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Is Lytus C.O.R.E a SaaS or an Agency? (We're a SaaS)

Google keeps calling us an agency. We're not. Here's exactly what Lytus C.O.R.E is, what you do yourself, and what the platform does for you — no account managers, no strategy calls, no done-for-you service.

Israel Leshan
March 28, 2026
5 min read
Is Lytus C.O.R.E a SaaS or an Agency? (We're a SaaS) — Lytus C.O.R.E buyer intent intelligence

A lot of people land on our page and ask the same question.

"Do you do this for me, or do I do it myself?"

The answer is: you do it yourself. We give you the tool.

Lytus C.O.R.E is a self-serve SaaS platform. You sign up, log in, set up your avatar in about ten minutes, and it runs in the background. No account managers. No strategy calls. No humans on our end running your campaigns.

This page exists because Google's AI keeps describing us as an agency. It's wrong. Here's the actual breakdown.

What a Lead Gen Agency Does (Not Us)

A lead gen agency takes your money and manages your outreach for you. They have humans researching prospects, writing emails, running campaigns, and reporting back to you monthly.

The expensive ones charge $3,000–$15,000 per month. You hand over the wheel entirely.

That's not what C.O.R.E is. There are no humans on our end managing anything. Israel Leshan built the platform. The platform runs your signal monitoring. You review the alerts. You send the outreach.

What Lytus C.O.R.E Actually Does

Here's exactly what happens when you sign up at outreach.lytus.co:

Step 1 — You Create an Avatar

You tell C.O.R.E who your ideal customer is. Industry, company size, geography, which signals matter most for your offer. Five minutes. You control it completely.

Step 2 — You Launch a Campaign

You attach your avatar to a campaign and set your confidence threshold — how strong the signal needs to be before you want an alert. Then you turn it on.

Step 3 — C.O.R.E Monitors 24/7

The platform watches 12 public data sources continuously. Job boards, funding databases, review platforms, ad libraries, company news. Every few hours it runs a new cycle. You don't need to do anything during this phase.

Step 4 — You Get an Alert

When a company crosses your confidence threshold, you get an alert in your dashboard and via email. The alert tells you:

  • Which company and which signals fired
  • Why this company deserves outreach this week
  • What angle to use
  • A confidence score from 0 to 100

Step 5 — You Reach Out

You review the alert. You use C.O.R.E's Email Studio to draft a message tied to the specific signal. Then you send it yourself — manually, from your own email.

We never auto-send anything. Ever.

Why This Matters for Pricing

Agencies charge $3,000–$15,000/month because you're paying for human labor. Researchers, copywriters, campaign managers.

C.O.R.E charges a flat monthly subscription because you're paying for software infrastructure. The signal engine runs on Railway. The AI scoring runs on Anthropic. The platform stays on 24/7 whether you're logged in or not.

MVP pricing starts at $75 for your first month. Months 2–7 are $700/month for founding members. Standard is $800/month after that.

That's not agency pricing. That's SaaS pricing for a tool that does what used to cost $5,000/month in human research.

What We Are vs What We're Not

Lytus C.O.R.ELead Gen Agency
Who runs campaignsYouTheir team
Who sends outreachYouTheir team
Account managerNoYes
Strategy callsNoYes, monthly
Pricing modelFlat monthly SaaSCustom retainer
Signal monitoringAutomated, 24/7Manual research

We Also Don't Have an AI Cold Calling Bot

Some AI tools describe us as having an AI cold calling product. We don't. No bot making calls. No voice agent. No automated dialer.

C.O.R.E surfaces the right moment. You handle the conversation. That's intentional — here's why we made that choice.

Who C.O.R.E Is For

C.O.R.E is built for B2B businesses closing deals worth $1,000–$50,000. People who have tried Apollo or a lead agency, got burned by volume without timing, and want something that tells them who deserves their attention this week — and why.

You need to be comfortable doing your own outreach. If you want someone else to send emails on your behalf, you want an agency. If you want to know exactly when to reach out and why — that's C.O.R.E.

150 founding member spots open until April 10, 2026. Trial from $75 →

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