Every European PR and media monitoring software tool reviewed
Leuven, Belgium
Essential EUR 100 a month and Standard EUR 250 a month, both billed annually; Enterprise on request
14-day free trial, no card
Best for: In-house PR teams and small agencies that want to publish, pitch and report from one tool
Prezly starts from the story and builds the tool around it. You write a story in your own branded newsroom, send it as a pitch to a media list, and the opens, clicks and later coverage attach to the same record.
Two prices are public: Essential at EUR 100 a month for one site, one user and up to 5,000 contacts, and Standard at EUR 250 a month with a second user, 10,000 contacts, white-label sites, localisation and sending from your own domain, both billed annually.
The contracting company is Prezly BV in Leuven, with terms under Belgian law and the courts of Leuven as venue. The vendor describes connections to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini so an assistant can read contacts and campaign results, but the pages checked do not say where that data is processed or where the account is hosted. There is no news or social monitoring feed, so teams that report on clippings need a second vendor.
What Prezly does well
- Public prices and a 14-day trial without a card
- Newsroom, contacts, pitching and reports in one record
- Belgian company under Belgian law
- White-label sites and own-domain sending on Standard
- Connects to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini
Where Prezly falls short
- No news or social monitoring described
- Essential has one user and Prezly branding
- Contact caps of 5,000 and 10,000
- Data-hosting region not stated
Standout feature. Prezly is the only tool in this category that joins newsroom, media lists, pitching and results in one record at a price printed on the website.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded 2014
Start, Scale and Enterprise plans, all on request
Free trial on Start
Best for: Brands that run PR in several markets or languages and want newsroom, outreach and reporting together
PR.co is an Amsterdam platform that calls itself one tool for the whole PR workflow, and the plan table shows how that is split.
Start covers one market with one newsroom, two languages, one user, 1,000 contacts and 1,000 emails a month; Scale raises the language count to five and adds approvals, own-domain sending and a dedicated account manager; Enterprise is aimed at corporate communications and investor relations. No plan shows a price, and Start is the only one with a free trial.
The contracting entity is PR.co B.V., registered in Amsterdam under company number 34362319, and the company says it has worked with PR teams since 2014 with a remote team in six countries. Its media monitoring module is flagged as new on the homepage, and the pages checked say nothing about sources or pricing for it, so established monitoring vendors go deeper. The hosting region is not stated.
What PR.co does well
- Online newsroom with up to five languages on Scale
- Dutch company with Dutch-law terms
- CRM and email sending in the same tool
- Free trial on Start
- Zapier integration
Where PR.co falls short
- No public prices
- Start limited to one market and one user
- Media monitoring module is new
- Data-hosting region not stated
Standout feature. PR.co is the multilingual newsroom option here, with a plan structure that counts languages and markets rather than seats.
Stockholm, Sweden
Founded 2003
Single press release EUR 619 excluding VAT; GO monthly plan and monitoring plans via sales
10-day free trial (cannot send a release)
Best for: Nordic and European communicators who want distribution and monitoring from one vendor
Mynewsdesk is the widest single vendor on this list. Founded in Sweden in 2003, it sells press release distribution with a newsroom and journalist matching, media monitoring across online, social, podcasts, radio, TV, YouTube and TikTok, and reports on reach, share of voice and sentiment. It says more than 4,000 communication teams use it and that its journalist database holds over a million names, both vendor figures.
The pricing model has an unusual door in: one press release for EUR 619 excluding VAT, paid by card in the tool, with no subscription to cancel, plus a monthly GO plan bought directly. Larger distribution and monitoring plans go through sales. The 10-day free trial does not allow sending a release. The privacy policy names Mynewsdesk AB, registration number 556634-1276, in Stockholm; the interface runs in Danish, German, English, Norwegian and Swedish.
What Mynewsdesk does well
- Distribution, monitoring and reporting in one platform
- Single press release without a subscription
- Five interface languages
- Swedish company with named registration number
- Covers podcasts, TV, radio and TikTok in monitoring
Where Mynewsdesk falls short
- Larger plan prices on request
- EUR 619 per single release
- Trial cannot publish a release
- Data location not stated
Standout feature. Mynewsdesk lets you buy one press release by card, which no other full-suite vendor in this category does.
Berlin, Germany
Starter EUR 299, Advanced EUR 940, Complete EUR 3,500, excluding VAT; +100 mentions EUR 60 a month
Best for: German-speaking communications teams that need monitoring with licence-cleared press reviews
Landau Media is a Berlin media observer that measures coverage rather than creates it.
Three packages are priced on the small-business page: Starter at EUR 299 with two keywords and 100 mentions, Advanced at EUR 940 with ten keywords and 1,000 mentions, and Complete at EUR 3,500 with fifty keywords and 10,000 mentions, all excluding VAT, with extra blocks of 100 mentions at EUR 60 a month.
Each package names the same panel: 6,000 print titles, 7,000 online media, 26,000 podcasts and one million social sources including TikTok, LinkedIn and Threads, plus radio and TV.
The press review service delivers articles with licence handling by email, PDF, PPT, HTML, XML or RSS, and the analysis service reports share of voice, tonality index and message penetration. The imprint names Landau Media GmbH & Co. KG, registered at Berlin-Charlottenburg under HRA 28281. There is no distribution, newsroom or journalist database, the pages are mainly German, and the billing period is not stated beside the prices.
What Landau Media does well
- Three package prices published
- Panel includes 26,000 podcasts and TikTok
- Press review service with licence handling
- Analysis metrics such as share of voice and tonality
- German company with court registration
Where Landau Media falls short
- No outreach or distribution tools
- Starter allows only 100 mentions and two keywords
- Billing period not stated beside prices
- Mainly German-language pages
Standout feature. Landau Media states the size of its media panel in every package, so you can see what Starter at EUR 299 actually watches.
Hamburg, Germany
Kickstart from EUR 230 a month on a six-month term; zimpel Einsteiger from EUR 1,450; voices Einsteiger from EUR 1,590
Best for: Companies that mainly address German-speaking media and want agency-grade distribution
news aktuell is a Hamburg distribution house whose product ots places press releases through news agencies into the editorial systems of media. Releases can also appear in the Presseportal, with Native Ads on partner sites or Display Ads on more than 11,000 digital out-of-home screens. Cross-media monitoring is an option under the ARGUS brand rather than the core product.
The smallest entry is Kickstart, from EUR 230 a month on a six-month term, with lists of up to 2,000 specialist media contacts for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, a mailing tool and one free ots distribution. The zimpel media directory starts at EUR 1,450 and the voices video statements at EUR 1,590. The imprint names news aktuell GmbH, HRB 127245 at the Hamburg court. The site is mainly German with an English switch and the lists are DACH-focused.
What news aktuell does well
- Distribution through news agencies into newsroom systems
- Media directory with mailing tool
- Kickstart package from EUR 230 a month
- Presseportal for search visibility
- German company with registered court entry
Where news aktuell falls short
- DACH-focused contact lists
- Mostly German-language site
- Monitoring is optional and from another brand
- Several starter packages cost over EUR 1,400
Standout feature. news aktuell delivers releases through news agencies into editorial systems, a route the newsroom tools on this list do not offer.
Harpenden, England
Custom quote
Best for: UK-focused PR teams that want a journalist database with monitoring and human-led analysis
Roxhill Media bundles four things under one login: a journalist database with press lists and distribution, media monitoring with smart folders, a spokespeople module that tracks the share of voice of named experts, and bespoke human-led insight. Journalist movement alerts and media requests are part of the database, and a PR opportunities feature lets you search slots from over 200 outlets.
It also runs events for clients, such as journalist Q&As, networking clubs and speed pitching, centred on UK outlets. The terms name Roxhill Media Limited, company number 08756401, registered in England and Wales with an office in Harpenden. The pricing page is a custom quote with no figures, the pages checked do not state a hosting location, and as a UK company it sits outside the EEA with a UK adequacy decision.
What Roxhill Media does well
- Database, monitoring and spokesperson analytics under one login
- Human-led bespoke insights available
- Journalist movement alerts and media requests
- Press list and distribution tools
- UK-registered company with named company number
Where Roxhill Media falls short
- No public prices
- UK-centred outlets and events
- No data-location statement
- Bespoke services add cost
Standout feature. Roxhill Media tracks named spokespeople as well as journalists, comparing an expert's share of voice with competitors.
London, United Kingdom
Modular, quoted on request
Best for: UK public affairs and PR teams that need political monitoring next to media tools
Vuelio is a modular suite from London that adds public-affairs tooling to the usual PR set. Modules include media monitoring across online, social, print and broadcast, a media database with blogger outreach, news distribution, an online newsroom, media analytics and stakeholder management, plus a political database and political monitoring for teams that follow MPs and policy debate. Lumina, an AI assistant, is part of the range.
The vendor says more than 3,500 organisations use it. According to its privacy policy the operator is Pulsar Group Plc, formerly Access Intelligence Plc, which also runs the Pulsar, Isentia and ResponseSource brands, and the group states ISO/IEC 27001 certification. Pricing is quoted after a call back, the political data is UK-centred, and the pages checked do not state a hosting location.
What Vuelio does well
- Political database and monitoring included as modules
- Media, social, print and broadcast monitoring
- Online newsroom and distribution available
- Group holds ISO/IEC 27001
- Pay for the modules you use
Where Vuelio falls short
- No public prices
- UK-centred political data
- Part of a larger group
- Data location not stated
Standout feature. Vuelio is the only tool on this list with a political database and political monitoring for public affairs teams.
Düsseldorf, Germany
Not published on the pages checked; contact for an offer
Best for: Corporate communications teams in several European countries that want monitoring plus analysis services
pressrelations is an owner-managed Düsseldorf group that describes itself as 25 years old with 300 employees in nine countries. Its NewsRadar Suite groups media monitoring, alerting and dashboards, social listening for platforms such as TikTok and LinkedIn, journalist outreach with press release distribution and tracking, a media database for topic planning, and GEO monitoring that measures brand visibility in answers from ChatGPT and Claude.
Services sit behind the software: cross-media reviews with licence management, competitor and crisis monitoring with dedicated contacts, stakeholder briefings and predictive trend detection called FirstSignals. The legal notice names pressrelations GmbH in Düsseldorf, and country sites exist for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, the international market and the USA. No price is published and the hosting location is not stated.
What pressrelations does well
- Owner-managed, nine countries, about 300 employees
- Monitoring, social listening and outreach in one suite
- Includes GEO monitoring for AI answers
- Crisis monitoring with dedicated contacts
- Country sites in several languages
Where pressrelations falls short
- No published prices
- Service-heavy model
- Outreach less deep than dedicated newsroom tools
- Data location not stated
Standout feature. pressrelations measures brand visibility inside AI answers from ChatGPT and Claude, a monitoring layer most tools here do not describe.
Paris, France
Plans listed on the pricing page, but no amount in the page text
Free trial offered
Best for: Teams that want web and social listening with alerts and dashboards from a Paris vendor
Mention is a Paris web and social listening product, and it is the one provider on this list without a separate tool page on the directory. It watches the web and social channels, sends alerts and produces reports and dashboards. It does not publish releases or hold a journalist database in the information collected for this directory, so it complements an outreach tool rather than replacing one.
The brand belongs to Agorapulse SAS, registered under number 432 322 964 in Paris, which is the contracting party to check on an order form. Plans are listed on the pricing page without an amount in the page text, and a free trial is offered. The directory records Mention as a replacement for Brandwatch, Brand24 and Meltwater, and the site's social listening category carries a fuller entry.
What Mention does well
- Paris-registered company with a named registration number
- Web and social listening with alerts, reports and dashboards
- Free trial offered
Where Mention falls short
- No price amount in the pricing page text
- No newsroom, distribution or journalist database recorded here
- Brand owned by Agorapulse SAS rather than a standalone company
Standout feature. Mention is the French option for social and web listening, sitting next to print-centred monitors rather than inside a press release suite.
Dublin, Ireland
Founded 2011
Demo and quote; no public price
Best for: Crisis, reputation and news teams that want early signals of stories gaining engagement
NewsWhip began in 2011 as a way for newsrooms to see which stories people engage with on social platforms. Its product Spike combines real-time web and social feeds with engagement data to predict which content will spread, with alerts, reports, a timeline view that sets public interest beside media interest, and an AI monitoring agent for ongoing topics. Analytics holds more than seven years of historical data and an API sends it to your own dashboards.
The platforms in scope are the web plus Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit and Substack. There is no distribution, journalist database or newsroom, and no public price. The terms define NewsWhip Media Limited in Dublin as the Irish contracting party, governed by Irish law, but say that customers located in the United States contract with NewsWhip US, Inc. under New York law, so confirm the entity on your order.
What NewsWhip does well
- Engagement data and prediction in one feed
- Covers web plus major social platforms
- Seven years of historical data in Analytics
- API for custom dashboards
- Irish company under Irish law for non-US customers
Where NewsWhip falls short
- No distribution or journalist tools
- No public price
- US customers contract with a US entity
- Data location not stated
Standout feature. NewsWhip predicts which stories are about to gain engagement, so it works as an early warning where other monitors report after the fact.
Stockholm, Sweden
Pricing on request
Best for: Organisations monitoring Swedish, Danish, Norwegian or Finnish media
Retriever runs country sites for Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, and its core product Monitor watches mentions across all media. Research searches historical news for longer analysis, Media Insights shows mentions on a dashboard, and a mobile app notifies you of new mentions. Social listening and a social media management line (engage, publish, measure) sit beside it, and on the Swedish site the company also sells business information.
The Swedish site names Retriever Sverige AB, organisation number 556586-1571, in Stockholm, and the Danish site names Retriever Danmark A/S, CVR 26937698, in Copenhagen. The product pages checked were in Swedish and Danish, an English version could not be opened, no prices are published, and there are no distribution tools.
What Retriever does well
- Local entities in Sweden and Denmark with registration numbers
- Archive research alongside live monitoring
- Mobile app with alerts
- Social listening and management in the same vendor
- Dashboard for media insights
Where Retriever falls short
- Product pages checked only in Swedish and Danish
- No public prices
- Nordic focus
- No distribution tools
Standout feature. Retriever keeps a searchable archive of historic Nordic news next to live monitoring, with separate legal entities in Sweden and Denmark.
Poole, England
Founded 2010
Pay-as-you-go from GBP 110 per release; subscription from GBP 290 a month for five releases
Best for: Small UK businesses and agencies that want to buy press release distribution at a fixed price
Pressat is a Poole-based distribution service founded in 2010. Pay-as-you-go starts from GBP 110 for one release and one newsroom, and a subscription starts from GBP 290 a month for five releases and multiple newsrooms. Both include email and live chat support. Each release goes to a list of media subscribers (the page cites 33,000) and to syndication partners whose reach the vendor puts above 10 million end users, with social distribution, search indexing and analytics.
Add-ons include a media database, regulatory disclosure for listed companies, copywriting, translation in 33 languages and photo distribution. The terms name Global Newswire Group Ltd, company number 12251006, registered in England and Wales. Prices are in pounds, reach figures are the vendor's own, there is no monitoring product in the pages checked, and the hosting region is not stated.
What Pressat does well
- Published prices
- Pay-as-you-go option
- Release analytics and search-indexed releases
- Translation and photo distribution add-ons
- Company with named registration number
Where Pressat falls short
- Distribution only, no monitoring product
- Prices in pounds
- UK press focus
- Reach figures are vendor claims
Standout feature. Pressat prints a per-release price from GBP 110, which makes it the cheapest published way on this list to send a single story.
