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The best LinkedIn Chrome extensions for sales reps in 2026

By PortifyLead · Updated 16 September 2026
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Disclosure: we make PortifyLead, one of the eight extensions in this guide. It is judged on the same five points as the others, and its drawbacks are listed with theirs.

Most LinkedIn Chrome extensions for sales reps do one of two jobs: find a prospect’s email and phone number, or save the prospect to your CRM. Pick the wrong kind and you pay for credits you never use, or your contacts end up in a spreadsheet.

For emails and phone numbers, start with Apollo, Lusha or Kaspr. To keep your CRM in step with LinkedIn, look at Surfe, LinkMatch or PortifyLead. Below, all eight are compared on price, free plan and limits.

All eight extensions at a glance

The table sorts the eight extensions by the job they do. Start with the second column. Most of these tools find contact details, and only the CRM extensions save a profile you already have. Prices are the cheapest paid plan on monthly billing, per user where the vendor says so.

ExtensionMain jobSends contacts toFree planCheapest paid plan, per monthChrome Web Store rating
Apollo.ioFinds emails and phone numbers, runs outreachSalesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, Salesloft75 credits a month$654.7 from 2,200 ratings
LushaFinds emails and direct dialsSalesforce, HubSpot, monday CRM and others40 credits a month$49.904.6 from 1,900 ratings
KasprFinds phone numbers and emailsSalesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho15 email and 5 phone credits a month$654.7 from 1,200 ratings
SurfeSaves profiles to your CRM and finds contact detailsSalesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Copper, Google Sheets20 email and 5 mobile credits a month$494.4 from 59 ratings
LinkMatchSaves profiles to your CRM and shows who is already in itHubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Bigin, Copper, Close, Insightly, CSV14-day trial€21.995.0 from 11 ratings (Pipedrive version)
PortifyLeadSaves the profile you are viewing, after you review each fieldSalesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Capsule, Google Sheets15 saves a month$15No ratings yet
EvabootExports Sales Navigator searches with emailsHubSpot, Zapier, Make, Clay, CSVNone published$9No rating shown
LeadDeltaOrganises your LinkedIn network and finds contact detailsHubSpot (beta) and Zapier, from the Pro plan7-day trial$254.8 from 112 ratings
Source: each vendor’s pricing page and Chrome Web Store listing, checked 16 September 2026. Ratings and prices change often. LinkMatch prices in euros and publishes one listing per CRM.

How we compared them

We started from the extensions that rank for “LinkedIn Chrome extension” and the tools that appear most often in the roundups ranking for it. We kept the ones that work on a LinkedIn profile and send the result somewhere useful. Automation tools that send invitations or messages for you are left out, because this guide covers getting contact details into the system you sell from.

Each tool was compared on the same five points, taken from its own pricing page, help centre and Chrome Web Store listing on 16 September 2026.

What we comparedWhy it matters to a rep
What it does on a profile, and on Sales NavigatorDecides whether it fits the way you prospect
Where the contact ends upA contact in the tool’s own database still has to reach your CRM
What the free plan includesCredits and saves run out at different speeds
The cheapest paid plan, billed monthlyWhat you pay before any annual discount
Limits the vendor publishesThese are the drawbacks listed with each tool

For PortifyLead we also used what we know from building it, including the problems we hit saving to Pipedrive. That part is further down, and it applies to any extension that writes to a CRM.

Extensions that find emails and phone numbers

Apollo, Lusha and Kaspr add a panel to LinkedIn that reveals contact details the profile does not show. All three charge in credits, and all three have a free plan. The difference that matters most is what a credit buys, because phone numbers cost more than emails everywhere.

ToolFree each monthCheapest paid plan, monthly billingWhat the paid plan includes
Apollo.io75 creditsBasic, $65 per seat2,500 credits a month
Lusha40 credits: 1 per email, 5 per phone numberStarter, $49.90400 credits a month, which do not roll over
Kaspr15 email, 5 phone and 5 direct email creditsStarter, $65 per userUnlimited B2B emails under a fair use policy, 100 phone credits
Source: Apollo pricing, Lusha pricing, Kaspr pricing, checked 16 September 2026. Annual billing is cheaper on all three.

Apollo.io: best for finding and emailing prospects from one account

Best forFinding contacts and emailing them from one account
Free plan75 credits a month
Cheapest paid planBasic: $65 per seat monthly, or $49 billed annually
Works onLinkedIn, Sales Navigator (no bulk actions), Gmail, Google Calendar
Chrome Web Store4.7 from 2,200 ratings, 1 million users
Source: Apollo pricing and its Chrome Web Store listing, checked 16 September 2026.

Apollo’s extension is the front end of a larger sales platform. On LinkedIn it finds emails and phone numbers and can save search results into lists in bulk. The same extension works in Gmail and Google Calendar, adds contacts to sequences, logs tasks, and shows Apollo data on top of Salesforce and HubSpot records.

The drawbacks are about scope. You need an Apollo account, and Apollo’s pricing page lists CRM integrations from the Basic plan upwards.

On Sales Navigator, its help article says you cannot select leads or take bulk actions from search results. Its store listing still describes an older free tier, so trust the pricing page over the listing. Pick Apollo if you want one tool that finds a contact and then emails them, and your CRM is Salesforce or HubSpot.

Lusha: best for direct dials in more places than LinkedIn

Best forPhone numbers and emails wherever you browse
Free plan40 credits a month: 1 per email, 5 per phone number
Cheapest paid planStarter: $49.90 monthly for 400 credits, or $37.45 billed yearly
Works onLinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Gmail, Google Calendar, your CRM, company websites
Chrome Web Store4.6 from 1,900 ratings, 400,000 users
Source: Lusha pricing and its Chrome Web Store listing, checked 16 September 2026.

Lusha reveals verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers, with company details such as headcount and industry. Its extension works on LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Gmail, Google Calendar, your CRM and company websites, and it can reveal several contacts at once and sync them to the CRM.

The catch is the credit maths. An email costs 1 credit and a phone number costs 5, so the free plan’s 40 credits come to 8 phone numbers a month. Starter credits do not roll over, and Lusha’s prices move with a credit slider, so the price in the table is the lowest step. Pick Lusha if phone numbers are the main thing you need and you look people up outside LinkedIn as well.

Kaspr: best for phone numbers on Sales Navigator, with Pipedrive and Zoho exports

Best forPhone numbers on LinkedIn and Sales Navigator
Free plan15 email, 5 phone and 5 direct email credits a month; no Sales Navigator
Cheapest paid planStarter: $65 per user monthly, or $49 billed annually
Works onLinkedIn profiles, Sales Navigator (from Starter), groups and events
Chrome Web Store4.7 from 1,200 ratings, 100,000 users
Source: Kaspr pricing and its Chrome Web Store listing, checked 16 September 2026.

Kaspr reveals phone numbers and emails on LinkedIn profiles, Sales Navigator, groups and events, and can enrich whole searches in bulk. Leads land in a Kaspr dashboard with notes, lists and tasks, then export to Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive or Zoho. It also connects to Aircall and Ringover, so you can call straight from the lead.

The free plan does not work on Sales Navigator; that starts on Starter. Phone credits are capped on every plan, and the “unlimited” emails come with a fair use policy. One small warning: on the day we checked, Kaspr’s pricing page showed two different free email allowances, 15 and 25 a month. Pick Kaspr if you prospect on Sales Navigator, need phone numbers, and your CRM is Pipedrive or Zoho, which Apollo does not list.

Extensions that save LinkedIn contacts to your CRM

Surfe, LinkMatch and PortifyLead do a different job. They take the person you are looking at and create or update a record in your CRM, so the profile and the record stay in step. The first question here is simply whether your CRM is supported.

ExtensionSalesforceHubSpotPipedriveZoho CRMAlso
SurfeYesYesYesNot listedCopper, Google Sheets
LinkMatchNot listedYesYesYesBigin, Copper, Close, Insightly, CSV, four recruiting systems
PortifyLeadYesYesYesYesCapsule, Google Sheets
Source: Surfe pricing, LinkMatch and PortifyLead’s integrations, checked 16 September 2026.

Surfe: best for CRM saving with contact finding built in

Best forTeams that want contact finding and CRM saving in one sidebar
Free plan20 email and 5 mobile credits a month; adding to the CRM is limited
Cheapest paid planEssential: $49 per user monthly, or $39 billed annually
Sends contacts toSalesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Copper, Google Sheets
Chrome Web Store4.4 from 59 ratings, 40,000 users
Source: Surfe pricing and its Chrome Web Store listing, checked 16 September 2026.

Surfe puts a sidebar in LinkedIn that reveals verified emails and mobile numbers, then syncs the contact to your CRM. Surfe says it maps fields automatically and avoids creating duplicates. It draws contact data from more than 15 sources, can create deals from the profile, and adds contacts to Lemlist, Salesloft or Outreach sequences on its Pro plan.

The free plan is small: 20 email and 5 mobile credits a month, and adding to your CRM is limited. Google Sheets and the separate CRM connector start on the paid Essential plan, and everything is priced per user. Pick Surfe if your team runs Salesforce, HubSpot or Pipedrive and wants finding and saving in one sidebar.

LinkMatch: best for Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Close and Copper

Best forSeeing who is already in your CRM from the profile
Free planNone; a 14-day trial with no card
Cheapest paid planStandard: €21.99 per user monthly, or €15.99 billed annually, with 300 email lookups
Sends contacts toHubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Bigin, Copper, Close, Insightly, CSV and four recruiting systems
Chrome Web StoreOne listing per CRM: 5.0 from 11 ratings (Pipedrive), 4.5 from 18 (Zoho CRM)
Source: LinkMatch and its Chrome Web Store listing, checked 16 September 2026.

LinkMatch shows, on the profile itself, whether a person is already in your CRM. You can add them, open or edit the record, and create deals, activities or tasks with details filled in. It also syncs LinkedIn conversations into the CRM on its Professional plan, and it covers four recruiting systems alongside the sales CRMs.

LinkMatch sells a separate extension for each CRM, and Salesforce is not among them. There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial with no card, and prices are published in euros only. Ratings are split across the listings: the Pipedrive version has 5.0 from 11 ratings and the Zoho CRM version 4.5 from 18. Pick LinkMatch if you sell from Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Bigin, Close or Copper, or recruit from one of its supported applicant tracking systems.

PortifyLead: best for checking every field before it reaches your CRM

Best forApproving each record before it saves
Free plan15 saves a month, up to five with an AI Sales Brief
Cheapest paid planPro: $15, or $13 billed annually, with unlimited saves
Sends contacts toSalesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Capsule, Google Sheets
Chrome Web StoreNew listing, no ratings yet
Source: PortifyLead pricing and integrations, checked 16 September 2026.

PortifyLead saves the person you are viewing to Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Capsule or Google Sheets. It shows every value before anything is written, checks your CRM for an existing contact at the moment you save, and follows a field mapping you set once, custom fields included. If you have had a one-to-one conversation with the prospect, it can add an editable AI Sales Brief with the need, timing and next step it found.

It does not find emails or phone numbers, so it saves the details you can see and the ones you add. If contact finding is what you need, Surfe or Apollo is the better choice. The store listing is new and has no ratings yet, the free plan stops at 15 saves a month, and Free and Pro allow one active connection per integration. Pick PortifyLead if you use Capsule, Zoho CRM or Google Sheets, or you want to approve each record before it lands.

LinkedIn Sales Navigator extensions for list building

If you are looking for a LinkedIn Sales Navigator extension, the first thing to know is what LinkedIn itself offers. Sales Navigator’s own CRM integration covers HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle Sales and Salesforce, and only on the Advanced Plus plan. Everyone else needs an extension, and our guide to what each Sales Navigator plan costs shows why that gap matters.

Most tools in this guide work on Sales Navigator pages to some degree, with different limits. Evaboot is the one built only for this.

ToolWhat it does on Sales Navigator
EvabootExports searches, lists and saved searches, up to 2,500 leads per search
KasprReveals contacts and enriches searches in bulk, from the Starter plan
LushaReveals contacts from saved leads and search results
LinkMatchBulk-exports Sales Navigator lists on the Pro plan
LeadDeltaExports a search to CSV, up to 1,000 profiles at a time
Apollo.ioShows suggested leads; no selecting or bulk actions from search results
Source: each vendor’s pricing page and help centre, checked 16 September 2026.

Evaboot: best for exporting Sales Navigator searches with verified emails

Best forCold email lists from Sales Navigator
Free planNone published
Cheapest paid plan100 credits for $9 each month, or $90 a year; unlimited seats
Sends contacts toCSV, HubSpot, Zapier, Make, Clay
Chrome Web StoreListed as “SN Copilot”, no rating shown
Source: Evaboot pricing and integrations, checked 16 September 2026.

Evaboot adds an export button to Sales Navigator. It exports lead and account searches, lists and saved searches, finds and verifies professional emails, and removes rows that do not match your filters. Results go to CSV, HubSpot, or tools such as Zapier, Make and Clay, and Evaboot lists Pipedrive, Salesforce and Google Sheets as coming soon.

It works only with an active Sales Navigator seat, not on free LinkedIn or Recruiter. It does not find phone numbers, a search exports at most 2,500 leads, and a yearly subscription cannot be cancelled early. Unused credits roll over while you subscribe. Pick Evaboot if you build cold email lists from Sales Navigator.

An extension for managing your LinkedIn network

LeadDelta: best for running your connections like a lightweight CRM

Best forSorting and following up with your own network
Free planNone; a 7-day trial
Cheapest paid planStarter: $25 per user monthly with 50 credits, or $17.50 billed yearly
Sends contacts toHubSpot (beta) and Zapier, from the Pro plan; CSV
Chrome Web Store4.8 from 112 ratings, 10,000 users
Source: LeadDelta pricing and its Chrome Web Store listing, checked 16 September 2026.

LeadDelta turns the connections you already have into something you can sort. You can tag people, add notes, build lists, set reminders and organise your LinkedIn inbox, and the same sidebar works on search pages and Sales Navigator. It also finds business emails, personal emails and phone numbers with credits.

There is no free plan, only a 7-day trial, and the Starter plan has no CRM sync: HubSpot (still in beta) and Zapier start on Pro. Credits go quickly on phone numbers, since one number costs 10 credits and Starter includes 50 a month. Pick LeadDelta if your pipeline is mostly your own network and you do not need a CRM sync yet. Pro, with the CRM sync, costs $55 per user a month.

How a CRM Chrome extension differs from a LinkedIn one

Search for “CRM Chrome extension” and most results are built for Gmail. Streak and Copper put a CRM inside your inbox, and Pipedrive’s own add-on is built for Gmail. They keep the deal next to the email thread.

Where the extension livesExamplesGood for
Your inboxStreak, Copper, Pipedrive’s Gmail add-onDeals that start and continue by email
LinkedInSurfe, LinkMatch, PortifyLeadContacts you find and talk to on LinkedIn
BothCopper, Apollo.io, LushaTeams that switch between the two all day

A LinkedIn CRM extension keeps the record next to the profile instead, which suits a different moment in the day: the minute you find someone worth talking to. If most of your first conversations start on LinkedIn, that is where the extension should live.

What a LinkedIn Chrome extension can do

A LinkedIn Chrome extension is a browser add-on that reads the LinkedIn page you have open and adds its own panel or button next to it. LinkedIn has no app store for this, so every extension works from the page itself. That is why two extensions with similar names can do very different things.

“LinkedIn extension”, “LinkedIn Chrome extension” and “LinkedIn Chrome plugin” all mean the same thing. Chrome retired plugins years ago; the word just never got the memo. Before you install any of them, four questions save trouble later:

  1. Does it read only the profile you have open, or whole search results and your inbox?
  2. Where does the data go: your CRM, the tool’s own database, or a file?
  3. Can you see and edit the values before anything is saved?
  4. Does it check for an existing contact, and at what moment?

What we learned building CRM saves

Building saves into six integrations taught us that the destination decides more than the extension does. Three findings apply to any tool on this list that writes to a CRM.

Your CRM may have no field for what you captured

A Pipedrive person holds a name, an email and a phone by default, and nothing else. Our first Pipedrive mapping also sent the job title and the LinkedIn URL. Pipedrive refused the whole save, including the name and email, because it rejects a request that names a field the account does not have.

Detail from the LinkedIn profileField in a default Pipedrive person
NameYes
EmailYes
PhoneYes
Job titleOnly after contact sync is set up
Website, city, countryNo, create custom fields
LinkedIn profile URLNo, create a custom field
Source: what Pipedrive’s person fields API returned on a real account while we built the Pipedrive integration, and Pipedrive’s API reference on fields created by contact sync.

So before you trust an extension to send a full profile, check that your CRM has somewhere to put each value. In Pipedrive that means creating custom fields first and mapping to them.

A notes field is not always there

Pipedrive only creates the notes field once someone sets up contact sync on the account. Reading a person record does not reveal this, because the record includes a notes key either way. We found out in production, when a save failed with an error while the same save without notes had just succeeded. PortifyLead now asks the account’s own field list first and tells you when notes are missing.

When the duplicate check runs matters

PortifyLead checks for an existing contact at the moment you save, by email. Checking while you browse would mean querying your CRM for every profile you glance at. Checking on save runs one lookup when it counts, and offers you the existing record to update instead of creating a second one.

When the check runsLookups in your CRMWhat you get
While you browseOne for every profile you openA badge on profiles already in the CRM
When you saveOne per saveThe existing record, offered for update

Both approaches can be right. LinkMatch shows whether a profile is already in your CRM as you browse; PortifyLead checks when you save. When you compare tools, ask each one when its duplicate check runs and what it matches on.

Questions

What is the best free LinkedIn Chrome extension?

For contact details, Apollo’s free plan has the most credits in this guide, 75 a month. For saving to a CRM, PortifyLead’s free plan includes 15 saves a month. LinkMatch and LeadDelta offer trials instead.

Is a LinkedIn Chrome plugin the same as an extension?

Yes. Chrome no longer runs plugins, so every “LinkedIn Chrome plugin” you find is an extension.

Does LinkedIn have its own Chrome extension?

Yes. LinkedIn Extension, offered by LinkedIn, shows a count of new activity. It does not save or enrich contacts.

Do I need Sales Navigator to use a LinkedIn Chrome extension?

Only for Evaboot. The others work on a regular LinkedIn account.

Which LinkedIn Chrome extensions work with Pipedrive?

Kaspr, Surfe, LinkMatch and PortifyLead list Pipedrive, and Evaboot lists it as coming soon. Create custom fields first if you want to save job titles or LinkedIn URLs.

Will a LinkedIn extension read my messages?

Some do. LeadDelta organises your inbox and LinkMatch can sync conversations. PortifyLead only reads a one-to-one conversation you choose, for an AI Sales Brief.

How do I remove a Chrome extension?

Open chrome://extensions, find the extension and click Remove. Contacts it already saved stay in your CRM or in its own service.

The short answer

The best LinkedIn Chrome extension depends on the job you need done.

If youPick
Need emails and phone numbers, on Salesforce or HubSpotApollo.io, or Lusha if phone numbers matter most
Need phone numbers on Sales Navigator, for Pipedrive or ZohoKaspr
Want finding and saving in one sidebarSurfe
Sell from Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Close or CopperLinkMatch
Use Capsule or Google Sheets, or want to approve each recordPortifyLead
Build cold email lists from Sales NavigatorEvaboot
Work mostly from your own networkLeadDelta

Keep your CRM in step with LinkedIn.

PortifyLead saves the person you are viewing to your CRM or Google Sheets. You see every value first, and duplicates are checked when you save.

Free plan available · No card required
PortifyLead The Chrome extension that saves LinkedIn contacts to the CRM you already use.