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Needle is an outbound engine you run from an AI agent, priced per connected LinkedIn, Instagram or email account, with lead lists included. Outlevo runs researched email outbound on a monthly plan, with LinkedIn sent from your own account once you turn it on.
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From each product's own website. Checked Nov 9, 2026.
An outbound engine you run from an AI agent such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Needle Agents in Slack, through its MCP server2
| Outlevo | Needle | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free plan; Builder $29 a month; Growth $149 a month; Managed from $999 a month | Pro at $69 per connected account a month (1 to 10 accounts); lead lists from LinkedIn, Instagram and Places are included, with no credit meter1 |
| Channels | Email, sent for you; LinkedIn invitations and messages sent from your own account, within safe limits, once you turn it on; LinkedIn and Google ad audiences | LinkedIn, Instagram and email, mixed in one campaign; WhatsApp and SMS are listed as coming soon1 |
| Sending accounts | Included and run by Outlevo: 1 domain and 2 mailboxes on Builder, 2 domains and 4 on Growth, set up and warmed for you; Growth can also send from your own | You connect your own LinkedIn, Instagram or email accounts to send from, with per-account daily limits, human-like cadence and a warm-up schedule for new senders2 |
| Contract and billing | Builder and Growth are paid month to month with no minimum term, and the owner cancels from Billing. | A 7-day free trial with 1 connected account and no card; cancel anytime1 |
Outlevo is not affiliated with Needle. What this page says about Needle is a summary of its public website (needle.app) as of Nov 9, 2026; check there for current features and prices.
LinkedIn and Instagram are your main channels, you want to drive outreach from Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Slack, and a price per connected account fits how many senders you run.
Email is your channel and you want the mailboxes included and warmed in the plan, each email built from research on the prospect's own pages, and the first 10 emails held for your approval.
From the same plan prices and credit costs we bill with. Sending and follow-ups use no credits.
$29→320 credits→40 contacts→120 emails→~1–2 warm leads→~1 meeting
An estimate, not a promise: 8 credits per researched contact, a first email and two follow-ups each (sending costs no credits), 2 to 6 warm leads and 1 to 4 meetings per 100 contacts (the middle shown). Your market and offer move it either way.
Volume mode: ~80 contacts→240 emails, at 4 credits a contact
$149→3,000 credits→375 contacts→1,125 emails→~8–23 warm leads→~9 meetings
An estimate, not a promise: 8 credits per researched contact, a first email and two follow-ups each (sending costs no credits), 2 to 6 warm leads and 1 to 4 meetings per 100 contacts (the middle shown). Your market and offer move it either way.
Volume mode: ~750 contacts→2,250 emails, at 4 credits a contact
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Checked Nov 9, 2026. Each fact about Needle above links to the page it was read on.
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