Beanie is an AI social listening tool for Reddit. It searches Reddit for conversations where potential customers describe the exact problem your product solves, grades each one for buying intent, surfaces the best matches, and drafts a reply for you to review and post yourself.

Which platforms does Beanie monitor for leads?

Reddit, and only Reddit today. Beanie searches Reddit as a whole rather than watching a list of subreddits, so there are no communities for you to pick and nothing to maintain when your market shifts. The keywords it searches are generated from your product description. Other sources may be added later; nothing else is connected right now.

How does the intent scoring work?

Two AI passes run on every post. The first decides whether the post is relevant to your product at all and discards it outright if not. The second grades how ready to buy the person is, from 6 to 10: 6 is someone describing the problem without asking for help yet, 7 to 8 is someone actively researching a fix, and 9 to 10 is someone asking for a tool or ready to switch. Every post that clears the first pass is scored and reaches your dashboard, so your feed stays signal-rich without anything held back.

Is there a free plan? Do I need a credit card to sign up?

Yes. Beanie gives you 10,000 free credits on signup with no credit card required. That is enough to run your first campaign and see real leads before deciding to upgrade. Paid plans start at $28.99/month and differ in how many campaigns you can run at once, from one up to six, along with the monthly credits that come with them. Your first payment on any plan is half off.

What is a credit and how quickly will I use them?

Credits are charged per qualified lead saved, based on its intent score. A passive match (score 6) costs 300 credits, a strong signal (7-8) costs 1,000, and a buying-intent post (9-10) costs 1,750. A small scan fee of 1 credit applies to each post processed but not saved, capped at 125 per run. If a campaign finds no leads at all, the run is completely free. The free plan's 10,000 credits are a real taste of the product. The Founder plan's 100,000 monthly credits support an always-on campaign that checks every 3 hours.

How is Beanie different from a Reddit keyword alert tool?

Alert tools ping you every time a word appears, which mostly produces a feed you still have to read. Beanie grades each post for intent before it reaches you, throws out off-topic matches entirely rather than scoring them low, and shows you the reasoning behind every score alongside a draft reply. You get a short list worth reading instead of a stream worth skimming.

Can I export my leads?

Yes. Every lead in your dashboard can be exported to CSV with one click from the Leads page. The export includes the post title, community, intent score, collected date, and current pipeline status.

How long does a collection campaign take?

A one-time collection run has a hard ten minute budget and stops there with whatever it has found, so it can never sit spinning. Real-time campaigns work differently: they check every 3 hours, with a five minute budget per check. You can watch progress live from the dashboard, and any run can be paused, resumed, or cancelled at any point.

What types of businesses use Beanie?

Beanie is built for small B2B teams (2 to 10 people) and solo founders who sell to people that discuss their problems openly online. It works especially well for SaaS companies, digital agencies, and consultants whose ideal customers seek advice in online communities, which covers most B2B categories.

Yes. Beanie uses row-level security (RLS) so each user can only access their own data. All data is stored in a Supabase-managed PostgreSQL database with encryption at rest and in transit. No lead data is shared or visible across accounts.

How do I set up my first Beanie campaign?

Create a free account, then describe what you sell in one or two sentences on the campaign setup screen. Beanie uses that description to generate a targeting profile and keyword set automatically. Click Launch campaign, choose how many leads to collect, and the scan starts immediately, with results appearing in the dashboard as they are found rather than all at once at the end. A run stops after ten minutes whatever it has found. No manual keyword research, no community selection, and no configuration is required.

How does Beanie score intent on Reddit posts?

Beanie uses two AI models in sequence. The first model is product-aware: it reads your product description and discards posts that are off-topic, even if they contain matching keywords. The second model grades the surviving posts from 6 to 10 for buying intent, weighing signals such as active comparison, named alternatives, and urgency. Nothing scores below 6, because an irrelevant post is discarded by the first model rather than given a low grade. Only posts that pass both gates reach your dashboard.

What score does a lead need to be saved to my dashboard?

Posts scoring 6 or above are delivered to your dashboard as leads immediately, priced by score band. Off-topic posts are discarded by the relevance gate before they are ever scored, and only a small scan fee is charged. You can also filter your dashboard to show only leads above a higher score, such as 9.

What is the difference between a passive match and a buying signal?

A passive match (score 6) is a post where someone describes the problem but has not asked anything about solving it. A buying signal (score 9 to 10) is a post where someone is actively comparing options, naming tools they have already tried, asking about pricing, or describing an urgent deadline. Buying signals convert at a significantly higher rate and are priced accordingly at 1,750 credits versus 300 credits for a passive match.

Can I adjust the intent scoring threshold in Beanie?

You cannot change the scoring model itself, but you can filter your lead dashboard to show only posts above any score you choose, on any plan. Every post that clears the relevance gate is scored and saved starting at 6, so there is no separate minimum-score dial on real-time campaigns to turn.

Methodology

How Beanie scores intent

Not every post that mentions your niche is a lead. Beanie uses two AI models in sequence to separate noise from signal.

The two-AI system

AI #1 · Product gate

The first model reads your product description and evaluates whether a post is genuinely relevant to what you sell. Posts that match keywords but describe a different problem are discarded here. A discarded post costs at most the 1 credit scan fee, and if a run saves no leads at all, the entire run is free.

AI #2 · Intent grader

The second model grades the surviving posts from 6 to 10. It weighs signals like active comparison, named alternatives, and urgency. The score reflects how ready the person is to act. Nothing scores below 6, because an irrelevant post is discarded by the first model rather than given a low grade.

Score bands

Each band has a defined meaning and a corresponding credit cost. You only pay for posts that pass both AI gates.

Off-topic

Not relevant

The post is not the same category, not the poster's own situation, or the poster is offering a solution rather than needing one. Discarded before scoring. Only the small scan fee applies.

Passive match

The person describes the problem, however specifically, but hasn't asked anything about solving it. Delivered as a lead at 300 credits.

7–8

Active research

The person has asked a question, requested advice, or compared options. Saved at 1,000 credits. High conversion potential.

9–10

Buying signal

The person is evaluating vendors, naming alternatives they have tried, or asking about pricing. Saved at 1,750 credits. Reply within the hour.

Scoring in practice

An example of the kind of post that clears both gates and reaches your dashboard.

r/projectmanagement9/ 10Buying signal

"We're evaluating project management tools for our 8-person team. Tried Asana and Notion but neither fit our workflow. Any tools that handle async teams well? Bonus if they have a decent API."

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