Best Social Listening · head-to-head

Sprout Social vs Brand24

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for social listening. Sprout Social has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.

Sprout Social has the lower entry price — Sprout Social starts at $79/mo, Brand24 at $199/mo. Free tier: Sprout Social No, Brand24 No. HIPAA: Sprout Social —, Brand24 —.

As of 2026-06-15 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

Sprout Social

$79/mo entry
Entry price$79/mo (Essentials)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forsocial media management

Brand24

$199/mo entry
Entry price$199/mo (Individual)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2
GDPRYes
Best forbrand monitoring

Sources — Sprout Social: sproutsocial.com (verified 2026-06-15) · Brand24: brand24.com (verified 2026-06-15)

Key features

Sprout Social: Unified social inbox across all platforms; AI Assist for content creation and reply suggestions; Social Listening add-on with sentiment and spike alerts; Deep Salesforce and CRM integrations

Brand24: AI Sentiment Analysis across all plans; AI Brand Assistant and AI Events Detection on Pro+; Lightning Search for real-time monitoring; Advanced Reports on Business+

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