Upthread vs SnitchFeed
SnitchFeed reads posts on Reddit, LinkedIn, X, Bluesky and Hacker News, tags each by intent, and sends matches to your team or your agents. Upthread works on Reddit only: the threads Google and AI answers cite, rule-checked drafts, and what each reply did.
Last checked Nov 7, 2026. Every fact about SnitchFeed is numbered to its source at the bottom of the page.
Why people look beyond SnitchFeed.
SnitchFeed is AI social listening for go-to-market teams. You describe your ideal customer in a sentence, and it reads new posts on Reddit, LinkedIn, X, Bluesky and Hacker News, tags each one by intent, from buying intent to competitor complaints, and sends matches to Slack, Discord, email, a webhook or your AI agents. 1
It is priced in credits, tracked terms and listeners. Starter costs $59 a month, or $47 billed yearly, for 7,000 credits, 10 terms and 3 listeners; Pro costs $119, or $95 billed yearly, for 21,000 credits, 30 terms and 10 listeners. Reddit is ingested in real time on every plan. 2
Upthread narrows the field to Reddit and changes the question. Instead of every new post that matches, it looks for the threads Google and AI answers already put in front of buyers, drafts a reply within the subreddit's rules, and tracks the reply once it's posted.
Who should choose which.
Who should choose SnitchFeed
- You sell to people on LinkedIn, X, Bluesky or Hacker News as well as Reddit. Upthread covers Reddit only. 1
- You need to see a Reddit post within minutes: SnitchFeed ingests Reddit in real time on every plan. 2
- You want listening data inside your own agents and tools, through its MCP server, API and webhooks. 1
Who should choose Upthread
- You don't need every network, just the Reddit threads that keep showing up in search results and AI answers.
- You want drafts that start from the subreddit's own rules and the thread's top comments, checked before you see them.
- You want to report on replies, not mentions: score over time, removals, and the citation history around each one.
SnitchFeed in brief
AI social listening across Reddit, LinkedIn, X, Bluesky and Hacker News, with intent tags and reply drafts.
- Describes itself as an AI social listening platform for GTM teams. 1
- Monitors Reddit, LinkedIn, X, Bluesky and Hacker News, and tags each post with intents, 13 in all, such as buying intent and seeking an alternative. 1
- Starter costs $59 a month, or $47 billed yearly; Pro $119, or $95 billed yearly; Scale $399 a month. 2
- Ingests Reddit and Bluesky in real time and refreshes LinkedIn, X and Hacker News hourly; Scale is real-time everywhere. 2
- Drafts a reply in your voice when you open a Reddit thread; you review and edit it, then copy it and post it yourself. 3
- Delivers matches to its feed, Slack, Discord, email or a webhook, and has an MCP server on every plan. 1
- Offers a 7-day free trial with no credit card. 2
- Says it monitors only publicly available content and does not access private messages. 1
Pricing, plan by plan.
SnitchFeed
- Starter$59 a month, or $47 a month billed yearly
- 7,000 credits a month, 10 tracked terms and profiles, 3 listeners, AI filtering and tagging, Snitch AI agent, MCP and API, 3 months of data, 1 user. 2
- Pro$119 a month, or $95 a month billed yearly
- 21,000 credits a month, 30 tracked terms and profiles, 10 listeners, webhooks, CSV exports, 6 months of data, 5 users. 2
- Scale$399 a month
- Custom credits, terms and listeners, with real-time alerts on every platform. 2
Upthread
- Starter$49 a month
- 1 brand, 25 keywords, 25 buyer questions, 3 engines, 150 drafts a month, 1 seat. Discovery: Daily.
- Growth$149 a month
- 3 brands, 100 keywords, 75 buyer questions, All engines, 600 drafts a month, 3 seats. Discovery: Every 6 hours.
- Agency$499 a month
- 15 brands, 500 keywords, 300 buyer questions, All engines, 2,500 drafts a month, 10 seats. Discovery: Every 6 hours.
Yearly billing gives 2 months free. Every workspace starts with a 7-day trial on Starter limits, with no card. See full pricing.
SnitchFeed and Upthread, point by point.
Each row sets a sourced fact about SnitchFeed next to what Upthread does, grouped by what you would check first.
What it watches
- Finding threadsDifferent approach
- SnitchFeedEvery post checked against a plain-language brief and scored for relevance, buying intent and sentiment. 1
- UpthreadThreads from Google results and AI citations, ranked by priority, plus threads that name your brand: Google results from the past 24 hours and threads you open, labelled by type. It sees what Google has indexed, not every new comment.
- AI answersUpthread does more
- SnitchFeedNo AI answer tracking listed. 1
- UpthreadGoogle AI Overviews and AI Mode twice a week, from live Google results. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude weekly through their APIs, labelled API.
- How it reads RedditDifferent approach
- SnitchFeedWatches Reddit continuously, with no Reddit API keys to manage on your side. The method isn't stated. 3
- UpthreadBuilt on your own logged-in browser, so Reddit's move to logged-in-only viewing doesn't break it. Discovery comes from Google results and AI citations, with no Reddit API.
Replying
- DraftingDifferent approach
- SnitchFeedOne-click AI drafts in your voice, grounded in your product. 3
- UpthreadTwo drafts per thread, grounded in the thread, its top comments, the subreddit's rules and your facts. A lint and an AI judge check each one first.
- PostingBoth do this
- SnitchFeedNo auto-posting: you copy the draft and open the thread. 3
- UpthreadYou post from your own account. The extension can insert the draft; you click Comment.
After you post
- After postingUpthread does more
- SnitchFeedNo reply tracking listed. 1
- UpthreadScore over time, moderator removals, and the thread's citation history before and after your reply. Links carry UTM tags for your own analytics.
Price and plans
- PriceDifferent approach
- SnitchFeed$59 / $119 a month, or $47 / $95 billed yearly. Scale is $399. 2
- Upthread$49 / $149 / $499 a month, or 2 months free yearly. A 7-day trial with Starter limits. No card required.
- AgenciesDifferent approach
- SnitchFeedA top tier with multiple workspaces, custom data pipelines and custom limits. 1
- UpthreadAgency plan: 15 brands, 10 seats and shareable client reports. No white-label yet.
Switching from SnitchFeed.
Upthread's setup begins with your website address. It drafts a brand profile and proposes competitors, keywords, buyer questions and focus subreddits, so you can carry over the briefs you wrote for your listeners. Set your role and disclosure, choose engines and a country, and the first runs fill a ranked inbox. The browser extension is optional and comes last.
What you bring across
- Your listener briefs. The buyers and needs you described become Upthread buyer questions and keywords, which you can edit.
- Your competitor names, with aliases, for share of voice in AI answers and for spotting them inside threads.
- Your Slack channel. Growth and Agency plans post new high-priority threads there, with a daily or weekly email digest as well.
What works differently
- SnitchFeed listens across five networks and tags every new post by intent. Upthread watches Reddit only and ranks threads by Google rank, AI citations per engine, buying intent, freshness and how the subreddit treats brands. 1
- SnitchFeed drafts a reply in your voice from your product details. Upthread drafts two per thread from the thread, its top comments, the subreddit's rules and your brand facts, and runs a lint and an AI judge over each. 3
- SnitchFeed ingests Reddit in real time. Upthread runs discovery on a schedule that depends on your plan, and puts its effort into ranking threads by how visible they are to buyers in search and AI answers. 2
- After you post, Upthread keeps watching the reply: its score, whether moderators removed it, and whether AI answers still cite the thread.
How Reddit access is changing
Reddit is closing its public API and moving toward logged-in viewing. This matters for any tool that reads Reddit, so each comparison states only what the tool itself says about its data source.
- On Oct 29, 2026, Reddit said it will shift to a primarily logged-in experience, starting with tests in select markets outside the US. 4
- 9to5Mac reported that Reddit will start requiring a logged-in account for most of its content. 5
- Reddit's CEO said most unauthorized access to its content happens through the logged-out experience. 6
SnitchFeed and Upthread: questions.
Does SnitchFeed post replies for me?
No. It drafts a reply when you open a Reddit thread, and you review, edit, copy and post it yourself. Upthread works the same way at the posting step: you post from your own account. 3
Does SnitchFeed track AI answers?
Its pages describe listening on five networks and agent integrations, not tracking inside AI answers. Upthread asks your buyer questions in Google's AI answers and four AI assistants and records which Reddit threads they cite. 1
Which one costs less?
SnitchFeed Starter is $59 a month, or $47 billed yearly; Upthread Starter is $49 a month. SnitchFeed covers five networks; Upthread covers Reddit, with AI answer tracking and reply tracking. 2
How fast does SnitchFeed see new Reddit posts?
It ingests Reddit and Bluesky in real time on every plan, and LinkedIn, X and Hacker News hourly except on Scale. Upthread checks for fresh threads on a schedule set by your plan, so SnitchFeed is faster at catching brand-new posts. 2
Can I use SnitchFeed and Upthread together?
Yes. A listening tool tells you a post just went up on any of five networks; Upthread tells you which Reddit threads buyers keep landing on through search and AI, and helps you reply there.
Sources
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- [1]SnitchFeed homepage, checked Nov 7, 2026.
- [2]SnitchFeed pricing page, checked Nov 7, 2026.
- [3]SnitchFeed Reddit monitoring page, checked Nov 7, 2026.
- [4]Engadget, checked Oct 29, 2026.
- [5]9to5Mac, checked Oct 29, 2026.
- [6]CyberInsider, checked Oct 30, 2026.
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