How is Needle different from Apollo, Clay, or LinkedIn Sales Navigator?

Apollo, Clay, and Sales Navigator show who could buy based on filters like role and company size. Needle finds problem-aware buyers actively discussing problems, asking for recommendations, or comparing tools right now on public communities. Many teams use both tools together.

What can I try before I subscribe?

Every new account gets a 7-day free trial with full access and no credit card required. You get manual search, recurring Auto Search for your brand, digest alerts, reply drafts, and exports. Your first Auto Search run starts automatically after brand onboarding. Trending Problems has a public preview and free tools are available without an account.

Which communities and platforms does Needle search?

Solo covers 8 networks: Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Lobsters, Mastodon, Bluesky, and Product Hunt. Growth adds YouTube, Tumblr, and Forums (11 networks). Scale adds X (Twitter) and LinkedIn (13 networks).

Needle analyzes only public conversations. Your account, searches, Auto Search results, and brand settings are private and not sold or used for third-party ad targeting.

How is Needle different from manually checking each community?

Instead of opening Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Product Hunt, and other sites one by one, Needle Search runs across the communities your plan includes in one workflow. Unlike plain keyword alerts, it filters out noise and ranks what is left by buying intent, so you open threads where people compare tools, ask for recommendations, or describe urgent pain first. Across all customers (measured Sep 15 - Oct 15, 2026), Needle dropped 83% of keyword matches as noise, only about 1 in 20 posts read was a strong buying signal, and 98% of leads surfaced within 24 hours of posting.

Lead generation

Needle

Find qualified buyers actively seeking your product on public communities, ranked by buying intent

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Needle searches public communities like Reddit, Hacker News, and GitHub for conversations where buyers discuss your product or competitors, and ranks them by

Overview

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Needle helps B2B SaaS and developer tool founders find buyer conversations in public communities. The platform searches up to 13 networks including Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Overflow, X, LinkedIn, and others. It tracks keywords and competitor mentions, filters out noise by dropping 83% of matches, and ranks remaining posts by buying intent so founders can focus on high-intent threads. Every new account includes a 7-day free trial with no credit card required. Paid plans start at $15/month and include Auto Search to monitor keywords on a schedule, digest alerts, AI reply drafts, and integrations with Slack, Discord, Notion, and other tools. Needle is independently bootstrapped and founder-led, with a focus on human-driven outreach rather than automated spam.

Feature notes

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

Pricing

Pricing model: Free trial

7-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%

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Needle at a glance

Community votes: 0
Followers: 0
Founded: 2025
HQ: India
Stage: Startup

Needle metrics

Inspection sheet for useneedle.net: Ahrefs Domain Rating and Majestic link metrics, with the delta since the last inspection.
Metric	Value
Domain Rating	55 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow	18 no change since last check
Citation Flow	36 no change since last check
Referring domains	203 no change since last check
External backlinks	15,765 no change since last check

Domain Rating by Ahrefs inspected 6 Nov 2026, adjusted 1 Nov 2026. Primary topic: Society/People (18). Majestic inspected 22 Oct 2026, adjusted 22 Oct 2026. Link data: Majestic. Trust Flow, Citation Flow and Topical Trust Flow are trademarks of Majestic-12 Ltd.

Needle domain diagnostics

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Public RDAP record, last read 4 Nov 2026, 22:52 UTC.
Domain age	1 year
Registered	13 Jun 2025
Expires	13 Jun 2027
Registrar	NameCheap, Inc.
DNSSEC	Not signed

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Needle post-launch diagnostics

Measured after Needle went live on Launching Pro on 22 October 2026.

Domain Rating (Ahrefs): 55 +1 (up) since launch; 54 at launch (22 Oct 2026), 55 on 6 Nov 2026
Trust Flow (Majestic): 18; First measured 22 Oct 2026
Referring domains (Majestic): 203; First measured 22 Oct 2026

Day 16 since launch. Next receipt: day 30, 21 Nov 2026. The figures report a change; they do not say what caused it, and many things can. No figure here is a guess.

Biggest gains on Launching Pro

Team

Vaibhav SinghalFounder

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The playbook on Launching Pro lists what to prepare, what to post on launch day and where else to list your product.

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FAQ

How is Needle different from Apollo, Clay, or LinkedIn Sales Navigator?: Apollo, Clay, and Sales Navigator show who could buy based on filters like role and company size. Needle finds problem-aware buyers actively discussing problems, asking for recommendations, or comparing tools right now on public communities. Many teams use both tools together.
What can I try before I subscribe?: Every new account gets a 7-day free trial with full access and no credit card required. You get manual search, recurring Auto Search for your brand, digest alerts, reply drafts, and exports. Your first Auto Search run starts automatically after brand onboarding. Trending Problems has a public preview and free tools are available without an account.
Which communities and platforms does Needle search?: Solo covers 8 networks: Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Lobsters, Mastodon, Bluesky, and Product Hunt. Growth adds YouTube, Tumblr, and Forums (11 networks). Scale adds X (Twitter) and LinkedIn (13 networks).
Is my data private?: Needle analyzes only public conversations. Your account, searches, Auto Search results, and brand settings are private and not sold or used for third-party ad targeting.
How is Needle different from manually checking each community?: Instead of opening Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Product Hunt, and other sites one by one, Needle Search runs across the communities your plan includes in one workflow. Unlike plain keyword alerts, it filters out noise and ranks what is left by buying intent, so you open threads where people compare tools, ask for recommendations, or describe urgent pain first. Across all customers (measured Sep 15 - Oct 15, 2026), Needle dropped 83% of keyword matches as noise, only about 1 in 20 posts read was a strong buying signal, and 98% of leads surfaced within 24 hours of posting.

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