Dux-Soup alternative with AI prospecting

Seleqt vs Dux-Soup

Automating clicks isn’t prospecting. Choosing who and why is.

Dux-Soup has automated LinkedIn visits, invites, endorsements, and follow-ups since 2015. It does the clicking. Deciding who fits, finding a reason to reach out, and writing something worth answering is still your job. Seleqt’s AI does that work, then runs LinkedIn and email in one cloud sequence.

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One lead, two ways to work it
Ravi Menon VP Sales · Clearpath PayrollWorth a message
1. What a click-bot does
Title matches the search. Visit profile, endorse a skill, send an invite with {first_name}.
Search filter
2. What Seleqt checks first
Payroll SaaS, 80 people, sells to SMBs. Three SDR roles opened this month.
Company websiteCareers page
3. What Seleqt writes
Ravi, three SDR hires in a month usually means a new outbound push. Who’s building the target list for them?
4. Where it goes
in LinkedInEmailUnified inbox

Illustrative example

AI chooses who to contact·Research finds why now·Email in the same sequence·Cloud on every plan

Dux-Soup automates the actions.

Seleqt automates the decisions.

Dux-Soup is one of the original LinkedIn automation tools, with 300,000+ users. It’s reliable for LinkedIn actions like visits, invites, InMails, and drip follow-ups. It doesn’t decide which leads deserve those actions, and it doesn’t send email. That’s the work Seleqt takes on.

DUX-SOUP IS ENOUGH WHENDux-Soup

You want low-cost LinkedIn automation and you’re happy to pick leads and write messages yourself.

Pro starts at $14.99 a month. It works inside your own LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, or Recruiter account and connects to Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Freshsales, Slack, and Zapier.

A reason behind every invite.

Dux-Soup visits, invites, and follows up with everyone your LinkedIn search returns. Give it 100 leads and all 100 get the sequence. Seleqt checks each lead against your ICP first and gives an approve, review, or reject verdict with sources. Invites go to the people who fit, and you can see why each one passed.

  • Each lead checked against your ICP
  • Reasoning and sources on every verdict
  • Approve, review, or reject before outreach

Messages written from research.

Dux-Soup personalizes with tags like name and company, so a list of 100 gets one template. Seleqt researches each account for hiring, funding, and news, then writes an individual message from what it finds. You review a draft that already gives the lead a reason to reply, instead of writing openers by hand.

  • Hiring, funding, and news per account
  • An individual message for each lead
  • Drafts you review, not tag templates

Email when LinkedIn goes quiet.

Reviewers describe Dux-Soup as LinkedIn-only, so email usually runs in another tool. Seleqt adds email steps to the same sequence, with an email and phone finder in the plan. Replies from both channels land in one inbox, and sequences run in the cloud on every plan, even with your browser closed.

  • Email steps in the same sequence
  • Email and phone finder included
  • Replies from both in one inbox

Seleqt vs. Dux-Soup:

decisions, channels, plans.

We lead with the AI and channel gaps. Dux-Soup’s price and integrations are strong, and those rows are marked.

CAPABILITY
DUX-SOUP
SeleqtAI-led LinkedIn + email
Where they differ
AI lead qualification
Decide who gets contacted
?
Not documented
Targeting comes from your LinkedIn search. [2]
✓
Built in
Verdicts with reasoning and sources.
AI message writing
Drafts per lead
→
Via AI assistants
Integrates with Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT. [2]
✓
Research-based
Built from company news and fit.
Email outreach
A second channel
–
LinkedIn only
Reviewers describe no native email campaigns. [3]
✓
Native
Email steps in the same sequence.
Always-on running
Works with your browser closed
→
Cloud Dux only
Pro and Turbo run in your browser. [1]
✓
Every plan
Web-based platform.
Company research
Hiring, funding, news
?
Not documented
Not found in reviewed pages. [2]
✓
Built in
Feeds qualification and messaging.
Also compared
Entry price
Monthly billing
✓
$14.99 / month
Pro plan; $11.25 billed yearly. A Dux-Soup strength. [1]
✓
$79 / month
Two senders, every feature.
Drip campaigns and CRM
Sequences and pipeline sync
→
Turbo and up
Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Freshsales. [1][2]
✓
Every plan
Conditional sequences; HubSpot, Pipedrive, and n8n.
Email and phone finder
Contact data
→
Dux-Store
Email lookup offered through its store. [4]
✓
Included
20+ enrichment sources.
Contact database
Beyond LinkedIn search
?
Not documented
Works on LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, and Recruiter. [1]
✓
700M+ contacts
Plus Sales Navigator import.
LinkedIn action range
Visits, endorsements, InMail
✓
Broad
Visits, follows, endorsements, InMails, post likes. [2]
?
Not verified
Confirm action types during the trial.
Team tools
Collaboration across seats
→
Team plans
Shared campaigns; reviewers note no shared inbox. [1][3]
✓
Unified inbox
Agency workspaces and sub-accounts.
Agency pricing
Multiple client accounts
✓
$371 / month
Cloud Agency, 5+ client accounts. [1]
✓
From $349 / month
White-label, $0 platform fee.
Free trial
Test first
✓
14 days
No payment details required. [2]
✓
14 days
2,000 credits; no card.
✓Built in→Add-on, higher plan, or another tool–Not included?Not verified

Product and pricing information reviewed September 19, 2026. ✓ confirms the described capability, not identical functionality. → means a higher plan, add-on, or integration. ? means unverified, not absent. Sources: Seleqt plans · [1] Dux-Soup pricing · [2] Dux-Soup product · [3] Third-party review · [4] Dux-Soup knowledge base.

Same 100 leads.

Different work gets done.

Give both tools a Sales Navigator search of 100 leads. Dux-Soup will visit, invite, and follow up with each one on LinkedIn, using the template and tags you set. On Pro and Turbo, your browser has to stay open. Seleqt starts by deciding which of the 100 are worth contacting at all.

SELECTION
Dux-Soup
All 100 get the sequence.
Seleqt
Each lead gets an approve, review, or reject verdict with sources.
MESSAGE
Dux-Soup
One template with name and company tags.
Seleqt
An individual message built on each company’s news.
CHANNELS
Dux-Soup
LinkedIn actions and messages.
Seleqt
LinkedIn plus email, replies in one inbox.

Dux-Soup’s plan ladder, monthly.

Drip campaigns and CRM start at Turbo. Always-on cloud running starts at Cloud Dux.

Pro $14.99→Turbo $55→Cloud $99
[04] HOW SELEQT THINKS

Four decisions, made before you send.

Seleqt’s AI handles the judgment calls that click automation leaves to you.

With SeleqtBased on Seleqt’s published workflow.
4
Decisions per lead
1
Sequence, two channels

4 Who to contact, why now, what to say, and how to turn replies into meetings.

1 LinkedIn and email steps together, with every reply in the same inbox.

Compare Seleqt with

the Dux-Soup plan that runs alone.

If you want campaigns to keep running without your browser, the Dux-Soup plan to compare is Cloud Dux. It still covers LinkedIn only.

Dux-SoupCloud Dux plan
$99/ month

Monthly price, or $74.17 a month billed yearly. It’s the first plan that runs without your browser.

  • Drip campaigns, dashboard, and CRM integrations
  • Managed cloud infrastructure
  • LinkedIn automation only
See Dux-Soup plans

01. Decide on always-on

If campaigns must run with your laptop closed, compare against Cloud Dux.

02. Add an email tool

If email is part of your outreach, budget for a separate platform.

03. Count the research

Estimate the time spent picking leads and writing openers by hand.

USD prices reviewed September 19, 2026. Dux-Soup team plans offer volume discounts. Seleqt’s credit usage varies by action; confirm at signup.

Thinking of switching from Dux-Soup?

Is Seleqt a good Dux-Soup alternative?

It depends on your workflow. Seleqt is the stronger Dux-Soup alternative when this sounds like you: You want AI to choose the leads, find the angle, and write the first draft. Search 700M+ contacts, get a verdict with reasoning for each lead, and send researched messages across LinkedIn and email from one sequence. See every feature on the product page or compare Seleqt pricing.

Does Dux-Soup need my browser open?

On Pro and Turbo, yes: they run through the browser extension. Cloud Dux, at $99 a month, runs on Dux-Soup’s managed infrastructure instead. Compare Dux-Soup plans ↗

Can Dux-Soup send emails?

Reviewers describe Dux-Soup as LinkedIn-only, without native email campaigns. It connects to CRMs and Zapier, so email usually runs in another tool.

Does Dux-Soup use AI?

It lists integrations with AI assistants like Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT. We didn’t find built-in lead qualification or company research of the kind Seleqt runs on every lead.

Why is Dux-Soup so much cheaper?

It automates LinkedIn actions and leaves targeting, research, and copy to you. For a solo user on a tight budget, that can be the right trade.

Can I keep using my Sales Navigator searches?

Yes. Import them into Seleqt, or build new lists from the 700M+ contact database. Seleqt then qualifies and researches each lead before outreach.

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Let AI decide who’s

worth your next invite.

Bring a list, see which leads fit and why, and launch researched LinkedIn and email outreach from the cloud.

AI qualification · Native email · Cloud-based · No credit card