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Best Sprout Social alternatives (2026)
7 alternatives to Sprout Social in social listening, ranked by entry price. Sprout Social starts at $99/user/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheaper than Sprout Social: Awario.
- Closest by price: Awario ($49/mo), BuzzSumo ($199/mo), Brand24 ($249/mo).
Sprout Social alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awario STALE · 2026-09-27 | $49/mo | No | — | SMB | awario.com |
| 2 | BuzzSumo | $199/mo | No | — | content marketing | buzzsumo.com |
| 3 | Brand24 STALE · 2026-09-03 | $249/mo | No | — | brand monitoring | brand24.com |
| 4 | Mention STALE · 2026-09-03 | $599/mo | No | — | enterprise brand monitoring | mention.com |
| 5 | Brandwatch STALE · 2026-09-27 | quote-only | No | — | enterprise brand intelligence | brandwatch.com |
| 6 | Meltwater | not priced monthly | No | — | enterprise PR | meltwater.com |
| 7 | Talkwalker STALE · 2026-09-27 | not priced monthly | No | — | enterprise social intelligence | talkwalker.com |
Data current through 2026-11-01. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. 5 of 7 rows above are marked. Compare any two directly on the Social Listening index.