Dex is a great personal CRM — but it's a paid, cloud-based tool built for every channel. If your relationships mostly live on LinkedIn and X, XMate does the core job for free, captures interactions automatically, and keeps everything on your own device.
Dex is a well-built personal CRM, and for people who want to unify email, phone and social contacts across a mobile app, it's a solid choice. But not everyone needs all of that. The most common reasons people search for a Dex alternative are:
Where XMate matches Dex, where it's lighter, and where Dex still leads.
| What you want | XMate | Dex |
|---|---|---|
| Free to start | ||
| Data stays 100% local | ||
| Auto-capture on LinkedIn | ||
| Auto-capture on X (Twitter) | ||
| Follow-up reminders & relationship scoring | ||
| Mobile app | ||
| Email & multi-channel contact sync |
Dex is the stronger pick if you need mobile and multi-channel sync. XMate wins on price, privacy and X support. Verify current Dex features at getdex.com.
The core personal-CRM job, done automatically and privately.
Replies, likes and messages on LinkedIn and X become touchpoints automatically — no manual logging.
See who's thriving and who's going cold, scored locally by how recently and often you connect.
Contacts and notes never leave your browser by default. Export to JSON or CSV anytime — no lock-in.
Add XMate to Chrome and keep every LinkedIn & X relationship on track — automatically, and 100% on your own device.
Add to Chrome — Free