# Meltwater alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 390 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Meltwater holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/meltwater/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Brand24: 55
- SparkToro: 53
- GWI: 25
- Semrush AI PR Toolkit: 19
- Awario: 14
- Muck Rack: 13

## PR and media monitoring

**Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Meltwater (Meltwater is #11 of 12 at 0%).

- Brand24: first choice in 41 of those 78
- Semrush AI PR Toolkit: first choice in 15 of those 78
- Awario: first choice in 12 of those 78
- Mention: first choice in 6 of those 78
- Google Alerts: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Muck Rack: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Agility PR Solutions: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Prezly: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Mid-market**: 52 of 84 answers did not name Meltwater (Meltwater is #4 of 13 at 10%).

- Brand24: first choice in 11 of those 52
- Muck Rack: first choice in 10 of those 52
- Semrush AI PR Toolkit: first choice in 4 of those 52
- Agility PR Solutions: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Awario: first choice in 2 of those 52
- CisionOne: first choice in 1 of those 52
- Google Alerts: first choice in 1 of those 52
- Signal AI: first choice in 1 of those 52

**Enterprise**: 28 of 84 answers did not name Meltwater (Meltwater is #1 of 9 at 52%).

- Brand24: first choice in 3 of those 28
- Onclusive: first choice in 1 of those 28
- Talkwalker: first choice in 1 of those 28
- Truescope: first choice in 1 of those 28

## Audience and consumer insights platforms

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Meltwater (Meltwater is #16 of 18 at 0%).

- SparkToro: first choice in 35 of those 82
- SurveyMonkey: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Apollo.io: first choice in 3 of those 82
- GWI: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Wynter: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Attest: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Audiense: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Delve AI: first choice in 2 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Meltwater (Meltwater is #7 of 12 at 0%).

- SparkToro: first choice in 18 of those 74
- GWI: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Audiense: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Google Analytics 4: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Wynter: first choice in 3 of those 74
- 6sense: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Apollo.io: first choice in 2 of those 74
- GWI - Global Web Index: first choice in 2 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Meltwater (Meltwater is #10 of 16 at 0%).

- GWI: first choice in 16 of those 76
- Qualtrics: first choice in 8 of those 76
- 6sense: first choice in 6 of those 76
- Demandbase: first choice in 5 of those 76
- Attest: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Adobe Real-Time CDP: first choice in 2 of those 76
- YouGov Profiles: first choice in 2 of those 76
- 6sense Revenue AI: first choice in 1 of those 76

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