Critical Mention vs Newswire

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.

Newswire is a web platform for press release and multimedia distribution, with tools for media outreach and campaign monitoring. Its Media Suite combines a media database, pitching, monitoring, a media room, and release distribution. Distribution packages can reach channels including AP News, Yahoo, Nexstar, Benzinga, and Digital Journal. Analytics include campaign performance data, PDF reports, email open and click tracking, and social engagement metrics; users can also add Google Analytics code to the member panel. Custom keyword alerts can arrive in real time or on hourly, daily, or weekly schedules, with no stated limits on alerts or users. Newswire describes media lists and journalist pitching for small businesses, PR agencies, and in-house teams. It reviews submissions and says notifications are sent within a few hours. Toll-free phone and chat are listed as support options. Services are priced on request, while public distribution options are charged per release: STARTER is $399, paid once, STATE DISTRIBUTION is $599, paid once, BASIC is $659, paid once, and FEATURE is $965, paid once. The public page does not show an ongoing software subscription price.