How do the free plans compare?

KWatch gives 2 Reddit and 2 Hacker News alerts with no AI analysis, API, webhooks or MCP — those start on its $79 Business plan. FishOut gives 10 keywords on those two platforms plus Bluesky, GitHub and Google News, with AI triage and 500 relevant mentions a month, and includes the REST API, MCP server and webhooks on the free plan.

Both cost $19 — what is different?

KWatch counts keywords per platform: 20 Reddit, 20 Hacker News, 2 X, 2 YouTube, 1 Facebook, 1 LinkedIn. FishOut gives 50 keywords on every Core platform, 5 of them on LinkedIn, TikTok or X, plus thirty days of backfill. KWatch adds sentiment at this tier; FishOut reads every post for relevance, labels and sentiment on every plan, Free included.

Do both have an MCP server?

Both do, but they do different jobs. KWatch’s manages monitoring — create, update and delete alerts — and its docs say mentions arrive through your notification channels instead. FishOut’s returns the mentions themselves, with relevance, labels and the Reply call.

KWatch, on Reddit and Hacker News — its docs give one second to one minute, against our 15 minutes for Fast keywords. On X and Facebook its documented range is ten minutes to an hour.

FishOut

vsKWatch.io

Comparison

FishOut vs KWatch.io

KWatch is close to us on price and shape — a free tier, a $19 plan, an MCP server. The differences are what happens to a mention after it is found, and the fact that KWatch counts keywords per platform rather than pooling them.

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KWatch.io facts checked on 20 October 2026, from their own published material. Sources are listed at the foot of this page.

Platforms: 10; 6
Starts at: Free; Free, then $19/mo
API & MCP: Every plan, incl. Free; API + MCP from Business ($79/mo)

[01] AT A GLANCE/ SIDE BY SIDE

FishOut and KWatch.io, feature by feature

Ties are marked as ties, and KWatch.io's wins as wins.

FishOut compared with KWatch.io, feature by feature
	FishOut	KWatch.io
Coverage
Platforms	Advantage: 10	Behind: 6
Keyword model	Advantage: Pooled, spend anywhere	Behind: Metered per platform
Buyer signals	Advantage: Labels, a Leads view, the Reply call	Behind: Keyword tactics only
Reddit latency	Behind: Every 15 min for Fast keywords	Advantage: 1 second to 1 minute
AI
AI relevance	Advantage: Relevance 0–100 with Why chips	Behind: Not offered
Sentiment	Even: Yes	Even: Yes, from $19
Reply drafting	Advantage: Yes, never posts	Behind: Not offered
Alerts
Alert destinations	Advantage: 13, every plan	Behind: Not on the pages we cite; webhooks from Business
Developer
MCP server — which plan	Advantage: Every plan, including Free	Behind: Business and up ($79/mo); manages alerts
REST API — which plan	Advantage: Every plan, including Free	Behind: Business and up ($79/mo)
Team
Seats at entry	Advantage: Unlimited on every plan	Behind: Business and above
Price
Free tier	Advantage: Free forever, 10 keywords, 500 relevant/mo	Behind: Free forever, 2 Reddit + 2 HN
Entry paid plan	Advantage: $19/mo, 50 keywords	Behind: $19/mo, per-platform limits
Sales call needed	Even: No — self-serve, cancel any time	Even: No

[02] WHAT IT COSTS/ SAME NEED

What each need costs on FishOut and on KWatch.io

The plan you would need on each side for the thing you came for.

To getFishOutKWatch.io

An MCP serverFreeFree$79/moBusiness

20 Reddit keywords$19/moPlus$19/moEssential

A team accountFreeFree$79/moBusiness

Monthly-billed. A keyword is not always the same unit on both sides.

[03] WHERE KWATCH.IO IS STRONGER/ HONESTLY

KWatch.io is fast keyword alerts across six platforms, and there are things it does that we do not.

Sub-minute on Reddit and Hacker News

KWatch documents a refresh rate of one second to one minute on Reddit and Hacker News, with an untruncated JSON webhook per match and no cap on webhook volume. As a low-latency pipe into a CRM or a warehouse that is genuinely fast.

Month to month, no annual lock-in

Every KWatch plan is monthly with no annual commitment, prorated on cancellation. We offer annual billing at a discount, but there is something to be said for a product that never asks.

[04] WHERE FISHOUT WINS/ WITH PROOF

Keywords that run everywhere

KWatch counts keywords per platform, not pooled: its $19 plan is 20 Reddit, 20 Hacker News, 2 X, 2 YouTube, 1 Facebook, 1 LinkedIn. FishOut gives 50 keywords at $19, each on every Core platform, with 5 placements on LinkedIn, TikTok or X and 5 checked every 15 minutes.

To get an mcp server

FishOut

Free

Them

Business, $79/mo

Triage, not just sentiment

KWatch runs sentiment — positive, negative or neutral — and nothing else. There is no relevance score and no ranking, so a busy keyword arrives as an undifferentiated stream. FishOut reads every post for relevance, labels, sentiment, language and a Reply call, sorts best first, and moves the noise to Filtered.

Why this is relevant

Matches your briefAsking for helpNot answered yetFresh

Reply nowAsking for recommendationsHas a problem

An MCP server that reads mentions

KWatch’s MCP server manages alerts — create, update, delete — and its own documentation says the mentions themselves come through your notification channels, not the server. FishOut’s MCP server returns the mentions with their relevance, labels and Reply call, the Daily brief, and reply drafts you can request and edit.

The reply, and the platforms it lives on

KWatch has no reply drafting. It also covers six platforms, with LinkedIn and Facebook posts only rather than comments, and YouTube matched on title and description rather than the comments. FishOut covers ten and reads comments too.

Sources

Bluesky

Hacker News

YouTube

TikTok

Medium

GitHub

Google News

[05] WHO SHOULD PICK WHICH/ SHORTCUTS

If you…

Who we would send to KWatch.io, and who to us.

You need second-level speed on Reddit or Hacker NewsKWatchIts docs give 1s to 1m refresh on both; we check hourly, or every 15 minutes for Fast keywords.

Facebook matters to youKWatchIt covers Facebook; we do not.

You want matches ranked and an API without a $79 planFishOutRelevance with reasons on Free, and the API and MCP server there too.

[06] IN AND OUT/ 10 SOURCES · 13 DESTINATIONS

10 places to listen

KWatch.io: 6. FishOut: Reddit, Hacker News, Bluesky, GitHub and Google News hourly on every plan, five more on paid plans.

Bluesky

Hacker News

YouTube

TikTok

Medium

GitHub

Google News

13 places to be told

KWatch.io: Not on the pages we cite; webhooks from Business. FishOut: all 13, on every plan.

Slack

Teams

Google Chat

Discord

Mattermost

ntfy

Feishu

DingTalk

WeCom

Zapier

Webhook

[07] SEE IT ON YOUR KEYWORDS/ FREE PLAN

What you get instead of KWatch.io

Where KWatch.io stops at the match, the inbox keeps going: why it matters, whether to answer, and the answer drafted in your voice.

Views

Reply now6

Leads14

Switchers5

Support9

Advocates7

Filtered212

Saved views

Competitor complaints

Launch week

Leads· Best first14

YouTubeInbox Zero Weekly6h

Comment on: The shared-inbox setup I wish I had a year ago

Reply, carefullyQuestion

MediumShip Small2d

The five tools I would buy again for a two-person startup

WatchComparison

Blueskymara.builds5h

Comparing Notchmail and AcmeMail for our team this week

Reply, carefullyComparison

YouTubeInbox Zero Weekly6h

Comment on: The shared-inbox setup I wish I had a year ago

Great video. Does anything in this list handle Gmail and Outlook accounts in the same inbox? That is our whole problem.

Relevance

Specific needNot answered yetMatches your brief

Labels · Reply call

Reply, carefullyQuestion

One line, answer only

Draft reply

AcmeMail does Gmail and Outlook side by side in one inbox — I work on it, so I am biased, but that exact mix is the most common setup we see.

Says who you are
Short enough for a comment

Copy and open threadFishOut never posts

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Questions

More on KWatch.io

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Sources

KWatch.io pricing and documentation — checked 20 October 2026. Free $0, Essential $19, Business $79, Enterprise $199 per month, no annual option. Keyword limits are per platform, not pooled — Essential is 20 Reddit, 20 Hacker News, 2 X, 2 YouTube, 1 Facebook, 1 LinkedIn. Six platforms. Sentiment only, no relevance score, no reply drafting. API, webhooks and MCP from Business up; the MCP server manages alerts and does not return mentions. Docs give refresh rates of 1s-1m for Reddit and Hacker News, 10m-1h for X and Facebook.
FishOut pricing — checked 19 October 2026. lib/pricing-data.ts — the same data the pricing page renders.

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Sub-minute on Reddit and Hacker News

Month to month, no annual lock-in

Keywords that run everywhere

Triage, not just sentiment

An MCP server that reads mentions

The reply, and the platforms it lives on

If you…

10 places to listen

13 places to be told

What you get instead of KWatch.io

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Both cost $19 — what is different?

Do both have an MCP server?

Which is faster?

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