Muck Rack vs Google Alerts
Nine of fourteen models named Muck Rack first on the direct prompt; zero named Google Alerts. Muck Rack was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Google Alerts by twelve and Muck Rack carries 57 labels and Google Alerts 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.
New York City, United States, founded 2009. Named in two categories this edition.
By Google, Mountain View, California, United States, founded 1998. Named in seven categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the PR and media monitoring page.
By framing
Muck RackFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGoogle Alerts
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Muck Rack and Google Alerts were named in the same answer forty times, of the 161 answers naming Muck Rack and the 148 naming Google Alerts. In those answers Google Alerts took the first choice zero times and Muck Rack one.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | | |
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Muck Rack Google Alerts first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Muck Rack on the left and Google Alerts on the right.The direct prompt
Muck Rack first, Google Alerts not the choice
9 of 14 modelsGoogle Alerts was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Muck Rack8%#4 of 12Google Alerts3%#6 of 12Muck Rack42%#1 of 13Google Alerts2%#8 of 13Muck Rack5%#3 of 9Google Alerts0%#– of 9What the models said about Muck Rack
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Avoid big enterprise platforms like Meltwater, Cision, or Muck Rack” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Limited functionality and incomplete media coverage... Weak reporting/analysis and mobile support.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“powerful but generally use custom pricing and are harder to justify on a tight budget” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“Choose Muck Rack if: Pitching journalists, maintaining media relationships, and having a modern CRM interface are your top priorities.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“The Industry Standard: Muck Rack ... has become the de facto standard for independent PR professionals and in-house B2B teams” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Muck Rack stands out as the best overall PR and media monitoring platform for a mid-market B2B company” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Google Alerts
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“While free, this has serious limitations... only captures 30% of what professional services track.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Google Alerts is widely considered one of the riskiest tools for professional PR monitoring.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“It is clunky, doesn't track social media effectively... lacks sentiment analysis” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“start with Google Alerts (free) for basic needs” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.