Comparisons · 2026
Compare Medialyst to the PR tools you already know.
Honest, side-by-side comparisons against the media databases, marketplaces, and outreach tools PR teams use today — pricing, strengths, and where an AI-native, agent-ready workflow pulls ahead.
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vsCision
Cision is the 800-lb gorilla of PR software — a 159-year-old wire-and-database empire trusted by 84% of the Fortune 500.
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vsMuck Rack
Muck Rack is the most popular media database among PR teams — and one of the most expensive, with opaque annual contracts that start around $5,000…
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vsMeltwater
Meltwater is enterprise media intelligence: deep media monitoring, social listening, and analytics sold on annual contracts that typically start in…
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vsProwly
Prowly was the affordable all-in-one PR platform — but it's no longer Prowly.
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vsPropel
Propel's database is static — ours is enriched live, and our agent surface goes deeper than Propel's AI features.
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vsPrezly
Prezly is great at managing relationships you already have — beautiful newsrooms, multimedia press releases, a clean PR CRM, and support that answe…
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vsBuzzStream
BuzzStream is an outreach and link-building CRM: it's built to manage and send campaigns to contacts you've already found, not to find the right jo…
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vsListIQ
ListIQ is a lightweight, affordable Chrome extension that pulls real-time journalist info from Google News pages as you browse.
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vsJustReachOut
JustReachOut is a well-liked, SMB-friendly outreach tool: it finds press opportunities, writes pitches, and sends from your own inbox.
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vsJournoFinder
JournoFinder users tired of stale emails from a product that's gone quiet — and an AI that's just their old filter UI with extra steps.
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vsQwoted
Qwoted is a source-request marketplace: journalists post queries, and you respond by pitching the same journalists as everyone else who got the sam…
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vsConnectively
Connectively was the name Cision gave HARO when it rebranded the service in March 2024, before shutting it down on December 9, 2024.
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vsHARO
HARO (Help A Reporter Out) was acquired by Cision, rebranded to Connectively in March 2024, and shut down on December 9, 2024 — then Featured.com b…
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vsFeatured
Featured (formerly Terkel) is a question-and-answer expert marketplace: publishers and journalists post questions, and you answer alongside every o…
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vsMagic Pitch
Magic Pitch is built around automatic pitching — the AI drafts and sends outreach for you.
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vsPress Ranger
Press Ranger is cheap and a genuinely fine on-ramp for DIY press-release distribution.
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