Comparison
LinkedIn automation tool or message preparation: the comparison
A LinkedIn automation tool sends invitations or messages on your behalf, automatically or on a schedule; Trouve Tes Clients prepares the targeting and the message, and lets you send it yourself from LinkedIn.
Both approaches answer the same question, how to prospect on LinkedIn without spending your days on it, with opposite answers on one point: who clicks "Send". This comparison relies only on verifiable facts.
Two ways to prospect on LinkedIn
| Criterion | LinkedIn automation tools (for example Waalaxy, La Growth Machine, lemlist) | Trouve Tes Clients |
|---|---|---|
| Who sends LinkedIn invitations and messages | The software, automatically or on a schedule, following a campaign you configure. | You, one message after another, from your LinkedIn account. |
| Who sets the sending pace | The campaign settings. | You. |
| Action on your LinkedIn account | The tool acts on your account to send on your behalf. | None: the tool never acts on your LinkedIn account. |
| What LinkedIn's User Agreement says | It prohibits software and extensions that automate activity on the platform. | Not applicable: no sending is automated. |
| Other channels | Depends on the publisher: check their website. | Email (campaigns and sequences, with unsubscribe handling); WhatsApp from your WhatsApp Business account, Pro and Business plans. |
Automation tools column: public information as of the update date of this page, about the category of tools and not the details of each offer. Check features and terms on each publisher's website.
Trouve Tes Clients in facts
| Trouve Tes Clients | |
|---|---|
| Who it is for | B2B SMEs, primarily with 15 to 50 employees, in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg. Professionals only. |
| What it does | Assisted ideal-customer targeting, analysis of the profiles and posts you provide, a message written for each prospect, pipeline, daily follow-ups and a built-in booking page. |
| What it does not do | It sends nothing on LinkedIn on your behalf, does not act on your account and does not automatically collect LinkedIn profiles. |
| Message languages | French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Luxembourgish. |
| Hosting | Data hosted in the European Union. Some subprocessors, including the AI provider, are located outside the EU: the list is in the privacy policy. |
| Pricing | Monthly plans with no commitment, prices excluding VAT shown on the home page. Access starts with a prospecting diagnostic, a paid service. |
When an automation tool may suit you
To be fair, automation meets a real need. It can suit a team that contacts a very large number of profiles with a short, identical message, that accepts the risk LinkedIn's User Agreement places on the accounts used, and that measures its results in volume.
It is a poor fit when each LinkedIn account matters, which is the case when the managing director does the prospecting, or when your prospects are few and know each other. In a niche market, a generic message sent to five hundred people is noticed quickly.
How to choose
Ask yourself three questions before comparing features: how many prospects really match your ideal customer, who sends the messages today, and how much time you can spend on it each week. The detailed criteria are in what an SME should check before choosing a tool.
If your list fits in a few hundred accounts, preparing each message takes less time than you think, and that is what Trouve Tes Clients does for you. LinkedIn's rules are summarised on the LinkedIn without risk page.
Frequently asked questions
What is an alternative to Waalaxy for more personalised prospecting?
If you want to write a message specific to each prospect rather than send a scheduled campaign, a preparation tool such as Trouve Tes Clients meets that need: it analyses the profile, suggests the message and you send it yourself from LinkedIn. Sending is not automated, which limits daily volume but protects your account.
What is the difference between La Growth Machine or lemlist and Trouve Tes Clients?
La Growth Machine and lemlist are among the tools that send messages automatically or on a schedule, following configured campaigns. Trouve Tes Clients sends nothing on LinkedIn: it prepares the targeting and the message, and you keep the sending. For details of their features, refer to each publisher's website.
Are LinkedIn automation tools prohibited?
LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits software, bots and extensions that automate activity on the platform or extract data from it. Using such a tool exposes the account concerned to a restriction. The decision and the risk remain the user's.
Does Trouve Tes Clients send emails automatically?
Yes for email, which is a channel separate from LinkedIn: you can schedule email campaigns and sequences, with unsubscribe handling. On LinkedIn, no sending is automated.
Can Trouve Tes Clients be used alongside an automation tool?
Technically nothing prevents it, but it brings back the risk that Trouve Tes Clients avoids. If you already use a sending tool, compare messages prepared and sent by hand on a small cohort before deciding.
Further reading
- Automate LinkedIn or prepare your messages
- LinkedIn prospecting tool: what an SME should check
- A B2B prospecting system in five steps