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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mention

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMention 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

    Screaming Frog

    Score9.2 out of 10
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    $149

    per year

    Pricing
    MentionScreaming Frog
    Editions & Modules
    Solo
    $29.00
    per month
    Starter
    $99.00
    per month
    Company
    Custom
    per month
    Paid Version
    $149.00
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MentionScreaming Frog
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    MentionScreaming Frog
    Considered Both Products
    Mention
    No answer on this topic
    Screaming Frog
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    27 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    Features
    MentionScreaming Frog
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Mention and Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    Feature
    Mention
    -
    Ratings
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    6.7
    53 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Keyword analysis00 Ratings7.020 Ratings
    Backlink management00 Ratings5.023 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Page grader00 Ratings7.122 Ratings
    Competitive analysis00 Ratings7.927 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings8.353 Ratings
    Site recommendations00 Ratings7.924 Ratings
    Task management00 Ratings3.09 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Mention and Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    Feature
    Mention
    -
    Ratings
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    7.0
    37 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Local SEO00 Ratings5.017 Ratings
    Social SEO00 Ratings7.112 Ratings
    Mobile SEO00 Ratings7.923 Ratings
    Global SEO00 Ratings7.929 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Mention and Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    Feature
    Mention
    -
    Ratings
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    6.1
    42 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Multi-domain support00 Ratings7.831 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools00 Ratings4.535 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    MentionScreaming Frog
    Small Businesses
    Social Suite by Reputation.com
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Social Suite by Reputation.com
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Social Suite by Reputation.com
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MentionScreaming Frog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (22 ratings)
    8.6
    (55 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (8 ratings)
    7.9
    (18 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MentionScreaming Frog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Mention
    I would ask if they have ever used a software like Mention before, if not, I would totally suggest they start with it. It's easy to use, easy to set up and while it may be confusing at first, it's probably the cheapest and most effective. My suggestion to a new marketer or first-time user of this kind of software would be Mention.
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    Screaming Frog
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider is well suited to auditing brand new websites, when you need a quick, holistic view of the websites technical issues. Its great for providing a top line view of a websites architecture, perhaps for a new business approach where you need to assess the scale of work to maintain a website. Its also a useful tool in situations where you might need to see whether a large scale change in the website has taken place, you can see word counts, pages and their https response codes. Screaming Frog may be less useful if you need an idea of the customer experience on a website, it doesn't really provide information that helps assess how fast a website loads, what issues might come up when trying to convert or faults with the payment process. Screaming Frog is largely a technical SEO focused tool, it also can't assess the quality of a websites, layout or the quality of the content used on the website. As mentioned, its niche, but very useful within that niche.
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    Pros
    Mention
    • Mention has nice support and implementation function. They will do some of the harder work for you (e.g. refining your alerts).
    • It helps us to easily track and rank influencers, which improves the effectiveness of our Public Relations (PR).
    • You can filter and refine alerts e.g. by language. This is useful if you want to break into new markets.
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    Screaming Frog
    • Crawling client sites of up to thousands of pages. Gives you almost every tool that you need to do a proper SEO audit.
    • Custom extractions using CSSpath, Xpath, or Regex. I'm not even a techy, but their support section here is a huge help with the provided examples.
    • Customer service and support - Dan is ALWAYS very prompt to respond with helpful answers on Twitter if needed.
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    Cons
    Mention
    • Yes, I just said it is clean and easy to use, but there is always room for improvement in even the most perfect software. I would personally love to see the ability to custom message options a bit more or just customize the look and feel of your dashboard.
    • Bugs. Mention works great 95% of the time. The other 5%, you may run into major crashes or see mentions that you cleared coming back, etc., but nothing that is a deal breaker or unexpected with a tool like this. Worth noting nonetheless!
    • Better plans. This is a small issue, but I wish the lower plans has some basic reporting.
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    Screaming Frog
    • Requires Java. This isn't a huge deal as many computers already have it installed, but it's yet another 3rd party component.
    • The free version has a crawl limit of 500 pages per site. This is fine for smaller sites, but if you're running a big e-commerce site then you'll need to pay for Pro version.
    • The user interface isn't very pretty. This is an analytics tool so it doesn't really have to be, but it might be helpful for improving the overall user experience.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Mention
    No answers on this topic
    Screaming Frog
    The tool has become integrated into our teams daily workings and I have yet to find a tool other than scremaing frog to replicate all of our use cases for it. It's a great tool and we're sticking with it
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    Usability
    Mention
    No answers on this topic
    Screaming Frog
    The main problem of Screaming Frog SEO Spider is it being an offline software which limits itself to a single pc and that creates problem when multi user agents want to get involved or even work on it, it’s a difficult task to collaborate on it and do research for keywords at one place
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    Performance
    Mention
    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.
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    Screaming Frog
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Mention
    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!
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    Screaming Frog
    Screaming Frog is a relatively primitive system, and doesn't need to be supported by devs or other software. Screaming Frog does interface directly with some programs that are most needed (Google Analytics, Search Console, Page Speed Insights), so that's convenient. It isn't widely supported by other programs, but it also doesn't need to be.
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    Implementation Rating
    Mention
    No answers on this topic
    Screaming Frog
    If the software was a little easier to use for beginners, there really wouldn't be an issue
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    Alternatives Considered
    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 to come across any other companies like Mention. Pretty sure there may be another company or competition. None like Mention in our opinion are available, however.
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    Screaming Frog
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider is probably the best non-client facing SEO audit tool in terms of technical SEO. There are other tools on the market that do a more complete job of keyword tracking, competitive analysis, and backlink profiles...however, for analyzing the technical SEO health of any website, Screaming Frog is the best
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    Return on Investment
    Mention
    • 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.
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    Screaming Frog
    • Increased employee efficiency - We spend many less hours tracking down and reporting simple meta tags.
    • Better Client Servicing - We are able to ensure we have a total look at a client's site before we recommend anything.
    • True Pricing Structure - We are able to more accurately predict how much help a client may need based on factors such as size of site, number of redirects, proper use of meta tags, etc.
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    ScreenShots

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