Needle
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveOutbound engine run from your AI agent over MCP: builds lead lists from LinkedIn, Instagram and Maps and runs multichannel sequences
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Paid options from
- $69/seat/mo
- Billing
- Per seat, monthly
Pro is $69 per connected LinkedIn, Instagram or email account per month (1-10 accounts), with lead lists, unlimited campaigns and API access included and no credit meter; yearly billing is shown as 22% cheaper. Agency pricing charges $34 for each account past the tenth, Enterprise (51+ accounts) is quoted, and a 7-day trial with one account needs no card.
Use tool ↗About Needle
Needle is an outbound prospecting engine that you drive from an AI agent you already use. It ships as an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Codex, Cursor and Grok, plus its own agents in Slack: you ask for a list, it searches LinkedIn people and companies, post reactions, Instagram likes and followers, or businesses as they appear on Maps, skips contacts already in your CRM, and launches a sequence. Campaigns can mix LinkedIn, Instagram and email steps, with daily send limits, warm-up and suppression lists on by default and a unified inbox for replies. Billing is per connected sending account with lead lists included, after a seven-day free trial. The operator is a Delaware company run by a Berlin team.
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Positions the product as an agent-native outbound engine shipped as an MCP server, working with LinkedIn, Instagram and email (15 October 2026)needle.app ↗
- Pro $69 per account per month on monthly billing, Agency $34 per extra account after 10, Enterprise custom, 7-day free trial with no card; lead lists included without credits (15 October 2026)needle.app ↗
- Imprint names Needle Technologies Inc., 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE, United States, managing directors Jan Heimes and Mustafa Onur Eken (15 October 2026)needle.app ↗
- About page says Needle was founded in late 2024 and the team builds out of Berlin, Germany (15 October 2026)needle.app ↗
Is Needle legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- May 24, 2022 (4 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Jan 6, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2024The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Needle Technologies Inc., United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Needle
Needle has turned from a Slack sales assistant into an outbound engine you operate from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor: ask for a list, approve the angle, and it sequences LinkedIn, Instagram and email from your own accounts. Pricing per sending account with leads included is easy to budget and cheaper than the old $199 seat, but everything runs through your personal LinkedIn and Instagram profiles, so platform-policy risk sits with you.
Pros
- Lead lists from LinkedIn, Instagram and Maps are included, with no credits or per-lead charges
- Runs as an MCP server, so the agent you already use builds lists and launches campaigns
- Send limits, warm-up and suppression of customers and open deals are on by default
- Agency tier halves the price of every sender after the tenth
Cons
- Automating LinkedIn and Instagram accounts can breach those platforms' rules and get a profile restricted
- Cost scales with the number of sending accounts, not with results
- WhatsApp and SMS are still listed as coming soon
Best for
- Founders and small sales teams who already work in Claude or ChatGPT and want prospecting there
- Agencies running outbound across many client sender accounts
- Teams that want lead lists without a per-lead credit meter
Not for
- Teams unwilling to automate their personal LinkedIn or Instagram profiles
- Buyers who want an inbound or CRM tool rather than cold outreach
Watch out: Needle was previously a Slack revenue agent at $199 per agent; it is now billed $69 per connected sending account, so older reviews describe a different product.
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