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Social Media Listening · Rank #8 of 10

YouScan review and pricing

Visual social listening differentiator with image recognition.

By YouScan (private) · Founded 2009 · Limassol, Cyprus · private

YouScan is the visual social listening platform, founded 2009. The product differentiator: image recognition for logos, scenes, objects, and brand-context detection in user-generated content. Strengths: strong visual social listening (the most accessible visual listening tool at mid-market pricing), image recognition with logo + scene + object detection, credible text monitoring layer, and modern UX. Best fit for visual-heavy categories (beverages, fashion, sports, automotive, CPG) wanting visual social listening without enterprise pricing. Trade-offs: text monitoring depth less mature than Brandwatch / Talkwalker, historical archive shorter than enterprise vendors, integration ecosystem narrower, and brand recognition smaller than tier-1 vendors.

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Best for

Mid-market brands in visual-heavy categories (50-5,000 employees) wanting visual social listening with image recognition without enterprise pricing.

Worst for

Enterprise insights teams (Brandwatch / Talkwalker better), PR-anchored buyers (Cision / Meltwater better), or buyers wanting deepest text monitoring archive.

Vendor Trust Score

Is YouScan a trustworthy vendor?

7.9/10
Mixed
Pricing transparency
Published rates; no hidden fees
7.0
Contract fairness
Reasonable terms; no auto-renew traps
8.0
Incident response
How they handle outages and breaches
8.0
Post-acquisition behavior
Customer treatment after M&A or PE
8.5
Executive stability
Leadership churn over 24 months
8.0
Roadmap honesty
Public commitments held
8.0
Trust signal log
  • 2024-09-22
    Image recognition AI expanded; visual listening capabilities deepened
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Review Intelligence

What 480 reviews actually say

Synthesized from G2, Capterra, Reddit, Trustpilot. Patterns >15% prevalence shown.

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2026-04-29

Praise patterns

  • Strong visual social listening
    87% ↑
  • Image recognition (logo + scene detection)
    78% ↑
  • Modern UX
    64% →

Complaint patterns

  • Text monitoring depth less mature
    47% →
  • Historical archive shorter
    41% →
  • Integration ecosystem narrower
    31% →
Sentiment trend (6 months)
85/100 +1 pts
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Company size Median annual
50-500 employees $7,188
500-2,500 employees $21,588
2,500+ employees $54,000
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Editorial: Strengths

  • Strong visual social listening
  • Image recognition (logo + scene + object detection)
  • Credible text monitoring layer
  • Modern UX
  • Made for visual-heavy categories
  • Mid-market accessible pricing

Editorial: Weaknesses

  • Text monitoring depth less mature than Brandwatch / Talkwalker
  • Historical archive shorter
  • Integration ecosystem narrower
  • Brand recognition smaller than tier-1
  • Limited PR-anchored features

Key features & integrations

  • +Visual social listening with image recognition
  • +Logo + scene + object detection
  • +Text mention tracking
  • +Sentiment analysis
  • +Audience insights
  • +Crisis monitoring
  • +30+ integrations
30+ integrations
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Geography supported
Global; strongest in EU, CIS, US
Best fit
50–5,000 employees · Mid-market brands in visual-heavy categories
Editorial deep-dive

Read our full ranking of Social Media Listening

YouScan ranks #8 in our editorial review of 10 social media listening platforms. The deep-dive covers methodology, comparison tables, decision matrix, migration scoring, and FAQs.

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