--- description: Review of YouScan Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: YouScan | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Social Media Monitoring Software](/directory/4221/social-media-monitoring/software) > [YouScan](/software/310323/youscan) # YouScan Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/310323/youscan Page: 1 / 6\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/310323/youscan?page=2) > YouScan is an AI-powered social listening platform, designed to empower brands, agencies and startups in monitoring consumer opinions and mentions of their products or brand, thereby enabling the discovery of invaluable insights. The platform offers text, image, and sentiment analysis, trend detection, smart alerts, auto-categorization, spam filtering, visual insights, and recently announced – Insights Copilot, an intelligent social media listening AI Agent. By leveraging YouScan, marketers, researchers, CX experts, and PR professionals gain a comprehensive understanding of their customer base by delving into three pivotal aspects: 1. "What they say" With the aid of YouScan's robust text analysis capabilities, particularly the integration of AI Agent – Insights Copilot, effortlessly comprehending consumer opinions about brands, competitors, and events becomes a reality. 2. "What they do" YouScan's Visual Insights delve into the world of social media images, providing an in-depth analysis of real-life interactions between people and brands or products. This includes the identification of brand logos and the generation of automated reports infused with visual content analysis. 3. "Who they are" YouScan's Audience Insights feature proves indispensable in understanding the demographics, interests, and occupations of people engaged in discussions pertaining to brands and various topics across social media platforms. Additionally, YouScan offers seamless integration with numerous third-party CRM, HelpDesk, and messenger applications, like Slack and Microsoft Teams. Comprehensive customer support is provided through multiple channels, including phone, email, and extensive documentation. > > Verdict: Rated **4.9/5** by 123 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.9/5** | 123 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: YouScan - **Location**: Egkomi, Cyprus - **Founded**: 2009 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$499.00 - **Pricing model**: Other (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: Brazilian Portuguese, English, Spanish, Ukrainian - **Available Countries**: Albania, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria and 91 more ## Features - @mentions - AI/Machine Learning - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Notifications - Audience Analytics - Audience Engagement - Audience Targeting - Benchmarking - Boolean Search - Brand Tracking - Campaign Analytics - Campaign Management - Charting - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Competitive Analysis - Competitor Monitoring - Content Management ## Integrations (8 total) - Freshdesk - HubSpot CRM - Instagram - Meta for Business - Microsoft Teams - Slack - Twitter/X - Zendesk Suite ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Social Media Monitoring Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4221/social-media-monitoring/software) ## Related Categories - [Social Media Monitoring Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4221/social-media-monitoring/software) - [Social Media Analytics Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/3525/social-media-analytics-tools/software) - [Social Listening Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4477/social-listening-tools/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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We use a variety of listening tools in our work, depending on the client and the type of project but because TikTok has become so hard to ignore if you’re trying to understand how people talk about brands online, YouScan has proven essential to our work. So much conversation happens on TikTok first, so having access to this data makes our work easier. Additionally, we’ve used YouScan for review data. That has been helpful on a few projects where social posts alone didn’t tell the full story. Reviews can reveal a different kind of user feedback, and aids our analysis alongside social conversations. In general, we keep track of what platforms are building and improving on over time. Our work changes from project to project, so it helps when a tool keeps adding new features and expanding what it can do. > > **Cons**: Our team tends to do fairly deep analysis, and we usually combine several data sources together. Because of that, we often export data and work with it in other systems. Some built-in AI features are less important for our workflow since we’re already processing the information in other ways. Another thing we noticed while testing visual logo detection is that it needs some careful setup. If a logo shape is very simple, it can sometimes match things that aren’t actually related. That’s not unusual for visual recognition tools, but it does mean you need to spend some time cleaning up the search. Lastly, we have run into some challenges with the time required for historical collection. While timing can vary depending on the complexity or size of a topic, these inconsistencies can sometimes lead to analyses being completed down to the wire. > > Most of the work we do falls into a few patterns. Sometimes we analyze how conversation around a brand has changed over time while other times we monitor hot topics or viral content so clients can react quickly if something starts gaining traction online. With YouScan granting us access to TikTok data, we are able to consistently stay on top of the latest trends and flag important conversations happening in the moment. In addition to looking at specific brands and products, we also use listening tools for exploratory research projects. For example, looking at how people talk about certain trends or topics online. Having these additional data sources makes our job of quantifying and analyzing trends infinitely easier. Overall, YouScan has become a tool essential to our analysis. It doesn’t replace everything else, but it fills some key gaps and grants us another way to understand what people are saying online. ----- ### "Effective AI‑Driven Social Listening" — 5.0/5 > **Lubica** | *18 March 2026* | Consumer Goods | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: AI features increase speed \& quality --\> Insights Copilot helps team to get to insights faster and improves the overall quality of outputs. Query Assistant is a great helper when creating queries: The Query Assistant is highly appreciated, especially when building or refining more complex queries. It helps users structure logic correctly and speeds up the setup phase. Targeting consumer‑generated content is easier: Filters—especially Word of Mouth—are valued for focusing on authentic consumer conversations and reducing noise. Out‑of‑the‑box outputs help: The Digest and a more comprehensive word cloud are appreciated, reducing the need to build everything from scratch. Strong, responsive support: Fast, high‑quality responses from YouScan’s team > > **Cons**: Insights Copilot examples: Provide more examples, avoid duplicates, ensure examples fit the insight summary and draw from broader sources. In some cases, too few examples are shown compared to the available mention base. Visual insights often are too sensitive when reading the OCR and with that we usually get a lot of noise. Would be great to have option how to show only what we want to show and eliminate irrelevant visual content. > > YouScan has proven to be a strong upgrade to our previous social media listening approach, primarily due to its user‑friendliness and AI‑driven insight generation, which contributed to its selection as the new SML provider after pilot testing and RFP evaluation. The tool significantly reduces manual effort compared to traditional keyword‑based social listening and enables us to ask more open, business‑oriented questions, supported by AI‑generated summaries and examples of real consumer mentions YouScan supports multilingual analysis through built‑in translation, enabling cross‑market analysis in English and reducing dependency on local‑language expertise for initial insight generation. ----- ### "A Game-Changer in Social Listening & Visual Insights" — 5.0/5 > **Sage** | *17 September 2025* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: YouScan has completely transformed the way our team approaches social media monitoring. It’s not just another listening tool—it’s a platform that actually delivers intelligence we can act on. The biggest game-changer for us has been the logo recognition feature. We’re now uncovering brand mentions in user-generated content that would’ve flown completely under the radar before. This has helped us surface valuable insights and even detect high-profile mentions that were previously invisible to traditional text-based tools. We’ve used other platforms in the past, but none have come close to what YouScan offers in terms of visual analysis and AI-driven context. It’s helped us spot trends earlier, understand how our brand is being seen and shared, and even flag emerging opportunities or risks—all in real time. Simply put, YouScan has raised the bar for what we expect from a social listening platform. It’s become an essential part of how we track our brand presence and stay ahead in an increasingly visual online world. > > **Cons**: I don't like that YouScan charges per feature - it would be much nicer if features were inclusive with builds within that. > > Overall, our experience has been great. The features have set our team apart and the YouScan team has been nothing but great to work with\! ----- ### "Powerful Monitoring Tool for Global Brand Tracking" — 5.0/5 > **Nikolaas** | *2 June 2026* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: YouScan helps us monitor brand mentions and online discussions across multiple countries, languages, and platforms from a single dashboard. The mention detection is very fast and often identifies new conversations sooner than other tools we have used. We also appreciate the advanced filtering options, sentiment analysis, and the continuous improvements made to the platform over time. > > **Cons**: One area for improvement would be giving users more control over language and regional settings directly from the frontend. For example, it would be helpful to configure an account to automatically use a specific market setting, such as Singapore, without requiring backend adjustments. > > Our overall experience has been very positive. We have used YouScan for nearly two years to support online reputation management and social listening across multiple international markets. The platform is reliable, easy to use, and provides valuable insights that help us monitor conversations, identify trends, and react quickly to important mentions. The support team has also been responsive and open to feedback throughout our collaboration. ----- ### "Powerful Social Listening that won't Break the Bank" — 5.0/5 > **Shea** | *21 August 2025* | Market Research | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: YouScan is the best "bang for your buck" tool on the social listening market right now. Unlike other platforms, it will not break the bank, and still comes with an extremely wide breadth of sources including TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram, which can be difficult to access on other social listening tools. The geographic range of sources was the top selling point for my team, as we required deep reseach capabilities in Central Asia, a region that is not well covered under other social listening tools. YouScan is on the leading edge of innovation, with tools like visual recognition and Copilot integration that are unmatched on the current market. I've found YouScan to be easy to use, though I had a background in social listening beforehand. But with the level of detailed attention and eager support provided by YouScan's customer service, I think anyone can take advantage of their services and quickly learn to use YouScan to its best capability. My team has used Youscan for nearly a year, to great success, monitoring two large infrastructure projects in an extremely complex information environment with a multitude of stakeholders and many mininformation campaigns. It helps us stay ahead of the noise and keep our clients informed on risks and opportunities related to their projects. > > **Cons**: My only complaint about YouScan is the user interface for writing queries, which could be improved. It would be nice if the topics included subtopics, so writers do not have to manage such large queries. It's not impossible, but could be easier. It was also hard to wrap my head around YouScan's version of wildcarding, which is automatically applied to any keyword that's not in quotations. YouScan's documentation on the variants was not super helpful, in the end I put most of my keywords in quotes to avoid false positives. > > My overall experience with YouScan has been really nice. I was able to implement it quickly, scale it across two projects, and utilize it to quickly research other project opportunities. The price is very manageable for the tight budgets I work with. It was also relatively easy to train contractors on using the tool, thanks to YouScan's academy which can be done individually and at your own pace. ----- Page: 1 / 6\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/310323/youscan?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/310323/youscan) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data