Best Social Media Listening Software in 2026
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When you need to follow conversations about a brand, issue, or topic, listening software can track activity across social networks and other sources. Compared on social network coverage, historical data, sentiment analysis, news monitoring, and web monitoring, the entries outline different monitoring scopes. Alert channels and tracked query limits help clarify how you can keep watch; free-plan availability and paid-from pricing add cost context. Awario, dig, and Social Searcher are among the options. Consider which sources and history are useful to you, and where you need alerts to arrive.
85ranked
8free plans on this page
$19/molowest paid tier
12 Oct 2026last checked
Social Media Listening Software, ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going.13 of 13 products with recorded free access can be tried for free.
- 1 Brand IntelPaid from $39/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 2 AwarioPaid from $29/mo
- Free to practise on: no
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 3 digPaid from $25/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 4 Sprinklr Social Listening
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 5 Social SearcherFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 6 Brand24Paid from $249/mo
- Free to practise on: no
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 7 Isentia
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 8 MentionlyticsPaid from $49/mo
- Free to practise on: no
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 9 TruescopeFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 10 Awshar AI
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 11 Meltwater Social Listening
- Free trial: no
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 12 Cision
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 13 Pulsar
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 14 Muck Rack
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 15 Agility PR Solutions
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 16 dima
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 17 BrandMentionsPaid from $99/mo
- Free to practise on: no
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 18 KWatch.ioPaid from $19/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 19 StalkrPaid from $29/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 20 Brandwatch Listen
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 21 Infegy Atlas
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 22 Synthesio
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 23 BrandMonitoring.ai
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 24 UyariFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 25 MediaLensFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | Paid from | Social network coverage | Web monitoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brand Intel | 8.7 | Yes | Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube | Yes | |
| 2 | Awario | 8.1 | No | $29/mo | X, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, Vimeo | Yes |
| 3 | dig | 8.1 | Yes | $25/mo | ||
| 4 | Sprinklr Social Listening | 8.0 | Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Reddit, Google Business Profile, WhatsApp, LINE, WeChat | Yes | ||
| 5 | Social Searcher | 8.0 | Yes | Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Tumblr, Reddit, Flickr, Dailymotion, VKontakte | Yes | |
| 6 | Brand24 | 8.0 | No | $199/mo | Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Medium, Quora | Yes |
| 7 | Isentia | 7.9 | Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit | Yes | ||
| 8 | Mentionlytics | 7.9 | No | $69/mo | X, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky, Threads | Yes |
| 9 | Truescope | 7.9 | No | Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Weibo, Xiaohongshu | Yes | |
| 10 | Awshar AI | 7.8 | ||||
| 11 | Meltwater Social Listening | 7.7 | No | X, Meta (Facebook and Instagram), YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, Pinterest, Snapchat, Twitch, Discord, Threads, Bluesky, WeChat, Weibo, RED (Xiaohongshu), Douyin, Toutiao, QQ, Bilibili, Youku, Naver, Kakao Talk, LINE | Yes | |
| 12 | Cision | 7.7 | Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky | Yes | ||
| 13 | Pulsar | 7.7 | X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads, Pinterest, Discord, Twitch, Weibo, WeChat, Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Bilibili, Naver, VK | Yes | ||
| 14 | Muck Rack | 7.7 | Yes | X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn | Yes | |
| 15 | Agility PR Solutions | 7.7 | X/Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn, TikTok, Bluesky | Yes | ||
| 16 | dima | 7.7 | TikTok, X, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube | Yes | ||
| 17 | BrandMentions | 7.7 | No | $79/mo | Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky | Yes |
| 18 | KWatch.io | 7.7 | Yes | $19/mo | ||
| 19 | Stalkr | 7.7 | No | $29/mo | X, Reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn | |
| 20 | Brandwatch Listen | 7.6 | X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Tumblr, YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky, QQ | Yes | ||
| 21 | Infegy Atlas | 7.6 | X/Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Pinterest, Facebook, TikTok | Yes | ||
| 22 | Synthesio | 7.5 | ||||
| 23 | BrandMonitoring.ai | 7.5 | Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, TikTok, Reddit, Discord, Twitch, Telegram, WhatsApp | Yes | ||
| 24 | Uyari | 7.5 | No | TikTok, X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Yes | |
| 25 | MediaLens | 7.5 | No | Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Xiaohongshu, LIHKG | Yes |
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