The Best Waalaxy Alternative in 2026
ZenMode is a desktop-first Waalaxy alternative that runs LinkedIn outreach from your own machine and IP, instead of from Waalaxy's cloud.
By Jonathan Lis, Founder, ZenMode Ltd · Updated September 2026 (facts checked 17 September 2026)
TL;DR
ZenMode is the best Waalaxy alternative if you want your LinkedIn outreach sent from your own computer, on one flat plan instead of a licence per account. Waalaxy is now 100% cloud: its help centre says the Chrome extension has been removed and campaigns run in the background whatever your browser is doing. It charges per user, one licence per LinkedIn account, from €19 a month on yearly billing (Pro, 300 invitations) to €69 (Business, adds cold email), checked 17 September 2026. ZenMode runs on your own machine and IP from $15 a month (no-AI Novice, 1 account), with AI message writing and voice notes from $49 and three accounts for $99. Stay with Waalaxy if you need LinkedIn and cold email in one tool, or campaigns that keep sending with your computer off.
The verdict
If you want a Waalaxy alternative that keeps your LinkedIn activity on your own machine, ZenMode is the strongest swap. Since its July 2026 migration Waalaxy runs entirely in the cloud at app.waalaxy.com: its help centre says the Chrome extension has been removed and that you do not need to stay on LinkedIn while it works, which is convenient and means the actions on your account are sent from Waalaxy's infrastructure rather than from the computer and network you normally use. Its pricing is per user, and each licence covers one LinkedIn account: Pro €19, Advanced €49 and Business €69 a month on yearly billing, the view its pricing page opens on, checked 17 September 2026. ZenMode runs locally on your own machine and IP and covers multiple accounts on one flat monthly plan from $15/mo (no-AI Novice, 1 account), with AI voice notes and AI message writing from Practitioner ($49). Stay with Waalaxy if you need cold email alongside LinkedIn in one tool, or want outreach that carries on with your laptop shut.
How we compared these tools
We compare on what you can check yourself: where a tool runs, what it costs, what it does and does not do, and what its users say in public. Prices and plan names come from each vendor's own pricing page, read most recently on 16 September 2026. Two needed care. Meet Alfred's returned HTTP 403 on every attempt in our 8 September sweep and opened normally on the later date, so its prices are from that later reading. PhantomBuster's renders euro prices to a UK reader with no currency switch, so we quote PhantomBuster in euros, as shown. Several review sites, G2 among them, refused automated access in that sweep, so the complaints quoted here come from pages that did open, and any review score carried over from an earlier check is older than the prices. We did not run these tools side by side in a lab and we publish no head-to-head acceptance or reply rates, because those depend on your list, your copy and your account rather than on the software. ZenMode is our own product, so treat this as our case for it and check the vendor links yourself.
Waalaxy vs ZenMode: Feature Comparison
| Waalaxy | ZenMode | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Cloud web app only; the Chrome extension was removed in July 2026 | Desktop on your own machine |
| Where actions are sent from | Waalaxy's cloud, with your browser open or closed | Your own IP and session, always |
| Pricing | Per user, one licence per LinkedIn account: Pro €19, Advanced €49, Business €69 a month on yearly billing, which its page labels 50% off; Business is €139 a month standard (checked 17 September 2026) | Flat monthly: $15 (no AI) / $49 / $99 / $149 / $299 (1/1/3/5/10+ accounts) |
| LinkedIn invitations | Pro about 300 a month; Advanced and Business 800 a month, at most 200 a week (pricing page and help centre) | Daily limits enforced in the app |
| Voice notes | Record your own voice message in the Inbox or a campaign (Waalaxy blog, updated 17 June 2026) | AI voice notes per prospect (BYOK ElevenLabs, Practitioner $49+) |
| Email + LinkedIn multichannel | Yes, on Business (€69 per user a month on yearly billing) | No — LinkedIn-focused |
| LinkedIn inbox | Paid add-on: €20 a month excl. tax, or €120 a year | Unified inbox on every plan |
| Free trial | 14 days; the help centre says it starts with a credit card and becomes a paid subscription unless cancelled, with no reminder first | 14-day trial |
Why switch to ZenMode
Waalaxy sends from its cloud; ZenMode sends from your computer
Since July 2026 Waalaxy has been 100% cloud. Its help centre says the Chrome extension has been removed from the Chrome Web Store and that your campaigns run in the background regardless of what's happening in your browser. That is convenient, and it means the actions on your LinkedIn account are sent from Waalaxy's infrastructure rather than from the computer and network you normally use LinkedIn on. ZenMode takes the other path: a dedicated desktop app on your own machine and IP, with actions spaced a few minutes apart.
Flat pricing vs a licence per LinkedIn account
Waalaxy bills per user, and its help centre says each licence corresponds to one LinkedIn account, so three accounts means three subscriptions: €57 a month on Pro or €207 on Business at its yearly-billing rates (pricing page, checked 17 September 2026). ZenMode covers three accounts for a flat $99/month and five for $149, so the per-account cost falls as you scale instead of multiplying.
AI voice notes instead of recording each one
Waalaxy lets you record a voice message yourself, with a microphone button in its Inbox or in a campaign (Waalaxy blog, updated 17 June 2026), and its Inbox is a paid add-on at €20 a month excluding tax on monthly billing (help centre, checked 17 September 2026). ZenMode generates voice notes from your follow-up text through your own ElevenLabs key, on Practitioner ($49) and up, so you don't record each one by hand.
Messages written for each prospect
On ZenMode's Practitioner tier and up, the AI can draft your connection request and follow-ups, or, in "AI writes every message" mode, write them for each prospect from their name, role, company and location. Waalaxy's pricing page lists pre-built outreach sequences on every plan, which suit a fixed script you run for everyone.
For the deeper argument on why where a tool runs matters as much as what it does, see cloud vs desktop LinkedIn automation and why cloud-based tools raise your restriction risk.
What Waalaxy does well
Built for first-time prospectors
Waalaxy says 75% of its users had never done LinkedIn outreach before (pricing page, 17 September 2026), and its pre-built sequences on every plan make a first campaign quick to set up. For a first-timer, that hand-holding is genuinely useful.
Email + LinkedIn multichannel
Waalaxy's Business plan (€69 per user a month on yearly billing) adds cold email sequences, multichannel LinkedIn + email campaigns and 500 email finder credits a month. ZenMode is LinkedIn-focused, so multichannel email isn't part of it.
Sending with your computer off
Because Waalaxy runs in the cloud, campaigns keep going when your laptop is closed, and there is nothing to install. ZenMode needs a machine switched on during your outreach hours.
Integrations
CRM synchronization is on every Waalaxy plan, and API access plus Make, Zapier and n8n modules come with Advanced (€49 per user a month on yearly billing) and up.
Switch to ZenMode if…
- You'd rather your LinkedIn activity came from your own computer than from a vendor's cloud
- You manage multiple accounts and a licence per account is getting expensive
- You want AI voice notes and AI-written messages rather than recording and templating each one
- You've already had an account warning and want to be more careful
Stay with Waalaxy if…
- You need built-in cold email alongside LinkedIn automation
- You're brand new to outreach and want maximum hand-holding
- You want campaigns to keep sending with your computer switched off, and accept that they run from Waalaxy's cloud rather than your own machine
How to switch from Waalaxy to ZenMode
- 1Export your leads from Waalaxy as CSV before you cancel anything, and include campaign history and notes.
- 2Pick your ZenMode tier: Novice ($15/mo, no AI) or Practitioner ($49/mo, +AI & voice) for one account, Master ($99) for three, Dojo ($149) for five, or Sensei ($299) for ten or more. Every plan starts with a 14-day trial.
- 3Download and install ZenMode for Mac or Windows on a machine you can leave running during outreach hours.
- 4Connect your LinkedIn account. ZenMode uses your existing session, so there's no proxy setup or credential juggling.
- 5Import your leads and rebuild any active sequences. Take the chance to try AI message writing and voice notes.
- 6Run a small test campaign first, then let your Waalaxy subscription lapse once you're confident ZenMode is running smoothly.
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ZenMode pricing
One flat monthly subscription that covers multiple LinkedIn accounts, from $15/mo (no-AI Novice) up, with a 14-day trial on every plan and about 17% off on annual billing. Waalaxy is billed per user, one licence per LinkedIn account: Pro €19, Advanced €49 and Business €69 a month on yearly billing, the view its pricing page opens on, with Business at €139 a month standard (pricing page and help centre, checked 17 September 2026), so every additional LinkedIn account adds another subscription.
Novice
$15
/mo · 1 account · no AI
Practitioner
$49
/mo · 1 account
Master
$99
/mo · 3 accounts
Dojo
$149
/mo · 5 accounts
Sensei
$299
/mo · 10+ accounts
FAQ
Is ZenMode a safer Waalaxy alternative?
ZenMode runs on your own machine and uses your real IP and LinkedIn session. Waalaxy is now 100% cloud: its help centre says campaigns run in the background whatever your browser is doing and that you don't need to stay on LinkedIn while it works, so the actions are sent from Waalaxy's infrastructure rather than your own computer. No tool can promise an account is never reviewed, but ZenMode keeps the activity on the machine and connection you already use for LinkedIn, and paces actions with randomized timing and daily limits.
Does Waalaxy still have a Chrome extension?
No. Waalaxy's help centre says it is now 100% cloud and that its Chrome extension has been removed from the Chrome Web Store; everything runs at app.waalaxy.com. An optional extension, Alien Copilot, only speeds up importing prospects from a LinkedIn search (checked 17 September 2026).
What does Waalaxy cost, and how does ZenMode's pricing compare?
Waalaxy's pricing page (checked 17 September 2026) opens on yearly billing, where Pro is €19, Advanced €49 and Business €69 per user a month; it labels yearly 50% off, its help centre gives Business a standard price of €139 a month, and UK visitors are shown £34, £69 and £104 a month on monthly billing. Pro allows about 300 LinkedIn invitations a month and the other two 800, with one licence per LinkedIn account. Every plan shows a 14-day free trial; Waalaxy's help centre says the trial starts with a credit card and becomes a paid subscription unless you cancel, with no reminder before the first charge. ZenMode is one flat plan from $15/month (no-AI Novice, 1 account), then $49 Practitioner (adds AI message writing + voice notes), $99 for three accounts and $149 for five, with a 14-day trial on every plan.
Does ZenMode do email outreach like Waalaxy?
No, ZenMode is LinkedIn-focused. If you need cold email and LinkedIn in one platform, Waalaxy's Business plan (€69 per user a month on yearly billing) is the better fit. ZenMode's focus is personalized LinkedIn outreach, with voice notes, sent from your own machine.
Can I move my Waalaxy leads into ZenMode?
Yes. Export your prospects from Waalaxy as CSV (its plan comparison lists CSV imports and exports) and import them into ZenMode. ZenMode doesn't include a lead database, so you work from your own lists or a source like Sales Navigator.
What does ZenMode offer that Waalaxy doesn't?
ZenMode sends from your own machine and IP rather than a vendor's cloud, generates voice notes through your own ElevenLabs key instead of asking you to record each one, can have AI write each prospect's messages (Practitioner and up), and covers several LinkedIn accounts on one flat plan instead of a licence per account.
How much does ZenMode cost and is there a trial?
ZenMode starts at $15/month for the no-AI Novice tier (1 LinkedIn account). With AI message writing and voice notes it's $49 for one account (Practitioner), $99 for three, $149 for five, and $299 for ten or more. Every plan includes a 14-day trial, and annual billing saves about 17%.
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