Safe stack
≈ €118 / month
No ToS conflict, no account risk. At 346 contacts/month, manual sending with AI preparation is very feasible.
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Is your LinkedIn outbound worth it?
Meetings, deals, cost per customer and ROI of your LinkedIn stack — including the line item vendor calculators omit: your working time.
FreeNo signupFormula disclosedWith safety check
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Economics & stack
Your tool stack (prices from our index)
There are no reliable suspension probabilities — so we don't invent one. This is explicitly your assumption; at 0% the ROI stays unchanged.
Which stack fits your numbers?
Rule-based and disclosed: 3+ people → team stack; under 400 contacts/month → safe stack; over 150 requests/week → safe stack only; otherwise budget. Every card shows the tools' LinkedIn policy status.
Budget automation
≈ €99 / month
Cheapest entry into automation for 346 contacts/month — start with deliberately conservative limits.
⚠ Contains tools in ToS conflict. Select them in the stack above and the stress test will price your suspension risk.
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≈ €247 / month
Multi-account management and multichannel for 1 person — unified inbox instead of chaos.
⚠ Contains tools in ToS conflict. Select them in the stack above and the stress test will price your suspension risk.
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Order strictly by Bluebench Safety Score (methodology public), within the editorially curated selection for this use case. Provider links are partly affiliate links (labelled) — they influence neither score nor ranking. No vendor can buy a placement.
What does LinkedIn outreach really cost?
Tool prices are the smaller part: Sales Navigator starts at €99; automation tools range from freemium entries (Waalaxy) to ~$99 per seat per month (Expandi). The bigger line item is almost always working time — one hour of outbound per day costs about €945 a month at a €45 hourly rate. That's why this calculator counts both, and why the right question isn't “what does the tool cost?” but “what does a meeting cost me?”.
And because a suspended account is the most expensive line item of all, every recommendation shows the LinkedIn policy status — and the stress test prices what four weeks of suspension would cost, using your own numbers.
FAQ
How does Bluebench calculate ROI?
From your volume and conversion rates we estimate meetings and deals per month. Costs include not just tool prices but also your working time — the line item vendor calculators like to omit. The full formula sits under every result.
Why does the calculator show ranges instead of exact numbers?
Because conversion rates are assumptions. A seemingly exact result would be dishonest — so we always compute a cautious and an optimistic scenario (±35% on the conversion chain) alongside.
What is the “safe stack”?
A combination without ToS conflict: LinkedIn's own products plus content tools without risky automation — complemented by our free AI workflows for the manual work. Automation tools are shown with their policy status, and we compute what an account suspension would cost.
Are the recommendations independent?
Yes. The stack rules are deterministic and disclosed (team size, volume, risk profile). Some provider links are affiliate links — they influence neither score nor recommendation, and no vendor can buy a placement.
All results are model calculations based on your inputs — not a revenue forecast and not legal advice.