PodPitch runs the outreach loop. Medialyst proves who fits the story.
PodPitch runs the outreach loop across podcasts, press and newsletters. Medialyst goes deep on which journalists fit this story, and why.


Who builds Medialyst, and who grades it.
As far as we know, Medialyst is the only AI PR tool that publishes a public, recurring quality benchmark. Carly Martinetti, our Founding Strategic Advisor, runs Notably, a boutique PR agency serving 25+ clients; she grades our real media lists, and we publish every grade, starting with her first: F, 27.9/100. Elvis Sun, the founder, is an AI engineer who spent 8 years at Google working on AI systems.
The honest comparison.
Pulled from PodPitch's own public product and database pages and our own product. We update this page when either side ships something new.
| Capability | Medialyst | PodPitch |
|---|---|---|
| Finding the right journalist | ||
| Find journalists for this story | ✓ Story-specific relevance scoring | ~ Plain-English search across podcasts, reporters and newsletters |
| Understand a journalist's beat | ✓ Reads past articles + recent coverage | ~ AI analyzes podcast episode content; journalist method not detailed |
| Analyze past writing | ✓ Grounded in actual articles | ~ References recent episodes or articles; analysis depth not documented |
| Per-journalist pitch angles | ✓ Personalized angles + pitch drafts | ~ AI writes a pitch in your voice for each contact |
| Data freshness | ✓ Live news article search in real time | ~ Podcast data refreshed every 24 hours; broader contact freshness not detailed |
| Refine a list with natural language | ✓ “Remove anyone inactive in 6 months” | ~ One-sentence plain-English setup |
| Find more like top performers | ✓ “Find 20 more like the top 5” | ~ AI advisor suggests more shows where a winning angle fits |
| Add custom enrichment columns | ✓ “Research if they use affiliate links” | ~ Not documented |
| Pitching & sending | ||
| Email verification | ✓ Multi-step verification waterfall | ~ Podcast host emails use a multi-step verification pipeline |
| Send from one place | ✓ Built-in sending | ~ Sends from your inbox; automatic follow-ups; reply drafts; tracking |
| Pricing & setup | ||
| Time to first pitch | ✓ Minutes | ~ Drafts in 3 seconds; end-to-end time not published |
| Free trial | ✓ First list free | ~ Free 1:1 demo; self-serve trial terms not documented |
| Contract | ✓ None — cancel anytime | ~ Demo page says no commitment |
| Price | ✓ from $149/mo | ~ Public plan prices not listed |
| Agent-native workflows | ||
| API access | ✓ Public REST API | ~ API listed; access and pricing details not public |
| Remote MCP support | ✓ Hosted remote MCP server | ~ Not documented |
| Agent-native workflows | ✓ Usable directly inside Claude, ChatGPT & Cursor | ~ Not documented |
| CSV import / re-enrichment from competitor exports | ✓ Upload any CSV — the agent re-verifies & re-scores | ~ Unbranded Excel export; CSV re-enrichment not documented |
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Why people switch from PodPitch.
The product is built around the outreach loop
PodPitch says it “finds the right shows and writers, writes every pitch in your voice, sends from your inbox, follows up, and pitches your web visitors.” That is a broad, end-to-end outreach system. Medialyst concentrates on the research decision before outreach: which journalists fit this specific story, what they published recently, and why they belong on the list.
podpitch.com — homepage ↗Its deepest published data evidence is about podcasts
PodPitch's database page documents 3.85M+ podcasts, a 24-hour refresh cycle, host emails, episode data, listener demographics, Match Scores and Virality Scores. Its homepage separately says it covers reporters and newsletters, but the same level of journalist-specific methodology is not documented on the cited pages. Medialyst starts from current articles and shows the reporting evidence behind every journalist fit.
podpitch.com/data — podcast database ↗Public pricing vs a demo-led sale
PodPitch's cited pages route buyers to a free 1:1 demo and do not list plan prices as of 5 October 2026. Medialyst publishes every plan and limit: Starter is $149 monthly or $97 a month billed annually, your first list is free, and paid plans have a 14-day money-back guarantee.
podpitch.com — homepage ↗A database result vs a documented fit decision
PodPitch shows plain-English search and Match Scores, but a written, per-journalist explanation tied to the recent articles behind a specific story is not documented on its cited pages. Medialyst gives every journalist a 0–100 fit score and a written reason with the recent coverage that supports it, or says there is not enough evidence.
podpitch.com — homepage ↗Where PodPitch wins.
A large, detailed podcast database
PodPitch claims 3.85M+ podcasts refreshed every 24 hours, with verified host emails, recent episode data, episode frequency, listener counts and demographics, Match Scores and Virality Scores. Medialyst does not cover podcast guest booking today, so PodPitch is the more purpose-built choice when podcasts are the channel.
Sending, follow-ups, replies and reporting in one system
PodPitch writes pitches in your voice, sends from your inbox, follows up in the same thread, drafts replies in Magic Inbox, tracks opens and replies, monitors mentions, and produces earned-media reports. Medialyst does the journalist research and provides sending, but it does not offer PodPitch's full monitoring and reporting bundle today.
Agency packaging
PodPitch says an account can hold unlimited profiles for brands, clients and executives, team seats are free from 2 to 200 people, and progress, lists and results can be exported as clean, unbranded Excel files. That is useful packaging for agencies managing several clients.
A separate sales-outreach product is included
PodPitch says every account includes the separate MagicPitch offering, which can build prospect lists and run sequences across email, LinkedIn, text, postcards and gifts. Magic Pitch also remains available as a standalone product at magicpitch.com; the bundle is a relationship between two products, not a rename.
Where Medialyst pulls ahead.
Journalist fit grounded in recent coverage
Every journalist gets a 0–100 fit score for your specific story and a written reason that cites the recent articles behind it. On Pro and Scale, deep fit scoring also reads each journalist's author page, recent bylines and the opening of their latest articles before judging fit. You see and edit the story angles before a credit is spent.
A person stays on every send
Medialyst researches the list, drafts the pitch and leaves the send with you. You review and send from your own Gmail or Outlook, with open, click and reply tracking, and bot and scanner opens filtered out. Sending always involves a person; research doesn't have to.
Verified emails, and you pay only for hits
You pay 1 credit only when Medialyst delivers a verified email. Misses are free. Every email delivered was validated within the last 14 days or is re-checked when you build the list. PodPitch documents verification for its podcast-host database, while its broader journalist find rate is not published on the cited pages.
Custom research and agent-native access
Ask custom research questions in plain language across a whole list, upload any CSV for re-verification and re-scoring, or use the public REST API and hosted remote MCP server from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or your own scripts. PodPitch lists an API but does not publish API access details or an MCP server on the cited pages as of 5 October 2026.
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PodPitchnot publishedThree places the difference shows up.
01Database quality
85M+ podcasts, a 24-hour refresh cycle, verified host emails, recent episode data, listener counts and demographics, Match Scores and Virality Scores.
It says every podcast email goes through a multi-step verification pipeline, and that inactive shows are flagged through daily crawling. 1B-contact database, but the cited pages do not document the journalist side with the same field-by-field depth. Medialyst starts from current coverage rather than a broad profile search. You describe the story, it reads the relevant articles, identifies the outlets and journalists publishing on the subject, and scores each person for fit with a written reason that cites the work behind it.
Medialyst's email comes from its database when it was validated in the last 14 days; otherwise it is re-checked when you build the list. If you need podcast hosts and audience data, PodPitch is purpose-built for that job. If you need an evidence-backed journalist list for a specific story, Medialyst is.
02Speed
PodPitch emphasizes outreach speed.
Its homepage says drafts are created in 3 seconds, use your voice and reference a recent episode, then send from your inbox on a natural schedule; follow-ups run in-thread and Magic Inbox drafts the reply. It does not publish an end-to-end time from brief to approved media list on the cited pages. Medialyst is fast at the research decision.
Paste a release, URL or topic, review the angles, and receive a scored journalist list with verified emails in minutes. The result is a list you can inspect before sending, so a breaking-news window does not force you to trade speed for control. PodPitch is the broader outreach machine; Medialyst is the focused route to an evidence-backed journalist list.
03AI & agent surface
PodPitch is a hosted platform used through its own app.
Its homepage lists an API alongside SSO and enterprise security, but the cited public pages do not document API access, pricing or a remote MCP server as of 5 October 2026. Medialyst exposes a public REST API and hosted remote MCP server on every plan, including free credits, so an agent in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor can build lists, enrich journalists and search the news directly.
Custom research columns turn plain-language questions into structured answers for every row, and any CSV can be uploaded for re-verification and re-scoring. If the media-research step needs to live inside your own agent workflow, Medialyst publishes the interface for it.
Two pricing philosophies, side by side.
Ours is public and posted. Here's how it sits next to PodPitch's own published pricing page and what named third parties report.
- Starterfounders & small teams$97/mo annual
- Proin-house comms & PR teams$194/mo annual
- Scaleagencies & high-volume teams$520/mo annual
- No contract · no per-seat fees · cancel anytime · 14-day money-back guarantee
- Free first list — 100 credits, no credit card
- One unified product — no modules priced separately
- PodPitch does not publish plan prices on the cited pages as of 5 October 2026. Its current homepage routes buyers to a free 1:1 demo, says the demo takes 15 minutes, and says there is no commitment.
- No public pricing — quote on request
In the words of Medialyst users.
Real customers, approved for use. Your results depend on your story and your list — these are theirs.
"What came back was a working list with real journalists, current coverage, and contact information I could use the same day. No cross-referencing. No digging through three different tabs. One prompt and I was pitching."

"I love Medialyst. It follows the workflow I already use, which, if I may say so myself, is the right workflow. I don't keep old Excel documents full of old emails and blast things to people. I hate the spray and pray. I like to make sure reporters are writing about the things I'm talking about, and to find new people who are. Muck Rack, Cision, all of those are basically very expensive static databases. I already know the major trade reporters. What Medialyst has helped me uncover are the people at Fast Company and The Wall Street Journal who cover packaging, and the freelancers I can get on the radar of. Muck Rack just doesn't help with that. Now when I tell Claude 'here's the person,' it pulls them through Medialyst, onto my list there, and starts gathering information about them. I haven't gotten a bounced email yet. I'd rather send a smaller list I can defend. And I'm never afraid to share it with clients, because it has everything in there. It proves its worth. My first job, as an intern, was photocopying Bacon's books into an Excel database every year. So I'm acutely aware of how hard it is to keep track of all this. This is how I would approach it myself."

"Medialyst makes it super easy to narrow down and create dedicated PR lists to reach out to the journalists that actually want to hear what you have to say. The timeline from chatting to the agent about what you have to promote to actually launching the campaign goes down to mere 1-2 hours instead of days worth of research and prospecting."

"Then recently I stumbled upon Elvis Sun's agentic PR tool Medialyst — with a few detailed prompts, the agent comes up with a pretty targeted list of journalists. The best thing is it gives a summary of their recent articles before I commit to reading every piece."

"This new company is a terrific idea—and helps PR people in ways they didn't know they needed it. The team really 'gets' this business and so many businesses just don't. Jump in. The agents are ready!"

"Medialyst is the only tool that keeps up with the pace our firm needs to move at across our High Growth B2B Tech clients. The journalist targeting is sharp as well as accurate, and Elvis actually ships when you give him feedback."

"It's 100% customizable to you & your clients. It's affordable. It's built by someone who gets back to you quickly & truly wants to give the people what they want — MORE time."

"The big media database platforms are built for agencies with full teams and retainers to match. For a boutique practice like mine, the economics just do not work. Medialyst fits the model. Beyond contact discovery, it helps me stay on top of what reporters are actually covering: the beats, the patterns, the recent angles. That is the real work of pitching well these days. Spray and pray is over, and Medialyst is built for how modern media relations actually works, at a price point that makes sense for the way I operate."

"Medialyst takes the guesswork out of journalist outreach. It vets your pitch for suitability, matches it to the right journalists, and hands you their most accurate contact details — so instead of firing off cold emails into the void, you're landing in the right inboxes. The result? Fewer emails sent, more stories published."

"This is a must-have if you work in media, it's easy to use and saves you a lot of time! The customer service has been some of the best I have experienced."

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