Brand24 vs Google Alerts
Two of fourteen models named Brand24 first on the direct prompt; zero named Google Alerts. Brand24 was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Google Alerts by ten and Brand24 carries 40 labels and Google Alerts 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Wrocław, Poland, founded 2011. Named in seven categories this edition.
By Google, Mountain View, California, United States, founded 1998. Named in six categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the PR and media monitoring page.
By framing
Brand24First choices, of fourteen modelsGoogle Alerts
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Brand24 and Google Alerts were named in the same answer forty-seven times, of the 181 answers naming Brand24 and the 127 naming Google Alerts. In those answers Google Alerts took the first choice seven times and Brand24 fifteen.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | |||
| Perplexity Sonar | | |||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Brand24 Google Alerts first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Brand24 on the left and Google Alerts on the right.The direct prompt
Brand24 first, Google Alerts not the choice
2 of 14 modelsGoogle Alerts was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Brand2432%#1 of 11Google Alerts0%#6 of 11Brand2411%#3 of 13Google Alerts4%#8 of 13What the models said about Brand24
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Pricing escalates quickly; reported issues with social listening accuracy” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Limitations: Less comprehensive than enterprise solutions” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Brand24 and Google Alerts are the most budget-friendly choices, with Brand24 offering more advanced features at a reasonable cost” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“best value option is usually Brand24 or Mention, with Brand24 often the stronger pick for pure media monitoring” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Google Alerts
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Avoid free/low-tier options like Google Alerts for anything beyond casual use—they miss depth” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“While free, Google Alerts is generally considered too basic for professional PR monitoring.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“basic tools (like Google Alerts and Excel sheets) aren't robust enough” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“the best starting point is often free or very low-cost tools like Google Alerts... Test Google Alerts first.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.