PhantomBuster alternative for exporting LinkedIn post likers and commenters
- Written by
- Jorrit van Ginkel, founder of Ziplined
- Published
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New Leads, this week
No LinkedIn login
Grace Mensah
Head of Sales, Northwind
Liked a competitor's post
Ruben Smit
Founder, Brightwave Studio
Commented on a competitor's post
Lotte Vermeer
Head of Sales, Kestrel Labs
Liked an industry expert's post
Ziplined is a LinkedIn Lead Radar, and the PhantomBuster alternative for LinkedIn post likers and commenters. It needs no session cookie and starts at $49 a month.
Short answer: choose Ziplined for a weekly list of likers and commenters who fit your ideal client. Keep PhantomBuster for single posts, post searches or other LinkedIn automations.
At a glance
- Starts at
- $49 a month vs $56, billed annually
- Your LinkedIn account
- Not needed vs connected
- Posts covered
- Every new post vs 8 a day
- Who you get
- Only Leads vs everyone who engaged
What does PhantomBuster do for post engagement, and what is Ziplined?
PhantomBuster is an automation platform with many Phantoms. Two cover post engagement: the LinkedIn Post Likers Export and the Commenter and Liker Scraper.
PhantomBuster
- What goes in
- Post URLs, or a profile or search URL
- LinkedIn login
- Your LinkedIn session
- What comes out
- Everyone who liked or commented
- How often
- When you run it, or watcher mode
Ziplined
- What goes in
- Profiles you watch: team, competitors, experts
- LinkedIn login
- None
- What comes out
- Only Leads who fit your ideal client
- How often
- Every night
PhantomBuster vs Ziplined for post likers: the comparison table
 Ziplined | PhantomBuster | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | A weekly list of people who engage in your market and fit your ideal client | One-off pulls from any post, and many other LinkedIn automations |
| What goes in | LinkedIn profiles and company pages you watch (sources) | Post URLs, a profile, a company page or a post search URL |
| Your LinkedIn account | Not needed | A connected LinkedIn account, by extension or by adding the session cookie by hand |
| Who acts on LinkedIn | Ziplined collects on its own. Your account does nothing | The Phantom acts on your behalf |
| Limits | None on sources. Credits are the only limit | Commenter and Liker Scraper: up to 8 posts a day, up to 50 posts monitored at once |
| Schedule | Every night from 02:00 UTC, all new posts of the last 7 days | Once a day, and the schedule cannot be changed (Commenter and Liker Scraper) |
| Likers and commenters | Ziplined lists people, so each person is one row | A profile that liked and commented appears in two separate rows, not merged |
| Filter | Your ideal client decides who is a Lead. Your own team is never a Lead. Views add more than 20 filters, such as seniority, warmth, engagement and comment text. | None in the phantom. You filter the file yourself |
| Profile viewers, new followers, new connections | Yes, free Chrome extension | Not part of these two Phantoms |
| Where people go | Slack, email, CSV on every plan. Webhooks, Google Sheets, HeyReach and Clay by webhook on Team, from $99 a month. Native Clay sync, Instantly, Waalaxy, HubSpot coming soon | A results file. Optional contact updates to HubSpot |
| AI agent (MCP) | Yes, every plan | MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and more, on every plan |
| Sends messages | No, never | Not these two export Phantoms |
| Pricing model | You pay for the scan, in credits | Plans with automation slots and execution time |
| Starting price | $49 a month, monthly, 3,000 credits | Start: $56 a month, $672 billed annually |
| Trial | 7 days, 3,000 credits, card needed | Trial: exports limited to 10 rows, 2 hours of execution time |
PhantomBuster facts: phantombuster.com/pricing and two support.phantombuster.com articles, read 4 November 2026 without a paid account. The Likers Export article was updated 1 October 2026, the Commenter and Liker Scraper article 8 July 2026.
The LinkedIn Lead Radar
- Watch your market for buying signals
- Analyze your own audience
- No LinkedIn login or cookie
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Grok Bot
- Cursor
- Slack
- HeyReach
- Google Sheets
- Clay
Why export post likers without a session cookie?
PhantomBuster's LinkedIn Phantoms run as you, on your LinkedIn session or session cookie. With an outdated browser, your session cookie may expire much more quickly, and you need to reconnect often.
Nothing connects to your LinkedIn account, and Ziplined never asks for your password or session cookie.
The optional Chrome extension is the only part in your browser. It never likes, comments, connects or sends.
PhantomBuster: post URLs in, everyone out
- Post URL
- Post URL
Your LinkedIn session connected
Ziplined: profiles you watch, only Leads out
- Your team
- Competitors
- Industry experts
No LinkedIn login
Grace Mensah
Commented on a competitor's post
Ruben Smit
Liked an industry expert's post
Which tool keeps up with a market, not one post?
1. Ziplined watches profiles, PhantomBuster processes posts
With PhantomBuster you feed posts. With Ziplined you add the profiles once.
Ziplined
Every new post
Of every source, each night
No post cap and no source limit
PhantomBuster Commenter and Liker Scraper
8 posts a day
Up to 50 posts at once
2. Ziplined filters, PhantomBuster exports everyone
A competitor's post can get hundreds of reactions. PhantomBuster gives you all of them.
Ziplined checks each person against your ideal client. An Almost lead misses one part, and one click adds that value to your ideal client.
3. Ziplined sends the list to your tools
A new sync sends only people who join the list after you turn it on. Tick the box to send the whole list at once.
Ziplined
- New Leads
- A sync you set once
- Slack or email. HeyReach, Google Sheets or a webhook on Team, from $99
PhantomBuster
- A results file
- Optional contact updates to HubSpot
When is PhantomBuster the better choice?
- You need one post, now.
- You search posts by keyword.
- You automate more than post engagement.
When is Ziplined the better PhantomBuster alternative?
- You export post engagement every week.
- You want only people who fit.
- You do not want to connect your LinkedIn account.
PhantomBuster and Ziplined pricing side by side
Lowest public price a month
Ziplined Solo
$49 a month, billed monthlyPhantomBuster Start
$56 a month, billed annually, $672 a year
Checked 4 November 2026
| Ziplined | PhantomBuster | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest paid plan | $49 a month (Solo), billed monthly | $56 a month (Start), $672 billed annually |
| Next step | Team, from $99 a month, 10,000 credits, unlimited users | Grow: $128 a month, $1,536 billed annually |
| What you pay for | Credits: 1 per post, 1 per reaction or comment, 1 per profile view or new follower | Automation slots, execution time, email and AI credits |
| Users | Solo 1. Team unlimited | Unlimited users |
| Trial | 7 days, 3,000 credits, card needed | Exports limited to 10 rows, 2 hours of execution time |
Checked on 4 November 2026 (ziplined.io pricing, phantombuster.com/pricing). PhantomBuster shows its annual price per month, and we did not record its monthly price.
Example: 40 posts and 1,500 reactions and comments cost 1,540 credits a month, inside Solo's 3,000.
How do you move from PhantomBuster to Ziplined?
List the posts you scrape and who wrote them.
The authors become your sources: your team, competitors or industry experts.
Start the trial and add the authors.
Include the past week.
Describe your ideal client.
Ziplined reads your website and suggests it.
Pick an integration.
Slack, email or CSV work on Solo. Team, from $99 a month, adds Google Sheets, HeyReach, webhooks and Clay by webhook.
Keep PhantomBuster for single posts and keyword searches, if you use them.
What Ziplined is not
Ziplined does not send messages, write posts or scrape random profiles. Nothing connects to your LinkedIn account, and your outreach tool does the sending.
FAQ
What is the best PhantomBuster alternative for exporting LinkedIn post likers?
Ziplined, for a weekly list of the people who engage with posts in your market. It collects every night without a session cookie and keeps only people who fit your ideal client. For a one-off pull of a single post, PhantomBuster's Post Likers Export fits better.
Does Ziplined need my LinkedIn session cookie?
No. Ziplined collects without your LinkedIn account. PhantomBuster's post Phantoms need a connected LinkedIn account (checked 4 November 2026).
Can Ziplined export likers from any LinkedIn post?
No. Ziplined watches the profiles and company pages you add as sources, and collects from their new posts. It does not take single post URLs or keyword searches.
What does a post with 100 reactions cost on Ziplined?
101 credits: 1 for the post and 1 for each reaction. Comments cost 1 credit each too. Ziplined Solo includes 3,000 credits a month for $49.
Is PhantomBuster cheaper than Ziplined?
PhantomBuster Start is $56 a month billed annually ($672 a year). Ziplined Solo is $49 a month, billed monthly, with 3,000 credits (checked 4 November 2026).
Does Ziplined message the people it finds?
No. Ziplined sends no messages and never connects. It hands Leads to HeyReach on Team, from $99 a month.
Can I get likers and commenters in one row per person?
Yes, on Ziplined: it lists people, so each person is one row. In PhantomBuster's Commenter and Liker Scraper, a profile that liked and commented appears in two separate rows, not merged.
