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Needle vs FirstSited

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Needle compared with FirstSited
DetailNeedle logo NeedleFirstSited logo FirstSited
What it doesFind qualified buyers actively seeking your product on public communities, ranked by buying intent Find new businesses the week their website goes live
StageStartup Not given
Founded2025 Not given
Based inIN GB
Pricing modelFree trial Freemium
Pricing7-day free trial with full access, no credit card required. Solo: $15/month (1 active brand, 5 searches per day, 8 networks). Growth: $49/month (3 active brands, 30 searches per day, 11 networks). Scale: $149/month (5 active brands, 150 searches per day, 13 networks). Annual billing available at 33% Solo: £15/month (or $19/month) with 1 alert watch and 3,000 sites per month; Agency: £49/month (or $59/month) with 5 alert watches and 50,000 sites per month; Firehose: £159/month (or $199/month) with unlimited watches and sites. All plans include a 7-day free trial on Solo and Agency.
Key features
  • Search across 8-13 public communities including Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Overflow, X, and LinkedIn
  • Auto Search to monitor keywords and competitors on a recurring schedule
  • Digest alerts in Slack, Discord, Google Chat, Notion, Airtable, Webhooks, and other integrations
  • AI-generated reply drafts that users edit and post themselves
  • Competitor mention tracking to spot when competitor names appear in posts
  • CSV data export to download and share leads
  • Trending Problems to identify rising demand signals in communities
  • Needle Directory for free product listings with community upvotes
  • Alerts for new websites matching keywords, technologies or categories
  • Filter by country or distance from location
  • Delivery by email, Slack or webhook
  • Published contact details for each business
  • Technology and stack detection
  • Spreadsheet downloads
  • API access
  • AI assistant integration
  • Market trend analysis
  • Historical data and browsing
What makes it different
  • Ranks conversations by buying intent rather than just keyword matches, surfacing highest-intent leads first
  • Bootstrapped and founder-led with a principle of no spam or automated posting
  • Searches multiple founder and developer communities in one place instead of tab-hopping
  • 98% of leads surface within 24 hours of posting, on a schedule you set
  • No credit card required for the 7-day free trial
  • Reaches businesses on their website launch week with fresh contact information
  • Passive crawling respects robots.txt without logging in or form-filling
  • Supports geographic filtering with precise distance radius options
  • Captures founding technologies with accurate launch-day snapshots
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)55 +1 (up) since last check27 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)187
Citation Flow (Majestic)3649
Referring domains (Majestic)20313

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