--- title: 7 Best LinkedIn Analytics Tools in 2026 (After Shield) description: "Shield is gone and Inlytics became something else. The LinkedIn analytics tools still worth paying for in 2026, with pricing checked on each vendor's own page." url: https://myfeedin.co/best-linkedin-analytics-tools type: listicle updated: 2026-08-20 source: MyFeedIn --- # The best LinkedIn analytics tools Shield is gone. Here is what actually replaces it, and what each one measures. > **Disclosure.** MyFeedIn publishes this page and ranks itself first. We built MyFeedIn, so treat this as our point of view rather than a neutral review. 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. ## At a glance | # | Tool | From | Best for | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | MyFeedIn (this site) | From €15/mo | Creators who engage | | 2 | AuthoredUp | From $19.95/mo | Writers | | 3 | MagicPost | From $21/mo (normally $35) | Agencies | | 4 | Taplio | From $39/mo | Power users | | 5 | Supergrow | $39/mo for analytics ($19 tier has none) | Solo creators | | 6 | LinkHub | $174/year | Freelancers | | 7 | Metricool | From €16/mo | Social media managers | ## 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. ## How we ranked these 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. ## 1. MyFeedIn **From €15/mo · Best for Creators who engage** *The posts you wrote and the comments you left* 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. **Pros** - 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 **Cons** - No writing, scheduling or AI tools, this is not a content suite - History starts when you connect it, there is no backfill [Website](https://myfeedin.co) ## 2. AuthoredUp **From $19.95/mo · Best for Writers** *The closest thing to a drop-in Shield replacement* 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. **Pros** - 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 **Cons** - Nothing on the comments you leave elsewhere, the same blind spot Shield had - The per-profile business plan needs a minimum of three profiles [Website](https://authoredup.com) · [Compared with MyFeedIn](https://myfeedin.co/alternatives/authoredup) ## 3. MagicPost **From $21/mo (normally $35) · Best for Agencies** *Its cheapest tier is built around the metrics* 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. **Pros** - 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 **Cons** - The $21 is a promotional rate, the listed price is $35 - Multi-account management and custom reports need the agency plan, priced on request [Website](https://magicpost.in) ## 4. Taplio **From $39/mo · Best for Power users** *Analytics inside the biggest content suite* 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. **Pros** - 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 **Cons** - The highest entry price of the personal-profile tools here - Overkill if the dashboard is all you wanted [Website](https://taplio.com) · [Compared with MyFeedIn](https://myfeedin.co/alternatives/taplio) ## 5. Supergrow **$39/mo for analytics ($19 tier has none) · Best for Solo creators** *Good writing tool, analytics costs extra* 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. **Pros** - 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 **Cons** - Analytics is Pro-only, so the real entry price is $39, not $19 - Lighter on post-level detail than AuthoredUp [Website](https://www.supergrow.ai) ## 6. LinkHub **$174/year · Best for Freelancers** *Statistics on commenting, not on posting* 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. **Pros** - 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 **Cons** - Annual billing only, so it is $174 up front - Almost nothing on your own post performance [Website](https://linkhub.gg) · [Compared with MyFeedIn](https://myfeedin.co/alternatives/linkhub) ## 7. Metricool **From €16/mo · Best for Social media managers** *For reporting across networks, not just LinkedIn* 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. **Pros** - One dashboard across LinkedIn, Instagram, X and the rest - Built for client reporting from the start - Up to 5 brands on the €16 tier **Cons** - The free plan explicitly excludes LinkedIn, so it really starts at €16 - Shallower on LinkedIn specifics than any LinkedIn-only tool here [Website](https://metricool.com) ## Pick by what you want to measure | Goal | Pick | Why | | --- | --- | --- | | I want to know if my comments are working | 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 | AuthoredUp | Closest match on post-level metrics, with a writing editor on top. | | I only want the dashboard, not a writing tool | MagicPost | The one vendor selling an analytics-only plan at $21 a month. | | I report to clients every month | MagicPost or Metricool | White-label reports and multi-account views, built for billing. | | I want everything in one product | Taplio | Analytics, scheduling, AI writing and a benchmark in one place. | | I admin a company page too | AuthoredUp | Unlimited company pages on every plan, at no extra charge. | | I report on LinkedIn plus five other networks | Metricool | One dashboard across networks, where LinkedIn-only tools stop. | ## FAQ ### What is the best LinkedIn analytics tool in 2026? It depends what you measure. MyFeedIn or LinkHub if you grow by commenting, AuthoredUp if you grow by posting or admin company pages, MagicPost if you want the metrics without paying for AI writing, and Metricool if LinkedIn is one of several networks you report on. ### What happened to Shield Analytics? 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. ### Is Inlytics still around? Not as a LinkedIn analytics tool. inlytics.io now redirects to DemandBird, a social media management platform covering nine networks. Comparison pages still listing Inlytics have not been updated since early 2026. ### Isn't LinkedIn's own analytics enough? For a casual account, yes. The limits are roughly 90 days of history, no proper period comparison, thin audience data, and nothing on the comments you leave on other people's posts. ### Do these tools work on LinkedIn company pages? AuthoredUp does, on every plan with no per-page charge, tracking the pages you admin the same way as your profile. Metricool covers them too, alongside other networks. The rest are built for your own profile. ### Are any LinkedIn analytics tools free? Not really. Taplio's Chrome extension gives basic stats without a subscription, and Metricool's free plan explicitly excludes LinkedIn. Everything else is a 7 to 14 day trial, then $15 to $40 a month. ### Will my history transfer from one tool to another? Mostly not. These tools start collecting the day you connect them, so switching resets your baseline. AuthoredUp is the partial exception: it imports your LinkedIn GDPR archive to load past posts with reaction and comment counts, though richer metrics still start from install. --- Canonical version: https://myfeedin.co/best-linkedin-analytics-tools Published by MyFeedIn (https://myfeedin.co). Cite the canonical URL.