Brand24
by Brand24Brand24 suits businesses, marketers, agencies, and startups that need to monitor online discussion and report on trends.
Free trial From $249 a month, billed yearly AndroidiPhone & iPadWebWindowsMacAPI
Best AI Social Listening Tools 2026
Facts read 19 Sep 2026 – 15 Oct 2026
For monitoring mentions and conversations, compare what sources each tool covers and whether historical data is included. Sentiment analysis and mention limits offer further ways to assess the listening scope. API access may be relevant to connecting data, while team seats indicate the listed collaboration capacity. Check free-plan availability and paid-from pricing as well. Brand24, Determ, and Zignal Labs are among the options shown, alongside dig and KWatch.io. Consider the sources and time span you want to monitor, then weigh the listed access, analysis, and team features against the way your organization handles social listening.
The standings: top 10
| Name | In a line | Record score | Price from | Try it free | Runs on | Facts read |
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| 01 Brand24 | Brand24 suits businesses, marketers, agencies, and startups that need to monitor online discussion and report on trends. | 5.7 | $249 a month, billed yearly | Free trial | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 28 Sep 2026 |
| 02 KWatch.io | KWatch.io may suit teams tracking sales signals, customer feedback, competitor activity, market intelligence, support issues, or campaign impact. | 5.2 | $19 a month | Free plan | Web, API | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 03 dig | 5.0 | $25 a month | Free plan | Web, API | 14 Oct 2026 | |
| 04 Syften | 4.9 | $29.95 a month | Free trial | Web, API | 4 Oct 2026 | |
| 05 BrandMentions | BrandMentions suits businesses and agencies that want to monitor brand visibility, sentiment, and mentions across web and social sources. | 4.8 | $99 a month, billed yearly | Free trial | Web | 28 Sep 2026 |
| 06 Mentionlytics | Mentionlytics suits small businesses, startups, agencies, enterprises, public personas, politicians, nonprofits, and other organizations monitoring online discussion. | 4.8 | $49 a month, billed yearly | Free trial | Web, API | 28 Sep 2026 |
| 07 Awario | Awario may suit businesses or teams that need to follow mentions across social channels, news, and the wider web. | 4.6 | $29 a month, billed yearly | Free trial | Web | 28 Sep 2026 |
| 08 MentionWatch | 4.6 | $29 a month | Free trial | Web | 4 Oct 2026 | |
| 09 Harken | Harken suits indie founders, open-source maintainers, and privacy-conscious teams who want to monitor online mentions in a self-hosted setup. | 4.4 | Free plan | Free plan | Web, Self-hosted | 7 Oct 2026 |
| 10 Octolens | 4.4 | $159 a month, billed yearly | Free trial | Web, API | 3 Oct 2026 |
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KWatch.io
KWatch.io may suit teams tracking sales signals, customer feedback, competitor activity, market intelligence, support issues, or campaign impact.
WebAPI Record5.2 Visit
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dig
WebAPI Record5.0 Visit
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Syften
WebAPI Record4.9 Visit
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BrandMentions
BrandMentions suits businesses and agencies that want to monitor brand visibility, sentiment, and mentions across web and social sources.
Web Record4.8 Visit
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Mentionlytics
WebAPI $49 a month, billed yearly Record4.8 Visit Mentionlytics suits small businesses, startups, agencies, enterprises, public personas, politicians, nonprofits, and other organizations monitoring online discussion.
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Awario
Web $29 a month, billed yearly Record4.6 Visit Awario may suit businesses or teams that need to follow mentions across social channels, news, and the wider web.
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Harken
WebSelf-hosted Free plan Record4.4 Visit Harken suits indie founders, open-source maintainers, and privacy-conscious teams who want to monitor online mentions in a self-hosted setup.
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Social Searcher
Web Free plan Record4.4 Visit Social Searcher suits people looking for public social posts, profiles, images, or hashtags, and organizations monitoring brand mentions.
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Determ
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb €99 a month Record4.3 Visit Determ may suit teams monitoring social networks and news who need sentiment analysis and alerts through several channels.
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Blackbird.AI
WebAPI Free plan Record4.2 Visit It suits enterprise, government, and critical-industry teams in security, communications, public affairs, marketing, or executive leadership.
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Meltwater Social Listening
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+1 — Record4.2 Visit It suits communications and marketing teams that need to monitor conversations across channels and share reporting.
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Synthesio
WebAPI $1,200 a month Record4.2 Visit It suits brands, agencies, and business teams seeking consumer insights from broad online and client-owned data sources.
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OpenMagpie
Self-hosted Free plan Record4.0 Visit It suits people who want to monitor online discussions against natural-language criteria and can self-host software.
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Awshar AI
WebAPI — Record3.9 Visit Awshar AI suits organizations monitoring Indian-language conversations, reputation, competitors, or crises.
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Onclusive Social
Web — Record3.7 Visit Onclusive Social suits marketing, PR, and communications teams that monitor brand conversations and need sentiment, crisis, competitor, or influencer insights.
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Sprinklr Social Listening
WebAPI — Record3.7 Visit Sprinklr Social Listening suits organizations tracking brand conversations, social performance, or emerging crises across multiple channels.
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Brandwatch Listen
WebAPI — Record3.6 Visit It suits social media managers and content marketers who need to monitor brands, products, competitors, and online conversations.
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