Anewstip vs Prezly in 2026: finding journalists vs running the campaign after you have found them
Anewstip is a searchable database of over a million contacts with real-time Twitter and article signals. Prezly has no database at all, just a branded newsroom, CRM, and email campaigns for the contacts you already have.
Anewstip
Prezly- Anewstip includes a searchable database of 1 million+ journalists and media contacts. Prezly has no database at all; you import your own contacts.
- Prezly publishes every story to a branded, permanent newsroom that is indexed by Google and increasingly cited by AI systems. Anewstip has no newsroom or publishing feature.
- Prezly logs and stores media coverage against each campaign with full analytics on every paid plan. Anewstip has alerts for new coverage but no dedicated coverage-tracking feature.
- Anewstip prices in dollars starting at $200/month for Standard. Prezly prices in euros starting at 100 EUR/month for Essential, adding currency uncertainty for non-European teams.
- Anewstip has a genuine free plan with real search access. Prezly has no permanent free plan, only a 14-day free trial on Essential and Standard.
- Prezly is trusted by enterprise clients including IKEA, Sony, and Emirates, and offers localization and auto-translation on Standard and Enterprise for global PR teams. Anewstip does not offer localization tooling.
Anewstip and Prezly sit on opposite sides of the same PR workflow, which is why each tool's own related-tools list names the other. Anewstip is built to answer "who should I pitch," searching over a million journalist and media contacts by what they have recently tweeted or written. Prezly is built to answer "what happens after I pitch," managing the relationship, the campaign send, the coverage log, and a permanent branded newsroom that keeps earning views between campaigns. Neither tool fully replaces the other: Anewstip has no newsroom or coverage tracking, and Prezly has no journalist database, so the comparison is really about which half of the workflow matters more to you right now, or whether you end up needing both.
The tools at a glance
Anewstip
Journalist search and media outreach platform built on Twitter signals and article indexing
Anewstip's entire reason to exist is the search step Prezly skips. It indexes more than 200 million articles and a billion tweets so you can find journalists by what they are covering right now, not by a static outlet-and-title record that might be years out of date. That signal layer is genuinely useful for the part of PR that Prezly assumes you have already solved: knowing who to contact.
Once you have found contacts, Anewstip lets you organize them into media lists, send pitches directly from the platform, and set alerts for new coverage, all inside the same subscription. The Standard plan covers 1,000 pitches and 20 lists a month for $200, and Professional adds API access for teams that want to pull the data elsewhere.
What Anewstip does not do is give your press releases a permanent home. There is no newsroom, no SEO-indexed story hosting, and no way for content to keep earning views after a campaign wraps. If your strategy depends on stories compounding over time rather than a single pitch cycle, that gap matters.
| Feature | Free $0 | Standard $200/mo | Professional $400/mo (annual) | Partners Custom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journalist database | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pitches per month | 0 | 1,000 | 5,000 | Unlimited |
| Media lists | 2 | 20 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Alerts | 2 | 20 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| API access | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Prezly
PR CRM with branded newsrooms, email outreach, and campaign analytics in one platform
Prezly starts from the opposite assumption: you already know who to contact, so it puts its effort into the branded newsroom, the CRM, and the campaign analytics that come after. Every story you publish lives on an indexed, permanent newsroom page rather than disappearing into a sent-mail folder, and the company reports millions of organic views through those newsrooms without any active outreach behind them.
The CRM layer tags and segments contacts by beat, outlet, or relationship status, and tracks who opened a pitch, clicked a link, or responded, turning your contact list into a relationship history instead of a cold spreadsheet. Campaign and coverage reporting are included on every paid plan, which makes reporting results to a client or to leadership straightforward.
The trade-off is that Prezly brings none of the discovery Anewstip specializes in. There is no built-in way to find a journalist you don't already know, pricing runs in euros which adds currency friction outside Europe, and the Essential plan's one-user, 5,000-contact limit will feel tight for an agency running several accounts.
| Feature | Essential 100 EUR/mo | Standard 250 EUR/mo | Enterprise Custom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branded newsroom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Contact limit | 5,000 | 10,000 | Custom |
| Full analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| White-label / custom domain | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Localization & auto-translation | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Head-to-head feature comparison
| Feature | Anewstip | Prezly |
|---|---|---|
| Journalist database included | Yes (1 million+ contacts) | No (you import your own contacts) |
| Signal-based search (social/article activity) | Yes | No |
| Branded newsroom (SEO/AI-indexed) | No | Yes (indexed by Google and AI systems) |
| Built-in pitch sending / email campaigns | Yes (1,000 pitches/mo on Standard) | Yes (campaign send with open/click tracking) |
| Contact & relationship CRM | Basic (media lists only) | Yes (tags, segments, relationship history) |
| Coverage tracking & analytics | Alerts only, no dedicated coverage log | Yes (logs and stores coverage per campaign) |
| Localization / auto-translation | No | Yes (Standard and Enterprise) |
| API access | Professional and Partners only | Not listed as available |
| Free trial | 7-day trial on paid plans, plus a real free tier | 14-day trial on Essential and Standard, no permanent free tier |
| Starting price | $200/mo (Standard) | 100 EUR/mo (Essential) |
Considering AI Peekaboo alongside Anewstip and Prezly?
Prezly builds newsrooms that are indexable and, by its own account, increasingly cited by AI systems, but neither Prezly nor Anewstip actually measures whether that citation happens or tracks your brand's standing inside AI-generated answers. AI Peekaboo monitors mentions and citations across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and more directly, with a read/write API on every plan from $50/month and white-label reporting. It is the natural pairing for PR teams that want to know if their newsroom content, or their earned coverage, is actually showing up when AI models answer questions about their category.
Read the AI Peekaboo review →Which should you choose?
AnewstipPrezlyPrezlyAnewstipPrezlyAnewstipThis is less a head-to-head than a workflow split. Anewstip is strong at the step Prezly skips entirely, finding journalists, and Prezly is strong at the steps Anewstip barely touches, publishing, relationship management, and coverage reporting. Teams running a serious PR program will likely feel the gap in whichever tool they pick alone; the honest answer for a mature operation is often both, used for what each does well.
Bottom line
Pick Anewstip if your bottleneck is discovery and you need to build a contact list from scratch using real-time signals, and its $200-a-month Standard plan with a free tier to test first makes it the lower-risk entry point. Pick Prezly if you already have relationships and need a permanent, indexed newsroom plus proper campaign and coverage analytics, accepting that its euro pricing and lack of a database mean you supply the contacts yourself.
Frequently asked questions
Does Prezly include a journalist database like Anewstip does?
No, Prezly has no built-in media database or journalist search. It is a PR CRM and publishing platform: you import your own contacts, and Prezly manages the relationship, campaign sending, and coverage tracking from there. Anewstip is the one built for finding new journalists in the first place.
Why does Prezly price in euros while Anewstip prices in dollars?
Prezly is a European company and lists its plans in euros, starting at 100 EUR/month for Essential and 250 EUR/month for Standard, which introduces currency conversion uncertainty for teams billing in dollars. Anewstip prices entirely in dollars, starting at $200/month for Standard, which is simpler to budget against for US-based teams.
Can Anewstip host and publish press releases the way Prezly does?
No, Anewstip has no newsroom or content publishing feature. It focuses on journalist search, pitching, and alerts rather than hosting stories. If you need a permanent, SEO-indexed home for your press releases, Prezly's branded newsroom is the feature Anewstip does not offer.
Is Anewstip or Prezly better for a solo PR freelancer on a tight budget?
Anewstip is the more accessible starting point for a solo freelancer because it has a genuine free plan with real search access, plus a $99/month solo PR pro discount for eligible applicants. Prezly has no free tier, only a 14-day trial, and its Essential plan at 100 EUR/month is priced for a single user with no database included.
Do Anewstip and Prezly track media coverage after a story runs?
Prezly is the stronger tool here: it lets you log and store media coverage against each campaign with full analytics included on every paid plan. Anewstip has alerts that notify you when a journalist publishes new content or a keyword appears, which helps you spot coverage, but it does not offer Prezly's structured coverage log and campaign reporting.