SolidGigs
Cost: 14-day free trial, then $35/month or $350/year.
Model: broader multi-source external lead curation.
Freelance lead comparison · Last checked September 5, 2026 · Refresh due October 5, 2026
SolidGigs vs IntentPond: broader leads or public-social buyer intent?
Choose SolidGigs when you want broader multi-source freelance opportunity curation. Choose IntentPond when your acquisition strategy specifically values fresh public posts from people describing work they need and you want to handle the outreach yourself.
AlreadyChecked Verdict
No universal winner: choose broader curated opportunities or public-social buyer-intent monitoring.
SolidGigs fits freelancers who want broader multi-source external opportunity discovery. IntentPond fits freelancers whose acquisition strategy specifically values fresh public-social posts describing work needs and who want to handle outreach manually from their own account.
Best for you if… you decide whether broader opportunity coverage or narrower, fresher public-social intent signals are more valuable to your pipeline.
| Choice | Best for | Current cost | Biggest advantage | Important limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broader curation SolidGigs | Freelancers who want broader multi-source external opportunity discovery. | $35/month or $350/year after a 14-day free trial. | Broader opportunity coverage across source types with a predictable subscription. | You still handle pitching, contracts and payments downstream with the original source or client. |
| Public-social intent IntentPond | Freelancers who specifically value fresh public posts from people describing work they need and prefer manual outreach. | Current paid plan is $39/month. The continuing free account opens the first 5 leads with contacts and later opens leads older than 3 days with contacts. | Fresh source posts and contact details for manual outreach, with paid access focused on immediacy rather than broad source coverage. | Lead volume can be zero, filtering is not a safety or conversion guarantee, and current public evidence does not establish annual pricing, refund, renewal, cancellation or proration terms. |
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No universal winner. IntentPond’s current paid plan is $39/month, but its acquisition model is narrower and materially different: public-social buyer-intent posts rather than broad external opportunity curation.
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Current pricing and free access
IntentPond
Paid plan: $39/month on the current public pricing surface.
Free account: first 5 leads open with contacts; the feed/emails continue, and leads older than 3 days open in full with contacts.
Paid advantage: immediate access to contacts/source details while a fresh post is still new.
The free account is not a timed trial
IntentPond’s current public model is a continuing free account, not merely a countdown trial. The first five leads are free with contacts, and older leads open later. We therefore do not describe that as a 7-day, 14-day or other timed paid-plan trial.
IntentPond finds posts; it does not send the pitch for you
IntentPond says it searches public social-media posts, reads and filters them, then sends the source text, contacts and link by email or Telegram. Nothing is posted or messaged on your behalf. You contact the prospective client yourself from your own account.
Lead volume can be zero
The current FAQ explicitly says volume varies by trade, language and week and that a quiet week can bring none. That is important: provider examples such as six leads in a week are not a minimum delivery promise.
Filtering is useful evidence, not a safety guarantee
IntentPond describes model-based reading plus roughly 70 fixed rejection rules and markets the survivors as real client intent. Those are provider-controlled filtering claims. A public post still does not guarantee identity, payment, legitimacy, exclusivity, reply, project or earnings, so normal client due diligence still matters.
Ignore the ROI arithmetic when choosing
The provider currently illustrates possible economics using example lead volume, conversion and project value, while also saying your numbers will differ. We exclude those assumptions from the verdict. Neither a one-in-ten conversion rate nor any revenue/payback figure is guaranteed.
Billing terms we are not inventing
The fresh public evidence we reviewed establishes the $39/month paid plan and free-account mechanics. It does not establish a current annual price, annual commitment, refund rule, renewal term, subscription cancellation right or proration rule. We leave those unknown rather than filling in gaps.
Which one fits?
Pick SolidGigs when…
You want broader external opportunity discovery across source types and already manage your own pitching, contracts and payments.
Pick IntentPond when…
You specifically want public-social buyer-intent signals, immediate source contacts on the paid plan and manual outreach from your own account.
Can you use both?
Yes, but only if the channels produce meaningfully different pipeline value. Treat IntentPond as a public-social intent stream and SolidGigs as broader external opportunity discovery, then measure overlap, useful leads and conversion before paying for both long term.
Evidence checked
- SolidGigs current public product and Terms pages.
- IntentPond current homepage/pricing/FAQ surface.
- Current IntentPond trade-specific pages for copywriting, design, web development and social media.
AlreadyChecked verdict: No universal winner. SolidGigs fits broader curated opportunity discovery; IntentPond fits public-social buyer-intent monitoring where the freelancer wants to contact prospects manually and accepts variable lead volume.