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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Newswire

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AACCESS Newswire is a press release distribution platform that helps clients increase their online visibility and web presence. It provides premier syndication to leading news outlets. The solution aims to empower clients with a variety of solutions to suit any budget.

    $299

    per month

    Cision PRWeb

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ACision PRWeb aims to impact customer behavior by providing efficient communication tools to continuously engage with target audiences across multiple online channels including search, social media and with industry-specific partner websites, bloggers and influencers.

    $99

    per news release

    TVEyes

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ATVEyes is a global media monitoring solution for TV, radio and online video and audio. Accordingly, TVEyes provides a television and radio monitoring platform that enables its users to search, view, report on, analyze and archive U.S. (national and all 210 DMAs) and international audio and video content. TVEyes is often used as a research tool by marketing professionals in PR, brand, media communications, crisis / reputation management and journalism.N/A
    Pricing
    NewswireCision PRWebTVEyes
    Editions & Modules
    Newswire Digital
    $299
    single PR
    Newswire Digital Plus
    $549
    single PR
    Newswire State
    $599
    single PR
    Newswire National
    $799
    single PR
    Newswire Canada
    $899
    single PR
    Newswire UK
    $899
    single PR
    Newswire Financial
    $899
    single PR
    Newswire Asia
    $1,299
    single PR
    Newswire Latin America
    $1,299
    single PR
    Newswire Global
    $1,999
    single PR
    Basic
    $99
    per news release
    Standard
    $205
    per news release
    Advanced
    $305
    per news release
    Premium
    $405
    per news release
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NewswireCision PRWebTVEyes
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsBulk discounts available—Send us a message and one of our reps will be in touch. Together, we’ll come up with a package that covers your media monitoring needs and fits your budget.
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    Community Pulse
    NewswireCision PRWebTVEyes
    Considered Multiple Products
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    Chose Newswire
    Newswire makes much more sense than Cision PRWeb, in my opinion. Costs are flat versus recurring monthly or annual costs. In our business, our press releases are timed based on work completion and company events that are sometimes difficult to plan, so Newswire allows us to pay …
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    Cision PRWeb had a lot going for it--including the cost, which was quite exorbitant in my opinion. They offered package pricing, which lowered the overall cost based on the number of your anticipated releases, but for me, it was still cost-prohibitive. Newswire's pricing …
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    I find Newswire more approachable and easy to use, especially as someone who only occasionally issues press releases. The UI is friendly and fairly easy to figure out, even after long stints of no use. I also like being able to drill down to particular markets, geographically …
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    We find NewsWire so much easier to use and it seems to actually get reach. In the past, we didn't seem to get any actual visibility on our releases, but NewsWire shows us who read our release and where.
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    To be honest, they are very similar in many ways. Business Wire, for example, is more focused on business news as opposed to other types of news. Newswire has a more general and broader application. Other news services like Bloomberg are only interested if the company is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    They are competitive in pricing and offer similar products. Each platform has their own key features though that they excel in.
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    They all seem the same to me, just with varying interfaces and pricing. I went with Newswire just because I've used them in the past and have had a good experience. I am sure Cision is also good as it's an industry leader. The markets are a little varied, too, but I have not …
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    Newswire is more economical. Cision is kind of viewed as the leader, but for "the rest of us," Newswire makes more sense to enter into earned placements.
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    Newswire is affordable compared to the other products in this segment and very user-friendly. The onboarding process is quick, simple, and smooth and the product is entirely self-serve. Others have strict guidelines for content review and take time and support intervention for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    Newswire is much easier to use and the interface is much more intuative. We always struggled with the targeting in Cision, but that is made simple with Newswire.
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    Better value and easier to use
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    Newswire hands-down beats these other platforms based on their unique price-to-feature-set ratio. We couldn't find a better value and user experience on any of these other platforms when we went through our discovery and evaluation process. All in all, we are very happy with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    We have been a loyal customer of Newswire because it is easy to use, and we are able to pay for press releases using "credits." This makes sense for us because we do not send too many press releases per year, as it all depends on the partnerships we develop.
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    Night and day, so glad we found Newswire. Never had an account manager before and Tori has been very honest and genuine when helping us.
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    I believe they're owned by the same company. Cision offers more robust release products, but they were too much bang for what we needed. We just needed to get the word out and get inbound links and populated some SERPs. For that Newswire was plenty good, would use it again.
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    Newswire is more affordable than most of the products that I’ve used in the past. One of the things about Newswire is that you don’t need to have a subscription to use it and the cost is not prohibitive. They still offer good distribution services. They don’t have additional …
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    Newswire provides a good mix of affordability and reach. Some of the bigger players have slightly more reach, but you pay much more to put out releases. Some of the smaller services have much smaller networks and though the price is lower, you don't get much out of it. Newswire …
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    Newswire is great for distribution. I haven't used much other functionality within the tool, so there are listening capabilities in Meltwater that were pretty useful. And for Cision, their monitoring capability is pretty nice. Newswire would be more powerful in my use cases if …
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    The others are just so clunky. Newswire has a contemporary look, which is really the main benefit we cared about. This is because for our category and market, the distribution/syndication services that all of these providers tout are highly irrelevant.
    Incentivized
    Chose Newswire
    Newswire stacks up poorly against Cision. However, we opted for Newswire as it offered automatic placement on Cision's PR Newswire for a much lower fee than going directly to Cision.
    Incentivized
    Cision
    Chose Cision PRWeb
    Cision PRWeb is a cheaper option among Business Wire and PR Newswire, but the ultimate outcome of what we pay them for (press release distributions) is essentially the same. That said, PR Newswire is also owned by Cision, so it suffers from the same bad user experience. I've …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cision PRWeb
    Better overall network and experience with Cision PR Web. The attention to the local media and their willingness to update the database on our request is what gave us the level of trust that we had in Cision PRWeb.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cision PRWeb
    We found Cision PR Web to be a bit more user-friendly and we like that it allows you to upload photos.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cision PRWeb
    It is not an "either-or" situation. If a company really wants to put a release out on the wire, one service might be better suited for it than the other. For when a company wants to target certain countries or vertical markets (e.g. Latin America), PR Newswire would be the …
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    TVEyes, Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    95 Answers
    67%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    85 Answers
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
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    89%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    81 Answers
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    95 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Best Alternatives
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    Small Businesses
    Help a Reporter Out (HARO)
    Score5 out of 10
    Help a Reporter Out (HARO)
    Score5 out of 10
    Help a Reporter Out (HARO)
    Score5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cision Communications Cloud
    Score8 out of 10
    Cision Communications Cloud
    Score8 out of 10
    Cision Communications Cloud
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Meltwater
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Meltwater
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Meltwater
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NewswireCision PRWebTVEyes
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (107 ratings)
    7.0
    (14 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (107 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    5.0
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    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Professional Services
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
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    User Testimonials
    NewswireCision PRWebTVEyes
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    As a general rule, press releases announcing an event are more effective than product or corporate business deals press releases. This may be because events are people-centered and tend to be one of a kind. The interest in a new product, unless it is an upgrade to an existing product line or service, attracts little attention. There are exceptions; if, for example, there is an outbreak of some pathogen and the company is working on a solution, then interest is higher. News has to be related to current concerns.
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    Cision
    Wire press release distribution is often a luxury purchase, especially at the price point. In my experience Cision acts as if it's destined to win everyone's business just because of its name. Too often we've found ourselves being turned off by the arrogance and taking our business (and our clients' business) to alternative companies that are happy to have us.
    Incentivized
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    TVEyes, Inc.
    Simply put, TVEyes is a wonderful monitoring suite that enables us to quickly access broadcast clips from campaigns we run on behalf of our clients. It's far more efficient than the old-school tape delivery companies, but it does have room for improvement. If you're running a campaign that's likely to result in broadcast coverage, TVEyes is probably the best option for monitoring and reporting. The same holds true if you are running a paid media campaign that includes added-value broadcast elements.
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    Pros
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    • Communication via video calls and emails. They were responsive to any questions we had.
    • Provided all the information we needed to make the decision to move forward. They had the materials around what publications and news outlets they could get into for us.
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    Cision
    • PRWeb is fairly easy to use to issue press releases. They have a review process that will look over your release before submission although this review is not going to catch spelling and grammatical errors.
    • I've seen our press releases posted on industry relevant websites thanks to the reach that PRWeb provided us.
    • Although I never used it because we subscribed to a different service, PRWeb allows you to create and send email blasts within their OutMarket marketing platform.
    • I enjoy the ability to add a quote call out in the release.
    • I also like that images or videos can be added to the release.
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    TVEyes, Inc.
    • TVEyes has a powerful search function that allows us to narrow searches for specific clients and/or campaigns by keyword.
    • TVEyes affords us the ability to access and download a clip with relative ease, no matter what market or station the clip is from.
    • TVEyes provides metrics for the sake of reporting, which enables us to quickly provide insights to clients on the success of a campaign.
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    Cons
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    • The editorial process was always very hard on our sale releases. Even if we followed the same structure we used to with PR Wire they would flag it as advertorial.
    • The option for video is nice but would be better to actually embed it into a part of the release versus just floating at the bottom.
    • Would be interesting for them to share more industry-specific releases or give the option to only get emails on specific industries. The E-blasts are always too general.
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    Cision
    • Increasing the volume of media that can receive communication would help - going from 5,000 to 7,500 or 10,000 would be a massive help.
    • Providing a social media platform in which to send out either X posts, LinkedIn, and Facebook posts to media as an alternative communication would help
    • Increasing the number of podcasters and there contact details would help.
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    TVEyes, Inc.
    • The clip editing feature, while useful and important, is fairly clunky. There could be an improvement in the way you fine-tune what you need.
    • Downloading clips is a multi-step process that could be far less involved.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    Newswire is simple to use and the pricing is fair. The company's network for press releases is not as large as some competitors but seems to have the best reach at a comparable price point. Newswire also offers quality support for customers, which can be hard to find in this space.
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    Cision
    We are unlikely to renew PRWeb because I feel that the costs outweigh the benefits of the service. For a company like ours (small business with about 60 employees) we don't have enough press that warrants monthly coverage. We may look at using PRWeb on an as needed basis, 3-4 times a year for single submissions, but that would be the extent of it. I could see PRWeb being much more beneficial for large companies that are constantly needing to issue press.
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    TVEyes, Inc.
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    Usability
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    Simple step-by-step process to get your news out to the world. Easy to understand process and explanation as you go through the steps. Each upgrade does have a charge, but it's pretty visible. Once you get familiar with their platform and systems, it becomes fairly easy to use to get your news published. It's also nice how quickly you are able to get the news out and published in the places you choose.
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    Cision
    The Cision PRWeb platform is mostly intuitive. It is broken into Monitoring, Social, Insights, and Outreach sections. The way Mention Streams are set up and organized has confused employees who are new to the dashboard. Under Outreach, the Launchpad and Activities tabs are a little bit redundant and could probably be consolidated.
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    TVEyes, Inc.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    It was available for immediate use
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    Cision
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    TVEyes, Inc.
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    Performance
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    It seemed to be okay overall an we plan on continuing to use it as we expand
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    Cision
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    TVEyes, Inc.
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    Support Rating
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    Any time I’ve had a question or needed assistance, I’ve been able to get in contact with a Newswire representative within a short amount of time. Their attention to customer satisfaction is impeccable, and they definitely go out of their way to ensure they can be of assistance to the best of their ability!
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    Cision
    I have only required support from PRWeb on two separate occasions and they handled my issues without any problems. I was a bit confused at first not sure if they had received my requests but shortly after I received responses and was able to move forward with my press release.
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    TVEyes, Inc.
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    Implementation Rating
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    It is a very simple product to get started using, particularly for press releases. I have no used the other functionality so I can't say for sure how easy or difficult that might be, but my guess is that the way the platform is built makes it easy for anybody to get started.
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    Cision
    Implementation of PRWeb required very little of Strouse. It was a quick process and we were almost immediately ready to use the platform.
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    TVEyes, Inc.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    Newswire hands-down beats these other platforms based on their unique price-to-feature-set ratio. We couldn't find a better value and user experience on any of these other platforms when we went through our discovery and evaluation process. All in all, we are very happy with the team and platform at Newswire.
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    Cision
    It is not an "either-or" situation. If a company really wants to put a release out on the wire, one service might be better suited for it than the other. For when a company wants to target certain countries or vertical markets (e.g. Latin America), PR Newswire would be the proper choice.
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    TVEyes, Inc.
    TVEyes offers better pricing and easier access when compared to the Critical Mention platform. It's also easier to use and faster. Cision and Meltwater just don't offer the same depth of access to coverage as TVEyes. TrendKite is a complementary piece of software we use in-house for media monitoring, and they just partnered with TVEyes for broadcast coverage, so there's a lot of consistency in what we're monitoring and reporting.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    I did not purchase, I only purchased the per use newswire options
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    Cision
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    TVEyes, Inc.
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    Scalability
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    I have not really used this software feature to the level to scale at this point
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    Cision
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    TVEyes, Inc.
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    Professional Services
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    I did not really use professional services other than the customer support did answer some questions from time to time
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    Cision
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    TVEyes, Inc.
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    Return on Investment
    Issuer Direct Corporation
    • In a new technology area, Newswire has helped us build brand recognition.
    • During the pressures put on Healthcare over the past COVID periods our presence in the Marketplace have been difficult to maintain. Newswire has been key in our efforts.
    • When medical imaging AI tools exploded on the scene three years ago, there were over 150 vendors at conferences. Those that didn't promote with tools like Newswire and now gone.
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    Cision
    • It was definitely a cost decision for us, but the ability to have access to their media database was by far the most useful and needed tool for us.
    • For tracking media hits, it saved us time tracking the majority of hits. Where it didn't save us time was with smaller, more niche media.
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    TVEyes, Inc.
    • It's essential to be able to share coverage with clients, and clients can be impatient. TVEyes gives us the ability to access and share a clip quickly. That keeps clients happy.
    • The cost of the subscription is fairly low in exchange for the ability to access a universal broadcast coverage platform like TVEyes.
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