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Heardex vs Google Alerts
Google Alerts emails you new Google Search results for a phrase; Heardex searches social platforms and communities directly and sorts what it finds.
Side by side
| Compared | Heardex | Google Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Starter $70, Pro $120, Scale $350/month; $60/month and up billed yearly | Free |
| Free plan or trial | Free plan: 1 keyword, 100 mentions a month, no card | Free |
| Billing | Monthly or yearly; cancel any time | Free |
| First paid plan | Starter: 1 keyword, 4,000 mentions a month | Alerts for any search phrase |
| Past the monthly limit | No overage charges: new mentions are held until your allowance renews | None |
| Where it looks | Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Bluesky, DEV and app store reviews on every plan; Reddit, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Substack, news and the web on paid plans | New results in Google Search (you can choose site types, language and region) |
| Notable features | Mentions ranked into bugs, feature requests and complaints (paid plans), competitor tracking (from Pro), daily and weekly reports, Claude MCP connector | Email delivery at the frequency you choose |
| Built for | Software and product teams | Anyone following a topic or name |
Google Alerts details from Google Alerts help, checked 4 November 2026. Prices in US dollars and may have changed since; check their site for the latest.
Where Google Alerts is stronger
- It's free.
- It covers whatever Google indexes, for any topic.
Where Heardex is different
- Searches Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Hacker News, GitHub, Bluesky, app store reviews and more directly, not only indexed pages.
- Each mention is stored once, with relevance, so you're not reading the same thing twice.
- Ranks mentions into bugs, feature requests and complaints, with trends over time.
- Its free plan already covers Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Bluesky, DEV and app store reviews.
Which one to pick
- Choose Google Alerts if
- You want a free email when a phrase appears on the web.
- Choose Heardex if
- You want to see what users say about your product across communities, sorted into what to act on.
Google Alerts is a trademark of its owner. Heardex is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google Alerts. This comparison is based on Google Alerts's public pages as of 4 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.