# BuzzSumo pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $199/mo (Content Creation). Among the 5 social listening we track it is #3 cheapest of 5; median entry $199/mo.
**Domain:** buzzsumo.com
**Free tier:** No · 30-day free trial
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Not published · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** Slack, Chrome Extension, RSS Feed, Zapier
**Best for:** content marketing; PR teams; media monitoring; competitive research
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Content Creation | $199 | −20% | flat | 1 user, unlimited searches, 2 alerts, Content Analyzer, Trending Feeds, Question Analyzer. Price shown is annual-billing rate; monthly billing exists but exact price not published on the page. | buzzsumo.com |
| PR & Comms | $299 | −20% | flat | 5 users, unlimited searches, 5 alerts, Media Database & Outreach, Coverage Reports, Slack Integration. Annual-billing rate; monthly price not published on the page. | buzzsumo.com |
| Suite | $499 | −20% | flat | 10 users, unlimited searches, 10 alerts, YouTube Analyzer, Advanced Chrome Extension, Article Uploads. Most popular plan. Annual-billing rate; monthly price not published on the page. | buzzsumo.com |
| Enterprise | $999 | — | flat | 30 users, unlimited searches, 50 alerts, RSS Feed Sync, Granular Location Search, early access to new features. Annual billing only — no monthly option. | buzzsumo.com |

**Key features:** Content Analyzer for trending content discovery; Media Database & Outreach on PR & Comms+; YouTube Analyzer on Suite+; Question Analyzer for content ideation.

**Plan limits:** 1-30 users by plan; 2-50 alerts by plan; Searches shared across all users on an account; Enterprise is annual billing only.

## Cheaper social listening alternatives

- [Awario](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/social-listening/awario/) — from $29/mo
- [Sprout Social](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/social-listening/sprout-social/) — from $79/mo

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-15
Provenance: Re-verified at buzzsumo.com/pricing/ on 2026-06-15. Displayed prices are annual billing (save 20%). Monthly-billing prices exist via toggle but were not rendered in the fetched page content, so they are not asserted.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/social-listening/buzzsumo/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, BuzzSumo's entry plan was $199/mo as of 2026-06-15 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/social-listening/buzzsumo/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl