Community & intent

Syften

⚡ Community buying-intent alerts

Use Syften when you want to catch the exact moment someone asks for a recommendation, complains about a competitor, or describes the problem your product solves.

Why this fits

Turn scattered conversations into a timely chance to help.

Syften monitors public community and web sources including Reddit, Hacker News, forums, GitHub, Stack Exchange, blogs, Slack communities, YouTube, X, Bluesky, and Mastodon. You define focused filters around a brand, competitor, category, or problem phrase; Syften can then use AI to discard irrelevant matches and route worthwhile conversations into email, Slack, RSS, API, or webhooks. The valuable output is the original person and context—not an opaque intent score.

The trade-off

The filter quality determines the signal quality.

What you gain
  • Track buying questions, competitor alternatives, problem statements, and brand mentions across community sources.
  • Route qualified matches into the channel where a team can respond before the thread goes stale.
  • Use archive search to find recent mentions that predate a newly created alert.
What you sacrifice
  • Entry includes only three community filters, 100 community results/day, one web filter, and 5 web results/day.
  • X and YouTube monitoring are paid add-ons on Standard and Pro.
  • AIMKT did not add customer logos without a current official source.
Pricing & upgrade decision

Pay only when the workflow changes.

The free plan is for personal use. Compare the operational trigger—not only the keyword limit.

PlanBest fitWhat changesAIMKT decision
Entry$29.95/mo

One product with a few focused signals

3 community filters · 100 results/day · 1 web filter · 7-day archive

Start with brand, competitor, and recommendation filters.

Standard$49.95/mo

Team qualifying and routing more signals

20 community filters · AI filtering · API · Slack integration

Upgrade once the small filter set is working.

Questions

The practical questions before you buy.

  1. 01

    How does Syften charge?

    Syften lists Entry at $29.95/month, Standard at $49.95, and Pro at $119.95. It offers a 14-day, no-card trial; X and YouTube are paid add-ons on higher plans.

  2. 02

    Which brands publicly use it?

    Syften publishes a testimonial from Rewardful, but AIMKT did not find a broad current customer-logo roster.

  3. 03

    Is it cheap compared with similar tools?

    Syften is a practical starting price for broad community monitoring. F5Bot is cheaper when Reddit, Hacker News, and Lobsters email alerts are enough; Syften earns more when filters, archive search, AI qualification, and routing matter.

Evidence & freshness
Syften ↗Syften documentation ↗Checked 2026-09-04
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