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Head-to-head · Social Media Monitoring

Meltwater Social Listening vs Determ

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 1 check side by side
Higher score Meltwater Social Listening #1 in Social Media Monitoring 9.4/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 1 features Visit Meltwater
Determ #8 in Social Media Monitoring 8.5/10 5-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 1 features Visit Determ

Meltwater Social Listening leads on 0 checks, Determ on 0, and 1 is even. Who comes out ahead on the 1 yes/no, price and count check where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreMeltwater Social Listening · 9.4/10
  • Free trialonly Determ

Meltwater Social Listening scores higher on our rubric for social media monitoring: 9.4 against 8.5 out of 10; our editors rank them #1 and #8.

Meltwater Social Listening is the better fit for teams needing broad, established media listening. Determ is the better fit for teams wanting mobile access and historical monitoring.

  • Meltwater Social Listening fits best

    Teams needing broad, established media listening

  • Determ fits best

    Teams wanting mobile access and historical monitoring

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Side by side

Feature Meltwater Social Listening 9.4/10 Visit ↗ Determ 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.4 8.5
Ranking #1 in Social Media Monitoring #8 in Social Media Monitoring
Best for Teams needing broad, established media listening Teams wanting mobile access and historical monitoring
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price — €99/mo
Free plan — —
Free trial — 5 days
Deployment Cloud Cloud, Mobile
Platforms Web Web, iOS, Android
Integrations 7 integrations 2 integrations
Features Meltwater Social Listening 0/1 · Determ 0/1
Real-time alerts Not checked yet Not checked yet
Specs
Supported networks Not checked yet Not checked yet
Sentiment analysis Not checked yet Not checked yet
History retention Not checked yet Not checked yet
Monitoring queries Not checked yet Not checked yet
Report exports Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Monitors social networks, news, forums, and Reddit across many channels.
  • Combines sentiment, trend, competitor, and share-of-voice analysis.
  • Offers alerts, executive reporting, and APIs for listening data.
  • Monitors social, news, websites, blogs, forums and comments in real time
  • Offers sentiment tools, AI summaries, and real-time, scheduled, and spike alerts
  • Supports mobile apps, APIs, archives, and exports in five document formats
Cons
  • There is no free plan.
  • Pricing requires contacting sales.
  • API and MCP integrations are listed under Enterprise.
  • Focus covers one topic and 1,000 mentions for €99 per month
  • Historical access is three months by default; longer archives require a request
  • Integrations listed are limited to Slack and HTTP post
Our verdict

Meltwater Social Listening is a web-based social intelligence product for marketing, communications, and PR teams that need to track conversations across social networks, news, forums, and other digital sources. Its coverage spans…

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Determ is a media monitoring and social listening platform for PR professionals, marketers, agencies, and researchers. It tracks brand, competitor, campaign, and industry mentions across social networks, online news, websites, blogs,…

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  1. Meltwater Social ListeningSocial Media Monitoring 9.4Pricing on request
  2. DetermSocial Media Monitoring 8.55-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Meltwater Social Listening — where it wins

    • Monitors social networks, news, forums, and Reddit across many channels.
    • Combines sentiment, trend, competitor, and share-of-voice analysis.
    • Offers alerts, executive reporting, and APIs for listening data.

    Where it doesn't

    • There is no free plan.
    • Pricing requires contacting sales.
    • API and MCP integrations are listed under Enterprise.

  • Determ — where it wins

    • Monitors social, news, websites, blogs, forums and comments in real time
    • Offers sentiment tools, AI summaries, and real-time, scheduled, and spike alerts
    • Supports mobile apps, APIs, archives, and exports in five document formats

    Where it doesn't

    • Focus covers one topic and 1,000 mentions for €99 per month
    • Historical access is three months by default; longer archives require a request
    • Integrations listed are limited to Slack and HTTP post
  • Meltwater Social Listening9.4/10 · Pricing on request

    Broad listening, sentiment analysis, alerts, and reporting for marketing, communications, and PR teams.

    Visit MeltwaterFull verdict →
  • Determ8.5/10 · 5-day trial

    Tracks social and web mentions with mobile access, archives, alerts and AI summaries.

    Visit DetermFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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