About Mention
Mention is a commercial monitoring service that scans websites, news and social networks for keywords such as a brand name, product or competitor. Matches appear in a feed so marketing and communications teams can read and respond to what is being said.
Teams use it for reputation tracking, competitive monitoring and finding influencers or press opportunities, and it provides alerts, sentiment indicators and reports. It is a hosted service available through a web app. Mention suits small businesses, agencies and communications teams that need straightforward visibility into online conversations.
Key features
- Monitoring of web and social mentions
- Alerts for new mentions
- Sentiment indicators on mentions
- Monitoring of competitor mentions
- Shareable reports for teams
Good fit for
- →Watching for brand mentions in news and social
- →Tracking competitor coverage
- Tags
- brand-monitoring
- social-listening
- alerts
- sentiment-analysis
- media-monitoring
- reputation-management
- pr
Mention: questions and answers
- What is Mention used for?
- Mention is a brand monitoring tool that tracks mentions of a company across the web and social media and alerts teams to new conversations. It is a good fit for watching for brand mentions in news and social, and tracking competitor coverage.
- How much does Mention cost?
- Mention is a paid product with no free plan.
- Is Mention open source?
- No. Mention is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Social Media category, open-source options include Mastodon, Postiz and Bluesky.
- What are some alternatives to Mention?
- Mention competes with Brand24, Brandwatch and Meltwater.
Open-source alternatives to Mention
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Mastodon
Social Media
Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community
AGPL-3.0vs X (Twitter)★ 50k
Postiz
Social Media
📨 The ultimate agentic social media scheduling tool 🤖
AGPL-3.0vs Buffer★ 37k
Bluesky
Social Media
The Bluesky Social application for Web, iOS, and Android
MITvs X (Twitter)★ 18k
Misskey
Social Media
🌎 A completely free and open interplanetary-microblogging platform 🚀
AGPL-3.0vs X (Twitter)★ 11k
Pixelfed
Social Media
Photo Sharing. For Everyone.
AGPL-3.0vs Instagram★ 7.1k
diaspora*
Social Media
A privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network.
AGPL-3.0vs Facebook★ 14k
SaaS alternatives to Mention
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Brand24
Social Media
Social listening tool that tracks brand mentions and sentiment
SaaS
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
Agorapulse
Social Media
Social inbox, publishing and reporting tool for teams and agencies
SaaS
Lumen by Talkwalker
Social Media
Social listening and consumer intelligence platform, formerly Talkwalker
SaaS
