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A LinkedIn Sales Navigator alternative. Or a complement.
LinkedIn Sales Navigator is LinkedIn's own prospecting tool for searching people and companies on LinkedIn and following them. Atlas does a different part of the job: it builds the list of companies from the official company register, then looks for the website, phone, email and decision-maker. Here is when each one fits.
What LinkedIn Sales Navigator does well
For finding people by role and seniority in companies that are active on LinkedIn, nothing is closer to the source.
Where it falls short
It shows what people have put on LinkedIn, and it is built for working inside LinkedIn rather than exporting lists. Companies whose people are not on LinkedIn are missing. In June 2026 we measured that 83 % of 10.3 million operating companies had no website, so tools that start from online presence see a minority of many markets.
Side by side
| LinkedIn Sales Navigator | Atlas | |
|---|---|---|
| Starts from | LinkedIn's own prospecting tool for searching people and companies on LinkedIn and following them | The official company register |
| New companies | When they become visible online | Soon after registration, newest first |
| Closed companies | Depends on the source | Removed by a nightly register check in seven countries |
| Source of each data point | Varies | Shown next to the data |
| Price | See LinkedIn Sales Navigator's own pricing page | 600 euros for two months plus VAT, no credits |
We describe LinkedIn Sales Navigator by its publicly known product type. We did not test its data, so we make no claim about its coverage. Check its current features and price on its own website.
Using both
Many teams combine the two: Atlas to find the companies, including new and small ones, and LinkedIn Sales Navigator for the part it is good at. Atlas exports CSV and sends hot leads to your own CRM.