Best Twitter (X) monitoring tools in 2026: eleven compared

We start with X's own tool and a free search, then go through multi-platform monitors from cheapest to broadest, and end with tools that score posts or draft replies for buyers. HearBuyers is labelled as ours. Where a vendor's X coverage depends on the plan, we say so. For query syntax, see our X search operators cheat sheet.

Prices are the plan names and figures each vendor shows on its own pricing page, checked on 17 and 18 October 2026. Plans change, so confirm on the vendor's page before you buy.

X Pro, formerly TweetDeck, is X's own workspace. The new version has a full post composer, advanced search, new column types and Decks (groups of columns saved as workspaces). You can copy your search, list and profile columns over once from the old version.

It's for people who watch X all day. It only monitors while it's open, and it doesn't send email alerts.

Sources. X only.

Standout. Several configurable columns for searches, lists and profiles in one view.

Price (checked 17 October 2026). X Pro is listed under Premium+, which X prices at US$40 a month or US$395 a year on the web. Local prices vary.

Social Searcher is a free search engine for public social posts. Enter a keyword and you get mentions with a preview, author and link, sorted by relevance or date. It supports exact phrases, exclusion and OR. Its About page says it runs on embedded Google search technology, so results depend on what that search turns up.

It works for one-off checks. Its pages don't mention saved alerts or notifications.

Sources. Public posts it finds through an embedded Google search.

Standout. Free, and you don't have to register.

Price (checked 17 October 2026). Free. Its pages list no paid plan, and the old pricing URL returns "page not found".

KWatch.io sends keyword alerts from X, Reddit, Hacker News, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn by email, Slack or webhook. X is paid only: 2 keywords on Essential, 10 on Business and 50 on Enterprise.

It's for people who want a few X keywords in the same feed as Reddit.

Sources are LinkedIn, X, Facebook, YouTube, Reddit and Hacker News, with coverage that varies by plan (LinkedIn posts but not comments, YouTube titles and descriptions only).

What stands out is the low entry price, plus alerts to Slack or a webhook on paid plans.

Price (checked 17 October 2026): Free is $0 (2 Reddit and 2 Hacker News keywords), Essential $19 a month, Business $79, Enterprise $199, and Agency on request.

Syften monitors X as a paid add-on, +$40 a month on top of a plan. It also covers Reddit, Hacker News, Product Hunt, forums and more. It says it aims for an X delay of no more than 15 minutes. Filters are search queries with optional AI accept rules, and alerts go out by email, Slack, RSS, webhook and MCP.

It's for sellers who write precise queries.

Sources. The public web, Reddit, X, Indie Hackers, Hacker News, GitHub, Product Hunt, Stack Exchange sites, forums, newsletters, YouTube, podcasts, Bluesky and Mastodon.

Standout. Filter rules written in plain language, and archive search.

Price (checked 17 October 2026). Entry is $29.95 a month (3 community filters), Standard $49.95 (20 filters, Slack, AI filtering) and PRO $119.95 (100 filters, webhooks). X monitoring adds $40 a month and YouTube $20. PRO has a 14-day trial with no card.

Awario tracks X, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, blogs, forums and news. A topic can include handles, hashtags and URLs, and you can search with Boolean operators and run sentiment analysis.

It's for small teams tracking brand and category mentions on X along with other sources.

Sources: X, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, Vimeo, blogs, forums, news and the wider web.

Standout: handles and hashtags count as keywords, and each topic allows unlimited keywords.

Price (checked 17 October 2026): Starter is $49 a month ($29 a month billed annually; 3 topics, 30,000 new mentions a month), Pro $149 ($89 annually; 15 topics), and Enterprise $399 ($249 annually; 100 topics). The free trial doesn't need a card.

Brand24 includes X among its sources, with Boolean search, sentiment, reach and engagement analysis, and reports. Alerts arrive by mobile push, email, Slack and Teams.

It's for marketing and PR teams watching brand reputation on X and other platforms.

Sources. Its home page lists X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, news, LinkedIn, blogs, forums, reviews, Reddit, Telegram, TripAdvisor, app stores and TikTok.

Standout. Storm alerts when mentions spike unusually.

Price (checked 17 October 2026). Individual $249 a month ($199 a month billed annually; 3 keywords, 2,000 mentions a month), Team $349 ($299 annually), Pro $499 ($399), Business $699 ($599), and Enterprise from $1,499 a month billed annually. There's a 14-day free trial.

Mentionlytics covers X along with AI sentiment and emotion analysis, share of voice and dashboards. It also does publishing and connects to Slack and Looker Studio.

It's for marketing teams that want X monitoring and publishing in the same tool.

Sources: web (news, blogs, forums), X, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky and Threads, with reviews as an add-on.

Standout: emotion analysis and anomaly detection.

Price (checked 17 October 2026): billed yearly, Basic is $49 a month (3 keyword rules, 5,000 mentions), Essential $141, Advanced $249, Pro $416, Business $624, and Enterprise from $1,083. There's a 14-day free trial with up to 3 keywords.

Octolens monitors X with many other platforms. It rates relevance, adds tags such as buy intent, and delivers to Slack, email and webhooks.

It's for teams that want filtered X alerts next to other platforms.

Sources: Reddit, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Bluesky, Hacker News, GitHub, DEV and Stack Overflow, plus podcasts, newsletters, news, the web and reviews on Scale.

Standout: tags for buy intent and promotional content.

Price (checked 17 October 2026): Pro is $199 a month billed monthly or $159 a month billed yearly (15,000 mentions, 10 keywords), and Scale is $599 a month or $499 a month yearly (50,000 mentions, 40 keywords). Enterprise is custom. There's a 7-day trial with no card.

SnitchFeed lists X as one of its live platforms. You describe your ideal customer or enter your domain, and it scores and tags posts for relevance, intent and sentiment, leaving out job posts and promotions. LinkedIn and X refresh hourly on Starter.

It's for teams that want scored X posts sent to Slack or a CRM.

It covers LinkedIn, X, Reddit, Bluesky and Hacker News, and lists more as coming.

Its pricing page shows an hourly X refresh on Starter and real-time on Pro.

Price (checked 17 October 2026): Starter is $47 a month (7,000 credits, 10 tracked terms), Pro $95 a month (21,000 credits, 30 terms) and Scale $399 a month. There's a 7-day free trial with 1,000 free credits and no card.

ReplyGuy finds places to mention your product and suggests replies. Its FAQ says that on X it helps you find the best places to reply and suggests what to say, but you edit and post the reply yourself. The Analyst plan only monitors.

It's for sellers who want reply ideas on X.

Sources. Reddit and X.

Standout. Suggested replies, and a free audit based on your website.

Price (checked 17 October 2026). Analyst $39 a month (monitor only), Small $10 (5 keywords, 20 replies), Pro $49, Business $99 and Enterprise $199, with lower yearly prices. There's a 3-day trial.

HearBuyers is ours. It reads public posts and replies on X (and Reddit), scores each one from 0 to 100 for buying intent and highlights the sentence that shows the need. You paste your website and it suggests search phrases you can edit. Matches at or above your threshold (70 by default) get a drafted public reply and a DM draft. A person approves and posts. Nothing sends on its own.

At first it scans the last 7 days, then it runs on a schedule, so it isn't instant. See X keyword alerts for how it works. It doesn't track brand sentiment.

Sources. X posts and replies, and Reddit posts and comments in the subreddits you pick plus Reddit search. Hacker News is next.

Standout. One set of queries, scored and sorted, so you only need to read the top few posts.

Price. Free for 14 days with no card, then from $19 a month.

1. Decide brand or buyers. Brand monitoring needs volume and reports. Buyer monitoring needs scoring and replies.
2. Check how X is covered. Several tools limit X to paid plans or cap X keywords.
3. Test speed. See how quickly new posts appear, and whether that matters to you. A reply two days late rarely helps.
4. Check delivery. Email, Slack and webhooks suit different teams.
5. Keep queries tight. Use phrases and exclusions from our X search recipes.
6. Stay inside the rules. Reply by hand, and don't send unsolicited bulk messages.

X Pro and advanced search let you save searches, but X's help pages don't describe email alerts for them. If you want an email or message, use a monitoring tool.

X's own advanced search and Social Searcher are free, but neither sends alerts. See our free social listening tools.

X says TweetDeck is now X Pro, available with Premium+.

Yes. Search for buyer phrases such as "alternative to" and "can anyone recommend". See X lead generation.

Save three buyer-phrase searches on X today, then trial one tool from this list for a week on the same phrases. Compare what the tool caught with what you found by hand. The TweetDeck alternatives page explains what to look for.

*Product names belong to their owners, and HearBuyers isn't affiliated with any of them. Facts about other products come from their own pages on the dates shown.*