9 categories · RankedMeltwater
Meltwater is a media intelligence and social listening platform that also includes AI tracking · meltwater.com ↗
Gane, the publisher, sells software in Competitive intel and AI visibility, where this product is measured. It is measured there by the same method as every other product. How the conflict is handled.
Leads at enterprise. Ranked 63 of 64 for small business buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Brand24 is first at 45%.
Muck Rack is first at 42%. 4 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Ranked first. Next is CisionOne at 21%.
Why models recommend it
“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 question · first choice
“For the broadest general media coverage: Choose Meltwater, which is widely positioned as a global enterprise platform”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · first choice
“Choose Cision or Meltwater if you operate globally and need a comprehensive "news in a box" solution.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“For comprehensive PR (monitoring + relations): Start with Cision or Meltwater.”Grok 4.20 · Comparative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“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 question · warning
“Frequently criticized as overpriced relative to value... Risk score noted as "caution" in some analyses due to commercial practices.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“What to Avoid on a Limited Budget Enterprise platforms like Meltwater, Cision, or Brandwatch ... overkill and expensive”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Received a 71% negative rate and is also considered more suitable for large enterprises rather than small businesses.”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Meltwater, over the 343 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190 | 12 | Compare → | |
| 148 | 30 | Compare → | |
| 125 | 43 | Compare → | |
| 103 | 2 | View → | |
| 87 | 14 | Compare → | |
| 84 | 8 | View → | |
| 65 | 2 | View → | |
| 63 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 62 | 0 | View → | |
| 54 | 2 | Compare → |
What the models named instead of Meltwater →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Meltwater's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- PR, Communications, and Marketing leaders
- Price stated
- Meltwater applique une tarification sur mesure, adaptée à la réalité et aux objectifs de chaque organisation.
- Free plan or trial
- Meltwater ne propose pas d’essai gratuit en libre-service. En revanche, vous pouvez bénéficier d’une démonstration personnalisée et gratuite.
- Customers named
- Radisson Hotel Group, NASCAR, Neuro, Haleon, Canon, Proteor
- Headquarters
- San Francisco
- Founded
- 2001
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 300 of the 343 answers that named Meltwater and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
593 of the 726 domain citations in answers naming Meltwater came from a third party's page. Fifty-five were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 1,669 | 12 | 2026-09-25 | SEO, Social media | |
| Conference or event | 370 | 1 | 2026-09-22 | SEO, Direct mail | |
| Glossary or explainer | 329 | 1 | 2026-07-09 | Social media, CRM | |
| Case study | 302 | 10 | 2026-09-08 | ||
| News or press | 172 | 8 | 2026-09-24 | Influencer | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 133 | 0 | 2025-05-30 | SEO, Social media | |
| Report or ebook | 92 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 41 | 6 | 2026-09-28 | ||
| Podcast or video | 23 | 0 | 2025-11-14 | SEO | |
| Template or tool | 17 | 0 | 2023-09-19 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Audio vs video podcasts comparison
- 2026-09-25Linkedin ai visibility questions blog
- 2026-09-25Beyond polarity attitude analysis blog
- 2026-09-24Comparably awards news or press
- 2026-09-24Best ai search monitoring tools blog
- 2026-09-23Social media crisis response blog
Events in person
- reported June 2026Meltwater Summit on Tour: Sydney 2026Redfern, Australia · hosted
- May 7, 2026Meltwater Summit 2026 Day 2New York City, null · hosted
- May 5, 2026 to May 6, 2026Meltwater Summit 2026New York City · hosted
As the event pages on meltwater.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page meltwater.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Of its titles that name a category, most name SEO (14); 13 name its categories the models place it in. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.