Octolens pricing in 2026: what every plan costs, what an extra keyword costs, and why Redwatcher is the better alternative for Reddit

Updated 20 September 2026

Octolens is a social listening tool for B2B SaaS teams that watches Reddit, X, LinkedIn and seven more platforms on its Pro plan. It charges for two things, keywords and mentions, and what you pay depends mostly on how many keywords you need.

Redwatcher is a Reddit monitoring tool. Tracks keywords, brand mentions and competitors across the subreddits you choose, scores every match for relevance, and alerts by email, Slack, Telegram or webhook around the clock. From $29/month per project.

How much does Octolens cost?

Octolens costs $199 a month for Pro and $599 a month for Scale, with Enterprise priced on request, and paying for a year takes Pro to $159 a month and Scale to $499. Read from octolens.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

Why Redwatcher is the better alternative to Octolens

1. Twenty-five keywords for $29, not ten for $199. The same 25 keywords on Octolens Pro cost $349 a month, and the plan they come with covers nine other platforms whether you need them or not.
2. No charge per mention. Octolens bills each mention past the plan's quota. Redwatcher sends what scores above your bar and counts the rest under Skipped, where you can read it, and none of it costs extra.
3. The same speed on every plan. Octolens refreshes hourly on Pro, and you have to be on Scale, at $599 a month, before it refreshes in real time. Redwatcher checks every subreddit you track around the clock, multiple times every hour, on the $29 plan and every plan above it.
4. A score from 0 to 100, with the reason in a sentence. The FAQ on Octolens's pricing page says its AI gives each mention a high, medium or low relevance score, and does not say why a mention gets its band. Redwatcher writes the reason under every thread, and when a score is wrong you say what was wrong, and it becomes a rule that later matches are judged against.
5. A second brand or a second client is a second project at $29. On Octolens, multiple workspaces are listed on the Enterprise plan only, at a custom price, and that card is labelled custom monitoring for multi-brand portfolios. On Redwatcher every project has its own keywords, subreddits, rules and alert channels, and you pick a plan for each one.

Each plan has the same number of subreddits as keywords, and the two larger plans are $49 a month for 50 and $89 for 100, with every feature on every plan and unlimited team members. Redwatcher has no plan at $0. Read from octolens.com/pricing and redwatcher.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

What does each Octolens plan include?

Every Octolens plan includes AI relevance scoring with sentiment and tags, email and Slack alerts, webhooks, an API and an MCP server, CSV export and unlimited team seats, and the plans differ on platforms, refresh, data history and support. Read from octolens.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

What does an extra keyword cost on Octolens?

An extra keyword on Octolens costs $10 a month on Pro and $5 a month on Scale. Ten keywords is the whole Pro allowance, and a brand, three competitors and six problem phrases is already ten. Read from octolens.com/pricing and redwatcher.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

Monthly billing, worked out from Octolens's published per-keyword prices. The two Octolens plans cost the same at sixty keywords, and Scale is the cheaper of the two past that.

What does Octolens charge for extra mentions?

Octolens charges $0.013 for each mention past 15,000 on Pro and $0.01 for each past 50,000 on Scale. Its pricing page says every plan flexes with your volume, and that you can set a monthly spend cap or turn flex mentions off in settings. The trial is seven days on Pro features and is capped at 5,000 mentions. Read from octolens.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

What does Octolens cost if you only need Reddit?

The same $199 a month, because Octolens has no Reddit-only plan and no separate allowance for Reddit: the grid lists one keyword figure and one mention figure per plan. Redwatcher has no other platform to share the allowance with: the whole plan goes to the subreddits you name. Read from octolens.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

Octolens vs Redwatcher pricing per month, side by side

Read from octolens.com/pricing and redwatcher.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

Which one to pick

Redwatcher, if Reddit is the platform you care about. The Octolens review goes through what $199 buys, and the Octolens alternative page has the two tools row by row. Read from octolens.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

How do you move from Octolens to Redwatcher?

Copy your keyword list out of Octolens, including any you dropped to stay at ten, and paste it into Redwatcher. Give it your website address and it proposes the subreddits to watch, then set the score you want to be alerted above and pick email, Slack, Telegram or a webhook. Run both for the week of the trial and compare what each one sends before Octolens's next bill.

What other questions do people ask about Octolens pricing?

How much does Octolens cost per month?

Octolens costs $199 a month on the Pro plan and $599 a month on the Scale plan, with Enterprise priced on request. Pro includes 10 keywords and 15,000 mentions, Scale 40 keywords and 50,000 mentions, and both add keywords at $10 and $5 a month each. Redwatcher costs $29 a month per project for 25 keywords on Reddit, with no charge per mention. Read from octolens.com/pricing and redwatcher.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

How much does Octolens cost per year?

Octolens costs $159 a month for Pro and $499 a month for Scale when billed annually, which is $1,908 and $5,988 for the year. Its pricing page opens on annual billing and labels the saving as up to 20%, which is $40 a month off Pro and $100 off Scale. Redwatcher is $29 a month per project, and you can change the plan up or down at any time. Read from octolens.com/pricing and redwatcher.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

Is Octolens free?

Octolens has no plan at $0. Its pricing page offers a seven-day trial of the Pro plan's features, capped at 5,000 mentions, and after that the plans start at $199 a month, or $159 a month billed annually. Redwatcher has no plan at $0 either: the trial is seven days with no card, then $29 a month per project for 25 keywords and 25 subreddits. Read from octolens.com/pricing and redwatcher.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

What is the difference between Octolens Pro and Scale?

Octolens Pro is $199 a month for 10 keywords and 15,000 mentions with an hourly refresh. Scale is $599 for 40 keywords and 50,000 mentions with real-time refresh, and adds podcasts, newsletters, news and the web, unlimited data history and priority support. Extra keywords are $10 on Pro and $5 on Scale. Redwatcher's three plans differ only in the keyword and subreddit counts, 25, 50 or 100, and every feature is on every plan. Read from octolens.com/pricing and redwatcher.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

How many keywords does Octolens include?

Octolens includes 10 keywords on Pro at $199 a month and 40 on Scale at $599, with unlimited keywords listed on Enterprise at a custom price. Each keyword after the allowance is $10 a month on Pro and $5 on Scale, so 25 keywords on Pro is $349 a month. Redwatcher includes 25 keywords at $29, 50 at $49 and 100 at $89, and a competitor you track counts as one keyword. Read from octolens.com/pricing and redwatcher.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

What does an extra keyword cost on Octolens?

An extra keyword on Octolens costs $10 a month on Pro and $5 a month on Scale, and the two plans cost the same at sixty keywords, $699 a month. Past sixty, Scale is the cheaper of the two, so 100 keywords is $899 on Scale and $1,099 on Pro. Redwatcher has no per-keyword price: 100 keywords is the $89 plan, and 25 is the $29 plan. Read from octolens.com/pricing and redwatcher.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

What happens when you go over Octolens's mention limit?

Octolens keeps collecting mentions past your plan's quota and bills each one at the plan's rate, $0.013 on Pro and $0.01 on Scale, unless you set a monthly spend cap or turn flex mentions off in settings. The quota is 15,000 a month on Pro and 50,000 on Scale, across every platform the plan watches. Redwatcher has no mention quota and no charge per mention. Read from octolens.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

Does Octolens charge per user?

Octolens lists team seats as unlimited on Pro, Scale and Enterprise, so the bill does not change with the number of people using it. What changes it is the keyword count, at $10 or $5 a month each past the allowance, and the mention count past the quota. Redwatcher also has unlimited team members on every plan, and the only two numbers that change between its plans are the keyword and subreddit allowances. Read from octolens.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

Is Octolens worth $199 a month if you only need Reddit?

Octolens at $199 a month buys ten keywords and 15,000 mentions shared across ten platforms, refreshed hourly, and there is no cheaper Octolens plan for Reddit alone. If Reddit is the platform you care about, Redwatcher watches the subreddits you choose for 25 keywords at $29 a month, scores every match from 0 to 100 with the reasons written out, has no charge per mention, and checks around the clock on every plan. Read from octolens.com/pricing and redwatcher.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

What is a cheaper alternative to Octolens for Reddit?

Redwatcher, at $29 a month per project for 25 keywords and 25 subreddits on Reddit, against $199 a month for ten keywords on Octolens Pro. Every match is scored from 0 to 100 with the reasons, there is no charge per mention, and email, Slack, Telegram and a signed webhook are on every plan. Redwatcher's ranked list of Reddit monitoring tools scores every tool at its entry price. Read from octolens.com/pricing and redwatcher.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

Does Redwatcher have a free plan?

Redwatcher has no plan at $0. The trial is seven days with no card, and after it the plans are $29 a month per project for 25 keywords and 25 subreddits, $49 for 50 and 50, and $89 for 100 and 100. Every feature is on every plan, including scoring, email, Slack, Telegram and webhook alerts, and unlimited team members. Octolens's trial is also seven days, and its plans after it start at $199 a month. Read from octolens.com/pricing and redwatcher.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

How does Redwatcher's pricing compare with Octolens's?

Redwatcher is priced per project at $29, $49 or $89 a month for 25, 50 or 100 keywords and the same number of subreddits, with no charge per mention and every feature on every plan. Octolens is priced by plan at $199 or $599 a month for 10 or 40 keywords, with $10 or $5 a month for each extra keyword and $0.013 or $0.01 for each extra mention. Read from octolens.com/pricing and redwatcher.com/pricing on 20 September 2026.

Redwatcher is not affiliated with Octolens.