SnitchFeed vs Syften
Verified against Syften's own site, September 2026
Syften monitors more places than any tool we compare against, and it starts cheaper than we do. If your audience lives in developer forums and indie communities, this comparison is going to end in their favour and we would rather tell you that now. The case for us is narrower and it comes down to one platform they do not cover.
Who each tool is actually for
Syften is for products whose audience lives in communities
Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, Product Hunt, Indie Hackers, the Stack Exchange family, Lobsters, Dev.to, Mastodon, Slack communities, newsletters, podcasts, YouTube, Bluesky and the open web. If you are building developer tools or an indie product, that source list is hard to beat and it starts at $29.95.
SnitchFeed is for B2B teams whose buyers are on LinkedIn
Fewer sources, chosen deliberately: Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Bluesky and Hacker News. Boolean queries (AND, OR, NOT, grouping, exact phrases) with AI relevance and intent scoring applied to what they return, a REST API and MCP server on every plan, and alerts into Slack and Discord.
SnitchFeed or Syften?
Choose Syften if
Developer tools and indie products whose users talk in forums, GitHub, Product Hunt and niche communities.
- Your audience is on GitHub, Stack Exchange, Product Hunt or Indie Hackers
- You want the widest possible source list for the lowest price
- You do not need LinkedIn
- You want a setup built for you from your website and competitors
- You need to search an unlimited archive
Choose SnitchFeed if
B2B teams selling to buyers who discuss software on LinkedIn and X as much as on Reddit.
- LinkedIn matters to your pipeline
- You want X coverage without a paid add-on
- You want AI scoring, Slack, API and MCP at the entry price, not the second or third tier
- You want intent signals on mentions, not just a filtered stream
- You want real-time Reddit and Bluesky monitoring
What it costs
Syften publishes no annual billing, so their prices are month to month and ours are shown both ways. Their 'filters' are not necessarily one keyword each, so treat the filter counts as indicative rather than a like-for-like keyword comparison.
| Comparison | Syften | SnitchFeed |
|---|---|---|
| Entry tier | $29.95/month, 3 community filters, 100 results/day | $59/month, or $47 annually, 10 keywords |
| Cheapest tier with AI filtering, Slack and API | $49.95/month (Standard) | $59/month (Starter), all three included |
| Top self-serve tier | $119.95/month (PRO), 100 filters, webhooks, MCP | $119/month (Pro), 30 keywords, webhooks, MCP |
| Not covered at any tier | Included on every tier | |
| X (Twitter) | Paid add-on, and only from Standard up | Included on every tier |
| Archive | 7 days on entry, 1 month on Standard, unlimited on PRO | 3 months on Starter, 6 on Pro |
| Free trial | 14 days on PRO, no card required | 7 days, no card required |
Where Syften is genuinely better
All of this is true. If any of it is a requirement rather than a preference, buy Syften.
Source breadth we do not come close to
GitHub, Product Hunt, Indie Hackers, Stack Exchange, Lobsters, Dev.to, Mastodon, Slack communities, newsletters and podcasts are all places we do not look, at any price. For a developer tool or an indie product, that is most of the internet that matters.
Cheaper to start
$29.95 a month against our $59. If you want to watch a handful of terms across a lot of communities on a small budget, they are the better value and we are not going to argue otherwise.
Automated onboarding
Syften researches your company, competitors and product names, then builds the initial monitoring setup for you. That is a real time-to-value advantage over configuring listeners yourself.
Unlimited archive on their top tier
PRO keeps everything. We keep six months on Pro. If you need to search back further than that, they can and we cannot.
Where SnitchFeed beats Syften
The cases where we would tell you to pick us.
LinkedIn, which Syften does not cover at any price
For a B2B product this is usually the whole decision. Buying committees discuss tools on LinkedIn, and no Syften tier will ever show you those conversations.
X is included for us and an add-on for them
Syften sells X monitoring as a paid extra, and only from their $49.95 Standard tier. Ours is in every plan, alongside Reddit, LinkedIn, Bluesky and Hacker News.
AI filtering is not gated behind a second tier
Syften reserves AI filtering, Slack and API access for Standard at $49.95 and above; their $29.95 entry tier has none of them. Our $59 Starter includes Slack, Discord, API and AI scoring on every mention.
Query control and scoring together, on the entry plan
Syften describes its AI as running on top of your full mention stream to suppress low-value traffic, and reserves it for Standard at $49.95. Our $59 Starter gives you boolean queries and relevance and intent scoring on the results, from the first plan, so ranking and routing work off the same signal.
API and MCP without an upgrade
Syften puts API access on Standard at $49.95 and MCP on PRO at $119.95. Both are on every SnitchFeed plan, and our API goes beyond stored mentions to on-demand search across X, LinkedIn and Hacker News, plus LinkedIn post comments and reactions.
Where these figures come from
Syften figures were checked against their own site in September 2026. Pricing changes; if you spot something out of date here, tell us and we will fix it.
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I love SnitchFeed. Can't recommend it enough.
I really like what I achieved with SnitchFeed.
One dashboard. Every conversation that matters. No more hopping between platforms. Quality product & great founder 🤝
Anyone reading this comment, I've used SnitchFeed and loved it!
Spent 5 minutes on SnitchFeed, dropped a comment → new user
Just started using SnitchFeed and I'm already loving it. Great Work!
I love SnitchFeed. Can't recommend it enough.
I really like what I achieved with SnitchFeed.
One dashboard. Every conversation that matters. No more hopping between platforms. Quality product & great founder 🤝
Anyone reading this comment, I've used SnitchFeed and loved it!
Spent 5 minutes on SnitchFeed, dropped a comment → new user
Just started using SnitchFeed and I'm already loving it. Great Work!
I legit booked 5 meetings with SnitchFeed this week. And it's only Monday...
Does what it says on the tin. Quite well.
Every day I open my laptop, SnitchFeed is the first thing I log into.
Immediately found 5 perfect posts that I replied to on X & LinkedIn. Wasn't expecting that!
The ability to use AI sentiment scoring and get insights on data is incredibly useful. Very hard to find at this price point!
Super easy setup and UI. Actually delivers on what it promises to do.
I legit booked 5 meetings with SnitchFeed this week. And it's only Monday...
Does what it says on the tin. Quite well.
Every day I open my laptop, SnitchFeed is the first thing I log into.
Immediately found 5 perfect posts that I replied to on X & LinkedIn. Wasn't expecting that!
The ability to use AI sentiment scoring and get insights on data is incredibly useful. Very hard to find at this price point!
Super easy setup and UI. Actually delivers on what it promises to do.
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