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Head-to-head · Social Media Listening Software

Meltwater Social Listening vs Mentionlytics

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 4 checks side by side
Higher score Meltwater Social Listening #1 in Social Media Listening Software 9.4/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Meltwater
Mentionlytics #22 in Social Media Listening Software 6.4/10 From $69/mo (annual) · 14-day trial ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Mentionlytics

Meltwater Social Listening leads on 0 checks, Mentionlytics on 0, and 4 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 4 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreMeltwater Social Listening · 9.4/10

Meltwater Social Listening scores higher on our rubric for social media listening software: 9.4 against 6.4 out of 10; our editors rank them #1 and #22.

Meltwater Social Listening is the better fit for large teams needing broad, mature listening. Mentionlytics is the better fit for teams needing structured, scalable monitoring.

  • Meltwater Social Listening fits best

    Large teams needing broad, mature listening

  • Mentionlytics fits best

    Teams needing structured, scalable monitoring

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Side by side

Feature Meltwater Social Listening 9.4/10 Visit ↗ Mentionlytics 6.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.4 6.4
Ranking #1 in Social Media Listening Software #22 in Social Media Listening Software
Best for Large teams needing broad, mature listening Teams needing structured, scalable monitoring
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price Pricing on request $69/mo
Free plan — —
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Integrations 7 integrations 5 integrations
Features Meltwater Social Listening 3/3 · Mentionlytics 3/3
Web monitoring ✓ ✓
Sentiment analysis ✓ ✓
News monitoring ✓ ✓
Specs
Social network coverage X, Meta (Facebook and Instagram), YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, Pinterest, Snapchat, Twitch, Discord, Threads, Bluesky, WeChat, Weibo, RED (Xiaohongshu), Douyin, Toutiao, QQ, Bilibili, Youku, Naver, Kakao Talk, LINE X, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky, Threads
Historical data Not checked yet 18 months
Tracked query limit Not checked yet 3 queries
Alert channels Slack, Microsoft Teams, email, mobile app push alerts, SMS Email, Slack
Our review
Pros
  • Monitors social networks, news, forums, and Reddit across channels
  • Combines sentiment, trends, competitor analysis, alerts, and reporting
  • Offers APIs and integrations including Slack, Teams, and Power BI
  • Tracks social networks plus news, blogs, forums, reviews, and websites
  • Combines sentiment, competitor tracking, and AI mention clustering
  • Offers dashboards, reports, alerts, and a social listening API
Cons
  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • No free plan is available
  • Enterprise API and governance features are confined to the Enterprise plan
  • Basic starts at $69 per month with annual billing and limits monitoring to 3 keyword rules
  • Update cadence ranges from 12 hours to continuous, depending on plan
  • The 14-day trial is not a free plan
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. It covers platforms ranging…

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Mentionlytics monitors brand conversations across social networks and the wider web, including news, blogs, forums, reviews, and websites. Its feature set includes sentiment and emotion analysis, competitor and hashtag monitoring, alerts,…

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  1. Meltwater Social ListeningSocial Media Listening Software 9.4Pricing on request
  2. MentionlyticsSocial Media Listening Software 6.4From $69/mo (annual) · 14-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Meltwater Social Listening — where it wins

    • Monitors social networks, news, forums, and Reddit across channels
    • Combines sentiment, trends, competitor analysis, alerts, and reporting
    • Offers APIs and integrations including Slack, Teams, and Power BI

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing requires contacting sales
    • No free plan is available
    • Enterprise API and governance features are confined to the Enterprise plan

  • Mentionlytics — where it wins

    • Tracks social networks plus news, blogs, forums, reviews, and websites
    • Combines sentiment, competitor tracking, and AI mention clustering
    • Offers dashboards, reports, alerts, and a social listening API

    Where it doesn't

    • Basic starts at $69 per month with annual billing and limits monitoring to 3 keyword rules
    • Update cadence ranges from 12 hours to continuous, depending on plan
    • The 14-day trial is not a free plan
  • Meltwater Social Listening9.4/10 · Pricing on request

    Broad listening and analysis for teams that need more than social-network monitoring.

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  • Mentionlytics6.4/10 · From $69/mo (annual) · 14-day trial

    Broad social and web monitoring with AI insights, scaled across six paid plans.

    Visit MentionlyticsFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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