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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Meltwater

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AMeltwater Media Intelligence platform is a set of public relations software tools for media monitoring, social media monitoring, and collecting brand insights. The four areas of functionality are Monitor, Analyze, Distribute, and Engage. (Note that this product combines features from the vendor Meltwater's former Buzz, Press, and News products.)N/A
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    Agility PR SolutionsMeltwater
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    Agility PR SolutionsMeltwater
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Agility PR SolutionsMeltwater
    Considered Both Products
    Innodata
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    Meltwater
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    63%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    62%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    69%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    63%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    81%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Agility PR SolutionsMeltwater
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
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    8.1
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    7.5
    (28 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    6.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Agility PR SolutionsMeltwater
    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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    Meltwater
    Meltwater is well-suited for agencies that have an engagement team who is looking to service a variety of client needs such as social media reporting, public relations outreach, and community management. If you're looking to have a platform serve just one need, you can still use Meltwater but will get more bang for your buck if you are needing a variety of tools.
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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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    Meltwater
    • Media research - you can search for relevant publications and journalists to add to your media list.
    • Earned media coverage - you can search for coverage of your brand and find news stories that also include data that may be useful (how many people did the story reach for example).
    • Building media lists - if you have no current existing list, you can build and export one in Excel for example.
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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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    Meltwater
    • The dashboards are not user-friendly, customizable (color, font size, etc.), or worthy of presenting to a client. All of the insights from a dashboard get pulled from the platform and placed into a more client-friendly presentation.
    • Paywalls for certain publications connected to who-knows-what. DowJones racket limits media monitoring capabilities and results in manual searches for a growing number of publications.
    • TVeyes, the broadcast monitoring arm of the media monitoring capabilities, just needs TLC and to become more client-facing. Currently, the links produced to share clips look sketchy, and they have a relatively short shelf life.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Innodata
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Meltwater works well for our organization and has allowed us to meet our internal goals. We are always open to new products and services that may be able to provide similar or better features; however, our experience has been that many of Meltwater's competitors are not up to the task.
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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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    Meltwater
    Once you get some basic training it's pretty easy to use. I would like to see training manuals, or instructional videos to help me explore features I'm not currently using.
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    Support Rating
    Innodata
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Our account rep at Meltwater went dark for a long time. Then, a couple of weeks ago, our new account manager reached out to set up a meeting. Apparently, they had a big shakeup in the company, and there were some personnel changes. Our new account rep was great in discussing the platform's capabilities that were available to us and even offered to schedule a follow-up meeting with his technical team to introduce our new social media team members to the platform and how it could help them with their jobs.
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    In-Person Training
    Innodata
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Again, really in-depth and helpful for a program that is really easy to use.
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    Online Training
    Innodata
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Walked step by step through program. Very informative on a program that doesn't require much training.
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    Implementation Rating
    Innodata
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    You are only allowed 15 users, so make sure you've identified who will have access to use the tool.
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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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    Meltwater
    I was looking for a full-service option. I did some research. What really sold me was the presentation. They offered products that were helpful, and I wasn’t even aware of them. It is more expensive than the other products that are out there, but you get more. The other companies are good, but Meltwater Media Intelligence is more full service.
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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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    Meltwater
    • As a PR firm, we rely on the media databases that [Meltwater Media Intelligence Platform] supplies to deliver the media exposure that they expect from us.
    • We utilize their tracking of media hits for our overall reporting to our clients.
    • Both of these are advantageous in helping us to not only keep our existing clients happy but also to gain new clients (and, in turn - revenue), as well.
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