# Page 2 | Google Alerts Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is Google Alerts the right Website Monitoring solution for you? Explore 315 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/202337/Google-Alerts/reviews --- Google Alerts 4.7 (315) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/202337/Google-Alerts/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of Google Alerts ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 315 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use ML Maren L. General manager Accounting Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Love this and you will too" December 8, 2025 4.0 Pros Google support was amazing in awnsering question and guiding me through using this software when I was struggling Cons Not easy to figure out just on your own need a second set of eyes to configure correctly alarms were sometimes not accurate Review Source MD Maryam D. Coordinator Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Convenient Web Monitoring " December 3, 2025 5.0 Pros Google Alerts is a useful notification service offered by Google. It allows you to monitor the web for content relevant to your personal interests. Google will send secure email alerts about new articles, blogs, videos, etc., keeping you updated on new opportunities and information. Cons It can be difficult at times to customize the types of alerts you receive, even though Google allows you to create the alert yourself. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Coordinator Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Reliable Data Monitoring " November 10, 2025 5.0 Pros Google Alerts provides reliable monitoring of a business’ online persona. The data quality is secure and enables quick resolution for personal use as well as for small businesses. Cons Endless notifications are obviously not convenient, so streamlining alerts with what actually matters takes some additional work. Review Source JP Jhon P. Asistente administrativo Government Administration Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Alertas de Google" July 31, 2024 5.0 Super buena, te brinda notificaciones automáticas de contenidos, noticias, web y todo lo necesario que necesites saber. Pros Las notificaciones a correos de cualquier consulta que se haya hecho Cons Aveces la herramienta presenta datos inexactos Review Source FR Fara R. Homemaker Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Google Alerts to keep you in-the-know" August 29, 2024 5.0 Pros It's easy to set up and you can be very specific. Cons It's a great service. Nothing bad to note. Review Source ST Senthamzhkaviya T. NA Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Google Alert for important information update" September 4, 2024 5.0 Google alerts highly help in getting alerts, as we need. It highly helps with homework and other important news, which we need to get on an everyday basis. Pros Google Alert helps in getting timely alerts, in a busy life. All important updates and alerts come right to our email as we set. Cons I wish they had a timer to set a specific time to set an alert, as we might miss the alert in a mailbox, if it has a time-specific alert, then it helps the user to check the alert at their available time. Review Source LR Lynn R. Licensed Clinical Social Worker Mental Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Google Alerts " May 11, 2024 5.0 Pros Ease of set up and use of Google Alerts Cons Sometimes the alerts can be distracting and annoying Review Source GM Gretchen M. Owner Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Google alerts is an absolutely important aspect of running a website" January 29, 2024 5.0 I have had an awesome experience with Google alerts. I would recommend it to anyone trying to keep their website organized with minimal time and dedication. Pros I enjoy having the monitoring on my website. I like the fact that there's an email sent for every separate business transaction or inquiry as well. Cons I thought that Google alerts would have a longer free trial period originally. Reason for choosing Google Alerts I would prefer using Google over all other products available Review Source Vijeta C. Senior Manager - Marketing & Communications Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best Surveillance Tool to monitor mentions & topics of interest" February 19, 2022 5.0 Very good. They deliver you complete details & mention the topics of alerts that have been set by you. Pros It's free, easy, and hassle-free to set up a large number of google alerts of our choice both to track brand mention, topics of interest, and competitors' activities and what're they to. We use them on a daily basis for improving our touchpoints and customer engagement to show our brand in a good light. Cons We need a lot of manual efforts to churn out the most useful information from the pool of links where topics of our alerts have been mentioned. It provides complete information that may consume a lot of time to hand-pick only useful information. Review Source Angela P. Career Coach, Counselor & Art-Therapist Human Resources Used the software for: 2+ years ### "It's a great tool for solopreneurs" April 18, 2022 4.0 Pros Technically wise, this product is easy to use, and I get much out of it. I get valuable information. Being up-to-date in a fast and easy way is fundamental in my job. Cons As I said earlier, sometimes the results aren't much on target. The most important part of this service is choosing relevant words and phrases. Maybe something could be done to improve the process of optimization and find more contextualized information. Review Source GP Gracilma P. Empresária Retail Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Avaliado Google Alerts" July 29, 2023 4.0 No geral tem sido uma excelente experiência com o software. Pros Uma das coisas que mais me agradou como usuária do Google Alerts foi a simplicidade ao personalizar os alertas de acordo com meus interesses específicos. É muito conveniente receber notificações por e-mail sobre notícias, atualizações e menções relacionadas aos assuntos que me interessam, o que me mantém informada e atualizada sobre temas relevantes. Além disso, a interface do Google Alerts é intuitiva e fácil de usar, tornando a experiência ainda mais agradável. Cons Acho que uma das coisas que menos gosto é a falta de controle sobre a quantidade de resultados que recebo. Review Source Mario L. propietario Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "una app muy infravalorada" June 27, 2023 5.0 vale la pena tenerlo como un complemento mas Pros herramienta que te salva la imagen de tu empresa ya que trabaja en tiempo real y puede reacionar a tiempo por el envio de alerta y notificaciones, en mi caso hable con el cliente que entregaba un trabajo en dos dia posterior al la fecha prometida quedo conforme, pero a la hora no llego una alerta de que teniamos un cometario negativo nos permitio reccionar a tiempo y solucionar inmediatamente la queja del mismo cliente que estaba apenado Cons llega a ser molesto el envio de tanto correo ,pero realizando un mejor filtraje se mejora y repito puede solucionarte un problema desde el origen Switched from [Google Docs](https://www.capterra.com/p/160756/Google-Docs/)[OneDrive](https://www.capterra.com/p/161304/OneDrive/)[Microsoft To Do](https://www.capterra.com/p/227173/Wunderlist/) complemente mi experiencia google Review Source SR Sandrine R. RESPONSABLE COMMUNication Broadcast Media Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Un outil très facile à utiliser permettant de suivre des sujets ou des sites grâce à des mots-clés" February 2, 2022 5.0 Je recommande google Alertes à toute personne qui sait utiliser les mots-clés pour effectuer une recherche. C'est un outil puissant et facile d'accès. Pros J'aime la simplicité de l'outil car il suffit d'aller sur sa page Google reliée à son compte pour modifier les mots-clés. J'ai choisi l'envoi d'alertes quotidiennes mais le suivi peut être hebdomadaire. Cela me permet d'effectuer une veille gratuitement. Il peut permettre également de surveiller sa concurrence. J'utilise également Mention en complément. Cons Il est difficile d'effectuer des recherches approfondies, notamment pour la veille médias. On passe forcément à côté de certains articles dans ce cas. Mais les logiciels de veilles medias sont. très chers alors que Google Alertes est gratuit. Review Source JA Jeff A. Personal Trainer Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Tool for monitoring and keeping you up to date on topics of interest across the web" July 14, 2023 5.0 This is a useful tool in this digital age where there is too much 'noise' . Google Alerts definitely helps you concentrate on information that is relevant to you. Pros Google Alerts is a very straight forward tool to use. Setting up alerts for certain keywords of interest is as easy as typing the same on the console. Nothing more is required from you. When new content about your keyword pops up across the web, you will be alerted immediately so that you can take the necessary action. You can even specify the frequency with which you want the alert to come. In my fitness career, Google Alerts helps me stay on top of everyone and everything in my industry - For example, fitness content from my mentors in the fitness space, keeping me informed and upto date as far as my industry is concerned.Another useful aspect of Google Alerts is the fact that information from the alerts is scanned across different sources including social media, forums, blogs. This gives you confidence enough that you will not miss out on any critical information. Cons The downside of Google Alerts is that it the alerts can be quite overwhelming, especially if we are talking about a common topic that is likely have a lot of traction online. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Advocacy and Community Liaison Officer Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Google Alerts Review" April 30, 2022 5.0 My overall experience with Google Alerts has been good. I have benefitted from getting varied sources of information which I would not have to go and conduct time staking research on. Pros Google Alerts keeps me updated with the latest information. Which proves to be useful in my line of work. Cons The specific words or search terms used and information shared might not be directly related to my area of expertise. The alerts on specific words at times are not directly relevant to the information I am seeking. Alternatives considered [Mention](https://www.capterra.com/p/149705/Mention/)[Talkwalker](https://www.capterra.com/p/161487/Talkwalker/) Reason for choosing Google Alerts Due to the brand name, Google. I associated the product with being extremely credible and reliable over the others. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Owner Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Staying Informed" January 7, 2021 5.0 When states were beginning to change the sales tax laws for how businesses needed to charge customers, I setup Google Alerts to keep me informed on the latest articles related to the laws being changed. This let me keep informed on which states were implementing changes and how I needed to adjust my business billing processes to ensure I was compliant. Pros Being able to setup Alerts for various keywords allows me to easily stay informed on topics relevant to my business. I am able to keep receiving new information instead of having to research information continuously. The ability to set notification preferences with different timeframes and aggregation levels makes the Alerts relevant for me based on topic. Some alerts I like to receive weekly. Other alerts I have setup to send me the information continously. Cons At times I receive false positive results from my Alerts. However, this is usually resolved by ensuring keywords are more specific. Using quotes around keywords can help improve the results as well. Sometimes I need to refine an alert to make sure it stays relevant and provides me the accurate results. Editing an alert is simple though, so it does not cause any issue. Review Source DL Delphine L. Freelance E-Learning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Un logiciel professionnel de veille efficace et concurrentielle " November 28, 2022 5.0 J'utilise Google Alerts pour recevoir des informations régulières et actualisées sur mes domaines d'intérêt. C'est aussi pour moi un outil performant de veille éducative qui m'est très utile au quotidien. Pros Google alerts est un outil précieux, particulièrement pour les entreprises mais également pour un particulier à qui il permet de rester informé sur des domaines qui l'intéressent. Simple et complet, ce programme offre un important gain de temps car il propose de paramétrer des alertes afin de recevoir des notifications lorsque les sites et les pages suivies par une entreprise ou un particulier évoluent. En utilisant judicieusement les mots clés pour déterminer les pages à surveiller, l'utilisateur peut effectuer gratuitement une veille efficace et surveiller la concurrence afin de booster son efficacité. Il peut également rester toujours informé et ne rien manquer des nouveautés concernant les sujets qui lui tiennent à cœur. Cons Il est difficile d'effectuer des recherches exhaustives et approfondies avec cet outil qui reste en surface. Par ailleurs les notifications peuvent parfois être intrusives ou manquer de pertinence en fonction du choix des mots clés. Review Source Laila E. Freelancer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "be aware in real time with alerts!" October 31, 2021 4.0 Despite the fact that Google Alerts is a free service, it has enabled me to greatly increase my overall productivity. I have repeatedly lost out on funding opportunities and grant competitions that could have aided me in the past. Since I began using Google Alerts, I haven't missed a single grant opportunity or competition, and it has been a big benefit. It has been a tremendous benefit to me. Pros It's the simplest, quickest, and most cost-effective method to get your business online, and it's completely free. And one of the features I enjoy the most about the service is its adaptability in terms of how frequently I receive notifications and communications. When working with less urgent topics, I can avoid the inconvenience or distraction caused by real-time alerts while yet staying informed of developments as they occur. Rather than being inconvenienced or distracted by real-time alerts, I am free to concentrate on more critical activities. Cons Google Alerts should include content from key social media platforms, as this is where the vast majority of interactions occur, owing to social media's expanding relevance. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Manager Information Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A cost effective way to get instant alert in your mailbox" April 8, 2022 4.0 It has been satisfying so far and really like the product Pros It is easy to setup, customizable, easy to use tool. Anyone can use it without any hassle in their daily work routine Cons We need to be very precise what sort of information we need otherwise due to its global nature lots of unnecessary inputs can flood you Review Source LG Lara G. Account Executive Public Relations and Communications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Helpful and efficient, great tool for media monitoring!" October 18, 2023 4.0 All in all, Google Alerts is a very recommendable tool! It helps us track media mentions and not miss important news and articles about our clients. It saves us time and effort. Pros It's a fantastic tool if you need media monitoring for some client, issue or campaign! I've set the alerts and so far they've been of great help. It makes our job more efficient because it's easier not to miss any mentions in the media, plus getting the alerts via email makes it all the more practical for us. Cons We use different methods for media monitoring, and sometimes we find some articles by googling about the client/camapaign that we don't receive with the google alerts. Review Source Rajesh C. artist Arts and Crafts Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Free alerts for your intrest" February 25, 2021 4.0 Pros google alert is a good option to get alerts through e -mail or push notifications various are the benefits of it like 1)available free 2)time saving as you can customize alerts for you and get updated in a particular interval of time . 3)it is helpful for people having less time to surf internet to search their topics of intrest . 4) you can set alert for job, games, sports and everything you wish in this way it helps you as an assistant who will show you only what you desire to see. Cons cons of google alerts . 1)limitation as it will mostly show the results which are listed in google for example if in my locality a school is having vacancy for a teacher and they have not listed it on google then the alert will not show me the advertisement for the vacancy . 2) most of the time it just work on the idea of key term search it means if you wish to participate in world record event and made an alert for it it will keep giving you mail having key word world record whether their is event or and old news . 3) some more filters can be added. Review Source EB Eva B. Consultante junior RP et Influence Public Relations and Communications Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Google Alerts indispensable dans la veille " January 2, 2024 5.0 Un logiciel facile d'accès, à la porter de tout le monde, que j'utilise personnellement tous les jours dans mon métier de RP pour de la veille en plus d'autres logiciels. Pros Pour une recherches avancées les filtres sont pratiques et indispensables. Les alertes googles par mails ou mobiles sont très pratique quand on est dans l'attente d'un sujet. Globalement l'outil est facile d'accès et très pratique pour de la veille. Cons Le petit inconvénients et que malgré les filtres les résultats d'une recherche sont parfois trop vaste. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Account Manager / Business Developer Wholesale Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Petit outil essentiel" November 14, 2022 5.0 Excellent, les notifications et alertes sont des éléments essentiels dans le fonctionnement de son business. Que ce soit pour une veille interne ou externe. Pros Ce que j'aime le plus, c'est de définir des alertes sur des mots-clés ou des sujets qui m'intéressent et de recevoir un e-mail avec un résumé des news liées à ce sujet avec la fréquence choisie au préalable. Outil très intéressant et facile d'utilisation. Cons Parfois les notifications se répètent de manière intempestives. Review Source MS Mohammed S. Field Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "we are able to conduct our online research & probes in half the time, for twice the results" July 6, 2021 5.0 For a free product, Google Alerts is an extremely powerful service that has allowed us to boost our productivity significantly. Our Grants team used to miss out on more than a few publications of funding opportunities and grant competitions, but that has not been the case since we started using Google Alerts to fish out keywords related to our grants of interest. It has really helped us. Pros Google alerts is the simplest business tool to set up, and it comes free of any charges. And one of the features I love most about the service is that the flexibility it gives me in setting up the frequency of alerts and notifications. For less urgent subjects, I am able to avoid the inconvenience or distraction real-time alerts would cause; and for the much more pressing ones, I am able to stay on in sync with developments as they happen. Cons Given the increased relevance of social media, I think it would be a great addition if Google Alerts were expanded to cover content from major social media platforms as well, since a great majority of interactions happen there. Switched from [Sprout Social](https://www.capterra.com/p/121447/Sprout-Social/)[Mention](https://www.capterra.com/p/149705/Mention/) Ultimately, it come down to the cost comparison of each of the services. Review Source Abid S. Manager Operations Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Solution For Alerts & Notifications " July 25, 2021 5.0 My overall experience with google alerts is very satisfied and i am enjoying this free of cost service with amazing features for last many years. Pros Google Alerts is a great cloud based tool to stay up-to-date on internet. It will track your interest and keep you well informed about the things you like on internet. Your appointments now will not be forgotten as you receive notification alerts before time. It also work as a excellent marketing tool and keep you up-to-date with latest trends. Google Alerts is helping both individuals and businesses in strengthening there overall working and operations on the Internet. Cons I have not found any cons in this excellent service which google is providing without any charges so i am completely satisfied with google alerts. Review Source Similar Products Featured