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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    PR Newswire

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $199

    per release

    Pricing
    PR Newswire
    Editions & Modules
    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 Newswire
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PR Newswire
    Considered Both Products
    Cision
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Chose PR Newswire
    They are obviously related, however, I do not see how they can be stacked against one another.
    Incentivized
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    78%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    78%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    User Ratings
    PR Newswire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.7
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PR Newswire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cision
    PR Newswire is the best platform for the wide distribution of press releases. We have been using it to make announcements about our company, new products, new partnerships, and other formal information that needs wider distribution than we can provide on our own. It is not as well suited to more organic or topical information, such as a blog or commentary.
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    Pros
    Cision
    • Making news searchable and findable, populating automated news alerts for those who follow certain companies and/or industries.
    • Ensuring that news is issued in a way that satisfies legal and regulatory requirements for publicly traded companies.
    • Ensuring that all content distributed through the platform is editorially sound and free of grammatical errors.
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    Cons
    Cision
    • Pricing - PR Newswire is expensive. I don't think this is necessary something they need to improve upon as their pricing does include a lot and is comparable to what other similar companies charge, but the pricing structure does price out smaller companies or public relations agencies.
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    Usability
    Cision
    PR Newswire is an industry leader and gives the user the ability to send out a press release, to a wide audience, very quickly and easily. The pricing is on par with other companies (perhaps they are a bit higher) but they do send useful "visibility" reports after a release is distributed, which is helpful when trying to explain ROI to C suite leaders. You also can email or fax your own distribution list, which is helpful and reduces the need for a media monitoring service
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    Support Rating
    Cision
    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.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cision
    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 have to be a member of PR Newswire to use the service and then pay fees on top of that for individual distributions.
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    Return on Investment
    Cision
    • We lost one of our pre paid distributions due to the expiration date
    • We would like to see more communication between the client and the representative or account manager
    • We have had success in getting larger publications to pick up our over the wire publication
    Incentivized
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