AudienceCue vs Highlightly

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AudienceCue compared with Highlightly
Detail	AudienceCue	Highlightly
What it does	Turn YouTube comments into cited audience insights backed by real public comments	Turn articles, PDFs, and transcripts into source-backed social media graphics and captions
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Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free: 1,000 comments/month and 1 report/month. Project Pack: $9 one-time for 30K comments and 1 AI report. Starter: $9.50/month (billed $114 yearly) for 120K comments/month and 10 reports/month. Pro: $19.50/month (billed $234 yearly) for 3M comments/month and 50 reports/month.	Free plan with 20 credits. Pro: $15/month with 200 credits/month. Creator: $39/month with 800 credits/month. Agency: $99/month with 3,000 credits/month. Annual billing saves 20%. Source ingestion costs 6 credits for Faithful Extract, 8 for Clean Rewrite, 10 for Research Brief. Article search costs 2
Key features	Download public YouTube comments as CSV, Excel, JSON, or text Generate AI reports that summarize recurring themes, questions, and requests Every finding links back to the original source comment Export comments to multiple formats including CSV, JSON, TXT, and XLSX Share and download reports as HTML, Markdown, or JSON Public API access for automation and integrations Monitoring alerts for saved videos Search and filter saved comment exports	Extract quotes, stats, and hooks from articles, PDFs, and transcripts Multi-format input: article URLs, PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, YouTube transcripts, text paste, and article search Pre-filled quote cards, stat cards, carousels, and screenshots Brand kit application across all assets Multiple export ratios for different platforms Platform-specific captions for LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Reddit Screenshot capture, slicing, and annotation LinkedIn carousel sequence builder Session auto-save and cloud sync AI-powered carousel and graphic generation
What makes it different	Every claim in reports is tied to a real public comment with full source attribution Keeps original comment text visible while making it easy to sort, search, and share Works with official YouTube API to process only public comments Never posts, replies, moderates, or takes any action on a YouTube channel	Real quotes and stats extracted from actual sources with no hallucination Source-backed extraction preserves attribution and credibility One source becomes a full content kit in under 60 seconds Automatic brand consistency applied across all assets Ready-to-edit templates reduce design time from 2 hours to seconds
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
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Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	29 +1 (up) since last check	16 −1 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	23	21
Citation Flow (Majestic)	27	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	111	85

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