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Meltwater Social Listening vs Social Searcher
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.
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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.
Visit Meltwater Social Listening 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.
Visit Social SearcherThe facts
| Meltwater Social Listening | Social Searcher | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Android, API, iPhone, Web | Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Free or on request | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Maker | Meltwater Social Listening | Social Searcher |
| Website | meltwater.com | social-searcher.com |
| On social media listening software | #20 of 87 | #5 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.
Social Searcher: what it does well
- Covers ten listed social networks
- Search includes images and hashtags
- Filters and ordering include date and relevance
- Email and RSS alerts are listed
- No registration is required for searches
What to know first
- Free plan lists 100 searches per day
- Free plan allows one monitoring
- Uses publicly indexed data
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