Spaces vs Expandi
Expandi is a cloud LinkedIn outreach platform: if/then campaigns of connection requests, messages, InMails and email follow-ups, run from a dedicated IP per LinkedIn account inside warm-up and daily limits, with a shared inbox, CRM sync and a beta MCP server — priced per LinkedIn seat. Spaces is messaging infrastructure for AI agents: one REST API and one MCP server that let the agent you already use — in Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, Cursor or your own code — read and answer conversations on Instagram, WhatsApp, LinkedIn and Messenger.
In one line: Expandi runs sequenced outbound on LinkedIn; Spaces is how your own agent answers the people who write to you. For sequenced cold outreach, Expandi is the better fit. Spaces is not built for that. Its own guidance says not to use it for "cold outreach at scale, bulk unsolicited messages, or bought or scraped contact lists", and that "Spaces does not send bulk unsolicited messages or build lists of strangers to contact." (llms.txt, safety)
| Spaces | Expandi | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Messaging API + MCP server for AI agents | LinkedIn + email outbound campaign platform |
| Built for | Developers and businesses whose agent answers and follows up on chat apps | Sales teams, lead-gen agencies and recruiters running LinkedIn prospecting |
| Channels | Instagram, WhatsApp, LinkedIn and Messenger (inbox). TikTok posts and comments are live — no TikTok DM inbox. Facebook Pages coming soon. | LinkedIn (messages, InMail), with email steps in the same sequence through integrations. WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger are not listed. |
| The number you already use, linked by QR code, and it keeps working on your phone. No Meta approval, no templates and no Meta message fees. | Not listed as a channel. | |
| Cold outreach | Not what it is for: refuses the same cold text sent to many people | The core product: audience searches, campaign types, if/then sequence builder |
| AI | No built-in agent: bring your own. Routines for new messages, keywords, accepted connections and no-reply follow-ups. | Expandi MCP (beta) lets Claude, ChatGPT or another AI read leads, build lists, draft campaigns and draft replies |
| MCP | https://api.spacesos.com/mcp, every plan including Free. The agent can send, with optional approvals or draft-only keys. | https://api.liaufa.com/mcp, with an active Expandi subscription. Drafts only: a person approves every send and campaign activation. |
| Safety | Per-channel daily limits, pacing and a four-week warm-up on every account | Dedicated country-based IP per account, automatic warm-up, configurable daily limits |
| Price | Free: $0, 1 account, 50 actions a day, no card. Pay as you go: $9 per connected account a month, with 1,000 actions a month per account (pooled), then $5 per 1,000 (less at high volume). Reading messages is always free. No seats, no yearly option. | Business: $99 per LinkedIn seat a month, or $79 billed annually. Agency plans (10+ seats) on request. 7-day free trial. |
| 5 LinkedIn accounts | $45 a month (5 × $9, 5,000 actions pooled) | $495 a month billed monthly (5 × $99), or $395 a month billed annually (5 × $79) |
| Same, 20,000 actions a month | $120 a month ($45 + 15,000 extra actions × $5 per 1,000) | Unchanged — Expandi does not bill per action |
Example assumes five LinkedIn profiles — a small sales team, or an agency with five client accounts. This is not a like-for-like price. Expandi's seats buy an outbound machine — prospect search, campaign builder, sequence analytics, white-label reports — that Spaces does not include and will not run. Spaces' price buys accounts your agent works across four chat apps, mostly answering people who wrote first, and does not include what your AI model costs to run. Prices exclude tax.
Choose Expandi if
- Your business runs on LinkedIn prospecting: connection requests and follow-ups to people who don't know you yet.
- You want LinkedIn and email steps in one sequence builder, with campaign analytics.
- You are an agency running outreach for clients and want white-label reports.
- You want your AI to help draft campaigns while a person approves every send.
Choose Spaces if
- Your agent should answer and follow up with people who already know the business, not run campaigns to lists.
- You need WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger alongside LinkedIn, through one API and MCP server.
- You want the agent itself to reply, with approvals only where you choose.
- You want a Free plan, then a per-account price with no seats.
About how WhatsApp connects
Expandi does not list WhatsApp, so this only matters if your agent also needs WhatsApp, Instagram or Messenger.
Spaces links the WhatsApp number you already use by QR code, without the Business API. For up to 24 hours after a WhatsApp account connects, reconnects, or is disconnected and connected again, Spaces does not start new chats or outreach. Replies in chats that already exist still go out. Other channels have no reply-only window: the warm-up limits apply from the first day, and replies to people who wrote in go out immediately. That number stays under WhatsApp's own automation rules: Spaces keeps every account inside limits, which lowers the risk without removing it. Sending limits · How Spaces keeps accounts safe · WhatsApp Business Platform vs QR code
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Facts about Expandi were checked on 11 November 2026 from Expandi pricing, Expandi MCP, how to connect Expandi MCP (beta) and Expandi integrations. Spaces facts are from spacesos.com/pricing, WhatsApp API, safety and llms.txt. Prices and features change; their sites have the current version. Expandi is a trademark of its owner.