Critical Mention vs NewsWhip Spike
Critical Mention
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NewsWhip Spike
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| Figure | Critical Mention | NewsWhip Spike |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Media Monitoring Software | 7.9 (#3) | 7.6 (#7) |
| Spec score · Social Media Listening Software | 7.5 (#51) | 7.7 (#40) |
| Alert channels | email,RSS | Email,Slack,Microsoft Teams |
| Founded | 2002 | NewsWhip was founded by Paul Quigley and Andrew Mullaney in 2011, and Spike launched in 2013. |
| Integrations | Online news reports can be automatically scheduled or delivered through an RSS feed to tools such as Slack. | NewsWhip says Spike alerts can be sent to Slack and Microsoft Teams, while Timeline data can be exported for PowerPoint and spreadsheets. |
| News monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Product | Critical Mention is an earned media monitoring suite for tracking broadcast, online news, social media, and podcast coverage. | NewsWhip Spike combines real-time web and social content feeds with public engagement data to identify and predict which content matters. |
| Social network coverage | Facebook,YouTube,Instagram,Twitter/X; Onclusive Social also mentions TikTok,LinkedIn,and Threads | Facebook,Reddit,X,Instagram,YouTube,TikTok |
| Support | Critical Mention says technical and account support is available 24/7/365. | NewsWhip lists a Customer Success contact for help with its tools. |
| Web monitoring | Yes | The product page says new articles can be found within minutes and coverage spans every country and language. |
Plans
In their own words
Critical Mention
Critical Mention is an earned media monitoring suite for broadcast, online news, social media and podcasts. It monitors more than 2,500 television and radio stations worldwide, with downloadable clips and unlimited cloud storage. Broadcast reports can use custom templates and branding, and include share of voice, sentiment and publicity value metrics. Online news tracking covers millions of sources and more than 90 languages, with instant alerts and audience, publicity and geographic metrics. Reports can be scheduled or sent through RSS to tools such as Slack. Social monitoring covers Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter/X, and supports keyword searches beyond handles and hashtags. Podcast monitoring offers real-time alerts, searchable speech-to-text transcripts, editable clips and sentiment analysis. Its media contact database provides millions of records, with filtering, exports and requested human-vetted contact updates that the company says are made within 24 hours. API partners can access TV, radio and podcast content, metadata and historical archives. Search results remain available for up to 26 months. Pricing is on request; technical and account support is listed as available 24/7/365.
NewsWhip Spike
NewsWhip Spike has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.