Comparison, checked 19 October 2026
Sellinger vs PhantomBuster (2026): a toolkit you assemble or an agent that talks
The short answer
PhantomBuster is a toolkit for pulling data from sites like LinkedIn and running scheduled automations, priced per workspace from €69 a month with unlimited users. Sellinger is an agent that writes to buyers, answers them and books meetings, priced per agent from $198 a month. If you build your own lists and flows and handle replies yourself, PhantomBuster fits; if you want a finished outreach agent instead of parts, Sellinger does.
PhantomBuster is a cloud automation platform that extracts data from 15+ platforms and runs LinkedIn outreach steps on a schedule. Sellinger is a ready made agent for writing, replying and booking, with the lists, inbox and CRM already attached.
Prices and features checked on 19 October 2026. Updated 19 October 2026. Published by Sellinger AI and reviewed by Viktorio Shopov, co-founder of Sellinger. Report an error.
PhantomBuster and Sellinger side by side
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| What we compared | PhantomBuster | Sellinger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Start is €69 a month, Grow €159 and Scale €439, per workspace, with unlimited users. A Free plan exists. The help center lists the same numbers in dollars, so the currency depends on region. phantombuster.com/pricingchecked 19 October 2026 | Live Chat from $19, Email from $39, WhatsApp and Instagram from $29, LinkedIn $198 per agent a month, bundles $249 to $1,199 a month. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| Free trial | A 14 day free trial with no credit card required. After it the workspace moves to a Free plan with 30 minutes of execution a month, 1 slot and exports capped at 10 rows. phantombuster.com/pricingchecked 19 October 2026 | 30 days free on messaging modules and bundles, no card. Enrichment starts with a $10 credit. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| Channels | LinkedIn automation: connection requests, messages and follow ups. Email is discovery and enrichment, with no sending listed. Instagram is partial: follows, likes and comments. WhatsApp, SMS and voice are not listed. phantombuster.com/outbound-workflowschecked 19 October 2026 | LinkedIn, email, WhatsApp, Instagram and live chat. WhatsApp runs through your connected account at a small daily volume. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| AI and replies | No handling of inbound replies is listed (not verified). AI writes personalized outreach and scores leads, and an MCP server lets Claude or ChatGPT launch automations. phantombuster.comchecked 19 October 2026Not verified | The agent writes the first message and every follow up, answers replies and books the meeting. You can require approval before anything sends. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| LinkedIn safety model | Automations run in its cloud with your LinkedIn session cookie, captured by a browser extension. An optional proxy is off by default. Guidance is about 100 invites a week, starting at 10 to 20 invites per working day. phantombuster.com/pricingchecked 19 October 2026 | Your own account connects through a hosted login and Sellinger stores no LinkedIn password. Default limits are 20 invitations a day and 150 a week, with a quiet window at night. No tool can guarantee against restrictions. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| Built in CRM | No built in CRM or pipeline is listed (not verified). Lead lists stay inside the product and sync to HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive. phantombuster.com/lead-prioritizationchecked 19 October 2026Not verified | Contacts, deals and every conversation in one place, with a two way HubSpot sync. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| Contact database | No. The vendor states it does not provide pre built databases, and you build lists from live public data. phantombuster.com/pricingchecked 19 October 2026 | A database of 700M+ contacts with verified emails and phone numbers, pay per lookup from $0.01. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| Intent signals | Yes. It tracks signals such as job changes and social activity, and engagement on LinkedIn posts, Sales Navigator and Instagram, with AI lead scoring. Included in every plan, trial included. phantombuster.com/outbound-workflowschecked 19 October 2026 | 26 ready made signal templates in 8 categories on LinkedIn, included with every bundle. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| Agencies and white label | No white label is listed. Agencies use a separate workspace per client, each with its own billing. The affiliate program pays 20% to 30% recurring commission. support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/3…checked 19 October 2026 | A portal on your own domain with unlimited client workspaces: a one time $500 setup fee, then the standard agent prices. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
| API and MCP | A public HTTPS API on all plans, webhooks, and a hosted MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, included in every plan. On the free plan and trial the API is capped at 10 rows. hub.phantombuster.com/docs/mcp-serverchecked 19 October 2026 | REST API with webhooks from the Full Stack bundle up, and a hosted MCP connector with 43 tools for Claude and ChatGPT. Sellinger fact register checked 19 October 2026 |
Who should choose which
Choose PhantomBuster if
- you need data from many places, such as Google Maps, X or GitHub, and want to build the list yourself.
- you want a flat workspace price with unlimited users instead of a price per agent.
- you are comfortable assembling flows with an API, webhooks or Zapier, Make and n8n.
- you want a 14 day trial with no card, or a free plan to try small jobs.
Choose Sellinger if
- you want a finished agent that writes the opening message, follows up and answers replies, not a set of automations to wire together.
- you want an inbox and a CRM where every reply, deal and contact sits, with a two way HubSpot sync.
- your buyers are also on email, WhatsApp, Instagram or live chat, and you want a single conversation history.
- you want a database of 700M+ contacts to search without building scrapers.
Two ways of pricing the same LinkedIn work
PhantomBuster charges per workspace and limits execution time, automation slots and credits. It does not charge per LinkedIn account, so the cost of one account and of several is the same plan until you hit those limits. Sellinger charges per agent, and each agent covers one LinkedIn account.
PhantomBuster's prices were served in euros and its help center shows the same numbers in dollars. We did not convert, so read the two columns as separate price lists.
| PhantomBuster | Sellinger | |
|---|---|---|
| Price unit | Per workspace, €69 to €439 a month | Per agent, $198 each |
| Five LinkedIn accounts | One workspace plan, until execution time runs out | $890 (5 agents at $178) |
| Monthly work cap | Execution time of 20h, 80h or 300h by plan | No execution hours; daily limits on invitations |
Parts you assemble against an agent you start
With PhantomBuster you choose the extractors, the sequence of LinkedIn steps and where leads go next. That flexibility is its strength, and it means you also write the messages, watch the execution hours and read the replies in LinkedIn or your own inbox.
Sellinger starts from the other end. You state the offer and the audience, and the agent finds people, writes to each one, answers and proposes a time. A campaign can hold every message for approval if you want to read them first.
The LinkedIn session in both tools
PhantomBuster uses your LinkedIn session cookie to run in its cloud, and its limits are suggestions you set yourself. Its own pages give different advice on daily volume, between help articles and blog posts.
Sellinger connects through a hosted login, stores no password, and starts from defaults of 20 invitations a day and 150 a week, paused overnight. No tool can guarantee that LinkedIn will not restrict an account, and that holds for both.
Switching between PhantomBuster and Sellinger
Because PhantomBuster is a set of automations, moving is mostly a question of which jobs you keep there.
- List what each PhantomBuster automation does: finding people, visiting profiles, sending invites or enriching emails.
- Keep any scraping you still need there, and export the results as a CSV file.
- Connect a LinkedIn account in Sellinger, import the file and let the agent take over the invites and messages.
- Pause the matching automations so one person is not contacted twice.
- Use a different LinkedIn account in each tool while you compare, so the two do not act on the same profile.
- Execution time that runs out pauses PhantomBuster automations without an overage charge, so check what is still scheduled.
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