BrandMentionWatch vs Mention
Listening + publishing. Cheap plans discontinued; no review management or SLA inbox.
Mention entry price
Company plan from ~$599/mo (annual)
Self-serve $49–$179 plans closed to new buyers since Jul 2025
BrandMentionWatch entry price
Free vs Company plan from ~$599/mo (annual)
Up to 25 brands, 100 keywords, 250,000 mentions/month (fair use), unlimited users, inbox included. Live sources: news in 65 languages, blogs and RSS feeds, Hacker News, podcasts and App Store reviews. Coming soon: Reddit, YouTube, X (Twitter), Facebook and Instagram, Google reviews and Google Play reviews. Paid add-ons are billed at our cost, no markup.
| Feature | BrandMentionWatch | Mention |
|---|---|---|
| AI-search visibility (what AI assistants say) | ✅ | — not published |
| Reviews (Google, app stores) | ⚠️ | ❌ |
| Unified inbox with reply | ⚠️ | ⚠️ |
| AI reply drafts | ✅ | ❌ |
| SLA + assignment | ✅ | ❌ |
| Review-request campaigns | ✅ | ❌ |
| Complaint clusters → product tickets | ✅ | ❌ |
| Weekly AI insight memo | ✅ | ❌ |
| Slack / Teams / email alerts | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multi-brand agency mode | ✅ | ✅ |
| Free plan, no seat minimum | ✅ | ❌ |
| Podcasts (transcript search with timestamps) | ✅ | — not published |
| Ask-your-data AI assistant with citations | ✅ | — not published |
What Mention users complain about
- Price rises after killing cheap tiers
- Billing and cancellation complaints
- Unreliable sentiment
Based on Mention's public pricing page and public reviews (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot) as of October 2026. Tell us if anything changed: [email protected]. Last updated 2026-10-25 · by Surge Software.