Cision Communications Cloud vs. PR Newswire

Cision Communications Cloud

459 Reviews and Ratings

PR Newswire

24 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cision Communications Cloud	Score6.9 out of 10	N/A	CIsion Communications Cloud is used for identifying key media and influencers, connecting with audiences, monitoring traditional and social media, and analyzing outcomes.	N/A
PR Newswire	Score8.3 out of 10	N/A	N/A	$199 per release

Pricing

Cision Communications Cloud

PR Newswire

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Newswire Digital: $199
per release
Newswire Digital Plus: $449
per release
Newswire State: $499
per release
Newswire Canada: $649
per release
Newswire UK: $649
per release
Newswire Asia: $649
per release
Newswire National: $799
per release
Newswire Financial: $799
per release
Newswire Latin America: $949
per release
Newswire Global: 1,649
per release

Pricing Offerings
Cision Communications Cloud	PR Newswire
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Cision Communications Cloud	PR Newswire
Considered Both Products	Cision Mike Tomlinson Account Manager at Engage PR (Public Relations and Communications, 11-50 employees) Chose Cision Communications Cloud Most of the tools we evaluated came with some kind of built-in dashboards, but none were are interactive or visually appealing as Cision's. Many of the tools offer what Cision does, but Cision just has a much easier user interface and drastically reduces the amount of steps it … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cision Communications Cloud I find Meltwater to be as user-friendly/easy to use as Cision, but the difference is in the number of metrics that Cision is able to capture and quantify (ie audience, UVPM, publicity value, etc). To be fair, I've also only started using Meltwater, but I prefer Cision because … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cision Communications Cloud Purely from a media research (media list) database perspective, Cision provides the best, most robust results in the industry. Most important, however, is that the database is kept current. This is a big deal as reporters and producers tend to move around quite a bit. In … Incentivized Helpful? Pete Terhorst President and Co-Founder in Marketing at SymPoint Communications (Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Cision Communications Cloud There has been consolidation in this industry, for example Cision absorbed PR Newswire, but Cision seems to have made itself stronger while still producing an effective platform for media monitoring. Incentivized Helpful? Dan Green External Communications Manager, North America in Corporate at AkzoNobel (Chemicals, 10,001+ employees) Chose Cision Communications Cloud Cision now owns Vocus, but when I used Vocus in the past, it just couldn't compare to what Cision offered. The database wasn't updated nearly as frequently, so reporter contact info was terribly out of date. I like the Meltwater product, but it still has some room for growth to … Incentivized Helpful? Elaine Salter Public Relations Administrator in Professional Services at American College of Emergency Physicians (Public Relations and Communications, 51-200 employees) Chose Cision Communications Cloud Each of the above platforms had strengths and weaknesses in their own right, but each one had one or more critical components that others did not (including good customer service). Cision Communications Cloud seems to have more of what I need in terms of measuring various … Incentivized Helpful?	Cision Ashley Taylor Director of International Branding and Marketing in Marketing at Allied Dispatch Solutions (Logistics & Supply Chain, 201-500 employees) Chose PR Newswire They are obviously related, however, I do not see how they can be stacked against one another. Incentivized Helpful? Cindy Arco Public Relations Manager, Florida Region at Comcast (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees) Chose PR Newswire I previously used Business Wire. We made the decision to switch to PR Newswire because we were not satisfied with the pricing and customer support we were getting from Business Wire. PR Newswire gave us a package of news releases, so we save money versus doing them individually … Incentivized Helpful? Dan Lobring Vice President, Marketing Communications in Marketing at rEvolution (Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees) Chose PR Newswire PR Newswire and Businesswire are familiar, similar products in terms of newswire distribution services. Many times it comes down to client familiarity with one service over the other, the cost per distribution, the reach of distribution, as well as other related fees, i.e., you … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	Cision Communications Cloud	PR Newswire
Likelihood to Recommend	8.6 (279 ratings)	8.0 (15 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.0 (17 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	7.0 (53 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Availability	9.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	9.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (192 ratings)	5.7 (2 ratings)
Online Training	8.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	7.3 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)