# Octolens

> One API for every mention across the internet. AI social listening across 15+ platforms — Reddit, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Bluesky, GitHub, YouTube, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, TikTok, DEV, podcasts, newsletters, and news — delivered as structured JSON via REST API, webhooks, and MCP server on every plan.

## Core Pages

- [Homepage](https://octolens.com/): Overview of Octolens — one API for every mention across the internet
- [Pricing](https://octolens.com/pricing): Pro $199/mo ($159/mo billed annually) and Scale $599/mo ($499/mo billed annually); Enterprise custom
- [Features](https://octolens.com/features): Platform coverage and capabilities across 15+ platforms
- [Customers](https://octolens.com/customers): Customer stories from Vercel, PostHog, Prisma, Tally, and more
- [Blog](https://octolens.com/blog): Guides and research on social listening, brand monitoring, and AI search
- [Sentiment Analysis](https://octolens.com/sentiment-analysis): AI sentiment analysis for every brand mention — Positive, Negative, or Neutral labels with relevance scoring and tags across 15+ platforms, on every plan

## API & MCP

- [Social Listening API](https://octolens.com/social-listening-api): One REST API for mentions across 15+ platforms — structured JSON, one auth, one schema
- [Webhooks](https://octolens.com/webhooks): One webhook POST per mention across 15+ platforms — structured JSON with sentiment, relevance & tags, retries built in, on every plan
- [MCP Server](https://octolens.com/mcp): Model Context Protocol server — social data for Claude, Cursor, and AI agents
- [Twitter MCP](https://octolens.com/twitter-mcp): Twitter/X monitoring via MCP
- [Reddit MCP](https://octolens.com/reddit-mcp): Reddit monitoring via MCP
- [Slack Integration](https://octolens.com/integration-for-slack): Route filtered mentions into Slack channels

## Agent Skills

- [Agent Skills Library](https://octolens.com/skills): Ready-made playbooks AI agents can run over the Octolens MCP — mentions to Linear issues, leads, churn signals, copy, and reports
- [Turn mentions into Linear issues](https://octolens.com/skills/turn-mentions-into-linear-issues): Catch bug reports and feature requests posted in public — on Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Hacker News, GitHub — and file them as Linear issues automatically.
- [Build a wall of love from real mentions](https://octolens.com/skills/turn-mentions-into-wall-of-love): Pull a year of positive mentions, score them against your ICP and homepage positioning, and output a fresh quotes.json for your landing page.
- [Surface early churn signals](https://octolens.com/skills/surface-early-churn-signals): Flag negative mentions with switching language or blocked workflows the day they're posted — with a drafted reply ready for human review.
- [Find leads in public conversations](https://octolens.com/skills/find-leads-in-public-conversations): Catch people publicly shopping for an alternative to your competitors, qualify them against your ICP, and get drafted openers for each.
- [Write copy in real customer language](https://octolens.com/skills/write-copy-in-customer-language): Mine six months of mentions for the exact words customers use to describe you, then rewrite your page copy from that vocabulary — with receipts.
- [Weekly share-of-voice report](https://octolens.com/skills/weekly-share-of-voice-report): A weekly report on your share of voice vs competitors — counts, sentiment, and what actually drove the changes, with linked evidence.
- [Top 5 posts to reply to today](https://octolens.com/skills/top-posts-to-reply-to-today): A daily shortlist of the five conversations most worth joining — each with why it matters, the right angle, and a reply draft in a human voice.
- [Weekly competitor insights in Slack](https://octolens.com/skills/weekly-competitor-insights-to-slack): A weekly competitor digest in Slack: launches, complaints, switching talk, and openings for you — every claim backed by a linked mention.
- [Grow your AI search visibility (GEO)](https://octolens.com/skills/grow-ai-search-visibility): Find the Reddit threads, listicles, and comparisons AI engines cite where competitors appear and you don't — with drafted contributions for each gap.
- [Build SEO pages from real conversations](https://octolens.com/skills/build-seo-pages-from-real-conversations): Evidence, not vibes: real search data decides what to build, verified user quotes make it impossible to copy. The open-source seo-page-builder methodology, condensed.
- [Optimize your Octolens keywords](https://octolens.com/skills/optimize-octolens-keywords): Audit every keyword for signal-to-noise, cut the ones burning your mention budget, and tune exclusions — with changes applied only after you approve.

## Platform Monitoring

- [Keyword Monitoring](https://octolens.com/keyword-monitoring): Track any keyword across 15+ platforms with AI filtering
- [Reddit Monitoring](https://octolens.com/reddit-monitoring): Track Reddit posts and comments
- [LinkedIn Monitoring](https://octolens.com/linkedin-monitoring): Track LinkedIn posts
- [Twitter Monitoring](https://octolens.com/twitter-monitoring): Monitor X/Twitter mentions
- [TikTok Monitoring](https://octolens.com/tiktok-monitoring): Monitor TikTok videos
- [Bluesky Monitoring](https://octolens.com/bluesky-monitoring): Track Bluesky posts
- [Hacker News Monitoring](https://octolens.com/hackernews-monitoring): Monitor HN posts and comments
- [YouTube Monitoring](https://octolens.com/youtube-monitoring): Monitor YouTube videos and comments
- [GitHub Monitoring](https://octolens.com/github-monitoring): Track GitHub discussions and issues
- [Stack Overflow Monitoring](https://octolens.com/stackoverflow-monitoring): Monitor developer Q&A
- [DEV.to Monitoring](https://octolens.com/dev-monitoring): Track DEV.to articles
- [Podcast Monitoring](https://octolens.com/podcast-monitoring): Monitor podcast episodes
- [Newsletter Monitoring](https://octolens.com/newsletter-monitoring): Track newsletter mentions
- [News Monitoring](https://octolens.com/news-monitoring): Track news articles across 150k+ outlets
- [Web Monitoring](https://octolens.com/web-monitoring): Track mentions across the wider web

## Alternatives & Comparisons

- [Alternatives Hub](https://octolens.com/alternatives): All social listening tool comparisons
- [Brand24 Alternatives](https://octolens.com/brand24-alternatives): Best Brand24 alternatives, tested and compared
- [Sprout Social Alternatives](https://octolens.com/sprout-social-alternatives): Best Sprout Social alternatives, tested and compared
- [Mention Alternatives](https://octolens.com/mention-alternatives): Best Mention alternatives, tested and compared
- [Brandwatch Alternatives](https://octolens.com/brandwatch-alternatives): Best Brandwatch alternatives, tested and compared
- [Hootsuite Alternatives](https://octolens.com/hootsuite-alternatives): Best Hootsuite alternatives for social listening, tested and compared
- [Meltwater Alternatives](https://octolens.com/meltwater-alternatives): Best Meltwater alternatives, tested and compared
- [Google Alerts Alternatives](https://octolens.com/google-alerts-alternatives): Best Google Alerts alternatives — free and paid, tested and compared
- [Awario Alternative](https://octolens.com/awario-alternative): Compare Octolens vs Awario
- [Brand24 vs Brandwatch (2026): Pricing, Coverage & Verdict](https://octolens.com/brand24-vs-brandwatch): Brand24 vs Brandwatch with verified 2026 pricing and real user quotes: $249/month self-serve vs a $50k/year median contract. Which weight class are you in?
- [Brand24 vs Mention (2026): Pricing, Coverage & Verdict](https://octolens.com/brand24-vs-mention): Brand24 vs Mention with verified 2026 pricing and real user quotes: $249/month self-serve vs a demo-gated Agorapulse plan with no published price. What changed, and which fits.
- [Brandwatch vs Meltwater (2026): Contracts, Coverage & Fit](https://octolens.com/brandwatch-vs-meltwater): Brandwatch vs Meltwater with verified 2026 contract data: $50k vs $25.8k median per year — same invoice ballpark, different jobs. Which one are you hiring for?
- [Brandwatch vs Meltwater vs Talkwalker (2026): Which to Pick](https://octolens.com/brandwatch-vs-meltwater-vs-talkwalker): The enterprise listening shortlist with verified 2026 contract data: $50k vs $25.8k vs $13.3k medians, who owns each platform now, and which job each one actually fits.
- [Brandwatch vs Sprout Social (2026): Pricing & Verdict](https://octolens.com/brandwatch-vs-sprout-social): Brandwatch vs Sprout Social with verified 2026 pricing and real user quotes: a $50k/year consumer-intelligence contract vs per-seat plans with a sales-quoted listening add-on.
- [Meltwater vs Talkwalker (2026): The Hootsuite Deal & Pricing](https://octolens.com/meltwater-vs-talkwalker): Meltwater vs Talkwalker with what nobody else covers: Talkwalker is now Hootsuite's "Lumen", and real contracts run $6.9k–$45k/year for the same job. Here's how to choose.

## Free Tools

- [Share of Voice Calculator](https://octolens.com/share-of-voice-calculator): Free tool: calculate share of voice vs competitors
- [Best Time to Post on Reddit](https://octolens.com/best-time-to-post-on-reddit): Free tool: find the best posting time per subreddit
- [Pricing Calculator](https://octolens.com/pricing-calculator): Estimate your Octolens plan cost by mention volume

## Research

- [Reddit B2B SaaS Study](https://octolens.com/reddit-b2b-saas-study): Original research: 522M+ Reddit mentions analyzed across 500K+ subreddits and 300K+ SaaS brands

## Use Cases

- [For Founders](https://octolens.com/founders): Social listening for startup founders
- [For Marketing Teams](https://octolens.com/marketing): Social listening for marketers
- [For Developer Relations](https://octolens.com/developer-relations): DevRel social listening
- [For AI Agents](https://octolens.com/agents): Social listening and social data for AI agents
- [For Agencies](https://octolens.com/agencies): Multi-client social listening for SaaS, GEO & growth agencies — one API, flat pricing, unlimited seats
- [Referral Program](https://octolens.com/referral-program): Earn commission recommending Octolens

## Company

- [Charlotte Schmitt — Co-Founder & CEO](https://octolens.com/about/charlotte-schmitt): About Octolens co-founder and CEO Charlotte Schmitt: her story, what she cares about, plus bios, press assets, and booking

## Key Information

- **Pricing**: Pro $199/month ($159/month billed annually), Scale $599/month ($499/month billed annually), Enterprise custom. See https://octolens.com/pricing
- **Included**: Pro: 15,000 mentions/month, 10 keywords. Scale: 50,000 mentions/month, 40 keywords.
- **Free Trial**: 7-day free trial
- **Platforms**: 15+ platforms including Reddit, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Bluesky, GitHub, YouTube, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, DEV.to, TikTok, podcasts, newsletters, news, and the wider web
- **AI Features**: AI relevance scoring, sentiment analysis, smart filtering, AI summaries
- **Integrations**: REST API, Webhooks, MCP server, Slack, Email — API + Webhooks + MCP available on every plan
- **API Documentation**: https://octolens.com/docs
- **OpenAPI Spec**: https://octolens.com/openapi.json (OpenAPI 3.1 — full REST API surface; API keys are scoped read/write/admin, each operation names its required scope)
- **MCP Server**: https://app.octolens.com/api/mcp/v2 (OAuth; docs: https://octolens.com/docs/mcp/v2)
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Customers**: Used by leading product-led companies including Vercel, PostHog, Prisma, Tally, and Lovable
- **Support**: hi@octolens.com

## Blog

- [What Is Media Monitoring? A Practical 2026 Guide](https://octolens.com/blog/media-monitoring): What media monitoring is, what it covers, what it actually costs (real contract numbers), and how to set it up — a practical guide with quotes from practitioners.
- [The 15 Best AI Sentiment Analysis Tools in 2026 (By Use Case)](https://octolens.com/blog/best-sentiment-analysis-tools): We compared 15 AI sentiment analysis tools across social listening, customer feedback, call centers, APIs, and open source — real prices, real user quotes, honest trade-offs.
- [Sprout Social Pricing in 2026: What It Actually Costs Per Seat](https://octolens.com/blog/sprout-social-pricing): Sprout Social pricing explained: $199–$399/seat annual vs $249–$499 monthly, the unpublished Listening add-on, and real contract data (median $18,960/yr).
- [Brand24 Review (2026): Hands-On Test, Pricing, and Verdict](https://octolens.com/blog/brand24-review): An honest Brand24 review based on a hands-on run of the free trial: real source coverage numbers, noise filtering, verified 2026 pricing, and who it actually fits.
- [Brand Reputation Monitoring in 2026: The Complete Guide](https://octolens.com/blog/brand-reputation-monitoring): What brand reputation monitoring is, how to measure reputation with real metrics, and how to catch problems early — including what AI assistants say about you.
- [Meltwater Pricing in 2026: What It Actually Costs (Real Contract Data)](https://octolens.com/blog/meltwater-pricing): Meltwater pricing explained with real numbers: $10k–$130k+ per year, actual contract data from 286 buyers, a public rate card, and the auto-renewal terms to check before signing.
- [23 Best Competitor Monitoring Tools in 2026 (By Category)](https://octolens.com/blog/best-competitor-monitoring-tools): We compared 23 competitor monitoring and AI competitor analysis tools — competitor intelligence, SEO, ads, pricing, website changes, and mentions — with real prices and honest trade-offs.
- [How to Get Your Brand Mentioned in ChatGPT (and Every Other AI Assistant)](https://octolens.com/blog/how-to-get-your-brand-mentioned-in-chatgpt): A tactical guide to getting your SaaS recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini: find your money prompts, build pages LLMs cite, and earn mentions where the models actually look.
- [How Render Reaches 4x More Developers](https://octolens.com/blog/render): How Render uses Octolens to filter social noise, respond to 4x more developers, and turn live conversations into growth signals for people and AI agents.
- [Our Best Customers Never Open Our App](https://octolens.com/blog/best-customers-never-open-app): Our most valuable customers almost never open Octolens. Here's why we rebuilt social listening as a data layer — API, webhooks, and MCP on every plan.
- [12 Best Social Media Monitoring Tools in 2026 (Free & Paid)](https://octolens.com/blog/best-social-media-monitoring-tools): We compared 12 social media monitoring tools on alert speed, platform coverage, noise filtering, and real pricing — plus the free options that actually work.
- [21 Best Social Listening Tools in 2026 (Compared)](https://octolens.com/blog/best-social-listening-tools): We compared 21 social listening tools side by side — G2 ratings, real pricing, platform coverage, and what actual users say about each one.
- [Build a Wall of Love from Reddit, Twitter & LinkedIn Mentions](https://octolens.com/blog/turn-mentions-into-wall-of-love): Turn positive mentions from Reddit, X, LinkedIn and Hacker News into a wall of love on your homepage using Octolens and MCP — includes a copy-paste prompt.
- [How to Track Social Signals Across the Internet (Not Just LinkedIn)](https://octolens.com/blog/track-social-signals): LinkedIn isn't the only place your buyers talk. Learn how GTM teams track social signals across Reddit, Hacker News, Twitter, podcasts, and more to find buying intent before competitors do.
- [Auto-Create Linear Issues from Reddit, Twitter & LinkedIn Mentions](https://octolens.com/blog/turn-mentions-into-linear-issues): A step-by-step tutorial for automatically turning product mentions from Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Hacker News and more into Linear issues using Octolens, Linear, and MCP — includes a copy-paste prompt.
- [How Metabase's Dev Advocate Saves 10 Hours a Week](https://octolens.com/blog/metabase): How Metabase's first Developer Advocate uses Octolens to track community conversations across Hacker News, Reddit, GitHub and X — saving 10 hours a week.
- [Get Social Listening Alerts in Discord with Val Town](https://octolens.com/blog/val-town): Set up Octolens webhooks and Val Town to get brand mention alerts straight in your Discord server — no infrastructure needed.
- [12 Best Social Media APIs for Developers in 2026](https://octolens.com/blog/best-social-media-apis): An honest comparison of 12 social media APIs — auth complexity, rate limits, real pricing, and which ones are worth integrating. From a dev who's tried them all.
- [How Developer Marketing Teams Create Original Content With AI](https://octolens.com/blog/content-workflow): Developer audiences hate generic AI content. Here's a content workflow that turns community mentions and a social listening API into original technical content at scale.
- [How Railway Uses the Octolens API to Reach 2.6M Developers](https://octolens.com/blog/railway): How Railway monitors brand mentions with the Octolens API — filtering noise for a common-word name and tying mentions to 40% MoM signup growth.
- [Reddit API Pricing in 2026: Complete Breakdown](https://octolens.com/blog/reddit-api-pricing): Reddit API pricing explained: free tier limits, commercial costs, and why developers are looking for alternatives. Complete 2026 breakdown.
- [How AI Agents Access Social Data Without Getting Blocked](https://octolens.com/blog/how-ai-agents-access-social-data-reliably): Learn how AI agents like OpenClaw access social media data reliably. Set up the Octolens MCP skill for real-time brand monitoring across Reddit, X, and more.
- [12 Best Social Media Search Engines in 2026 (Compared)](https://octolens.com/blog/search-engines-for-social-media): Compare the 12 best social media search engines for brand monitoring, mention tracking, and social listening. Includes pricing, pros/cons, and an honest comparison table.
- [Brand Monitoring in 2026: B2B Brands Built in Public](https://octolens.com/blog/brand-monitoring): A practical guide to brand monitoring in 2026: how B2B teams track meaningful brand signals, avoid alert fatigue, and use always-on brand tracking from real conversations.
- [13 Best Brand Monitoring Tools in 2026 (Free & Paid)](https://octolens.com/blog/best-brand-monitoring-tools): 13 brand monitoring tools compared with verified pricing, G2 ratings, and real user quotes — plus a free stack that costs nothing. Updated August 2026.
- [A B2B Founder’s Guide to Social Listening in 2026](https://octolens.com/blog/social-listening): Discover how B2B SaaS founders can leverage social listening and brand monitoring to uncover leads, safeguard their brand, and stay ahead in 2026.
- [How Tally Turns Community Conversations Into Compounding Growth](https://octolens.com/blog/tally): Learn how the bootstrapped form builder Tally used community conversations as a core ingredient to reach $4M in ARR.
- [How Vercel Listens to Developers at Scale](https://octolens.com/blog/vercel): Learn how teams across Vercel use Octolens to capture user feedback, detect incidents early, and build a thriving developer community.
- [How Juicebox Saves 10+ Hours a Week on User Feedback](https://octolens.com/blog/juicebox): Learn how Juicebox uses Octolens to surface candid brand mentions and engages faster across LinkedIn, Reddit and beyond. 
- [How PostHog Keeps a Pulse on Brand Perception and Product Sentiment](https://octolens.com/blog/posthog): Learn how PostHog uses Octolens for real-time social listening, from product sentiment to brand buzz - featuring insights from Demand Gen lead Brian Young.
- [How Prisma Responds To 600 Mentions Per Week In Under 5 Minutes](https://octolens.com/blog/prisma): Prisma uses Octolens to monitor 600+ weekly mentions, cut noise, and respond in minutes—protecting brand reputation and launching new products faster.
- [Competitor Social Media Monitoring: The Insider's Guide](https://octolens.com/blog/competitor-monitoring): A practical guide to tracking competitors on social media — what to monitor, which tools actually work, and how to turn what you learn into an advantage.
- [$200k in 60 Days: An Honest AppSumo Select Review (2024)](https://octolens.com/blog/200k-in-60-days-honest-review-of-appsumo-select-for-my-ai-b2b-saas-product-2024): Honest review of AppSumo Select Lifetime deal, with pros, cons, and if it's worth it for recurring-cost products. Discover insights on revenue, user quality, and support.
- [5 Reasons Why Google Alerts Is Not Working](https://octolens.com/blog/why-google-alerts-is-not-working): Learn about the 5 most common reasons why Google Alerts is not working - and what you can do about it.
- [The Best Syften Alternative in 2026](https://octolens.com/blog/syften-alternative): Syften works for small indie projects, but it falls short once you scale. See how Octolens compares on platforms, AI filtering, and pricing.

## Contact

- Email: hi@octolens.com
- Website: https://octolens.com