# Shield: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/shield/
Covers: May 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, 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

> Shield is on the social monitoring map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated May 2026.

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: [shieldapp.ai](https://www.shieldapp.ai/).

## Facts

- Site: [shieldapp.ai](https://www.shieldapp.ai/)
- Founded: [2018](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shield-4)
- Category: Creator analytics
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-shield)

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: [shieldapp.ai](https://www.shieldapp.ai/).

- Category: Creator analytics
- Price: Price not retrieved (shieldapp.ai returned HTTP 402); comparison page lists Shield as 'Winding down'.
- Platforms: LinkedIn
- Scale: No disclosed scale (No scale found; product is winding down.)
- Founded: [2018](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shield-4)

Sources: [shieldapp.ai](https://www.shieldapp.ai/), [postiv.ai](https://postiv.ai/blog/shield-alternatives) and [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shield-4).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Shield announced it is winding down

Shutdown, May 2026. 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.

Source: [Trevor Fox (competitor author)](https://trevorfox.com/2026/05/shield-analytics-alternatives/). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-shield).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology