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Cleed vs Linked API
Short answer: Pick Cleed if you want signal-driven lead enrichment and outreach; pick Linked API if you want API-driven LinkedIn automation. Cleed has a free plan, paid from $99/month; Linked API starts at $49/month per user.
CleedFind and contact potential leads at scale on Linkedin
Linked APISecure LinkedIn API for various use cases. Which to pick
Pick Cleed if you want…
- Signal-driven lead enrichment and outreach
- Lead discovery on LinkedIn
- A free plan to start with
Pick Linked API if you want…
- API-driven LinkedIn automation
- Open-source code (Linked-API/linkedapi-mcp on GitHub, MIT license)
Side by side
- What it is
- Cleed:Getcleed uses AI to monitor LinkedIn and market signals, enrich leads and draft personalized outreach messages.
- Linked API:Secure LinkedIn automation API for messaging, lead generation, data extraction and outreach.
- Best for
- Cleed:Signal-driven lead enrichment and outreach
- Linked API:API-driven LinkedIn automation
- Who it’s for
- Cleed:B2B sales teams, founders and growth agencies needing timely prospecting
- Linked API:Developers, AI agents and teams needing programmatic LinkedIn actions.
- Pricing
- Cleed:Freemium
- Linked API:Paid
- Starting price
- Cleed:$99/month (Pro)
- Linked API:$49/month per user (Core)
- Free plan or trial
- Cleed:Free trial
- Linked API:Free trial
- Plans
- Cleed:Pro $99 / mo per month
- Linked API:Core $49/seat/mo per month · Plus $74/seat/mo per month
- Open source
- Cleed:—
- Linked API:Yes, 68 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Cleed:—
- Linked API:Node.js SDK, CLI, MCP server, n8n, Make
Cleed features
- Live market monitoring. Tracks funding, hiring, product launches, leadership changes and competitor mentions 24/7.
- Buying signal scoring. Ranks accounts by fit, urgency and relevance to highlight warm prospects.
- Reason-to-reach-out generation. Provides a clear context and suggested angle for each opportunity.
- AI-drafted outreach. Creates the first email or LinkedIn message based on the signal and your ICP.
- Enrichment waterfall. Adds emails and phone numbers from 15 data providers.
- CRM & API integration. Pushes approved opportunities directly into your CRM or via API.
Linked API features
- 50+ LinkedIn actions. Send messages, connection requests, search, fetch profiles and more via API, SDK or CLI.
- Workflow engine. Chain actions with conditional logic up to 5 levels for complex automations.
- Dedicated cloud browser. Real browser instance per account mimics human behavior for safety.
- Structured JSON output. All results returned as clean JSON for easy consumption.
- Node.js SDK & CLI. Official SDK and command-line tool simplify integration in any language.
- AI-agent ready. MCP server and skill definitions let AI assistants call LinkedIn actions directly.
- Integrations (n8n, Make). Connect workflows to popular no-code automation platforms.
Cleed vs Linked API FAQ
What is the difference between Cleed and Linked API?+
Cleed: Focuses on finding and contacting LinkedIn leads but lacks a full API and cloud-browser safety layer.
Should I use Cleed or Linked API?+
Pick Cleed if you want signal-driven lead enrichment and outreach, lead discovery on LinkedIn or a free plan to start with. Pick Linked API if you want API-driven LinkedIn automation or open-source code (Linked-API/linkedapi-mcp on GitHub, MIT license).
Is Cleed or Linked API free?+
Cleed has a free plan; paid plans start at $99/month (Pro). Linked API is paid, from $49/month per user (Core), with a free trial.
Which is cheaper, Cleed or Linked API?+
Cleed starts at $99/month (Pro) and Linked API starts at $49/month per user (Core); the plans are billed differently, so compare what's included.
Is Cleed or Linked API open source?+
Linked API is open source (Linked-API/linkedapi-mcp on GitHub, MIT license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Cleed.
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