Isentia vs NewsWhip Spike
Isentia
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NewsWhip Spike
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| Figure | Isentia | NewsWhip Spike |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Media Monitoring Software | 7.6 (#6) | 7.6 (#7) |
| Spec score · Social Media Listening Software | 7.8 (#30) | 7.7 (#40) |
| Alert channels | push notifications | Email,Slack,Microsoft Teams |
| Founded | 1982 | NewsWhip was founded by Paul Quigley and Andrew Mullaney in 2011, and Spike launched in 2013. |
| Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | Dublin, Ireland |
| Integrations | The Isentia app supports sharing media items using a phone’s native sharing functionality. | 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 |
| Security | Isentia announced that its platform was included in Pulsar Group’s ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification. | NewsWhip's terms say it maintains commercially reasonable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to protect personal data. |
| Social network coverage | Facebook,Twitter,YouTube,Instagram,Tumblr,Reddit | Facebook,Reddit,X,Instagram,YouTube,TikTok |
| Support | Isentia says customers receive a local, dedicated account management team, and its support page lists [email protected] and a free online help site. | 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
Isentia
Isentia is a media intelligence platform that monitors and analyzes print, broadcast, online and social media coverage. It tracks brand mentions across more than 6,000,000 data sources, according to the company, and covers Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr and Reddit. Users can organize topics, sort and filter coverage, and receive real-time push notifications. Sentiment analysis helps assess coverage, while configurable dashboards let teams select charts and metrics for campaign, crisis, tracking or monthly reports. Dashboards can be turned into interactive branded reports shared by weblink or PDF. Connect provides a media database with more than 50,000 Asia-Pacific contacts and tools for distributing releases to selected journalists. The mobile app offers customizable content feeds, notification options, item sharing and an embedded radio and TV player. Lumina is described as an AI suite for PR and communications; Lumina AI View tracks sources cited by models such as Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude when discussing an organization. Isentia is available on web, iOS and Android. Pricing is paid and available on request.
NewsWhip Spike
NewsWhip Spike has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.