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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Muck Rack

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AMuck Rack is a public relations offering from Sawhorse Media.

    $5,000

    per year

    NewsBox

    N/AN/ANewsBox is a publishing and public relations tool from Connectus headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.N/A

    Prowly

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AProwly is an all-in-one platform for people looking to simplify their PR workflow and do powerful communication: find relevant journalists create visual press releases send targeted PR pitches and keep it all in a journalist-friendly online newsroom.

    $478

    per month

    Pricing
    Muck RackNewsBoxProwly
    Editions & Modules
    Muck Rack
    5,000
    per year
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    Essential
    $479
    per month
    Professional Bundle
    $649
    per month
    Professional Plus Bundle
    $859
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Muck RackNewsBoxProwly
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Muck RackNewsBoxProwly
    Considered Multiple Products
    Muck Rack
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    Connectus
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    Semrush
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    85%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    63%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Muck RackNewsBoxProwly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.6
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Muck RackNewsBoxProwly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Muck Rack
    Muck Rack has been well suited for me when reporting and providing value add and ROI reporting to clients who are investing in publications. Not only has it been great creating media lists, drafting, sending out, and tracking pitches, but the ability to track coverage and export a report that showcases the reach, impact, and media value has been so beneficial for me. So, if you are working with clients in an external communications capacity, then the Muck Rack tools are very flexible and can fit your needs very well.
    Incentivized
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    Connectus
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    Unlike other workflow management services, Prowly is generally more advanced when it comes to the process of modifying workflows according to the needs of the group, and therefore we recommend using it to work with large teams. This makes it easier to ensure that the right work is being done. Thanks to its editing facilities, it is also useful for press teams.
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    Pros
    Muck Rack
    • Muck Rack offers a robust and highly targeted media research tool that allows you to build a customized media list to launch a media relations campaign.
    • Muck Rack's customer support team is quite good and is very responsive.
    • Muck Rack's sales team does a great job of explaining how their solution will effectively address the needs of the organization.
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    Connectus
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    Semrush
    • Prowly is a useful service in many areas that focus mostly on working remotely when it comes to groups, allowing to manage the workflow in the human resources area, or the management of these same workflows through manual configuration tools to focus on different departments.
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    Cons
    Muck Rack
    • Creating coverage reports is time-consuming and it is difficult to filter out unrelated coverage with the Boolean operator-driven functionality
    • Muck Rack does not integrate with our other monitoring and reporting tools, so for sharing reports everything needs to be manually exported and added to our reporting software.
    • Muck Rack does not include broadcast coverage monitoring in its normal package, and the functionality of the added broadcast tool is limited compared to other coverage monitoring tools.
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    Connectus
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    • Several of the functions that Prowly allows us to implement regarding public relations do not allow us to properly distribute the information through various channels, as in the case of its integration with some social networks, with which we can not even make mentions, which would be positive to work better in the area of community management.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Muck Rack
    It's the best tool we've found for this type of product. It is not 100% critical to our daily responsibilities, but as a corporate tool made available to us, it is something we leverage on a weekly basis.
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    Connectus
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Muck Rack
    Little training was required to leverage the tool. It is a very intuitive platform. The only troublesome aspect of the tool has been the email integration features, but that may be more of a security/IT issue with our corporate requirements than a Much Rack problem. Overall, it is a tool that anyone can leverage without much effort.
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    Connectus
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Muck Rack
    I'm sure it's fine. I have never used their customer support, not even when a list does not save. I just figured there isn't much they can do since it was a search. They do have live chat to get answers quickly but most of the time I'm working on lists after hours (since it's a lot of admin and I can do it front of the TV) and no one is available.
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    Connectus
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Muck Rack
    I was not involved with the implementation.
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    Connectus
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Muck Rack
    Cision Media Contact Database. Honestly, it has been a long time since I used it, but I do remember being unhappy with the service. I thought its UI/UE was clunky at the time, but I didn't complain because I had free access to it.
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    Connectus
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Muck Rack
    • It's hard to measure ROI but I can say this: I have discovered and build relationships with media I may have had a hard time locating before. MuckRack has probably increased my efficiency by 50 percent and doubled my effectiveness.
    • I haven't looked a media databases in about 2 years but it is a much more cost effective media database than the big, traditional ones that everyone else has.
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    Connectus
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    • If ROI is concerned, our group remains satisfied with the current earning capacity, so Prowly could turn out to be one of the software services with more guaranteed monetary benefits at different stages, depending mostly on the type of strategy we want to use to work with and the plan we choose.
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    Screenshot of Build an interactive online newsroomScreenshot of Pitch your content to journalistsScreenshot of Keep all your media contacts organized in a PR CRM