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Listening & reputation

Brand sentiment without the enterprise suite.

Mentions, audience sentiment, competitor campaigns and review reputation — three workflows in one module. Without the Brandwatch invoice.

Social listening
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Three workflows, one included module.

20

competitors tracked

Up to 20 competitors on Accelerate — benchmarks and campaign detection included.

91%

CSAT rating

Across 10,000+ marketers using Sked.

Real-time

mention tracking

Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn and the open web.

Listening at the category level.

Real-time tracking across Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn and the open web. Brand-Smart AI surfaces themes so you're not scrolling through thousands of mentions to spot the one that matters.

Three layers in one workflow

Listening, competitor intel, reputation — no separate add-ons.

  • Real-time listening

    Mentions across Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn and the open web. AI theme surfacing instead of manual scroll.

  • Competitor tracking (up to 20)

    Posting cadence, engagement, creative patterns. Spot campaign launches early. No more screenshotting competitor feeds.

  • Reputation workflows

    Google, Meta and TripAdvisor reviews. Assign responses. Sentiment alerts when the tone shifts.

Protect the brand before the screenshot spreads.

Sentiment alerts when things move. Team escalation paths when they move fast. One workspace for the 'how are we perceived?' question — at a price that isn't an enterprise invoice.

Competitor intel, productised.

Benchmark your posting cadence, engagement rate and creative mix against up to 20 competitors. AI-surfaced strategy suggestions — not just raw charts. Catch campaign launches the same day they go live.

Reviews and reputation, in the same inbox.

Google Business, Meta, TripAdvisor reviews route into the same workflow as DMs and comments. AI-drafted responses in your brand voice. Particularly valuable for local, franchise and multi-location teams.

How Sked compares

Listening without the enterprise invoice.

Sprout Social Premium Listening
  • Listening priced as a premium module, often doubles plan cost
  • Competitor tracking capped on standard plans
  • Reviews workflow separate product line
Sked Social
  • Included on Accelerate — no premium add-on
  • Up to 20 competitors tracked by default
  • Reviews, DMs and comments in the same inbox

Listening that comes with every plan

Hear what your audience is actually saying.

The friction

Most listening tools are a $400-add-on tier .

Tracking competitors, brand mentions, and category conversations is essential — and tier-locked behind enterprise pricing on most platforms. So most teams ship without it.

  • Competitor blind-spots = strategy blind-spots
  • Listening usually = enterprise-tier
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What Sked does

Listening on every paid plan. From day one .

Track competitors, topics, hashtags, and brand mentions. Brand-Smart AI flags what matters and why. Set alerts for the moments that need a response within the hour.

  • Listening = standard, not add-on
  • Brand-Smart AI flags signal vs noise
  • Real-time alerts per topic
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What changes

Strategy decisions back-stopped by signal, not assumption .

Marketing teams stop guessing what competitors are doing. Customer-service teams catch issues before they trend. Brand teams notice the meme moment in time to ride it.

  • Topic + competitor + brand monitoring
  • Sentiment tracking per topic
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Topics, competitors, brand mentions — on every plan.

  • Topic tracking

    Track keywords, hashtags, phrases — across IG, FB, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube. See what's said, where, when.

  • Competitor monitoring

    Pick competitors. Sked tracks their posts, engagement patterns, hashtags, and growth — weekly digest in inbox.

  • Brand mention alerts

    Real-time alerts for brand mentions. Catch reputation moments while they matter, not in next quarter's retro.

  • Sentiment analysis

    Brand-Smart AI scores mentions positive / neutral / negative — surfaces shifts you'd miss in raw volume.

  • Real-time spike alerts

    When a topic, competitor, or brand-mention spikes outside its normal pattern — you know within minutes.

  • Weekly listening digest

    What was said this week, what changed, what to test — in your inbox Monday morning.

  • Influencer tracking

    See which influencers and creators are mentioning your brand across social channels. Understand reach, sentiment, and frequency — without a separate influencer tool.

  • Shareable listening dashboards

    Share view-only access to your social listening dashboards with a link. Set an expiry so access ends when the campaign does — no Sked account needed for stakeholders.

  • Audience demographic mapping

    Map your audience across country, city and timezone — across every channel, regardless of where they follow your brand. Inform your publishing strategy with real geographic distribution data.

Listening included on every plan. The first time we caught a competitor launch the day it happened , we knew this was the right pick.
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“Sked has saved us hours every week. Between streamlined reporting, faster insights, and clear visualizations, it’s the kind of tool you wonder how you ever worked without. Total game-changer.”

Celine

Social Guppy

“We love the new sentiment feature - and our clients do too! It adds another perspective that demonstrates how our social media is connecting with the audience on an emotional level rather than just numbers. As we know, social media is social, and building a community is so important for all of us, from ecom brands to services, personal brands to not-for-profits. Sentiment gives us more insight into this.”

Katie

Cake Marketing

“Sked’s Social Listening tool has completely changed the way we approach content. We’re no longer guessing what our audience wants—we’re tapping into real conversations and trends in real time. It’s become an essential part of our strategy.”

Mick

AME Group

Hear every mention

Track the conversations that mention your brand

Follow keywords, hashtags and mentions across networks so you never miss what people are saying.

Common questions

Questions about Social listening.

  • How many competitors can I track?

    Up to 20 competitors on Accelerate. Posting cadence, engagement, creative patterns, campaign calendar — all updated automatically. No manual screenshotting.

  • Which platforms does listening cover?

    Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn and the open web. AI-surfaced themes, brand-mention tracking and hashtag monitoring. No Brandwatch money required.

  • Do you handle reviews and reputation too?

    Yes — review monitoring across Google, Meta and TripAdvisor in the same workflow. Assign responses, get sentiment alerts, keep one eye on the category conversation.

  • What's the pricing on listening?

    Included on Accelerate — no premium add-on. Basic and Grow get brand-mention tracking; the full 20-competitor package lands on Accelerate.

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