Best Alternatives to NinjaOutreach

Part 1. 10 Most Helpful Alternatives to Ninja Outreach

Ninja Outreach is known for its ability to act as an outreach tool for online marketing. It offers features that will allow you to connect with influencers, keep track of communications with influencers, and monitor any progress that occurs in your campaigns. Not all of the tools that we’re going to recommend will be capable of all these, but you’ll find that all the alternatives we’ve chosen should be helpful with connecting to influencers in some way, shape, or form.

Top 10 Alternatives to Ninja Outreach

1. InflueNex

URL: https://www.influenex.com/

First on our list of NinjaOutreach alternatives is InflueNex. When it comes to features, InflueNex is the most similar to NinjaOutreach. For example, both platforms will allow you to directly message influencers. That means the platform works as an email service that will allow you to keep track of your influencer communications in one single box. You can use this platform to:

Key Featuers:

• Find influencers with an influencer search tool.
• Reach out to influencers with built-in email service.
• Keep track of your campaign with the effect tracking feature.

2. Upfluence

URL: https://www.upfluence.com/

Next is Upfluence, it’s often marketed as your ‘one-stop-shop’ for all things influencer marketing, and, indeed, it offers a lot of functions for that purpose. Its database isn’t as large as InflueNex (which hosts over a hundred million YouTuber influencers), however, its database is very carefully curated. This means, that of the 1 million influencers in their databanks, each was accepted because of their marketability. As a tool, Upfluence is helpful for:

Key Featuers:

• Working with curated influencers.
• Connect to influencers automatically.
• Manage your campaigns through performance monitoring.

3. BuzzSumo

URL: https://buzzsumo.com/

BuzzSumo, the third alternative on this list, is marketed more as an influencer search engine (much like InflueNex.) However, it can be pretty useful for connecting with influencers as well. At the moment, it’s database can be used for connecting to both Instagram and Twitter influencers. Plus, you can expect the following features:

Key Featuers:

• Smart influencer search tool.
• In-depth information on influencers.
• Performance monitoring for keeping track of campaigns.

4. AspireIQ

URL: https://learn.aspireiq.com/

AspireIQ is a newer outreach tool, but it can be pretty helpful for setting up your influencer marketing campaigns. It’s helpful for several steps, in fact. Including the initial step (where you need to find influencers to work with), the middle stages (when the sponsored content is being produced), and even the monitoring of the performance of the branded content.

Key Featuers:

• Influencer search tool for discovering influencers.
• Content creation features for building branded content.
• Performance monitoring for keeping track of ongoing campaigns.

5. BuzzStream

URL: https://www.buzzstream.com/

BuzzStream is another tool that is very similar to NinjaOutreach — features-wise. Outside of the influencer search features — which is probably what it’s best known for, this also works as a great outreach tool for contacting influencers. Much like InflueNex, this can even be used for creating email templates for mass or automated-outreach.

Key Featuers:

• Influencer search tool for discovering influencers to work with.
• Email template making tool for bulk outreach.
• Outreach management with tracking tools.

6. HypeAuditor

URL: https://hypeauditor.com/en/

Hype Auditor is the first tool on this list that is not, strictly, an outreach tool. However, it can still be pretty helpful when it comes to analyzing the performance of influencers (which is what is marketed as being.) At the moment works for both Instagram and YouTube.

Key Featuers:

• Influencer Analytics tool.
• Great for influencer monitoring.
• Works for both Instagram and YouTube.

7. Crowdfire

URL: https://www.crowdfireapp.com/

Again, Crowdfire is not necessarily an outreach tool. However, it’s still pretty useful for the outreach process. With this app, which you can download for handling all your branded social networks, you can establish connections with influencers on social platforms like Twitter, Instagram, etc. by managing brand posts and tracking down brand mentions.

Key Featuers:

• Useful for establishing relationships with influencers online.
• Capable of managing a variety of social accounts.
• Capable of tracking down brand mentions on social media.

8. iFluenz

URL: https://www.ifluenz.com/

IFluenz is another, relatively, new outreach platform. Its payment plants are very flexible, which makes it great for brands that don’t have much of a budget. Plus, it does a pretty good job when it comes to the actual set up of the influencer campaign — whether you’re at the stage where you need to find influencers or at the stage where you need to keep track of the progress of the branded post.

Key Featuers:

• Influencer discovery tools.
• Outreach management features.
• Live-tracking for influencer marketing campaigns.

9. Heepsy

URL: https://www.heepsy.com/

Heepsy is another great multi-purpose tool that was made for finding influencers to work with. Unlike some of the other influencer search engine tools available though, it’s capable of finding influencers on several platforms (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) Much like Upfluence, its database is curated, which is why it only has 7 million influencers in its data banks currently.

Key Featuers:

• Advanced search tools for discovering influencers.
• Supports multiple platforms (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
• Provides Influencer contact information for outreach.

10. Scrunch

URL: https://www.scrunch.com/

Scrunch focuses primarily on helping you find suitable influencers to work with. At the moment, it has a database that is almost 20 million large. And, each influencer on its database can be tracked and monitored in-depth (with live-reporting included for tracking campaign progress.)

Key Featuers:

• Useful for finding influencers to collaborate with.
• It provides an in-depth analysis of influencer’s stats and audience demographics.
• Live-reporting is available for keeping track of campaign progress.

Part 2. How to Use the NinjaOutreach Alternative to Contact Influencers

In this next part, we’re going to be teaching you how to use the best NinjaOutreach alternative that we introduced. We’re not going to be able to go through all of its features right now, but we will at least be able to show you how to use the tool, called InflueNex, in order to contact influencers (which is the main function offered by NinjaOutreach.) With InflueNex you can:

Key Features of InflueNex

• Discover YouTube influencers to work with.
• Analyze YouTube influencer Stats and Analytics.
• Reach out to influencers with InflueNex’s own email service.
• Keep track of influencer communications with inbox tools.
• Monitor sponsored post progress.

How to Contact Influencers with this NinjaOutreach Alternative

Step 1. Go to InflueNex Website

Much like NinjaOutreach, InflueNex is an online platform. You'll firstly visit this website and create an account on this platform. You can click the Sign Up button at the upper right corner of the homepage to create your account.

Step 2. Use the Smart Search Bar

As soon as you get on the site, you’ll be faced with the search tool. Type down the name of the influencer you want to contact, or if you don’t have an influencer in mind, type down brand relevant keywords or tags to narrow down your search results.

Step 3. Use the Smart Filters

To make your search easier, make sure to use the filters provided. This will allow you to find an influencer based on their location, niche, engagement percentage, etc.

Step 4. Use the Contact Tool

Once you have found the influencer you want to work with, go to their InflueNex dashboard. There, at the top right-hand side of the screen, is a button called Send Invitation that you can click to be moved to InflueNex’s email service page.

Step 5. Write Your Contact Message

Finally, on InflueNex’s email page, write down the message you want to send and click SEND.

Part 3. Comparison Table

To finish things off, let’s look at a quick comparison between NinjaOutreach and our chosen contender, InflueNex. Both platforms are very similar, but which one is actually better? As you can see in the comparison table below, there are obvious differences between the two.

	NinjaOutreach	InflueNex
PRICING	NinjaOutreach has two subscription plans available. FLEX: $49/Mo Billed Yearly PRO: $149/Mo Billed Yearly	InflueNex has four subscription plans available. Basic: $39.99/Mo Billed Yearly Professional: $69.99/Mo Billed Yearly Enterprise: $99.99/Mo Billed Yearly
KEY FEATURES	Schedules unlimited number of campaigns. Access to over 78 million influencers. Outreach can be automated. Automated follow-ups.	Over 2 million influencer profiles. Batch influencer outreach. Influencer management. Tracks influencer growth and trends.
SUPPORTED NUMBER OF CONTACTS PER EMAIL	10,000 to 15,000 emails/month	Unlimited batch outreach.
SIZE OF INFLUENCER DATABASE	78 million influencers	2 million influencers
SEND EMAIL IN BATCH	N/A	Unlimited batch outreach
EMAIL TEMPLATE SUPPORT	N/A	Emails can be saved as templates for use for bulk outreach
USABILITY	Highly intuitive and helpful for campaign management.	Highly intuitive and helpful for various stages of influencer marketing.

Conclusion:

NinjaOutreach is undoubtedly a great outreach tool, and many brands and influencers use it for their outreach marketing. However, that doesn’t mean that the new up-and-comers are not up to snuff. Try out one of the tools that we listed, like InflueNex, and experience a completely new way of going about your influencer marketing — like what we demonstrated in our tutorial above.