Meltwater alternatives
Meltwater sells through sales calls and annual contracts, with no public prices. If you need to know what people say about a brand or a competitor on social media, not track press coverage, a report does the job: Buzzsift is $9.99 a report on TikTok, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram and X, no contract.
| Buzzsift | Meltwater | Brand24 | Awario | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 a report, no subscription | Quotes from sales only; no public prices | $199 to $599 a month billed yearly ($249+ monthly); Individual plan: 3 keywords, 2,000 mentions a month | $49 to $399 a month ($29 to $249 billed yearly); Starter: 3 topics, 30,000 mentions a month |
| Platforms | TikTok, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, X | News, social, broadcast, podcasts, AI answers | Web, news, blogs, social, forums, podcasts | Social networks, news, blogs, the web |
| What you get | Finished report, daily or weekly watch by email, Claude and ChatGPT connector | Media and social intelligence platform | Always-on monitoring dashboard and alerts | Monitoring dashboard with alerts and reports |
| Best for | Reports on one brand, competitor, problem or campaign, when you need them | PR and comms teams that also track press coverage | Continuous tracking of your own brand | Cheaper always-on monitoring of a few topics |
Prices from each tool's own site, checked 2026-11-14. Meltwater doesn't publish prices.
When to stay
Meltwater stays the better choice for PR and comms teams that need press clippings, broadcast and journalist databases alongside social.
When a report is enough
You want to know what people say about your brand before a launch or a pitch, check a competitor's weak spots, find problems to build for, or see how a creator's audience took your sponsored post. That's a question you ask now and then, not a dashboard you watch every day. And when you do want to keep an eye on a brand: watch a brand daily or weekly: you get an email with only the posts and comments that are new since the last run, 50 points ($0.50) a run that finds something, nothing for quiet runs.
Stanley
716 posts and comments read · 42% positive, 14% negative
Top point: holiday and gift-set colorways (pink, green, red) are seen as pretty, cute and gift-worthy
CompetitorOwala
1,022 posts and comments read · 43% positive, 14% negative
Top point: Lids, buttons, latches, and springs break or pop open, sometimes within weeks of purchase
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