TrackReddit alternative
TrackReddit alternative for live Reddit keyword alerts
Syften helps replace the core TrackReddit workflow: monitor Reddit posts and comments for keywords, brands, competitors, domains, subreddits, and authors, then send useful matches to Slack, email, RSS, API, or webhooks.
- Posts and comments across Reddit
- Subreddit, author, and domain filters
- Slack, email, RSS, API, webhooks
- Archive search and AI filtering
TrackReddit vs Syften at a glance
People used TrackReddit because it solved a specific job: tell me when Reddit mentions something I care about. Syften keeps that job direct, but adds modern filtering, more delivery options, archive search, and monitoring across other communities.
| Need | TrackReddit workflow | Syften workflow |
|---|---|---|
| Reddit keyword alerts | Track keywords on Reddit. | Track Reddit posts and comments for keywords, phrases, domains, competitors, authors, and subreddit-specific queries. |
| Comments, not just posts | The reason many users wanted a dedicated Reddit monitoring tool. | Use comment-only filters, post-only filters, or monitor both. |
| Subreddit targeting | Useful when a niche subreddit matters more than all of Reddit. | Use site:reddit.com/r/saas/ style filters to focus alerts on specific subreddits. |
| Delivery | Email-centered alerting. | Send alerts to Slack, email, RSS, API, or webhooks, so the right person sees the thread quickly. |
| Noise control | Keyword matching can get noisy when terms are broad. | Use exact phrases, exclusions, language filters, title filters, tags, and AI filtering for ambiguous terms. |
| Other communities | Reddit-focused. | Monitor Reddit plus Hacker News, GitHub, forums, blogs, X/Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky, podcasts, and more. |
How to replace TrackReddit with Syften
Start by rebuilding the alerts that used to matter. Then tighten them so your team gets a small stream of useful Reddit conversations instead of a noisy inbox.
Add your old keywords
Start with brand names, product names, domains, competitors, category phrases, and the words customers use when asking for alternatives.
Choose Reddit scope
Watch all of Reddit by default, or use subreddit, post/comment, title, author, and language filters when a topic has too much background noise.
Route the alerts
Send matches to Slack for team response, email for personal monitoring, RSS for lightweight reading, or API and webhooks for internal workflows.
Check recent mentions
Use archive search during setup to see whether a filter catches useful conversations before you trust it with live alerts.
Tighten the signal
Add exclusions, tags, exact phrases, or AI filtering when a broad term catches too many irrelevant Reddit threads.
Example Reddit alert filters
Syften filters are not Google queries. They are monitoring rules that can combine keywords, sources, authors, post types, exclusions, tags, and AI checks.
| Goal | Example filter | What it finds |
|---|---|---|
| Brand mentions | example.com | Mentions of your domain, including subdomains and common obfuscated forms like example[.]com. |
| Product name | "Acme Analytics" | Mentions of a multi-word product name. |
| Competitor mentions | competitor.com | Threads where people mention a competing product or domain. |
| Buying intent | "alternative to" competitor | Posts and comments where someone is comparing options around a known tool. |
| Subreddit-specific alert | site:reddit.com/r/saas/ type:post title:mrr | New threads in r/saas with mrr in the title. |
| Questions in a subreddit | site:reddit.com/r/shopify/ title:plugin title:`?` | Shopify subreddit threads with plugin and a question mark in the title. |
| Track a Reddit user | site:reddit.com author:someuser123 | Posts and comments by a specific Reddit user. |
| AI filtering | apple $accept:"true when the post mentions Apple the company; false otherwise." | Adds an AI accept/reject check before Slack or email notifications are sent. |
The point is not to monitor more Reddit. It is to monitor the exact Reddit conversations your team can act on.
Why TrackReddit users looked for alternatives
In 2020, TrackReddit users reported refunds and a shutdown notice. A Reddit thread turned into a practical discussion about replacement tools for Reddit monitoring.
That thread is also where a few TrackReddit users discovered Syften. The full exchange became a case study about one Reddit comment turning into $640 ARR, including this follow-up from a former TrackReddit customer.
Trackreddit was definitely a helpful tool for our marketing efforts.
Operating since 2019
Check out what our customers are saying
At Rewardful, we're huge believers in word-of-mouth marketing. I've used most of the social monitoring tools on the market and most have a lot of noise in the results or miss important conversations happening online. Syften returns the most relevant social mentions with the least amount of noise out of all the tools I've tested so far. Their community listening is the best on the market and I love how you can fine tune by source.
I love that Syften monitors all the communities I am part of but don't have enough time to check all day. Now, I can check my email and see conversations happening on Twitter, Reddit, Indie Hackers, and many more places. It's incredibly useful. Worth every dollar.
We use Syften to react to people saying things about us on the internet every single day. It's a set once and forget tool that just helps your team keep your pulse on whatever it is you care about.
Syften is awesome. I use it for my business so I can monitor the brand, and participate in online discussions which can help us attract new customers. I also use it personally to keep track of niche subjects that I'm interested in like emerging tech and products.
We love Syften at PostHog and find it incredibly useful for listening to our open-source community. The Slack integration enables our entire team to find ways to connect with our users, whether it's the Marketing team sharing new content or the Engineering team answering technical questions. The filtering system is especially powerful and helps us separate the signal from the noise.
I've written a couple books and like to keep an eye on how and where folks are talking about them. Syften has helped me catch several key conversations that I otherwise wouldn't have seen. Even on the days without any notable alerts, I'm still happy to know that I haven't missed anything. A very useful tool.
Syften has become integral to our business. It allows us to monitor *and* respond in real-time using their super simple webhooks. For example, when people mention our competitors being expensive on Twitter, Syften finds it and enables us to respond instantly with Zapier. It's paid for itself many times over. It even helped us secure $5M in funding for one of our community members. Michael has been overwhelmingly supportive over the past 18+ months we've been a customer and we couldn't be more grateful.
I use Syften every day and have been for a year. I looked at various other social listening tools but they were mostly aimed at big brands and enterprise customers and carried a hefty price tag. Syften tracks all of the major networks that I'm interested (even ones the big tools don't) and it's affordable for businesses of every size. Every day I get an email digest of people talking about my product for me to take immediate action on.
I gather the mentions I get from Syften and add them to our customer sales and partner presentations to show how our product is gaining mindshare amongst users on Reddit and forums. These slides are very impactful.
Syften has been a great tool to understand in which communities my website is being mentioned, or topics relevant to my business. It allowed me to engage in meaningful discussions and to identify some important actors in my niche.
Syften has enabled us to keep an eye on the topics related to our product. We can easily track posts about discount codes, email marketing, and e-commerce. We can then suggest using our service, or just be helpful answering questions on subjects that we are familiar with.
Pricing
It pays for itself if you find just one customer (easy)
Entry
Keep an eye out for your product name
Standard
AI filtering, API access, more filters, more archive, Slack integration, and optional Twitter and YouTube support
- 20 filtersA filter is a search query for mentions you want to track.
- Daily results: 200
- Archive search: 1 monthSee who has mentioned you in the past. Click to read more.
- Slack integration
- Twitter monitoringPaid addon
- YouTube monitoringPaid addon
- AI filteringFilter noisy matches before they reach your alerts. Click to read more.
- API accessQuery results and edit your settings. Click to read more.
Syften PRO
More matches, more filters, unlimited archive, API access, and webhook support
- 100 filtersA filter is a search query for mentions you want to track.
- Daily results: 500
- Archive search: unlimitedSee who has mentioned you in the past. Click to read more.
- Slack integration
- Twitter monitoringPaid addon
- YouTube monitoringPaid addon
- AI filteringFilter noisy matches before they reach your alerts. Click to read more.
- API accessQuery results and edit your settings. Click to read more.
- WebhooksPush new matches to your own endpoint. Click to read more.
Tailor made
We also offer custom solutions built just for you, whether it's integrating Syften into your product or supplying your marketing team with the right data.
TrackReddit alternative FAQ
What is the best TrackReddit alternative?
If you used TrackReddit for Reddit keyword alerts, Syften is a strong replacement because it monitors Reddit posts and comments, supports subreddit and author filters, and sends alerts to Slack, email, RSS, API, or webhooks.
Is TrackReddit still available?
The old TrackReddit alert workflow is no longer something users can rely on the way they did before the 2020 shutdown reports. If your goal is to recreate Reddit keyword alerts, Syften is built for that workflow.
Can Syften monitor Reddit comments, not just posts?
Yes. Syften monitors both Reddit posts and comments. Use type:post when you only want new threads, type:comment when you only want replies, or omit the type filter to monitor both.
Can I monitor specific subreddits?
Yes. Use the site: operator, for example site:reddit.com/r/startups/. Add a trailing slash so a short subreddit name does not match longer paths accidentally.
Can I track Reddit users or domains?
Yes. You can monitor a Reddit author with author:username, and you can monitor domains by adding the domain as a filter. Domain filters also catch common obfuscated forms like example[.]com.
Where can Syften send TrackReddit-style alerts?
Syften can send keyword alerts by email, Slack, RSS, API, and webhook. Slack is often the best fit for teams that need someone to answer a Reddit thread quickly.
Can I search past Reddit mentions?
Yes. Syften includes archive search, so you can test filters and find recent Reddit mentions from before you created an alert. During the trial, Syften immediately shows recent mentions for your configured filters.
Does Syften only monitor Reddit?
No. Syften also monitors Hacker News, GitHub, forums, blogs, X/Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky, podcasts, selected Slack communities, and more. That matters when the same buying-intent or support conversation appears outside Reddit.
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