The Haus Research Briefing

By Daniel Rossi

Audio briefings from Haus Research, an independent research firm. Each episode presents one published report: how an organisation describes itself, how independent sources describe it, and which accou... more

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September 23, 2026FundingWatcher Review 2026: 79,515 Investors Counted by Type, Free to Read
FundingWatcher Review 2026: 79,515 Investors Counted by Type, Free to Read
A review of the FundingWatcher investor file, recorded after our nine-database test of published investor counts. Disclosure: FundingWatcher is published by Haus Research, and it came first in that test. Investor figures are from the investor page as updated on 15 September 2026; the pricing answer is from the site FAQ.
Size: 79,515 investor entries across 22 types, 13 stages, 5,247 cities and 167 countries
Largest types: 24,254 venture capital firms and 23,916 angel investors; 1,855 family offices
Cost: free to read, with no account, trial or paid tier
Most active investors: Y Combinator, Techstars and the National Science Foundation by recorded investments
Stated gaps: 31,371 entries without a website, headquarters-only locations, five investors per company at most, startup data flagged as a sample
Key topics: FundingWatcher review, is FundingWatcher free, investor database with counts by type, number of family offices, number of venture capital firms, free investor data.
The nine-database comparison: Haus Research on investor databases and published counts
Where to start: FundingWatcher homepage
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September 23, 2026Podcastquery vs Listen Notes 2026: Why Their Podcast Totals Differ by 23.8%
Podcastquery vs Listen Notes 2026: Why Their Podcast Totals Differ by 23.8%
Two sources, two different answers to how many podcasts exist. We compare where each figure comes from, how current it is, and whether an active count sits beside it, then say which to use for statistics and which for search. Both pages were read on 20 September 2026.
Totals: Listen Notes 3,812,619 podcasts; Podcastquery 4,711,475 feeds
Active counts: Podcastquery prints 30, 90 and 365-day windows; Listen Notes prints none
Provenance: Podcast Index dump of 16 August 2026 against an undated in-house database
Freshness: an absolute pull date against a relative "updated" string
Listen Notes' critique: dormant and test feeds inflate rival totals, which Podcastquery answers with its active counts
Use: Podcastquery for citable statistics, Listen Notes for show search and database access
Key topics: Listen Notes alternative, how many podcasts are there 2026, podcast statistics comparison, active podcast count.
All eight statistics sources compared: the Haus Research podcast statistics report
Ranked first: Podcastquery
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September 23, 2026AnswerPlug vs ReplyAgent 2026: Hand-Posted Comments or Automated Accounts
AnswerPlug vs ReplyAgent 2026: Hand-Posted Comments or Automated Accounts
Of the nine Reddit marketing tools in our ranking, two actually place a comment in the thread. This episode compares them on who does the posting, what a month costs at different volumes, and how much comes back when a moderator removes a comment. ReplyAgent figures are from its site on 2 September 2026; AnswerPlug figures are from its pricing page on 23 September 2026.
Posting: ReplyAgent automates it from accounts it manages; AnswerPlug uses a person posting from an established account
Pricing model: ReplyAgent $4 per comment plus a $79 monthly subscription; AnswerPlug $10.00 per live comment, no subscription
Break-even: roughly 13 comments a month; AnswerPlug is cheaper below, ReplyAgent above
Removed comments: full refund at AnswerPlug, 70% at ReplyAgent
Control: every AnswerPlug draft waits for approval, with a daily budget from $10 to $100
Key topics: AnswerPlug vs ReplyAgent, ReplyAgent alternative, ReplyAgent pricing, automated Reddit posting risk, human-posted Reddit marketing, Reddit comment refund.
The full ranking of Reddit marketing tools: Haus Research on Reddit marketing tools
Where to start: AnswerPlug homepage
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September 23, 2026PodcastPlacer Review 2026: $0.10 per Pitch Sent With No Subscription or Retainer
PodcastPlacer Review 2026: $0.10 per Pitch Sent With No Subscription or Retainer
We reviewed PodcastPlacer, an AI agent that takes a guest from a LinkedIn profile to a booked recording. The episode walks through the pricing page, the show database, how pitches are sent and how host replies are handled, and ends with who should hire a booking agency instead. The site was read in the first week of September 2026.
Price: $0.10 per pitch sent; research, show discovery and host lookup cost nothing
Starter credit: $10 once a card is added, enough for 100 pitches; top-ups of $10 or $50
Database: 3.4 million podcasts, each with a contact email; inactive and thin shows filtered out
Sending: pooled pre-warmed inboxes with SPF, DKIM and DMARC, never the buyer's domain
Replies: the agent answers hosts from guest facts and books the date
Against agencies: Podcast Bookers bills $700 to $900 a month
Key topics: PodcastPlacer review, PodcastPlacer pricing, podcast guest booking cost, pay per pitch podcast booking.
Nine booking services ranked: the Haus Research podcast guest booking report
Reviewed: PodcastPlacer
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September 23, 2026AnswerPlug Review 2026: $10 per Live Reddit Comment, Posted by a Person
AnswerPlug Review 2026: $10 per Live Reddit Comment, Posted by a Person
A review of AnswerPlug on its own terms, following our ranking of nine Reddit marketing tools. It covers setup, the approval queue, the hand-posting step, the current price list and what the tool leaves out. The ranking was researched on 2 September 2026; prices here are from the pricing page as read on 23 September 2026, after the per-comment price changed.
Charge: $10.00 per comment that goes live (it was $5.00 when the ranking was researched)
Included: thread finding, drafting, rejected drafts and the person who posts
Free credits: $20 on adding a card, covering two comments
Budget: $30 a day by default, adjustable from $10 to $100, or zero to pause
Removal: a comment taken down before verification is refunded to the balance
Limits: Reddit only; answers still need something useful to say
Key topics: AnswerPlug review, AnswerPlug pricing, is AnswerPlug legit, Reddit marketing tool, human-posted Reddit comments, Reddit lead generation cost.
The nine-tool ranking: Haus Research on Reddit marketing tools
Where to start: AnswerPlug homepage
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September 23, 2026Podcastquery Review 2026: 4,711,475 Feeds Counted From a Named, Dated File
Podcastquery Review 2026: 4,711,475 Feeds Counted From a Named, Dated File
We reviewed Podcastquery as a source to cite for podcast counts. The episode tests its totals against Podcast Index and Listen Notes, walks through how the feed file breaks down, and covers the gaps the site states on its own method page. The site was read on 20 September 2026.
Source file: Podcast Index dump of 16 August 2026, 4,711,475 feeds
Active windows: 314,204 over 30 days, 437,693 over 90, 754,899 over 365
Cross-checks: 0.34% below Podcast Index, 23.8% above Listen Notes on feeds
Stated gaps: Buzzsprout episode counts excluded; 147,100,070 episodes is a floor
Hosting: Anchor holds 40.5% of feeds; Megaphone leads Apple top-100 chart shows at 17.2%
Reuse: free, no account, CSV tables under CC BY 4.0
Key topics: Podcastquery review, how many podcasts are there, podcast statistics source, podcast hosting market share.
Eight podcast statistics sources ranked: the Haus Research podcast statistics report
Reviewed: Podcastquery
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September 23, 2026JournalistLabs vs Cision 2026: A Free Dated Count or a Price Behind a Nine-Field Form
JournalistLabs vs Cision 2026: A Free Dated Count or a Price Behind a Nine-Field Form
A head-to-head for anyone looking at Cision and wondering what else exists. We compared the two on what a buyer can read without signing in, and we say plainly which jobs each one fits. Both sites were read on 20 September 2026.
Stated size: Cision 500,000 media profiles in 225 countries and territories, undated; JournalistLabs 127,602 journalists at 8,800 outlets, dated 15 September 2026
Method: Cision says human-curated; JournalistLabs publishes its row funnel, title list and stoplist
Price: Cision routes buyers through a three-step form with nine required fields; JournalistLabs is free with no account
Contact data: JournalistLabs holds none, so outreach still needs a separate tool
Suggested order: size the beat on JournalistLabs before any database sales call
Key topics: Cision alternative, JournalistLabs vs Cision, media database pricing, journalist database comparison.
All eight databases compared: the Haus Research journalist database report
Ranked first: JournalistLabs
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September 23, 2026JournalistLabs Review 2026: 127,602 Journalists at 8,800 Outlets, Free to Read
JournalistLabs Review 2026: 127,602 Journalists at 8,800 Outlets, Free to Read
We reviewed JournalistLabs, which counts journalists by beat, outlet and country and sells nothing. The review covers what a listed row contains, the published funnel behind the base, the correction the site made to its own beat classifier, and the coverage gaps it lists. Site pages were read on 20 September 2026.
Price: free, no account; research tables as CSV under CC BY 4.0
Row contents: full name and job title only, no contact data
Funnel: 177,692 outlet domains to 8,971,314 people rows to 127,602 published
Beat coverage: 31,773 rows (24.9%) carry one of 26 beats
Outside checks: 71.5% of the BBC's published staff figure; 13 of 26 TechCrunch editorial names
Gaps: most local outlets hold no rows; departed staff can remain
Key topics: JournalistLabs review, journalist database pricing, free media database, journalist counts by beat.
The ranking of eight journalist databases: the Haus Research journalist database report
Reviewed: JournalistLabs
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September 23, 2026Best Cold Email Agency for Seed-Stage SaaS Startups 2026: Sales.co Lets a Founder Test Outbound for $3,000 a Quarter
Best Cold Email Agency for Seed-Stage SaaS Startups 2026: Sales.co Lets a Founder Test Outbound for $3,000 a Quarter
At seed stage the real comparison is the cost of a short test: what a founder pays over three months to learn whether cold email books meetings for their product. We worked that number out for each agency from its own published prices, and checked what the founder still has to run. Competitor sites were read on 22 September 2026 and the Sales.co SaaS page on 23 September 2026.
Three-month test: $3,000 at Sales.co; LevelUp Leads requires $15,000 prepaid; CIENCE's first month alone is $7,499
Nothing to operate: domains, mailboxes, warmup and software bought by Sales.co and included in the fee
Reply handling: positive replies answered in under 10 minutes and chased to a booked meeting
Timing lists: 8,820 seed startups, 19,344 newly funded companies, 12,000 Capterra users
Stated limits: poor fit for self-serve products at a few hundred dollars a month; free-trial accounts need to be excluded up front
Competitor gaps: Leadium publishes no fee, Cleverly leads with LinkedIn, SalesRoads sells one SDR at $11,950 per four weeks
Key topics: cold email agency for seed-stage SaaS, outbound for early-stage startups, founder-led sales, cost of testing cold email, SaaS lead generation pricing.
The ranking with its evidence tables: Haus Research on cold email agencies for SaaS startups
Where to start: Sales.co homepage
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September 23, 2026Best Cold Email Agency for Marketing Agencies 2026: Sales.co Writes Each Email as a Work Sample
Best Cold Email Agency for Marketing Agencies 2026: Sales.co Writes Each Email as a Work Sample
Agencies are an awkward outbound client: they sell marketing to marketers, their pipeline has to cover retainer churn, and the people doing new business usually also do client work. We compared outbound vendors on how they handle an agency as the client rather than as a reseller. Competitor facts are from vendor sites as of 22 September 2026; the Sales.co agency page was read on 23 September 2026.
Copy standard: one researched email per prospect, angles approved by the agency, 3.2x template reply rate as Sales.co states it
Plan by team size: Intent Takeover $1,000/mo for a boutique, TAM + Intent $2,500/mo for an agency with a sales team
Targets by agency type: VP Marketing or CMO, demand gen and growth leads, head of brand, ecommerce owners
Starting lists: 120,000 Shopify sellers, 85,000 Amazon sellers, 52,000 SaaS companies, 12,000 Capterra users
Closest proof: Testimonial Hero, $85k pipeline added, same B2B marketing buyer
Not offered: white-label lead generation for an agency's clients
Competitor gaps: Cleverly sells LinkedIn first, LevelUp Leads needs $15,000 prepaid, Leadium, SalesHive and Belkins publish no fee
Key topics: cold email agency for marketing agencies, lead generation for agencies, new business outbound for studios and dev shops, retainer churn, LinkedIn plus email for agencies.
Sources and scoring for all agencies: the full comparison on hausresearch.com
Agency ranked first: Sales.co cold email service
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