Lightfeed

What is Lightfeed?

Lightfeed is a web data pipeline tool designed to transform the vastness of the internet into structured, actionable data. It empowers data-driven companies to build scalable web research and enrichment pipelines. Lightfeed automates product tracking, market intelligence, and lead generation by combining web research with premium data sources, delivering industry-leading accuracy.

How does Lightfeed work?

Lightfeed operates by researching across the entire web and enriching the collected data with premium data sources. This process ensures that users receive the most accurate and up-to-date datasets. Users can describe their specific data needs through prompts, allowing Lightfeed to research online and find the required information efficiently.

Key Features:

• Prompt-Based Data Extraction: Simply describe the data you need, and Lightfeed will find it.
• Deep Research and Enrichment: Research entire websites, including subpages, and enrich the data with external premium data sources and search engine results.
• AI Extraction: Utilizes vision-language models to extract data from any website, eliminating the need for manual scraping and maintenance.
• Real-Time Embedding Search Endpoints: Delivers fast and fresh data directly to AI applications.
• Scalable Pipelines and Databases: Build AI-powered workflows and host data in real-time databases with deduplication, custom views, and API access.
• Built-In Value Tracking: Monitor and record data changes in real-time with historical versioning and value comparison.
• Seamless Integration: Integrate with existing tools and workflows through API, email, webhooks, Zapier, and Shopify.

Lightfeed Integrations

• API: Simple integration using Node / Python SDKs or REST API.
• Email: Automated email alerts on new data or changes.
• Webhooks: Real-time data updates sent to your API endpoints.
• Zapier: No-code workflows with 7000+ app integrations.

Why Choose Lightfeed?

Lightfeed stands out from traditional web scrapers due to its AI-powered extraction capabilities and comprehensive data enrichment. It eliminates the need for manual scraping and maintenance, saving time and resources. The platform also offers real-time data updates, ensuring that users always have access to the most current information.

Who is Lightfeed for?

Lightfeed is designed for data-driven companies that need to extract, enrich, and track web data at scale. It is particularly useful for:

• Product Tracking: Monitor product information, pricing, and availability across multiple websites.
• Market Intelligence: Gather insights on competitors, industry trends, and market dynamics.
• Lead Generation: Extract contact information and other relevant data for potential leads.
• AI Application Development: Provide AI applications with fast and fresh data for real-time analysis and decision-making.

How to use Lightfeed?

1. Prompt: Describe what you need to extract, for example: Extract a list of B2B companies, including their name, description, website. From their website, find their pricing and contact email.
2. Setup: Configure the data and integration to your systems.
3. Automate: Automate the entire process for the most up-to-date data.

Example use case:

To research startups in the legal space from YC Directory, simply prompt Lightfeed to extract their name, description, web page, founder's LinkedIn, and latest news.

Data Protection

Lightfeed prioritizes security and privacy. The platform does not use user data to train AI models, maintains strict data boundaries, and secures all data in transit with TLS encryption protocols. Tenant isolation architecture ensures complete separation between user environments.

Lightfeed Pricing

Lightfeed offers credit-based pricing. Contact sales for enterprise plans.

Frequently Asked Questions about Lightfeed

• How does credit-based pricing work?
• How does Lightfeed's extraction process work?
• What websites can I extract data from?
• Why does Lightfeed automatically work with all website layouts, even when they change?
• Can I schedule automatic extractions?
• Can I access my extracted data via API?
• How can I receive updates and integrate Lightfeed with my existing tools?
• What makes Lightfeed different from traditional web scrapers?
• Can I try Lightfeed before committing to a plan?
• How can I get support if I need help?