LinkedIn automation tools run actions for you at volume, such as sending connection requests and message sequences, while AI drafting assistants only help you write messages that you review and send yourself. The first optimizes for scale, the second for control and quality.

These are different categories, and they carry different risks. This guide compares the two approaches fairly, using Waalaxy, Dux-Soup and Expandi as automation examples and Letter Moth, which we build, as a drafting example. Read LinkedIn's current User Agreement for yourself before choosing.

What is the difference between automation and AI drafting?

Automation tools take actions in your account on a schedule or sequence: visiting profiles, sending requests, sending follow-ups. You configure a campaign and the software executes it.…