Updated 2026

The best LinkedIn
analytics tools

Shield is gone. Here is what actually replaces it, and what each one measures.

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What happened to Shield

Shield ran for seven years and closed in May 2026. Its founders wrote that both Google and LinkedIn had made clear they could not keep operating it as it was built. Inlytics, the other name most Shield-alternative lists still recommend, is gone too: inlytics.io now redirects to DemandBird, a nine-platform social tool. Two of the three names people reach for no longer exist.

The full story, including the founders' announcement, is in why ShieldApp shut down.

How we ranked these

Yes, we built MyFeedIn, so we put it first, and here is what our analytics actually shows so you can judge for yourself. We're not going to pretend otherwise. The other 6 are the tools people genuinely moved to after Shield, ranked by what they measure, and none of the links here are affiliate links. Three questions decided the order:

Does it measure your own work?

LinkedIn gives you 90 days of thin data on posts and nothing at all on comments. A tool earns its place by covering what the platform withholds.

Is analytics the product, or a bonus?

Several tools here are content platforms that added a dashboard. That is fine, but you should know when you are paying mostly for a writer.

Will it still exist next year?

Two of the best-known names in this category disappeared in 2026. We say what happened to each one instead of quietly dropping them from the list.

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MyFeedIn

The posts you wrote and the comments you left

Best for Creators who engage

Every tool here measures the posts you publish. None of them measure the comments you leave under other people's posts, and for a lot of people that is where the reach actually comes from. MyFeedIn tracks both, next to the feeds and lists you use to do the commenting.

What we like

  • Tracks the comments you leave, not just the ones you receive
  • The measuring and the doing sit in the same product
  • 7-day free trial with no credit card

What we don't

  • No writing, scheduling or AI tools, this is not a content suite
  • History starts when you connect it, there is no backfill
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AuthoredUp

The closest thing to a drop-in Shield replacement

Best for WritersFrom $19.95/mo

The tool most Shield users landed on. Post-level analytics sit next to a proper editor, drafts and previews, inside LinkedIn's own compose window. It also covers every company page you admin at no extra charge, which is unusual at this price.

What we like

  • Best-performing post type, day, time, length and readability, from your own data
  • Unlimited company pages, free on every plan, tracked like your profile
  • A LinkedIn GDPR export backfills past posts without waiting for new data

What we don't

  • Nothing on the comments you leave elsewhere, the same blind spot Shield had
  • The per-profile business plan needs a minimum of three profiles
How it compares to MyFeedIn
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MagicPost

Its cheapest tier is built around the metrics

Best for AgenciesFrom $21/mo (normally $35)

Most content platforms put analytics behind their top tier. MagicPost does the opposite: the entry plan is advanced LinkedIn metrics plus manual writing, scheduling and comment scheduling, and it is the AI generation, carousels and lead detection that cost more.

What we like

  • The metrics are on the entry plan, not gated behind the AI features
  • Comment scheduling is included from the first tier
  • Free trial with no credit card

What we don't

  • The $21 is a promotional rate, the listed price is $35
  • Multi-account management and custom reports need the agency plan, priced on request
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Taplio

Analytics inside the biggest content suite

Best for Power usersFrom $39/mo

The most complete LinkedIn product on this list, with analytics as one module among scheduling, AI writing, a lead database and a benchmark built on tens of thousands of posts a month. You are buying the suite, not the dashboard.

What we like

  • Benchmarks your numbers against a large sample of LinkedIn posts
  • The 7-day trial gives full Pro access whichever plan you pick
  • 30-day money-back guarantee, rare in this category

What we don't

  • The highest entry price of the personal-profile tools here
  • Overkill if the dashboard is all you wanted
How it compares to MyFeedIn
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Supergrow

Good writing tool, analytics costs extra

Best for Solo creators$39/mo for analytics ($19 tier has none)

An AI writing platform that learns your voice, with profile analytics and weekly reports on top. Worth being precise about the price: the $19 Starter has no analytics at all. Profile analytics and the weekly report are Pro-only features.

What we like

  • Weekly reports land in your inbox instead of waiting for you to look
  • Per-member analytics on the Teams plan
  • 7-day trial with no credit card

What we don't

  • Analytics is Pro-only, so the real entry price is $39, not $19
  • Lighter on post-level detail than AuthoredUp
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LinkHub

Statistics on commenting, not on posting

Best for Freelancers$174/year

The other tool built around comments rather than posts. It shows which of your comments performed, which creators bring you the most impressions, and when to comment, on top of AI-assisted replies and a unified comment inbox.

What we like

  • Ranks your comments by performance and by which creator paid off
  • One plan with no quotas or feature gates
  • 7-day trial, charged only if you stay

What we don't

  • Annual billing only, so it is $174 up front
  • Almost nothing on your own post performance
How it compares to MyFeedIn
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Metricool

For reporting across networks, not just LinkedIn

Best for Social media managersFrom €16/mo

Here to mark a line. If LinkedIn is one of six networks you report on, a LinkedIn-only creator tool will not do the job and this kind will. If LinkedIn is the whole job, everything above goes deeper.

What we like

  • One dashboard across LinkedIn, Instagram, X and the rest
  • Built for client reporting from the start
  • Up to 5 brands on the €16 tier

What we don't

  • The free plan explicitly excludes LinkedIn, so it really starts at €16
  • Shallower on LinkedIn specifics than any LinkedIn-only tool here

still not sure?

Pick by what you want to measure

Most of these tools measure different things. Start from the number you actually care about.

I want to know if my comments are working

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MyFeedIn or LinkHub

The only two here that measure comment performance, not just posts.

I was a Shield user and I just want it back

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AuthoredUp

Closest match on post-level metrics, with a writing editor on top.

I only want the dashboard, not a writing tool

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MagicPost

The one vendor selling an analytics-only plan at $21 a month.

I report to clients every month

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MagicPost or Metricool

White-label reports and multi-account views, built for billing.

I want everything in one product

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Taplio

Analytics, scheduling, AI writing and a benchmark in one place.

I admin a company page too

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AuthoredUp

Unlimited company pages on every plan, at no extra charge.

I report on LinkedIn plus five other networks

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Metricool

One dashboard across networks, where LinkedIn-only tools stop.

Frequently asked questions

The questions we get the most about LinkedIn analytics.

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It depends what you measure. If you grow by commenting, MyFeedIn or LinkHub, because they are the two that track the comments you leave. If you grow by posting, AuthoredUp is the closest replacement for Shield, and it covers your company pages at no extra charge. If you want the metrics without paying for AI writing, MagicPost puts them on its entry plan. And if LinkedIn is one of several networks you report on, Metricool instead.

It shut down in May 2026 after seven years. The founders wrote that both Google and LinkedIn had made clear they could not keep operating Shield as it was built, so they closed rather than fight it. We wrote about why Shield shut down and what it says about building on LinkedIn.

Not as a LinkedIn analytics tool. inlytics.io now redirects to DemandBird, a social media management platform covering nine networks. If a comparison page still lists Inlytics as a Shield alternative, it has not been updated since early 2026.

For a casual account, yes. The limits show up once you take it seriously: roughly 90 days of history, no way to compare periods properly, thin audience data, and nothing at all on the comments you leave on other people's posts. Every tool on this page exists to cover one of those gaps.

AuthoredUp does, on every plan and with no per-page charge: the pages you admin are tracked the same way as your profile. Metricool covers them too, alongside other networks. The rest are built for your own profile, so if company pages are the job, start with those two.

Not really. Taplio's Chrome extension gives basic stats without a subscription, and Metricool has a free plan that explicitly excludes LinkedIn, which makes it useless here. Everything else is a 7 to 14 day trial, then paid, usually between $15 and $40 a month.

Mostly not, and this is the part people get caught by. These tools start collecting the day you connect them, so switching resets your baseline. The one partial exception is AuthoredUp, which imports your LinkedIn GDPR archive to load past posts with their reaction and comment counts, though the richer metrics still only start from install. Otherwise, pick one and leave it running.

Want to see what your comments actually did for you?

MyFeedIn tracks your posts and your comments in one dashboard, so you can tell which one is really growing your reach. 7-day free trial, no credit card.