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 Brand Intelligence Software 2026
Facts read 19 Sep 2026 – 15 Oct 2026
Tools in this category let teams watch public conversations, news and web coverage, assess sentiment and follow competitors. It serves teams comparing tools for brand, media and market visibility.
The standings: top 10
| Name | In a line | Record score | Price from | Try it free | Runs on | Facts read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Brand Intel | 5.5 | $39 a month | Free plan | Web, API | 15 Oct 2026 | |
| 03 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 |
| 04 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 |
| 05 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 |
| 06 Lucidya | 4.5 | $125 a month, billed yearly | — | Web, API | 29 Sep 2026 | |
| 07 Social Searcher | Social Searcher suits people looking for public social posts, profiles, images, or hashtags, and organizations monitoring brand mentions. | 4.4 | Free plan | Free plan | Web | 28 Sep 2026 |
| 08 Determ | Determ may suit teams monitoring social networks and news who need sentiment analysis and alerts through several channels. | 4.3 | €99 a month | — | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web | 19 Sep 2026 |
| 09 Cision | Cision suits people who need to monitor news, web content, and activity across its listed social networks. | 4.2 | — | — | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, API | 11 Oct 2026 |
| 10 Meltwater Social Listening | It suits communications and marketing teams that need to monitor conversations across channels and share reporting. | 4.2 | — | — | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, API | 8 Oct 2026 |
This finder list places newer releases before older ones and shows figures published by the makers without scoring. Compare free access, paid pricing details, platform support and the monitoring features that match your work.
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Brand Intel
WebAPI Record5.5 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
Mentionlytics suits small businesses, startups, agencies, enterprises, public personas, politicians, nonprofits, and other organizations monitoring online discussion.
WebAPI Record4.8 Visit
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Awario
Awario may suit businesses or teams that need to follow mentions across social channels, news, and the wider web.
Web Record4.6 Visit
7
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.
9
Cision
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+1 — Record4.2 Visit Cision suits people who need to monitor news, web content, and activity across its listed social networks.
10
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.
18
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.
20
Signal AI
WebAPI — Record3.7 Visit Signal AI suits communications teams monitoring reputation and external narratives, as well as enterprise risk managers mapping risk registers to outside signals.
21
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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