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The best Mention alternative: Larvabot vs Mention
Mention is a company-grade media-monitoring platform: real-time tracking across social, news and review sites, sentiment, share of voice and reporting, sold through a Company plan. It suits marketing and PR teams. Larvabot suits small businesses that want customers: it looks for people asking for what you sell across 13 sources, drafts a reply for each and costs a flat fee you can see on the page.
Facts about Mention checked on its own site, October 2026.
Larvabot
Finds people asking for what you sell, and drafts the reply
From $19/month
- Watches
- 13 sources: Reddit, Threads, X, LinkedIn, Facebook groups, forums and more
- Does
- Scores each post, drafts a reply you post yourself, plus email outreach
- Alerts
- Push on phone and desktop, Telegram for the best leads
- Pays
- Flat fee, no credits or keyword caps, 14-day free trial
Mention
Media monitoring and social listening
Company plan (demo-led)
- Watches
- Social networks, news, blogs, forums, 75+ review sites
- Does
- Mention is a media-monitoring and social-listening platform that tracks your brand across social networks, news, blogs, forums and 75+ review sites, with sentiment, share of voice, competitor benchmarks and reports
- Alerts
- Real-time alerts, email reports, team workflows
- Pays
- Company plan, monthly or yearly
The differences at a glance
- Mention is a demo-led Company plan for teams; Larvabot is self-serve from $19 a month.
- Mention measures your brand's presence; Larvabot finds buyers and drafts replies.
- Mention covers Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, news and 75+ review sites; Larvabot covers forums, Stack Exchange, GitHub, Hacker News, Bluesky and Telegram groups.
- Mention has sentiment, share of voice, competitor benchmarks and white-label reports.
Larvabot vs Mention: feature comparison
| Feature | Larvabot | Mention |
|---|---|---|
| Where it looks | ||
Yes | Yes | |
| Hacker News | Yes | No |
| Threads, X, LinkedIn, Facebook groups | YesPublic posts that search engines index | X and FacebookPlus Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest |
| Forums, Stack Exchange, Lemmy, GitHub | Yes | Forums and blogsBroad web monitoring |
| YouTube comments and Bluesky | Yes | YouTubeNo Bluesky listed |
| Telegram groups | YesGroups you've joined, read-only | No |
| Limit leads to a city or country | Yes | No |
| What it does | ||
| AI scores each post for buying intent | Yes0–100, tagged by intent | SentimentNot buying-intent scoring |
| Reply drafted for you | Yes | AI toolsFor social media engagement |
| Never posts or DMs from your accounts | YesYou post every reply yourself | Publishing toolsFor your own social posts |
| Finds businesses to email and drafts the email | YesWith contact finding and follow-ups | No |
| Shows which replies brought visitors | YesCookieless tracking snippet | Media reportsShare of voice, benchmarks |
| Alerts and apps | ||
| Push notifications on phone and desktop | YesInstallable web app, iPhone included | No |
| Chat alerts (Telegram or Slack) | TelegramFor posts scoring 85+ | No |
| Pricing | ||
| How you pay | Flat monthly fee, no credits | Company plan, monthly or yearly |
| Keyword or mention limits | NoneRuns on your own free API keys | Set per plan |
| Starting price | $19/month | Shown on Mention's site |
| Free plan or trial | 14-day free trial | Free trial and demo |
Pricing compared
Larvabot
- Launch1 website, unlimited leads and drafts$19/mo
- ScaleUnlimited websites, unlimited leads and drafts$49/mo
No credits, no per-keyword or per-mention charges. The AI and search run on free API keys in your name. 14-day free trial.
Mention
- CompanySocial, web and 75+ review sites, sentiment, share of voice, competitor benchmarks, team collaboration, API, account managerSee site
Mention bills monthly or yearly (two months free yearly). Boolean search and historical data are paid add-ons on the Company plan.
Mention's current pricing ↗Where Mention is the better choice
No tool is right for everyone. Mention does some things Larvabot doesn't:
- Company-grade media monitoring across social, news, blogs, forums and 75+ review sites.
- Sentiment, share of voice, competitor benchmarking and white-label reports for PR and marketing teams.
- Social media management and publishing tools alongside monitoring.
- A dedicated account manager and onboarding.
Why people choose Larvabot instead
Built to find customers
Mention tells you what's said about your brand. Larvabot surfaces people asking for something you sell, scores them 0–100 for buying intent and drafts a reply from your website, so a small team can act on leads in minutes.
A flat fee, no credits or keyword caps
Larvabot runs on free API keys in your own name (an AI key, a search key), with a quota guard that stops below every free limit. A month with 500 leads costs the same as a month with five.
13 places watched, not one
Reddit, Hacker News, Threads, X, LinkedIn, Facebook groups, YouTube comments, Bluesky, Stack Exchange, Lemmy, Discourse forums, GitHub and Telegram groups, plus the wider web. Your buyers don't all ask on the same site.
Drafts you post yourself
Larvabot never posts, comments or sends DMs from your accounts. You read the draft, make it sound like you and post it, which keeps your accounts in good standing with every platform's rules.
Alerts where you are
Install Larvabot as an app on your phone or computer (iPhone too, from the Home Screen) and get a push when something worth replying to turns up, plus an instant Telegram message for posts that score 85 or more.
More than monitoring
When your buyers are businesses, Larvabot also finds the ones worth a personal email, finds the right contact and drafts the email and follow-ups. A directory checklist and visitor reports are included.
Which one should you choose?
Choose Larvabot if…
- You're a freelancer, small business or startup that wants customers, not media reports.
- You want to see the price and sign up without a demo.
- Your buyers ask on Reddit, Threads, forums, Facebook groups or Hacker News.
- You want reply drafts and email outreach to businesses in one tool.
Choose Mention if…
- You're a marketing or PR team monitoring brand reputation across media.
- You need review-site monitoring, sentiment and share-of-voice reports.
- You want monitoring and social publishing in one platform.
How to switch from Mention to Larvabot
- 1Start a free trial and add your website. Larvabot reads it and drafts a profile of your customers, competitors and the phrases people use when they ask for what you sell.
- 2Copy your Mention keywords into the profile's keywords and "how people ask" phrases, then review the communities it suggests.
- 3Add a free AI key and a free search key (the setup guide shows where to get them in a few minutes).
- 4Turn on push notifications and, if you like, Telegram alerts. Larvabot checks every couple of hours from then on.
Step-by-step help: Larvabot quickstart · the free keys you need · where Larvabot looks
Frequently asked questions
How much does Mention cost?
Mention sells a Company plan, billed monthly or yearly with two months free when paid yearly; the current price is shown on its pricing page and through a demo. Boolean search and historical data are add-ons.
Is Larvabot a cheaper alternative to Mention?
For small businesses that want customers rather than media monitoring, yes: Larvabot is a flat $19 a month, or $49 for unlimited websites, self-serve with a 14-day free trial and no credits.
Does Mention find sales leads?
Mention is built for brand monitoring and analytics. Leads may appear among the mentions, but you'd sort them yourself. Larvabot looks specifically for people asking for what you sell and scores them for buying intent.
Does Larvabot monitor review sites or Instagram?
No. Larvabot watches the places people ask for recommendations: Reddit, Hacker News, Threads, X, LinkedIn, Facebook groups, YouTube comments, Bluesky, Stack Exchange, Lemmy, Discourse forums, GitHub and Telegram groups you've joined.
Can a business use both?
Yes. A marketing team might use Mention for reputation and reporting, and Larvabot to find and answer buyers and to run small-batch email outreach.
Try Larvabot free for 14 days
Add your website and Larvabot works out who your customers are, then finds the people asking for what you sell across 13 sources, with a reply drafted for each. From $19 a month after the trial, with no credits.
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