Connect The Dots

Overview

Connect The Dots (CTD) turns a team’s professional connections into a searchable map for finding people and companies through mutual contacts. It best suits individuals and relationship-driven teams that want to find credible introduction routes; the main trade-off is that the Free plan’s monthly search and list caps make it better for occasional use than sustained prospecting.

CTD also offers an individual network product that organizes, scores and deduplicates contacts, with access from AI tools. Its audience spans sales and go-to-market teams, venture capital and private equity firms, as well as individual professionals.

Key features

Search and relationship scoring

CTD draws on multiple network sources and scores relationships using email activity and LinkedIn data, with public career-overlap data contributing to some paths. That gives users more than a raw contact list when looking for a potential connector, though the score is based on the signals CTD uses rather than a guarantee that an introduction will succeed.

Warm introductions and job changes

The service ranks possible warm paths and can draft an introduction email for the connector to review and send. Keeping the connector in control is sensible; CTD helps prepare outreach but does not replace their judgment or send the introduction for them. It also tracks job changes among direct connections and can alert users when someone moves, a useful prompt for timely follow-up.

Integrations, mobile and privacy

CTD names Gmail, Outlook, LinkedIn, Salesforce and HubSpot integrations, plus Claude through MCP, Zapier and an open API. The iPhone and Android app includes Dottie, an AI network assistant. Calendar, WhatsApp, SMS and Apple Contacts support are coming soon, so they should not be treated as current capabilities.

CTD says it reads email metadata by default and does not store message bodies. Optional body access supports showing emails users request and retrieving signature contact details. It says data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.2+ and at rest with AES-256, and that it has SOC 2 Type II audits and complies with GDPR and CCPA requirements. Users can export or delete their data, control network sharing and mark individual contacts private. Those controls matter for sensitive professional networks, although email access remains a consideration for users reluctant to connect an inbox.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing, billed $0/mo forever. It allows 10 AI contact searches, 5 ghost emails and 5 “How do I know” summaries per month, plus up to 2 lists. Direct-connection job-change tracking is included. These caps make it a practical way to try the core workflow, but not a comfortable fit for frequent searches or multiple active lists.

Professional costs $20 a month, billed $20/mo. It removes the search, ghost-email, list and summary limits, adds faster contact-data refreshes, and includes basic API and MCP functionality. That is the more suitable tier for regular individual use. Paid plans include unlimited API and MCP usage subject to standard rate limiting, so unlimited does not mean unthrottled.

Business has custom pricing. It adds company-wide network search, CRM integration, SSO, unlimited external members, full API and MCP access, and a dedicated customer success manager with Slack support. Organizations needing shared search, broader integration access or dedicated support should consider it; its custom pricing means it is not directly comparable with Professional’s per-user monthly price.

Platforms

CTD supports Android, iOS, web and API. The mobile app is available for iPhone and Android and includes Dottie. Platform availability across those surfaces makes CTD relevant to both desktop-based teams and users who want network assistance on mobile.

Who it's for

CTD is a strong fit for professionals and teams whose work depends on referrals, introductions or relationship context, particularly sales and go-to-market groups, investors and firms managing a shared network. Professional suits an individual with recurring search needs; Business is aimed at organizations that need company-wide search, SSO or full API and MCP access. It is less compelling for occasional users who can stay within the Free limits, or anyone unwilling to connect email and professional-network data.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Ranked warm paths and draft introductions turn a network into a practical route to outreach, while leaving the connector in control of sending.
• Pros: Direct-connection job-change alerts can surface timely reasons to reconnect.
• Pros: Multiple integrations, an open API and AI-tool access support use alongside common email, CRM and AI tools.
• Pros: Export, deletion, sharing and contact-privacy controls give users meaningful ways to manage network data.
• Cons: The Free plan’s 10 monthly searches, 5 ghost emails, 2 lists and 5 summaries can constrain active use.
• Cons: Professional is $20 a month, and Business pricing is custom, making organizational costs harder to assess upfront.
• Cons: Some users may not want to connect email or LinkedIn data to build a relationship graph.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison, see Relationship Intelligence Software.

Happenstance is worth considering for a freemium option centered on Happenstance Chat, with unlimited connected accounts, friends and groups on its free tier and API, iOS and web support. intelligence.com is another freemium, web-based alternative. Introd may suit users seeking paid Google or Microsoft add-ons for syncing Gmail or Outlook with contacts and calendars; each listed add-on costs $15 a month.

Draftboard is a fit for users who want free network mapping with 50 quality paths and a pay-per-path option at $0.30, paid once. 4Degrees is a paid alternative with pricing by request, while BoardEx offers a paid enterprise solution whose cost depends on the products, organization size, data access method and license term. RelPro is a paid alternative without a free plan. The Swarm is another freemium, web-based option.

Verdict

Choose Connect The Dots if finding warm routes through a professional network is central to your work and you value scored relationships, introduction drafting and job-change alerts in one service. Professional is the clearest fit for an individual who will use those tools regularly; the main reasons to look elsewhere are the Free plan’s tight quotas, the cost of recurring use, or discomfort connecting email and network data.