Reddit Lead-Gen for B2B SaaS Founders
Watch the subreddits your buyers live in. Reply once. Convert warm leads instead of cold-emailing strangers.
The problem
Cold outreach for indie B2B SaaS is brutal. Your reply rates are 1-3%, your domain reputation is fragile, and your competitors are bidding on the same keywords. Meanwhile, on Reddit, your buyers are asking — in plain English, in public — for the exact thing you sell. They just don't know you exist yet.
Most founders manually scroll r/SaaS or r/Entrepreneur a few times a week, miss most threads, and never reply because they're afraid of being self-promotional. Mentionly fixes both: it surfaces every relevant thread within minutes, and helpful (non-spammy) replies on Reddit convert at 5-15% — multiples of cold email.
How Mentionly solves it
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Pick the 5-15 keywords your buyer actually types (your category, your competitors, the pain phrase).
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We watch every relevant subreddit and surface threads to your inbox within minutes.
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Reply once, helpfully — most threads convert into a DM, a signup, or a 30-min call.
Concrete example
Recent matches
r/SaaS — “Looking for a $39 DMARC parser, Dmarcian is too pricey” (2h ago)
r/sysadmin — “DMARC reports are unreadable, what do you use?” (5h ago)
r/cybersecurity — “Cheapest DMARC parser for a 1-domain side project?” (1d ago)
r/SaaS — “Looking for a $39 DMARC parser, Dmarcian is too pricey” (2h ago)
r/sysadmin — “DMARC reports are unreadable, what do you use?” (5h ago)
r/cybersecurity — “Cheapest DMARC parser for a 1-domain side project?” (1d ago)
Frequently asked questions
Is replying on Reddit considered spam?
Only if you're spamming. Reddit's rules permit helpful replies that disclose you built the thing. Most subreddit moderators will remove your reply if it's a sales pitch and ignore it if it's actually useful.
How is this different from F5Bot?
F5Bot is free email alerts on keyword matches — minimal UI, no inbox, no triage. Mentionly is the inbox plus context (subreddit, OP karma, comment counts) so you triage warm leads in seconds.
What about Brand24 / Mention.com?
Both start at $69-$179/mo and target agencies. Mentionly is $39/mo for solo founders watching their own ICP.
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