SocialGTM vs Octolens: an Octolens alternative
Octolens is a listening API: it collects mentions from a long list of sources and sends them where your team works. SocialGTM is narrower: it finds the posts worth answering on five platforms and drafts the reply. What we say about Octolens comes from its website and pricing page, checked November 14, 2026.
Side by side
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| Feature | SocialGTM | Octolens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9 / $49 / $99 a month, month to month | $199 (Pro) or $599 (Scale) a month; $159 or $499 billed yearly |
| Free trial | No | 7 days, no card |
| Sources | X, Reddit, Hacker News, Bluesky and LinkedIn | Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Hacker News, GitHub, YouTube, Stack Overflow, TikTok, DEV, podcasts, newsletters and news |
| Tracked keywords, by plan | 50 / 200 / 500 | 10 on Pro, 40 on Scale, then extra per keyword |
| What a plan is sized by | Replies drafted a month | Mentions a month: 15,000 on Pro, 50,000 on Scale |
| How often it checks | Set per plan and platform | Hourly on Pro, real time on Scale |
| Where results go | The SocialGTM app and an MCP server | Slack, email, webhooks, a REST API and an MCP server |
| Replies | A draft in your voice for each post worth answering, then you approve and post it | Reply drafts through its agent skills over MCP, for a person to review |
| Sentiment and relevance scores | Mentions are tagged as questions, complaints or praise | AI relevance scoring and positive, negative or neutral sentiment |
Where Octolens is ahead
- Many more sources. Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Hacker News, GitHub, YouTube, Stack Overflow, TikTok, DEV, podcasts, newsletters and news, and reviews on Trustpilot and the app stores. SocialGTM covers X, Reddit, Hacker News, Bluesky and LinkedIn.
- Built to feed other tools. Slack channels, webhooks and a REST API on every plan, so mentions can land in your CRM or your own product.
- A free trial. 7 days with no card. SocialGTM has none.
- Real-time checks on its Scale plan.
Where SocialGTM is ahead
- Price. $9 a month to start, month to month, against $159 a month billed yearly for Octolens Pro.
- The reply is the product. Every post worth answering comes with a draft in your voice, and drafts learn from the edits you make.
- Posting that protects your accounts. SocialGTM keeps a pace per account, such as a few replies a day from a new Reddit account, and you post from your own account. The limits on each platform.
- Leads followed after the reply. Each conversation is tracked until it turns into a customer or goes quiet.
Which to pick
Pick Octolens if you need every mention of your brand from many sources piped into Slack or your own systems. Pick SocialGTM if what you want is to answer the people asking for a tool like yours, on the platforms where founders find customers, for a fraction of the price.
Questions
Is SocialGTM an Octolens alternative?
For finding posts where people ask for a tool like yours and answering them, yes, at a lower price. For monitoring every mention of a brand across podcasts, news, GitHub and app reviews, no: Octolens covers far more sources.
What does each cost to start?
SocialGTM starts at $9 a month, month to month. Octolens Pro is $199 a month, or $159 a month billed yearly, and comes with a 7-day free trial.
Do both work with Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor?
Yes. Both run an MCP server. SocialGTM's lets an assistant read your queue and approve or reject replies; see the AI agents pages for setup in each app.