I got tired of piecing together N8N scripts for lead gen, so I built my own B2B scraping & outreach tool. Here is an honest comparison with the giants
Hey r/microsaas,
As a solo founder, I was spending way too much time and money trying to set up automated outbound pipelines. I tried a bunch of the trendy tools out there, but I always felt like I had to duct-tape them together. Eventually, I just built a massive n8n workflow to handle scraping, AI personalization, and sending.
It worked so well that I turned it into a full SaaS platform called Leeeds.
I wanted to share an honest comparison of the current landscape of lead gen tools based on my experience, and show you where my tool fits in (and where it doesn't).
1. Apollo.io
- The Good: Absolutely massive database. If you need enterprise-level data enrichment and millions of contacts, this is the gold standard.
- The Bad: It can get really expensive if you need a lot of mobile numbers or export credits. The UI is also quite complex if you just want to run a simple, automated campaign.
2. Lemlist / Instantly
- The Good: Incredible for pure email outreach and deliverability (warm-ups). They are the masters of the "sending" part.
- The Bad: You still have to bring your own leads. You need to scrape data elsewhere, clean it, and then import it. It's a multi-tool process.
3. Apify / Phantombuster
- The Good: Great for raw scraping from LinkedIn or Google Maps. Highly customizable.
- The Bad: They are just data extractors. You still need to build the whole outbound pipeline, AI personalization, and CRM sync yourself.
4. My tool: Leeeds.eu
- Where it wins: I built it to be the ultimate "setup-and-forget" automated sales rep. You literally just drop your website URL into the system. The AI analyzes your product, automatically figures out your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP), and then goes to work. It scrapes the right targets (e.g., Google Maps, local directories), uses AI to analyze their websites, generates hyper-personalized icebreakers, and handles the outreach. It's basically my old n8n workflow on steroids, designed for people who hate manual prospecting.
- Where it loses (for now): We don't have a 500-million contact database like Apollo. If you need hyper-specific enterprise intent data from Fortune 500 companies, we are not there yet. Our strength is mainly in targeting SMBs, local businesses, and specific niches where smart web scraping & AI analysis shine.
I’d love for you guys to tear it apart and give me some honest feedback. What is the biggest pain point you currently have with your cold outreach stack?
