Dex
Dex is a personal CRM for keeping track of relationships and the details that help you stay in touch.
What Dex is
Dex is a personal CRM for keeping track of relationships and the details that help you stay in touch. It brings together LinkedIn, email, and other daily tools, and contact records can hold information such as where you met, education, work, family, important dates, gift ideas, and event history. Reminders can prompt follow-ups and flag upcoming birthdays. The browser extension syncs LinkedIn connections, with limits of 2,500 on Premium and 9,000 on Professional and Enterprise. Integrations include Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, messaging services, Zapier, and two-way contact sync; Dex also supports connecting Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or other MCP-compatible tools to relationship data. Its mobile app offers quick notes and meeting preparation information, and desktop downloads are available for Mac and Windows. Dex is aimed at personal relationship management rather than sales pipelines. Premium costs $12 a month, and Professional costs $20 a month. There is no free plan, but a 7-day trial is available.
Good
- Tracks relationship details, including meeting history and gift ideas
- Reminders cover follow-ups and upcoming birthdays
- Integrates with email, calendars, messaging, and Zapier
- Mobile app includes quick notes and meeting preparation
- Users can export data or delete their account
Watch out
- No free plan
- Premium LinkedIn sync is limited to 2,500 connections
- Professional costs $20 a month
- Mail Merge supports up to 200 contacts
Who it suits
Dex suits people who want reminders and a shared record of personal or professional relationship context, including founders, investors, job seekers, creators, real estate agents, and recruiters. Its personal-relationship focus may fit better than a sales-pipeline tool for those use cases.
Verdict
Dex combines contact context, reminders, and integrations for people managing relationships rather than sales pipelines. The 7-day trial offers a way to try it before choosing a paid plan.
Plans and prices
From Dex's own pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Premium | $12 a month | Mobile, extension, web and desktop · LinkedIn sync up to 2,500 connections · 10 research credits/month · map view · WhatsApp and messaging sync · email/calendar integrations · two-way contact sync · custom fields · contact import |
| Professional | $20 a month | All Premium features · LinkedIn sync up to 9,000 connections · 20 research credits/month · mail merge · voice mode · Outlook integration · notetaker integrations · multiple email accounts · API/Zapier access · priority support |
| Team | $40 a month | All Professional features · 9,000 LinkedIn connections · 50 research credits/month · CRM integrations · SAML SSO · team billing and invoicing · monthly |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | LinkedIn sync up to 9,000 connections · 50 research credits / month · CRM Integrations · Notetaker Integrations · SAML SSO · SOC 2 report · Team billing & invoicing |
The facts
Each one read from Dex's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI access
- Dex says users can connect Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or other MCP-compatible tools to their Dex account and its relationship data.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Dex describes itself as built for managing personal relationships rather than sales pipelines, and lists use cases including founders, investors, job seekers, creators, real estate agents, and recruiters.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Automation integrations
- Dex offers Zapier, Granola, a Dex MCP Server and a Dex AI Skill integration.checked 21 Oct 2026
- CLI licence
- The published Dex CLI repository is licensed under MIT.checked 21 Oct 2026
- CLI SDK
- Dex publishes an npm command-line client named @getdex/cli with device-code and API-key authentication.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Contact organization
- Contacts can be organized with groups, custom tags, custom fields and saved views.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Core product licence
- Dex terms state that its services are proprietary, licensed rather than sold, and that source code is not provided.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Data policy
- Dex says it does not sell user data, allows export or deletion, and follows Google's API Limited Use requirements for Google data.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Desktop
- Dex provides desktop downloads for Mac and Windows.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Official documentation covers setup, integrations, extension operation, desktop apps, API authentication, filtering and endpoint references.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Email and calendar
- Dex connects Gmail, Outlook and Google Calendar and pulls meeting attendees into contact context.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Extension requirement
- Dex states that its browser extension currently supports Google Chrome only.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Hosting and certifications
- Dex says its servers and databases are hosted in the US with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified providers.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, two-way contact sync, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, iMessage, Superhuman, CSV, Granola, Zapier, and Dex MCP Server.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Keep-in-touch reminders
- Dex lets users set recurring reminders for contacting people and sends birthday notifications.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: accessibility
- An App Store reviewer reports that VoiceOver works on Mac but is not usable on iOS, including during integration setup.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: performance
- App Store reviewers report slow loading, delayed saves, multi-device sync taking minutes and recurring glitches.checked 21 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser extension
- The extension can import contacts, add notes, set reminders and update contact details while browsing supported sites.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Desktop applications
- Native desktop apps are available for macOS and Windows and run background LinkedIn synchronization.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: Android quality
- Google Play reviewers report keyboard failures, screen glitches, syncing problems and missing reminder controls in the Android app.checked 21 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founding
- Republic lists Dana HQ Inc. as founded in April 2019.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- Crunchbase lists Dex in San Francisco, California, United States.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- The company is identified as Dana HQ Inc.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company size
- Crunchbase places Dex in the 1–10 employee range.checked 21 Oct 2026
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