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Meltwater Social Listening vs PeakMetrics

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.

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. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan or trial, or cannot work with tailored pricing and a typical 12-month minimum contract.

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PeakMetrics

Paid APIWeb

PeakMetrics combines narrative monitoring, threat detection, configurable scoring, and response guidance across news, social, and open-web sources. Organizations should request tailored commercial and security details before choosing it.

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The facts

	Meltwater Social Listening	PeakMetrics
Free plan	No	No
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Android, API, iPhone, Web	API, Web
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Not published
Plans published	4	None
Maker	Meltwater Social Listening	PeakMetrics
Website	meltwater.com	peakmetrics.com
On social media listening software	#20 of 87	#67 of 87

Meltwater Social Listening: what it does well

Monitors social, news, forum and Reddit conversations together.
Covers a broad set of listed social networks.
Forecasts conversation activity 48 hours ahead.
Alerts can be sent through Slack, Teams, email, SMS or mobile push.
Provides shareable dashboards and exportable reports.

What to know first

There is no free plan or free trial.
Pricing is available on request.
Most partnerships require an annual agreement of at least 12 months.
Complex or enterprise setups may incur a one-time onboarding charge.

PeakMetrics: what it does well

Real-time narrative and threat detection
Coverage across five named social networks
Detection stated for more than 100 languages
Customizable brand risk scoring
Dashboards, alerts, briefings, and API feeds

What to know first

Pricing is available only on request
No free plan is listed
Security documentation is provided by request
Users are advised not to enter sensitive personal information

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