PR and media monitoring · November 2026 Edition
Muck Rack vs Meltwater
Nine of fourteen models named Muck Rack first on the direct prompt; four named Meltwater. Both were named by all fourteen models and Muck Rack carries 57 labels and Meltwater 72, so the shares are not directly comparable.
New York City, United States, founded 2009. Named in two categories this edition.
By Meltwater Group, San Francisco, founded 2001. Named in nine categories this edition.
First-choice share42%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%38%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels5772A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Muck Rack reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Agility PR Solutions was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Muck Rack vs Brand24 · Muck Rack vs Semrush AI PR Toolkit · Muck Rack vs Agility PR Solutions
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
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Muck RackFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMeltwater
Direct942 against Meltwater
Paraphrase1206 against Meltwater
Comparative18
Budget-constrained003 against Muck Rack · 9 against Meltwater
Scale-constrained01
Negative202 against Muck Rack · 10 against Meltwater
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Muck Rack and Meltwater were named in the same answer 148 times, of the 161 answers naming Muck Rack and the 343 naming Meltwater. In those answers Meltwater took the first choice thirty-eight times and Muck Rack thirty.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Muck Rack and Meltwater stood in it.
| 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 Meltwater first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Muck Rack on the left and Meltwater on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Muck Rack and Meltwater stood in it.
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Mistral SmallMeltwater, Muck Rack alternatives: Agility PR Solutions, Mention, Semrush AI PR Toolkit
Muck Rack first, Meltwater an alternative
8 of 14 modelsMeltwater was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Agility PR Solutions, Muck Rack alternatives: Mention, Semrush AI PR Toolkit
GPT-5.4 miniMuck Rack alternatives: CisionOne, Meltwater
Gemini 3.5 FlashMuck Rack alternatives: Agility PR Solutions, Semrush AI PR Toolkit
Grok 4.20Muck Rack alternatives: Brand24, Meltwater
DeepSeek V4 FlashMuck Rack alternatives: Agility PR Solutions, Brand24
Llama 4 MaverickMuck Rack alternatives: Agility PR Solutions, Meltwater, Semrush AI PR Toolkit
GLM 4.7 FlashXMuck Rack alternatives: Brand24, Meltwater
GPT-6 LunaMuck Rack alternatives: CisionOne, Meltwater
Meltwater first, Muck Rack an alternative
3 of 14 modelsMuck Rack was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Perplexity SonarMeltwater alternatives: Agility PR Solutions, Brand24, Muck Rack
Qwen 3.7 FlashBrand24, Meltwater alternatives: Agility PR Solutions, Semrush AI PR Toolkit
Muse Glimmer 30BMeltwater alternatives: Agility PR Solutions, Brand24, CisionOne
Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.MiniMax M2.5Agility PR Solutions, Semrush AI PR Toolkit alternatives: Brand24, Muck Rack
Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Kimi K2Brand24, Semrush AI PR Toolkit alternatives: CisionOne
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
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Muck Rack leads by eight points.
Muck Rack8%#4 of 12Meltwater0%#11 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Muck Rack leads by thirty-two points.
Muck Rack42%#1 of 13Meltwater10%#4 of 13Enterprise
The order flips: Meltwater leads at enterprise.
Meltwater52%#1 of 9Muck Rack5%#3 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 Meltwater
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“As a product/platform, Meltwater was an overpriced, worse alternative to Google alerts and provided no semblance of quality monitoring results” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Frequently criticized as overpriced relative to value... Risk score noted as "caution" in some analyses due to commercial practices.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“What to Avoid on a Limited Budget Enterprise platforms like Meltwater, Cision, or Brandwatch ... overkill and expensive” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Meltwater is the current consensus leader... Meltwater is currently rated #1 on G2 and the top first-choice in enterprise AI buyer tests.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“For the broadest general media coverage: Choose Meltwater, which is widely positioned as a global enterprise platform” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose Cision or Meltwater if you operate globally and need a comprehensive "news in a box" solution.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
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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.