Jamie K. 96% match
Sr. React Eng · YC W22 · SF
ReactTypeScriptYC alumShipped to prod
Source and Email Tech Talent.
Built for Founders and SMBs.
- ✓ 800M+ verified profiles
- ✓ Real emails — straight to their inbox
- ✓ From $34/mo · Monthly · Cancel anytime
Hiring taskFind a React engineer who shipped a real product end-to-end, YC alum, open to remote
Priya R. 92% match
Full-stack · Indie founder · Lisbon
ReactNode0→1
David M. 89% match
React Native · YC W23 · Austin
ReactMobileYC alum
SubjectLoved your react-flow-canvas repo
✨ Personalized by LessieSent
Trusted by 500+ founders making their first 5 to 50 hires
800M+
verified profiles sourced
1,500
emails sent per month, per seat
4 days
avg time-to-first-interview
How Lessie compares.
The tools founders usually reach for are either built for 500-person HR teams or for sales reps. Here's what you actually get instead.
| LinkedIn Recruiter Lite | Recruiting Agency | Lessie Basic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $170 | — | $34 |
| Per-hire cost | — | $12K–$24K | — |
| Outreach per month | 30 | — | 1,500 |
| Direct verified emails | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| AI candidate ranking | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Natural language search | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Setup time | 1–2 weeks | 2–4 weeks | 5 min |
Three steps. Days, not months.
1
Describe who you need
In natural language. No boolean filters, no wishlists.
"Senior React engineer who worked at a YC startup."
2
AI finds and ranks them
Searches 800M+ profiles across LinkedIn, GitHub, and 100+ sources. Ranks by actual fit.
200+ vetted matches in minutes.
3
Lessie emails them in your voice
Lessie reads each candidate's profile and writes a personalized email referencing their actual work — sent from your inbox, with auto follow-ups until they reply.
Straight to their inbox. No copy-paste. No middlemen.
From search to sent.
All in one workflow.
🔍
Natural language search
Just chat with Lessie like a person. Describe the role, edge cases, dealbreakers — Lessie handles non-standard requirements other tools can't parse.
🎯
AI-ranked matching
Every candidate scored on actual fit — skills, seniority, intent to switch, location.
✉️
Verified emails
One click to unlock real emails — sent straight to their work or personal inbox, not platform DMs buried in junk folders.
🤖
AI-written outreach
Personalized outreach in your voice. Send 50–200 emails/day, track replies, follow up auto.
🔄
Multi-source coverage
100+ sources — LinkedIn, GitHub, Stack Overflow, AngelList, and more. One unified candidate profile.
📅
Founder workflow
Calendar integration, interview scheduling, ATS export. Built for solo decision-makers.
Founders who hired without recruiters.
"We were 2 days from signing a $24K agency contract. Tried Lessie instead — sourced 40 candidates that weekend, hired our Senior Backend in 3 weeks."
Sarah K.
Founder, Series A SaaS Startup
Senior Backend Engineer · 3 weeks
"I cancelled LinkedIn Recruiter Lite the day I tried Lessie. Same candidates — but I can actually email them, not pay $5 a pop just to send a single message."
David M.
CTO, Pre-Seed Fintech
First 3 engineers · 5 weeks
"Bootstrapped, non-technical, zero recruiting budget. I described who I needed in a sentence — Lessie ranked 18 engineers and wrote my outreach for me."
Lisa T.
Founder, Bootstrapped DTC Brand
Founding Engineer · 12 days
Simple pricing. Cancel anytime.
Basic
$34/mo
was $39.9
Get StartedBest for your first 5 hires
- 1,000 credits ≈ 500 people
- 50 emails/day
- 1 task at once
- Skills & CLI
- Unlimited conversation
- Unlock email
- Export results
- Email campaigns
- High-frequency search
POPULAR
Pro
$135/mo
was $159
Get StartedBest for hiring 15+ a quarter
- 4,000 credits ≈ 2,000 people
- 100 emails/day
- 3 tasks at once
- Skills & CLI
- Unlimited conversation
- Unlock email
- Export results
- Email campaigns
- High-frequency search
- Early access experimental
Max
$254/mo
was $299
Get StartedBest for hiring 30+ a quarter
- 9,000 credits ≈ 4,500 people
- 200 emails/day
- 5 tasks at once
- Skills & CLI
- Unlimited conversation
- Unlock email
- Export results
- Email campaigns
- High-frequency search
- Early access experimental
All plans: Monthly billing · No annual contracts · No clawback
Common questions.
No. Lessie searches 800M+ profiles across 13 sources (LinkedIn, GitHub, Stack Overflow, AngelList, and more), scores each candidate by fit, and unlocks verified emails. Scrapers give you raw data — Lessie gives you ranked candidates with contact info.
Hunter and Apollo are sales tools — built to find prospects for outbound deals. Lessie is built for hiring: role-specific filters (years of experience, willingness to switch, tech stack), candidate ranking, and outreach templates designed for recruiting, not selling.
That's exactly who Lessie is for. Plain-English search ("React dev who worked at a YC startup") replaces 50 boolean filters. Most of our users are first-time hirers — solo founders, technical co-founders, ops leads.
Each plan includes monthly credits. Sourcing a candidate costs ~2 credits. Unlocking an email costs 1 credit. Sending an outreach email is free. Unused credits roll over for 30 days.
Yes. Monthly billing, no contracts, no clawback. Cancel from your dashboard in 2 clicks. Unlike LinkedIn Recruiter, which locks you into annual commitments.
Plans start at $34/mo for Basic. Billing is monthly via Stripe (credit card required), with no annual contracts and no clawback fees. You can cancel anytime from your dashboard, and unused credits roll over for 30 days.
Yes. Lessie is SOC 2 Type II certified, GDPR and CCPA compliant. We process candidate data per platform terms and never sell your search history.