buzzabout
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveReads millions of TikTok, Reddit and X posts for marketing hooks, pain points and narratives.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Paid options from
- $98/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Starter $98/month (2,000 credits, 250 mentions per research), Pro $178 (5,000 credits), Business $450 (20,000 credits), Enterprise custom; annual plans are $980, $1,780 and $4,500 paid up front. Monthly plans start with a $1 one-day trial of 1,000 credits and 50% off the first paid month.
Use tool ↗About buzzabout
Buzzabout is a social listening platform that reads posts across Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X and LinkedIn to surface recurring pain points, emotional hooks and narratives around a brand, product or topic, rather than just counting mentions. It is aimed at marketers, product managers and agencies who want a qualitative read on audience conversation, and it includes listening agents that keep tracking a topic after the first report. Usage is metered in monthly credits that come with each plan, and API and webhook access is included from the entry plan up. Annual billing, a one-day trial for monthly plans and discounted academic access are offered.
- Platforms
- Web · API
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page: Starter $98/month with 2,000 credits, Pro $178, Business $450, Enterprise custom; yearly $980/$1,780/$4,500 up front; API access and webhooks on every plan (15 October 2026)buzzabout.ai ↗
- Pricing FAQ: monthly plans begin with a $1 one-day trial of 1,000 credits followed by 50% off the first paid month; annual plans have no trial (15 October 2026)buzzabout.ai ↗
- Home page: social intelligence across Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X and LinkedIn for marketers, PMs and agencies (15 October 2026)buzzabout.ai ↗
Is buzzabout legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Apr 1, 2024 (2 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, looked up Sep 16, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Jan 10, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- BuzzaboutOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of buzzabout
Buzzabout's pitch is qualitative depth on top of large-scale scraping: it reads posts for tone and narrative rather than just tallying keyword hits, and API access is included from the cheapest plan up. The trade-off is price - the entry plan is now $98 a month - and credit metering, so real monthly cost depends on how much research you run, and its accuracy claims are not independently checkable.
Pros
- Covers six platforms (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, X, LinkedIn) in one search
- AI listening agents keep monitoring a topic after the first report
- API and webhook access included even on the Starter plan
- A $1 one-day trial lets you run real research before the first full month
Cons
- Usage is metered in monthly credits, so cost per research is hard to predict in advance
- Entry price roughly doubled to $98 a month since the summer
- No public information on company ownership or location
Best for
- Agencies running social research across several client brands
- Marketers who need hooks and narratives, not just sentiment scores
- Teams that want API or webhook access to listening data
Not for
- Solo creators on a tight, predictable budget
- Anyone who wants a single flat monthly price with no usage meter
Watch out: The monthly trial rolls straight into a paid month at 50% off; annual plans skip the trial and are paid up front, so cancel within the day if the $1 test does not convince you.
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