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Shield
Deep LinkedIn analytics for creators and employee-advocacy teams.
KINDA
why this verdict
Downgrade — pay for the workflow, not the AI
LinkedIn Analytics covers the headline feature free, so the $29/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- LinkedIn expanded its native creator analytics. Microsoft, October 1, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers headline only editorial call
- The headline feature, but not the workflow, data or integrations around it.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 1 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: LinkedIn Analytics.
- What the call is worth $348/yr
- $29/mo at the entry paid tier — $348 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Microsoft
- Since
- October 1, 2024
- List price
- $29/mo
- Per year
- $348
The backstory
Shield was for years the only way to see how a LinkedIn post actually performed over time. LinkedIn has since surfaced more of that natively and free, which pushes Shield up-market into team dashboards and advocacy reporting where a per-seat price still makes sense.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $348/yr L 
LinkedIn Analytics Native and free for most of it.
linkedin.com open_in_new A 
AuthoredUp Cheaper for solo creators.
authoredup.com open_in_new1 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.