Cloud automation platform of prebuilt Phantoms for public web data and workflows
A composable cloud automation platform for public web data, powerful in the right hands and metered by the hour rather than by seat.
Best for
Growth engineers and technically comfortable operators who want to compose custom data and automation workflows across many public web platforms.
Not great for
Non-technical buyers who want a finished outreach product with a sequencer, an inbox and a pipeline working out of the box.
Starting price
$69/mo
Pricing model
Credit packs
Free trial
14 days, no card
Platforms
Web app
PhantomBuster, in plain terms
PhantomBuster is a general-purpose, cloud-based web automation platform rather than a dedicated outreach tool. Its unit of work is the Phantom, a prebuilt no-code automation that extracts or acts on public web data, with more than 100 of them covering LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Instagram, X, Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, GitHub and Slack. Phantoms can be chained into Flows to build multi-step workflows end to end, which is how outreach use cases get assembled: one Phantom builds the list, another enriches it, another sends connection requests, another sends follow-ups. Data extraction breadth is its strongest asset and the most mature part of the platform. The Professional Email Finder Phantom now uses BetterContact waterfall enrichment across 20+ sources, a single Phantom can connect multiple LinkedIn or Sales Navigator accounts, and there is a public API, an MCP integration and connectors for Zapier, HubSpot, Google Sheets, Clay and lemlist. PhantomBuster AI, in beta as of July 2026, ranks leads daily by buying signal. Pricing meters three capped resources: execution hours, Phantom slots and email plus AI credits, none of which roll over, and automations pause when the cap is hit. The trade-offs are a steep learning curve requiring comfort with cookies and proxies, no purpose-built branching sequencer, no unified inbox, no owned contact database, no video, voice, booking or mobile app, and LinkedIn front-end changes that periodically break automations until patched.
Key features
- 100+ prebuilt Phantoms across 15+ public web platforms
- Flows for chaining Phantoms into end-to-end multi-step workflows
- Professional Email Finder with BetterContact waterfall enrichment across 20+ sources
- Multi-account Phantoms that connect several LinkedIn or Sales Navigator accounts inside one automation
- PhantomBuster AI, in beta as of July 2026, ranking leads daily by buying signal
- Public API and MCP integration for developer workflows
- Cloud execution on their own infrastructure, so automations run without a local machine
- Connectors for Zapier, HubSpot, Google Sheets, Clay and lemlist
Pros
- More than 100 prebuilt automations covering LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Instagram, X, Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, GitHub and Slack
- Flows chain Phantoms into multi-step workflows, so almost any custom data or outreach process can be assembled
- Public web data extraction breadth is the most mature part of the platform and wider than any LinkedIn-only tool
- The Professional Email Finder uses BetterContact waterfall enrichment across 20+ sources
- A public API, an MCP integration and connectors for Zapier, HubSpot, Google Sheets, Clay and lemlist
- A free plan plus a 14 day trial let you test before committing, and ratings sit near 4.4 on G2 and 4.5 on Capterra
Cons
- Pricing meters execution hours, Phantom slots and credits, none of which roll over, and automations pause until the next billing cycle once a cap is hit
- Reviewers report that 20 execution hours can be consumed within a week of moderate multi-step use
- Reviewers describe the interface as overwhelming for beginners and note you need to be comfortable with session cookies and proxies
- There is no purpose-built sequencer, no unified inbox and no reply pipeline, so outreach is assembled and monitored elsewhere
- Platform front-end changes periodically break automations until they are patched, and users report empty results or errors
Last round
Seed, 2019 (reported)
Cost at scale
Team at $439 per month buys 300 execution hours and 50 Phantom slots, about $1.46 per execution hour, and unused hours and credits expire at the end of each month with no rollover.
Total funding
About $0.8M across two rounds (reported)
| Plan | Price | Limits | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 per month | About 30 minutes of execution time and 1 Phantom slot per month | About 30 minutes of execution time per month, 1 Phantom slot, Suitable for light experiments, not production workloads |
| Starter | $69 per month | 20 execution hours, 5 slots and 500 email credits per month, no rollover | 20 execution hours per month, 5 Phantom slots, 500 email credits and about 10,000 AI credits, About $56 per month on annual billing |
| Pro | $159 per month | 80 execution hours, 15 slots and 2,500 email credits per month, no rollover | 80 execution hours per month, 15 Phantom slots, 2,500 email credits and about 30,000 AI credits, About $127 per month on annual billing |
| Team | $439 per month | 300 execution hours, 50 slots and 10,000 email credits per month, no rollover | 300 execution hours per month, 50 Phantom slots, 10,000 email credits and about 90,000 AI credits, About $351 per month on annual billing |
From their published pricing, July 2026. Starter $69 per month monthly and about $56 on annual, Pro $159 and about $127, Team $439 and about $351. Metered on execution hours, Phantom slots and email plus AI credits, none of which roll over. Check their pricing page.
What reviews praise
- Breadth of prebuilt automations and platform coverage is the most praised attribute
- Developers and growth teams report being able to build almost any workflow they need
- The enrichment and list building steps are reported as mature and reliable
- Around 70 percent of G2 reviews are reported as five star
What reviews flag
- Reviewers describe a steep learning curve and an interface that is overwhelming for beginners
- Combining several Phantoms into one workflow is reported as complex
- Execution hour and slot limits are reported as running out quickly, with no rollover and a hard stop at the cap
- Users report automations breaking after platform front-end changes, returning empty results or errors
- The free trial is reported as too thin to evaluate the product properly
- Cost is reported to climb steeply once serious volume is needed
Distilled from public reviews and community threads. Not Weezly's opinion, and not a rating.
API access
Public API plus an MCP integration
Data export
Result files per run, capped at 10 rows per file during the free trial
Automation platforms
Zapier, plus connectors for HubSpot, Google Sheets, Clay and lemlist
Integrations
LinkedInLinkedIn Sales Navigator
InstagramX (Twitter)
FacebookYouTubeRedditGoogle MapsGitHub
Slack
Zapier
HubSpotGoogle Sheets
Clay
lemlist- HQ
- Paris, France (reported)
- Founded
- 2016 (reported)
- Employees
- About 51 to 65 (reported)
The full comparison
Weezly vs PhantomBuster: every claim, sourced.
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No code automation across 9,000 plus apps, billed by task volume
It is a cloud automation platform, not an outreach suite. You run prebuilt automations called Phantoms that extract and act on public web data across 15+ platforms, and chain them into Flows for multi-step workflows. LinkedIn outreach is one assembled use case among many, built by wiring a list-building Phantom, an enrichment Phantom and messaging Phantoms together.
It meters three capped resources rather than seats: execution hours per month, Phantom slots, and email plus AI credits. From their published pricing in July 2026, Starter is $69 per month with 20 execution hours and 5 slots, Pro is $159 with 80 hours and 15 slots, and Team is $439 with 300 hours and 50 slots. Unused hours and credits expire monthly with no rollover, and automations pause until the next billing cycle when a cap is reached.
Both. There is a 14 day trial with no credit card required, throttled to about 2 execution hours, 5 Phantom slots, 50 email credits and 10-row export files. After the trial a free plan remains with roughly 30 minutes of execution time per month and 1 Phantom slot, which is enough for experiments but not production work.
No. There is no native video or voice capability, no unified inbox, no reply pipeline, no booking product and no mobile app. Reply handling and pipeline management depend on syncing to an external CRM.
It is the most technical tool in its peer group. Reviewers describe the interface as overwhelming for beginners and note you need to be comfortable with session cookies and proxies, and that chaining several Phantoms together can be complex. LinkedIn front-end changes also periodically break automations until they are patched.
One of these tools is ours.
Weezly is in this directory too: LinkedIn outreach with AI clone videos, a 300M+ leads database and booking, from $59 per month. See if it earns a spot in your stack.