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Determ vs NetBase Quid

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Determ

Social Media

Media monitoring and PR intelligence with published European pricing and unlimited users on every plan

From
€99/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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NetBase Quid

Business Intelligence

Consumer and market intelligence combining social listening with unstructured text analytics

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Determ there is no print media monitoring, so any organisation with a press cuttings obligation or a board that still reads newspaper coverage has to buy a second service alongside it.; NetBase Quid nothing about pricing is published and the review sites carry no plan data either, so you cannot size a budget without entering a sales process, and reported costs put it out of reach of small and mid-sized teams.
  • They diverge on capability: Determ covers Real-time mention alerts, NetBase Quid covers Social listening.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Determ and NetBase Quid actually diverge.

Attributes where Determ and NetBase Quid differ
AttributeDetermNetBase Quid
Starting price€99/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer month by topic and mention volumequote
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb
CategorySocial MediaBusiness Intelligence

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Determ

  • Real-time mention alerts
  • Unlimited keywords
  • Sentiment analysis
  • Influencer identification
  • Boolean query builder
  • Reporting and exports
  • Mentions API
  • Crisis alerts

Only in NetBase Quid

  • Social listening
  • Network visualisation
  • Unstructured data analytics
  • Image and logo analytics
  • Custom taxonomies
  • Alerting
  • AI agent library
  • API and exports

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Determ

  • A European trade association giving unlimited member-organisation staff access to the same media alerts without paying per seatnot NetBase Quid
  • A communications team needing alerts within minutes of a negative story breaking in a regional language outletnot NetBase Quid
  • A PR agency running monitoring for several clients where seat-based pricing would make sharing dashboards uneconomicnot NetBase Quid
  • A public sector body tracking coverage of a policy announcement across news, forums and social without a six-figure contractnot NetBase Quid

NetBase Quid

  • A consumer goods strategy team mapping five years of category news and patent filings to find unserved product territorynot Determ
  • A brand insights function tracking how consumer language about an ingredient shifts across social and news simultaneouslynot Determ
  • A corporate development team sizing an adjacent market from filings, transcripts and press before commissioning a consultancynot Determ
  • An agency building a category point of view for a pitch that needs evidence broader than social conversation alonenot Determ

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Determ

  • There is no print media monitoring, so any organisation with a press cuttings obligation or a board that still reads newspaper coverage has to buy a second service alongside it.
  • Mention allowances are the real constraint and a single viral news cycle can exhaust a 1,000-mention monthly quota in days, after which you either upgrade mid-contract or lose visibility exactly when you need it most.
  • Long-range historical reporting is thin, so year-on-year share of voice analysis and multi-year campaign retrospectives are awkward compared with the larger monitoring suites.
  • Facebook coverage is restricted and LinkedIn profiles cannot be monitored, limits imposed by those platforms but which still leave gaps in any brand where the conversation happens there.
  • It is a monitoring tool rather than a PR suite, with no media database, no journalist contact list and no pitching workflow, so agencies replacing Cision or Muck Rack will find half the job undone.

NetBase Quid

  • Nothing about pricing is published and the review sites carry no plan data either, so you cannot size a budget without entering a sales process, and reported costs put it out of reach of small and mid-sized teams.
  • The two halves of the platform came from separate companies and still feel like separate products, which means the workflow from a social finding to a market-map investigation involves more manual bridging than the marketing implies.
  • The network visualisations are compelling in a demo and demanding in practice; teams without an analyst who understands clustering tend to produce pretty maps they cannot defend in a meeting.
  • Historical social data beyond the contracted window is typically an additional cost, so a retrospective study you did not scope at signing turns into a change order.
  • The rebrand from NetBase Quid to Quid has left documentation, support material and third-party integration listings under a mixture of names, which makes finding accurate current information about the product harder than it should be.

Pricing, plan by plan

Determ

€99/month
  • Focus$99/month
    • 1 topic
    • 1,000 mentions per month
    • Unlimited keywords
  • Expand$299/month
    • 5 topics
    • 5,000 mentions per month
    • Unlimited keywords
  • Command$499/month
    • 10 topics
    • 10,000 mentions per month
    • Unlimited keywords
  • Custom$undefined/year
    • Custom topic and mention volumes
    • Enterprise onboarding
    • Quoted individually

NetBase Quid

On request
  • Quid$undefined/year
    • Social listening with sentiment and emotion analysis
    • Network visualisation of unstructured corpora
    • News, patent and filing datasets

Which should you pick?

Choose Determ if

  • You need real-time mention alerts.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want unlimited keywords.
Determ review

Choose NetBase Quid if

  • You need social listening.
  • You also want network visualisation.
NetBase Quid review

Questions people ask

Is Determ or NetBase Quid better?
Neither clearly leads. Determ starts at €99/month and NetBase Quid at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Determ or NetBase Quid?
Determ starts at €99/month and NetBase Quid at On request.
Does Determ or NetBase Quid run on more platforms?
Determ runs on Web, iOS, Android. NetBase Quid runs on Web.
What is Determ best used for?
Determ is most often used 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. Of those, a european trade association giving unlimited member-organisation staff access to the same media alerts without paying per seat and a communications team needing alerts within minutes of a negative story breaking in a regional language outlet are not what NetBase Quid is typically brought in for.
What can Determ do that NetBase Quid cannot?
Determ covers Real-time mention alerts, Unlimited keywords, Sentiment analysis, Influencer identification. NetBase Quid covers Social listening, Network visualisation, Unstructured data analytics, Image and logo analytics.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Determ: Is Determ the same as Mediatoolkit?

Yes. Mediatoolkit rebranded to Determ; older reviews and directory listings still use the previous name.

NetBase Quid: Is NetBase Quid the same as Quid?

Yes. The merged company now trades as Quid and netbasequid.com redirects to quid.com.

Determ: How are users charged?

They are not. Every published plan includes unlimited users and unlimited keywords; you pay for topics and monthly mention volume.

NetBase Quid: Does it publish pricing?

No. Contracts are annual and quoted, and independent review sites list no plan pricing at all.

Determ: Does it monitor print or broadcast?

No. Online and social only.

NetBase Quid: Is there a trial?

The site offers a two-week trial on request rather than open self-service signup.

Determ: What happens if I exceed my mention limit?

You stop receiving new mentions on that topic for the period unless you upgrade, so set queries tightly before a campaign launch.

NetBase Quid: Is this a replacement for a social listening tool?

It can be, but you would be paying for the market intelligence half as well. If you only need social monitoring, cheaper tools cover it.

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