Needle

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. Results are ranked with intent and sentiment so you open threads where people compare tools, ask for recommendations, or describe urgent pain - not just keyword mentions.

Every new account starts with a 7-day free trial - full access, no card. From signup you get manual search, recurring Auto Search for your brand, digest alerts, reply drafts, and exports; your first Auto Search run starts as soon as brand onboarding finishes. When the window ends your leads stay readable and actions pause until you subscribe. Trending Problems has a public preview. Free tools need no account at useneedle.net/tools. A standard Directory listing does not require Search. See Pricing for plans and trial terms.

Needle searches many public communities - for example Reddit, Stack Overflow, Hacker News, YouTube, GitHub, Tumblr, X, Mastodon, Bluesky, Lobsters, and Product Hunt - depending on your plan. The full platform matrix and run limits are on Pricing.

We analyze public conversations. Your account, searches, Auto Search results, and brand settings are treated as yours; we do not sell your data or use it for third-party ad targeting. See the Privacy policy.

Needle is for founders and GTM teams who want buyer-ready threads in public communities. Manual search is a custom query you run on demand across the platforms your plan includes, with sentiment and fit signals. Auto Search uses your brand’s saved phrases, sites, and schedule in Settings to run scheduled passes automatically, with optional digest alerts when new matches appear. Save competitors to spot when those names appear in posts. Trending Problems highlights rising pain in startup and technical communities. Needle Directory is a public catalog for your product listing. Plan names and limits are on Pricing. Free utilities (no account) live on the tools hub.

Sign up - your 7-day free trial starts automatically, no card. Complete brand onboarding and your first Auto Search run starts right away. Run Manual search for on-demand queries and configure your brand, Auto Search, and optional digest alerts under Dashboard → Settings. When the window ends, pick a plan on Pricing to resume monitoring. See Getting started and Search in the docs.

Needle Directory is a curated catalog of products on Needle. You can browse listings, vote, and submit your own with a public page, logo, and media. Submitting a listing does not require a paid Search plan. See Needle Directory in the docs.

You complete steps for Details, Media (logo required), Trust & visibility (free backlink verification, optional paid verification skip, optional featured placement), then Preview and submit. Listings are reviewed before publication.

Featured placement is an optional one-time paid boost: a limited featured window (about 30 days; exact dates appear in checkout and on your listing) for extra visibility where we surface featured picks. It is not a subscription and does not auto-renew. If a featured window is already active, checkout for a new boost is blocked until it ends. Verification skip is a separate one-time add-on that waives automated backlink verification for that draft listing. It does not include featured placement.

Manual search is a one-off run you start: you enter a query for that run, pick timeframe and platforms, and results stream live. It counts toward your plan’s manual search run limits. Auto Search uses the saved setup for your brand in Settings (keywords/phrases, platforms, how often Needle runs again, and lookback). Needle runs scheduled passes automatically; those passes do not use your manual search quota. Paid plans support up to 5 brand profiles depending on your tier (Solo includes 1 brand, Growth includes up to 3 brands, while Scale includes up to 5 brands, with Enterprise upgrades available for more). Digest alerts (optional, plan-dependent) notify you when Auto Search finds new posts since the last digest. Connect destinations and cadence under Dashboard → Settings. Supported channels vary by plan - see Pricing for the current list. Manual search does not send scheduled digests.