Octopus CRM review (2026): pricing, LinkedIn limits, verdict

What Octopus CRM is

Octopus CRM is a Chrome extension that automates LinkedIn: personalised connection requests, bulk messages to first-degree connections, automatic profile visits and skill endorsements, with a personal CRM, campaigns and funnels on the higher plans and Zapier on the top one. It claims more than 50,000 users in its header and 40,000 further down the same page, and calls itself the safest LinkedIn automation tool, both its own claims. For cold outreach it is the budget LinkedIn layer, with no email channel of its own.

Octopus CRM pricing explained

Four plans per LinkedIn account, billed monthly or yearly. Starter costs $6.99 a month billed yearly or $9.99 monthly for the personal CRM with stats, personalised auto-invites and the option to connect only with Premium members. Pro costs $9.99 or $14.99 and adds bulk messages, automatic profile views and endorsements. Advanced costs $14.99 or $21.99 and adds campaigns, export and import and funnel building. Unlimited costs $24.99 or $39.99 and adds Zapier and HubSpot integration, activity control and compatibility with Premium, Sales Navigator and Recruiter. Every plan has a 7-day trial without a card. The terms make monthly purchases non-refundable, allow a refund on yearly plans within 24 hours of payment, and renew subscriptions automatically unless cancelled from the billing page or by email.

Actions, limits and the extension model

Everything runs in your browser while you are logged in to LinkedIn, from your own IP, with no cloud sessions or proxies advertised. The FAQ is candid about LinkedIn’s limits, 100 connection requests a week and 100 to 150 messages, period not stated, depending on the account, and recommends sending further invitations by email once the weekly cap is reached, which LinkedIn does not endorse and which puts the account at some risk. Activity control on Unlimited alerts you when the system spots excessive activity. Leads export to CSV from Advanced and flow to HubSpot and other CRMs through Zapier on Unlimited.

What that means for cold outreach

Octopus is cheap enough to run on every rep’s own account, and the extension model keeps the activity tied to a real person on a real connection, which is both its safety argument and its limitation: it runs only while the browser is open, and LinkedIn can detect extensions. Use it at conservative settings for the LinkedIn touches and do the email follow-up elsewhere; the invite-by-email workaround is best left alone.

Who Octopus CRM is for, and who should look elsewhere

Octopus CRM suits individuals and small teams who want cheap LinkedIn automation on their own accounts, including free LinkedIn accounts, and can keep the browser open. It is a poor fit for teams that need cloud sessions, proxies, multichannel sequences or an inbox. Dripify and Waalaxy are the cloud-based tools a step up in price, Aimfox adds rented profiles and local IPs, and Meet Alfred adds email steps. The LinkedIn automation category compares them. Botdog is the cloud step up at $79 a sender a month, or $55.33 yearly, with an AI inbox and a 7-day trial.

Using Octopus CRM with PureMail

Run the LinkedIn visits, invitations and messages from Octopus at conservative settings, and send the follow-up emails from PureMail’s Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 inboxes on separate outreach domains through a sequencer with rotation. Keep the LinkedIn account well inside its limits and the primary domain out of the cold sequences.