PR.com vs. PR Newswire

PR.com

PR.com

3 Reviews and Ratings

PR Newswire

PR Newswire

25 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
PR.com	Score 2.0 out of 10	N/A	PR.com is a press release distribution platform from the New York company of the same name.	N/A
PR Newswire	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	N/A	$199 per release

Pricing

PR.com

PR Newswire

Editions & Modules

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Newswire Digital: $199
per release
Newswire Digital Plus: $449
per release
Newswire State: $499
per release
Newswire Canada: $649
per release
Newswire UK: $649
per release
Newswire Asia: $649
per release
Newswire National: $799
per release
Newswire Financial: $799
per release
Newswire Latin America: $949
per release
Newswire Global: 1,649
per release

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
PR.com	PR Newswire
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	PR.com	PR Newswire
Considered Both Products	PR.com Verified User Anonymous Chose PR.com I think PR.com offers a viable alternative to smaller businesses or nonprofit clients on a budget. When I tell some of those clients it will be hundreds - or even thousands - of dollars to distribute a press release on a service like Business Wire, I can feel them cringe. … Incentivized Helpful? Chris McCarthy Chief Creative Officer Chose PR.com As a newswire Cision is great and certainly has its place in any marketing plan. But newswire services are not what most companies who are seeking content distribution to regularly attract and engage their best audience need. Incentivized Helpful?	PR Newswire Verified User Anonymous Chose PR Newswire PR Newswire had a broader distribution network with a much more streamlined approach to uploading, verifying, and sending. When evaluating the other platforms, we decided to go with one that had a comprehensive network while maintaining a reasonable price. Other companies had … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PR Newswire I have inherited Meltwater at two companies and always went back to PR Newswire. Their sales people are very aggressive, they didn't deliver on what they said they would and distribution was poor compared to what we saw with PR Newswire. I was told their issues had been fixed … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PR Newswire Cision PRWeb (is similar to PR Newswire - and is also a product of the same company) and we have also used this service for the distribution of the Newswire articles. This significantly enhanced the campaign and increases the number of views of the initial articles. PR Newswire … Incentivized Helpful? David Fox President \| Sales & Marketing Advisor Chose PR Newswire PR Newswire's format and backend tools are head and shoulders above other services in their ease-of-use and management ability. Everything you need is right there and just makes sense from a user perspective. They have updated a few of the things that were cumbersome so the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PR Newswire PR Newswire is considered one of the two gold standard newswire services because of its wide reach and high quality reporting. Pricing is almost identical to its biggest competitor, Business Wire, so it winds up being a matter of preference and ease more than anything. We … Incentivized Helpful? Leslie Groves Head Of Marketing Chose PR Newswire PRNewswire is the gold standard among distribution of communication to media outlets. I feel that the customer service is very well done and don't see reason to stray from a known entity that performs well. I also don't see why I should add another distribution outlet as all … Incentivized Helpful? Ashley Taylor Director of International Branding and Marketing Chose PR Newswire They are obviously related, however, I do not see how they can be stacked against one another. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PR Newswire I used Newswire.com later and found them to be excellent compared to PR Newswire. They were a more affordable, faster, and much better online platform, etc. Incentivized Helpful? Michelle Messenger Garrett Writer/Content Creator/Public Relations Consultant Chose PR Newswire PRWeb is now owned by the same company (Cision). It's a lower priced service that I frequently recommend to clients on a budget. It allows links, a photo, and so on for a reasonable cost. I used Business Wire for many years, but when I had a bad experience with customer … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PR Newswire We looked at changing due to the price of PR Newswire but were not as impressed with the other services to risk leaving. We have a great relationship with our account rep at PR Newswire and overall, had not had any major issues in the 5+ years we've been using them. Incentivized Helpful? Cindy Arco Public Relations Manager, Florida Region Chose PR Newswire I previously used Business Wire. We made the decision to switch to PR Newswire because we were not satisfied with the pricing and customer support we were getting from Business Wire. PR Newswire gave us a package of news releases, so we save money versus doing them individually … Incentivized Helpful? Richard Angeloni Director of Integrated Marketing Communciations Chose PR Newswire We did do some research before selecting PR Newswire a number of years ago, and we saw that PR Newswire was certainly an industry leader and that the pricing was for the most part competitive with other companies. Ultimately, we choose PR Newswire because the dashboard is very … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PR Newswire PR Newswire is slightly more difficult to use than Business Wire, but it often picks up news that other platforms miss. PR Newswire is my primary newsgathering source, and Business Wire is my secondary. Used together, I think I'm able to cover all the bases. Incentivized Helpful? Dan Lobring Vice President, Marketing Communications Chose PR Newswire PR Newswire and Businesswire are familiar, similar products in terms of newswire distribution services. Many times it comes down to client familiarity with one service over the other, the cost per distribution, the reach of distribution, as well as other related fees, i.e., you … Incentivized Helpful? Brian Blackwell Louisiana Baptist Message Chose PR Newswire PR Newswire is different from the others because it actually does sound like a news story at times. That is helpful when time is at a premium and you are wanting to get something out there that is a story that is informative and doesn't look like a PR piece at times. Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
	PR.com	PR Newswire
Small Businesses	Cision Communications Cloud Score 8.0 out of 10	Newswire Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Cision Communications Cloud Score 8.0 out of 10	Newswire Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises	Cision Communications Cloud Score 8.0 out of 10	No answers on this topic
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User Ratings
	PR.com	PR Newswire
Likelihood to Recommend	2.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	5.7 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	PR.com	PR Newswire
Likelihood to Recommend	I had very bad experience so I can never recommend to any of my clients DB Drocelle Benezet Managing Director Read full review	PR Newswire is a terrific solution for ensuring that news is distributed in a way that is findable and searchable. It also automatically ties the news to ticker symbols. It's not a useful or meaningful solution for actually securing news coverage. It still requires picking up the phone and pitching media. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	com provides a cost-effective way to distribute press releases. It even has a free version. Using PR.com to issue press releases helps them have more reach than they might otherwise. That way, they can be found when potential customers search for solutions online. com is fairly easy to set up and use. Not a lot of technical knowledge is needed. And no need to provide any credit card info or anything unless you choose to pay for hyperlinks, for example. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	It is very easy to set up an account on PR Newswire and get started. The dashboard is very intuitive. Once you are ready to upload a press release, doing so it easy and the pricing structure for the different distributions are clearly laid out. You can choose a distribution list or e-mail (or fax) your own distribution list, making it easy to target your release to different reporters. Once a press release is sent up, PR Newswire follows up with visibility reports so you know how well your release did and if you need to do another or target specific reporters. Incentivized Richard Angeloni Director of Integrated Marketing Communciations Read full review
Cons	Suggest offering administrators more control over when releases are distributed Lower premium pricing for high frequency administrators Incentivized Chris McCarthy Chief Creative Officer Read full review	Pricing could be better especially as it relates to a digital footprint The ability to add multiple photos, video links, logos, etc., can be cost prohibitive From an earned media relations standpoint, we find that journalists may not cover something once they see it on the newswire Incentivized Dan Lobring Vice President, Marketing Communications Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	It is super easy to use; the error messages make it clear to understand what is needed for each release. I really appreciate the confirmation call/email, as someone new to the platform. This gives me the confidence that a second set of eyes is certifying our content before mass distribution. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Honestly this is probably the absolute worst part of the company. I had maybe 5 different emails from 5 different people when attempting to use this service, and I never knew who my account manager was and who the other people were. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	I think PR.com offers a viable alternative to smaller businesses or nonprofit clients on a budget. When I tell some of those clients it will be hundreds - or even thousands - of dollars to distribute a press release on a service like Business Wire, I can feel them cringe. PR.com offers a free option - and also offers very low-cost options to boost the distribution, include live hyperlinks and so on - if clients do have a little $ to spend on that, they can. But they can choose. The bigger services are really cost-prohibitive for the smaller businesses. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	PR Newswire had a broader distribution network with a much more streamlined approach to uploading, verifying, and sending. When evaluating the other platforms, we decided to go with one that had a comprehensive network while maintaining a reasonable price. Other companies had limited audiences for higher price points, leading us to PR Newswire pretty easily. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Immediate ROI - PR.com can't be beat for getting great content into the right hands Easy for all on your marketing team to use - no "gator wrestling" to upload and distribute. Metrics! PR.com has the greatest number of the right media types looking for great content of any Incentivized Chris McCarthy Chief Creative Officer Read full review	Return on Investment - the PR Newswire report features make it easy to show a positive return on investment. These reports give me a quick snapshot of how the release was distributed, as well as a list including all the links. Time Savings - PR Newswire's user friendly interface, reporting features and customer support make it quick to use and it saves me time versus other competing programs I've used in the past. Incentivized Cindy Arco Public Relations Manager, Florida Region Read full review
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