Social and review data API

Shout About Us vs Datashake

Datashake is a social and review data API that delivers normalized data from 100+ review sites and social sources, which makes it a good fit for aggregating raw data. Shout About Us is full review management infrastructure: on top of review data from 80+ sites, the API posts replies, flags reviews for removal, sends review requests and generates AI insight reports.

Last updated October 16, 2026

The short version

Shout About Us

Shout About Us is an API-first review management platform. Marketplaces, SaaS platforms, and resellers use it to build review data, AI replies, review requests, review removal and verified reviews into their own product. A white-label dashboard is also available.

Datashake

Datashake collects social media, forum and review data from 150+ sources and delivers it through one normalized API, webhooks or direct feeds. It offers archive search of historical data, real-time collection and a free benchmark test.

Feature comparison

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Built for

Marketplaces, SaaS platforms, AI companies and resellers

Technical teams building data products: CX, competitive intelligence and analytics software, enterprise brands, agencies, finance and pharma

Product type

API-first review management. A white-label dashboard is also available.

Data API for social and review data, with archive search and real-time collection

Where your users manage reviews

Inside your own product, built on our API, or in a white-label dashboard under your brand

In your own product or analytics tools, built on Datashake's data. Search UI exports to CSV or JSON.

Beyond reviews (listings, social, messaging)

Not offered. We focus on reviews but have trusted API-first partners for both social and listings.

Social media, forums, news and e-commerce data alongside reviews, plus ready-made datasets

Review sites covered

80+ sites, including Google, Facebook, Yelp, Trustpilot and TripAdvisor

100+ review sites within 150+ total sources (per Datashake)

Review responses

AI-drafted replies in 6 tones, with your own style and instructions. Post replies through the API. Google replies are posted through Google's official Business Profile API.

Not offered. Datashake is a data API.

Review requests

SMS and email review requests + QR codes

Not offered. Datashake is a data API.

Review insights

AI reports on themes, praise, complaints and suggested fixes. Competitive reports compare a location against top competitors.

Data for your own analytics: author, engagement, timestamps, language and location metadata; dashboard templates. No AI reports stated.

Review removal

Flag reviews and request removal on all supported review sites

Not offered. Datashake is a data API.

First-party (verified) reviews

Verified Reviews API: first-party reviews checked by a human team

Not offered. Datashake collects third-party review and social data.

API access

Everything is available through the REST API. The API is the core product, not an add-on.

Yes. REST API with JSON responses and one schema across sources

Multi-tenant setup

Partner > account > location structure, with your own IDs. Bulk import of up to 100,000 accounts and locations.

Not stated publicly

Webhooks

Yes. Events for new, changed and removed reviews, replies, removal requests and usage alerts. Immediate or batched delivery.

Yes. Webhook alerts push updates to your platform

Developer tools

Postman collection, interactive API console, MCP server for AI coding tools, llms.txt. Development environment for testing.

Technical documentation provided during setup; public status page. SDKs and MCP not stated.

White label and SSO

Custom domain, logo, colors, branded connection pages and emails. SSO supported.

Not stated publicly

Pricing

Public pricing: $0.50 to $3.00 per location per month, plus usage for the APIs you use

Credit based: pay only for data consumed, with per-mention cost falling as volume grows. No per-seat fees. No public price list

Free trial

Free 14-day trial

Free, no-commitment benchmark test on your own queries (per Datashake)

Contract

Annual term, billed monthly based on the previous month's usage

Not stated publicly

SLA and support

99.9% uptime guarantee. Email, Slack and phone support

98.3% uptime SLA; custom SLAs for enterprise (per Datashake). Dedicated human support with direct access to the team; a dedicated customer success manager for enterprise customers

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Which one should you choose?

Shout About Us

Choose Shout About Us if you need more than data: posting replies, flagging reviews for removal, sending review requests and AI insight reports through one API.

Datashake

Choose Datashake if you only need review data combined with social media, forum and news data in one normalized schema for analytics or research.

Frequently asked questions

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