# Metricform > AI narrative intelligence across news, social, and the open web. Decision-ready briefs for comms, brand, and research teams — in hours, not weeks. Metricform is a narrative intelligence platform with two engines: Snowball detects forming narrative communities in ~10 minutes with risk and opportunity assessments and micro-influencer maps. Quickmetric ships forensic briefs across 5+ years of social, news, and web data. Metri orchestrates 100+ analysis types and lets you chat with any report. ## Pages - [Home](/): Platform overview and primary entry point. - [Try Metri](/try): Live demo, no sign-up required. - [Use cases](/use-cases): Workflows organized by team. - [What is narrative intelligence?](/what-is-narrative-intelligence): Definition, examples, and how it differs from media monitoring. - [FAQ](/faq): Common questions about Metricform, Snowball, and Quickmetric. - [Glossary](/glossary): Narrative intelligence terms defined. ## Products - [Snowball](/products/snowball): Real-time narrative and community detection in ~10 minutes. - [Quickmetric](/products/quickmetric): Forensic historical intelligence reports across 5+ years of data. ## For teams - [Communications](/for/communications): Catch forming crisis narratives 24–72 hours early. - [Brand & Portfolio](/for/brand-portfolio): Every brand and competitor in one workspace. - [Consumer Insights](/for/consumer-insights): Emerging audience clusters and category whitespace. - [Strategy & Corporate Affairs](/for/strategy): Category, policy, and regulatory narrative tracking. ## Compare - [vs PeakMetrics](/compare/peakmetrics-alternative): Community detection vs. threat detection. - [vs Brandwatch](/compare/brandwatch-alternative): Decision-ready briefs vs. dashboards. - [vs Zignal Labs](/compare/zignal-alternative): Built for commercial brand and comms teams. - [vs Talkwalker](/compare/talkwalker-alternative): Agentic reports and chat-with-report. - [vs Meltwater](/compare/meltwater-alternative): Narrative communities, not mention counts. - [vs Cision](/compare/cision-alternative): Modern narrative intelligence vs. legacy PR. - [vs Dataminr](/compare/dataminr-alternative): Brand narratives vs. event alerts. - [vs Recorded Future](/compare/recorded-future-alternative): Brand intelligence vs. cyber threat. - [vs Blackbird.AI](/compare/blackbird-alternative): Commercial brand vs. disinformation defense. - [vs Signal AI](/compare/signal-ai-alternative): Agentic briefs vs. traditional dashboards. ## Optional - [Partnerships](/partnerships): Agency, consulting, and media partners. - [Privacy](/privacy): Privacy policy. - [Terms](/terms): Terms of service.