Brandwatch Iris

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A chat assistant inside the Brandwatch social listening platform that answers plain-language questions about online conversation data.

68TriVista score
Category rankTied #11 in Marketing, Content, and Brand AI
Baseline ELO1,459.8

Current-name note: Acquired — current parent recorded as Cision; current Brandwatch packaging applies.

At a glance
What it does

Brandwatch Iris is a chat assistant built into Brandwatch, a social listening and consumer intelligence platform. A user asks questions in plain language about social media and online conversation data the platform has already collected, rather than building manual reports and queries, and Iris summarizes trends, sentiment, and consumer opinion across large volumes of social data. Brandwatch is owned by Cision, a broader PR and communications software company. Pricing is enterprise, quote-based, as part of a Brandwatch subscription.

Where it can help

This fits a company already using, or evaluating, Brandwatch for social listening and consumer research, where asking questions in plain language saves real time versus manually building queries and reports. It is not a standalone product, so its value depends on the underlying Brandwatch platform being a good fit for your monitoring needs in the first place. Confirm current Brandwatch and Iris pricing and functionality directly with Cision.

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TriVista score
68.3
Category rank
#11
Baseline ELO
1,459.8

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This tool is ranked in Marketing, Content, and Brand AI. Its score is not a global ranking across every AI tool.

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TriVista Score = 50 + (ELO − 1350) / 6

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Cost guide

What it can cost

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Cost estimates by scenario Unit used in these estimates: enabled user.
Cost measureLowBaseHigh
First-year total$18.4K$29.8K$49.3K
Three-year total$34.1K$53.4K$85.6K
First-year cost per unit$920$1.5K$2.5K
Average annual cost per unit (over three years)$569$889$1.4K
Cost breakdown by scenario
Included cost components
ComponentLowBaseHigh
Licensing and usage$1.1K$1.4K$1.9K
Implementation$4.8K$8K$13.6K
Integration$3.3K$6K$10.8K
Staff time and change management$3.2K$4.5K$6.3K
Security$2.5K$3.5K$5.3K
Administration$1.9K$2.5K$3.4K
Support$900$1.2K$1.6K

Estimate assumptions: Based on 20 enabled users. This is a planning allowance, not verified product pricing. Confirm the vendor’s billing unit and current price or quote before budgeting.

Benefits have not been estimated: The current research does not estimate potential savings, return on investment, or how long it would take to recover the cost. Earlier benefit estimates are excluded.

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STARTSet a goal and owner

Define what success looks like for a test of Brandwatch Iris and assign someone to lead it.

FIRST MONTHTest one workflow

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MONTH TWOReview actual use

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MONTH THREEDecide what comes next

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Research support

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Official product information brandwatch.com Read official information →
Score history

How the rating has changed

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  • Current catalog refresh
    TriVista Score 68.3/100
    Category rank #11

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