Head-to-head · Social Media Listening Software
Pulsar vs Konnect Insights Social Listening
Pulsar leads on 0 checks, Konnect Insights Social Listening 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 scorePulsar · 7.9/10
Pulsar scores higher on our rubric for social media listening software: 7.9 against 7.7 out of 10; our editors rank them #7 and #8.
Pulsar is the better fit for research teams needing deep audience analysis. Konnect Insights Social Listening is the better fit for budget-conscious teams needing broad monitoring.
- Pulsar fits best
Research teams needing deep audience analysis
- Konnect Insights Social Listening fits best
Budget-conscious teams needing broad monitoring
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Side by side
| Feature | Pulsar 7.9/10 Visit ↗ | Konnect Insights Social Listening 7.7/10 Visit ↗ |
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| At a glance | ||
| Editor score | 7.9 | 7.7 |
| Ranking | #7 in Social Media Listening Software | #8 in Social Media Listening Software |
| Best for | Research teams needing deep audience analysis | Budget-conscious teams needing broad monitoring |
| Pricing model | Paid | Paid |
| Starting price | — | $39/user/mo |
| Free plan | Not checked yet | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web | Web |
| Integrations | 5 integrations | 1,000+ integrations |
| Features Pulsar 3/3 · Konnect Insights Social Listening 3/3 | ||
| Web monitoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sentiment analysis | ✓ | ✓ |
| News monitoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| Specs | ||
| Social network coverage | X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads, Pinterest, Discord, Twitch, Weibo, WeChat, Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Bilibili, Naver, VK | Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Reddit, TikTok |
| Historical data | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| Tracked query limit | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| Alert channels | email, in-app, mobile push | ticketing |
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| Our verdict | Pulsar’s TRAC is an enterprise social listening and audience intelligence product for brands, agencies, and government communications teams. It is suited to research groups that need to analyze public conversation across more than social… Read the review → |
Konnect Insights Social Listening monitors brand, competitor, and industry conversations across social networks, news sites, blogs, forums, review platforms, and podcasts. It is aimed at enterprise brands and teams working in customer… Read the review → |
Strengths and trade-offs
Pulsar — where it wins
- Monitors social, news, forums, reviews, broadcast, search, and web sources
- Combines audience segmentation with sentiment, emotion, and narrative tracking
- Offers alerts, custom reports, multiple export formats, and API access
Where it doesn't
- Enterprise pricing is configured through sales
- No published tier list makes plan comparisons difficult
- Its breadth may exceed the needs of teams seeking basic social monitoring
Konnect Insights Social Listening — where it wins
- Monitors social, news, blogs, forums, reviews, and podcasts
- Combines sentiment, share of voice, benchmarking, and historical analysis
- Routes alerts into ticketing workflows and connects with major CRM tools
Where it doesn't
- Annual billing is required for the listed monthly per-user prices
- Historical data availability varies by use case and platform
- Web access only, with no free plan
- Pulsar7.9/10 · Pricing on request
Broad-source listening pairs audience analysis with enterprise pricing by configuration.
Visit PulsarFull verdict → - Konnect Insights Social Listening7.7/10 · Paid
Broad social and web monitoring with analytics, alerts, and workflow integrations.
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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
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