Social Listening · pricing · Updated November 2026
BuzzSumo pricing (2026)
BuzzSumo starts at $199/mo (Content Creation) as checked on 2026-11-01, read from BuzzSumo's own pricing page; 4 plans. Best for content marketing. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $199/mo (Content Creation) · 20% off with annual billing
- Free tier: No · 30-day trial
- Compliance: HIPAA — · SOC 2 — · GDPR Yes
- Best for: content marketing; PR teams; media monitoring; competitive research
As of · every figure below links to its source
BuzzSumo plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
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| Content Creation | $199 | −20% | Flat monthly | 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 | — | Flat monthly | 5 users, unlimited searches, 5 alerts, Media Database & Outreach, Coverage Reports, Slack Integration. $299/mo month-to-month; the page also offers yearly billing ("Pay annually and save 20%"). | buzzsumo.com |
| Suite | $499 | — | Flat monthly | 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. The annual discount is not recorded because the figure recorded here is the annual rate and the vendor does not publish the month-to-month one — a saving cannot be expressed against a price nobody publishes. | buzzsumo.com |
| Enterprise | $999 | — | Flat monthly | 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 |
Last verified 2026-11-01. 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.
Price changes
Price on record
$199/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Corrections to this record
Changes we made to our own record of BuzzSumo, newest first: a figure read again on the vendor's page, a plan it no longer lists, a note. None of them is a price change by BuzzSumo. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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PR & Comms. Re-read 2026-11-01: the price stands at $299. The note said the monthly price was not published; the page now reads "PR & Comms For agencies needing to monitor coverage, research and outreach to journalists, and track trends. $299 /mo 5 Users".
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PR & Comms. Annual discount withdrawn, price unchanged. The record held 20% off $299, but $299 is itself the annual rate — monthly rate unpublished — so the page was offering a saving off a price that already had the saving in it. The annual discount is a percentage of the recorded monthly price, and there is no undiscounted figure here for it to be a percentage of.
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Suite. Annual discount withdrawn, price unchanged. The record held 20% off $499, but $499 is itself the annual rate — monthly rate unpublished — so the page was offering a saving off a price that already had the saving in it. The annual discount is a percentage of the recorded monthly price, and there is no undiscounted figure here for it to be a percentage of.
Capabilities
Integrations: Slack, Chrome Extension, RSS Feed, Zapier.
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.
Frequently asked questions
How much does BuzzSumo cost?
BuzzSumo starts at $199/mo (Content Creation); it has 4 published plans. Verified 2026-11-01.
Is BuzzSumo cheaper billed annually?
Yes. BuzzSumo publishes a 20% discount for paying annually (on the Content Creation plan). Verified 2026-11-01.
What are cheaper alternatives to BuzzSumo?
Cheaper social listening than BuzzSumo (entry $199/mo) include Awario at $49/mo. Verified 2026-11-01.
Does BuzzSumo support HIPAA?
BuzzSumo's public pages do not say whether it supports HIPAA. Its public pages also state GDPR compliance.
Does BuzzSumo have a free plan?
No — BuzzSumo publishes no free tier; it offers a 30-day free trial.
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