LinkedIn engagement scrapers (2026): who liked that post, and what to do with it
LinkedIn engagement scrapers pull the people who reacted to or commented on a LinkedIn post, so you can turn that engagement into a lead list. Someone who comments on a post about your problem space is a warmer buying signal than a row from a database, and LinkedIn gives you no export of its own.
The tools split two ways. Signal tools watch posts continuously and hand you new engagers. Scrapers take a post URL and return who engaged. Below is what OneGTM uses, then the rest, with current pricing. Trigify, a popular option here, is shutting down on October 22, 2026, so many teams are choosing a replacement right now. Some links are referral links that may earn us a credit, which never changes what you pay or who is listed.
Key takeaways
- Our stack: Deepline runs the job, Apify and PhantomBuster scrape the engagers, Captain Data enriches them, and the ones who fit go to HeyReach and Instantly.
- Commenters are a stronger signal than reactors. Many tools only capture one of the two, so check before you buy.
- LinkedIn shows at most about 3,000 likers per post, which caps every tool that reads from it.
- Most engagers are not buyers. Filter hard by role and company before anyone gets a message.
The engagement stack OneGTM uses
We treat post engagement like any other signal. Deepline orchestrates the job: it pulls reactions and comments on the posts we watch, with Apify actors and PhantomBuster doing the scraping. Captain Data fills in each engager's role and company, the list gets scored against the ICP, and only the people who fit go to HeyReach and Instantly.
Deepline
OneGTM uses this
One API across many data providers. Its HarvestAPI tools return the reactions and comments on a LinkedIn post by URL, and the results feed straight into enrichment and outreach from Claude Code or a scheduled job.
Best for: Code-first teams wiring engagement into a pipeline
Pricing: Pay as you go at $0.10 per credit; Growth $395/month plus usage. Post reaction and comment lookups run 0.03 credits per page.
Apify
OneGTM uses this
Marketplace of scrapers (Actors), including HarvestAPI's LinkedIn post reactions and comments scrapers, which return engagers from a post URL without logging in to your account. Pay per result.
Best for: Cheap, account-free extraction at volume
Pricing: Post reactions and post comments each from $1.50 to $2 per 1,000 results, depending on your Apify plan. Apify free plan includes $5 of usage a month; Starter $19/month.
PhantomBuster
OneGTM uses this
LinkedIn Post Likers Export and Post Commenters Export Phantoms pull engagers from post URLs using your LinkedIn session cookie, and can run daily.
Best for: No-code exports on a schedule
Pricing: Free plan with 30 minutes of execution a month; Start $69/month ($56 billed annually); Grow $159/month.
Captain Data
OneGTM uses this
API and MCP server for LinkedIn people and company data. We use it to enrich engagers from their LinkedIn URLs (role, company, headcount) before scoring them, not to pull the engagers themselves.
Best for: Enriching engager profiles before they hit outreach
Pricing: Credit-based, with 100 free trial credits. The Silver tier is listed at €600/month for 20,000 credits; other tiers are not published.
HeyReach
OneGTM uses this
LinkedIn automation that can import the people who reacted to a post by URL and drop them into a campaign. Its help docs say this import covers reactions only, so commenters need another source.
Best for: Messaging post reactors from the same tool
Pricing: Growth $79/sender/month, or $63 billed annually; Agency $999/month.
Engagement signal tools
These watch posts from you, your team, competitors, or keywords over time and surface new engagers without you pasting URLs.
Teamfluence
Tracks engagement on your own posts, your team's, competitors', influencers', and keyword posts, then qualifies the engagers into leads. It offers free migration and price-matching for Trigify customers.
Best for: Teams replacing Trigify
Pricing: One plan at €449/month with unlimited seats and 1,000 qualified leads a month. Onboarding call required; no self-serve trial.
Valley
AI outbound tool that captures engagers on your posts and profiles you track, researches each one, and drafts LinkedIn messages in your voice for approval.
Best for: Founders who post often and want AI follow-up
Pricing: Starter $199/seat/month (LinkedIn only); Plus $299/seat/month adds email. 7-day trial, card required.
Expandi
LinkedIn automation with a Signals campaign type that captures post engagers, filters them, and runs a message sequence. Each Signals campaign tracks up to 3 posts.
Best for: Engagement capture and messaging in one cloud tool
Pricing: Business $99/month, or $79/month billed annually. 7-day free trial.
Skylead
Post signals find LinkedIn posts that match topics or keywords you define and capture the people engaging with them, then filter by ICP into a sequence.
Best for: Keyword-based engagement on market posts
Pricing: All-in-one $100/seat/month. 7-day free trial.
Post scrapers and list builders
These take a post URL and return the people who engaged. Some use your LinkedIn session cookie, which puts your account at risk; others call a provider that does not touch your account.
Clay
OneGTM has used this
A Find Post Audience action returns who reacted to or commented on a post URL, and a Claybook pulls reactors on posts that tag your company page, all inside a table you can enrich.
Best for: Enriching engagers in the same table
Pricing: Free plan with 100 data credits a month; Launch and Growth plans priced by actions and data credits.
Waalaxy
Imports the people who commented on a LinkedIn post into a campaign, once or on an ongoing auto-import, and lets you send connections and non-connections to separate campaigns.
Best for: Low-cost commenter imports
Pricing: Listed at €19 (Pro), €49 (Advanced), and €69 (Business) per user per month. 14-day free trial.
Linked Helper
Desktop LinkedIn automation that collects lists of people who liked or commented on a post, then runs invitations and messages to them.
Best for: Budget extraction plus outreach
Pricing: Standard $15/month per LinkedIn account on a monthly term. 14-day free trial.
Airscale
Credit-based list builder with an option to extract up to 3,000 likers and commenters from a post URL, then enrich them. Needs a LinkedIn account.
Best for: Pulling engagers and enriching them in one tool
Pricing: Starter $49/month for 4,000 credits; Pro $99/month; Growth $189/month.
Prices are from each vendor's site as of October 2026 and change often, so check before you buy. This is an opinionated list, not a paid ranking. Some links are referral links that may earn us a credit; that never changes what you pay or who makes the list.
LinkedIn engagement scrapers compared
| Tool | Best for | Starting price |
|---|---|---|
| Deepline (OneGTM uses) | Code-first teams wiring engagement into a pipeline | Pay as you go |
| Apify (OneGTM uses) | Cheap, account-free extraction at volume | $2 per 1,000 |
| PhantomBuster (OneGTM uses) | No-code exports on a schedule | $69/mo |
| Captain Data (OneGTM uses) | Enriching engager profiles before they hit outreach | Silver €600/month for 20,000 credits |
| HeyReach (OneGTM uses) | Messaging post reactors from the same tool | $79/sender/mo |
| Teamfluence | Teams replacing Trigify | €449/mo |
| Valley | Founders who post often and want AI follow-up | $199/seat/mo |
| Expandi | Engagement capture and messaging in one cloud tool | $99/mo |
| Skylead | Keyword-based engagement on market posts | $100/seat/mo |
| Clay | Enriching engagers in the same table | Free plan |
| Waalaxy | Low-cost commenter imports | €19/mo |
| Linked Helper | Budget extraction plus outreach | $15/mo |
| Airscale | Pulling engagers and enriching them in one tool | $49/mo |
Starting prices as published by each vendor in October 2026.
Turning engagement into outreach without being creepy
A like is a weak signal. Someone liked a post because it showed up in their feed. A comment is stronger, and a comment on a post about the exact problem you solve is the strongest version. Treat the list accordingly.
Do not open with "saw you liked Sarah's post". People know they were scraped, and it reads as surveillance. Reference the topic instead, and give them something useful on it.
- Filter first. Most engagers are students, vendors, and peers. Match each person to your ICP by title and company before anyone is contacted.
- Move fast. Engagement goes stale in days, so pull and qualify on a schedule.
- Connect before you pitch on LinkedIn. The first message should be about the topic, with no ask.
- Be more careful with competitor posts. People engaging with a competitor may be their customers, and a pitch that leads with the competitor rarely lands.
- Track meetings per source. If engagers from a post or a creator do not book meetings, stop pulling them.
Compliance and account risk
Section 8.2 of LinkedIn's User Agreement bans scraping with software, scripts, or browser plugins, and bans bots used to add contacts or send messages. Cookie-based scrapers run on your own account, so a restriction lands on you. Providers that need no cookie keep your account out of it, though they still read LinkedIn data, and LinkedIn's terms still apply to how you use what they return.
Engagers in the UK and EU are covered by GDPR. B2B outreach usually relies on legitimate interest, which means collecting only what you need, telling people where you got their details when asked, and honoring opt-outs straight away. This is a summary and not legal advice; check with counsel for your situation. For the wider picture on LinkedIn data, see our LinkedIn scrapers and LinkedIn data APIs pages.
How to choose an engagement scraper
- Reactions, comments, or both. HeyReach's import covers reactions only; Waalaxy's docs focus on commenters; HarvestAPI, PhantomBuster, Clay, Linked Helper, and Airscale cover both.
- Per post or continuous. Pasting URLs is fine for your own launches. Watching competitors or keywords needs a signal tool like Teamfluence, Valley, or Skylead.
- Cookie or no cookie. Account-free providers keep your LinkedIn profile out of the scraping.
- Where the list goes next. If engagers feed a sequencer, pick a tool with an API or a native push to your LinkedIn automation tool or cold email software.
When it makes sense to get help with engagement signals
Pulling likers is easy. The work is in qualifying them, matching them to real contacts, and writing outreach that does not feel like a scrape.
OneGTM builds engagement signals into your outbound: the posts and creators worth watching, ICP filtering and enrichment, and LinkedIn and email sequences that reference the topic instead of the like. You own the accounts and the data.
- You are moving off Trigify before October 22 and want the workflow rebuilt.
- Your founder posts often and the engagement is not turning into pipeline.
- You want to work competitor and creator engagement without burning LinkedIn accounts.
- You want engagement combined with other signals like job changes and website visits.
LinkedIn engagement scrapers FAQ
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