If you need to publish, not to listen at enterprise scale.
Brandwatch is one of the strongest consumer-intelligence platforms in existence, with social publishing bolted on via the Falcon.io acquisition. That depth comes with enterprise pricing and a sales process. FoPost does the publishing half, self-serve, from $19/month.
FoPostFrom $19/mo
All 30 platforms · Real API · Open SDK
Custom (sales-led)
Consumer intelligence and listening suite with publishing.
4 reasons creators are switching from Brandwatch
Priced for founders, not brands
Brandwatch is quoted per deployment and sits firmly in enterprise budget territory. FoPost is $19/mo, published openly.
No sales cycle
Sign up and publish the same afternoon. Brandwatch requires a demo before pricing.
Developer access without a sales call
REST API from $24/mo all in, plus an MCP server, an MIT-licensed SDK, and signed webhooks on every plan.
Open-web coverage
Mastodon, Bluesky, Lemmy, Nostr, DEV.to, Hashnode, Discord, Telegram. Listening platforms optimise for the networks with firehose access.
FoPost vs Brandwatch: side by side
| Feature | FoPost | Brandwatch |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Public, from $19/mo | Custom, sales-led |
| Primary strength | Publishing across 30 networks | Listening and consumer research |
| Onboarding | Self-serve | Demo required |
| Public REST API | Pro and up, or $5/mo | Enterprise |
| MCP server for Claude/Cursor | ||
| Open-source SDK | PHP (MIT) | |
| Social listening | Category leader | |
| Historical social data | ||
| Fediverse and developer platforms |
We're transparent about the trade-offs
No tool is best at everything. Here is what Brandwatch does well, so you can decide for yourself.
The best listening data in the market
Historical social data going back years, with genuinely sophisticated segmentation and analysis. Nothing indie comes close.
Enterprise governance
Compliance, SSO, audit trails and the procurement support large organisations require.
Consumer research depth
Used as a market-research instrument, not just a social tool.
Move from Brandwatch to FoPost in 4 steps
Start your free trial
Create your FoPost account in under 60 seconds. Every plan starts with a 7-day trial.
Connect your accounts
OAuth into 29 networks via their official APIs. Substack, the one network with no write API, publishes through the FoPost browser extension.
Import your scheduled posts
Bulk-import scheduled posts via CSV or API. We'll re-queue them on your old timing.
Cancel your old subscription
Most users do this within their first week, saving 20-70% on their tooling spend.
FoPost vs. other tools
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