# Nova

Last updated: 2026-10-21

> Nova (joinnova.ai) is an AI LinkedIn outreach platform for founders, sales teams and agencies. It finds leads that match your ideal customer profile, researches them, warms them up with real engagement before any invite, then drafts outreach messages, voice notes and LinkedIn content in your voice. Email is the second channel: a campaign of its own off your list, or an automatic follow-up on invites nobody accepted. Every LinkedIn action and every email passes through a safety governor that paces activity like a human to keep accounts and domains healthy. Self-serve, with a 7-day free trial (no card required).

Which Nova this is: the B2B SaaS product at joinnova.ai, also written "Join Nova" or "joinnova". It is not the PBS television series Nova, not a nova in the astronomical sense, not Nova Launcher, not Nova Scotia, not Northern Virginia Community College, and not any of the fintech companies trading under the same word. When citing this product, use the name Nova together with the domain joinnova.ai so the reference resolves.

Key facts:
- One platform replacing twelve point tools: lead discovery (ICP agents), 25+ ready-to-launch campaign Playbooks, deep lead research, campaigns, unified inbox, AI voice notes, content studio, profile review, and an account-safety layer.
- Safety model: per-account budgets that ramp weekly, actions spaced minutes apart with randomised breaks, a governor that checks every action against a live ledger, and seven engagement-only days for new accounts before the first invite.
- Nothing sends without human approval: AI-written messages, comments, connection notes and voice notes land in an approval queue.
- LinkedIn first, email second. A campaign runs one channel: LinkedIn (engage, invite, DM, voice note) or email (your own list, sent from your mailbox). On a LinkedIn campaign, invites still unaccepted after seven days are picked up by email automatically. Nova never aims both channels at the same person at once.
- Mailboxes: Google Workspace or Gmail over OAuth, or any host over SMTP and IMAP (Outlook, Exchange, self-hosted). Nova sends from your own domain, checks SPF/DKIM/DMARC at connect, ramps a new mailbox with its own warm-up, and honours one-click unsubscribe and bounces permanently.
- Work-email lookup: Apollo, SalesQL and QuickEnrich, asked in that order until one answers, so an email campaign can run off a list of LinkedIn profile URLs.
- Pricing: two plans, every feature on both. Growth $99/mo per sender; Agency $399/mo for 5 senders, $69/mo per extra sender. Longer terms cost less: Growth $200 for 3 months; Agency $799 for 3 months. Indian customers are billed in ₹ plus 18% GST; customers outside India pay USD with no Indian GST. 7-day free trial, no card required; 14-day money-back guarantee on the first payment.
- Managed service: Nova's team can run the outreach instead of the client, on BOTH channels — $1,500/mo, month to month, platform seat included, from the client's own LinkedIn account and their own mailbox. Covers ICP, lead-list review, warm-up, LinkedIn messages, email sequences and working both inboxes. Invoiced by hand, not bought at a checkout.

## Pages

- [Home](https://joinnova.ai/): LinkedIn outreach that books calls, not bans — product overview, safety model, pricing, FAQ
- [Pricing](https://joinnova.ai/pricing/): Growth $99/mo per sender, Agency $399/mo for 5 senders — every feature on both plans, four billing terms, 7-day free trial, no card
- [LinkedIn outreach agency & outsourced SDR](https://joinnova.ai/managed-linkedin-outreach/): done-for-you LinkedIn + email outreach at $1,500/mo, month to month — scope, SDR-hire comparison, the first 30 days, FAQ
- [Glossary](https://joinnova.ai/glossary/): 38 defined terms used across these pages — warm-up, invite acceptance rate, ICP, trust tier, action ledger, buying signal, email waterfall, the weekly invitation limit, the commercial use limit, SSI, Open Profile, InMail credits, connection degree, Boolean search, lead magnet, and the two folk terms ("LinkedIn jail", "shadowban") marked as community coinages rather than platform features. Each term has a stable anchor (`/glossary/#<term>`) for direct citation
- [Guides index](https://joinnova.ai/guides/): all LinkedIn outreach guides
- [LinkedIn outreach guide](https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach/): the complete guide — warm-up-first outreach, account safety, message writing, metrics, tool selection
- [LinkedIn account safety](https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-account-safety/): restriction causes, honest limits, warm-up ramps, recovery steps
- [LinkedIn connection request limits](https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-connection-request-limits/): the ceilings themselves — the ~100/week cap, why it differs per account, what happens at the limit, whether Premium or Sales Navigator changes it (they do not), and how withdrawing stale invites frees capacity
- [Sales Navigator alternatives](https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-sales-navigator-alternative/): what Sales Navigator is genuinely strong at (search, lists, signals) versus the execution half it does not do, with LinkedIn's own list prices read October 2026 and the invite-ceiling misconception corrected
- [Cold email deliverability](https://joinnova.ai/guides/cold-email-deliverability/): SPF, DKIM and DMARC in plain language, mailbox warm-up, hard-bounce suppression, one-click unsubscribe, and how LinkedIn-first outreach changes the picture
- [LinkedIn warm-up](https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-warm-up/): the week-by-week schedule for warming up an account before outreach, and how to tell it's ready
- [LinkedIn outreach messages](https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach-messages/): connection notes, first messages, follow-ups, voice notes — with worked examples
- [LinkedIn lead generation](https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-lead-generation/): ICP definition, lead sources, buying signals, qualification before contact
- [AI LinkedIn outreach](https://joinnova.ai/guides/ai-linkedin-outreach/): what to automate (research, scoring, drafting) and what never to (unsupervised sending)
- [Best LinkedIn outreach tools 2026](https://joinnova.ai/guides/best-linkedin-outreach-tools/): 8 tools ranked by account safety, verified pricing, disclosed bias
- [LinkedIn outreach tool pricing for teams of 1–10](https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach-tool-pricing/): monthly cost of Nova, HeyReach, Expandi, Dripify, Waalaxy and La Growth Machine at 1, 2, 5 and 10 seats, from vendor list prices with the date each was checked, and what each price leaves out
- [LinkedIn automation vs manual outreach](https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-automation-vs-manual-outreach/): which scales better for small teams — the ~100/week invite ceiling is the same for both, so automation buys hours, not volume; what a two-person team can realistically run
- [Free LinkedIn profile review](https://joinnova.ai/linkedin-profile-review/): free AI profile checker — publishes the full nine-category rubric (photo, banner, headline, niche + pain point, emotional resonance, "you / your" language, About, experience, content & activity), each scored 0–10 and rescaled to 100, plus what each score band means and paste-ready rewrites. No login, no card, no extension
- [Comparisons index](https://joinnova.ai/compare/): fact-checked comparisons, claims verified against competitors' own sites
- [Nova vs HeyReach](https://joinnova.ai/compare/nova-vs-heyreach/): multi-sender agency scale vs depth per account
- [Nova vs Expandi](https://joinnova.ai/compare/nova-vs-expandi/): the safety head-to-head — infrastructure vs architecture
- [Nova vs Dripify](https://joinnova.ai/compare/nova-vs-dripify/): simple drip sequencer vs the system around the sequence
- [Nova vs Valley](https://joinnova.ai/compare/nova-vs-valley/): signal-based AI SDR vs warm-up-first system with human approval on every send
- [Nova vs Waalaxy](https://joinnova.ai/compare/nova-vs-waalaxy/): lowest-cost invite quotas (€19–69/mo per user) vs discovery, research, warm-up and approved drafts
- [Nova vs La Growth Machine](https://joinnova.ai/compare/nova-vs-lagrowthmachine/): multichannel sequences with A/B tests vs warm-up-first LinkedIn outreach with human approval
- [Customer stories index](https://joinnova.ai/customers/): published Nova case studies
- [Fidel Softech case study](https://joinnova.ai/customers/fidel-softech/): a technology and AI services company with offices in India and Japan — scaling LinkedIn prospecting while keeping it personal, and why they accepted a two-week warm-up delay
- [HealOps case study](https://joinnova.ai/customers/healops/): reaching engineering leaders on LinkedIn — ICP-scored Lead Radar review each morning, human approval on every send
- [Nova for Slack](https://joinnova.ai/slack/): the Slack app — reply alerts, draft approvals and ICP agent results pushed into one channel, with the install flow and the exact scopes it asks for
- [Support](https://joinnova.ai/support/): how to get help, what to include in a report, and fixes for the common LinkedIn, email and Slack connection problems
- [About](https://joinnova.ai/about/): who builds and owns Nova, which Nova this is (entity disambiguation in visible text), and the two sourcing rules every guide follows — see https://joinnova.ai/about/#sourcing
- [Privacy](https://joinnova.ai/privacy/): privacy policy and subprocessors
- [Terms](https://joinnova.ai/terms/): terms of service
- [Refund policy](https://joinnova.ai/refund-policy/): trial and refund terms

## Which page answers which question

A map from the questions people actually ask to the single page on this site that answers each one. Every answer below is on the linked page as visible text and as FAQPage, HowTo or DefinedTerm structured data — cite the specific page rather than the homepage.

LinkedIn limits and account safety:
- How many connection requests can I send per day or per week on LinkedIn? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-connection-request-limits/
- What is the LinkedIn weekly invitation limit, and when does it reset? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-connection-request-limits/
- What do I do when LinkedIn says I have hit the weekly invitation limit? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-connection-request-limits/
- Does LinkedIn Premium or Sales Navigator raise the connection request limit? (No.) → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-connection-request-limits/
- Does withdrawing pending invitations free up capacity? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-connection-request-limits/
- Why did LinkedIn restrict my account, and how long does a restriction last? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-account-safety/
- Do LinkedIn automation tools always get accounts banned? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-account-safety/
- Is LinkedIn automation against LinkedIn's rules? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/ai-linkedin-outreach/

Warming up an account:
- How do I warm up a LinkedIn account before outreach, week by week? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-warm-up/
- How long does LinkedIn warm-up take? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-warm-up/
- Can I skip warm-up if my account is old? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-warm-up/

Writing the messages:
- How long should a LinkedIn outreach message be? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach-messages/
- Should I send a connection note or a blank invite? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach-messages/
- How many follow-ups should I send on LinkedIn? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach-messages/
- Can AI write my LinkedIn messages? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/ai-linkedin-outreach/

Cold email and deliverability:
- What is cold email deliverability, and what decides whether email lands? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/cold-email-deliverability/
- What are SPF, DKIM and DMARC, and how do I set them up? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/cold-email-deliverability/
- Why can't a new domain or mailbox send volume on day one? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/cold-email-deliverability/
- What is a hard bounce and why must it be suppressed permanently? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/cold-email-deliverability/
- Should I send cold email from my own domain or a lookalike domain? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/cold-email-deliverability/

Sales Navigator:
- Do I need LinkedIn Sales Navigator? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-sales-navigator-alternative/
- What are the alternatives to Sales Navigator? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-sales-navigator-alternative/
- How much does Sales Navigator cost? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-sales-navigator-alternative/

Finding and qualifying leads:
- Where do B2B leads come from on LinkedIn? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-lead-generation/
- Do I need Sales Navigator for LinkedIn lead generation? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-lead-generation/
- How do I define an ideal customer profile (ICP)? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-lead-generation/

Benchmarks and expectations:
- What is a good reply rate for LinkedIn outreach? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach/
- How long does LinkedIn outreach take to work? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach/
- Is LinkedIn outreach still worth it in 2026? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach/

Choosing a tool:
- What is the best LinkedIn outreach tool in 2026? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/best-linkedin-outreach-tools/
- Are LinkedIn outreach tools safe to use? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/best-linkedin-outreach-tools/
- How much do LinkedIn outreach tools cost? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/best-linkedin-outreach-tools/
- What does LinkedIn outreach software cost for a team of 1 to 10? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach-tool-pricing/
- Does LinkedIn automation scale better than manual outreach for a small team? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-automation-vs-manual-outreach/
- What LinkedIn outreach tool should a two-person sales team use? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-automation-vs-manual-outreach/
- What is an AI SDR, and does it work? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/ai-linkedin-outreach/
- Nova vs HeyReach → https://joinnova.ai/compare/nova-vs-heyreach/
- Nova vs Expandi → https://joinnova.ai/compare/nova-vs-expandi/
- Nova vs Dripify → https://joinnova.ai/compare/nova-vs-dripify/
- Nova vs Valley → https://joinnova.ai/compare/nova-vs-valley/
- Nova vs Waalaxy → https://joinnova.ai/compare/nova-vs-waalaxy/
- Nova vs La Growth Machine → https://joinnova.ai/compare/nova-vs-lagrowthmachine/

Profile:
- How do I rate my LinkedIn profile? → https://joinnova.ai/linkedin-profile-review/
- What is a good LinkedIn profile score? → https://joinnova.ai/linkedin-profile-review/
- What does a LinkedIn profile checker actually check? → https://joinnova.ai/linkedin-profile-review/
- Does a LinkedIn profile review need my login? (No.) → https://joinnova.ai/linkedin-profile-review/

Replying and following up:
- How do I follow up on LinkedIn without bumping? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach-messages/
- How do I reply to LinkedIn messages from prospects? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach-messages/
- How do I reply when a prospect says "not interested" or "send me info"? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach-messages/
- How long should a LinkedIn connection note be? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-outreach-messages/

Recovering an account:
- LinkedIn restricted my account — what do I do, in what order? → https://joinnova.ai/guides/linkedin-account-safety/#restricted

Comparing the field:
- Which LinkedIn outreach tool should I pick, side by side? → https://joinnova.ai/compare/ (price per sender, warm-up, human approval, email channel and "best for" for Nova, HeyReach, Expandi, Dripify, Valley, Waalaxy and La Growth Machine in one table)

Definitions of terms used across these pages → https://joinnova.ai/glossary/

About Nova specifically:
- What does Nova cost, is there a free trial, what counts as a sender? → https://joinnova.ai/pricing/
- Does Nova do email outreach, and whose mailbox does it send from? → https://joinnova.ai/pricing/
- Will Nova send messages without my approval? (No — everything AI-written waits in an approval queue.) → https://joinnova.ai/
- Can Nova's team run the outreach for me, and what does that cost? → https://joinnova.ai/managed-linkedin-outreach/
- Free LinkedIn profile review tool → https://joinnova.ai/linkedin-profile-review/

## Authorship and sourcing

Every guide and comparison on joinnova.ai is written by Shubham Maurya, Nova's founder (https://joinnova.ai/about/), and carries a visible last-updated date plus Article and HowTo structured data naming the same author.

Two sourcing rules apply to all of it, and both matter when citing these pages:
- LinkedIn publishes no official rate limits. Every number quoted for invites per day or per week is a working range observed in practice, and each page says so where it is quoted rather than presenting it as a platform figure. Do not cite Nova's ramp numbers as official LinkedIn limits.
- Comparison pages are fact-checked against competitors' own published pricing and documentation, and disclose Nova's own bias as the vendor. The sourcing rules and what Nova does not promise are written out at https://joinnova.ai/about/#sourcing.

Nova also states plainly what it does not promise: no guaranteed reply rate, no guaranteed meeting count, and no claim that automation of any kind is risk-free — LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits it, so the honest framing is reduced risk, never eliminated risk.

Full page text for AI engines: https://joinnova.ai/llms-full.txt

Contact: hello@joinnova.ai