Of the media monitoring tools in our catalogue, Fedica ranks first with 98 out of 100, level with TrendFynd at 98. The criterion that decides the order is entry price: $15/month billed monthly on Publish; $10/month billed annually on Publish (scored on the monthly price).
What media monitoring tools actually cover
The label covers three different kinds of product, and the price gap between them is large. One group tracks brand and keyword mentions across social networks, news, blogs and forums, with alerts, sentiment and reports. A second group is a social media suite where listening is one module, usually on a higher plan. A third group is newer: services that check what AI assistants say about a brand.
Which group you need depends on the question you are asking. A PR team asks who wrote about the brand and where. A social team asks what people are saying and whether it is positive. A founder on a small budget mostly needs an alert when the brand name appears on a few networks. The table below mixes all three, so read the vendor descriptions in the tool notes before reading a score.
One caution about the scores. The scorecard measures price, limits, export, API and the number of social platforms a vendor lists. It does not measure how many news sources a tool indexes or how accurate its sentiment is, and the catalogue cannot verify either. A cheap tool can outrank a deep one, and the entry price of Brand24 ($249 per month) shows why the dedicated monitoring tools sit lower in the order.
How we picked
Monitoring is a recurring cost, so the criteria weight what you pay per user for a small team and how many networks a vendor says it covers, on top of the criteria every category shares: limits, getting your data out, lock-in and API. See how we score for the formulas and for what happens when a value is missing.
Every one of the 19 social listening tools we looked at is scored by the same 7 criteria (scorecard version 1), each from the vendor's own pricing page, docs or changelog. 13 had enough verified data to be ranked. A criterion without verified data is left out and the remaining weights are re-normalised; under 60% of the weight covered means the tool is not ranked.
| Criterion | Weight | Type | What we measure and how |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | Core | Price per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other social listening tools on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).Formula: Log scale. Billed monthly: $15/month or less = 100, $249 or more = 0. Only billed annually: $5/month or less = 100, $59 or more = 0. Only free plans = 100. Usage-priced and one-time plans are not scored. |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | Core | Whether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.Formula: Free plan = 100. No free plan but a free trial = 60. The pricing page lists plans but shows neither = 0. No plans read = not scored. |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | Core | How much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.Formula: 80 x (plans with a public price / plans listed) + 20 x (public plans, up to 3) / 3. No plans read = not scored. |
| Verified features | 15% | Core | How many of the 4 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (analytics, team access, templates, ai assistant). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Formula: Linear: verified features / 2 (half the tracked list) x 100, capped at 100. No tracked feature verified = not scored. |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | Core | Whether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.Formula: Average of the parts with data: public API yes = 100, no = 0; integrations on a log scale (100 or more = 100); a documented data export = 100. None verified = not scored. |
| Cost per user (team of 3) | 15% | Category | Monthly price per user for a team of 3, on the cheapest paid plan that is priced per seat or states room for at least 3 users.Formula: Log scale: $16.33 per user or less = 100, $116 or more = 0. Plans that do not state a user limit are not used. No such plan = not scored. |
| Platform coverage | 10% | Category | How many of the 15 social platforms we track the vendor says the tool supports.Formula: Linear: platforms / 10 x 100, capped at 100. No verified platform list = not scored. |
The ranking
The order is computed from verified vendor data, and each row carries its check date. Tools with too little data are listed without a score. The full list is also on the social listening category page.
| # | Tool | Score | Coverage | From, billed monthly | Free plan | Platforms | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fedica | 98/100 | 85%6 of 7 criteria | $15/mo | Yes, 12 social accounts | 12 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  TrendFynd | 98/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | $19/mo | Yes | 7 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  Nephia | 85/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | $19/mo | Yes | 6 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  AIMentionTracker | 85/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | $9/mo | No | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  Promptmonitor | 82/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | $29/mo | No | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6 |  Clairon AI | 73/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | $49/mo | No | 1 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 7 |  Awario | 64/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | $49/mo | No | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 8 |  Thunzi AI | 51/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | $99/mo | No | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 9 |  BuzzSumo | 50/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | Not offered | No | 5 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 10 |  Brand24 | 47/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | $249/mo | No | 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 11 |  Hootsuite | 46/100 | 100%7 of 7 criteria | Not offered | No | 3 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 12 |  Emplifi | 43/100 | 85%6 of 7 criteria | $1,249/mo | No | 2 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 13 |  YouScan | 33/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | Not offered | No | 1 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Dash Social | Not ranked | 50%4 of 7 criteria | Contact sales | No | 3 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Kolsquare | Not ranked | 50%4 of 7 criteria | Contact sales | No | 5 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  AgentReacher | Not ranked | 35%3 of 7 criteria | – | – | 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Influencity | Not ranked | 25%2 of 7 criteria | – | – | 3 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Podzeus | Not rankedneeds a verified price | 25%2 of 7 criteria | – | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Khoros | Not ranked | 15%1 of 7 criteria | – | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.
Score is 0 to 100 on the category scorecard; coverage is the share of scorecard weight with verified data. Prices are list prices in US dollars from each vendor's pricing page; the Checked column is the newest date any fact of that tool was verified. 6 listed without a score because under 60% of the weight has verified data. How the score works: methodology.
The tools
Fedica
FedicaRank 1 with a score of 98/100 (based on 6 of 7 criteria, 85% of the scorecard weight verified). Pricing checked Oct 14, 2026.
Scores highest on
- Entry price (100/100): $15/month billed monthly on Publish; $10/month billed annually on Publish (scored on the monthly price)
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
Scores lowest on
- Pricing transparency (84/100): 4 of 5 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales")
- Platform coverage (100/100): 12 of 15 tracked platforms supported
- Cost per user (team of 3): no published data, left out of the total
Full score breakdown with sources
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 29% | 100 | $15/month billed monthly on Publish; $10/month billed annually on Publish (scored on the monthly price) source |
| Free plan or trial | 18% | 100 | Free plan (Free) source |
| Pricing transparency | 12% | 84 | 4 of 5 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") source |
| Verified features | 18% | 100 | 3 of 4 tracked features verified: analytics, team access, ai assistant source |
| API, integrations and export | 12% | 100 | documented data export source |
| Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion | – | Excluded | No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted. |
| Platform coveragecategory criterion | 12% | 100 | 12 of 15 tracked platforms supported source |
| Total | 85% covered6 of 7 criteria | 98/100 | Rank #1 in this category, based on 6 of 7 criteria |
Fedica is a social media dashboard that also lists monitoring and listening, so it fits a team that wants scheduling, audience analytics and some listening in one tool. It leads the table partly on price: the entry plan is $15 per month on Publish. The vendor's sign-up page lists monitoring and listening on the Research plan, which costs $129 per month, so the headline price is not the price of the listening feature.
- Free plan: 12 social accounts, 10 scheduled posts total.
- Platforms listed: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Google Business Profile, Telegram, Mastodon.
- Export: Analytics stats can be exported.
TrendFynd
TrendFyndRank 2 with a score of 98/100 (based on 6 of 7 criteria, 90% of the scorecard weight verified). Pricing checked Oct 14, 2026.
Scores highest on
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- Verified features (100/100): 3 of 4 tracked features verified: analytics, team access, ai assistant
Scores lowest on
- Entry price (92/100): $19/month billed monthly on Starter (scored on the monthly price)
- API, integrations and export (100/100): documented data export
- Platform coverage: no published data, left out of the total
Full score breakdown with sources
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 28% | 92 | $19/month billed monthly on Starter (scored on the monthly price) source |
| Free plan or trial | 17% | 100 | Free plan (Free) source |
| Pricing transparency | 11% | 100 | 4 of 4 plans have a public price source |
| Verified features | 17% | 100 | 3 of 4 tracked features verified: analytics, team access, ai assistant source |
| API, integrations and export | 11% | 100 | documented data export source |
| Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion | 17% | 100 | $16.33 per user per month on Growth (team of 3, billed monthly) source |
| Platform coveragecategory criterion | – | Excluded | No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted. |
| Total | 90% covered6 of 7 criteria | 98/100 | Rank #2 in this category, based on 6 of 7 criteria |
TrendFynd describes itself as a brand monitoring and trend discovery platform, which makes it a fit for a creator or small team that wants mention alerts and content ideas from trending videos. Its entry price is low: the Starter plan is $19 per month, level with Nephia at $19 per month, and a free plan is listed as Yes.
The platform list is social, not editorial: Instagram, TikTok, X (Twitter), YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Reddit. If your monitoring job is news coverage, check the vendor's source list before you rely on it.
- Plan steps: Growth at $49 per month and Pro at $99 per month, with 10 users on Pro.
- Export: Reports; full exports on the Pro plan.
Nephia
NephiaRank 3 with a score of 85/100 (based on 5 of 7 criteria, 75% of the scorecard weight verified). Pricing checked Oct 14, 2026.
Scores highest on
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- API, integrations and export (100/100): public API
Scores lowest on
- Verified features (50/100): 1 of 4 tracked features verified: ai assistant
- Pricing transparency (84/100): 4 of 5 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales")
- Cost per user (team of 3): no published data, left out of the total
- Platform coverage: no published data, left out of the total
Full score breakdown with sources
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 33% | 92 | $19/month billed monthly on Solo (scored on the monthly price) source |
| Free plan or trial | 20% | 100 | Free plan (Free) source |
| Pricing transparency | 13% | 84 | 4 of 5 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") source |
| Verified features | 20% | 50 | 1 of 4 tracked features verified: ai assistant source |
| API, integrations and export | 13% | 100 | public API source |
| Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion | – | Excluded | No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted. |
| Platform coveragecategory criterion | – | Excluded | No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted. |
| Total | 75% covered5 of 7 criteria | 85/100 | Rank #3 in this category, based on 5 of 7 criteria |
Nephia is a narrow service: it checks sources such as X and Reddit for brand mentions, classifies them with AI and delivers them through Slack, webhooks and an API. It suits a developer or a small startup that wants mentions pushed into the tools it already uses, not a dashboard for a PR team.
- Free plan: Yes; first paid plan Solo at $19 per month.
- API: Yes; platforms listed: TikTok, X (Twitter), YouTube, Bluesky, Reddit, Mastodon.
Awario
AwarioRank 7 with a score of 64/100 (based on 6 of 7 criteria, 90% of the scorecard weight verified). Pricing checked Oct 14, 2026.
Scores highest on
- Pricing transparency (100/100): 3 of 3 plans have a public price
- API, integrations and export (100/100): public API, documented data export
Scores lowest on
- Cost per user (team of 3) (43/100): $49.67 per user per month on Pro (team of 3, billed monthly)
- Verified features (50/100): 1 of 4 tracked features verified: team access
- Platform coverage: no published data, left out of the total
Full score breakdown with sources
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 28% | 58 | $49/month billed monthly on Starter; $29/month billed annually on Starter (scored on the monthly price) source |
| Free plan or trial | 17% | 60 | Free trial, no free plan source |
| Pricing transparency | 11% | 100 | 3 of 3 plans have a public price source |
| Verified features | 17% | 50 | 1 of 4 tracked features verified: team access source |
| API, integrations and export | 11% | 100 | public API, documented data export source |
| Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion | 17% | 43 | $49.67 per user per month on Pro (team of 3, billed monthly) source |
| Platform coveragecategory criterion | – | Excluded | No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted. |
| Total | 90% covered6 of 7 criteria | 64/100 | Rank #7 in this category, based on 6 of 7 criteria |
Awario is a brand monitoring tool whose vendor description covers social networks, news, blogs, forums and the web, with boolean search and reports. That is the closest match in this list to the classic idea of media monitoring, and it also lists a clear export statement.
The Starter plan costs $49 per month ($29 per month, billed annually) for 1 user, and Pro lists 10 users at $149 per month. It has no free plan, only a trial.
- Export: Mentions as CSV files; reports as PDF files.
- API: Yes; trial: Free trial.
- Free plan: No.
BuzzSumo
BuzzSumoRank 9 with a score of 50/100 (based on 6 of 7 criteria, 90% of the scorecard weight verified). Pricing checked Oct 14, 2026.
Scores highest on
- Verified features (100/100): 2 of 4 tracked features verified: analytics, team access
- Pricing transparency (100/100): 4 of 4 plans have a public price
Scores lowest on
- Entry price (0/100): $199/month billed annually on Content Creation; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices)
- Cost per user (team of 3) (8/100): $99.67 per user per month on PR & Comms (team of 3, billed annually)
- Platform coverage: no published data, left out of the total
Full score breakdown with sources
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 28% | 0 | $199/month billed annually on Content Creation; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) source |
| Free plan or trial | 17% | 60 | Free trial, no free plan source |
| Pricing transparency | 11% | 100 | 4 of 4 plans have a public price source |
| Verified features | 17% | 100 | 2 of 4 tracked features verified: analytics, team access source 1source 2 |
| API, integrations and export | 11% | 100 | public API source |
| Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion | 17% | 8 | $99.67 per user per month on PR & Comms (team of 3, billed annually) source |
| Platform coveragecategory criterion | – | Excluded | No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted. |
| Total | 90% covered6 of 7 criteria | 50/100 | Rank #9 in this category, based on 6 of 7 criteria |
BuzzSumo is content research and media monitoring in one product: the vendor describes an index of articles and social posts, alerts on mentions and a journalist database for outreach. That mix suits a PR or content team that pitches journalists as well as watching coverage.
It is priced like a team tool. The lowest plan, Content Creation, is $199 per month, and the plans step up to $499 per month on Suite.
- Users on the entry plan: 1; on PR & Comms: 5.
- API: Yes; trial: Free trial.
Brand24
Brand24Rank 10 with a score of 47/100 (based on 6 of 7 criteria, 90% of the scorecard weight verified). Pricing checked Oct 14, 2026.
Scores highest on
- Verified features (100/100): 3 of 4 tracked features verified: analytics, team access, ai assistant
- API, integrations and export (100/100): public API
Scores lowest on
- Cost per user (team of 3) (0/100): $116 per user per month on Team (team of 3, billed monthly)
- Entry price (0/100): $249/month billed monthly on Individual; $199/month billed annually on Individual (scored on the monthly price)
- Platform coverage: no published data, left out of the total
Full score breakdown with sources
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 28% | 0 | $249/month billed monthly on Individual; $199/month billed annually on Individual (scored on the monthly price) source |
| Free plan or trial | 17% | 60 | Free trial (14 days), no free plan source |
| Pricing transparency | 11% | 84 | 4 of 5 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") source |
| Verified features | 17% | 100 | 3 of 4 tracked features verified: analytics, team access, ai assistant source |
| API, integrations and export | 11% | 100 | public API source |
| Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion | 17% | 0 | $116 per user per month on Team (team of 3, billed monthly) source |
| Platform coveragecategory criterion | – | Excluded | No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted. |
| Total | 90% covered6 of 7 criteria | 47/100 | Rank #10 in this category, based on 6 of 7 criteria |
Brand24 is an AI-assisted listening tool that collects online mentions with sentiment analysis, reach metrics, alerts and reports. It lists the longest platform list of the dedicated monitoring tools profiled here: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, Reddit, Telegram.
The cost is the trade-off. The Individual plan is $249 per month ($199 per month, billed annually) and the entry plan is limited to 1 user. The Team plan, $349 per month, is where user limits are lifted.
- Trial: 14-day free trial; free plan: No.
- API: Yes; no export statement is verified.
YouScan
YouScanRank 13 with a score of 33/100 (based on 6 of 7 criteria, 90% of the scorecard weight verified). Pricing checked Oct 14, 2026.
Scores highest on
- Verified features (100/100): 3 of 4 tracked features verified: analytics, team access, ai assistant
- API, integrations and export (100/100): public API, documented data export
Scores lowest on
- Cost per user (team of 3) (0/100): $166 per user per month on Starter (team of 3, billed annually)
- Free plan or trial (0/100): No free plan or free trial shown on the pricing page
- Platform coverage: no published data, left out of the total
Full score breakdown with sources
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 28% | 0 | $499/month billed annually on Starter; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) source |
| Free plan or trial | 17% | 0 | No free plan or free trial shown on the pricing page source |
| Pricing transparency | 11% | 47 | 1 of 2 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") source |
| Verified features | 17% | 100 | 3 of 4 tracked features verified: analytics, team access, ai assistant source |
| API, integrations and export | 11% | 100 | public API, documented data export source |
| Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion | 17% | 0 | $166 per user per month on Starter (team of 3, billed annually) source |
| Platform coveragecategory criterion | – | Excluded | No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted. |
| Total | 90% covered6 of 7 criteria | 33/100 | Rank #13 in this category, based on 6 of 7 criteria |
YouScan analyzes text and image mentions from social media, blogs, forums and news, with an AI assistant for questions about the data. It has the highest entry price of the tools profiled here ($499 per month), so it is a fit for a team with a dedicated analyst budget, not a small business.
- Starter plan: $499 per month, with unlimited users.
- Trial: No free trial; export: data export options on the Unlimited plans.
- API: Yes.
Hootsuite
HootsuiteRank 11 with a score of 46/100 (based on 7 of 7 criteria, 100% of the scorecard weight verified). Pricing checked Oct 14, 2026.
Scores highest on
- Verified features (100/100): 3 of 4 tracked features verified: analytics, team access, ai assistant
- API, integrations and export (100/100): 100 integrations
Scores lowest on
- Entry price (0/100): $99/month per seat billed annually on Standard; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices)
- Cost per user (team of 3) (8/100): $99 per user per month on Standard (team of 3, billed annually)
Full score breakdown with sources
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | 0 | $99/month per seat billed annually on Standard; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) source |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | 60 | Free trial (14 days), no free plan source |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | 80 | 3 of 4 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") source |
| Verified features | 15% | 100 | 3 of 4 tracked features verified: analytics, team access, ai assistant source 1source 2 |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | 100 | 100 integrations source |
| Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion | 15% | 8 | $99 per user per month on Standard (team of 3, billed annually) source |
| Platform coveragecategory criterion | 10% | 30 | 3 of 15 tracked platforms supported source |
| Total | 100% covered7 of 7 criteria | 46/100 | Rank #11 in this category, based on 7 of 7 criteria |
Hootsuite is a social media management suite with listening as one module, alongside scheduling, a shared inbox and competitor tracking. Its listing makes sense if you already run publishing and inbox work in it.
The price is per seat: $99 per seat per month on Standard, so a team of several pays several times that. The catalogue lists 100 integrations.
- Social listening: Yes; competitor analytics: Yes.
- Trial: 14-day free trial; free plan: No.
Who should not pick it
- A PR team that needs news coverage should not choose Nephia: its platform list is TikTok, X (Twitter), YouTube, Bluesky, Reddit, Mastodon, all social networks.
- Anyone who wants a free plan with real monitoring should not pick Awario, Brand24 or BuzzSumo: their free plan is listed as No.
- Small teams on a tight budget should not pick YouScan: its entry plan is $499 per month.
- Teams that need to take their mention history with them should check export before buying Brand24: no export statement is verified for it, while Awario lists Mentions as CSV files; reports as PDF files.
- Teams that only want listening should not buy Hootsuite for it: it prices per seat at $99 per seat per month.
What we did not test
We did not run any of these tools against a real brand. The data comes from vendor pricing and feature pages, so it says what a vendor publishes and what it costs, not how many news sources are indexed, how fast alerts arrive, how accurate sentiment scoring is or how good support is. Those are the things that matter most in monitoring, so use a free plan or trial to check them against your own brand name. For the full list of what we leave out, see what we leave out. If you are choosing a wider tool, see the guide to social media management tools.
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
Frequently asked questions
How much do media monitoring tools cost?
Entry prices range widely. TrendFynd starts at $19 per month on its Starter plan, Awario at $49 per month, Brand24 at $249 per month and YouScan at $499 per month. Prices were read from each vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026.
Is there a free media monitoring tool?
TrendFynd lists a free plan (Yes) and so does Nephia (Yes). Brand24, Awario and BuzzSumo list no free plan, but each offers a trial: 14-day free trial for Brand24.
Can I export my mentions from a monitoring tool?
It depends on the vendor. Awario lists Mentions as CSV files; reports as PDF files, TrendFynd lists Reports; full exports on the Pro plan and YouScan lists data export options on the Unlimited plans. Several tools in the table have no verified export statement.
What is the difference between media monitoring and social listening?
Media monitoring usually means tracking mentions of a brand or topic in news, blogs and forums as well as social networks, while social listening focuses on social posts and sentiment. Many vendors sell both under one product, so read the source list on the vendor's page rather than relying on the label.
Which of the social listening tools ranks first on SaaSHunter?
Fedica has the highest score, 98 out of 100, among the 13 social listening tools with enough verified data to be ranked. Its facts were last checked Oct 14, 2026. Scores are computed from the published scorecard and change when the underlying facts change.
Which social listening tools have a free plan?
3 of the 13 ranked social listening tools list a free plan: Fedica, TrendFynd, Nephia. What the free plan allows differs, so check the limits column before choosing.
What is the lowest starting price among social listening tools?
Among the ranked social listening tools, AIMentionTracker has the lowest paid starting price at $9 per month. Tools charge per seat, per connected account or per workspace, so the units differ and the lowest sticker price is not always the lowest bill for your setup.
How are the social listening tools scored?
Each tool is scored from 0 to 100 on 7 weighted criteria taken from the same scorecard for every tool: entry price, free plan or trial, pricing transparency, verified features, api, integrations and export, cost per user (team of 3), platform coverage. Criteria without verified data are left out and the weights re-normalised; a tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed as not ranked.