Syften
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveMonitors Reddit, Hacker News, X, and forums for keyword mentions and sends alerts.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Paid options from
- $29.95/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Entry is $29.95/month (3 community filters, 100 results a day, 7-day archive), Standard $49.95 (20 filters, AI filtering, Slack) and PRO $119.95 (100 filters, full archive, webhooks, MCP). X monitoring (+$40/month) and YouTube monitoring (+$20/month) are paid add-ons on every plan; the 14-day free trial runs on PRO with no credit card.
Use tool ↗About Syften
Syften watches Reddit, Hacker News, X, GitHub, forums, YouTube, and the wider web around the clock for mentions of chosen keywords, then pushes alerts through email, Slack, API, or webhooks. It's built for founders, marketers, indie hackers, support teams, and agencies who want to catch brand mentions, competitor activity, or buying-intent conversations as they happen rather than searching manually. The company is based in Krakow, Poland, and has been running since 2019. Plans scale from a small number of tracked keywords and daily results up to unlimited archive access and webhook delivery.
- Platforms
- Web · API
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing section: Entry $29.95/month, Standard $49.95/month, Syften PRO $119.95/month; X monitoring +$40/month and YouTube monitoring +$20/month as paid add-ons; 14-day free trial on PRO, no credit card (15 October 2026)syften.com ↗
- Entry plan includes API access to account matches and filters; webhooks and MCP are listed on PRO (15 October 2026)syften.com ↗
- Footer: Syften, 2019-2026, Rynek Glowny 27, Krakow, Poland; 'Operating since 2019' on the home page (15 October 2026)syften.com ↗
Is Syften 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
- Aug 30, 2019 (7 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar eNom, LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Jan 9, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2019The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Syften, PolandOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Syften
Syften covers a wider set of sources than most brand-monitoring tools — Reddit, Hacker News, and GitHub alongside the usual social platforms — which matters most for developer-facing and indie-hacker products where those communities carry real buying signal. Several years of operation and a clear Krakow base give it more track record than most of this batch.
Pros
- Covers Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, Bluesky, Mastodon and podcasts, not just mainstream social platforms
- API access on every plan, with webhooks and an MCP server on PRO
- Multiple years of operating history with a named headquarters
Cons
- Entry tier is capped at 100 daily results, 3 community filters and a 7-day archive
- X and YouTube monitoring cost extra ($40 and $20 a month) on top of any plan
- Pricing rises quickly at the PRO tier ($119.95/month) for heavier monitoring
- No native mobile app, web and alerts only
Best for
- Founders and indie hackers tracking mentions across developer communities
- Marketing teams wanting Reddit and Hacker News coverage specifically
- Agencies monitoring multiple client brands
Not for
- Teams needing enterprise-grade social listening with sentiment analytics
- Anyone who only needs a single platform like X or Instagram monitored
Watch out: Check the daily-results cap on the entry plan against your actual keyword volume — high-traffic keywords can burn through it fast.
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