Octolens
Quick answer
Octolens is an AI social listening tool covering Reddit, Bluesky, DEV, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Hacker News, YouTube, GitHub, Stack Overflow, podcasts, newsletters, news, the web and reviews, with AI relevance scoring of mentions. Pro is $159 a month billed annually for 15,000 mentions and 10 keywords, and Scale is $499 a month billed annually for 50,000 mentions and 40 keywords. Enterprise is custom. Full API access, webhooks and an MCP server come on all plans, and a 7-day free trial needs no credit card.
Best for
Teams that want community and social monitoring with API and MCP access on every plan.
Not for
A team on a tight budget, since the listed paid plans start at $159 a month, or one that wants AI answer tracking, which Octolens does not list.
Facts
Pricing
- Pro: $159/mo
- Scale: $499/mo
- Enterprise: Not published
From Octolens's website, checked Oct 2026.
Free plan or trial
7-day free trial with Pro plan features, up to 5,000 mentions, no credit card
From Octolens's website, checked Oct 2026.
Sources covered
Reddit, Bluesky, DEV, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, TikTok, Hacker News, YouTube, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Podcasts, Newsletters, News, Web, Reviews (Trustpilot, App Store, Google Play)
API / MCP
Full API access, webhooks, and an MCP server on all plans
How MarketHQ compares
| Feature | MarketHQ | Octolens |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free (paid from $29/mo) | $159/mo |
| Free plan or trial | Free tier, no card required | 7-day free trial with Pro plan features, up to 5,000 mentions, no credit card |
| Sources covered | Hacker News, GitHub, RSS, Stack Overflow, Dev.to, Lobsters, Reddit, LinkedIn, YouTube, X, Perplexity, Product Hunt, Broader web crawl, Bluesky | Reddit, Bluesky, DEV, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, TikTok, Hacker News, YouTube, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Podcasts, Newsletters, News, Web, Reviews (Trustpilot, App Store, Google Play) |
| AI engines tracked | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek | Not published |
| API / MCP | Yes, on every paid plan | Full API access, webhooks, and an MCP server on all plans |
Alternatives
- MarketHQ: tracks brand mentions across communities, news, blogs, social and AI answers, with gap analysis and action plans.
- Agorapulse: Teams that already manage social publishing and want listening added alongside it.
- Awario: Teams that want broad web and social mention tracking with lead generation built in.
- Brand24: Teams that need broad social and review coverage with sentiment scoring and already budget for a dedicated listening tool.
- BrandBastion: A brand that wants social comments moderated around the clock with crisis sentiment flagged.
- Brandwatch: A large team that needs broad social coverage and has budget for an enterprise suite.
- Cision: PR and communications teams that need broadcast, print and journalist-outreach tools alongside AI visibility tracking.
- Critical Mention: PR teams that need broadcast monitoring and AI brand visibility in one place.
- F5Bot: A solo founder or small team that wants cheap or free alerts on Reddit, Hacker News and Lobsters.
- Hootsuite: Teams that want scheduling, publishing and listening in one platform.
- Isentia: PR and communications teams in the APAC region that need broadcast and print monitoring alongside AI View.
- Khoros: Enterprises that run branded communities and want social management and care in one suite.
- KWatch.io: A team that wants real-time keyword alerts across LinkedIn, X, Reddit and Hacker News at a low monthly price.
- Mention: Small marketing teams that want one broad mention feed across the web, social and news.
- NapoleonCat: Teams that want social scheduling, moderation and competitor benchmarking in one tool.
- Quid (NetBase Quid): Market research and insights teams that want broad data mining across social, news, patents and other source types.
- Notifier: A team that wants broad Reddit, Hacker News and social alerts with AI filtering at a modest monthly price.
- Onclusive: A PR or comms team that wants media monitoring bundled with multi-engine AI visibility tracking.
- Pulsar: A global brand that needs audience intelligence across many languages and regional social platforms.
- ReplyGuy: A founder or small team that wants AI-drafted replies to Reddit and Twitter/X mentions of a product.
- Sendible: An agency that wants unlimited users per account and scheduling across multiple social channels.
- Social Searcher: A quick, no-signup check of public social mentions for a brand, hashtag or name.
- SocialPilot: A social scheduling team that also wants Facebook and Google Business review monitoring.
- Sprinklr: A large organization that wants social, listening, marketing and service tools from one vendor.
- Sprout Social: Teams that want social management plus listening and an AI research assistant in one platform.
- Syften: A team that wants simple community keyword alerts with API, webhook or MCP access.
- Synthesio: Enterprise research teams that want consumer intelligence across social, search and ecommerce signals.
- Zoho Social: A business already on Zoho apps that wants social scheduling and monitoring in the same suite.
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- Glossary: definitions of the terms that come up when comparing tools like this one.
Sources
- Octolens: https://octolens.com (checked Oct 2026)