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    Agility PR Solutions

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAgility PR Solutions is a media monitoring and analysis platform for public relations management, and a subsidiary of Innodata. The product was originally PR Newswire Agility, which was divested to MediaMiser, a subsidiary of Innodata, then rebranded as Agility PR Solutions.N/A

    Critical Mention

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ACritical Mention headquartered in New York offers their eponymous media monitoring platform for public relations and crisis management.N/A
    Pricing
    Agility PR SolutionsCritical Mention
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    Agility PR SolutionsCritical Mention
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Agility PR SolutionsCritical Mention
    Considered Both Products
    Innodata
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    71%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    57%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    71%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Agility PR SolutionsCritical Mention
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.6
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Agility PR SolutionsCritical Mention
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Innodata
    Agility PR Solutions is well-suited to finding mentions for a large number of keywords and keeping them organized. As a membership association, this is perfect for us because we are able to track all of our members. We are also able to use it to find up-to-date reporter contacts in the right areas for our media pitches and press releases for both ourselves and members. Scenarios where Agility PR Solutions is not well suited... I haven't really found any yet. I anticipate that if you expected the software to do everything for you, then maybe that would be a problem.
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    Critical Mention
    Critical Mention is great for schools/businesses/etc. that want to know when they are in the news. Sometimes a brand's reputation can suffer greatly if you are not aware of an issue that was posted by a competitor or media outlet If you are not in the news a lot, there is no need for this product.
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    Pros
    Innodata
    • Maintains current media contacts.
    • Distribute pitches and releases to a targeted list of reporters.
    • Generate metrics to provide clients with a clear understanding of their media campaign's coverage.
    • Target messaging to reporters interested in specific topics.
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    Critical Mention
    • Critical Mention's customer service is excellent. Any time we've had a challenge finding a clip or anything, they are on top of it and go above and beyond to make sure we have what we are looking for quickly.
    • The ability to create tailored clips of each mention and quickly share them is unparalleled.
    • The reporting feature is fantastic. It makes it very simple to pull detailed reports and share them with interested parties.
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    Cons
    Innodata
    • There is a lot of stuff you can do on the website, and it can be challenging to find what you need without asking customer service for help. I'm a person who likes to do things for myself.
    • Sometimes I wish that more of their features were just a part of what was available instead of an upsell. I want to use everything but can afford it.
    • I feel like they upgrade a lot which is great but at the same time, changing the feeling of things makes it feel less familiar.
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    Critical Mention
    • I believe the one frustration I have with searching in general that if the closed captioning is not correct on the broadcast end Critical Mention will miss that data. Which is not a Critical Mention issue and does overcome depending on the search. Also, it would be great if you wanted to capture a complete 30 minutes newscast, it could be done by using the search. The clips need to be about to handle 30-minute programs.
    • One nagging issue when using Critical Mention is that it does not save e-mail addresses when sending a report and this requires a waste of time having to type in e-mails that should be able to be pulled from the customers' contacts.
    • Also, it would be great if you wanted to capture a complete 30 minutes newscast, it could be done by using the search. The clips need to be able to handle 30-minute programs.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Innodata
    No answers on this topic
    Critical Mention
    I gave this a 5 only because I do not make the decisions to renew. When I used this at my previous company, I also recommended to the decision maker to renew this tool as it was a crucial piece to the overall client objective
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    Usability
    Innodata
    It is very easy to become proficient with Agility PR Solutions, with or without formal training.
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    Critical Mention
    It's great for quickly looking up a specific clip, but this platform makes it difficult to select and accurately report on a high volume of clips
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    Support Rating
    Innodata
    No answers on this topic
    Critical Mention
    Look, Critical Mention follows up on an or phone call immediately or in the AM the following business day. I have called them after hours and get a live person to work through any issues that may have come up. Support seems to be job one with Critical Mention.
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    Implementation Rating
    Innodata
    No answers on this topic
    Critical Mention
    Critical Mention implementation was easy and fast. Their support and training were awesome.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Innodata
    Both Cision and Meltwater were far more expensive but far less user-friendly. In my opinion, they were confusing and support was non-existent.
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    Critical Mention
    Burrelles is confusing and outdated. Critical Mention works on the side of the account team and understands our needs better. I was able to share hundreds of outlets that I wanted to be included in my online search and Critical Mention added all of them in less than a day I was seeing better results in my searches. The possibilities with Burrelles seem limited while Critical Mention's online monitoring service really lets me craft reports the way I want to
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    Return on Investment
    Innodata
    • We love to be able to share member news, so Agility PR Solutions enables us to do just that. Better! This improves our member engagement, which then improves retention.
    • We are a funded EDA Tech Hub. I use Agility PR Solutions to track both mentions for ourselves so we can share them with the EDA which is important for ratings, but also to track what the other hubs are doing.
    • Agility PR Solutions has had an impact on our media relations because I can now send out a media advisory about a press release to a targeted list instead of just putting out a press release that might never reach anyone.
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    Critical Mention
    • Every week the department I am a part does dozens of searches on Critical Mention. We use it as our primary search engine for all things broadcast.
    • One negative aspect is that we do not know where Critical Mention gets their audience viewing numbers from so we just have to take it as their word.
    • Another negative aspect is that we are limited on the amount of time that one clip can be so we have to share several clips of the same show with our clients.
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