Octolens Alternative: Weir vs Octolens Pricing (2026)

Weir is an Octolens alternative for developers: an API that returns raw Reddit and X posts per result, where Octolens sends AI-filtered alerts.

Octolens watches more than a dozen sources and scores each mention for you. Weir covers Reddit and X (Twitter) only, and your code does the judging. We run Weir, so every Octolens fact here comes from Octolens' own pages, checked on 22 October 2026.

Watching your brand on Reddit and X with Weir is one call:

curl https://api.weirapp.io/v1/monitors \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $WEIR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Brand mentions", "schedule": "daily",
       "target": {"kind": "search", "query": "yourbrand", "sources": ["reddit", "x"]}}'

Octolens alternative or Octolens: which fits you?

They come at the same job from opposite ends. Octolens collects mentions and judges them; Weir hands you the posts and lets your code judge.

Pick by the job:

• Your marketing or support team reads the alerts: choose Octolens. Relevance scores, sentiment and Slack routing are the product.
• You build a feature on Reddit or X data: choose Weir. Each post arrives as JSON with its full text and counts.
• You track LinkedIn, GitHub, YouTube or app reviews: choose Octolens, since Weir reads Reddit and X only.
• You want an AI agent to read mentions: either works. Octolens has an MCP server on every plan, and Weir's works on every account.
• You need X posts in any language: choose Weir. Octolens' platform docs say its X tracking is English only.

Octolens pricing: what each plan costs in October 2026

Octolens sells three plans, and its pricing page opens on the annual view.

Switch the toggle to Monthly and both plans cost more:

Scale, billed monthly$599

Scale, billed annually$499

Pro, billed monthly$199

Pro, billed annually$159

What each plan covers, as of October 2026:

• Pro: 15,000 mentions a month, 10 keywords, hourly refresh and 2 years of history.
• Scale: 50,000 mentions and 40 keywords, real-time refresh, plus podcasts, news, newsletters and the web.
• Enterprise: custom pricing, unlimited mentions and keywords, several workspaces and custom AI agents.
• Every plan: AI relevance, tags and sentiment, Slack and email alerts, webhooks, the API, an MCP server and unlimited seats.

Going over the quota doesn't stop collection. Extra mentions cost $0.013 each on Pro and $0.01 on Scale, and you can set a monthly spend cap.

One line in Octolens' docs matters for budgets: every collected mention counts toward the quota, "whether the AI marks it relevant or not."

A 7-day free trial covers Pro features and up to 5,000 mentions, with no card.

Octolens vs Weir: what 15,000 mentions a month cost

Octolens Pro holds 15,000 mentions, so we priced the same volume on Weir: 10,000 X posts and 5,000 Reddit posts.

• Octolens Pro: $199 a month billed monthly, or $159 a month billed annually. It covers every Octolens source, not just these two.
• Weir, X: 10,000 posts at 1 credit each is 10,000 credits.
• Weir, Reddit: 5,000 posts at 3 credits each is 15,000 credits.
• Weir, runs: one hourly monitor runs 720 times in a 30-day month, at 1 credit a run.

That's 25,720 credits. The free 5,000 leave 20,720 to buy. At the $20 pack's rate, that's $3.45 a month.

Octolens Pro, billed monthly$199

Octolens Pro, billed annually$159

Weir, one hourly monitor$3.45

Two limits shape the Weir side. Hourly runs need a paid tier, which comes with any pack, from $5. And each run reads one page of about 20 new X posts.

That's about 14 X posts an hour on average, so a busy hour can lose its oldest posts. Split a busy keyword across more monitors: each adds 720 credits a month, about 12 cents.

Past the quota, the gap widens. Octolens Pro charges $13 per 1,000 extra mentions. On Weir, 1,000 more X posts cost about 17 cents at the $20 pack's rate.

When to choose Octolens

Choose Octolens if people, not code, act on the mentions, or if you need more than Reddit and X.

When to choose Weir

Weir fits developers who want the posts themselves, in code or in an AI agent. Our social listening API page shows the full feature set.

We ran a Weir search of Octolens' own X account on 22 October 2026, leaving out reposts. Three posts came back for 4 credits. The newest, trimmed:

{
  "id": "2112611252472283613",
  "text": "Just getting started with social listening and not sure which keywords are worth tracking?\n\nhttps://t.co/abcDEEdNQ8",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-20T18:25:47.000Z",
  "author": { "username": "Octolens", "followersCount": 1180 },
  "likeCount": 1,
  "viewCount": 168
}

You get the post, its counts and its author, with no score attached. Our guide to a Reddit and X brand mention monitor shows how to filter and route them.

When not to use Weir

• Your team wants a dashboard and Slack alerts with no code. Octolens is built for that.
• You need LinkedIn, GitHub, podcasts or reviews. Weir reads Reddit and X only.
• You want relevance and sentiment out of the box. Weir returns posts, and you score them.
• You need alerts within minutes. Octolens Scale refreshes in real time; Weir monitors run hourly at best.

FAQ

What is the best Octolens alternative?

It depends on who reads the results. For raw Reddit and X posts in code or an AI agent, Weir charges per result. For cheaper AI-filtered alerts, Syften's Standard plan is $49.95 a month; see Weir vs Syften. For news and podcasts too, compare Brand24.

How much does Octolens cost?

As of October 2026, Octolens Pro costs $199 a month billed monthly, or $159 a month billed annually. It includes 15,000 mentions. Scale costs $599 billed monthly, or $499 billed annually, for 50,000. Enterprise is custom. Extra mentions cost $0.013 each on Pro and $0.01 on Scale.

Is there a free Octolens alternative?

Octolens has no free plan, only its 7-day trial. Weir's free tier gives 5,000 credits a month with no card: about 4,700 X posts through the search API. It allows one monitor, run daily or weekly. Weir reads public data only and isn't affiliated with Reddit or X.

Does Octolens have an API?

Yes. Octolens' REST API v2 is on every plan and takes a bearer key. It reads the mentions your keywords have collected, at up to 500 requests an hour per organization. Weir's API searches Reddit and X directly, with no keywords to set up first.

Sources

All checked 22 October 2026:

• Octolens pricing page, Monthly and Annually views in USD: https://octolens.com/pricing
• Octolens docs, Mentions and the monthly quota: https://octolens.com/docs/learn/mentions
• Octolens docs, Tracked Platforms: https://octolens.com/docs/learn/platforms/overview
• Octolens API v2 overview: https://octolens.com/docs/api/v2/overview
• Syften pricing section: https://syften.com/
• Weir pricing: https://weirapp.io/pricing
• Weir billing and tiers: https://docs.weirapp.io/billing
• Weir pagination: https://docs.weirapp.io/pagination
• Weir monitors and webhooks: https://docs.weirapp.io/monitors
• Weir MCP server: https://docs.weirapp.io/mcp
• Our Weir search of @Octolens posts, 22 October 2026