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Introducing Pounce

We built Pounce because small businesses deserve AI-powered lead response without giving up control of their data.

Every minute you spend not responding to a lead, that lead is looking at your competitor. Studies show responding within 5 minutes makes you 21x more likely to qualify. But when you’re a team of one (or five, or ten), someone’s always asleep, always in a meeting, always busy with another task.

Pounce never sleeps. It connects to your inbox, reads every new inquiry, responds with personalized AI messages, books meetings, and hands off hot prospects to your team — automatically.

Why self-hosted?

We looked at the market. Every “AI lead response” tool is SaaS-only. Your leads — your customers’ names, emails, phone numbers, business details — all sitting on someone else’s server. Subject to their uptime. Their data breaches. Their pricing changes.

We think there’s a better way.

Pounce runs on your server. Your data stays on your infrastructure. No vendor lock-in. No surprise price hikes. No hoping someone else’s database doesn’t get breached.

And because it’s self-hosted, the economics are different. Free tier: 100 leads/month, forever. Starter: $10/month. Pro: $40/month for 5 domains. That’s it.

How it works

  1. Connect your channels. Embed a lead form on your site, or link Gmail or Outlook so Pounce can monitor your inbox for new inquiries.
  2. AI responds to every lead. Drafts personalized replies, detects hot leads, books meetings. You review and approve, or let it handle everything.
  3. You close more deals. Hot leads land in your admin dashboard with full context. Everything else is handled.

What’s included

  • AI lead response — Every inquiry gets an instant, personalized reply
  • Form builder — Create embeddable lead forms in minutes
  • Booking integration — Receives booking events via webhook from Cal.com or Calendly
  • Inbox integration — Gmail and Outlook for receiving leads and tracking replies
  • Sending provider — Resend, SendGrid, or Mailgun for outbound AI emails
  • Multi-user — Invite your team, set roles, collaborate
  • Self-hosted — Your server, your data, your rules

Get started

It takes about 10 minutes to set up Pounce on your own server. Node 20, PostgreSQL, and a domain name — that’s all you need.

Read the self-hosting guide → or sign up for free →

Pounce is in open beta. We’re building in public and would love your feedback. Reach out anytime.

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