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Brandwatch Listen vs Mentient

Both stand on social media listening software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Brandwatch Listen

Paid APIWeb

Choose Brandwatch Listen if your team needs broad conversation monitoring, sentiment analysis, and alerts across social platforms and the web. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan or guaranteed saved-search access outside your organization’s Social Media Management contract.

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Mentient

Paid Web

Mentient provides monitoring, sentiment review, and alerts in a web interface with clearly tiered limits. Choose a plan based on required brands, mention volume, and historical coverage.

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The facts

	Brandwatch Listen	Mentient
Free plan	No	No
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	API, Web	Web
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Starter: $65 a month
Plans published	1	4
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	brandwatch.com	mentient.io
On social media listening software	#28 of 87	#76 of 87

Brandwatch Listen: what it does well

Covers major social networks and the wider web.
Searches use unlimited queries and 48 Boolean operators.
Saved searches can provide up to a year of data.
Analyzes sentiment in multiple languages.
Email alerts can flag mention changes and negative comments.

What to know first

There is no free plan.
Pricing is available on request.
Quick searches cover only the last month and cannot be revisited, shared, or used for alerts.
Saved-search access depends on the organization’s contract.

Mentient: what it does well

Monitors Reddit, X, websites, and news
Includes sentiment analysis
Sends alerts through email and Slack
Higher plans provide longer or unlimited history
Offers a 3-day trial

What to know first

No free plan
Starter limits history to 30 days
Plans cap brands and monthly mentions
Prices are billed monthly

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