Prospexi vs LinkedIn Sales Navigator
Curated profiles or official Belgian data?
LinkedIn Sales Navigator shows you what people voluntarily publish. Prospexi shows you what companies are legally required to file, every Belgian KBO registration, NBB annual account, Staatsblad mandate, and a Flemish subsidy.
Get startedWhy Belgian financial advisors pick Prospexi
You get a ranking, not a search query
Other tools give you filters and leave you to dig. Prospexi ranks all 1.18 million Belgian companies against your mandate and tells you per company why it sits at the top.
Acquisition signals a credit score never shows
Capital increases, board changes, public contracts won, and a profit sliding at an otherwise healthy company. That last one is not a risk flag, it is a reason to sell.
The position against peers, not just the figure
63 cohorts across 41,157 companies, by NACE division and size band. A solvency ratio of 18% means something different in construction than in software.
Bankruptcies drop off before you call, not after
We read the Belgian Official Gazette every working day. Companies in bankruptcy, dissolution or judicial reorganisation leave your list automatically.
Complete SME coverage
1.18M Belgian companies via KBO / BCE. Includes family businesses, trade professionals, regional services, the SME long tail that Sales Navigator misses because they don't maintain LinkedIn profiles.
Official public data, not self-published
Everything Prospexi scores is legally-required filing data. Sales Navigator's data is what individuals choose to put on LinkedIn, subject to self-reporting bias, gaps, and stale info.
€799/month total vs ~€100/seat
Growth plan at €799/month covers your whole team. Sales Navigator Advanced is roughly €100 per seat per month with annual contracts. For a 5-person sales team the delta is €3,490+/year.
Belgian company events
Every director appointment, resignation, and re-election is in the Belgisch Staatsblad. Prospexi surfaces this per company. LinkedIn shows self-reported titles, often outdated for smaller Belgian companies.
Signal-driven, not activity-driven
Prospexi's signals are official events (capital changes, subsidies, mandates, contracts). Sales Navigator's signals are LinkedIn activity (posts, connections, job changes), noisier and dominated by tech / enterprise personas.
When Sales Navigator wins
- Social selling, engaging on prospect posts, InMail campaigns, mutual-connection warming.
- Enterprise sales into large corporates and tech companies (they curate LinkedIn well).
- Cross-border prospecting where LinkedIn coverage is broader than Belgian-specific databases.
Prospexi vs Bizzy, Trends Top & Companyweb
| Prospexi | Bizzy | Trends Top | Companyweb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
How you get your list | Delivered ranked, every morning | Search & filter yourself | Search & filter yourself | Search & filter yourself |
Fit assessment | Scored against your ICP | Filter-based | Filter-based | Filter-based |
What it actually does | Takes 90% of business development off your plate | Populates a database | Displays a directory | Assesses credit |
Peer comparison by sector | ||||
Bankruptcies excluded automatically | ||||
Ready-to-send outreach drafts | ||||
Pricing | from €349/mo, listed | On request | On request | On request |
How you get your list
Fit assessment
What it actually does
Peer comparison by sector
Bankruptcies excluded automatically
Ready-to-send outreach drafts
Pricing
Pricing
Firm tells you which company. Plus tells you when something happened.
Firm
€349/mo
or €3,490/year · 2 months free
Per firm · unlimited users
Automatically renews · cancel anytime
For firms that go looking for clients themselves.
- Your target group, scored again every morning
- Every annual accounts signalSolvency and its decline · a loss or a falling result · growth in equity and headcount · late filing · the position against sector peers
- Weekly summary
- Unlimited lists
Firm Plus
€799/mo
or €7,990/year · 2 months free
Per firm · unlimited users
Automatically renews · cancel anytime
For firms that want to know when something happens.
Everything in Firm, plus:
- The register signalsSubsidies from the Flemish subsidy register · public contracts won · Belgian Gazette events the moment they are published
- Daily alerts per signal, with your own rules
- Priority when your target group is set up
All plans include: Full data on all 1.18M Belgian companies · Pre-qualification scoring · Full contact data · KBO refresh alerts
From 1,179,575 Belgian companies, Prospexi surfaces the ones that match your mandate, with the reasoning attached.
Frequently asked
Does LinkedIn Sales Navigator cover Belgian SMEs?
Partially. Sales Navigator indexes companies via their LinkedIn presence, which excludes many Belgian SMEs (family businesses, trade professionals, regional services) that don't invest in LinkedIn branding. Prospexi covers all 1.18M via the official KBO / BCE register, every registered Belgian enterprise.
How does pricing compare?
LinkedIn Sales Navigator Advanced runs approximately €100 per seat per month, usually with an annual contract. Prospexi's Growth plan is €799/month TOTAL with unlimited team seats and month-to-month billing.
Which is better for Belgian outbound sales?
For a Belgium-first outbound motion, Prospexi. It has complete KBO coverage, company events from the Staatsblad, NBB financial signals with sector peer benchmarks, and a native Dutch/French/English interface. Sales Navigator is stronger for international outbound or LinkedIn-social prospecting.
Can I use both?
Yes. Some Belgian financial advisors use Prospexi for cold prospect discovery and company-level contact, then Sales Navigator for social warming (mutual connections, InMail, activity signals) once a target account is identified.