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Best Brand Intelligence Software in 2026

Brand intelligence software helps you monitor mentions of a brand across social networks, news and the wider web. These tools can also support sentiment analysis, competitor tracking and reporting through web, API, iOS, Android, macOS or Windows apps.

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    Brand Intel

    Free plan APIWeb

    Choose Brand Intel if your team needs to monitor multiple kinds of sources and analyze sentiment, relevance, and emerging trends in dashboards.

    7.3 Free plan · 30-day trial Visit site
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    Social Searcher

    by Social Searcher
    Free plan Web

    Social Searcher brings social searches and mention monitoring into a web interface, with filtering and several search modes. Note the plan limits alongside the service's uncapped-search description.

    6.6 Free plan · 14-day trial Visit site
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    Brand24

    by Brand24
    Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+3

    Brand24 brings web and social monitoring together with analytics, alerts, and reporting.

    6.5 From $199/mo (annual) · 14-day trial Visit site
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    Truescope

    by Truescope
    Free plan Web

    Truescope combines media monitoring, sentiment analysis, and configurable alert channels.

    6.5 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Awario

    by Awario
    Free trial Web

    Choose Awario to monitor mentions across social networks and broader online sources, with sentiment analysis and in-app follow-up.

    6.1 From $29/mo (annual) · 7-day trial Visit site
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    BrandMentions

    by BrandMentions
    Free trial Web

    BrandMentions combines multi-source monitoring, sentiment analysis, and configurable alerts, with capacity and update frequency varying by plan.

    6.0 From $79/mo (annual) · 7-day trial Visit site
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    Cision

    by Cision
    Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

    Choose Cision if you need news, web, and social monitoring with sentiment analysis and alerts through your preferred listed channel.

    5.9 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Mentionlytics

    by Mentionlytics
    Free trial APIWeb

    Mentionlytics combines broad web and social monitoring with review tracking, analytics and AI features.

    5.9 From $69/mo (annual) · 14-day trial Visit site
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    Agility PR Solutions

    by Agility PR Solutions
    Paid APIWeb

    Choose Agility PR Solutions if you need media monitoring across several channels, with social listening or reporting options.

    5.8 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Determ

    by Determ
    Paid WebiPhoneAndroid

    Determ combines social and news monitoring with sentiment analysis and multiple alert channels.

    5.7 From €99/mo · 5-day trial Visit site
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    Meltwater Social Listening

    by Meltwater Social Listening
    Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

    Choose Meltwater Social Listening if your team needs cross-channel monitoring, competitor analysis, alerts and shareable reporting in one workflow.

    5.7 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Quid (formerly NetBase Quid)

    Free trial APIWeb

    Quid combines broad source coverage with historical data, sentiment analysis, competitor tracking, and alerts. Buyers should note that it is paid and pricing requires a request.

    5.7 Pricing on request · 14-day trial Visit site
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    Keyhole

    Paid APIWeb

    Keyhole combines social listening, analytics, alerts, and reporting across five named platforms. It is now offered within the Muck Rack platform, and prospective customers need to request pricing.

    5.5 Pricing on request · 14-day trial Visit site
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    Infegy Starscape

    by Infegy Starscape
    Paid Web

    Infegy Starscape offers broad channel coverage and tiered historical access for monitoring work. Pulse AI is the clearly priced entry, while higher plans add seats and controls.

    5.4 From $295/mo Visit site
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    Lucidya

    by Lucidya
    Paid APIWeb

    Lucidya combines customer interaction management, social listening, and AI-assisted query handling, with documented APIs and broad channel connections.

    5.4 From $125/user/mo Visit site
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    Muck Rack

    by Muck Rack
    Paid APIWeb

    Choose Muck Rack if your PR work needs journalist discovery, pitching, monitoring and reporting in one workflow. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan or published plan prices.

    5.4 Free plan · pricing on request Visit site
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    ListenFirst

    by ListenFirst
    Paid Web

    ListenFirst brings social measurement, creative analysis, benchmarking, and consulting into one web service.

    5.3 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Zignal Labs

    by Zignal Labs
    Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

    Zignal Labs is focused on turning public and licensed web content into mission-aligned intelligence and alerts.

    5.3 Pricing on request · 14-day trial Visit site
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    NewsWhip Spike

    by NewsWhip Spike
    Paid Web

    NewsWhip Spike brings broad web and social monitoring together with engagement predictions, dashboards, alerts, and digests.

    5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Onclusive Social

    by Onclusive Social
    Paid Web

    Onclusive Social combines network monitoring, sentiment analysis, alerts, and influencer insights for communications work.

    5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Signal AI

    by Signal AI
    Paid APIWeb

    Consider Signal AI if your communications or risk team needs broad external monitoring, real-time alerts or analysis tied to an organizational risk register.

    5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
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    CARMA

    Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

    Choose CARMA if your organization needs media monitoring across several types of coverage, with a choice of automated analytics or added curation.

    5.1 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Pulsar

    by Pulsar
    Paid Web

    Pulsar combines broad social network coverage with web and news monitoring, sentiment analysis, and multiple alert channels. Pricing is on request, and its Enterprise plan has no published tier list.

    5.1 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Radarr

    by Radarr
    Paid Web

    Radarr brings monitoring, engagement, reporting, and publishing into a shared web dashboard.

    5.1 From $126/user/mo (annual) Visit site
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    Sprinklr Social Listening

    by Sprinklr Social Listening
    Paid APIWeb

    Sprinklr Social Listening combines broad channel monitoring with AI analysis, benchmarking, crisis workflows, and reporting tools.

    5.1 Pricing on request Visit site

#1Places #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 on this list can be bought by the makers of the software on it. See the price

Compare the free plan, trial terms and paid starting price before you choose. If reading or changing code matters, check the licence for the tool. Also check data retention, API access and the platforms your team uses.

Questions

Do brand intelligence tools offer free plans?

A free plan is available from items in this category. Check its limits and included features before relying on it.

Can I try brand intelligence software before paying?

Some items offer a free trial. Trial length and access differ, so review the terms for the tool you are considering.

What features should I compare?

Compare free plan, Paid from, social listening, news and web monitoring, sentiment analysis, competitor tracking, data retention and API access.

Which platforms can these tools use?

Platforms represented in this category include web, API, iOS, Android, macOS and Windows. Confirm support for the devices and integrations you need.

Why does data retention matter?

Retention controls how far back you can view brand mentions and trends. Check the period included with your chosen plan.

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