Meltwater Social Listening vs BrandMentions

Meltwater Social Listening9.3Visit BrandMentions8.4Visit

Higher score Meltwater Social Listening #1 in Brand Intelligence Software 9.3/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Meltwater

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BrandMentions #8 in Brand Intelligence Software 8.4/10 7-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 4 features Visit BrandMentions

• Meltwater Social Listening fits best

  Large teams needing broad global social listening

• BrandMentions fits best

  Teams needing historical mentions and flexible alerts

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Side by side

Feature	Meltwater Social Listening 9.3/10 Visit ↗	BrandMentions 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.4
Ranking	#1 in Brand Intelligence Software	#8 in Brand Intelligence Software
Best for	Large teams needing broad global social listening	Teams needing historical mentions and flexible alerts
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	$79/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	7 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	7 integrations	3 integrations
Features Meltwater Social Listening 1/4 · BrandMentions 1/4
Social listening	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
News and web monitoring	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Sentiment analysis	✓	✓
Competitor tracking	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Data retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
API access	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Monitors social networks, news, forums, and Reddit Combines sentiment, trend, competitor, and share-of-voice analysis Offers real-time alerts, dashboards, reporting, and API access	Three years of historical mention data with Boolean search AI sentiment, Digest, Assistant, and competitor monitoring Real-time alerts plus white-label and KPI reporting options
Cons	Pricing requires contacting sales No free plan is available Enterprise adds API and MCP integrations, governance, and permissions	Starter tracks only 5 keywords and supports 1 user Integrations are limited to Slack, RSS, and webhooks Plans are priced for annual billing, starting at $79 per month
Our verdict	Meltwater Social Listening brings social and broader digital monitoring into one web-based product for marketing, communications, and PR teams. It tracks conversations across social networks, news, forums, and Reddit, with coverage… Read the review →	BrandMentions is a web and social listening platform for businesses, agencies, and marketing teams tracking brands, products, competitors, and topics. It monitors public mentions across social networks, websites, blogs, news sources,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Meltwater Social Listening — where it wins

  • Monitors social networks, news, forums, and Reddit
  • Combines sentiment, trend, competitor, and share-of-voice analysis
  • Offers real-time alerts, dashboards, reporting, and API access

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • No free plan is available
  • Enterprise adds API and MCP integrations, governance, and permissions

• BrandMentions — where it wins

  • Three years of historical mention data with Boolean search
  • AI sentiment, Digest, Assistant, and competitor monitoring
  • Real-time alerts plus white-label and KPI reporting options

  Where it doesn't

  • Starter tracks only 5 keywords and supports 1 user
  • Integrations are limited to Slack, RSS, and webhooks
  • Plans are priced for annual billing, starting at $79 per month

• Meltwater Social Listening9.3/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad listening and analysis suite for teams monitoring global brand conversations.

  Visit MeltwaterFull verdict →
• BrandMentions8.4/10 · 7-day trial

  BrandMentions combines historical data, Boolean search, AI analysis, and flexible alerts.

  Visit BrandMentionsFull verdict →