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Solo

Find 25 buyer conversations about your product every week.

$150/yr

≈ $12.5/mo equivalent, billed yearly

5 research sessions per day across 8 communities

Find people asking for tools like yours

Track your brand across Reddit, HN & more

Auto Search: alerts in Slack or Google Chat

25 AI reply drafts per day

CSV exports for your pipeline

Full limits & spec →

Growth

Track every competitor mention and never miss a buying signal.

$490/yr

≈ $40.83/mo equivalent, billed yearly

Everything in Solo - plus

30 research sessions per day (1,800/mo)

Catch opportunities before competitors do

Track 2 brands across 11 communities

Get alerts in Slack, Discord, Notion & more

90 AI reply drafts per day (900/mo)

Competitor mentions & 7-day search window

PDF & CSV data exports

Full limits & spec →

Save $298

Scale

Be the first to respond to every high-intent thread on the web.

$1490/yr

≈ $124.17/mo equivalent, billed yearly

Everything in Growth - plus

150 research sessions per day (9,000/mo)

Real-time alerts — every hour

Track 3 brands across all communities

LinkedIn & X (Twitter) buyer signals

300 AI reply drafts per day (3,000/mo)

White-label reports & CRM integrations

Full limits & spec →

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Detailed Feature Comparison

Compare specifications across all premium plans. Each feature row includes a plain-English note on what it means day to day.

Feature	Solo	Growth	Scale
Search & Discovery
Daily manual searches How many manual multi-community searches you can start per calendar day. One run queries every community on your plan at once.	5 runs	30 runs	150 runs
Monthly manual searches Total manual searches you can start per billing month. Auto Search refresh runs do not count toward this quota.	300 runs	1800 runs	9000 runs
Max results per search Cap on how many posts we fetch and score in a single search so lists stay fast, readable, and high-signal.	50 results	200 results	500 results
Supported platforms 10+ communities on Growth and Scale (plan-dependent). Includes Product Hunt, Forums on Growth/Scale; X (Twitter) and LinkedIn on Scale. Solo has a smaller set (including Product Hunt) - see icons below.	8 networks	11 networks	13 networks
Public forums searched Forums is one network in Search that queries many curated public product forums per run (50 in our registry). Host counts vary by plan.	-	15 forumsper run	30 forumsper run
Result filtering controls Refine output by relevance score, sentiment, sort order, and platform to surface the highest-signal leads faster instead of scrolling everything.
Alerts & Automation
Auto Search Auto Search for your brand: on the schedule you pick, Needle checks again for new posts since the last pass and can send digest alerts when your plan supports them. These automatic runs do not count toward manual search quotas.
Max active brands The number of different brand profile configurations you can track concurrently with Auto Search.	1 brand	2 brands	3 brands
Competitor mention On manual search and Auto Search runs, we score a capped set of posts that lexically match your saved competitors so you see mention-quality as well as topic fit (Growth and Scale).
How often Auto Search refreshes How often we can check again for your brand to find new posts since the last check. These refresh runs do not count toward manual search quotas.	Every 8 hoursminimum	Every 4 hoursminimum	Every hourminimum
How far back Auto Search looks Rolling window of posts we fetch on each Auto Search pass (after your first run). Separate from how often Auto Search runs.	24 hours	12 hours	1 hour
Auto Search alert channels Which destinations we can deliver Auto Search digest alerts to on your plan (Slack, Discord, Google Chat, Microsoft Teams, and Custom Webhooks - varies by tier).
Auto Search alert frequency How often we can send an alert after finding new posts since the last send.	Up to once per day	Every 4 hours	Every hour
Outreach & AI
AI reply drafts (daily) Short AI-written reply options for threads you find. Review, edit, approve, queue, or send from Replies within your plan limits.	25 drafts	90 drafts	300 drafts
AI reply drafts (monthly) Same as daily drafts, but the monthly ceiling so heavy outreach weeks do not surprise you.	450 drafts	900 drafts	3000 drafts
Anti-ban reply engine Our approach to drafts: human-in-the-loop only, tone and product-mention controls, and wording aimed at sounding like a helpful member - not automated spam.
Data export (PDF, CSV) Download results and reports to share with teammates, drop into slides, or archive in your own tools.
White-label reports Remove Needle branding from exported reports so client-facing decks look like they came from your shop (Scale).
Customer Support
Customer support level How fast we prioritize answers when something breaks or you need a human - Standard, Priority, or Concierge by plan.	Standard	Priority	Concierge

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Needle plans, trials, and billing.

Yes! Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial. You can test all features during the trial period.

Absolutely. You can cancel your subscription at any time or upgrade your plan from your account settings. Upgrades apply immediately. For downgrades, you can cancel your plan to maintain access until the end of your current billing cycle, and then re-subscribe to the lower tier at renewal.

Yes, a valid payment method is required at checkout to start the 7-day trial. This helps us prevent platform abuse and ensure real human intent. You will not be billed if you cancel before the trial period ends.

Needle monitors communities including Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Mastodon, Bluesky, and Product Hunt across all plans. Scale plans add search capability for LinkedIn and X (Twitter).

No. Auto Search runs in the background on our automated scheduler to monitor your brand and does not consume any of your manual search quota.

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Feature

Solo

Growth

Scale

Search & Discovery

Daily manual searches

How many manual multi-community searches you can start per calendar day. One run queries every community on your plan at once.

5 runs

30 runs

150 runs

Monthly manual searches

Total manual searches you can start per billing month. Auto Search refresh runs do not count toward this quota.

300 runs

1800 runs

9000 runs

Max results per search

Cap on how many posts we fetch and score in a single search so lists stay fast, readable, and high-signal.

50 results

200 results

500 results

Supported platforms

10+ communities on Growth and Scale (plan-dependent). Includes Product Hunt, Forums on Growth/Scale; X (Twitter) and LinkedIn on Scale. Solo has a smaller set (including Product Hunt) - see icons below.

8 networks

11 networks

13 networks

Public forums searched

Forums is one network in Search that queries many curated public product forums per run (50 in our registry). Host counts vary by plan.

15 forumsper run

30 forumsper run

Result filtering controls

Refine output by relevance score, sentiment, sort order, and platform to surface the highest-signal leads faster instead of scrolling everything.

Alerts & Automation

Auto Search

Auto Search for your brand: on the schedule you pick, Needle checks again for new posts since the last pass and can send digest alerts when your plan supports them. These automatic runs do not count toward manual search quotas.

Max active brands

The number of different brand profile configurations you can track concurrently with Auto Search.

1 brand

2 brands

3 brands

Competitor mention

On manual search and Auto Search runs, we score a capped set of posts that lexically match your saved competitors so you see mention-quality as well as topic fit (Growth and Scale).

How often Auto Search refreshes

How often we can check again for your brand to find new posts since the last check. These refresh runs do not count toward manual search quotas.

Every 8 hoursminimum

Every 4 hoursminimum

Every hourminimum

How far back Auto Search looks

Rolling window of posts we fetch on each Auto Search pass (after your first run). Separate from how often Auto Search runs.

24 hours

12 hours

1 hour

Auto Search alert channels

Which destinations we can deliver Auto Search digest alerts to on your plan (Slack, Discord, Google Chat, Microsoft Teams, and Custom Webhooks - varies by tier).

Auto Search alert frequency

How often we can send an alert after finding new posts since the last send.

Up to once per day

Every 4 hours

Every hour

Outreach & AI

AI reply drafts (daily)

Short AI-written reply options for threads you find. Review, edit, approve, queue, or send from Replies within your plan limits.

25 drafts

90 drafts

300 drafts

AI reply drafts (monthly)

Same as daily drafts, but the monthly ceiling so heavy outreach weeks do not surprise you.

450 drafts

900 drafts

3000 drafts

Anti-ban reply engine

Our approach to drafts: human-in-the-loop only, tone and product-mention controls, and wording aimed at sounding like a helpful member - not automated spam.

Data export (PDF, CSV)

Download results and reports to share with teammates, drop into slides, or archive in your own tools.

White-label reports

Remove Needle branding from exported reports so client-facing decks look like they came from your shop (Scale).

Customer Support

Customer support level

How fast we prioritize answers when something breaks or you need a human - Standard, Priority, or Concierge by plan.

Standard

Priority

Concierge