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Phantombuster Alternative for LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok
Phantombuster runs "phantoms" in the cloud that collect and take actions on your behalf, using your session cookie, priced by execution time. Mastros exports what you can see, in your own browser, and never acts on your account. If you want exports without the cookie and without the actions, this is the page.
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Phantombuster vs Mastros at a glance
| What matters | Phantombuster | Mastros |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Cloud service with prebuilt flows for LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Instagram, TikTok, X and more | Browser extensions for LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Telegram, WhatsApp |
| Where it runs | Phantombuster's cloud, on a schedule | Your Chrome, while you watch |
| Access model | Your session cookie, pasted into their dashboard | Your own logged-in tab; nothing leaves the browser |
| Actions | Collect, and also auto-connect, auto-follow, auto-message, auto-like | Collect only |
| Pricing model | Monthly plans by execution hours and number of flows | Free tier, then flat monthly plans per extension |
| Output | CSV, Google Sheets, integrations | CSV, JSON or JSONL (XLSX on Instagram); the CSV opens in Excel and Google Sheets |
| Best for | Outreach sequences at scale, agencies running many accounts | Lists you export and use yourself |
What are the top-rated software solutions for sales prospecting automation?
Phantombuster, Expandi, Dux-Soup, Linked Helper and similar tools all combine collection with actions: connection requests, follows, message sequences. They compete on personalisation and on staying under platform limits, which LinkedIn enforces at about 100 connection requests a week. Mastros is not in that category. It stops at the export, so the outreach happens in your CRM, your email tool or your own hands, and nothing runs on your LinkedIn account while you are away. For teams whose problem is the list rather than the sending, that is the safer half of the job.
What is the pricing model for LinkedIn automation platforms?
Monthly seats or execution time, usually with a per-account tier and a free trial. Phantombuster prices by hours of execution and the number of flows you keep active. Check their pricing page; it changes. Mastros prices by monthly export volume on a free tier and two paid tiers, on each product page.
Is Phantombuster safe?
The question people search. Phantombuster runs with your session cookie in its cloud, which means a third party holds a working login to your account and acts on it. Whether that is safe depends on how you use it and on the platform's limits, which is why the same tools publish guides on avoiding restrictions. Mastros never holds a cookie or a password; it reads the tab you already have open, and it does not connect, follow, like or message. The risk category is different, not merely smaller.
Phantombuster for Instagram and TikTok
Phantombuster's Instagram flows collect followers, post likers and commenters, and its TikTok flows collect profile and search data, all through your cookie in their cloud. The Mastros Instagram and TikTok extensions export followers, following, comments with replies, bio emails and engagement rate per post or video, in your browser. Neither Phantombuster nor Mastros can export TikTok follower lists for accounts other than your own; TikTok does not show them.
I tested the extension and everything I tried worked smoothly chat messages exported successfully to csv, group members were well organized, and media was downloaded into a zip file i especially liked that it can find a member’s profile name when it isn’t shown in the group.
Works really well and saves me a lot of time when downloading Telegram videos and media. Simple, useful, and easy to use.
Building lead lists used to feel like an endless punishment of copy pasting profile URLs all afternoon.This extension detects search results instantly and pulls the whole batch into an excel file with clean aligned columns
Frequently asked questions
Related: the LinkedIn scraper, Sales Navigator export, the LinkedIn guides and the Apify alternative page.