LinkedIn Sales Navigator helps you find and follow people and companies with filters such as industry, company size, job title and location — good for building target lists and outbound. DialClient does something different: it finds public LinkedIn posts where a company is already asking for a vendor, agency or supplier, removes job posts, candidates and ads, and gives you the post link and the contacts the buyer shared. Use Sales Navigator to choose whom to approach; use DialClient to catch buyers who are asking right now.
Side by side
| LinkedIn Sales Navigator | DialClient | |
|---|---|---|
| What it finds | People and companies that match your filters | Posts where a company says it needs a vendor, agency or supplier |
| Buying signal | You guess from title, company and activity | The buyer wrote the need: what, how many, where, by when |
| Job posts, candidates, ads | Not relevant to its search | Removed automatically |
| Contacts | InMail and LinkedIn messages | Post link, profile, and any email, phone or WhatsApp written in the post |
| Best for | Account-based outbound and relationship selling | Vendors, agencies and freelancers who want inbound-style requirements |
| Price | Paid LinkedIn subscription (see LinkedIn for current plans) | Free with unlimited extracted posts and 10 credits a month · Pro ₹999/month for unlimited credits |
Where Sales Navigator is stronger
If you sell to a defined list of large accounts, Sales Navigator is built for that: saved lead and account lists, alerts when people change jobs, InMail and CRM sync. It is a prospecting tool for outbound selling.
Where DialClient is stronger
Many companies post their needs openly — “looking for a security agency in Pune”, “need 50 laptops on rent”, “vendor empanelment open”. These posts are easy to miss in the LinkedIn feed and are not what Sales Navigator filters are designed to surface. DialClient searches hundreds of buyer phrases across 19 categories all day and keeps only real requirements, so you reply while the buyer is still choosing.
Using both
Plenty of teams do: DialClient for fresh requirements that need a reply today, Sales Navigator to research the company and the decision maker before a bigger pitch.
Frequently asked questions
Is DialClient a replacement for Sales Navigator?
Only if your goal is finding companies that are already asking for a vendor. For outbound account lists and InMail, Sales Navigator remains the tool built for that job.
Do I need a LinkedIn Premium or Sales Navigator account to use DialClient?
No. DialClient works with a normal LinkedIn account through its Chrome extension, plus the shared DialClient Agent feed.
Does DialClient send messages on LinkedIn for me?
No. It only reads public posts at a human pace. You decide whom to contact and send messages yourself.