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Critical Mention vs Isentia

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

Critical Mention

Paid APIWeb

Choose Critical Mention if your organization needs earned media monitoring across broadcast, online news, social media, or podcasts, with reporting and alerts in one suite. Its paid, quote-based packages may be less suitable if you need a published price before contacting the company.

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Isentia

Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

Isentia combines web, news, and social monitoring with sentiment analysis and push alerts. Pricing is paid and available on request.

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The facts

	Critical Mention	Isentia
Free plan	Not published	Not published
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	API, Web	Android, iPhone, Web
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Not published
Plans published	1	None
Maker	Critical Mention	Isentia
Website	criticalmention.com	isentia.com
On media monitoring software	#7 of 51	#11 of 51

Critical Mention: what it does well

Monitors more than 2,500 television and radio stations worldwide.
Tracks online news across millions of sources and more than 90 languages.
Provides podcast alerts, searchable transcripts, editable clips, and sentiment analysis.
Includes a media contact database with filtering and export.
API partners can access broadcast and podcast content, metadata, and archives.

What to know first

Pricing is available on request.
Search results remain available for up to 26 months after publication.
Social coverage names Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter/X.

Isentia: what it does well

Monitors web and news coverage.
Covers six named social networks.
Includes sentiment analysis.
Push notifications are available.
Offered on web, iOS, and Android.

What to know first

Pricing is available on request.
Pricing model is paid.

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