Lead Generation
Needle
Needle is an agent-native outbound engine: it finds ICP-perfect leads, enriches them, and runs outreach campaigns across LinkedIn, Instagram, and email — driven from the AI agent you already use. It ships as an MCP server, so a prompt like "find founders at seed-to-Series-A SaaS startups in Europe and start a LinkedIn sequence" in Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok produces a lead list and a live campaign with senders enrolled.
It launched on Product Hunt on October 21, 2026 at #3 of the day with 299 points and 33 comments, and the company reports 400+ teams. The launch carried a "50% off for 6 months" offer.
The non-obvious thing is both the strength and the catch: Needle is *agent-native*. The normal workflow is asking your AI agent to run outbound, which means you need an MCP client — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or the non-coding "Needle Agents in Slack." There's no traditional drag-and-drop dashboard as the primary surface.
- Website
- needle.app
- Category
- Lead Generation
- Pricing
- Paid
- Starts at
- $69/month per connected account; 7-day free trial
- Best for
- Founders and GTM teams running AI-assisted outbound from Claude, ChatGPT, or Codex.
- Profile updated
- October 29, 2026
Independent profile — no affiliate links or sponsored placement.
Key features
- ICP lead finding — builds precise lists from LinkedIn, Instagram, and Places, skipping contacts already in your CRM
- Multi-channel outreach — LinkedIn, Instagram, and email today, with WhatsApp and SMS coming
- MCP-native — connect once and run outbound from Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Cursor, Gemini, or n8n
- Personalized messaging — drafts grounded in the lead's profile and your past conversations
- Guardrails — daily limits, warm-up schedules, and suppression lists to keep accounts healthy
- Use cases beyond sales — recruiting, fundraising intros, and competitor analysis
Pricing
Read from Needle's pricing page in October 2026 (verify current). Pricing is simple: $69/month per connected account, with lead lists included — no per-lead charge, no credit meter, no top-ups. Your sending limits are the only ceiling. There's a 7-day free trial with one connected account and no card required.
Beyond the subscription you bring your own agent access (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) and the LinkedIn, Instagram, or email account you send from.
Pros and cons
Pros
- No per-lead pricing — lists are as big as you can actually work through
- Runs from your existing agent instead of another tool to learn
- Guardrails are on by default, which matters for LinkedIn account safety
Cons
- Requires an MCP client or the Slack agent — no traditional dashboard-first workflow
- The per-account model means multi-sender campaigns multiply the price
- Young product; 400+ teams is the vendor's number, not an independent count
Who should use Needle?
Needle fits a founder or GTM operator who already lives in Claude or ChatGPT and wants to run outbound without learning a dedicated sales tool. The $69/month-per-account model is cheapest when one LinkedIn or email sender is enough. If you need a conventional CRM-driven sequence builder or have no comfort with agent workflows, a platform like ActiveCampaign or HubSpot is the more familiar route — Needle is the agent-native alternative.
Its 299-point, 33-comment launch is strong launch-day interest; there's no independent review history yet as of October 2026.
FAQs
How much does Needle cost?+
$69/month per connected account, with lead lists included and no per-lead charges. There's a 7-day free trial with one account and no card.
Do I need a coding agent to use Needle?+
No — it works with Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, but also "Needle Agents in Slack" for a non-coding workflow. You do need an MCP client or Slack, since it's agent-native rather than dashboard-first.
Which channels does Needle support?+
LinkedIn, Instagram, and email today, with WhatsApp and SMS listed as coming soon. A single campaign can mix channels.
Will Needle get my LinkedIn restricted?+
Needle enforces per-account daily limits, human-like cadence, warm-up for new senders, and suppression lists (customers, open deals, recently-contacted people), and refuses to exceed them.
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