Octolens
Octolens monitors brand and competitor mentions across more than 15 platforms, filters them with AI, and sends results to teams.
What Octolens is
Octolens monitors brand and competitor mentions across more than 15 platforms, filters them with AI, and sends results to teams. Coverage includes social media, developer communities, news, podcasts, newsletters, review sites, and the open web, with named sources such as Reddit, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Bluesky, Hacker News, GitHub, DEV, Stack Overflow, Product Hunt, and Medium. AI scores relevance as high, medium, or low and tags intent, sentiment, and language. News monitoring across 150,000+ outlets is available on Scale. Mentions can arrive in the dashboard, Slack, email digests, REST API, webhooks, or MCP. Native integrations include Slack, Attio, PostHog, Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor. API, webhooks, and MCP are included on every plan. Pro costs $159 a month billed annually; Scale costs $499 a month billed annually. A seven-day trial offers Pro features and up to 5,000 mentions without a credit card.
Good
- Monitoring across 15+ platforms
- AI relevance and sentiment tags
- REST API, webhooks, and MCP
- Multiple delivery channels
- Seven-day trial without credit card
Watch out
- No free plan
- No mobile app yet
- Historical data is limited
- Pro limits 15,000 mentions monthly
Who it suits
Octolens is aimed at B2B technology founders, marketing and developer-relations teams, agencies, and AI agents monitoring online conversations.
Verdict
Octolens provides broad mention monitoring with AI classification and many delivery or integration paths. Its paid plans and mention limits should be weighed against the seven-day Pro-feature trial and the absence of a mobile app.
Plans and prices
From Octolens's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pro | $159 a month | 15,000 mentions · 10 keywords · hourly refresh · 2-years data history · unlimited team seats · Billed annually |
| Scale | $499 a month | 50,000 mentions · 40 keywords · real-time refresh · unlimited data history · unlimited team seats · Billed annually |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | multiple workspaces · unlimited mentions · unlimited keywords · custom AI agents · unlimited team seats · Custom |
The facts
Each one read from Octolens's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI analysis
- Its AI scores mention relevance as high, medium, or low and tags intent, sentiment, and language.checked 3 Oct 2026
- API access
- REST API, webhooks, and an MCP server are included on every plan.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Data privacy
- The privacy policy says Octolens does not sell personal data and identifies Lens Labs GmbH in Berlin as the postal contact.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Delivery
- Mentions can be delivered through Slack, email digests, REST API, webhooks, MCP, or the dashboard.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed native integrations include Slack, Attio, PostHog, Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Monitoring coverage
- Sources include social media, developer communities, news, podcasts, newsletters, web pages, and review sites.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 159checked 21 Sep 2026
- Product
- Octolens monitors online brand and competitor mentions across 15+ platforms, filters them with AI, and delivers them to teams.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Scale limit
- News monitoring across 150,000+ outlets is available on the Scale plan.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Sentiment analysis
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker lists chat and email support and says email inquiries are typically answered within 24 hours.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- The maker describes the product as built for B2B tech teams, including founders, marketing, developer relations, agencies, and AI agents.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- The imprint identifies Lens Labs GmbH as the operator and lists Berlin, Germany as its address.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Berlin, Germanychecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Trial allowance
- The 7-day free trial includes Pro features and access to up to 5,000 mentions, with no credit card required.checked 3 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile app
- The pricing FAQ says Octolens does not yet have a mobile app.checked 3 Oct 2026
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