Connect The Dots

Overview

Connect The Dots (CTD) turns professional networks into searchable relationship data for finding people and companies through existing connections. It is best suited to professionals and relationship-driven teams that depend on warm introductions; its value rests on bringing network signals into one place, while its entry plan is tightly capped.

Individuals can organize, score and deduplicate contacts and search their network from AI tools. For teams, the product adds company-wide network search and CRM integration on Business, making it relevant to sales and go-to-market groups as well as venture capital and private equity firms.

Key features

Searchable relationship graph

CTD combines multiple network sources and scores relationships using email activity and LinkedIn data; some paths also use public career-overlap data. This helps users identify potential connectors rather than rely on a plain address book. The signals can guide a search, but they do not establish whether a contact will agree to make an introduction.

Warm paths and job-change alerts

The service ranks routes to a person or company and can draft an introduction email for the connector to review and send. That keeps the human relationship at the center, though users still need the connector to approve and deliver the message. Job-change tracking covers direct connections and can alert users when someone moves, useful for timely follow-up without extending the feature to an entire network.

Integrations, mobile and data controls

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

CTD says it reads email metadata by default and does not store email bodies. Optional body access supports showing requested emails and retrieving signature contact details. Users can export or delete their data, manage network sharing and mark contacts private. CTD also states that it complies with GDPR and CCPA requirements, has SOC 2 Type II audits, and encrypts data in transit with TLS 1.2+ and at rest with AES-256. The email access model deserves consideration from anyone whose organization limits mailbox permissions.

Pricing

Free

Free costs $0/mo forever and includes 10 AI contact searches, up to 5 ghost emails, 2 lists and 5 “How do I know” summaries per month, plus job-change tracking for direct connections. It is a practical way to try network search or handle occasional lookup, but the monthly search and list caps are restrictive for regular prospecting.

Professional

Professional costs $20/user/mo, billed $20/mo. It removes the monthly caps on AI contact searches, ghost emails, lists and summaries, provides faster contact-data refreshes, and includes basic API and MCP functionality. This is the clearest fit for an individual who uses relationship search regularly; it does not include the full API and MCP functionality or company-wide search.

Business

Business has custom pricing and is aimed at organizations needing company-wide network search, CRM integration, SSO, unlimited external members, full API and MCP, and a dedicated customer success manager with Slack support. The broader team controls and integrations make it the relevant tier for company deployment, but its custom pricing means buyers will need an organization-specific quote.

Paid plans include unlimited API and MCP usage subject to standard rate limiting, while Professional has basic functionality and Business exposes the full API and MCP. The stated price floor is $20/user/mo, so team buyers should distinguish that individual starting point from Business custom pricing.

Platforms

CTD is available on web, iOS, Android and API. Its mobile app includes Dottie, while integrations connect it to email, CRM and AI tools; the listed calendar and messaging sources remain upcoming rather than current support.

Who it's for

CTD makes the most sense for professionals and teams whose work depends on knowing who can introduce them to a prospect, investor or company. Sales and go-to-market teams can use network visibility alongside CRM connections, while venture capital and private equity firms can apply it to relationship-led outreach. Someone who needs only occasional lookups may find Free sufficient; routine individual use points to Professional, and organization-wide access points to Business.

It is a weaker fit for people uncomfortable granting email metadata access, or for buyers who need a low-cost plan without monthly usage limits: Free is capped, and Professional starts at $20/user/mo.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Multi-source relationship scoring and ranked warm paths help surface a plausible connector, not just a contact record.
• Pros: Direct-connection job-change alerts can prompt timely follow-up, and the connector reviews and sends drafted introductions.
• Pros: Export, deletion, sharing and contact-privacy controls give users meaningful ways to manage network data.
• Cons: Free limits searches, ghost emails, lists and summaries each month, so it is not a strong plan for sustained prospecting.
• Cons: Professional costs $20/user/mo and offers only basic API and MCP functionality; full access and company-wide search require Business.
• Cons: Email metadata access is part of the default model, which may not suit users or organizations with strict mailbox privacy policies.

Alternatives

Relationship Intelligence Software is a useful category starting point for readers comparing relationship-focused tools broadly.

Choose Happenstance if unlimited connected accounts, friends and groups on a free plan matter more than CTD’s stated job-change tracking and team features; its free Chat has usage limits, and Pro is $24 a year.

Draftboard is worth considering when free network mapping with 50 quality paths and pay-per-path access better suits the work than a monthly per-user plan.

Consider Introd when the priority is syncing Outlook or Gmail with Contacts and Calendar through separate $15 a month add-ons.

4Degrees is another paid relationship-management option, with pricing by request and cost dependent on the organization and team.

BoardEx is a paid alternative whose cost depends on the selected products, organization size, data access method and license term.

intelligence.com is another freemium option.

Relationship Science (RelSci) is a paid alternative.

Andsend is a paid alternative.

Verdict

Choose Connect The Dots if warm introductions and relationship-led outreach are central to your work and you want searchable network signals, ranked paths and direct-connection job-change alerts in one service. Its Free plan can cover occasional use, while regular individual users should weigh the $20/user/mo Professional price against its unlimited searches and lists. Look elsewhere if mailbox metadata access is unacceptable or you need uncapped team-wide capabilities at a published price.