Mention vs. Pulsar CORE

Pulsar CORE

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Mention	Score 9.4 out of 10	N/A	Mention is a social media monitoring tool. Users can create alerts for their company name, product or competitors. The vendor aims to help companies get updated in real-time by tracking the most relevant mentions over the web and social web. The vendor’s value proposition is that Mention enables companies to react, get statistics, and collaborate with their team, all on the go! According to the vendor, over 650,000 companies use Mention.	$29 per month
Pulsar CORE	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Pulsar is a social media monitoring platform offering social listening, owned channels analytics, and social CRM. Customers use Pulsar for brand tracking and campaign measurement. The platform includes 4 tools: TRAC: Social media listening across topics, audiences and content diffusion. CORE: Owned channels analytics to measure your content performance and audience growth. FLOW: Social customer relationship management and social media publishing. TEAM: Analyse your internal social networks…	$1,200 150,000 mentions

Pricing

Mention

Pulsar CORE

Editions & Modules

Solo: $29.00
per month
Starter: $99.00
per month
Company: Custom
per month

TRAC (starter package): $1,200
150,000 mentions

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Mention	Pulsar CORE
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Prices listed are on a 'starting from' basis. All TRAC packages have unlimited user log-ins, unlimited search queries and are charged on the amount of mentions pulled in. Bespoke packages are available.

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Mention	Pulsar CORE
Considered Both Products	Mention Mark Anderson Digital Marketing Specialist - Team Lead Chose Mention Brand24 was my alternative to Mention, I switched back in 2018 because Mention's pricing was going up. While Brand24 is a U.K. based company, I still thought it may be beneficial to me here in the U.S. However, I didn't think about time zone differences and when the support … Incentivized Helpful? Kenny King Web Production Manager Responsible for SEO, Web Design, & Social Media Marketing Chose Mention Talkwalker is very similar to Mention. However, Talkwalker found much fewer results for our company. It did find similar results, so there was a crossover, but all the results Talkwalker found, Mention also found. The pricing is also much higher for Talkwalker, with much fewer … Incentivized Helpful? Maddy Osman SEO Content Strategist Chose Mention I like both, for different reasons. I'm more inclined to use Awario for the bulk of my tracking work (including online lead generation) because I have access to a premium plan via a lifetime deal. With an unlimited budget, I may pick Mention. Incentivized Helpful? Andy Abramson CEO and Founder Chose Mention I am feeling Sprout keeps improving while Mention is falling behind. Incentivized Helpful? Tim Cigelske Director of Integrated Content Chose Mention Many other tools are large-scale management systems with capabilities to respond. If your focus, however, is more on the monitoring side, then it's not necessary to have such a bulky solution and Mention could be the lightweight solution you need. Incentivized Helpful? Mark Barrera Senior Director SEO Chose Mention Definitely more affordable than Meltwater for the monitoring side of things. The social monitoring also takes what we want from Hootsuite and provides that coverage as we don't need the social sharing/conversation piece of either. So we're very pleased with the tool overall and … Incentivized Helpful? Aaron Treguboff Organic Reach Lead Chose Mention Honestly, I did a little research on different competitors, but my budget was very tight. Mention was the best reviewed and had the best reputation based on the price point. It was really an easy decision as all the other software solutions were charging $100s of dollars a … Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Finneran Product Manager Chose Mention Mention is an SMB solution and not necessarily made for the enterprise. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Mention Google alerts seems to miss a lot, while Mention does a much better job of getting you all of the info. Incentivized Helpful? Heidi Butkus Educational Consultant and Presenter Chose Mention Buffer and Tailwind are different types of products with different services. I use Mention because it provides a service that they do not provide. Incentivized Helpful? Stephen Thomas Founder and CEO Chose Mention Currently, there are no other tools available with the features that Mention has possible according to our knowledge and experience. We firmly believe that Mention has placed themselves in a category all of their own. In the ten years, our company has been around. We have yet … Incentivized Helpful? Lauren FitzHugh Chief Marketing Officer Chose Mention Mention is an all-in-one listening tool. It is designed specifically for that purpose, so you don't fall victim to distractions that other similar products offer. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Mention We only use Mention as an add-on component to other monitoring services to catch any mention that might have not been seen by the others. Incentivized Helpful? Nicky Enriquez Web & Digital Media Producer Chose Mention You can easily miss a notification or an @ response - but you don't miss anything with Mention. Incentivized Helpful?	Pulsar CORE Verified User Anonymous Chose Pulsar CORE I think that Pulsar is one of the more updated platforms that I have used and the metrics exported/shown in the dashboard are accurate. I think that some tools report inaccurate metrics gathered from social media platforms due to the new APIs, something that often causes … Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Mention	Pulsar CORE
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Performance	9.2 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.3 (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.4 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Mention	Pulsar CORE
Likelihood to Recommend	Mention is perfect if you are looking for a fairly inexpensive software that will help you monitor your brand reputation, help you discover SEO opportunities, and potentially help you generate sales revenue. While I know Mention can work with bigger companies, I personally feel this fits the SMB market the best. On the other hand, Mention may not be for you if you have a mega brand and need to see sentiment analysis. Incentivized Aaron Treguboff Organic Reach Lead Read full review	I think that Pulsar is a good tool for brands or agencies who have a set list of competitors or subbrands that they are looking to do a monthly/weekly comparison of engagement metrics. When you have the brand account inputted, the data is shown in a visually tangible way and easy to comprehend. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Engagement - Knowing how well your content is doing with your audiences is a beneficial feature to have at your disposal. Reach - Knowing the who, and where your content ends up, gives a better insight into how compelling your content is. Data Reports - The many features offered by Mention is invaluable. Some of the best thought out features are with this company. Incentivized Stephen Thomas Founder and CEO Read full review	Track engagements over time Easy to use interface Modern and updated display Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Mention is an older platform and in this rapidly changing world and "need it now," I'm not feeling it's really there yet. I'm having to create my own social tracking using IFTTT and Zapier to be ahead of the curve. I wish Mention was as fast. Incentivized Andy Abramson CEO and Founder Read full review	Unfortunately, when exporting data it is often hard to read in an easy format. I've used other tools where you can get historical data once you put into the tool but Pulsar cannot do that. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	Pulsar is not a complex tool by any means. The interface is updated and comprehensive, and I've used multiple tools in the past where the interface was very outdated and exporting data was often a difficult process since it was not well organized. The tool works well in visualizing complex data. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Performance	Mention works quickly and its user interface is easy to use. Alerts update regularly and I've never noticed any lag. It integrates with our CRM via Zapier, but this is not something which we use yet. The only thing I would say is that it takes time for Mention to reach its full potential. It only starts to rank influences from when you set up the alert, so it can take a few weeks to build a map of your influencers. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Mention always responded promptly and gave excellent support. Any problem we had with the software, from login trouble to broken features were addressed quickly. There was once a problem with our quota, where we were unable to see results we should have been able to see. We sent an email, and within an hour, the situation was resolved! Incentivized Kenny King Web Production Manager Responsible for SEO, Web Design, & Social Media Marketing Read full review	I have not had to reach out to Pulsar support before but my coworkers have and said the support was good. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Brand24 was my alternative to Mention, I switched back in 2018 because Mention's pricing was going up. While Brand24 is a U.K. based company, I still thought it may be beneficial to me here in the U.S. However, I didn't think about time zone differences and when the support would be available to me. Normally when you have a question, you want it answered right now, but that was a bit of a problem for them. Mention is very quick with support and understanding of their own program. Incentivized Mark Anderson Digital Marketing Specialist - Team Lead Read full review	I think that Pulsar is one of the more updated platforms that I have used and the metrics exported/shown in the dashboard are accurate. I think that some tools report inaccurate metrics gathered from social media platforms due to the new APIs, something that often causes confusion and lack of clarity. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Mention has had a positive impact on my business because it gives people the impression that I was following them, even if I might not have been. It makes me appear active on all social media platforms, even if I ONLY look at my mentions each day! Because I have only used the free plan but have benefitted greatly, I would say that my ROI is fantastic! The only negative impact that Mention has is that I do get a daily email in my inbox, and it is one more thing to check. However, it is worth the time. Incentivized Heidi Butkus Educational Consultant and Presenter Read full review	Input into our algorithm for brand strength and stature Quick engagement tracking Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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