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Alternatives to Determ
22 social media tools sit alongside Determ in this directory. Below is what separates each from Determ on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 8
- Determ starts at
- €99/month
Why people look past Determ
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Determ entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Determ starts at €99/month. Across the 12 social media tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $29/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Determ carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 7 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Determ publishes 4 tiers, from €99/month up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Determ pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Consumer intelligence and influencer analytics
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by topic and mention volume.
- 2 tiers to Determ's 4.
Media intelligence and social listening platform
- Starts $14901 a year dearer, at $15000/year.
- 2 tiers to Determ's 4.
PR software to tell your story and track results
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by topic and mention volume.
- 3 tiers to Determ's 4.
The renamed and restructured Twitter, now merged into Elon Musks xAI, with paid verification and metered API access
- Can be used without paying; Determ cannot.
- Sold on a Free to use, paid X Premium tiers and metered developer API model rather than Per month by topic and mention volume.
- 3 tiers to Determ's 4.
Visual discovery and bookmarking platform monetised through advertising and shopping links, run as an independent public company
- Can be used without paying; Determ cannot.
- Sold on a Free for users, advertising revenue from businesses model rather than Per month by topic and mention volume.
- 1 tier to Determ's 4.
Blogging and fandom platform owned by Automattic after being sold off by Verizon for a fraction of what Yahoo paid for it
- Can be used without paying; Determ cannot.
- Sold on a Free to use, optional ad-free subscription and paid post promotion model rather than Per month by topic and mention volume.
- 2 tiers to Determ's 4.
Every Determ alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Determ (this page) | €99/month | Per month by topic and mention volume | 4 | |
| BrandwatchIf you need deep historical data and analysis rather than fast alerting at a low price | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Determ |
| MeltwaterIf print and broadcast monitoring plus a journalist database are part of the requirement | $15000/year | - | 2 | vs Determ |
| ProwlyIf your priority is pitching and press release distribution more than continuous monitoring | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Determ |
| X | Free | Free to use, paid X Premium tiers and metered developer API | 3 | vs Determ |
| Free | Free for users, advertising revenue from businesses | 1 | vs Determ | |
| Tumblr | Free | Free to use, optional ad-free subscription and paid post promotion | 2 | vs Determ |
| Free | Free, funded entirely by targeted advertising | 1 | vs Determ | |
| Tailwind | Free, then $11.99/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Determ |
| Metricool | Free, then $20/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Determ |
| Mention | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Determ |
| YouScan | $499/month | Per month by mention volume and search topics | 2 | vs Determ |
| Synthesio | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Determ |
| Rival IQ | $239/month | Per month by tracked company count | 3 | vs Determ |
| Statusbrew | $69/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Determ |
| Brand24 | $199/month | Per month by mention volume | 5 | vs Determ |
| Awario | $29/month | Per month by mention volume | 3 | vs Determ |
| Khoros | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Determ |
| Sked Social | $24/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Determ |
| Planoly | $14/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Determ |
| SocialBee | $29/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Determ |
| Sendible | $1/month | Subscription | 5 | vs Determ |
| Talkwalker | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Determ |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Determ badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Determ (8)
Entry price under Determ's €99/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Tailwind , Free, then $11.99/month
- Metricool , Free, then $20/month
- Statusbrew , $69/month
- Awario , $29/month
- Sked Social , $24/month
- Planoly , $14/month
- SocialBee , $29/month
- Sendible , $1/month
What you would be giving up
Determ is most often brought in for a european trade association giving unlimited member-organisation staff access to the same media alerts without paying per seat, a communications team needing alerts within minutes of a negative story breaking in a regional language outlet, a pr agency running monitoring for several clients where seat-based pricing would make sharing dashboards uneconomic, a public sector body tracking coverage of a policy announcement across news, forums and social without a six-figure contract. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Determ is broadly right and the question is cost, the Determ pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Social Media category lists everything the directory holds, and best social media tools ranks them.
Determ runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Determ alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Determ?
- 22 other social media tools are listed in this directory, led by Brandwatch, Meltwater, Prowly, X. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Determ?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: X, Pinterest, Tumblr, Facebook, Tailwind.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Determ?
- Yes. 8 of the alternatives below start under Determ's €99/month: Tailwind at Free, then $11.99/month, Metricool at Free, then $20/month, Statusbrew at $69/month, Awario at $29/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Determ?
- On the figures on record, 3 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Determ?
- Determ is most often brought in for a european trade association giving unlimited member-organisation staff access to the same media alerts without paying per seat, a communications team needing alerts within minutes of a negative story breaking in a regional language outlet, a pr agency running monitoring for several clients where seat-based pricing would make sharing dashboards uneconomic, a public sector body tracking coverage of a policy announcement across news, forums and social without a six-figure contract. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Determ?
- None of the social media tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Determ alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Social Media, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Determ against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Determ covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every social media tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Social Media category, 22 tools beside Determ. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.