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Best Social Media Monitoring in 2026

These tools let you watch activity across the social networks they support. Use the entries to weigh free access, starting paid prices, alerts, sentiment analysis, history, monitoring queries, and report exports.

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    Harken

    Free plan Self-hostedWeb

    Harken offers self-hosted mention monitoring with local storage, sentiment scoring, and alert options.

    7.2 Free plan Visit site
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    OpenMagpie

    Free plan Self-hosted

    OpenMagpie offers self-hosted conversation matching with inspection records and configurable model endpoints.

    6.8 Free plan Visit site
  3. 3

    Brand24

    by Brand24
    Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+3

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

    6.6 From $199/mo (annual) · 14-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
  5. 5

    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.

    6.2 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.

    6.1 From $79/mo (annual) · 7-day trial 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
  8. 8

    Determ

    by Determ
    Paid WebiPhoneAndroid

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

    5.8 From €99/mo · 5-day trial Visit site
  9. 9

    Octolens

    by Octolens
    Free trial APIWeb

    Octolens combines broad source monitoring with AI filtering and flexible delivery options for B2B technology teams.

    5.8 From $159/mo (annual) · 7-day trial Visit site
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    Brandwatch Listen

    Paid APIWeb

    Choose Brandwatch Listen if your team needs broad conversation monitoring, sentiment analysis, and alerts across social platforms and the web.

    5.7 Pricing on request 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.

    5.6 Pricing on request · 14-day trial Visit site
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    Syften

    by Syften
    Free trial APIWeb

    Syften helps teams find and route public conversations that may signal buying interest, with context for review.

    5.6 From $29.95/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
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    Konnect Insights Social Listening

    by Konnect Insights Social Listening
    Paid APIWeb

    Konnect Insights combines broad conversation coverage with dashboards, alerts and in-platform response workflows. Its paid plans and lack of self-serve trial make a live demo the route to evaluation.

    5.5 From $39/user/mo (annual) 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.

    5.5 From $125/user/mo 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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    Simplify360 Location Reviews

    by Simplify360 Location Reviews
    Free trial Web

    Simplify360 Location Reviews combines multi-location review handling with automated responses, routing, alerts, and analytics.

    5.2 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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    SentiOne Listen

    by SentiOne Listen
    Paid Web

    SentiOne Listen combines broad social coverage with web monitoring, sentiment analysis and news tracking. Buyers should match the plan’s project, history, language and export limits to their needs.

    5.1 From $199/mo 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
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    Synthesio

    by Synthesio
    Paid APIWeb

    Consider Synthesio if its wide source coverage, sentiment analysis, and API access match your requirements.

    5.1 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Talkwalker

    by Talkwalker
    Paid Web

    Talkwalker offers broad social, web, and news monitoring with sentiment analysis and email alerts. Its three paid plans scale results volume, channels, historical data, and governance features.

    4.9 Pricing on request Visit site
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    YouScan

    by YouScan
    Paid Web

    YouScan brings social, web and news monitoring into one web service, with analysis and multiple alert destinations.

    4.9 From $499/mo (annual) Visit site
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    Locobuzz

    Paid iPhoneWeb
    4.6 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

Look for a free plan or trial, the listed starting price, and compatibility with web, API, iOS, Android, self-hosted, or macOS environments. If you need to read or change code, check the software licence before choosing.

Questions

Are free plans available among these tools?

Some entries provide a free plan. Check the individual listing for its terms.

Can I try these tools before paying?

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What platforms are supported?

The listed platform options are web, API, iOS, Android, self-hosted, and macOS.

Which capabilities does the list compare?

Entries are compared by free plan, paid from, supported networks, real-time alerts, sentiment analysis, history retention, monitoring queries, and report exports.

How can I check whether code is open to review?

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How is pricing presented?

Listings can show a paid starting price or say pricing is available on request. Check the individual listing for current terms.

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