Is this exactly what FishOut sends?

It is the same content — platform, headline, relevance, labels — in the shape each destination renders. Slack, Discord and Telegram each draw their own chrome, so the exact fonts and colours are theirs.

When several mentions arrive within five minutes, chat, push and email channels send the first one immediately and the rest as one message, so a busy launch day is one notification, not forty.

Why does a webhook not batch?

Code receiving a webhook can batch for itself and usually wants each event as it happens. Webhooks and Zapier get every event instantly, signed.

Which channels are on the free plan?

All of them. Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, Discord, Telegram, Mattermost, ntfy, Feishu/Lark, DingTalk, WeCom, email, webhooks and Zapier are on every plan.

Does anything I type here get sent?

No. The previewer runs in your browser and makes no network request.

Preview a mention alert before you set one up

Build a mention — platform, headline, labels, relevance — choose where it goes, and see exactly what lands: a chat message, a five-minute digest when a burst arrives, or the signed JSON a webhook receives.

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Headline

Relevance 88

Channel floor 70

Four more arrive in the next five minutes

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[01] HOW ALERTS BEHAVE/ DELIVERY

The relevance floor

Every channel has its own floor. A mention under it stays in the inbox and the channel stays quiet, which is how a team channel at 70 and an on-call inbox at 90 can watch the same keywords.

Instant, then a digest

Chat, push and email channels send the first mention right away and roll the rest of a five-minute burst into one digest message. Webhooks and Zapier get every event instantly, because code would rather batch for itself.

What a message carries

The platform and where the post was, the headline, the relevance that cleared the floor and the labels. In the product each message also links back to the post in your inbox.

What a webhook carries

A version 2 JSON envelope signed with HMAC-SHA256: relevance, labels, Reply call, sentiment and links — and deliberately not the post body, which you fetch with your own API key.

[02] THE SAME CHECK, EVERY HOUR/ IN THE PRODUCT

The same settings in the product

In FishOut each notification channel has a floor, the events it receives, and its delivery history with a health state, so a broken webhook never silently stops your Slack alerts. All thirteen providers are on every plan, including Free.

[03] FREE TOOL, OR A MONITOR?/ COMPARED

FishOut alerts, or Google Alerts?

Google Alerts is the alerting tool most teams already use. Delivery is where the two differ most.

Where alerts go: This free toolPreview onlyFishOut FreeSlack, Teams, Google Chat, Discord, Telegram, email, webhooks and moreGoogle AlertsEmail or an RSS feed [source]
How often: This free tool—FishOut FreeAs mentions arrive, bursts batched every 5 minutesGoogle AlertsAs it happens, once a day or once a week [source]
Filtering: This free tool—FishOut FreeA relevance floor per channelGoogle AlertsNo scoring [source]
Price: This free toolFreeFishOut FreeEvery channel on every plan, including FreeGoogle AlertsFree [source]

This free tool, FishOut Free and Google Alerts, compared
	This free tool	FishOut Free	Google Alerts
Where alerts go	Preview only	Slack, Teams, Google Chat, Discord, Telegram, email, webhooks and more	Email or an RSS feed [source]
How often	—	As mentions arrive, bursts batched every 5 minutes	As it happens, once a day or once a week [source]
Filtering	—	A relevance floor per channel	No scoring [source]
Price	Free	Every channel on every plan, including Free	Free [source]

Google Alerts facts checked 20 October 2026 at the sources linked. FishOut’s from the pricing page.

[04] SEND IT WHERE YOU WORK/ 13 CHANNELS

Thirteen destinations, every plan

Every channel takes its own relevance floor and its own events. See all integrations.

Slack

Microsoft Teams

Google Chat

Discord

Mattermost

ntfy

Feishu / Lark

DingTalk

WeCom

Zapier

[05] OTHER FREE TOOLS/ NO SIGNUP

Brand mention checkerFour platforms, seven days, one search: whole-word counts and the threads behind them.GitHub mention searchIssues vs pull requests, open vs closed, with titles and links.Keyword noise checkerA verdict on your name as a keyword, and the Means or exclude words that fix it.

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Google Alerts — read 20 October 2026

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