WordPress plugin comparison
Gleam vs Metricool
At a glance
- Metricool has more active installs: 90K+, against 100+ for Gleam.
- On a typical day, Metricool is downloaded about 2,101 times, Gleam about 6.
- Metricool is rated higher: 4.4 out of 5 from 23 reviews, against 3.0 from 4 reviews.
- Metricool was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against May 23, 2018 for Gleam.
- Metricool is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.9.35 for Gleam.
- Gleam has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for Metricool.
Line by line
Metricool leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.
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