Suggestions appear as you type. Use the up and down arrows to choose one and Enter to open it.

This page's audience our own tag's counts — open to see them
–Visits
–Page views
–Clicks to vendors
–Time on page
–Reading now
Clicks to vendors, by tool
  • –
Top countries
  • –
Devices
  • –

– · visits, page views and clicks counted by our own tag, which counts more than our checked analytics; every figure rounded down · how we count

Head-to-head · Social Listening Tools

Meltwater Social Media Analytics vs Talkwalker

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 2 checks side by side
Higher score Meltwater Social Media Analytics #4 in Social Listening Tools 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Meltwater
Talkwalker #5 in Social Listening Tools 8.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Talkwalker

Meltwater Social Media Analytics leads on 0 checks, Talkwalker on 0, and 2 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 2 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 Media Analytics · 9.0/10
  • Most featuresTalkwalker · 1 of 4

Meltwater Social Media Analytics scores higher on our rubric for social listening tools: 9.0 against 8.9 out of 10; our editors rank them #4 and #5.

Meltwater Social Media Analytics is the better fit for teams tracking social performance and competitors. Talkwalker is the better fit for global brands needing multilingual visual listening.

  • Meltwater Social Media Analytics fits best

    Teams tracking social performance and competitors

  • Talkwalker fits best

    Global brands needing multilingual visual listening

Advertiser disclosure: iTechGuides is reader-supported. Vendors can pay for top positions in our rankings and for a place on other products' pages, and we may earn a commission when you click some links. Bought places stand at the number bought; this page and our disclosure say so. Paying vendors may get a fuller, more detailed review from our editors, and that review can change their score. How we rank.

Side by side

Feature Meltwater Social Media Analytics 9.0/10 Visit ↗ Talkwalker 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.9
Ranking #4 in Social Listening Tools #5 in Social Listening Tools
Best for Teams tracking social performance and competitors Global brands needing multilingual visual listening
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price — —
Free plan — —
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Integrations 4 integrations 1 integrations
Features Meltwater Social Media Analytics 0/4 · Talkwalker 1/4
Sentiment analysis Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Real-time alerts Not checked yet Not checked yet
Boolean queries Not checked yet Not checked yet
Report exports Not checked yet Not checked yet
Specs
Coverage scope Not checked yet Not checked yet
Historical data Not checked yet Not checked yet
Included team seats Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Combines paid and organic performance in a cross-channel dashboard.
  • Tracks campaigns, hashtags, content, sentiment, and share of voice.
  • Connects social and earned-media analytics with scheduled reports.
  • Monitors 30+ social networks plus websites, news, blogs, forums and reviews
  • Sentiment analysis covers 127+ languages
  • Visual listening and AI-assisted classification, summaries and clustering
Cons
  • Pricing is tailored and requires contacting sales.
  • Starter plan highlights pre-built rather than custom dashboards.
  • Advanced integrations and governance are reserved for higher plans.
  • No free plan; pricing requires a custom quote
  • Only web is listed as a platform
  • Hootsuite is the only named integration
Our verdict

Meltwater Social Media Analytics brings paid and organic performance data from multiple social networks into a shared reporting workspace. Marketing, communications, social, and agency teams can use it to monitor campaign, hashtag, and…

Read the review →

Talkwalker is an enterprise social listening and consumer intelligence platform, now branded as Lumen by Talkwalker. It is aimed at brands and organizations that need to monitor conversations across social networks and broader media,…

Read the review →
  1. Meltwater Social Media AnalyticsSocial Listening Tools 9.0Pricing on request
  2. TalkwalkerSocial Listening Tools 8.9Pricing on request

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Meltwater Social Media Analytics — where it wins

    • Combines paid and organic performance in a cross-channel dashboard.
    • Tracks campaigns, hashtags, content, sentiment, and share of voice.
    • Connects social and earned-media analytics with scheduled reports.

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing is tailored and requires contacting sales.
    • Starter plan highlights pre-built rather than custom dashboards.
    • Advanced integrations and governance are reserved for higher plans.

  • Talkwalker — where it wins

    • Monitors 30+ social networks plus websites, news, blogs, forums and reviews
    • Sentiment analysis covers 127+ languages
    • Visual listening and AI-assisted classification, summaries and clustering

    Where it doesn't

    • No free plan; pricing requires a custom quote
    • Only web is listed as a platform
    • Hootsuite is the only named integration
  • Meltwater Social Media Analytics9.0/10 · Pricing on request

    Unifies paid and organic social reporting with campaign and competitor analysis.

    Visit MeltwaterFull verdict →
  • Talkwalker8.9/10 · Pricing on request

    Broad social, web and visual listening with multilingual sentiment analysis; pricing is quote-based.

    Visit TalkwalkerFull verdict →

More comparisons

All social listening tools comparisons → · Full ranking →

Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

Last updated · How we research and update