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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    PR Newswire

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $199

    per release

    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
    PR NewswireProwly
    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
    Essential
    $479
    per month
    Professional Bundle
    $649
    per month
    Professional Plus Bundle
    $859
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PR NewswireProwly
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PR NewswireProwly
    Considered Both Products
    Cision
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    Semrush
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    78%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    78%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
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    PR NewswireProwly
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    Help a Reporter Out (HARO)
    Score5 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PR NewswireProwly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PR NewswireProwly
    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.
    Incentivized
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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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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    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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    Semrush
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Semrush
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Semrush
    No answers on this topic
    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
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    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.
    Incentivized
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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