Syften monitors public conversations for signs of buying intent, including recommendation requests, competitor comparisons, switching discussions, and product-related problems. Its alerts link to the person and conversation, giving teams context to judge what someone said rather than relying on an unexplained account score. It can surface competitor complaints, migration discussions, pricing objections, feature and category questions, and research naming specific products. Sources include the public web, Reddit, Hacker News, X/Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Indie Hackers, Slack communities, Discourse, Stack Exchange, YouTube, GitHub, blogs, forums, newsletters, podcasts, and Product Hunt. Users can set keyword filters and optionally apply AI acceptance rules to reject irrelevant matches. Alerts can go to Slack, email, RSS, API, or webhooks. Entry costs 29.95 USD per month, billed monthly, and includes three community filters, 100 community results per day, one web filter, five web results per day, and a seven-day archive search. There is no free plan, but a 14-day trial requires no credit card. Standard and Syften PRO include API access; Syften PRO also lists MCP support for compatible AI tools. Syften routes public conversations but does not enrich contact records or identify every mention as a lead.
Who it is for
Syften identifies B2B SaaS founders, founder-led sales, product marketers, developer tools, and community teams as a strong fit. It may suit teams looking for relevant public conversations rather than account-level intent data or enterprise ABM orchestration.
What is good
- Alerts link to the person and discussion context.
- Filters can include optional AI acceptance rules.
- Alerts reach Slack, email, RSS, API, or webhooks.
- 14-day trial requires no credit card.
- Syften PRO lists MCP support.
What to know first
- There is no free plan.
- Does not identify anonymous website visitors.
- Does not enrich contact records.
- Historical data is limited.
Verdict
Syften helps teams find and route public conversations that may signal buying interest, with context for review. Its scope does not include contact enrichment, anonymous visitor identification, or enterprise ABM orchestration.
Syften plans and pricing
All plansCompared on social media listening software
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- $29.95/mo
- Source coverage
- Public web, Reddit, Hacker News, X/Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Indie Hackers, Slack communities, Discourse, Stack Overflow, Server Fault, Stack Exchange, YouTube, GitHub, Lobste.rs, Dev.to, podcasts, blogs, forums, newsletters, and Product Hunt
- Sentiment analysis
- No
- Historical data
- limited
- API access
- Yes
