the individual seller's plan. Advanced lead and account search with premium filters (seniority, headcount, years in role, recent job changes), unlimited search that removes the free commercial use limit, saved searches with alerts, lead lists, and 50 InMail credits a month. For most solo prospectors, Core is the plan.
Advanced — everything in Core plus team features: TeamLink (see which colleagues can introduce you to a prospect), Smart Links for tracking shared content, admin and reporting tools, and usage reporting. Worth it for sales teams, overkill for individuals.
Advanced Plus — Advanced plus CRM integration (sync with Salesforce, HubSpot, and others), data validation, and enterprise controls. Custom-quoted and sold through LinkedIn's sales team.
Is Sales Navigator worth the cost?
Sales Navigator earns its price if — and only if — prospecting is a core, regular part of your week. Its filters genuinely save hours versus free search, and for a full-time seller that time easily justifies ~$100/month. Where it stops making sense:
- You prospect occasionally rather than daily.
- You mostly need to message people, and 50 InMails a month is the real value you're after.
- You want the found leads to flow into actual, tracked, personalized outreach — which Sales Navigator finds but doesn't do for you.
That last point is the gap. Sales Navigator is a superb search tool, but after it surfaces a list, the work of reaching out, tracking replies, and following up is still on you.
The cheaper alternative that also does the outreach
This is where Conextly comes in. It's built to be the [Sales Navigator alternative](/alternatives/linkedin-sales-navigator) that doesn't stop at search: it finds the right prospects for LinkedIn, tracks every conversation in one place, and drafts a personalized first message and follow-ups for each person — and you approve every send. So instead of paying six figures of collective seat cost for a tool that hands you a list, you get find-track-draft as one reviewed workflow, usually at a fraction of a full Sales Navigator seat.
For teams weighing the spend, that's the honest comparison: Sales Navigator prices the search; Conextly prices the outcome. See how Conextly's prospecting search works, and compare full costs against LinkedIn Premium pricing.