Netwarm vs Shield: the best Shield alternative now that Shield has shut down
Shield’s LinkedIn analytics are gone. Netwarm gives you your numbers back, and the people behind them: which posts bring buyers, and who is ready for a conversation.
Shield announced in May 2026 that it was winding down, and its app is now offline: shieldapp.ai only shows a “deployment paused” page.
The short answer
Shield was a LinkedIn analytics tool: impressions, engagement and follower growth for your posts. It’s gone. Netwarm is the alternative for people who want more than numbers: it shows which posts bring your future clients, everyone who engaged, who matches your ideal client and who is Hot right now.
Setup takes about 3 minutes with just your LinkedIn profile URL, and the first scan and the post scheduler are free.
Which Shield alternative fits you?
Three questions about what you used Shield for, one recommendation at the end.
Netwarm vs Shield at a glance
| Shield | Netwarm | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Shut down: winding down announced in May 2026, app offline | Available, with a free plan |
| Main job | Analytics for your LinkedIn posts (no longer available) | Find the buyers among the people who engage with your posts, and the posts that bring them |
| Post analytics | No longer available | Your posts and topics ranked by the share of buyers they bring, not just likes |
| People who react to your posts | No longer available | Everyone who likes, comments or reposts, kept for 90 days and matched to your ideal clients by role, seniority, industry, company size and location |
| Warmth and Hot people | No longer available | A warmth score for each person from their last 90 days of engagement. Hot when someone keeps coming back |
| Alerts | No longer available | An email when someone turns Hot, with a first message suggested from what they engaged with (paid plans) |
| Post scheduling | No longer available | Free and unlimited, forever: images, video and PDF carousels, through LinkedIn's official API |
| LinkedIn login | No longer available | No LinkedIn password or cookie. The audience scan only needs your profile URL; scheduling uses LinkedIn's official sign-in |
| Works in Claude and ChatGPT | No longer available | MCP server and API on every plan, the free one included |
| Price | No longer sold | Free, then Pro from €49 a month (1,000 engagements); 20% off yearly |
What happened to Shield
Shield was one of the best-known LinkedIn analytics tools, used by creators and teams to follow their impressions, engagement and follower growth. In May 2026 it announced it was winding down. Its app is now offline: shieldapp.ai only shows a “deployment paused” page.
If you depended on it, your dashboards and history there are gone, and you need a new place to see how your posts perform.
What Netwarm does differently
Analytics tell you how a post did. Netwarm tells you who it reached: the people behind every like, comment and repost, which of them match the clients you want, and which posts bring the most of them.
It tells you who is a buyer, not just who liked
You describe your ideal clients once (for example “founders of B2B companies with 10 to 200 people”). Netwarm matches everyone who engages against them by role, seniority, industry, company size and location, and sets aside the peers, students and other creators who react but rarely buy.
It shows who is warming up
Each person gets a warmth score from their last 90 days of engagement: a like counts once, a comment or a repost more. When someone keeps coming back, they turn Hot, and you get an email with a first message suggested from what they engaged with.
It tells you which posts bring clients
Reach and likes say which posts were popular. Netwarm ranks your posts and topics by the share of buyers they bring, so you can write more of what your clients respond to. See LinkedIn analytics for experts.
It never acts on LinkedIn for you
Netwarm doesn’t send messages, connection requests or comments. It doesn’t ask for your LinkedIn password or cookies: the audience scan only needs your profile URL, and scheduling goes through LinkedIn’s official sign-in. You stay in control of every conversation.
The scheduler is free
Scheduling your LinkedIn posts is free and unlimited on Netwarm, with images, video and PDF carousels. See the free LinkedIn post scheduler.
Pricing compared
- Winding down announced in May 2026
- The app is offline
- No new sign-ups or plans
- Free: unlimited scheduling, one audience scan, your five warmest people by name
- Pro from €49 a month for 1,000 engagements, with daily updates and Hot alerts
- Agency from €449 a month for several profiles
- 20% off on yearly plans
An engagement is one like, comment or repost on your posts. All the details are on the pricing page.
Which one should you choose?
- You used Shield to understand which posts work
- You post to win clients, not only to grow followers
- You want the names behind your numbers, matched to your ideal client
- You want free scheduling in the same tool
- You want to start today, without a sales call
Run your free scan with just your profile URL: you’ll see who engaged with your recent posts, and how many of them match your ideal client.
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FAQ
Yes. Shield announced in May 2026 that it was winding down, and its app is now offline: shieldapp.ai shows a “deployment paused” page.
If you used Shield to see which LinkedIn posts work, Netwarm goes further: it ranks your posts and topics by the share of buyers they bring, and shows everyone who engaged, matched to your ideal clients, with who is Hot right now. It's free to start.
Yes. Netwarm shows your posts, likes, comments, engagers and followers over time, and above all the share of those engagers who match the clients you want, post by post and topic by topic.
Netwarm has a free plan: unlimited post scheduling, one audience scan with your five warmest people by name, and 3 Reveal links. Paid plans start at €49 a month.
No. Netwarm never sends anything on LinkedIn for you. It tells you who is warm and suggests a first message; you decide and send it yourself. That keeps your account safe and your messages personal.
No. The audience scan only needs your public profile URL. To schedule posts, you connect through LinkedIn's official sign-in, which only lets Netwarm publish what you schedule.