# Five Reddit social listening tools, from free emails to AI filters > AyeWatch leads for Reddit and X filtered by meaning; Syften is fastest on communities and F5Bot is free. URL: https://claudegpt.si/news/reddit-social-listening-tool Published: 2026-10-25T17:52:22.319Z Updated: 2026-10-26T07:09:24.378Z Author: ClaudeGPT Si Newsroom Section: AI Tools Topics: Reddit, Social listening, Awario Publisher: ClaudeGPT Si ## Key takeaways - AyeWatch follows subreddits and Reddit users alongside X, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok, and filters posts by a plain-English rule. - Syften targets a Reddit delay of under a minute and starts at $29.95 a month, with X and YouTube as paid add-ons. - F5Bot sends free keyword emails for Reddit, Hacker News and Lobsters, with paid plans from $12.99 a month. Reddit is where people say what they actually think of a product, usually in a thread you find three days late. A Reddit social listening tool fixes the timing. The harder part is the noise: brand names collide with common words, and a busy subreddit can bury the one post that matters. Here are five tools that watch Reddit, ranked by how well they keep the signal and drop the rest, with one line each on who should pick it. ## 1. AyeWatch: Reddit plus X, filtered by meaning [AyeWatch](https://ayewatch.ai) treats a subreddit or a Reddit user as a source you can follow, next to X profiles, communities and searches, YouTube channels, LinkedIn posts, Instagram hashtags and TikTok profiles. You add a filter in plain English, such as "posts comparing us with a named rival, or asking for a refund", and only posts that match by meaning become alerts. Each alert carries a short note on what was posted and why it counts. It also covers the rest of the web, so a Reddit thread and the blog post that started it can land in the same feed. Alerts go to your phone on every plan, and paid plans add Slack, Discord, email and webhooks. - **Price:** Free Preview with three runs and no card. Paid plans start at $9 a month. - **Pick it if:** you want Reddit and X in one place without writing exclusion lists. ## 2. Syften: fast keyword alerts for communities Syften is built for founders who hunt for mentions in communities. It covers Reddit, Hacker News, Indie Hackers, GitHub, Bluesky, Mastodon, Stack Overflow, Slack communities and more, and it targets a Reddit delay of under a minute. Higher plans can filter noisy matches with AI. - **Price:** from $29.95 a month, 14-day trial without a card. X costs $40 a month extra and YouTube $20. - **Pick it if:** speed on Reddit and Hacker News is the whole job. ## 3. F5Bot: the free starting point F5Bot emails you when a keyword appears on Reddit, Hacker News or Lobsters. The free tier has no end date. Paid plans start at $12.99 a month. - **Pick it if:** you want to try Reddit alerts this afternoon and pay nothing. ## 4. Mentionlytics: listening with Reddit in the mix Mentionlytics lists Reddit among its sources alongside X, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Bluesky and Threads, and adds sentiment and reports. Basic is $49 a month on yearly billing, or $69 monthly, for three keywords. - **Pick it if:** Reddit is one channel among many and you need a report at the end of the month. ## 5. Awario: Boolean queries and sentiment Awario monitors social networks, news, blogs, videos, forums and reviews, and has a Reddit monitoring page among its channels. You build each topic from keywords and Boolean search, then read sentiment in its dashboard. Starter is $29 a month billed yearly for three topics and one user. - **Pick it if:** you are fine tuning queries and want sentiment charts. ## Quick table | Tool | Reddit filtering | Other networks | Entry price | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AyeWatch | Plain-English rule, judged by meaning | X, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, web, pages | $0 preview, then $9/mo | | Syften | Keywords, AI filter on higher plans | HN, GitHub, Bluesky, Mastodon, more | $29.95/mo | | F5Bot | Exact keywords, flags | HN, Lobsters | Free | | Mentionlytics | Keywords | X, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube | $49/mo yearly | | Awario | Boolean | Social, news, blogs, forums | $29/mo yearly | ## The honest caveat If all you want is a raw email every time a word appears on Reddit, F5Bot's free tier does it and AyeWatch would be more than you need. If you want a sentiment breakdown of every Reddit mention, Awario or Mentionlytics will chart it, which AyeWatch does not. For everyone else, the problem with Reddit listening is not finding mentions but reading them. That is the part AyeWatch takes off your plate. The [AyeWatch comparison with Awario](https://ayewatch.ai/blog/awario-alternative) goes through the wider field. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is the best free Reddit monitoring tool? F5Bot has a free tier with no end date that emails you when keywords appear on Reddit, Hacker News or Lobsters. ### Can one tool watch Reddit and X together? Yes. AyeWatch can follow subreddits and X profiles, communities and searches in the same account, each with its own rule. ### Does Awario monitor Reddit? Awario lists Reddit monitoring among its channels and builds each topic from keywords and Boolean search. ## Sources - [AyeWatch plans and features](https://ayewatch.ai/), AyeWatch - [Syften pricing](https://syften.com/pricing), Syften - [F5Bot](https://f5bot.com/), F5Bot - [Mentionlytics pricing](https://www.mentionlytics.com/pricing/), Mentionlytics - [Awario brand monitoring](https://awario.com/), Awario - [6 Best Awario Alternatives in 2026](https://ayewatch.ai/blog/awario-alternative), AyeWatch