Did Octolens raise its prices?

Yes. An archived copy of its pricing page from May 27, 2026 shows Pro at $119 a month and Scale at $319, billed annually. On Nov 3, 2026 the same view shows $159 and $499. Over the same months Scale went from 15 to 40 keywords and the trial from 1,000 to 5,000 mentions. The page opens on annual billing, which is why third-party listings quote different prices.

Does Octolens reply to mentions?

No. Octolens finds and filters mentions and sends them to Slack, email, webhooks, its API or your own agents. Its Reddit MCP page suggests drafting a reply in your own AI assistant and posting it yourself, and says its MCP access is read-only. SlopMog drafts the comment and posts it once you approve it, or on its own in hands-free mode.

What's a cheaper Octolens alternative for Reddit?

For alerts only, F5Bot is free for Reddit, Hacker News and Lobsters keyword alerts, with paid tiers at $12.99 and $49.99 a month, and Syften starts at $29.95 a month (both as of Nov 3, 2026). If you want the reply written and posted on Reddit or YouTube, SlopMog starts at $99 a month for about 166 regular comments.

Does Octolens track AI visibility?

Not inside AI answers. Its own FAQ says it monitors the open web (the Reddit threads, listicles and forums AI engines cite) and suggests pairing it with an answer tracker if you want a prompt-level score. It positions that monitoring as the part you can act on, by joining those conversations yourself.

Does Octolens monitor YouTube?

Yes. It monitors YouTube videos and comments on every plan and sends you the relevant ones. It doesn't comment. SlopMog finds YouTube videos for your keywords every day and posts a comment under the ones you approve, at the same 6 credits as a Reddit comment.

Can I use Octolens and SlopMog together?

Yes. Octolens covers sources SlopMog doesn't (X, LinkedIn, Hacker News, GitHub, reviews) and routes them to Slack or your own tools. SlopMog handles the Reddit and YouTube threads you want a comment in. Octolens Pro plus SlopMog's Test the Waters is $298 a month, both billed monthly.

Does SlopMog have a free trial?

No. You get a full refund within 7 days of your first subscription payment, and you can cancel anytime. To see a draft before paying, the free Reddit comment generator writes one from a post link and your website, with no account.

Honest comparison · checked Nov 3, 2026

Octolens Alternative

Octolens Pro costs $199 a month (as of Nov 3, 2026) to find and filter mentions of you across Reddit, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Hacker News and more¹. The reply is still yours to write and post. SlopMog's $99 plan finds Reddit and YouTube threads, then drafts and posts about 166 comments a month.

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TL;DRLast checked Nov 3, 2026 · sources below

Pick SlopMog if…: you want Reddit and YouTube replies written and posted for you, from $99 a month, in threads found by keyword and by asking 4 AI models what they cite.
Pick Octolens if…: you need alerts from X, LinkedIn, Hacker News, GitHub or review sites, routed to Slack, your CRM or your own agents, and you'll write the replies yourself.
The math: Octolens Pro: $199 a month for 15,000 filtered mentions, replies not included¹. SlopMog Test the Waters: $99 a month for about 166 comments, drafted and posted.

$199

Octolens Pro, per month*

$99

SlopMog's starting plan

~166

comments it drafts and posts

* Billed monthly, or $159 a month billed annually. Octolens prices by mentions found (15,000 on Pro) and doesn't write or post replies. Checked Nov 3, 2026¹.

Feature comparison

Octolens and SlopMog, side by side

Where Octolens is better, the table says so. Every Octolens cell links to the page we read it on.

Octolens and SlopMog compared, feature by feature. Checked Nov 3, 2026.
Feature	Octolens	SlopMog
Starting price	YesOctolens$199/mo Pro ($159/mo billed annually)¹	YesSlopMog$99/mo Test the Waters ($79/mo billed yearly)
What a plan buys	YesOctolens15,000 / 50,000 filtered mentions a month, then $0.013 / $0.01 per extra mention (or set a spend cap)¹	YesSlopMog1,000 / 2,700 / 5,500 credits: about 166 / 450 / 916 comments, drafted and posted
Keywords	YesOctolens10 on Pro, 40 on Scale ($10 / $5 a month per extra one)¹	YesSlopMog10 / 25 / unlimited, pulled from your site in keyword groups
Where it looks	YesOctolensReddit, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Bluesky, Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Overflow, DEV, plus Trustpilot, App Store, Google Play reviews. Scale adds news, podcasts, newsletters, the web¹	PartlySlopMogReddit and YouTube only
How fast it finds a post	YesOctolensHourly on Pro, real-time on Scale¹	PartlySlopMogDiscovery runs every day
Sorting the noise	YesOctolensAI scores every mention high, medium or low, with sentiment and intent tags like buying intent¹	YesSlopMogEvery thread is scored for relevance, and the best ones land in your queue
Threads AI answers cite	PartlyOctolensMonitors the threads and pages AI engines cite, but doesn't check inside AI answers⁵	YesSlopMogHigh-Value discovery asks Gemini, Claude, GPT and Grok 40 buyer questions and ranks the Reddit and YouTube threads they cite
Who writes the reply	PartlyOctolensYou, or your own AI assistant over its MCP³	YesSlopMogAI drafts one for every thread in 5 voices plus Auto. You edit, approve or skip, or switch a site to hands-free
Who posts it	NoOctolensYou do. It points you to each platform's own API for posting or replying⁴	YesSlopMogSlopMog, on a staggered schedule, from aged Reddit accounts
API, webhooks, MCP	YesOctolensAPI, webhooks and an MCP server on every plan, plus Slack, email and Attio⁷	NoSlopMogNo public API
Try it first	YesOctolens7-day free trial, no card, up to 5,000 mentions¹	PartlySlopMogNo free trial: a 7-day refund on your first payment, and a free comment generator

Does itPartly, or with a catchDoesn't

After the alert

What happens after the Slack ping

One r/Mattress thread, two tools. Octolens finds it sooner. Here's who does each step after that.

r/Mattress· 40mIllustration

Best mattress for back pain under $1,000?

Waking up stiff every morning. Side and back sleeper. What helped you?

183 comments

With Octolens

Hourly on Pro, real-time on Scale¹

Finds the post and scores it: high relevance, buying intentOctolens
Sends the alert to Slack, email or your own toolsOctolens
Open the thread and read what they askedYou
Write a reply, or draft one in your own AI assistant over MCPYou
Post it from your accountYou
Check back later to see if it's still upYou

Left for you: read · write · post · check

With SlopMog

Discovery runs daily

Finds the thread and scores it for relevanceSlopMog
Drafts a comment in the thread's toneSlopMog
Approve, edit or skip it (or switch to hands-free and skip this step)You
Posts it on a staggered schedule from an aged Reddit accountSlopMog
Runs a health check: still live, or removedSlopMog

a commenter · posted · still live

Medium-firm tends to help most with lower back pain. Snoozly and CloudNest both have long home trials, so you can test one for a few weeks before you commit.

Left for you: approve (or not even that)

Illustration, in our demo world. The Octolens column follows its own pages: alerts go to Slack, email, webhooks, its API or your agents², and its MCP is read-only³, so 4 of its 6 steps are yours.

The good and the meh

Octolens: the good and the meh

We could pretend they're terrible. They're not. Every point links to where we read it.

What Octolens does well

One keyword list covers Reddit, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Bluesky, Hacker News, GitHub and review sites¹
API, webhooks and an MCP server on every plan¹
Mentions go where your team works: Slack, email, Attio, PostHog, or your own agents⁷
Hourly refresh on Pro and real-time on Scale, so you can reply while a thread is young¹
AI scores every mention and tags it (buying intent, bug report, feature request), so a common-word brand name stays usable²
Unlimited seats, 2 years of history on Pro, and a 7-day trial with no card¹

Where it falls short

$199 a month for Pro billed monthly ($159 billed annually), the cheapest plan¹
The billed-annually price rose from $119 (Pro) and $319 (Scale) on May 27, 2026 to $159 and $499 by Nov 3. Scale's keywords went from 15 to 40⁸
It stops at the alert: no reply is written or posted in the app, and its MCP is read-only³
Real-time refresh starts on Scale at $599 a month. Pro checks hourly¹
Mentions over the quota bill at $0.013 each on Pro unless you cap them or switch them off¹

The pitch

Why consider SlopMog instead

Besides the obviously superior name. Here's what changes in your week.

The reply gets written and posted

Octolens hands you the thread in Slack or your inbox, and reading, writing and posting are yours. SlopMog drafts a comment for every thread it finds and posts the ones you approve, spaced out instead of sent in a burst.

SlopMog advantage

About 166 comments a month, drafted and posted, on the $99 plan

A draft waiting for every thread, in the thread's own tone
Posted on a staggered schedule from aged Reddit accounts
Reddit and YouTube comments, 6 credits each
Health checks show which comments are still live

See how it works

Approve every draft, or none

Each draft comes in one of 5 voices, or Auto. Edit it, regenerate it in another voice, approve it or skip it. Once the drafts read the way you'd write them, switch a site to hands-free and SlopMog posts every day within a daily budget you set for each platform.

SlopMog advantage

Your call on every comment, until you'd rather not make it

5 voices plus Auto
Edit, regenerate, approve or skip
Hands-free per site, with a daily budget per platform
Credits are spent only when a comment posts

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Threads picked by asking the AIs

Octolens watches your keywords across the web and says it monitors the threads AI engines cite, without checking inside the answers⁵. SlopMog's High-Value discovery asks instead: it writes 40 buyer-style questions without your brand name, puts them to Gemini, Claude, GPT and Grok with live web search, and ranks every Reddit and YouTube thread they cite.

SlopMog advantage

Comments in the threads 4 AI models cite for your buyers' questions

40 buyer questions by default, no brand name
4 models, each with live web search
A High-Value comment is 60 credits ($6)
Runs weekly, when you add a site, or on demand

See High-Value threads

Pricing

Let's talk money

Octolens prices the mentions it finds. SlopMog prices the comments it posts. Both, dated.

What Octolens costsPrices checked Nov 3, 2026

Pro
$199/mo¹
- $159/mo billed annually
- 15,000 mentions, then $0.013 each
- 10 keywords ($10/mo per extra)
- Hourly refresh, 2 years of history
- API, webhooks, MCP, Slack, email
Scale
$599/mo¹
- $499/mo billed annually
- 50,000 mentions, then $0.01 each
- 40 keywords ($5/mo per extra)
- Real-time refresh, unlimited history
- Adds news, podcasts, newsletters, the web
Enterprise
Custom¹
- Multiple workspaces
- Unlimited mentions and keywords
- Custom AI agents
Free trial
$0 for 7 days¹
- Pro features
- Up to 5,000 mentions
- No credit card

Monthly prices are the page's Monthly toggle in US dollars. Mentions over the quota keep flowing at the plan's rate until you set a spend cap. Octolens doesn't post comments, so there's no per-comment price to set next to SlopMog's $0.60. The closest like-for-like is the entry price: $199 against $99. Prices checked Nov 3, 2026¹.

Why Octolens prices disagree online

Its pricing page opens on annual billing, and the plans changed during 2026. Here's the same page, same view, on two dates.

Octolens plan prices and limits on May 27, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026
What	May 27, 2026⁸	Nov 3, 2026¹
Pro (billed annually)	$119/mo	$159/mo
Scale (billed annually)	$319/mo	$499/mo
Keywords on Scale	15	40
Trial mentions	1,000	5,000

SlopMog's side: 1,000 credits on Test the Waters, 6 per regular comment ($0.60) and 60 per High-Value one ($6). Credits are spent only when a comment posts, and come back if a post fails for good. Every plan is on the pricing page.

All SlopMog plans

Every plan includes discovery, drafts, posting and health checks.

Test the Waters

$99/mo

1,000 credits · ≈ 166 regular or 16 High-Value comments

Get started

Comparing more than two tools?

The Reddit marketing tools roundup sorts every tool by the job it does, with dated prices. If alerts are all you need, start with free and paid Reddit keyword alerts, or see how SlopMog compares with Syften, Brand24 and Awario. New to commenting as a brand? Read how to market on Reddit without getting banned, and for the YouTube mentions Octolens flags, how to comment under the videos buyers watch.

The verdict

Which tool is right for you?

No tool fits everyone. Here's who should use which.

Octolens might be better if…

You need alerts from X, LinkedIn, Hacker News, GitHub, TikTok or review sites, not only Reddit and YouTube
You want mentions piped into Slack, Attio, your own app or your agents over API, webhooks or MCP
You want to catch a post within the hour on Pro, or in real time on Scale
You track reputation, product feedback and competitors, with sentiment and share of voice
You'll write and post every reply yourself, and you want a free trial first

SlopMog might be better if…

You want the Reddit and YouTube replies written and posted, not only found
You'd rather approve drafts than write them, or go hands-free
You want comments in the threads Gemini, Claude, GPT and Grok cite for your buyers' questions
You want a $99 starting plan: about 166 comments a month at $0.60 each
You want to see which of your posted comments are still live

What neither tool can promise

Octolens says its coverage is high but accuracy varies by platform and by how many mentions a keyword gets¹, so no alert tool catches every mention. SlopMog can't promise a comment is never removed, or that an AI answer will name you. Anyone who promises either is selling something.

Sources · checked Nov 3, 2026

1.Octolens pricing (plans, overage, trial, platforms, FAQ): octolens.com/pricing
2.Octolens homepage (positioning, Slack, CRM and agent delivery): octolens.com/
3.Octolens Reddit MCP page (read-only MCP, reply drafting in your own assistant): octolens.com/reddit-mcp
4.Octolens social listening API (monitoring, not posting or replying): octolens.com/social-listening-api
5.Octolens AI visibility page (what it monitors, and its FAQ on AI answers): octolens.com/ai-visibility
6.Octolens YouTube monitoring (videos and comments): octolens.com/youtube-monitoring
7.Octolens integrations (Slack, Attio, PostHog, Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor): octolens.com/integrations
8.Octolens pricing as archived on May 27, 2026 (Wayback Machine): web.archive.org/web/20260527011408/https://octolens.com/pricing
9.F5Bot plans: f5bot.com/
10.Syften pricing: syften.com/pricing

Switching

Running both, or moving over

There's nothing to export. Most of the work is deciding which job each tool keeps.

Bring your keyword list
Add your site and SlopMog reads it, pulling out your brand, what you sell and keyword groups. Add the competitor and category terms you already track in Octolens.
Decide what Octolens keeps
X, LinkedIn, Hacker News, GitHub and review alerts have no SlopMog equivalent. Octolens Pro plus Test the Waters is $298 a month, both billed monthly.
Let the replies run
Approve the first week's drafts one by one. When they read right, switch the site to hands-free. Credits are spent only when a comment posts.

FAQ

Questions you probably have

We tried to answer them before you asked. How considerate of us.

As of Nov 3, 2026, Octolens Pro is $199 a month billed monthly or $159 a month billed annually, with 15,000 mentions and 10 keywords. Scale is $599 ($499 billed annually) with 50,000 mentions, 40 keywords and real-time refresh. Enterprise is custom. Extra mentions cost $0.013 each on Pro unless you set a spend cap, and there's a 7-day free trial with no card.

Octolens sends the ping. SlopMog sends the reply.

A drafted comment for every Reddit and YouTube thread SlopMog finds you, posted once you approve it (or hands-free), from $99 a month. Keep Octolens for X and LinkedIn if you like. We won't take it personally.

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