Mention
Mention is a robust social media and web monitoring tool designed to track brand mentions, competitors, and industry trends across various online sources in real-time.
Our take: Mention tracks brand mentions, competitor activity, and industry keywords across social media, news, blogs, forums, and 75+ review sites.
Powerful brand-listening platform, but the 2025 pivot to a single $599/mo enterprise plan makes it a hard sell for SMBs.
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Our takeMention tracks brand mentions, competitor activity, and industry keywords across social media, news, blogs, forums, and 75+ review sites.
Why we rate itMention's monitoring breadth — spanning social platforms, news, forums, and 75+ review sites — remains genuinely comprehensive post-acquisition.
The catchPricing jumped dramatically in mid-2025 from a $49/mo entry point to a $599/mo minimum — pricing out all SMBs and solopreneurs overnight.
Best / not good for
- Enterprise PR and comms teams tracking brand reputation at scale
- Agencies needing competitor benchmarking and white-label reporting
- Organizations requiring review-site monitoring (Trustpilot, Glassdoor, Amazon) alongside social
- SMBs or solopreneurs — $599/mo minimum is prohibitive
- Teams needing social publishing or content scheduling in one tool
- SEO-focused workflows
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Trade-offs to know before signing up.
- Time to valueModerate — free trial available, Boolean alert setup has a learning curve, and onboarding relies on a dedicated account manager at the Company tier.
- Scale breakpoint50,000 mention cap per month; heavy-volume brands or agencies tracking many clients will need custom arrangements.
- Walled gardenModerate — data and reports live inside Mention; CSV/PDF exports exist but historical data portability is limited without API (paid add-on).
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