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title: "Tools | Mentio blog"
description: "Posts about tools from the Mentio blog: The 10 best free social listening tools in 2026 (and what each one misses); GummySearch alternatives in 2026: the Reddit tools left standing."
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# Tools | Mentio blog

> Posts about tools from the Mentio blog: The 10 best free social listening tools in 2026 (and what each one misses); GummySearch alternatives in 2026: the Reddit tools left standing.

Source: https://mentio.dev/blog/tag/tools/

# Tools

Honest comparisons of the tools that watch the internet for you, the free ones included and named first.

-   [Playbooks](/blog/tag/playbooks/)
-   [Tools](/blog/tag/tools/)
-   [Platforms](/blog/tag/platforms/)
-   [Reddit](/blog/tag/reddit/)
-   [Alerts](/blog/tag/alerts/)
-   [APIs](/blog/tag/apis/)
-   [Claude Code](/blog/tag/claude-code/)
-   [Social listening](/blog/tag/social-listening/)
-   [X](/blog/tag/x/)

[![](/blog/best-free-social-listening-tools/cover.png)](/blog/best-free-social-listening-tools/)

Sep 13, 2026

## [The 10 best free social listening tools in 2026 (and what each one misses)](/blog/best-free-social-listening-tools/)

Ten free ways to watch for brand mentions, from Google Alerts and F5Bot to Reddit and Hacker News feeds, what each one misses, and the free credit that comes with an API.

-   [Tools](/blog/tag/tools/)
-   [Social listening](/blog/tag/social-listening/)

[![](/blog/gummysearch-alternatives/cover.png)](/blog/gummysearch-alternatives/)

Sep 13, 2026

## [GummySearch alternatives in 2026: the Reddit tools left standing](/blog/gummysearch-alternatives/)

GummySearch closed on November 30, 2025. What it did, which tools now cover each job, and how to choose between free alerts, AI-scored monitoring and audience research.

-   [Tools](/blog/tag/tools/)
-   [Reddit](/blog/tag/reddit/)

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