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TEXAU AGENCY FOR WEB & SOCIAL AUTOMATION AT SCALE

Hack'celeration is a Texau agency that runs growth automation on LinkedIn, Twitter, Google Maps and beyond. The team builds desktop and cloud automations, multichannel outbound flows and CRM-piped lead engines. Result: 3x more outbound conversations at 40% lower tool cost than the legacy stack.

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Our agency · why us

Why pick a Texau agency that knows the trade-offs

Texau is the most credible alternative to PhantomBuster: similar Phantom-style automations, a Desktop option that runs on your own machine, a Cloud option for scale, and pricing that often comes 30 to 50% under PhantomBuster on equivalent workloads. Hack'celeration has shipped Texau on outbound, recruitment and growth projects and knows where Texau wins versus where it does not.

The team treats Texau as the automation engine of a broader outbound system. Scrape Sales Nav, enrich via CaptainData, sequence on LinkedIn and email, push to HubSpot. Field note: a growth team migrated from PhantomBuster to Texau Desktop for 4 LinkedIn accounts and cut tool cost by 45% on the same workload. The trade-off: Desktop needs the user's machine on, Cloud has fewer automations than PhantomBuster's library. The team helps pick the right edition per use case.

Honest take: PhantomBuster has more Phantoms and a more mature ecosystem. Texau wins on price and on the Desktop option (your IP, your machine, no shared cloud reputation). For pure B2B data pipelines, CaptainData is still cleaner. The team will not push Texau if PhantomBuster fits your case better.

Texau · agency services

What a Texau agency actually delivers

Three core service lines: scraping automations, outbound sequences, workflow orchestration. Plus the right edition choice (Desktop vs Cloud) per use case.

Scraping automations. Sales Navigator search export, LinkedIn profile and company scraping, post engagers, Twitter followers, Google Maps results, Instagram followers (limited), Indeed jobs, Crunchbase companies. The team configures input lists, output formats and webhook destinations. Texau's automation library covers ~80% of PhantomBuster's most-used flows. Quick win: use Texau Desktop for high-trust scraping (no shared IP reputation), Texau Cloud for scale and unattended runs.

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Outbound sequences. LinkedIn connection requests with personalized notes, message follow-ups, profile visits, post likes, comment automation, group messaging. The team applies safe daily limits (25-35 connections, 80-100 messages) and slot scheduling to keep accounts alive. Multichannel layering with email engines like Lemlist or Instantly via n8n.

Workflow orchestration. Texau exposes automations via API and webhooks. The team builds chains in n8n or Make where a Texau scrape triggers enrichment, scoring, CRM push, then a sequence on the qualified subset. Realistic numbers: a 2,500-lead Sales Nav search runs through Texau scraping + CaptainData enrichment + HubSpot push in under 2 hours, unattended overnight.

Edition strategy. Desktop for owners' personal accounts (your IP, your fingerprint, lowest restriction risk). Cloud for unattended scale, scheduled runs, multi-account teams. The team mixes both based on each account's role: founder accounts on Desktop, SDR pooled accounts on Cloud.

-40%
TOOL COST
average vs equivalent PhantomBuster workload
3X
CONVERSATIONS
more booked per SDR via Texau outbound automations
2H
UNATTENDED
for full 2,500-lead scrape, enrich, CRM push pipeline
Texau · playbook

How to ship Texau in 2 weeks

Texau projects move fast when scope is clear. Week 1. ICP definition, edition choice (Desktop vs Cloud per account), Sales Nav search, sample run on 100 leads, manual QA. The team also sets daily quotas and slot scheduling. Week 2. Full outbound flow: scrape + enrich + sequence + CRM push, multichannel layering with email, reply detection webhook, dashboards in Airtable or Notion. By end of week 2, your team gets fresh enriched leads daily with sequences running unattended. Quick win: start with Sales Nav account warmup if it is fresh (under 6 months old). Ramping from 5 to 25 actions per day over 3 weeks protects against early restrictions.

Texau · cross-team

A Texau agency for every team

Sales. SDRs run automated sequences from their own LinkedIn accounts via Texau Desktop (lowest risk), with CRM-piped replies and Slack alerts on hot inbound. According to LinkedIn outbound benchmarks, connection accept rate sits at 25 to 35% on warm ICPs, message reply at 8 to 15%. Texau gets you those numbers at 30 to 50% lower cost than PhantomBuster.

Growth & marketing. Post engager scraping for retargeting, Twitter/X follower automation, Google Maps lead extraction for local outbound. The team has shipped Texau Google Maps flows that pull 5k local businesses by industry and geo in a single batch, with phone numbers and websites enriched. Crosses well with lead generation and growth hacking projects.

Recruitment. LinkedIn Recruiter scraping, candidate sourcing via Sales Nav (cheaper than Recruiter seat), connection sequences to passive talent, ATS push via CaptainData. Recruiters typically save 8 to 14 hours per requisition. According to industry benchmarks, recruiters spend 30%+ of their time on manual sourcing; Texau automation cuts that to under 10%.

+45%
REPLIES
on multichannel LinkedIn + email sequences
5K
LOCAL LEADS
per Google Maps batch run on Texau
-10H/REQUISITION
-10H/REQUISITION
saved by recruiters on sourcing
Our agency · innovations

A Texau agency that fuses AI into every flow

Generic connection notes get 10% reply rate. AI-personalized notes get 25 to 35%. The team plugs Claude or GPT-4o into Texau flows via n8n: scrape profile, last posts, company news, ask the LLM to write a 280-character note referencing one specific thing, send via Texau. Cost: about 0.01 USD per note. Lift: 2 to 3x reply rate. Same trick on email subject lines and first-line personalization in Lemlist or Instantly.

The team also runs signal-based Texau triggers: someone changes job (scrape detects via LinkedIn experience update), company posts a new job (Texau Indeed scrape), prospect engages with your post (engager scrape). Each signal triggers a relevant sequence within hours. Combined with automation on n8n, you get real-time outbound based on what is happening in your ICP, not static lists refreshed quarterly. For deeper outbound stacks, see lead generation and CaptainData agency.

Frequently asked questions

01How does Texau compare to PhantomBuster?+
Both share the same model (Phantom-style automations on LinkedIn, Twitter, web). PhantomBuster has a deeper library (100+ Phantoms vs ~80) and a more mature ecosystem. Texau wins on price (30 to 50% cheaper at equivalent workload) and on Desktop edition (your machine, your IP, lowest restriction risk). For new projects with cost focus, Texau is often the right call. For complex multichannel orchestration with maximum Phantom variety, PhantomBuster still wins.
02What is the difference between Texau Desktop and Cloud?+
Desktop runs automations on your own machine. Your LinkedIn account uses your real IP and fingerprint, lowest detection risk. Trade-off: your machine must be on during runs. Cloud runs on Texau's infrastructure with rotating proxies, unattended 24/7, multi-account support, but shared IP pool with marginally higher risk. The team mixes both: Desktop for founder/SDR personal accounts, Cloud for pooled team accounts and scheduled scraping.
03Can Texau get my LinkedIn account banned?+
Yes, if pushed past safe limits. The team applies LinkedIn's tolerance window: 25 to 35 connections/day, 80 to 100 messages/day, 15 to 20 InMails/day on Sales Nav. Account warmup for fresh profiles (5 actions/day for week 1, ramp gradually), dedicated proxy per account on Cloud, slot scheduling. With these guardrails, the team has near-zero restrictions across active client work. Pushing harder is asking for trouble.
04Is Texau GDPR-compliant?+
Texau itself is GDPR-aware with EU data residency option and DPA on request. Personal data scraped via Texau must still have a legal basis on your side (legitimate interest for B2B prospecting). The team applies opt-out lists, no scraping of sensitive categories, retention limits, right-to-erasure flows. For LinkedIn specifically, public profile data scraping is legal in the EU with these guardrails. Loop your DPO when in doubt.
05What does Texau cost in production?+
Texau plans start around 29 USD/month, real outbound usage runs 80 to 350 USD/month per account (slots, runs, AI add-ons). For a 3-SDR team, expect 250 to 900 USD/month including supporting tools. Often 30 to 50% cheaper than PhantomBuster on the same workload. The team optimizes slot usage to keep this controlled. Combined with CaptainData for enrichment, the full outbound stack typically lands at 600 to 1,800 USD/month.
06Which automations are missing from Texau vs PhantomBuster?+
PhantomBuster has more niche Phantoms (some Instagram, Facebook Groups, specific marketplaces). Texau focuses on the 80% most-used flows: LinkedIn, Sales Nav, Twitter, Google Maps, Indeed, Crunchbase, basic Instagram. The team scopes whether Texau's library covers your case in the audit. For specialized one-off scraping, sometimes a custom Apify actor is cheaper than buying a tool just for one Phantom.
07Can Texau feed our CRM directly?+
Yes. Texau exposes a full API and supports webhooks on each automation completion. The team usually adds a transformation layer in n8n or Make for cleaning, dedup, scoring before pushing to HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce, Folk or Attio. Native integrations also exist for Google Sheets and Airtable for simpler setups.
08How fast does the team ship a Texau outbound engine?+
1 to 2 weeks for a single LinkedIn sequence with CRM sync. 3 to 4 weeks for full multichannel (LinkedIn + email + signal-based triggers, AI personalization, reply classification, dashboards). The team starts with a 100-prospect sample in week 1 so you see real accept and reply rates before scaling. Avoid agencies that quote you a 5-account scale-up without a sample run.
09Can Texau handle Google Maps scraping for local lead gen?+
Yes, this is one of Texau's strongest use cases. Pull all dentists in Paris, all restaurants in Lyon, all SaaS companies in Berlin. The team configures geo filters, category filters, then enriches with website, phone, email when public. Output piped to HubSpot for local outbound, or to a sequence in Lemlist or Instantly. Typical batch: 2k to 5k local leads in 1 hour.
10What does the first 60min audit cover?+
ICP review, LinkedIn account health check, edition choice (Desktop vs Cloud), Sales Nav strategy, sequence blueprint, enrichment stack, multichannel layering plan. You leave with a clear roadmap and 2 to 3 quick wins to test on a sample. Bring your current outbound tool stack and 3 months of reply rates if available.
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