Koala alternative for website intent and LinkedIn signals
Koala shut down on September 30, 2025, after Cursor acquired it. Syft Data identifies the companies and, where it can, the people visiting your website, joins them to who engages with your team's LinkedIn posts, checks each one against your ICP and personas, and sends the ones who fit to Slack, your CRM or your outbound tool.
Works with HubSpot, Salesforce, Attio and Pipedrive.
# website-signals
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- ICP
- Developer tools, 50 to 500 employees
- Persona
- Engineering leader
- Website
- Viewed /docs and /pricing this week
- Reacted to your CTO's post on Monday
Used by teams at
What changed
What happened to Koala
Koala announced on July 18, 2025 that it had agreed to be acquired, and later confirmed the buyer was Cursor. It said all Koala capabilities would sunset on September 30, 2025, that it would refund unused subscription months, and that data not extracted by then would be securely deleted.
Koala pointed its customers to Common Room, which Zoom agreed to acquire in July 2026. If you replaced Koala with a stopgap, or want website and LinkedIn signals in one independent tool, now is the time to compare.
Sources: A new chapter (Koala, July 18, 2025), Koala and Cursor (Koala), TechCrunch, July 18, 2025
Last reviewed
Who should look now
- Developer tools and product-led teams who used Koala for website and product signals
- Teams who moved to Common Room and are reviewing after the Zoom deal
- Teams who want LinkedIn engagement next to website visitors
Switching
How to switch from Koala to Syft Data
Syft Data runs next to what you have, so you can compare it with your current setup before you move anything.
- 1
List what Koala did for you
The alerts your team read, the CRM fields it wrote and the sequences it fed. That list is your setup.
- 2
Add the Syft tag
One script on your site. Data appears about 10 minutes after the tag is live.
- 3
Connect your CRM and Slack
HubSpot, Salesforce, Attio or Pipedrive, so people and activity land on the right records. Alerts reach the channel you choose, with the account owner @mentioned.
- 4
Rebuild the workflows Koala fed
Send matches to Smartlead, Instantly or Apollo, or by webhook to Clay, Zapier or n8n, so your sequences keep running.
Side by side
Syft Data vs Koala
| Syft Data | Koala | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Syft Data: Independent and live. | Koala: Shut down September 30, 2025, after Cursor acquired it. |
| Website visitors | Syft Data: Companies, plus person-level identification of US visitors (add-on), joined to their LinkedIn engagement. | Koala: Companies through Clearbit Reveal. People once they gave an email, or through a separate RB2B account. |
| Syft Data: Reactions and comments on your team's posts, matched to one person. Connection requests and DMs from your own LinkedIn after approval. | Koala: A Chrome extension captured reactions and comments on LinkedIn posts. | |
| CRM | Syft Data: HubSpot, Salesforce, Attio and Pipedrive. | Koala: HubSpot and Salesforce. |
On top of website visitors
What Syft Data adds
See who engages with your team's LinkedIn posts
Reactions and comments on your company posts, exec posts and promoted posts, matched to one person and joined to their website visits.
See which target accounts saw your LinkedIn ads
Connect LinkedIn Ads and Syft shows which companies saw your ads, next to who from those companies engaged with your posts. Pro plan.
Focus on your target accounts
Add your target accounts, or connect a HubSpot list that Syft re-reads every hour. Alerts can then fire only for people at those companies, and a do-not-track list keeps customers and partners out.
Skip people you already know
Syft syncs your LinkedIn connections, leaves out people you are already connected to, and can flag when a lead is connected to someone on your team.
Know who signed up
Syft enriches product signups, including personal emails, and scores each one against your ICP and personas before it alerts sales.
Ask @Syft in Slack
Ask in plain English for a list, an explanation of a motion or a summary of the week, and get the answer in the channel.
Alerts only for people who fit
The usual complaint about signal tools is volume. Many of the people on your site or reacting to your posts are recruiters, students, job seekers or other vendors.
In Syft you describe the companies you sell to (your ICP) and the roles you sell to (your personas). Every visitor and engager is checked against both before anything reaches Slack or your CRM. Everyone else is still recorded, so you can look them up later.
Act on a match from your own account
Syft can send the connection request or the first DM from your LinkedIn, through the extension, using the note you wrote. By default each one waits for your approval in Slack or in the app. You set the daily limit.
If your team already sends from Smartlead or Instantly, send the matches there instead and keep your sequences.
Pricing
Syft Data pricing: two plans, both free for 30 days
Founder Mode
$99 / month
For one person tracking their own LinkedIn.
- One LinkedIn profile
- A scored list of everyone who engages with you
- Job change alerts in Slack
Pro
$500 / month
For a team tracking the website, LinkedIn and target accounts.
- Website visitors joined to LinkedIn activity
- Unlimited LinkedIn profiles
- HubSpot, Salesforce and Attio sync
- Connection requests and DMs from the extension
- Query Syft from Claude or ChatGPT
Customer outcomes
What our customers say about us..
Discover how savviest growth teams accelerate their pipeline with Syft Data
“The biggest win has been how Syft changed the mindset of the team. Outbound is now driven by real buyer behavior, not just a list and a hunch.”
“Being able to make decisions faster has been my biggest win. Syft helped us reduce wasted ad spend by 27% and achieve a 400% return on investment.”
“Syft didn't just improve visibility, it fundamentally changed how effectively we can market and sell. It gives our SDRs clarity, improves sales meetings, and ensures we never miss high-value opportunities.”
Questions Koala users ask
- What happened to Koala?
- Koala announced on July 18, 2025 that it had agreed to be acquired, and later confirmed the buyer was Cursor. Koala said all of its capabilities would sunset on September 30, 2025, that it would refund unused subscription months, and that data not extracted by then would be securely deleted.
- Which alternative did Koala recommend?
- Koala pointed its customers to Common Room. Zoom announced on July 2, 2026 that it would acquire Common Room.
- Does Syft Data identify the people visiting my website?
- Yes, where it can. The Syft tag identifies the companies visiting your site, and person-level identification of US visitors is an add-on. Syft joins each visitor to their LinkedIn activity, so a post engager who reads your pricing page shows up as one person.
- Does Syft Data see who engages with our LinkedIn posts?
- Yes. Syft records reactions and comments on your company posts, exec posts and promoted posts, matches each to one person, and joins them to their website visits.
- Does Syft Data enrich product signups?
- Yes. Syft enriches product signups, including personal emails, and scores each one against your ICP and personas before it alerts sales.
- Which CRMs does it sync with?
- HubSpot, Salesforce, Attio and Pipedrive. Syft creates or updates the contact and company when someone matches.
- Can I keep using Clay, Smartlead or my other tools?
- Yes. Smartlead, Instantly and Apollo are native. Send matches to Clay, Zapier or n8n by webhook, so your sequences stay where they are.
- How long does setup take?
- Add the tag, then connect your CRM and Slack. Data appears about 10 minutes after the tag is live. We can set it up with you on a call.
- How is Syft Data priced?
- Founder Mode is $99 a month for one LinkedIn profile. Pro is $500 a month for unlimited profiles, website visitors and CRM sync. Both are free for 30 days, no credit card.
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See who is on your site and who engages on LinkedIn, in one independent tool.
Free for 30 days. Nothing sends without your approval.