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Both cover research & trends and analytics. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Awario | ViewStats | |
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| Starting price (they differ) | From $29 | From $49.99 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free trial, then paid | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier (they differ) | No | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | None | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Social listening priced for one person
Awario watches the web and the social networks for a keyword and reports who said it, where, and how much reach they had. Most tools in this corner start in the hundreds a month and sell to agencies. Awario's entry plan is one seat and three topics, which is the shape somebody watching their own name and two competitors actually needs.
Our note
Brand24 is the closest thing to it and starts at $199 a month, which is the whole argument for Awario at the small end. For one person watching one name, the entry plan does what the expensive tools do.
Only on this side
YouTube analytics from MrBeast's own team
ViewStats came out of MrBeast's own team and sells the tooling they built to answer one question: which videos are doing better than they should be. Outlier detection is the headline feature, alongside thumbnail and title comparison against your niche. There is a free site and a browser extension that overlays numbers while you watch. Pro is where the competitor tracking and the idea tools sit.
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| Research & Trends, Analytics |
| Analytics, Research & Trends |
| Works with | YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X, Reddit | YouTube |
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| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
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| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
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| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
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Our note
Try the extension before paying for anything, because it is free and it answers the question most people arrive with. vidIQ and TubeBuddy cover similar ground more cheaply; what ViewStats has that they do not is the outlier framing, and whether that is worth $50 a month depends on how often you publish.