Pulsar comparisons
Pulsar is compared head-to-head with Meltwater Social Listening, Sprinklr Social Listening and Talkwalker and more: 7 head-to-heads in Social Media Listening Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Pulsar head-to-head
- Pulsar vs Meltwater Social Listening
- Pulsar vs Sprinklr Social Listening
- Pulsar vs Talkwalker
- Pulsar vs Brandwatch Listen
- Pulsar vs Cision
- Pulsar vs Nexis Newsdesk
- Pulsar vs Konnect Insights Social Listening
Pulsar vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Social network coverage | Web monitoring | Sentiment analysis | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Pulsar | X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads, Pinterest, Discord, Twitch, Weibo, WeChat, Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Bilibili, Naver, VK | Yes | Yes | 7.9 | ||
| 1 | Meltwater Social Listening | No | 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 | Yes | Yes | 9.4 | |
| 2 | Sprinklr Social Listening | Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Reddit, Google Business Profile, WhatsApp, LINE, WeChat | Yes | Yes | 9.3 | ||
| 3 | Talkwalker | No | Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Bluesky, Snapchat, Twitch, LINE, Reddit, Weibo, Truth Social | Yes | Yes | 9.1 | |
| 4 | Brandwatch Listen | X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Tumblr, YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky, QQ | Yes | Yes | 9.0 | ||
| 5 | Cision | Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | ||
| 6 | Nexis Newsdesk | No | Twitter/X, Facebook, YouTube | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | |
| 8 | Konnect Insights Social Listening | No | $39/user/mo | Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Reddit, TikTok | Yes | Yes | 7.7 |
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