Connect The Dots vs Draftboard

Connect The Dots builds a relationship graph from a team's connections to find warm paths to people and companies. Its individual product organizes, scores and deduplicates a professional network so it can be searched from AI tools. Relationship scoring uses email activity and LinkedIn data, with some paths also drawing on public career-overlap information. The service ranks possible introductions and can draft an email for the connector to review and send. It tracks job changes among direct connections and can alert users when someone moves. Listed integrations include Gmail, Outlook, LinkedIn, Salesforce, HubSpot, Claude through MCP, Zapier and an open API. The iPhone and Android app includes Dottie, an AI network assistant. 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 data, manage network sharing and mark contacts private. The Free plan has monthly limits; Professional costs $20 a month.

Draftboard maps a user’s first-degree network to identify people who may be able to introduce them to prospects, investors, founders, or candidates. It builds paths without asking contacts to export or upload their networks, then scores each path and explains it using relationship signals such as shared work or school history. Users can tailor intro requests and send them by email or direct message. Copilot emails top introduction opportunities 30 minutes before a meeting. Adding teammates pools their networks to reveal third-degree paths and identify the teammate with the strongest connection. The Integration API supports listing and importing targets, retrieving connections and strongest open paths, and managing tags. Draftboard is available on the web, through an extension, and via API. Its free plan includes network mapping and 50 quality paths without a credit card. Additional quality paths cost $0.30 as a one-time purchase, with a maximum of three credits per target; non-quality paths are free. Teammates can see all paths and connections by default, though an organization admin can restrict visibility.