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Best Social Media Listening Software in 2026

Following conversations about brands or topics may involve social networks, news, and the wider web. Compare social network coverage with historical data and sentiment analysis, then consider news monitoring and web monitoring for additional source coverage.

  1. 01 Brand Intel
    From $39/mo Free plan Web · API
    9.0 Visit Specs
  2. 02 dig
    From $25/mo Free plan Web · API
    9.0 Visit Specs
  3. 03 Brand24

    Brand24 suits businesses, marketers, agencies, and startups that need to monitor brand, competitor, or topic mentions.

    From $249/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · iOS
    9.0 Visit Specs
  4. 04 Awario

    Awario suits teams tracking online mentions across social, news and web sources.

    From $29/mo Free trial Web
    8.8 Visit Specs
  5. 05 Mentionlytics

    Mentionlytics suits brands, agencies and organizations that need to monitor online conversations and review sources.

    From $49/mo Free trial Web · API
    8.8 Visit Specs
  6. 06 KWatch.io

    KWatch.io suits people tracking social mentions, sales signals, competitor activity, or customer feedback across its supported sources.

    From $19/mo Free plan Web · API
    8.8 Visit Specs
  7. 07 BrandMentions

    It suits businesses and agencies that want to monitor brand mentions across web and social sources.

    From $99/mo Free trial Web
    8.6 Visit Specs
  8. 08 Nexis Newsdesk
    Free trial Web · iOS · Android
    8.5 Visit Specs
  9. 09 Synthesio
    From $0.01/mo Web · API
    8.5 Visit Specs
  10. 10 Emplifi
    From $1,249/mo Web · iOS · Android · API
    8.5 Visit Specs
  11. 11 Meltwater Social Listening

    The listed plans target communications and marketing teams, regional or global brands, and agencies managing multiple clients.

    Web · iOS · Android · API
    8.4 Visit Specs
  12. 12 Social Searcher

    Social Searcher suits people who want to search public social posts and profiles or monitor brand mentions across multiple networks.

    Free plan Web
    8.4 Visit Specs
  13. 13 Ubermetrics Delta
    From €500/mo Free trial Web · API
    8.4 Visit Specs
  14. 14 Konnect Insights Social Listening

    It suits enterprise brand, PR, communications, marketing, and customer-experience teams tracking conversations and acting on alerts.

    From $3.25/mo Web · API
    8.3 Visit Specs
  15. 15 Uyari
    From $39/mo Free plan Web
    8.3 Visit Specs
  16. 16 Sprinklr Social Listening

    Sprinklr Social Listening suits organizations that need broad, real-time monitoring of social and digital conversations.

    Web · API
    8.2 Visit Specs
  17. 17 Cision
    Web · iOS · Android · API
    8.2 Visit Specs
  18. 18 Stalkr
    From $29/mo Free plan Web · API
    8.2 Visit Specs
  19. 19 GetAlert
    From €95/mo Free plan Web
    8.1 Visit Specs
  20. 20 F5Bot
    From $9.08/mo Free plan Web · API
    8.1 Visit Specs
  21. 21 Brandwatch Listen

    It suits social media managers and content marketers who need to monitor brands, products, competitors, and online conversation.

    Web · API
    8.0 Visit Specs
  22. 22 Muck Rack
    Web · API
    8.0 Visit Specs
  23. 23 dima

    dima suits marketing, PR, and brand teams needing Arabic-focused monitoring across regional media and social channels.

    Web · iOS · Android
    8.0 Visit Specs
  24. 24 Media Meter
    Web · API
    8.0 Visit Specs
  25. 25 Cyabra
    Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.0 Visit Specs
How this list is ordered. Specifiction scores each tool on how fully its maker documents it, whether its prices are published, where the research puts it, the platforms it runs on and whether it can be tried for free (how we rank). Makers can also buy a numbered place (how Specifiction is paid for).

Alert channels and tracked query limits indicate other aspects of how monitoring is configured. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing offer cost context. Brand24, Awario, and dig are among the tools to weigh against the sources and topics you need to follow. Consider what history is useful and where you want alerts delivered.

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