About Lumen by Talkwalker
Lumen by Talkwalker is the new name of Talkwalker, a commercial platform for social listening and consumer intelligence. Marketing, PR and insights teams use it to monitor what people say about their brand, competitors and industry across social media and the wider web, and to turn that data into analysis and reports.
Products listed on the site include social listening, media monitoring, social benchmarking, audience insights, customer feedback analytics, social content ratings and a marketplace, plus information on data coverage. Solutions are organized by industry, such as consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, sports, media, financial services and technology, and by function, such as PR and communications, reputation management, crisis management, competitive intelligence and trend research.
The rename reflects the company bringing Hootsuite and Talkwalker closer together. Lumen by Talkwalker is sold through demos and custom quotes, with a pricing page on its site. It is a hosted service and is not open-source software.
Key features
- Social listening across channels
- Media monitoring and alerts
- Social benchmarking against competitors
- Audience insights and trend research
- Customer feedback analytics
- Reporting for PR and marketing teams
Good fit for
- →PR teams managing reputation and crises
- →Brands benchmarking against competitors
- →Insights teams researching consumer trends
- Tags
- social-listening
- media-monitoring
- consumer-intelligence
- brand-monitoring
- competitive-intelligence
- pr
- analytics
Lumen by Talkwalker: questions and answers
- What is Lumen by Talkwalker used for?
- Lumen by Talkwalker is a social listening, media monitoring and consumer intelligence platform, formerly Talkwalker, for marketing, PR and insights teams. It is a good fit for PR teams managing reputation and crises, brands benchmarking against competitors, and insights teams researching consumer trends.
- How much does Lumen by Talkwalker cost?
- Lumen by Talkwalker doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.
- Is Lumen by Talkwalker open source?
- No. Lumen by Talkwalker is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Social Media category, open-source options include Postiz, Mixpost and Shoutrrr.
- What are some alternatives to Lumen by Talkwalker?
- Lumen by Talkwalker competes with Brandwatch, Meltwater and Sprout Social.
Open-source alternatives to Lumen by Talkwalker
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Postiz
Social Media
📨 The ultimate agentic social media scheduling tool 🤖
AGPL-3.0vs Buffer★ 37k
Mixpost
Social Media
📅 Schedule, 📢 publish, and ⚡ manage your social media content on your server. No subscri
MITvs Buffer★ 3.8k
Shoutrrr
Social Media
An open-source alternative to Buffer, Typefully, and Hootsuite. Write once and schedule ev
Apache-2.0vs Buffer★ 405
AT Protocol
Social Media
Social networking technology created by Bluesky
OSS★ 9.7k
Mastodon
Social Media
Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community
AGPL-3.0vs X (Twitter)★ 50k
Bluesky
Social Media
The Bluesky Social application for Web, iOS, and Android
MITvs X (Twitter)★ 18k
SaaS alternatives to Lumen by Talkwalker
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Brandwatch
Social Media
Social listening and consumer intelligence platform
SaaS
Meltwater
Social Media
Media monitoring and social listening suite for PR and communications teams
SaaS
Sprout Social
Social Media
Social media management suite with publishing, inbox and reporting
SaaS
Awario
Social Media
Social listening and brand monitoring tool
SaaS
Brand24
Social Media
Social listening tool that tracks brand mentions and sentiment
SaaS
Mention
Social Media
Brand monitoring tool that tracks mentions across the web and social media
SaaS

