Dripify vs Dux-Soup: cloud sending vs a Chrome extension (2026)
By the ZenMode team · Pricing and features verified September 3, 2026 · Updated
Quick answer
Dripify is a cloud platform: onboarding asks for your LinkedIn credentials, campaigns run on Dripify's servers, and your computer can be switched off. Dux-Soup's two cheapest tiers are a Chrome extension that acts inside the LinkedIn session you are already logged into and stop when the machine sleeps; only its Cloud tier keeps running with the computer off, and even that needs the local app to enrol prospects. Pick Dripify if you want unattended sending plus cold email in the same sequence. Pick Dux-Soup if you want the cheapest way in, six native CRM connectors and a two-way API, and would rather not hand a third party your password.
Where each tool runs, and who holds your LinkedIn login
Dripify is cloud software with no local component — "a web application that operates in the cloud" that "does not require downloading files or adding Chrome extensions" (help.dripify.com). Campaigns continue without you: "you can close your browser, turn your PC off and the software will still work for you" (dripify.com/faq). The price is your login — step 2 of onboarding is headed "Enter Your LinkedIn Account Credentials", information Dripify says "is fully encrypted by the system" (help.dripify.com).
Dux-Soup sells two execution models under one brand. Pro Dux and Turbo Dux are a Chrome extension: asked whether they work with the computer off, the knowledge base says they "will not be operational if your computer is powered off, in sleep mode, or hibernating", because they run "within your local browser environment" (support.dux-soup.com). Cloud Dux moves execution to the vendor's servers and keeps going, but you still need the local app installed "in order to add profiles or enroll in the drip campaigns that you have created" (support.dux-soup.com), and "the cloud session will stop if you log out of your local LinkedIn session" (support.dux-soup.com).
Because Dux-Soup acts inside a session you opened yourself, the vendor says no credentials change hands — "with no third party access required, we guarantee optimal safety of your LinkedIn account" (dux-soup.com) — and the agency flow signs client accounts in on LinkedIn's own page (support.dux-soup.com). Where your automation tool runs decides most of the rest.
On IP addresses the two are unsatisfying in opposite ways. Dripify publishes two claims that do not match: its FAQ describes actions performed "from your local IP address", while its safety page says you "get a unique IP address from your local region assigned to your Dripify account" (help.dripify.com). Whether that assigned address is residential or datacentre is not stated on either page, and "proxy" returns no hits across the 151 help-centre articles scanned, as of 3 September 2026. Dux-Soup's proxy and IP handling are undocumented by the vendor — not found on its Cloud, Cloud Monitor, Cloud Agency session or security policy pages as of 3 September 2026.
Who each tool is for
Dripify aims at sales teams running multi-channel sequences — "a human-first outbound automation platform for LinkedIn and email" (career.dripify.com) — and every paid tier bundles LinkedIn and email steps; its tiers differ by quota, campaign count and team features, not by channel. It gives 2017 as its founding year and 100+ as its headcount, fully remote (career.dripify.com).
Dux-Soup, trading since 2015 as Supertec BV (dux-soup.com/about) and registered in the Netherlands (terms and conditions), is built around the individual operator. Pro is a visiting, tagging and connecting tool; Turbo adds drip campaigns, a dashboard and the API; Cloud adds always-on infrastructure; Cloud Agency runs client accounts at scale.
Price of entry, verified September 3, 2026
| Plan | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Dux-Soup Pro Dux | $14.99/month | $11.25/month(billed annually) |
| Dripify Basic | $59 per user/month | $39 billed annually |
| Dux-Soup Turbo Dux | $55.00/month | $41.25/month(billed annually) |
| Dripify Pro | $79 per user/month | $59 billed annually |
| Dripify Advanced | $99 per user/month | $79 billed annually |
| Dux-Soup Cloud Dux | $99.00/month | $74.17/month(billed annually) |
| Dux-Soup Cloud Agency | $371.00/month (5+ client seats) | — |
| Dripify Enterprise | Contact sales | — |
Dripify's Basic plan is throttled far below the platform's own ceiling — Dripify hard-codes 75 connection requests and 150 messages a day (help.dripify.com), but Basic allows 20 requests, 30 messages and one drip campaign, so the working floor is $59 billed annually, not $39. And drip campaigns and the API both start at Dux-Soup's Turbo tier, not the $14.99 Pro one: the pricing page lists unlimited drip campaigns as a Turbo addition, and the API needs "a Turbo and Cloud license" (dux-soup.com/api) — so compare Turbo at $55.00 against Dripify Pro at $79.
Both price per LinkedIn account: Dripify states "each LinkedIn account is connected to its own Dripify account" (help.dripify.com), while Dux-Soup's Turbo Team and Cloud Team are quoted per seat, with Cloud Agency metering billing above five seats (support.dux-soup.com).
Dripify gives seven days of Advanced, no card; afterwards "your campaigns will be deactivated" (help.dripify.com). Dux-Soup gives 14 days of Turbo, no card, then "you'll automatically move to our free Starter Edition" (dux-soup.com/get-started) — a perpetual free tier, manual only, letting you scan profiles and tag up to 100 a day (dux-soup.com/blog). No money-back guarantee appears on Dripify's pricing page, its FAQ or the 151 help-centre articles scanned as of 3 September 2026, and its terms are explicit the other way: "All monthly purchases are non-refundable", with a refund on annual plans only "within 24 hours after we receive your payment"; add-on services are non-refundable outright.
Feature differences that matter
| Dripify | Dux-Soup | |
|---|---|---|
| Drip sequences with conditions | Every paid tier | Turbo and above |
| Cold email in the same sequence | Yes — 50/day on Basic, 200 on Pro and Advanced | Not checked |
| InMail | Sales Navigator InMail only, since July 2026 | Automated InMails from Pro |
| Unified inbox | Pro and above | Turbo and above |
| A/B testing | Beta, Advanced only; 3 variants | MCP lists "Compare campaigns and analyze A/B tests" (dux-soup.com/blog) |
| Public API | Open API; reads data, adds leads | Turbo and Cloud; bidirectional |
| Auto-disconnect 1st-degree connections | Not checked | Yes |
| Email finder / enrichment | Yes, credit-based | For 1st-degree connections |
Email steps. Dripify runs LinkedIn and email actions in one sequence on every tier, the daily allowance rising by plan (help.dripify.com). Dux-Soup's documented route to other channels is a CRM connector or Zapier (dux-soup.com/integrations).
InMail. "As of July 2026, Dripify no longer supports the Basic LinkedIn InMail action… Dripify now supports Sales Navigator InMails" (help.dripify.com) — so an InMail step there needs a Sales Navigator subscription bought separately. Dux-Soup lists automated InMails from Pro (support.dux-soup.com).
Personalisation differs in style: Dripify advertises "20+ smart variables including icebreaker (AI-powered)" (dripify.com), while Dux-Soup uses underscore markers such as _FN_ and _CN_ (support.dux-soup.com) and pushes AI writing out to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.
Published limits differ. Dripify hard-codes 75 connection requests a day, with 150 messages on Sales Navigator or Recruiter Lite and 100 on free or Premium (help.dripify.com). Dux-Soup defaults to 20 connection requests, recommends 5–10 for new users, and tiers daily profile visits 50 / 100 / 250 / 400 across free, Premium, Sales Navigator and Recruiter accounts (support.dux-soup.com).
Integrations: six native CRMs against an Open API
Dux-Soup lists native connectors for HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, HighLevel, Freshsales and SharpSpring, plus Slack and Microsoft Teams (dux-soup.com/integrations). Zapier and Make sit alongside as middleware (dux-soup.com/integrations), with n8n covered only in a knowledge-base walkthrough, bridged by webhooks carrying visit, action and message events (dux-soup.com/api).
Dripify's help centre is blunter than its marketing: "Dripify currently provides integration capabilities through Open API and webhooks" (help.dripify.com). The one native CRM it documents is HubSpot, on Pro and above, with 21 mappable fields (help.dripify.com); Salesforce, Pipedrive and Zoho appear as logos reached through Zapier or Make on the integrations page whose own FAQ text calls them native.
The APIs are not equivalent. Dripify's can "retrieve data about your campaigns, leads, teams, and team members, as well as add new leads to campaigns", with sending messages still on the roadmap (help.dripify.com). Dux-Soup's goes both ways: webhooks push events out, Remote Control pushes actions in — profile views, personalised connection requests, messages to first-degree connections (support.dux-soup.com). That and its Model Context Protocol server, which drives campaigns in plain language (dux-soup.com/blog), are both gated to Turbo and Cloud.
What each vendor says about safety
Both sets of claims are the vendors' own, quoted rather than endorsed.
Dripify leans on cloud execution: "Dripify was designed to perform automated LinkedIn actions in the cloud" (dripify.com), with randomised delays "up to milliseconds" (help.dripify.com) and an Activity Control feature that "adjusts your daily processing limits" (help.dripify.com). It publishes the caveat that belongs beside those claims in its help centre: "no automatization can overcome the limits set by LinkedIn." (help.dripify.com)
Dux-Soup leans on the browser. It says it has "implemented anti-detection functions… which are updated continuously" and reports "0 reports of any of our users that have used our recommended settings being banned" — self-reported (support.dux-soup.com). Throttling is user-visible on Pro and Turbo (random visit speed of 25 to 125 profiles an hour, a five-minute pause every 20 visits) but taken out of your hands on Cloud (support.dux-soup.com). It is direct about risk: raising daily limits requires ticking "check to confirm you understand the risk!" (dux-soup.com/blog).
The same framing applies to both: LinkedIn's User Agreement broadly prohibits third-party automated access, and neither vendor publishes a position on it (LinkedIn Help). A scan of Dripify's 151 help-centre articles, terms and privacy policy found no mention of LinkedIn's terms of service as of 3 September 2026; Dux-Soup's terms and conditions, safety article and LinkedIn-warning article name no LinkedIn rule on automation, checked the same day. Both push that risk onto the user — worth weighing alongside how these tools compare on safety.
What users say
| Platform | Dripify | Dux-Soup |
|---|---|---|
| Capterra | 4.7 / 5 from 477 reviews | 4.0 / 5 from 16 reviews |
| Trustpilot | 4.6 / 5 from 519 reviews | 4.6 / 5 from 43 reviews |
| Chrome Web Store | No extension | 4.4 / 5 from 443 ratings, 50,000 users |
Read the counts as well as the stars: Dux-Soup on 16 reviews, Dripify on 477.
On Dripify, the most repeated theme in low-star Trustpilot reviews is billing, cancellation and refunds — one 1★ reviewer wrote "Don't provide refunds even when you cancel your subscription on day 1 of the new cyle" (trustpilot.com). The entry plan is next: a Capterra reviewer wrote the "Basic package is VERY limited. Only 1 campaign permitted which can't be edited or archived" (capterra.com). Individual opinions, not verified defects; both averages are strongly positive.
On Dux-Soup, the criticism most relevant here is local resource load, the predictable cost of a browser extension. Two Capterra reviewers describe it: it "took up a lot of processor bandwidth on my computer and it would often freeze", and "it slows the system, I got a lot of unresponsive window prompts" (capterra.com). Both anecdotal, both from that 16-review sample, and neither would apply the same way to Cloud Dux, where execution leaves your machine. Trustpilot is otherwise heavily positive, with no 1-star reviews (trustpilot.com).
Where ZenMode fits
ZenMode takes the third position here: a desktop app that runs on your own machine and your own IP, driving the LinkedIn session you are already signed into. That is the same side of the line as Dux-Soup, which acts on the LinkedIn session already open in your browser, no password (dux-soup.com), and the opposite side from Dripify, which requires your LinkedIn password at setup (help.dripify.com). Unlike a browser extension, it runs as its own application rather than competing with your tabs.
The honest trade-off is the one Dux-Soup states about its own browser tiers: the computer has to be on. If you want campaigns firing at 3am with the laptop shut, cloud sending is what you want, and Dripify or Cloud Dux is the right shape of tool. Otherwise, see what ZenMode does, or the fuller side-by-sides of ZenMode against Dripify and ZenMode against Dux-Soup.
Verdict
- Choose Dripify if you want LinkedIn and cold email in one sequence, campaigns running with the computer off, and are comfortable entering your credentials — budgeting for Pro at
$59billed annually, not the throttled Basic tier. - Choose Dux-Soup if price of entry matters, you want six native CRM connectors and a bidirectional API on a
$55.00tier, you would rather not hand over your password, and you accept that Pro and Turbo stop when the machine sleeps. - Consider a desktop tool if you want automation that runs from your own IP and session, and can leave a machine on while it works.
FAQ
Does Dux-Soup need my LinkedIn password?
No. Dux-Soup acts inside the LinkedIn session you have already signed into, and its positioning is "with no third party access required, we guarantee optimal safety of your LinkedIn account" (dux-soup.com); Cloud Agency routes each client sign-in through LinkedIn's own login page. Dripify works the other way — entering your credentials is step 2 of onboarding, because it logs in on your behalf from its own infrastructure.
Will Dux-Soup keep running when my computer is off?
Only on the Cloud tier. Pro and Turbo "will not be operational if your computer is powered off, in sleep mode, or hibernating", while Cloud Dux "operates seamlessly on our dedicated cloud infrastructure" (support.dux-soup.com). But you still need the local app to add profiles and enrol them into campaigns, and the cloud session stops if you log out of your local LinkedIn session.
Which one is cheaper to start with?
Dux-Soup, by a wide margin: Pro Dux is $14.99/month against Dripify Basic's $59 per user/month, and a perpetual free Starter Edition follows the trial for manual scanning and tagging. But drip campaigns and the API start at Turbo, so the realistic comparison is Turbo Dux at $55.00/month against Dripify Pro at $79 — Basic caps you at 20 connection requests a day.
Can I drive either tool from my own software?
Both offer an API, but not an equivalent one. Dux-Soup's is bidirectional and gated to Turbo and Cloud: webhooks push visit, action and message events out, while Remote Control endpoints push actions in, over HMAC-signed requests (support.dux-soup.com). Dripify's Open API reads campaign, lead and team data and adds leads to campaigns; sending LinkedIn messages sits on its published roadmap, not shipped (help.dripify.com).