An Awario alternative without annual billing
Awario Starter can be $29/month if you pay annually. MentionWatch is $29/month without the annual commitment — and a much smaller, social-only product.
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The short version
This is not a slam dunk on price. Awario lists Starter at $49/month or $29/month billed annually, with 30,000 mentions and Boolean search. MentionWatch is $29/month cancel-anytime, with a 14-day trial and social-only scans. If you need volume or web coverage, Awario is the more capable product. If you want month-to-month social monitoring and a longer no-card trial, MentionWatch is the simpler buy.
Pricing, side by side
Awario prices below are from awario.com/pricing, checked in August 2026. MentionWatch does not try to match Awario’s mention caps.
Awario
Starter
$49 / $29 monthly / annual
- 3 topics, unlimited keywords per topic
- 30,000 new mentions/month
- 1 team member, Boolean search, PDF reports
Pro
$149 / $89 monthly / annual
- 15 topics, 300,000 mentions/month
- 10 team members
- CSV export (export is listed for Pro and Enterprise)
Enterprise
$399 / $249 monthly / annual
- 100 topics, 1,000,000 mentions/month
- Unlimited team members, API, white-label, account manager
MentionWatch
Free trial
14 days No credit card
- Instagram and TikTok only
- 1 keyword
- Weekly scan
- Up to 80 mentions
Starter
$29 /month
- 3 keywords
- 24-hour scan cycle
- YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and X
- EARLYBIRD: 20% off the first month for the first 50 customers
Growth
$79 /month
- 8 keywords
- 12-hour scan cycle
- Adds Facebook
- Monthly billing, cancel in self-serve billing
Awario figures are from their public pricing page, checked in August 2026. Competitor prices change; treat them as typical public list prices, not a live quote.
Awario vs MentionWatch
Green is the stronger side for that row. MentionWatch does not win every category.
Entry price
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MentionWatch
Trial
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MentionWatch
Mention volume
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MentionWatch
Coverage
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MentionWatch
Cancel
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Team features
Awario
MentionWatch
Who should pick which
A cheaper tool is the wrong buy if you need coverage we do not have.
Stay with Awario if
The annual Starter price is close to MentionWatch, and the product is much larger.
- You need 30,000 mentions/month, not a sampled social scan.
- Boolean queries and web/news/Reddit-style coverage are the job.
- Paying annually at $29/month is acceptable.
- You want PDF reports now, or CSV export and API later on Pro/Enterprise.
Choose MentionWatch if
You want a simple social monitor on a monthly invoice, not a full listening database.
- $29/month without prepaying a year.
- A 14-day trial that is limited but card-free.
- The platforms that matter are YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, and Facebook.
- You prefer canceling in a billing portal instead of emailing support.
MentionWatch limits, stated plainly
This is a scheduled social monitor for solopreneurs, not a full social-listening firehose.
- Not realtime. Scan cycles are 12 to 168 hours depending on plan.
- Each cycle only takes the latest 20 TikTok videos and the latest 35 posts per other platform.
- Coverage is social only: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, and Facebook. No Reddit, news, blogs, forums, reviews, or the open web.
- Facebook is on Growth. The trial is Instagram and TikTok only.
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Pricing
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14-Day Trial
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Up to 80 mentions during trial period
- Instagram, TikTok
- 1 Keyword / Hashtag
- Weekly scan cycle
- 3 months of history
Starter
For serious individuals.
Use code EARLYBIRD for 20% off the first month
Only the first 50 customers.
Up to 3,000 mentions / month
- Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter
- 3 Keywords / Hashtags
- 24-hour scan cycle
- 3-Month History
Growth
For scaling projects.
Up to 16,500 mentions / month
- Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter, Facebook
- 8 Keywords / Hashtags
- 12-hour scan cycle
- 3-Month History
Pay $29/month without locking in a year
Start the 14-day trial. If you outgrow the scan caps, Awario is still there — and we would rather you pick the tool that fits than oversell ours.
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