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Less than one hour of your time per month: 5 intent-ranked searches a day, welcome-grade Auto Search, and reply drafts.
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Manual search
5 full scans/day · 300/mo · up to 50 posts per scan
One run covers every community on your plan at once. Auto Search refresh passes don't use this quota.
Automation
Auto Search for your brand
Runs on your schedule, flags new posts since the last pass, optional digests. Never spends manual scan quota.
Replies
25 paste-ready reply drafts/day · 450/mo
AI suggests wording; you review, tweak, and post yourself.
Export proof for investors and run 7-day searches when launches spike - plus competitor signals and Slack digests.
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Everything in Solo - plus
Discovery
Exports (PDF & CSV), competitor mentions, YouTube & Tumblr, and a 7-day search window
Much higher daily and monthly scan caps and more posts per run - exact numbers in the comparison table.
Automation
Slack, Discord & Google Chat digest alerts
Interval digests and faster Auto refresh options (from 4h). Refresh passes never use your manual scan quota.
Replies & support
Priority support and far higher reply-draft budgets
Grow outreach with AI-suggested paste-ready replies you still review before posting.
When discovery is your full-time job: top limits, X included, white-label exports, and concierge support.
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Everything in Growth - plus
Discovery
X (Twitter) search, 30-day manual history, and the highest run & post-per-scan caps
Built for teams where discovery is always on - full numbers in the comparison table.
Automation
Microsoft Teams digests and the fastest refresh schedules
Down to 1h Auto refresh and the richest digest cadences. Refresh passes never use manual quota.
Client-ready
White-label reports, Excel & JSON exports, Concierge support
Branded deliverables plus 300 paste-ready reply drafts/day (3,000/mo) for high-volume outreach.
Built by a founder who needed first customers - support@useneedle.net replies in under 24 hours.
3-day free trial on all plans at checkout.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Which communities we search in one go. Higher tiers add more sources where buyers and builders actually talk. |        |   |  |
| Result filtering controls Refine output by relevance score, sentiment, sort order, and platform to surface the highest-signal leads faster instead of scrolling everything. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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 hoursDailyWeekly | Every 4 hoursEvery 12 hoursDailyWeekly | Every hourEvery 4 hoursEvery 6 hoursEvery 12 hoursDailyWeekly |
| 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 hours24 hours | 1 hour4 hours12 hours24 hours |
| Auto Search alert channels Which chat-app incoming webhooks we can deliver Auto Search digest alerts to on your plan (Slack, Discord, Google Chat, Microsoft Teams - 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 (your timezone) | Every 4 hoursEvery 12 hoursDaily | Every hourEvery 4 hoursEvery 6 hoursEvery 12 hoursDaily |
| 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 level How fast we prioritize answers when something breaks or you need a human - Standard, Priority, or Concierge by plan. | Standard | Priority | Concierge |
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