Leadfeeder vs Cite-Met Pulse — the short version
Leadfeeder (now part of Dealfront) is a mature company-level visitor identification tool with solid CRM integrations. Its limits: it identifies the company, not the person; it doesn't capture leads; your data lives in their cloud; and post-Dealfront pricing has climbed, with former free users pushed onto paid plans. Cite-Met Pulse adds person-level identification, the full per-visitor journey, and built-in lead capture — self-hosted and managed for you.
Why teams look past Leadfeeder
- →Company-level only: Leadfeeder tells you which company visited, but not the person to actually contact.
- →Price increases: after the Dealfront merger, plans climbed and many legacy free users were moved onto paid tiers.
- →No capture: it reports and pushes to your CRM, but there are no built-in forms or booking to convert on-site.
- →Their cloud: your visitor and lead data lives in Dealfront's platform, not your own database.
- →Volume-metered: paid plans scale by number of identified companies, so cost grows with your traffic.
Leadfeeder vs Cite-Met Pulse, at a glance
| Capability | Leadfeeder | Cite-Met Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Identifies | Company only | Person + company |
| Full per-visitor journey | Not really — a feed of hits | Every page, entry to outcome |
| Built-in lead capture (forms + booking) | No — identification only | Forms + meeting booker included |
| Who owns the data | Their cloud | Self-hosted — your database |
| CRM integrations | Extensive (mature) | Feeds your CRM with named leads |
| Pricing model | Free Lite; paid from ~€99/mo scaling to ~€1,199/mo | Included in $700/mo managed retainer |
| Setup & delivery | Self-serve — you run it | Managed — set up & run for you |
Where Cite-Met Pulse is different
The person, not just the company
Leadfeeder stops at 'Acme Corp visited.' Pulse resolves the actual person the moment they fill a form or open a tracked share link — a contact, not just a logo.
Capture built in
Forms and a meeting booker live in the same embed, so an identified visitor gets booked on-site instead of just synced to a CRM to chase later.
Own your lead data
Self-hosted means your visitor and lead data sits in your own database — never on a vendor's platform, never subject to their next price change.
Full journeys, not just company visits
See the entry page, the pages browsed, the return cadence and intent — the story behind the company, not a line item.
The fair take
What Leadfeeder is genuinely good at
- Reliable company-level identification via reverse-IP, refined over many years.
- Deep CRM and sales-tool integrations (HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce, Slack).
- Dealfront's large European company/contact database on higher tiers.
Who should pick Cite-Met Pulse
Pick Pulse if: You want the person and not just the company, the full journey, and on-site capture — all self-hosted on data you own, managed for you, without cost that climbs every time your traffic does.
Stick with Leadfeeder if: You need mature, self-serve company-level identification wired into an existing sales stack, you're happy managing it, and Dealfront's European database matters to you.
Pricing
Leadfeeder offers a limited free 'Lite' plan (7-day history, ~100 companies) and a paid Website Visitor Identification plan from roughly €99/mo on annual billing, scaling by identified-company volume toward ~€1,199/mo; Dealfront's fuller platform runs higher. Cite-Met Pulse is included with Space & Story's $700/mo managed retainer — person-level identification, journeys, and capture together, on data you own.
Get the whole loop — found → identified → captured → booked
Cite-Met Pulse identifies the companies and people visiting your site, maps their journey, and captures them as booked leads — self-hosted, on data you own, set up and managed for you. Included with Space & Story's $700+/mo AEO retainer.