By The PhantomBuster TeamIs PhantomBuster pricing worth the investment?
Yes, if you want to run your sales and marketing efforts on autopilot.
In this guide, we'll explain each PhantomBuster pricing model and its key benefits so you can decide which works best for you.
TL;DR
PhantomBuster is a lead generation automation tool that lets you automate 130+ actions on multiple platforms, including LinkedIn, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Google Maps, Slack, Facebook, etc.
No free plan exists, but new users can sign up for a free trial before progressing to a paid subscription.
PhantomBuster pricing plans:
Starter ($69/ month): 20hrs execution time/ 10k AI credits/ 5 Phantom slots/ Unlimited data exports/ Community access/ Priority support
Pro ($159/ month): 80hrs execution time/ 30k AI credits/ 15 Phantom slots/ Unlimited data exports/ Community access/ Priority support/ Account consultant
Team ($439/ month): 300hrs execution time/ 90k AI credits/ 50 Phantom slots/ Unlimited data exports/ Community access/ Priority support/ Account consultant
Resources / Plan type | Trial | Starter | Pro | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Phantom Slots | 5 | 5 | 15 | 50 |
Execution time | 2 hrs | 20 hrs/month | 80 hrs/month | 300 hrs/month |
AI credits | 1000 | 10,000/month | 30,000/month | 90,000/month |
Email credits | 50 | 500/month | 2500/month | 10,000/month |
HubSpot integration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Price/month | 14 days free | $69 | $159 | $439 |
Annual saving | - | $663 ($56/month) | $1527 ($128/month) | $4125 ($352/month) |
Best for | New users | Single users, Small teams | Teams with multiple workflows | Large teams, agencies |
What is PhantomBuster used for?
PhantomBuster is a lead generation automation tool that lets users run 130+ actions across major social media platforms and websites, including LinkedIn, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Google Maps, Slack, Facebook, etc.
The PhantomBuster platform works via:
Phantoms: Single actions, such as auto-sending a LinkedIn message
Flows: Automation sequences, such as building a full outreach workflow on LinkedIn
Everything is available in the Phantom Store, a user-friendly space to help you build any outreach, data scraping, and data enrichment workflow from scratch.
Is PhantomBuster free to use?
While PhantomBuster does not offer a free plan, it does offer a 14-day free trial (no credit card needed). After that, you can try the Starter plan, which is worth the price ($69), with over 20 hours of execution time and unlimited data exports per month.
PhantomBuster pricing plans resources overview
After the free trial, PhantomBuster offers three different types of plans: Starter, Pro, and Team.
Each of these pricing models is allocated a certain amount of resources:
Phantom slots: How many Phantoms you can run at once.
Execution time: How long can your Phantoms run for?
Email discovery credits: How many professional emails can you search for?
AI credits: The number of AI tokens you can use.
What are Phantom slots?
A Phantom slot determines how many Phantoms or Flows you can run simultaneously.
A Phantom is a single automated action that will help you meet a specific lead generation objective. At the same time, a Flow is a set of multiple automated actions for built-in lead generation sequences that will save you a lot of time.
Each PhantomBuster account has a certain slot allowance, which you can check anytime from your dashboard. Most Phantoms will require 1 slot, while flows need a minimum of 2 slots.
With 130+ Phantoms and Flows available, PhantomBuster can extract data from top websites and automate online tasks at scale to generate leads like never before.
You can also view how many Phantom slots an automation will take from its overview page.
What is Execution time?
Execution time refers to how long you can run Phantoms in a given period. It resets every month and cannot be accumulated.
For example, if you run two Phantoms for 5 minutes, you will have used up 10 minutes of execution time for the month.
If your objective is to scrape and enrich (or connect with) around 1000 leads per month, you will need approximately 7-10 hours of execution time.
It usually takes 30-45 seconds to scrape a profile or send a connection request or message and 5-10 minutes to export 1000 search results.
These estimations will depend on the configuration of your Phantoms and the networks where the automations are done. Therefore, to estimate your execution time need, you can start using PhantomBuster gradually.
What are AI credits?
PhantomBuster offers AI Phantoms, which can help you to enrich data and craft custom messages on LinkedIn. Every paid plan comes with integrated PhantomBuster AI credits. The number of AI credits you use will depend on which GPT model you use.
What are Email credits?
Email credits determine the number of professional emails you can search for and validate per month. On average, with a full name and a company name, you can get a verified email address 70% of the time.
When you set up Phantoms like LinkedIn Profile Scraper or Professional Email Finder, you have the option to use PhantomBuster's email discovery service (powered by Dropcontact) with your credits and be given any emails found in your results file.
The emails we deliver are nominative company emails like john.doe@acme.com and are always verified.
Important: Each email discovery credit corresponds to one attempt made at finding a verified professional email address. Be aware that sometimes this is not possible, and so the return rate may not always be equal to your credit count.
How much execution time do I need?
Here's an approximate guide to calculate the running times of your PhantomBuster subscription.
3 seconds: To like or comment on a post
30 seconds: To scrape a profile, send a connection request, or share a message
5-10 minutes: To export a search of 1000 social media profiles or posts
Think about how many Phantoms you'll be using daily, along with the scale and frequency. Then, use this guide to calculate your overall execution time and match it with the best pricing plan.
Note: If you run out of execution time, you'll need to upgrade your PhantomBuster subscription.
Which plan should I choose?
Here's which PhantomBuster pricing model to choose, depending on your business goals.
Starter ($69/ month): For single users, small businesses, and sales and growth teams that don't need to automate more than 5 actions at a time.
Pro ($159/ month): For teams who want to automate multiple prospecting, growth, and marketing processes.
Team ($439/ month): For agencies, larger teams, and products using the API.
Looking for a custom plan? Contact the PhantomBuster Support Team to discuss your personalized automation and pricing needs.
How PhantomBuster can help you automate lead generation
Whether it's to extract data from social media, source information from the web, or grow your business faster on LinkedIn, PhantomBuster's features can help you get there.
Here are just a few of the possibilities:
Find, connect with, and message your leads with the LinkedIn Outreach Flow
Use the LinkedIn Search Export Phantom to extract data
Enrich your CRM with useful data from the LinkedIn Profile Scraper Phantom
Enrich your HubSpot data with PhantomBuster.
Boost your growth with the Sales Navigator Message Sender Phantom
Auto-write your messages with zero effort, thanks to the AI LinkedIn Message Writer Phantom
Gather local contact details from the web with the Google Maps Search to Contact Data Flow
