Does Syften score mentions?

No. Its AI filtering is a binary accept or reject against a rule you write, and its API documentation states outright that the response returns no scores, sentiment or suggested replies. FishOut gives every post a relevance from 0 to 100 and shows why.

Which has more sources?

Syften, at about 20 against our 10 — and some of theirs are genuinely rare, particularly podcast transcripts and Slack communities. If those are on your list, Syften is the answer.

Do both have an MCP server?

Both do. Syften’s is on the PRO plan at $119.95/mo and is read-only. FishOut’s is on every plan including Free, and carries the same read and write surface as the REST API under whichever key it authenticates with.

FishOut

vsSyften

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FishOut vs Syften

Q: Does Syften cover LinkedIn?

No — Syften says so directly. It covers about 20 other sources including podcasts and public Slack communities. FishOut covers LinkedIn along with nine other platforms.

Syften covers more sources than we do, including podcasts and public Slack communities that almost nobody else touches. It is also explicit that it does not score, does not do sentiment, and does not suggest replies — it is a precision filter, not a judgement engine.

Start free Compare pricing

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

Platforms: 10; About 20 sources
Starts at: Free; $29.95/mo
MCP server: Every plan, incl. Free; PRO only, $119.95

[01] AT A GLANCE/ SIDE BY SIDE

FishOut and Syften, feature by feature

Ties are marked as ties, and Syften's wins as wins.

FishOut compared with Syften, feature by feature
	FishOut	Syften
Coverage
SourcesPodcasts and Slack communities are theirs alone	Behind: 10	Advantage: About 20
LinkedIn	Advantage: Yes	Behind: Not covered
AI
AI relevance	Advantage: Relevance 0–100 with Why chips	Behind: Accept or reject only
Sentiment	Advantage: Yes	Behind: Not offered
Reply drafting	Advantage: Yes, never posts	Behind: Not offered
Alerts
Alert destinations	Advantage: 13, every plan	Behind: Not on the pages we cite
Developer
Webhooks	Advantage: Every plan	Behind: PRO only
MCP server — which plan	Advantage: Every plan, including Free	Behind: PRO only ($119.95), read-only
REST API — which plan	Advantage: Every plan, including Free	Behind: From Entry ($29.95); archive on PRO
Team
Seats at entry	Advantage: Unlimited on every plan	Behind: No seats — one shared account
Price
Entry price	Advantage: Free, then $19/mo	Behind: $29.95/mo
Free tier	Advantage: Free forever, 10 keywords, 500 relevant/mo	Behind: 14-day trial
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 Syften

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

To getFishOutSyften

An MCP serverFreeFree$119.95/moPRO

20 filters or keywords$19/moPlus$49.95/moStandard

Reply drafts$19/moPlusNot offered

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

[03] WHERE SYFTEN IS STRONGER/ HONESTLY

Syften is boolean filters across about 20 developer communities, and there are things it does that we do not.

Sources nobody else has

About twenty sources, and the unusual ones are the point: podcast transcripts at around 35,000 episodes a day, public Slack communities with channel-level filtering, newsletters, Mastodon, Steemit and Product Hunt. If you need podcast monitoring, we do not have it.

Change detection on web pages

Syften’s added: and removed: operators fire when text appears on or disappears from a page — so you can be alerted when a competitor’s pricing page changes or you are dropped from a comparison table. That is a different capability from mention monitoring, and we do not have it.

One account, no seats

Syften has no user seats at all; teams share an account, so ten people pay $119.95 between them. We also do not charge per seat, but it is worth saying that neither of us does.

[04] WHERE FISHOUT WINS/ WITH PROOF

Judgement, not just filtering

Syften’s AI filtering is accept or reject. Its own API documentation says the response does not return scores, sentiment or suggested replies. FishOut gives every post a relevance from 0 to 100 with the Why behind it, labels such as Asking for recommendations or Complaint, sentiment, and a Reply call on every post.

Why this is relevant

Matches your briefAsking for helpNot answered yetFresh

Reply nowAsking for recommendationsHas a problem

It writes the reply

Syften finds the thread. FishOut drafts the response in your Voice, saying who you are, and stops there so you send it yourself from your own account.

Draft replyYour voice

Six people and one shared inbox is the exact shape where filters stop helping, because the problem is not sorting, it's deciding.

I work on AcmeMail — it sorts the inbox by what needs you, so you read the fifteen that matter.

Copy and open threadFishOut never posts — you send it yourself

LinkedIn, which Syften does not cover

Syften says plainly that it does not monitor LinkedIn. For B2B buyers that is a significant gap — LinkedIn is where the "we are switching off X" posts live.

Sources

Bluesky

Hacker News

YouTube

TikTok

Medium

GitHub

Google News

A free plan and a lower entry price

Syften starts at $29.95/mo with a 14-day trial and no free tier. FishOut is free forever for 10 keywords, and $19/mo after that.

[05] WHO SHOULD PICK WHICH/ SHORTCUTS

If you…

Who we would send to Syften, and who to us.

You need podcasts or public Slack communitiesSyftenIts source list is the widest in the category and includes both.

You write exact boolean filters and want no AI judgementSyftenIts filters are precise, and its AI is a plain accept or reject.

You want each post read, ranked and drafted for youFishOutRelevance with reasons, labels, a Reply call and a draft on every post, with MCP on Free rather than at $119.95.

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

10 places to listen

Syften: About 20. 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

Syften: Not on the pages we cite. 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 Syften

The posts Syften would have shown you, plus the ones on Hacker News, Bluesky and GitHub, already read: relevance with its reason, a label, a Reply call and a draft you post yourself.

Views

Reply now6

Leads14

Switchers5

Support9

Advocates7

Filtered212

Saved views

Competitor complaints

Launch week

Leads· Best first14

Blueskymara.builds5h

Comparing Notchmail and AcmeMail for our team this week

Reply, carefullyComparison

TikTok@founderdiaries1d

Comment on: How I answer 300 customer emails a week alone

Reply nowQuestionAsking for recommendations

Hacker Newslindqvist3h

Ask HN: Shared inbox for a five-person support team?

Reply nowAsking for recommendationsQuestion

Blueskymara.builds5h

Comparing Notchmail and AcmeMail for our team this week

Comparing Notchmail and AcmeMail for our team this week. Anyone switched either way and regretted it?

Relevance

Names youNames a competitorDecision this week

Labels · Reply call

Reply, carefullyComparison

Be fair to the competitor; offer a trial, not a verdict

Draft reply

I work on AcmeMail, so take this with salt: Notchmail is better if you live in its mobile app. We are better at shared views. The free plan is a fair way to check.

Says who you are
Fair to the competitor
No claims you cannot back up

Copy and open threadFishOut never posts

Start free See every plan

Questions

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Sources

Syften pricing and documentation — checked 20 October 2026. Entry $29.95, Standard $49.95, PRO $119.95 per month. Filters, not keywords: 3 / 20 / 100 community filters. About 20 sources named on the homepage, including podcast transcripts and public Slack communities; explicitly no LinkedIn. X (+$40/mo) and YouTube (+$20/mo) are add-ons listed on Standard and PRO. API access from Entry, covering query matches and editing filters; the archive API needs PRO. AI filtering is a binary accept/reject — the API docs state it returns no scores, sentiment or suggested replies. Read-only MCP server on PRO. No user seats: teams share one account.
FishOut pricing — checked 19 October 2026. lib/pricing-data.ts — the same data the pricing page renders.

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