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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Shield: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/shield/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/shield/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/shield.md",
  "title": "Shield: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Shield is on the social monitoring map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated May 2026.",
  "period": "May 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
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    "slug": "shield",
    "name": "Shield",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://www.shieldapp.ai",
    "summary": "LinkedIn creator analytics via a Chrome extension reading the user's logged-in LinkedIn session. Now winding down; Google and LinkedIn made it impossible to continue as built.",
    "founded": 2018,
    "categories": [
      "creator-data"
    ],
    "status": "active",
    "price_note": null,
    "update_channels": [],
    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
    "off_map": null,
    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "Creator analytics"
    ]
  },
  "confirmed_product_launches": 0,
  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
  "launches": [],
  "launch_list": false,
  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "LinkedIn creator analytics via a Chrome extension reading the user's logged-in LinkedIn session. Now winding down; Google and LinkedIn made it impossible to continue as built.",
    "source": {
      "name": "shieldapp.ai",
      "url": "https://www.shieldapp.ai"
    },
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  },
  "maps": [
    {
      "map": "social-monitoring",
      "title": "The social monitoring map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-shield",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Shield",
      "site": "https://www.shieldapp.ai",
      "category": "Creator analytics",
      "what": "LinkedIn creator analytics via a Chrome extension reading the user's logged-in LinkedIn session. Now winding down; Google and LinkedIn made it impossible to continue as built.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "shieldapp.ai",
        "url": "https://www.shieldapp.ai"
      },
      "price": "Price not retrieved (shieldapp.ai returned HTTP 402); comparison page lists Shield as 'Winding down'.",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "Platforms",
        "items": [
          "LinkedIn"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 4,
      "scale": "No disclosed scale (No scale found; product is winding down.)",
      "founded": "2018",
      "founded_source": {
        "name": "cbinsights.com",
        "url": "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shield-4"
      },
      "fate": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "shieldapp.ai",
          "url": "https://www.shieldapp.ai"
        },
        {
          "name": "postiv.ai",
          "url": "https://postiv.ai/blog/shield-alternatives"
        },
        {
          "name": "cbinsights.com",
          "url": "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shield-4"
        }
      ],
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      "cross_listed": false
    }
  ],
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/shield/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-05-01",
      "date_precision": "month",
      "title": "Shield announced it is winding down",
      "summary": "Chrome-extension LinkedIn analytics tool winding down; third parties say LinkedIn and Google ended the data collection it relied on. Exact announcement date not stated.",
      "kind": "Shutdown",
      "from": {
        "name": "The social monitoring map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-shield"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Trevor Fox (competitor author)",
        "url": "https://trevorfox.com/2026/05/shield-analytics-alternatives/"
      }
    }
  ]
}