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ForumScout is a free social listening and brand monitoring platform that helps businesses track mentions across the internet at an affordable price. It’s designed as a lightweight yet powerful alternative to traditional, expensive monitoring tools, making it especially attractive to small businesses, startups, and individual professionals. With a free tier offering 100 mentions per month, ForumScout provides an accessible entry point to brand intelligence without requiring credit cards or heavy setup.

The platform continuously scans multiple sources, such as Reddit, Twitter (X), LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Bluesky, Hacker News, forums, and news sites, to surface conversations relevant to your brand, competitors, or industry. Its AI filtering engine goes beyond keyword matching, analyzing context and sentiment to reduce noise and deliver actionable mentions. Users can create scouts (keyword trackers), receive real-time notifications, and monitor competitor discussions, customer pain points, or product recommendations.

ForumScout’s Growth and Business plans unlock deeper capabilities like audience analytics, sentiment analysis, and competitive insights. Users can see emotion breakdowns, trust metrics, and negative mention reports, turning raw chatter into clear signals for sales, support, and product development. Whether you want to track complaints, identify potential customers, monitor industry events, or spy on competitors, ForumScout positions itself as your personal intelligence agency for online discussions.

For businesses tired of overpaying for clunky social listening tools, ForumScout delivers speed, accuracy, and affordability, helping you join the right conversations at the right time.