Social Sentiment Software

Last Updated: June 16th · 12 Platforms ranked

Djanan Kasumovic
Verified by Djanan Kasumovic
Head of Creator Research
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The world’s only consumer intelligence software directory built on verified business and product signals. Every score in the Software Index is calculated across four equally weighted dimensions: revenue and growth, product depth, customer proof, and industry recognition.

#PlatformScoreLocation (HQ)
1Brandwatch87/100London, United Kingdom
2Meltwater86/100San Francisco, CA, United States
3Sprout Social85/100Chicago, Illinois, United States
4Talkwalker83/100Luxembourg, LU
5Sprinklr83/100New York, NY, United States
6Quid82/100Santa Clara, CA, United States
7Qualtrics80/100Provo, UT and Seattle, WA, United States
8Brand2474/100Wrocław, Dolnośląskie, Poland
9Mention73/100Paris, France
10Mentionlytics73/100London, United Kingdom
Leaders · 80–100

7 Leaders

End-to-end platforms with verified methodology, broad network coverage, and analyst recognition.

Brandwatch logo
London, United Kingdom501-1000 employeesSocial Listening

Brandwatch is a consumer intelligence suite holding 1.7 trillion conversations back to 2010 and adding 501 million new ones a day from 100 million sources, with sentiment scored in the original language across 40+ languages and a six-emotion classifier. Iris AI writes queries, explains spikes, and summarizes data on demand. Customers include the BBC, Toyota, GSK, Standard Chartered, and Carlsberg.

Score breakdown
Product Depth24/25
Customer Proof19/25
Industry Recognition19/25
Revenue & Growth25/25

KFC boosted app downloads 193% with social data ads

Brand worked with
KFC
Client Industry
Fast food

45%

Cheaper than bau

193%

Improvement on performance benchmark

Wargaming tracked 150M players across 15 countries

Brand worked with
Wargaming
Client Industry
Gaming

150M

Audience

15

Countries

20

Free-to-play games

AOL used social data to boost Ford's US-made appeal

Brand worked with
AOL
Client Industry
Media/Technology

35M

People connected

80%

Negative sentiment

$4.5B

Acquisition by verizon

1,009

Us internet users surveyed

30%

Pay more attention to us-made products

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Meltwater

86/100
San Francisco, CA, United States1001-5000 employeesSocial Listening

Meltwater is a global media, social, and consumer intelligence platform ingesting 500M+ pieces of content a day from 270,000+ news sources, 25,000+ podcasts, and 15+ social channels, with native sentiment in 100+ languages and aspect-level scoring. Mira AI and GenAI Lens track brand visibility across LLMs. Customers include Google, LVMH, AstraZeneca, Pernod Ricard, and Danone.

Score breakdown
Product Depth23/25
Customer Proof19/25
Industry Recognition19/25
Revenue & Growth25/25

AutoTrader SA cuts monitoring time by 70,000+ posts

Brand worked with
AutoTrader South Africa
Client Industry
Automotive marketplace

70,000+

Vehicle listings

4M

Monthly website visits

Western Union monitors 550,000 sources in 200+ countries

Brand worked with
Western Union
Client Industry
Financial Services

550,000

Agent locations

80,000

Media mentions per month

200+

Countries and territories

Reboot Online boosted pitch wins 25% with research data

Brand worked with
Reboot Online
Client Industry
Agencies

25%

Research efficiency boost

Sprout Social logo
Chicago, Illinois, United States1001-5000 employeesSocial Media Management

Sprout Social is a publicly traded social media management and intelligence platform used by 30,000+ brands, with listening that processes an average of 600 million messages a day. Sentiment trends and spike alerts run inside Listening, Trellis answers questions in plain language, and NewsWhip adds predictive media intelligence. Customers include Atlassian, Canva, HP, UNICEF, and Kraft Heinz.

Score breakdown
Product Depth22/25
Customer Proof19/25
Industry Recognition19/25
Revenue & Growth25/25

pay.com.au drove 529% social growth with customer stories

Brand worked with
pay.com.au
Platform(s) used
Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok
Client Industry
B2B Fintech

98%

Response rate

529%

Compound annual growth

Care to Beauty scaled influencer reach 10x, 75% ROI

Brand worked with
Care to Beauty
Client Industry
Beauty

75%

Reduction in time spent

10x

Increase in influencer attributed

Randstad boosted social engagement 400% with community focus

Brand worked with
Randstad
Client Industry
Staffing

400%

Social media growth

60

Hours saved per month

45%

Social media engagement growth

Talkwalker logo
Luxembourg, LU501-1000 employeesSocial Listening

Talkwalker is a consumer intelligence platform monitoring 150 million websites and 30+ social networks, with sentiment in 127+ languages, basic sarcasm detection, and logo recognition in images and video. Blue Silk GPT generates summaries and the Yeti agent answers business questions in plain language. Customers include Adobe, Thomson Reuters, UNESCO, SoundCloud, and Kaiser Permanente.

Score breakdown
Product Depth25/25
Customer Proof19/25
Industry Recognition14/25
Revenue & Growth25/25

NBA team grew fan engagement 352% with data-driven content

Brand worked with
NBA team
Platform(s) used
Instagram
Client Industry
Sports

27%

Engagement increase

352%

Social video increase

46%

Social impressions increase

1M+

Impressions on holiday posts

University of Sydney grew engagement 41%, perception 31.5%

Brand worked with
University of Sydney
Platform(s) used
Instagram
Client Industry
Education

41%

Social video increase

31.5%

Brand sentiment increase

4x

Campaign engagement rate

UNICEF MENARO counters vaccine misinformation with storytell

Brand worked with
UNICEF MENARO
Client Industry
Non-profit
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Sprinklr

83/100
New York, NY, United States1001-5000 employeesSocial Listening

Sprinklr is an AI-native customer experience platform analyzing sentiment and emotion across text, video, audio, and images on 30+ channels in real time. AI+ Studio lets teams build custom sentiment models and Trend Forecasting projects key metrics up to 90 days out. Customers include Uber, Deutsche Telekom, Acer, Aramex, and Northwestern Mutual.

Score breakdown
Product Depth25/25
Customer Proof19/25
Industry Recognition14/25
Revenue & Growth25/25

Yango Play tracked 2M+ posts, gained 30x competitive edge

Brand worked with
Yango Play
Client Industry
Media & Entertainment

30x

Engagement vs competitors

2M+

Interactions (four months)

Northwestern Mutual hit 57K likes on Instagram post

Brand worked with
Northwestern Mutual
Platform(s) used
Instagram
Client Industry
Financial Services

300

New followers

31K

Likes on single post

57K

Engagements in 7 days

Pet food brand unified global support, grew by 20%

Brand worked with
Pet Food Producer
Client Industry
CPG

20

Nps increase

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Quid

82/100
Santa Clara, CA, United States201-500 employeesSocial Listening

Quid is an AI-powered consumer and market intelligence platform analyzing conversations across 2M+ blogs, 10K+ forums, and 580K+ news sources, with 27 months of history spanning 400B+ posts. Ask Q answers questions in natural language and Quid Predict flags weak signals before trends peak. Customers include Walmart, T-Mobile, Lufthansa, Accenture, and Edelman.

Score breakdown
Product Depth24/25
Customer Proof19/25
Industry Recognition19/25
Revenue & Growth20/25

Social listening and consumer insight analysis to build brand identity and scale community engagement through data-driven content strategy

Brand worked with
Manscaped
Platform(s) used
TikTok, Facebook
Client Industry
Consumer Goods

50%+

Weekly engagement

10K+

Facebook group members

7K → 17M

Organic video views growth

Predictive M&A intelligence and corporate strategy using data-driven analysis of earnings calls, analyst reports, and financial signals

Brand worked with
Intel
Client Industry
Technology

40%

Portfolio roi

13/15

Prediction accuracy

AI-powered audience insights and social audience segmentation for client ROI measurement

Brand worked with
Deloitte Digital
Client Industry
Consulting
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Qualtrics

80/100
Provo, UT and Seattle, WA, United States5001-10000 employeesSocial Listening

Qualtrics is an experience management platform used by 20,000+ brands, with Social Connect monitoring 35+ digital channels in real time and XM Discover analyzing text from social, reviews, calls, and surveys. Sentence-level sentiment on a -5 to 5 scale, per-topic scoring, and CB Emotion detection power the analytics. Customers include UPS, Volkswagen, Hilton, Goldman Sachs, and Chipotle.

Score breakdown
Product Depth22/25
Customer Proof19/25
Industry Recognition14/25
Revenue & Growth25/25

AI-powered comprehensive customer feedback analysis to proactively identify and resolve customer experience friction points

Brand worked with
Ally Financial
Client Industry
Financial Services

97%

Issue resolution rate

103

System issues addressed

109

System issues identified

10x

Cx friction visibility increase

Brand experience measurement across core markets to strengthen university brand perception and drive enrollment campaigns

Brand worked with
University of Denver
Client Industry
Education

1,600

Survey responses

7

Core markets analyzed

8x

Enrollment likelihood increase

Statewide customer experience program enabling agencies to better serve residents through centralized feedback collection and analysis

Brand worked with
State of Missouri
Client Industry
Government

15/17

Agencies adopting program

Strong · 65–79

3 Strong

Category specialists and regional leaders with verified buyer references.

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Brand24

74/100
Wrocław, Dolnośląskie, Poland51-200 employeesSocial Listening

Brand24 is a social listening tool tracking 25 million+ online sources in real time for 4,000+ brands, with sentiment in over 100 languages, six-emotion analysis, and podcast monitoring. The AI Brand Assistant answers questions directly from project data and the Anomaly Detector explains mention spikes. Customers include Samsung, Uber, IKEA, Intel, and H&M.

Score breakdown
Product Depth21/25
Customer Proof19/25
Industry Recognition14/25
Revenue & Growth20/25

Social listening for product development feedback and campaign monitoring during new app rollout

Brand worked with
Uber
Platform(s) used
Twitter/X
Client Industry
Transportation and ride-sharing

90%

Likes growth

250%

Shares increase

11%

New users increase

24%

Engagement increase

7%

Rides per user increase

100%

Discussion volume growth

Digital PR and SEO optimization through social media monitoring for backlink opportunities and campaign tracking

Brand worked with
Hostinger
Client Industry
Web hosting and website-building

10-15

Unlinked mentions found monthly

Social media monitoring and community management for a platform with 500,000+ members

Brand worked with
Extradom.pl
Platform(s) used
Facebook, Instagram
Client Industry
Real estate and home construction

170,000

Mentions tracked

500K+

Community members

Mention logo

Mention

73/100
Paris, France51-200 employeesSocial Listening

Mention is a media monitoring and social listening platform tracking over a billion sources in real time for 750,000+ users in 150+ countries, with sentiment in 31+ languages and seven-emotion analysis. Highlights delivers AI daily summaries and Pulse emails flag anomalies in mention volume. Customers include Microsoft, Hyundai, Stanford University, NordVPN, and Dailymotion.

Score breakdown
Product Depth20/25
Customer Proof19/25
Industry Recognition14/25
Revenue & Growth20/25

Automated digital media monitoring for wine industry clients' brand awareness and competitive intelligence

Brand worked with
Wine Services
Client Industry
Food & beverage

2x

Productivity increase

1.5x

Relevance improvement

Brand monitoring and social media engagement to build awareness and correct misinformation about their charitable business model

Brand worked with
Ecosia
Client Industry
Internet

6M

Users

10M

Trees planted

Lead generation, competitive analysis, and brand monitoring for hosting services with focus on customer support and reputation management

Brand worked with
Host1Plus
Client Industry
Technology

65,000

Customers

Mentionlytics logo
London, United Kingdom11-50 employeesSocial Listening

Mentionlytics is a web and social media monitoring platform serving 70,000 users across social networks, news, blogs, forums, reviews, and podcasts. The SIA advisor, AI Mention Clustering, image recognition, and sentiment with 96%+ accuracy across languages lead the deepest verified feature set in this index. Customers include Lidl, Zurich, Ogilvy, Eurobank, and CamScanner.

Score breakdown
Product Depth25/25
Customer Proof19/25
Industry Recognition14/25
Revenue & Growth15/25

Social media monitoring and reputation management across multiple hotel properties and social accounts

Brand worked with
Electra Hotels
Client Industry
Hospitality

57.9%

Total mentions increase

22.4%

Total engagement increase

46.3%

Positive sentiment increase

Social media monitoring and reputation management for sports sponsorship clients and athlete endorsements

Brand worked with
Impact & Emotions
Platform(s) used
Facebook
Client Industry
Sports marketing agency

70x

Maximum engagement increase

5-10x

Engagement increase with player endorsements

Brand awareness measurement and campaign effectiveness tracking for marketing summits and events

Brand worked with
Customers.ai
Client Industry
B2B SaaS

38%

Social reach increase

42%

Brand mentions increase

728%

Social engagement increase

Contenders · Below 65

2 Contenders

Newer entrants and self-serve platforms still building methodology evidence.

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Synthesio

64/100
Paris, France51-200 employeesSocial Listening

Synthesio is the Ipsos consumer intelligence suite analyzing billions of conversations from 600+ million sources across 80+ languages and 195 countries. Signals GenAI turns real-time consumer signals into insights in about 60 seconds, with Topic Modeling and ViralMoment video intelligence. Customers include Nestlé, Rémy Cointreau, and other Ipsos research clients.

Score breakdown
Product Depth21/25
Customer Proof9/25
Industry Recognition14/25
Revenue & Growth20/25
No customer stories on file. Platforms can submit case studies for editorial review.
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Awario

64/100
Nicosia, CY51-200 employeesSocial Listening

Awario is a social listening tool crawling 13 billion web pages daily alongside the X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and VK APIs, serving 6,000+ customers. Boolean search, sentiment trend graphs, spike alerts, and white-label reports cover the essentials at an accessible price. Customers include Chanel, SAP, Coca-Cola, and Typeform.

Score breakdown
Product Depth16/25
Customer Proof19/25
Industry Recognition9/25
Revenue & Growth20/25

Social selling and lead generation for global network of top-tier software talent

Brand worked with
Ûpstack
Client Industry
B2B technology

50-60x

Roi

Digital campaign strategy and social media monitoring for The Independent Group political party launch

Brand worked with
Seraph
Client Industry
Political consulting

500K+

Page views

160K

Website visitors

Social media monitoring and engagement for national charitable giving movement launch

Brand worked with
GivingTuesday Netherlands
Platform(s) used
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube
Client Industry
Non-profit

13.5M

Reach

1.6K

Mentions

250+

Participating charities

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