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Kasspian vs KWatch

KWatch does one job. Kasspian does a different one.

A keyword alert service across social platforms. You add keyword alerts per platform and it notifies you when a post matches, with filtering and AI analysis on the paid plans.

Every figure below was read from KWatch’s own site on 28 October 2026. Check it before you buy, prices move.

From their own page

What KWatch is

Pricing
Free $0 (2 keyword alerts each on Reddit and Hacker News), Essential $19/mo (20 each on Reddit and Hacker News, a few on X, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn), Business $79/mo (100 each, plus API, webhooks, Slack and MCP), Enterprise $199/mo (500 each). Agency plans are custom.
Platforms
Reddit, Hacker News, X, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn. LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube are on paid plans only; YouTube matches titles and descriptions, and LinkedIn and Facebook match posts, not comments.
Cancelling
Plans are prorated and can be stopped at any time, in its own FAQ.
What you give it
Keywords, per platform. Filtering and AI analysis start on Essential.

Side by side

The actual difference

KWatch

KWatch is the widest keyword net at a low price. If you want to hear when a word is said on LinkedIn or Facebook as well as Reddit, it covers places most tools in this category do not, and the free plan is enough to try it properly.

Kasspian

Kasspian starts after the match. It reads each Reddit, Hacker News and forum thread for whether the person is in your market, whether they are asking for something rather than mentioning it, and whether the room lets you answer and name what you make, then writes the reply to that room's rules. It checks once a day, not continuously, and it does not watch LinkedIn or Facebook.

Be honest

Use KWatch, not Kasspian, when

  • You need alerts from LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube. Kasspian does not read those.
  • You want to hear about a keyword within the hour, across many platforms, and you will do the sorting yourself.
  • You want an MCP or webhook feed of raw matches into your own system on a budget.

The other way

Use Kasspian when

  • Most of your keyword hits are the wrong country, the wrong kind of post, or in a subreddit that removes anyone who names their product.
  • You want the one thread a day worth answering with the reply already written, not a list to sort.
  • You do not know your keywords yet and want to start from your site.

Describe your business and read the answer before you pay anything. Free tier, no card, and the rooms come with whether you are allowed to post in them.

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Questions

Questions

Is Kasspian a KWatch alternative?
Partly. KWatch is a keyword alert across six platforms. Kasspian has no keyword alert feed; it finds the asks worth answering on Reddit, Hacker News and forums once a day and writes the reply. If you need LinkedIn or Facebook alerts, KWatch is the tool.
How much does KWatch cost?
When this page was checked, KWatch listed Free at $0, Essential at $19/mo, Business at $79/mo and Enterprise at $199/mo, with custom agency pricing.
How much does Kasspian cost?
Free is $0 with threads, room rules, 3 written replies a plan and the revenue tally, no card. reply packs are 10 written replies for $19 (no subscription), Team is $199/mo with the first month free, Managed is $2,500/mo and Agency is $99 a client a month for people running this across a book of clients.

Receipts

Where these figures came from

KWatch is their trademark, not ours. Nothing here is endorsed by them.

Read before you post

Rooms we read, with their rules

  • r/content_marketingposting with conditions, commenting open, 30 of 60 newest posts still up
  • r/devopsposting with conditions, commenting open, 48 of 100 newest posts still up
  • r/growmybusinessposting with conditions, commenting open, 60 of 100 newest posts still up
  • r/SaaSposting with conditions, commenting with conditions, 60 of 100 newest posts still up
  • r/reactjsposting with conditions, commenting open, 60 of 80 newest posts still up

All rooms compared, rules read and removals counted, CSV under CC BY 4.0.

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