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Best Media Monitoring Software in 2026

• 51 apps
• Research read 5 Oct 2026
• How the order is worked out

1. 1 E

   Europe Media Monitor

   Free plan AndroidiPhoneWeb
   6.2 Free plan Visit site
2. 2 A

   Anewstip

   Free plan Web
   6.1 Free plan · paid from $200/mo · 7-day trial Visit site
3. 3

   Cision

   by Cision

   Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

   Choose Cision if you need news, web, and social monitoring with sentiment analysis and alerts through your preferred listed channel.

   6.0 Pricing on request Visit site
4. 4 N

   Newsmeter

   Free plan Web
   6.0 Free plan Visit site
5. 5

   Nexis Newsdesk

   Free trial AndroidiPhoneWeb
   6.0 Pricing on request Visit site
6. 6 A

   Agility PR Solutions

   by Agility PR Solutions

   Paid APIWeb

   Choose Agility PR Solutions if you need media monitoring across several channels, with social listening or reporting options.

   5.8 Pricing on request Visit site
7. 7 C

   Critical Mention

   by Critical Mention

   Paid APIWeb

   Choose Critical Mention if your organization needs earned media monitoring across broadcast, online news, social media, or podcasts, with reporting and alerts in one suite.

   5.7 Pricing on request Visit site
8. 8

   Factiva

   Paid APIiPhoneWeb

   Choose Factiva if your work calls for business news, company research and tools for tracking topics or sales signals.

   5.7 Pricing on request Visit site
9. 9 P

   Plaqad IQ

   Free plan Web
   5.6 Free plan Visit site
10. 10 M

    Muck Rack

    by Muck Rack

    Paid APIWeb

    Choose Muck Rack if your PR work needs journalist discovery, pitching, monitoring and reporting in one workflow. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan or published plan prices.

    5.5 Free plan · pricing on request Visit site
11. 11 I

    Isentia

    by Isentia

    Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

    Isentia combines web, news, and social monitoring with sentiment analysis and push alerts. Pricing is paid and available on request.

    5.4 Pricing on request Visit site
12. 12 T

    TVEyes Insight

    by TVEyes Insight

    Free trial Web

    TVEyes Insight offers a stated mix of media monitoring and alert features across three geographic coverage tiers. Buyers need to request pricing and choose a plan based on the required scope.

    5.4 Pricing on request Visit site
13. 13 C

    CARMA

    Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

    Choose CARMA if your organization needs media monitoring across several types of coverage, with a choice of automated analytics or added curation.

    5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
14. 14

    NewsWhip Spike

    by NewsWhip Spike

    Paid Web

    NewsWhip Spike brings broad web and social monitoring together with engagement predictions, dashboards, alerts, and digests.

    5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
15. 15 N

    Notified AI Press Release Optimizer

    Paid Web

    Choose the Optimizer if your communications team uses GlobeNewswire distribution and wants editorial guidance for press releases before sending them out.

    5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
16. 16 O

    Onclusive Social

    by Onclusive Social

    Paid Web

    Onclusive Social combines network monitoring, sentiment analysis, alerts, and influencer insights for communications work.

    5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
17. 17 S

    Signal AI

    by Signal AI

    Paid APIWeb

    Consider Signal AI if your communications or risk team needs broad external monitoring, real-time alerts or analysis tied to an organizational risk register.

    5.1 Pricing on request Visit site
18. 18 P

    PeakMetrics

    by PeakMetrics

    Paid APIWeb

    PeakMetrics combines narrative monitoring, threat detection, configurable scoring, and response guidance across news, social, and open-web sources.

    5.0 Pricing on request Visit site
19. 19

    Talkwalker

    by Talkwalker

    Paid Web

    Talkwalker offers broad social, web, and news monitoring with sentiment analysis and email alerts. Its three paid plans scale results volume, channels, historical data, and governance features.

    4.9 Pricing on request Visit site
20. 20 V

    Vuelio

    by Vuelio

    Paid Web

    Vuelio combines extensive media and stakeholder data with monitoring, distribution and analytics tools.

    4.9 Pricing on request Visit site
21. 21 C

    Core Intelligence

    Paid iPhoneWeb
    4.7 7-day trial Visit site
22. 22 H

    Hypefactors Monitor

    Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb
    4.7 Pricing on request Visit site
23. 23 M

    Meltwater Media Monitoring

    Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb
    4.7 Pricing on request Visit site
24. 24 A

    ACCESS Newswire

    Paid Web
    4.6 Visit site
25. 25 A

    AISEE

    Paid Web
    4.6 Pricing on request · 14-day trial Visit site

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