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Solo-fit verdictSolo-ReadyThe flattest pricing in this job — one account rate, lists included, no lead meter — for a founder happy to run outbound as a conversation with their AI chat; email volume is the hard ceiling.
True solo cost · low$54/mo$54/month billed yearly for 1 connected account (Pro) at about 500 prospects/month — lead lists, campaigns and workspaces are unlimited, so list size does not raise the bill; converted: the ceiling is sending limits, including 100 email sends/account/month, not prospect count.
True solo cost · typical$54/mo$54/month billed yearly for 1 connected account (Pro) at about 2,000 prospects/month on the same terms — no per-lead charge applies at this volume; a founder who needs more sending accounts pays $24/extra account/month billed yearly on the Agency add-on.
Rank #11 of 11 in LeadsFree start 7-day free trialSetup Same day — connect an account and prompt from your AI chatControl Acts + logs everythingNo-code 4/5Checked · prices checked 2026-11-05
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The short version
Needle turns outbound into a prompt inside Claude, ChatGPT or Grok: it finds, enriches and messages leads across LinkedIn, Instagram and email for one flat rate per connected account.
Buy it if
You already work in an AI chat, your outreach is LinkedIn/Instagram-led, and you hate per-lead credit meters — one account is $54/month billed yearly with lists included.
Skip it if
You need high-volume email sending (100 sends per account a month is the Pro ceiling), WhatsApp/SMS today, or a conventional sequencer dashboard.
What Needle does — the jobs it finishes
Workflows are built only from verified capabilities in our listing research — no vendor copy, nothing invented.
A lead list from one prompt
Starts You describe the buyer you want in Claude, ChatGPT or Grok
- Needle searches LinkedIn, Instagram and Places
- Prospects are enriched and returned as a lead list
You get A ready lead list with no credit meter running
Prospecting starts as a sentence, not a database project
A mixed-channel campaign
Starts You approve a list and a message angle
- One campaign sequences LinkedIn, Instagram and email touches
- Messages are personalised from profile, posts and history
You get A running multi-channel sequence from a single campaign
Approval Review the campaign and its guardrails before it sends
Three channels behave like one outreach motion
Replies handled in one inbox
Starts A prospect replies on any channel
- The reply lands in the smart inbox
- AI replies are drafted or sent within your settings
You get Conversations continued without channel-hopping
Follow-up stops depending on checking three apps
Guardrailed sending
Starts A campaign is about to run at volume
- Daily limits, cadence and warm-up apply automatically
- Customers, open deals and recently contacted people are suppressed
You get Outreach that respects your existing relationships
The mistakes that burn a solo founder's domain and reputation are designed out
Where it stops
- No per-lead credit meter — but also no high-volume email engine: Pro includes only 100 email sends per connected account a month
- WhatsApp and SMS are coming soon, not live channels on the pages checked
- No free-forever plan — entry is a 7-day trial on one connected account
- Not a standalone dashboard product by design — the workflow lives inside your AI chat
Getting started
Before you start
- An account on Claude, ChatGPT or Grok (the MCP hosts named by the vendor)
- A LinkedIn, Instagram or email account to connect as a sender
The ongoing admin
- Watch the 100 email sends per account monthly ceiling
- Review campaign analytics and inbox replies
- Keep suppression lists current as deals open
Step 1Start the 7-day trial
One connected account, no card required, lead lists included.
Step 2Connect a sending account
Pricing is per connected account, so start with the one sender you actually use.
Step 3Prompt for your first list
Describe the prospect in plain words; Needle searches LinkedIn, Instagram and Places.
Step 4Set guardrails before scaling
Confirm daily limits, cadence, warm-up and suppression lists before the first campaign runs.
Time to first useful result: Same day — connect an account and prompt from your AI chat · no-code 4/5
Full pricing — checked 2026-11-05
Billed per connected account (sender). Lead lists are included with no credit meter, per-lead charge or top-ups; the only stated sending ceiling on Pro is 100 email sends per account a month. Yearly billing lowers Pro to $54 per account a month (labelled 22% off); no annual total is stated on the page. Extra agency accounts cost less than the first account.
Solo pickPro
$54/month billed yearly per connected account ($69 billed monthly)
Per seat / month · $54/mo for one person
- Unlimited LinkedIn and Instagram lead lists
- Unlimited campaigns and workspaces
- 100 email sends per account a month
- All channels: LinkedIn, Instagram, email
- MCP and API access
- Smart inbox and AI replies
- Campaign analytics
- Priority support
Allowance 100 email sends per connected account/month; lead lists unlimited
Limit Price is per connected account — each additional sender is another account
Limit WhatsApp and SMS are coming soon, not included live channels
Enterprise
Custom — contact sales
Custom / quoted · $null/mo for one person
- Everything in Pro
- Unlimited senders
- Custom limits and workflows
- Dedicated onboarding
- SLA and SSO
Limit Sales-led pricing
Add-onAgency extra accounts — $24/extra account/month billed yearly ($34 billed monthly). Adds unlimited senders, an agency workspace and client reporting on top of Pro
What could make the bill jump?
Sender count, not lead volume: every extra connected account adds its own monthly rate, and email-heavy outreach hits the 100-sends-per-account monthly ceiling long before list size costs anything.
Billing unitper connected account per month
Free tier / trialNo free-forever plan. A 7-day free trial on 1 connected account, no card required, with lead lists included.
Pricing clarityClear flat price
Price record · 2026-11-05: First listing check, 2026-11-05, on needle.app/pricing — read in a live rendered browser in BOTH toggle states: Monthly Pro $69 per connected account; Yearly Pro $54 (labelled 22% off; no annual total stated). Agency add-on $34 monthly / $24 yearly per extra account; Enterprise custom. No seat/volume selector or credit dropdown exists on the page. A Product Hunt banner promo (50% off for 6 months) is a promotion, not the standard price, and was not used. Extra FAQ text about refunds/cancellation that appeared in one text extraction did NOT appear in the rendered FAQ on re-check, so no refund or cancellation claim is published in this listing.
At a glance — the standard checklist
The same fields on every deep listing in this job, so agents compare field by field. “Not verified” means our research has not confirmed it yet — it never means “doesn't have it.”
- Platforms✓ IncludedRuns inside Claude, ChatGPT and Grok over MCP; REST API and MCP endpoints in the docs
- Key integrations✓ IncludedAttio and webhooks named in the docs; LinkedIn, Instagram and email as channels
- Languages? Not verified
- Support channels✓ IncludedPriority support on Pro (pricing page)
- Help centre / documentation✓ IncludedDocumentation at needle.app/docs
- Free plan— Not includedNo free-forever plan is published; entry is a 7-day trial
- Free trial✓ Included7 days, 1 connected account, no card required
- Human control model✓ IncludedCampaigns run within daily limits, cadence and warm-up guardrails you set
- Approval controls? Not verifiedNo per-message approval gate was verified on the pages checked; control is via campaign guardrails and the smart inbox
- Data export / exit route? Not verified
- Setup model✓ IncludedNo-code: connect an account and prompt from your AI chat; API/MCP for technical users
- Prospect data included✓ IncludedLead lists are included — build lists from LinkedIn, Instagram and Places on connected accounts with no per-lead charge
- Enrichment✓ IncludedProspects are enriched as part of the prompt-to-list workflow
- Sending✓ IncludedLinkedIn, Instagram and email in a single campaign; 100 email sends per account a month on Pro
- Warm-up domains✓ IncludedWarm-up is a named guardrail on the product page
- Reply triage✓ IncludedSmart inbox with AI replies
- CRM sync✓ IncludedAttio is named in the docs, plus webhooks; no broader CRM sync list was verified
Best for
- Founders who already live in Claude, ChatGPT or Grok and want outbound there
- LinkedIn/Instagram-led outreach at a flat, predictable rate
- Anyone allergic to per-lead credit meters
Not for
- High-volume email senders — 100 sends per account a month is the Pro ceiling
- Anyone who needs WhatsApp or SMS today
- Teams that want a traditional sequencer dashboard and its reporting depth
Our assessment of Needle
Needle's bet is that a solo founder does not need another outbound dashboard to learn: it plugs into the AI chat the founder already uses — Claude, ChatGPT or Grok, via MCP — so finding, enriching and messaging leads starts as a prompt rather than a new tool. From that prompt it searches LinkedIn, Instagram and Places for prospects, enriches them, and runs campaigns that can mix LinkedIn, Instagram and email in a single sequence, with AI-personalised messages grounded in a prospect's profile, posts and conversation history. Replies land in a smart inbox with AI replies, and campaign analytics close the loop. The guardrails a solo sender actually needs are built in: daily limits, cadence controls, warm-up, and suppression lists for existing customers, open deals and recently contacted people. Pricing is the second half of the pitch: one flat rate per connected sending account, lead lists included, and no credit meter, per-lead charge or top-ups — your sending limits are the only ceiling. The catches are just as clear: email volume is capped at 100 sends per connected account a month on Pro, WhatsApp and SMS are listed as coming soon rather than live, and the model depends on you driving the work from an AI chat rather than a purpose-built sequencer interface.
Pros — our take
- No per-lead or credit meter — lead lists are included and the bill is one flat per-account rate
- Works inside the AI chat a founder already uses, instead of adding another dashboard to learn
- Suppression lists and warm-up guardrails are built in, not add-ons
Cons — our take
- Only 100 email sends per connected account a month on Pro — LinkedIn/Instagram carry the volume
- WhatsApp and SMS are coming soon, not live
- No free-forever plan; the entry route is a 7-day trial
Solo Fit input · no-code4/5 — can a non-technical owner run it?
Solo Fit input · setupSame day — connect an account and prompt from your AI chat to the first useful result
Solo Fit input · human controlActs + logs everything
Solo Fit input · pricing clarityClear flat price
Solo Fit stays the public score: the qualitative roll-up of these four published inputs under the How We Rank method. Prompt-driven setup is near no-code; clarity is high because the rate is flat per account with no lead meter, held back only by the per-account scaling and the email ceiling.
Three to compare before you decide
The difference: Apollo is the database-and-sequencer you operate yourself, billed per user with credit allowances; Needle is the operator inside your AI chat at a flat per-account rate.
The difference: Instantly is a high-volume email sending engine; Needle caps email at 100 sends per account a month but covers LinkedIn and Instagram in the same campaign.
Clayfrom $167 · Technical The difference: Clay is the enrichment table for building precise lists at credit cost; Needle includes its lists and goes on to run the outreach.
Questions buyers ask about Needle
What does Needle cost for one person?
One connected account on Pro costs $54/month billed yearly ($69 billed monthly), checked on needle.app/pricing on 2026-11-05. Lead lists, campaigns and workspaces are unlimited at that rate; there is no per-lead charge. Extra agency accounts cost $24/month billed yearly each.
Does Needle charge per lead or per credit?
No. The pricing page states lead lists are included with no credit meter, per-lead charge or top-ups, and that sending limits are the only ceiling. The stated Pro ceiling is 100 email sends per connected account a month.
Which tools does Needle work inside?
Needle runs over MCP inside Claude (web, Cowork and Claude Code), ChatGPT (web, desktop and Codex) and Grok, per its official product and docs pages. It also exposes a REST API. There is deliberately no separate Needle dashboard workflow.
Does Needle have a free plan?
No free-forever plan is published. The entry route is a 7-day free trial on one connected account with no card required and lead lists included, checked on the pricing page on 2026-11-05.
Stacks & next steps
Needle is not in a published stack yet — stacks are edited buying guides, and memberships are added only when the combination has been worked through.
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