Sales Prospecting vs LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Yes if you want prospect discovery and outreach in one workflow, not search alone. Sales Navigator has the best native LinkedIn data access but does not run automated sequences. Sales Prospecting adds AI prospecting, LinkedIn outreach, and a 14-day free trial with no credit card so you can move from list building to conversations faster.

LinkedIn Sales Navigator is priced for professional sales teams that rely on its advanced search filters, InMail credits, and native LinkedIn data. Core starts at $119.99/month. Sales Prospecting is $20/month flat, making it easier to justify while testing a new market or outbound motion.

Yes. Sales Prospecting includes its own LinkedIn search and AI prospecting workflow. You do not need a Sales Navigator subscription to use it. If you already have Sales Navigator, you can connect it for more advanced search filters.

Sales Navigator gives you official LinkedIn data access, 50+ search filters, 50 InMail credits per month, account maps, and saved lead alerts. Sales Prospecting focuses on the outreach side: automated connection requests, follow-up sequences, reply detection, and CRM sync.

The typical gap is that Sales Navigator finds prospects but does not contact them. You can import leads from Sales Navigator into Sales Prospecting, then run LinkedIn outreach campaigns from there. Or use Sales Prospecting's built-in AI prospecting without Sales Navigator at all.

Sales Prospecting uses smart timing, anti-detection delays, profile views, and daily limits designed for careful outreach. You are responsible for following LinkedIn's terms. Sales Navigator is an official LinkedIn product with no account risk by design.