Ranking 20 Cold Outreach Systems

And which cold outreach systems or AI agents actually work best?

After running 20 of these systems for several months, we finally have the numbers to share.

First, let’s set the baseline for 2025. There are really two main cold outreach channels: cold email and LinkedIn.

On average, cold email reply rates hover around 1–2% across most industries. LinkedIn, however, performs much better, averaging closer to 10%.

With that in mind, we ranked 20 different n8n-powered systems and agents based on the real-world reply rates they generate.

The key takeaway?

Cold email is still useful for scale, but LinkedIn dominates when it comes to actual replies.

The systems that combine intent signals (like comments, likes, and job posts) with personalization are the ones that crush reply rates.

Hope it was helpful,

Magda @RepliQ