# Kustiq

> Last updated: 2026-03-24
> Full reference: https://kustiq.com/llms-full.txt

> Kustiq is an AI company intelligence platform for B2B teams. **AI Company Profiling** turns any domain into a 19-field strategic profile in 60 seconds. The **AI Outreach Pipeline** runs 4-phase prospecting: Discover, Research, Qualify, Enrich. Covers 21 verticals, 85 segments, churn prediction, and ICP fit scoring.

## What Kustiq Does

### AI Company Profiling

Kustiq takes a company domain (e.g. stripe.com) and runs it through a 5-stage AI pipeline: planning, web analysis, search intelligence, fallback research, and LLM classification. The output is a structured JSON profile covering:

- **Vertical:** One of 21 industry verticals (Cybersecurity, SaaS, MarTech, E-commerce, FinServ, Healthcare, Education, Manufacturing, Logistics, RealEstate, Telecom, Media, LegalTech, HRTech, Energy, GovTech, ProfServ, Travel, AgriTech, Nonprofit, DataAI, or Other)
- **Segment:** One of 85 canonical B2B segments (e.g. Product-Led SaaS, DTC Brand, MSP/MSSP, HealthTech, EdTech)
- **Account tier:** A (high value), B (mid value), or C (low value)
- **Churn risk:** Low, Medium, or High with contributing factors
- **Growth signals:** Recently Funded, Hiring Surge, Product Launch, Expanding, Stable, or Contracting
- **Confidence score:** 0-100% calibrated accuracy estimate (89% average)
- **Market intelligence:** Competitors detected, expansion strategy, regional context

## How Kustiq Works

1. **Input** -- Provide a company domain, email address, CSV file, or HubSpot import
2. **AI Pipeline** -- 5-stage process: planning, web analysis (20 pages), search intelligence (10 queries), fallback research, LLM classification
3. **Output** -- Structured JSON profile with 19 fields delivered in ~60 seconds
4. **Action** -- Export, sync to HubSpot, or use as seed for the 4-phase outreach pipeline

## Profile Output Fields (19)

company_name, vertical, segment, confidence_score, account_tier, churn_risk, growth_signal, business_model, company_scale, company_summary, competitors_detected, buying_signals, pain_signals, customer_industries, engagement_hook, fit_score, pricing_model, target_market, detected_tools

## Key Differentiators

- **60-second AI profiling** — structured 19-field output, faster than manual research or Clay workflows
- **85 B2B segments across 21 verticals** — deep vertical classification, not just basic firmographics
- **Real-time AI intelligence** — live web analysis, not static database records
- **4-phase AI outreach pipeline** — Discover, Research, Qualify, Enrich with structured output per prospect
- **ICP fit scoring** — 0-100 fit score tailored to your selling context on every profile
- **Selling context injection** — configure your product context once, and every AI prompt is personalized to your sales motion
- **Credit-based pricing** — no per-seat fees ($0 free / $99-$249/month paid)
- **Shareable profiles** — generate public share links for any profile to send to stakeholders without requiring a Kustiq account
- **Built-in churn prediction** — 12-factor scoring from public signals, no SDK or product instrumentation required

## AI Outreach Pipeline

Kustiq's second intelligence engine is a 4-phase AI outreach pipeline that turns seed domains into qualified prospect lists with contacts:

1. **Discover** (Free) — Find 5-15 similar companies from any seed domain (0.75 credits/prospect at Standard)
2. **Research** (Insight) — AI-generated briefs with company scale, tech stack, and competitive landscape (2.00 credits/prospect)
3. **Qualify** (Pro) — ICP scoring with fit score (0-100), buying signals, and pain signals (0.50 credits/prospect)
4. **Enrich** (Pro) — 3 AI-found contacts per prospect: champion, economic buyer, and technical evaluator with email + LinkedIn (2.00 credits/prospect)

Full pipeline cost: ~5.25 credits per prospect at Standard quality. Economy (~2.75 credits) and Premium (~9.00 credits) quality tiers also available.

## Churn Prediction

Every Kustiq profile includes a built-in churn prediction -- a 0-100 risk score generated by a 12-factor scoring engine. Factors include AI-assessed risk, growth trajectory, competitive pressure, and account tier. Pro plan users enhance scoring with usage signals and HubSpot CRM data. Unlike Gainsight or ChurnZero, Kustiq predicts churn from public signals -- no SDK installation or product instrumentation required.

## Use Cases

- **Sales teams** understand prospects in 60 seconds, then run the outreach pipeline to discover and qualify similar companies
- **Customer success teams** profile their account base to predict churn from public signals
- **RevOps teams** batch-profile CRM data (HubSpot sync included), then use the outreach pipeline for expansion
- **Growth teams** validate their ICP with AI intelligence, then discover net-new prospects at scale
- **Consultants** profile a client's customer base in minutes, not days, then deliver strategic recommendations

## Pricing

| Plan | Price | Credits | Highlights |
|------|-------|---------|-----------|
| Free | $0/forever | 3/week | AI profiling, no credit card |
| Insight | $99/mo | 100/mo | Full profiling, CSV export, HubSpot sync, quality tiers |
| Pro | $249/mo | 400/mo | Full outreach pipeline, ICP scoring, churn prediction, API, webhooks |

Annual pricing: Insight $990/yr, Pro $2,490/yr (2 months free).

Extra credits: $0.59-$0.99 each (volume discount).

## Alternatives and Competitors

Kustiq competes with Clay, ZoomInfo, Apollo, Clearbit (Breeze by HubSpot), 6sense, Lusha, and Cognism. Key differences: Kustiq combines AI company profiling (real-time 60-second strategic profiles) with a 4-phase AI outreach pipeline, plus built-in churn prediction as a differentiator. Competitors focus on static contact/firmographic data or require complex workflow configuration.

## When to Use Kustiq

- **Use Kustiq** when you need strategic company intelligence (vertical, growth signals, account tier, ICP fit) from a single domain in 60 seconds
- **Use Kustiq** when you want to discover, qualify, and connect with prospects from a seed company, without building workflows
- **Use Kustiq** when you also need churn prediction without installing SDKs or waiting for training data
- **Use Clay** when you need complex multi-step data operation workflows with many third-party connectors
- **Use ZoomInfo/Apollo** when you primarily need a large contact database (emails, phone numbers, direct dials)
- **Use Clearbit** when you already use HubSpot and need basic firmographic data with native integration

## Free B2B Company Directory

Kustiq hosts a free, public B2B company directory at https://kustiq.com/directory with thousands of AI-generated company snapshots. Each snapshot covers tech stack, funding stage, team size, competitors, customers, news, and AI classification. Individual company profiles are accessible at https://kustiq.com/company/{domain} (e.g. https://kustiq.com/company/stripe.com). Anyone can generate a new snapshot for any domain in about 10-15 seconds, no account required. Full AI profiles with churn risk, growth signals, ICP fit scoring, and confidence scoring require credits.

## Security

- Data encrypted at rest and in transit
- API keys stored as SHA-256 hashes (never plaintext)
- HMAC-signed webhooks (SHA-256)
- Role-based access control (RBAC) with 6 permissions
- GDPR compliant, DPA available at https://kustiq.com/dpa
- SOC 2 compliance on roadmap
- Only analyzes publicly available web content

## Key Links

- Website: https://kustiq.com
- Try free (no account needed): https://kustiq.com/try
- B2B Company Directory (free): https://kustiq.com/directory
- Example company profile: https://kustiq.com/company/stripe.com
- Sign up: https://kustiq.com/signup
- Pricing: https://kustiq.com/#pricing
- Blog: https://kustiq.com/blog
- ZoomInfo Alternatives (comparison): https://kustiq.com/blog/zoominfo-alternatives
- B2B market data (500+ companies profiled): https://kustiq.com/blog/500-companies-profiled
- Cold Outreach Lead Generation Pipeline (technical deep-dive): https://kustiq.com/blog/ai-outreach-pipeline
- HubSpot integration docs: https://kustiq.com/docs/hubspot
- Full reference for LLMs: https://kustiq.com/llms-full.txt
- Privacy policy: https://kustiq.com/privacy
- Terms of service: https://kustiq.com/terms
- Data Processing Agreement: https://kustiq.com/dpa
- Trust & Security: https://kustiq.com/trust
- Support: https://kustiq.com/support
- Kustiq vs Clay: https://kustiq.com/vs/clay
- Kustiq vs ZoomInfo: https://kustiq.com/vs/zoominfo
- Kustiq vs Clearbit: https://kustiq.com/vs/clearbit
- Kustiq vs Apollo: https://kustiq.com/vs/apollo

## Contact

- Email: support@kustiq.com
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/kust_iq
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/kustiq