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BuzzSumo review 50/100 on verified data

BuzzSumo is a social listening tool: Content research and media monitoring tool that indexes articles and social posts, sends alerts on mentions, and includes a journalist database for outreach.

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Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify

BuzzSumo homepage (screenshot)
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026
Score (rank 9 of 13)
50/100
Coverage (6 of 7 criteria)
90%
From, per month
$199
Free plan
No
BuzzSumoFrom $199/moVisit

It works with 5 platforms of the 15 we track: Facebook, TikTok, X (Twitter), YouTube and Reddit.

Paid plans start at $199 per month billed yearly on the Content Creation plan, and there is no free plan, but a free trial.

BuzzSumo has a public API.

In our social listening tools ranking BuzzSumo scores 50/100, rank 9 of 13, based on 6 of 7 criteria (90% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

BuzzSumo at a glance

Each value links the vendor page it was read from and the date we checked it.
Pricing model
Paid only source, Oct 14, 2026
Cheapest paid plan
Content Creation: $199/mo (billed yearly) source, Oct 14, 2026
Free trial
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Platforms
Facebook, TikTok, X (Twitter), YouTube, Reddit
Public API
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

BuzzSumo plans

4 published plans, per month, billed monthly and yearly.

  • Content Creation

    $199per month, billed yearly

    Billed monthly
    Not offered
    Billed yearly
    $199
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    • 1 user

  • PR & Comms

    $299per month, billed yearly

    Billed monthly
    Not offered
    Billed yearly
    $299
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    • 5 users

  • Suite

    $499per month, billed yearly

    Billed monthly
    Not offered
    Billed yearly
    $499
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    • 10 users

  • Enterprise

    $999per month, billed yearly

    Billed monthly
    Not offered
    Billed yearly
    $999
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    • 30 users

Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.

Full BuzzSumo pricing and plan limits

How BuzzSumo scores

The social listening tools scorecard applied to BuzzSumo's verified data: 50/100, rank 9 of 13, based on 6 of 7 criteria.

Score

50/100

Rank #9 of 13

Coverage 90%

6 of 7 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.

Full ranking of social listening toolsHow we score

  1. Entry price

    0/100

    Weight 28%$199/month billed annually on Content Creation; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) source

  2. Free plan or trial

    60/100

    Weight 17%Free trial, no free plan source

  3. Pricing transparency

    100/100

    Weight 11%4 of 4 plans have a public price source

  4. Verified features

    100/100

    Weight 17%2 of 4 tracked features verified: analytics, team access source 1source 2

  5. API, integrations and export

    100/100

    Weight 11%public API source

  6. Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion

    8/100

    Weight 17%$99.67 per user per month on PR & Comms (team of 3, billed annually) source

  7. Platform coveragecategory criterion

    Excluded

    Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.

BuzzSumo features

2 of the 5 features we compare social listening tools on, as BuzzSumo publishes them.
Team access
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

5 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify

BuzzSumo alternatives

The highest-scoring of 18 comparable tools.
Top BuzzSumo alternatives
#ToolScoreCoverageFrom, billed monthlyFrom, billed yearlyFree planPlatformsChecked
1Fedica98/10085%6 of 7 criteria$15/mo$10/moYes, 12 social accounts12Oct 14, 2026
2TrendFynd98/10090%6 of 7 criteria$19/moNot offeredYes7Oct 14, 2026
3Nephia85/10075%5 of 7 criteria$19/moNot offeredYes6Oct 14, 2026
4AIMentionTracker85/10090%6 of 7 criteria$9/moNot offeredNo–Oct 14, 2026
5Promptmonitor82/10075%5 of 7 criteria$29/moNot offeredNo–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.

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Questions, answered from the data

How much does BuzzSumo cost?

Paid plans start at $199 per month billed yearly on the Content Creation plan, according to BuzzSumo's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does BuzzSumo have a free plan?

No: BuzzSumo has no free plan, but a free trial (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Which social platforms does BuzzSumo support?

BuzzSumo supports 5 platforms: Facebook, TikTok, X (Twitter), YouTube and Reddit.

Does BuzzSumo have an API?

Yes, a public API is documented (checked Oct 14, 2026).

How does BuzzSumo score?

In our social listening tools ranking BuzzSumo scores 50/100, rank 9 of 13, based on 6 of 7 criteria (90% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

What are the best BuzzSumo alternatives?

By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are Fedica (98/100), TrendFynd (98/100) and Nephia (85/100).

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Pricing last read Oct 14, 2026. Vendors change prices; the linked page is the final word.