Meltwatervs
Cision
Cision: Dedicated PR and media monitoring platform with 1.1M media contacts database, stronger journalist identification, and press release distribution.
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Overview
Meltwater is a comprehensive media intelligence platform that combines social listening, influencer discovery, and PR analytics. It helps brands monitor their online presence and find relevant influencers.
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Pricing
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Essentials
$15,000 /yr
Suite
$25,000 /yr
Capabilities
Media monitoring
Media monitoring capability
Social listening
Social listening capability
Influencer discovery
Influencer discovery capability
Sentiment analysis
Sentiment analysis capability
Competitive intelligence
Competitive intelligence capability
PR analytics
PR analytics capability
Report automation
Report automation capability
Crisis monitoring
Crisis monitoring capability
Salesforce
Integration with Salesforce
HubSpot
Integration with HubSpot
Slack
Integration with Slack
Microsoft Teams
Integration with Microsoft Teams
Answered, with sources
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Meltwater does not publish pricing; all quotes require a sales call and annual contract. Median annual cost is approximately $25,000, with mid-market PR teams typically paying $15,000-$40,000 depending on users, coverage volume, and features.
SourceMeltwater monitors 200M+ online publications, 400,000+ traditional media sources, 20,000+ podcasts, TV/radio across all 210 US DMAs, and social platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, WeChat, and Weibo.
SourceMeltwater provides global multilingual support with consistent accuracy across 100+ languages for sentiment analysis and content classification.
SourceMeltwater's media database includes approximately 380,000-400,000 contacts, smaller than competitors like Cision (1.1M). Media database and GenAI Lens are separate paid add-ons.
SourceYes, Meltwater generates custom dashboards and reports tailored to stakeholders. Mira AI assistant can generate summaries and insights from monitoring data.
SourceBehind it
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