NewsWhip Spike vs Streem Social Listen
NewsWhip Spike
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| Figure | NewsWhip Spike | Streem Social Listen |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Media Monitoring Software | 7.6 (#7) | 6.9 (#14) |
| Spec score · Social Media Listening Software | 7.7 (#40) | 7.4 (#60) |
| Access and pricing | The Spike product page directs prospective customers to request a demo; it does not display a price. | The product page prompts visitors to book a demo and does not display a plan price. |
| Founded | NewsWhip was founded by Paul Quigley and Andrew Mullaney in 2011, and Spike launched in 2013. | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland | Sydney, Australia |
| News monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Privacy | NewsWhip states that it collects only public data and does not collect private data about individuals as inputs for its services. | Streem’s privacy policy says the platform is available on desktop, tablet and mobile and describes how it collects, uses and shares personal information. |
| Purpose | NewsWhip Spike combines real-time web and social content feeds with public engagement data to identify and predict content that matters. | Streem Social Listen is described as a social intelligence tool built for communications teams. |
| Security | NewsWhip's terms say it maintains commercially reasonable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to protect personal data. | Streem says personal information is stored primarily in Sydney on systems operated by Google Cloud Services and Amazon Web Services, and that it uses encryption such as SSL when transmitting highly confidential information. |
| Social network coverage | Facebook,Reddit,X,Instagram,YouTube,TikTok | Facebook,X/Twitter,Instagram,YouTube,Reddit,TikTok,Bluesky |
| Social sources | The product page lists Facebook, Reddit, X, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok among its social content sources. | It listens across Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, TikTok, Bluesky and more. |
| Support | NewsWhip lists a Customer Success contact for help with its tools. | Streem says its team includes account managers, media analysts, engineers and product specialists supporting corporate, government and agency clients. |
| Web monitoring | The product page says new articles can be found within minutes and coverage spans every country and language. | Yes |
Plans
In their own words
NewsWhip Spike
NewsWhip Spike has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Streem Social Listen
Streem Social Listen monitors social networks, web content, and news, with sentiment analysis for communications teams. Its stated social coverage includes Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, TikTok, and Bluesky, among others. Users can create social streams, filter material for tailored results, report on relevant mentions, and set notifications based on their preferences. Streem says the combined social and media monitoring view helps teams follow narratives across social and traditional channels and measure reach and sentiment. The related Engage tool can schedule, publish, and report on owned Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram accounts. It includes a collaborative content calendar and authorisation controls so only approved posts go live; channel and post performance reports can be exported as PDFs. The service is aimed at corporate, government, and agency organisations across Australia and New Zealand. Streem was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The product is web-based and paid, with pricing available on request rather than displayed as a plan price. Streem says it tracks audience and journalist responses in real time and connects social activity insights to its Instant Insights dashboards.