# Heardsay

> Heardsay is a media monitoring tool for nonprofits, public organizations, brands and small PR agencies. It checks news, Reddit, Bluesky, Mastodon, YouTube and your own feeds every 15 minutes, flags what needs attention and sends a short AI brief every morning. Plans start at $99 a month.

Heardsay is a media and mention monitoring tool made in Montreal, Quebec. It tracks news and social mentions of an organization, sends alerts when something matters, and writes a short AI daily brief. It monitors coverage in English and French. It is built for nonprofits, foundations and associations, public bodies and municipalities, Indigenous organizations, mid-size brands and comms teams, and small PR agencies.

About the name: Hearsay is what spreads. Heardsay is hearing it first.

## Other languages
- [Français](https://www.heardsay.com/fr/llms.txt)
- [Español](https://www.heardsay.com/es/llms.txt)
- [العربية](https://www.heardsay.com/ar/llms.txt)
- [Full product facts (English)](https://www.heardsay.com/llms-full.txt)

## Plans
- Starter: $99 per month, 3 trackers, 2 seats. For one comms person who needs to stop missing coverage.
- Team: $249 per month, 10 trackers, 6 seats. For comms teams that need to hear about trouble within minutes.
- Agency: $499 per month, 30 trackers, Unlimited seats. For small PR agencies that report to several clients.
- Registered nonprofits, charities, foundations and Indigenous organizations get 25% off any plan, for as long as you stay. Start your trial, then write to us with your registration number and we will send you a code to enter at checkout.

## Sources monitored
- Google News: Search results from Google News RSS for each query, in the English and French editions.
- GDELT: The GDELT DOC 2.0 API, which indexes news outlets around the world in many languages.
- Your own RSS feeds: Local papers, government newsrooms, industry blogs: any RSS or Atom feed you add.
- Reddit: Public posts and comments through the official Reddit API.
- Bluesky: Public posts through the Bluesky public search API.
- Mastodon: Public hashtags and search on the instances you choose.
- YouTube: Video titles and descriptions through the YouTube Data API.
- Hacker News: Stories and comments through the Algolia Hacker News API.
- Website changes: Any public page you list, checked for meaningful text changes.
- X (Twitter) (optional): Available when an X API key is added. X charges for API access, so it is off until you choose to pay for it.
- NewsAPI and similar (optional): Commercial news APIs can add more outlets. Each is disabled until a key is added.

## Not monitored
- Private Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn content: These platforms do not offer a legal way to search posts at this price. We do not scrape them.
- Anything behind a login: Private groups, closed forums, paywalled article text and direct messages are off limits.
- TV and radio broadcasts: We do not transcribe broadcasts. Online articles from broadcasters are covered through news search.
- Print-only publications: If it only exists on paper, we cannot see it. Most outlets publish online too.

## Pages
- [Home](https://www.heardsay.com/): Heardsay tracks news, Reddit, Bluesky and more for your name, flags what matters and sends a short AI brief every morning. Set up in 5 minutes.
- [Features](https://www.heardsay.com/features/): Trackers, real-time alerts, a daily AI brief, sentiment and crisis flags, a shared inbox and reports your board will read. Built for a team of one.
- [How it works](https://www.heardsay.com/how-it-works/): A five-step setup wizard, a pipeline that checks every source every 15 minutes, and a plain-language brief in your inbox tomorrow morning.
- [Solutions](https://www.heardsay.com/solutions/): Media monitoring tuned for nonprofits, public organizations, growing brands and small PR agencies, priced for teams without an enterprise budget.
- [For Nonprofits](https://www.heardsay.com/solutions/nonprofits/): Track press coverage for funders, catch criticism early and show how far campaigns travelled. Registered nonprofits get 25% off any Heardsay plan.
- [For Public Organizations](https://www.heardsay.com/solutions/public-organizations/): Hear residents early. Local news, forums and social posts in English and French, sorted by what needs a response, built with Quebec Law 25 in mind.
- [For Brands](https://www.heardsay.com/solutions/brands/): Track launches, competitors and customer chatter across news and social, with Slack and Teams alerts when the tone turns. Plans from $99 a month.
- [For PR Agencies](https://www.heardsay.com/solutions/pr-agencies/): A workspace for every client, white-label daily briefs and share links clients open without an account. 30 trackers and unlimited seats for $499.
- [Pricing](https://www.heardsay.com/pricing/): Starter $99, Team $249 and Agency $499 a month. Billed monthly, cancel any time, 14-day free trial with no card, and 25% off for nonprofits.
- [Integrations](https://www.heardsay.com/integrations/): Send Heardsay alerts to email, Slack or Microsoft Teams, add any RSS feed as a source and export mentions to CSV or PDF. Connect in about a minute.
- [Sources](https://www.heardsay.com/sources/): The full list of sources Heardsay monitors, from Google News and GDELT to Reddit, Bluesky and YouTube, and an honest list of what it does not cover.
- [Security & Privacy](https://www.heardsay.com/security/): Built in Quebec with Law 25 in mind: clear rules on data location, roles and retention, encrypted traffic, and a promise that we never sell your data.
- [Why Heardsay](https://www.heardsay.com/why-heardsay/): How Heardsay compares with Google Alerts, Meltwater and Cision on price, setup time, sources, sentiment and team features, with honest limits.
- [About](https://www.heardsay.com/about/): Heardsay is an independent media monitoring tool built in Montreal by Tarek Riman, founder of Riman Agency, for teams without an enterprise budget.
- [Contact](https://www.heardsay.com/contact/): Questions about plans, nonprofit pricing, procurement or security? Write to a real person in Montreal. We usually reply within one business day.
- [Help](https://www.heardsay.com/help/): Short guides for getting started with Heardsay: trackers and queries, alerts and daily briefs, Slack and Teams, sharing, billing and your account.
- [FAQ](https://www.heardsay.com/faq/): Straight answers about what Heardsay does, what it costs, which sources it covers, how often it checks and how your data is handled and protected.
- [Blog](https://www.heardsay.com/blog/): Plain answers about tracking press coverage, comparing monitoring tools, setting a budget and handling what you find, written for small comms teams.
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.heardsay.com/privacy/): How Heardsay collects, uses, stores and protects personal information under Quebec Law 25, including AI processing, retention and your rights.
- [Terms of Service](https://www.heardsay.com/terms/): The agreement between you and Heardsay in plain language: the service, your account, acceptable use, plans and payment, liability and governing law.

## Articles
- [Hello world!](https://www.heardsay.com/hello-world/)
- [How nonprofits can track their press coverage for free or cheap](https://www.heardsay.com/how-nonprofits-can-track-press-coverage-free-or-cheap/)
- [Google Alerts vs a real monitoring tool](https://www.heardsay.com/google-alerts-vs-a-real-monitoring-tool/)
- [How much does media monitoring cost?](https://www.heardsay.com/how-much-does-media-monitoring-cost/)

## Founder
Tarek Riman is a Montreal AI and search marketing strategist, university instructor and the bestselling author of seven marketing books, including The SEO Way and The Secret to Capitalizing on Analytics. He founded Riman Agency in 2017, and later Riman AI, and has worked with more than 350 agencies, small businesses and Fortune 500 brands on search, analytics, AI visibility and digital strategy. He teaches marketing at McGill University and at Concordia University's John Molson School of Business, and has taught at York University. He coaches founders at the Champlain College Entrepreneurship Incubator, holds a Master of Management in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Smith School of Business at Queen's University, and sits on the boards of YES Employment + Entrepreneurship and Share the Warmth. Giving back is part of the work. Through Montreal Tips and Inspiring Canadians, he supports local entrepreneurs and talent, with proceeds going to the UN Refugee Agency and the Montreal Children's Hospital. Heardsay started with a question he kept hearing from nonprofits, municipalities and smaller comms teams: how do we know what people are saying about us without paying for an enterprise contract? The tools that do this well are built and priced for large corporations. Google Alerts is free but misses too much. Heardsay sits in between: honest sources, a clear daily brief, and a price a small team can approve on its own.

## App
- Sign up: https://www.heardsay.com/tool/signup.php?lang=en
- Sign in: https://www.heardsay.com/tool/login.php?lang=en
- Contact: https://www.heardsay.com/contact/