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Mention
Social listening & Media Monitoring tool
The Economics
Pricing Model
paid
Subscription (single Company plan)
Starting Price
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$599/mo
Cost at Scale
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$599/mo (single plan)
Free Trial
Yes
No
The GTM Utility
Category
Analytics & Revenue Intelligence
Analytics & Revenue Intelligence
Workflow Stage
Analyze
Market Intelligence / Brand Monitoring
Key Features
- • Real-time brand mention monitoring
- • Multi-source monitoring (web + social)
- • Sentiment analysis
- • Competitor analysis
- • Email alerts for new mentions
- • New link notifications
- • Influencer discovery
- • Quick brand research
- • Real-time monitoring across 1B+ sources
- • Social media monitoring (Facebook, Instagram, X, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest)
- • Web monitoring (news, blogs, forums)
- • Review monitoring (75+ sites including Google, Trustpilot, Amazon)
- • Advanced Boolean search
- • Sentiment analysis
- • Competitor benchmarking
- • Custom reporting and dashboards
- • Share of voice analytics
- • Influence scoring
Platforms
Web
Web
Ease of Use
Easy — simple keyword setup and monitoring
Easy — intuitive query building and dashboards
The AI Edge
AI Features
AI-powered sentiment analysis, AI brand insights
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Market Position
Tagline
Unlock AI Brand Insights for Growing Companies
Social listening & Media Monitoring tool
Best For
Affordable brand monitoring and social listening for growing companies that need real-time mention tracking.
Marketing and PR teams needing affordable, comprehensive media monitoring and social listening
Not Great For
Enterprise teams needing deep analytics or CRM integrations — more limited than Brand24 or Brandwatch.
Sales-focused teams, very small businesses, teams needing social publishing (deprecated)
Team Size
small team (2-10)
10-1000
Intelligence
Pros
- • Faster than Google at discovering new mentions
- • Real-time alerts for new mentions and backlinks
- • Simple and easy to use
- • Comprehensive sentiment analysis
- • 9B+ mentions analyzed
- • 1B+ sources monitored in real-time
- • Review monitoring across 75+ sites
- • Good value vs enterprise competitors like Meltwater
- • Advanced Boolean search for precise monitoring
- • Dedicated account manager included
Cons
- • Limited pricing transparency — no public pricing page
- • Fewer integrations than competitors
- • No API documentation publicly visible
- • Less feature-rich than Brand24 at scale
- • Only one plan ($599/mo) — no lower tiers
- • Publishing/responding features deprecated (use Agorapulse)
- • Not a sales or GTM tool
- • Less feature-rich than enterprise competitors
Reddit Sentiment
none
mixed
Integrations
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- • Slack
- • Zapier
- • Agorapulse
Editorial Face-off
The Case for BrandMentions
“BrandMentions is a solid, easy-to-use brand monitoring tool that excels at finding mentions quickly — often faster than Google. Good for small to mid-size teams, but lacks the depth and integrations of larger competitors like Brand24 or Brandwatch.”
The Case for Mention
“Mention is a solid, mid-market media monitoring and social listening tool with excellent value for money. Best for marketing and PR teams that don't need enterprise-level pricing from Meltwater or Brandwatch.”
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