16 tools · Ranked on a published checklist
The best Reddit monitoring tools in 2026
Short answer
Bazzly ranks first, scoring 4 of 6: finds buying-intent Reddit posts and threads ranking on Google, drafts the reply and posts it from aged accounts or yours, with upvotes, DMs and Autopilot. Next are RedReach (3.5) and Replymer (3.5).
We make Bazzly, so read the ranking with that in mind. That is why it is computed, not written: every mark below comes from each vendor's own site, read on the date shown, and the checklist includes checks Bazzly fails. Untick the ones you don't care about and the table re-ranks.
Every tool here tells you when Reddit mentions your keyword. What separates them is what comes next: whether the alert is filtered for relevance, whether it shows the threads that rank on Google, and whether the tool can act on it or leaves every reply to you.
The ranking
| # | Tool | Acts on what it finds | Finds threads ranking on Google | Lead DMs | MCP server for AI agents | Free plan | Covers more than Reddit | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bazzly$199/mo | 4/6 | ||||||
| 2 | RedReach$19/mo | 3.5/6 | ||||||
| 3 | Replymer$99/mo | 3.5/6 | ||||||
| 4 | Leadverse$49/mo | 3.5/6 | ||||||
| 5 | F5BotFree | 2.5/6 | ||||||
| 6 | KWatch.ioFree | 2.5/6 | ||||||
| 7 | RedShip$29/mo | 2/6 | ||||||
| 8 | Octolens$199/mo | 2/6 | ||||||
| 9 | Reddinbox$39/mo | 2/6 | ||||||
| 10 | Syften$29.95/mo | 1.5/6 | ||||||
| 11 | Pulse$29/mo | 1.5/6 | ||||||
| 12 | Linkeddit$49/mo | 1/6 | ||||||
| 13 | Brand24$249/mo | 1/6 | ||||||
| 14 | MediaFast€89 once; services $499+ | 0/6 | ||||||
| 15 | Subreddit Signals$29/mo | 0/6 | ||||||
| 16 | PainOnSocial$19/mo | 0/6 |
Yes (1 point) Partly, a higher tier or with limits (½) No
The tools, in order
- 1
Bazzly4/6
Finds buying-intent Reddit posts and threads ranking on Google, drafts the reply and posts it from aged accounts or yours, with upvotes, DMs and Autopilot.
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: $199/month with 170 credits; a warmed-account comment is 10 credits, own-account comments are free. 7-day free trial.
Pick it if: You want Reddit handled end to end, including the posting, without handing your own account the risk.
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RedReach3.5/6
AI-filtered Reddit opportunities with guided replies from your own account and an auto-DM tool
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: Startup $19/month, Growth $39/month, Professional $79/month, with 20% off yearly billing, plus a $12 three-day pass covering the inbound features. DM automation runs through its Redreach Outbound Chrome extension. Money-back guarantee.
Pick it if: You want a cheap, well-filtered opportunity feed and intend to reply manually from your own account.
- 3
Replymer3.5/6
AI-drafted replies for Reddit and X, posted from your own accounts, with AI visibility tracking
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: Starter $99/month (15 keywords, 30 replies), Growth $199/month (50 keywords, 100 replies), Scale $399/month (300 replies). Free trial, month to month.
Pick it if: You want one tool for Reddit and X and you are happy to post replies from your own accounts.
- 4
Leadverse3.5/6
Reddit lead finder with intent scoring and DM outreach on autopilot; comment drafts you post yourself
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: One plan, All in One, $49/month with every feature: DM autopilot, assigned high-karma outreach accounts, Google-ranking threads, daily leads, MCP and API access. 7-day free trial, cancel anytime.
Pick it if: Your sales happen in one-to-one conversations, you want DMs and follow-ups sent for you, and you will post any public comments yourself, at $49 a month.
- 5
F5Bot2.5/6
Keyword alerts for Reddit, Hacker News and Lobsters, with a free plan
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: Free plan with keyword alerts by email. Silver $12.99/month for individuals and non-commercial use (20 keywords, advanced filtering, full post text). Gold $49.99/month (200 keywords, RSS and JSON feeds, AI filtering, Slack and Discord). Enterprise on request.
Pick it if: You have time to reply yourself, want alerts from Hacker News and Lobsters too, and want to start for free.
- 6
KWatch.io2.5/6
Real-time keyword alerts across Reddit, Hacker News, LinkedIn, X, Facebook and YouTube
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: Free plan with 2 Reddit and 2 Hacker News keyword alerts. Essential $19/month, Business $79/month, Enterprise $199/month. Agency pricing on request.
Pick it if: You need alerts from LinkedIn, X, Facebook or YouTube as well as Reddit, and will do the replying yourself.
- 7
RedShip2/6
Reddit monitoring, competitor alerts, SEO threads and AI visibility reports at a low price
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: Founder $29/month (1 product, 10 keywords, 3 competitors), Company $49/month (3 products, 30 keywords, 10 competitors, webhook alerts); quarterly billing saves 20% and yearly 40%. A $12 seven-day pass is offered.
Pick it if: You want an affordable monitor and thread finder and prefer to write and post every reply yourself.
- 8
Octolens2/6
AI-filtered brand and competitor monitoring across Reddit, X, LinkedIn, GitHub, Hacker News and reviews, with API and MCP on every plan
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: Pro $199/month, or $159/month billed annually (15,000 mentions, 10 keywords, hourly refresh). Scale $599/month, or $499/month billed annually (50,000 mentions, 40 keywords, real-time refresh, adds podcasts, news, newsletters and the web). Enterprise custom. Extra mentions from $0.01 each, with a spend cap. 7-day free trial without a card, up to 5,000 mentions.
Pick it if: You need to catch mentions across X, LinkedIn, GitHub, Hacker News, reviews and Reddit in one feed, routed to Slack, a CRM or your own agents, and you will do the replying.
- 9
Reddinbox2/6
An AI research agent for Reddit, X, Bluesky, Hacker News and Facebook that returns pain points and buying signals with sources
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: Starter $39/month or $390/year (about 100 agent conversations a month, 3 market briefs). Pro $99/month or $990/year (about 266 conversations, 5 market briefs). Free trial without a card; no permanent free tier for the agent, but free tools work without an account, up to 5 uses a day.
Pick it if: You need to understand a market, a competitor or a customer pain from real conversations, with sources, and will act on it through your own channels.
- 10
Syften1.5/6
AI-filtered keyword monitoring across Reddit, X, Hacker News, forums and the wider web
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: Entry $29.95/month, Standard $49.95/month, Syften PRO $119.95/month (adds webhooks and MCP), custom plans on request. X monitoring is a $40/month add-on and YouTube $20/month, on Standard and PRO. 14-day free trial on the PRO plan, no card.
Pick it if: You need to hear about mentions across GitHub, Hacker News, podcasts, newsletters and forums, not only Reddit, and will reply yourself.
- 11
Pulse1.5/6
Reddit lead scoring and reply drafts you post yourself, with AI-answer visibility tracking
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: Starter $29/month (about 150 qualified leads a month, 40 keywords, 5 competitors, 1 seat). Growth $99/month (about 1,500 qualified leads, 3 projects, 80 keywords, 3 seats). Enterprise custom, with managed engagement and API access. Annual billing gives 4 months free. Free preview without a card; 3-day money-back guarantee.
Pick it if: You want an inexpensive Reddit lead feed with AI-visibility tracking, and you will post every reply from your own account.
- 12
Linkeddit1/6
Competitor intelligence and AI-answer visibility tracking for small SaaS teams; its site no longer centres on Reddit
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: One plan, Compete, $49/month billed monthly: competitor briefs for up to 12 competitors, Answer Radar, the Claude connector and priority support. Larger competitor sets or teams on request. Free account without a card.
Pick it if: You want weekly competitor intelligence and to know when AI assistants recommend competitors instead of you, and Reddit is not the job.
- 13
Brand241/6
Brand monitoring across social media, news and the web, with Reddit as one of its sources
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: Individual $249/month, Team $349/month, Pro $499/month, Business $699/month on monthly billing; $199, $299, $399 and $599 when billed annually. Enterprise from $1,499/month billed annually. 14-day free trial without a card.
Pick it if: You are a marketing team that needs brand monitoring across the whole web, and Reddit is one channel among many.
- 14
MediaFast0/6
Rule-aware Reddit drafts and daily plans for €89 once, plus done-for-you posting from $499 a month
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: Software: €89 one-time for lifetime access, with unlimited projects, team seats and a refund guarantee. Done-for-you services, billed monthly: $499 (posts and comments for you, one Reddit account managed) and $1,999 (four to five warmed-up accounts, with 200k+ impressions guaranteed or no payment).
Pick it if: You want to learn Reddit and post from your own account with guidance for a one-time €89, or you want a team to run it for you and have the budget for a monthly retainer.
- 15
Subreddit Signals0/6
Subreddit monitoring with buyer-intent scoring and reply drafts you post from your own account
- Acts on what it finds
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Lead DMs
- MCP server for AI agents
- Free plan
- Covers more than Reddit
Price: Starter $29/month, or $24/month billed annually (1 brand, 10 subreddits, 15 weekly Lead Tokens). Pro $59/month, or $49.17/month billed annually (5 brands, 25 subreddits, 25 weekly Lead Tokens, pain points, competitor intelligence, traffic attribution). 14-day free trial with a card at checkout; no free plan. Managed service from $2,000/month.
Pick it if: You want an inexpensive, well-scored feed of Reddit conversations, reply to a handful a week yourself, and prefer every comment to come from your own account.
The top pick in a minute
How we ranked
One point for a yes, half for a partly (a higher tier only, or with limits), none for a no. The marks are computed from each tool's row on its comparison page, which links the vendor's own pages.
- Acts on what it finds
- Beyond alerting you, does it draft and post the reply or the DM?
- Finds threads ranking on Google
- Does it surface the Reddit threads already on Google's first page for your searches?
- Lead DMs
- Can it message the people who post, from an account you control?
- MCP server for AI agents
- Can Claude, Cursor or another agent drive it through an MCP server (half a point for an API only, or MCP on a higher tier only)?
- Free plan
- Is there a free plan, not only a trial?
- Covers more than Reddit
- Does it also watch other platforms (Hacker News, X, LinkedIn, the web)?
Where Bazzly loses points. Free plan and Covers more than Reddit: Bazzly is Reddit only and has a free trial, not a free plan.
FAQ
- What is the best free Reddit monitoring tool?
- F5Bot, for email alerts on Reddit, Hacker News and Lobsters with no card; KWatch.io if you want a free plan that also covers other platforms. Both alert only: you judge, write and post every reply.
- Can I monitor Reddit without an API key?
- Yes. Every tool on this page handles Reddit access for you, and Reddit's own search sorted by new works in a browser. Building your own monitor means registering an app with Reddit and staying within its Data API terms, which restrict commercial use.
- What should a Reddit monitoring tool do besides alert me?
- Filter out irrelevant matches, tell you which threads are worth your time (for example the ones ranking on Google), and ideally help you reply. An alert you never act on is not marketing.
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