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Linked Helper alternative

The Linked Helper alternative that books the call

Keep what works. Add live signals, lists that refill themselves and replies drafted for you.

Why teams switch

Why people leave Linked Helper.

1

In the cloud, not on your laptop

Gelee runs all day without your computer on.

2

Replies drafted for you

The AI SDR drafts every reply and sends your booking link.

3

Live signals

Gelee reaches out when something actually happened.

What you get

Everything, on every plan.

Live buying signalsLists that refill themselvesEvery lead enrichedOnly your ICP, everBest people firstMore ways to find peopleBest accounts on best prospectsEvery account, tunedSmart warm-upFree InMailsReplies drafted for youUpdates in SlackSet up for youAPI, webhooks and MCP

Side by side

Gelee vs Linked Helper.

FeatureGeleeLinked Helper
Finding buyers
Live buying signals (hiring, funding, job changes)✓✕
Evergreen lists that add new matches every day✓Saved searches
Every lead enriched automatically✓✓
ICP filters checked before every send✓✓
Scores every lead before reaching out✓ICP score
Reaching them
Routes your best accounts to your best prospects✓✕
Per-account limits for invites, messages, reads, likes and comments✓✓
Smart warm-up and ramp-up✓Profile visits
Post engager campaigns✓✓
Keyword and follower campaigns✓✕
Free InMails to Open Profiles✓✓
Blacklist✓✕
Replies and booking
AI drafts replies and sends your booking link✓Drafts
One inbox for every account✓✓
Custom Slack notifications✓✕
Setup and plumbing
Set up for you by our team✓✕
CRM integrations✓✓
Public API and webhooks✓Webhooks only
MCP for Claude and ChatGPT✓✕

How to switch

8 steps. We do them with you.

  1. Export your Linked Helper profiles

    Export each campaign's profiles to CSV with LinkedIn URLs, names, companies, positions and status. Export message history too if your plan includes it.

  2. Bring your do-not-contact list over first

    Do this first. Before a single lead goes in. Collect your excluded profiles and anyone already contacted.

    Then send it over in one call, or add it in the app's Settings. People and whole companies both work, and sending the same list twice won't break anything. Gelee checks it when someone joins a campaign and again right before every message.

    curl -X POST "https://www.gelee.ai/api/v1/blacklist" \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer gk_your_key" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"entries":[
            {"value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/janedoe","type":"account"},
            {"value":"Acme Corp","type":"company"}
          ]}'
  3. Connect your LinkedIn seats

    Whoever sends the outreach connects their LinkedIn in the Gelee app, under Accounts. It takes a minute.

    One rule matters more than the rest: don't let Linked Helper and Gelee both run campaigns from the same seat at the same time. Neither tool knows what the other sent, and LinkedIn sees both. Pause that seat's Linked Helper campaigns first, then switch it on in Gelee.

    Brand new or rested account? Turn on warm-up and it starts slow.

  4. Swap your message variables

    Paste your Linked Helper messages into Gelee steps and swap the variables. If a variable comes back empty, Gelee drops that sentence instead of sending a blank, so you don't need a fallback on every one.

    Anything of your own, like a report link or a finding, becomes a custom field: {{custom.field_name}}. If a step needs a field that isn't there yet, it waits for it (up to a day). Handy if you write the link onto the lead when they accept.

    • first name → {{firstName}}
    • company → {{company}}
    • position → {{role}}
  5. Rebuild the campaign

    Rebuild each campaign's invite and message steps. Visit, endorse and follow actions are not Gelee steps.

  6. Add your leads

    Make the campaign, then add people however's easiest: upload the CSV, push them with the API, or point Zapier or Clay at the campaign's intake URL. All Gelee needs is the LinkedIn URL.

    Leave out anyone Linked Helper already reached, unless you actually want a second touch. Gelee won't put the same person in two of your campaigns anyway.

    Tools that post into a Linked Helper incoming webhook can post into the Gelee campaign's intake URL instead.

    curl -X POST "https://www.gelee.ai/api/v1/campaigns/CAMPAIGN_ID/leads" \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer gk_your_key" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -H "Idempotency-Key: import-batch-1" \
      -d '{"leads":[{"linkedin_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/janedoe",
                    "first_name":"Jane","company":"Acme","title":"VP Sales",
                    "custom_fields":{"report_link":"https://acme.example/r/5d70"},
                    "tags":["imported"]}]}'
  7. Repoint your integrations

    Replace outgoing webhooks with Gelee webhook destinations.

    In Gelee, add a webhook under Settings, Event Destinations (or POST /webhooks). Every event comes with the person, the seat that sent and the campaign. Hit Test to get a full sample before anything real flows.

    Leave the Linked Helper one running until you cut over, so your CRM doesn't have a gap.

  8. Run both for a bit, then cut over

    Don't move everything on day one. Start with a seat or two, run them next to Linked Helper for a few weeks, and look at accepts, replies and booked calls. Split by seat, never by person.

    Happy? Pause the rest of Linked Helper, export one last time, move the remaining seats. Keep that last export. It's your record of who was contacted before.

Let AI do it

Let our AI move it.

The Gelee MCP already knows Linked Helper. Connect it to Claude or ChatGPT and ask it to move you over. It checks with you before anything sends.

Set up the MCP

Questions

Good to know.

Can I run Linked Helper and Gelee at the same time?

Yes. Just don't run both on the same LinkedIn seat at once, and don't let them message the same people. Split by seat and you're fine.

Will I lose my Linked Helper conversation history?

No. The conversations live on LinkedIn, so they show up in Gelee once the seat connects. What doesn't come over is the other tool's own notes, tags and stats. Export those before you cancel.

Do I need the API to switch?

No. You can do all of this in the app. The API is there if you'd rather your own systems do it.

How long does a switch take?

Setup is about a day. The part that takes time is watching both side by side for a few weeks before you move everything.

For developers: API calls, webhooks and variables

Linked Helper exports person and company profiles to CSV. Incoming webhooks push new leads into campaigns, and outgoing webhooks send chosen LinkedIn data to another tool, optionally only for leads who reply. Its pricing page lists message-history export and message-history webhooks on its higher tier.

Their words, our words

Linked HelperGeleeNotes
CampaignCampaign
ProfileLead
Incoming webhookIntake URL, POST /campaigns/{id}/leads
Outgoing webhookWebhook destination
Desktop instanceSeat (in the cloud)

API calls

Linked HelperGeleeNotes
Incoming webhook (new lead into a campaign)The campaign's intake URL, or POST /campaigns/{id}/leads
Outgoing webhook (profile data)Webhooks: connection_accepted, reply_received, …
Message history exportGET /inbox/{chat_id}/messagesAny thread, any time.

Webhooks

Linked HelperGelee webhookNotes
Outgoing webhook on replyreply_received
Outgoing webhook on other stepsconnection_accepted, invite_sent, message_sent

Message variables

ValueGelee variable
First name{{firstName}}
Full name{{fullName}}
Company{{company}}
Job title{{role}}
Industry{{industry}}
Your own per-lead field{{custom.your_field}}
A fallback when empty{{custom.your_field|default text}}
Sender's name{{senderName}}

Discovery call

Moving from Linked Helper? We'll plan it with you.

A quick call. We learn about your market, and if it's a fit we'll move you over.