Syften
Syften monitors public conversations for signs of buying interest, including recommendation requests, competitor complaints, switching discussions, pricing o…
What Syften is
Syften monitors public conversations for signs of buying interest, including recommendation requests, competitor complaints, switching discussions, pricing objections, and questions about products or categories. Alerts link to the person and discussion, so teams can review the surrounding context rather than rely on an unexplained account score. Sources include the public web, online communities, social platforms, developer sites, podcasts, blogs, forums, newsletters, and Product Hunt. Users can set keyword filters and optionally apply AI acceptance rules to reject matches that do not show relevant intent. Alerts can be delivered through Slack, email, RSS, API, or webhooks. The Entry plan costs $29.95 a month, billed monthly, and includes three community filters, 100 community results per day, one web filter, five web results per day, and a seven-day archive search. There is no free plan, but the 14-day free trial requires no credit card. Standard and Syften PRO include API access; Syften PRO also lists MCP support for compatible AI tools. Syften routes public conversations, but does not enrich contact records or identify every mention as a lead.
Good
- Covers numerous public conversation sources.
- Alerts link to the relevant discussion.
- Optional AI rules can filter matches.
- Alerts can be delivered through several channels.
- 14-day trial requires no credit card.
Watch out
- No free plan is available.
- Does not identify anonymous website visitors.
- Does not enrich contact records.
- Does not predict buying stages.
Who it suits
Syften may suit B2B SaaS founders, founder-led sales, product marketers, developer-tool teams, and community teams looking for public discussions about buying intent. It is not aimed at teams needing anonymous visitor identification or enterprise ABM orchestration.
Verdict
Syften helps teams find and route public conversations that may signal buying interest, while keeping the discussion context attached. It is not a substitute for account-level intent data, contact enrichment, or enterprise ABM orchestration.
Plans and prices
From Syften's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | $29.95 a month | 3 community filters · 100 community results/day · 1 web filter · 5 web results/day · 7-day archive search |
| Standard | $49.95 a month | 20 community filters · 200 community results/day · 5 web filters · 20 web results/day · 1-month archive search · Slack · AI filtering · API; Twitter and YouTube monitoring are paid add-ons |
| Syften PRO | $119.95 a month | 100 community filters · 500 community results/day · 20 web filters · 50 web results/day · unlimited archive · Slack · AI filtering · API · webhooks · MCP; Twitter and YouTube monitoring are paid add-ons |
| Tailor made | Priced on request | Custom solutions for product integrations or marketing data |
The facts
Each one read from Syften's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API and MCP
- The Standard and Syften PRO plans include API access, while Syften PRO also lists MCP support for connecting Syften to AI tools that support MCP.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Data processing
- The privacy policy says inputs, generated outputs, and relevant public content may be processed by external data and AI service providers to provide service features.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Delivery
- Alerts can be sent to Slack, email, RSS, API, or webhooks.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Filtering
- Users can create focused keyword filters and apply optional AI acceptance rules to reject matches that do not show relevant intent.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The page identifies B2B SaaS founders, founder-led sales, product marketers, developer tools, and community teams as a strong fit.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Lead handling
- Syften finds and routes public conversations but does not enrich contact records or declare every mention a lead.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Matching context
- Alerts link to the person and conversation so teams can review what someone said rather than rely on an unexplained account score.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 29.95checked 21 Sep 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says Syften will not rent or sell personal information, and that account deletion removes the primary account record although some historical results, logs, or backups may remain temporarily or for stated operational and legal reasons.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- Syften monitors public conversations for buying intent, including recommendation requests, competitor comparisons, switching discussions, and descriptions of problems a product solves.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Scope limit
- Syften does not provide third-party account-level intent data, identify anonymous website visitors, predict buying stages, or orchestrate enterprise ABM campaigns.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Sentiment analysis
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Signal types
- It can find recommendation requests, competitor complaints, migration discussions, pricing objections, feature and category questions, and named product research.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Sources
- Supported sources include the public web, Reddit, Hacker News, X/Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Indie Hackers, Slack communities, Discourse, Stack Exchange, YouTube, GitHub, Lobste.rs, Dev.to, and podcasts.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site says users can contact [email protected] and that the team will reply within 24 hours.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2019checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Kraków, Polandchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Trial
- The site offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required and says trial users immediately see recent matching conversations.checked 4 Oct 2026
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