KWatch.io
KWatch.io · Marketing
KWatch.io is a social listening tool that sends real-time alerts when your keywords appear on Reddit, Hacker News, X, LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube, then adds AI sentiment analysis.

About KWatch.io
What Is KWatch.io
KWatch.io watches public conversations for words and phrases you choose. You add a keyword, pick a platform, and get an email, a Slack message, or an API webhook within seconds of the match. No dashboard refresh, no daily digest.
Social media monitoring usually means a weekly report. KWatch.io covers two jobs. One is keyword monitoring across six platforms. The other is conversation tracking on Reddit and Hacker News, where you follow a single post or comment and get pinged every time someone replies.
Brand mention tracking here is passive by design: you set terms, the tool listens. Some limits matter before you pay. Instagram and TikTok aren't supported. LinkedIn and Facebook comments aren't monitored, only posts. YouTube checks video titles and descriptions, so a brand name spoken on camera won't trigger anything.
Getting Started
- Create an account on kwatch.io and choose a plan. The free tier covers two keyword alerts on Reddit and two on Hacker News.
- Add your keywords in the dashboard, one per line. On Business and Enterprise plans you can import a CSV list instead.
- Pick the platforms to watch, then set where alerts land: email, Slack, or a webhook.
- Turn on AI analysis if your plan includes it, and check the saved results after the first day of matches.
- Invite teammates when more than one person needs the same alerts.
Product Information
A quick look at KWatch.io's pricing, supported platforms, and performance.
Best for
The users, tasks, and scenarios where this tool fits best.
Users
- Founders and solo marketers
- Sales teams hunting sales signals
- Brand and community managers
- Product teams collecting feedback
Tasks
- Catching recommendation requests
- Tracking a competitor's name
- Following a single discussion
- Measuring campaign impact
Scenarios
- A rival ships a feature and Hacker News picks it up
- A customer complains about your app on Reddit at 2 a.m.
- You run a launch week and want the chatter in one place
Key features
Keyword Monitoring Across Six Platforms
You define terms once and KWatch.io watches Reddit, Hacker News, X, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube for them. Each platform has its own alert quota, which is the main reason plan choice matters. Reddit and Hacker News get the largest allowances, so research-heavy teams usually pay less than social-first teams.
Real-Time Alerts by Email, Slack, or Webhook
Matches land in your inbox, a Slack channel, or an HTTP endpoint, usually within seconds and up to a minute when traffic spikes. The webhook route is what makes this useful for automation: pipe the payload into a CRM, a spreadsheet, or an AI agent and skip manual copying. Email alone is fine for a solo user who checks messages a few times a day.
Conversation Tracking on Reddit and Hacker News
Instead of watching a keyword, you watch a thread. Point KWatch.io at a post or a comment and every new reply triggers a notification. This is the feature that fits launch threads, AMAs, and support questions where the exact wording is impossible to predict. Quotas are separate from keyword alerts, so tracking doesn't eat your keyword allowance.
AI Sentiment Analysis
Once a keyword fires, the AI reads the surrounding context and scores the mood of the mention. That turns a raw alert feed into something you can skim: ten mentions with eight positive scores need less attention than two negative ones. It won't catch sarcasm reliably, and the score is a summary, not a verdict.
Saved Filters and Bulk Keyword Import
The dashboard keeps matched results so you can revisit them after the alert is gone. Filters help when a broad term like "automation" returns noise from unrelated industries. On Business and Enterprise plans you can upload a CSV of keywords instead of typing them one by one, which matters once a list passes a few dozen entries.
Team Management and Shared Alerts
Invite colleagues to a team and route the same alert to several people. This is gated to the Business plan and above, so a two-person startup on Essential will need to forward emails by hand. For agencies running several clients, the Enterprise plan adds multi-client management, which keeps separate keyword sets apart.
API, Webhooks, and MCP Access
Business and Enterprise plans expose an API and an MCP server alongside webhooks. The MCP route lets an AI assistant query or manage trackers with the same key, which suits teams already running agents for research. Smaller plans have no programmatic access at all, a gap worth checking before you commit.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Real-time alerts measured in seconds, not daily digests, which is what social listening is actually for.
- Six sources in one tool, including Hacker News and Reddit, where most consumer software discussions still start.
- Separate quotas for keyword alerts and tracked conversations, so monitoring a thread doesn't cost you keyword slots.
- Webhook and MCP access on the Business plan open the door to automation without an enterprise contract.
- Predictable pricing from $0 to $199 per month, with prorated cancellation if you stop mid-cycle.
Cons
- Instagram and TikTok aren't monitored, so teams focused on short video and visual social have to look elsewhere.
- LinkedIn and Facebook coverage stops at posts. Comments on those platforms are invisible, which hides a lot of B2B conversation.
- YouTube monitoring only reads titles and descriptions, so spoken brand mentions in a video never trigger an alert.
- The $19 Essential plan has no API, webhooks, or team features, and X and YouTube quotas there are just two alerts each.
Frequently asked questions
Reddit, Hacker News, X, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube. Instagram and TikTok aren't supported. Reddit and Hacker News are available on every plan, while the other four require a paid subscription.
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