Cision vs Critical Mention

Cision9.3Visit Critical Mention8.9Visit

Higher score Cision #1 in PR Software 9.3/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Cision

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Critical Mention #3 in PR Software 8.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 2 features Try Critical Mention

• Cision fits best

  PR teams needing broad media monitoring

• Critical Mention fits best

  Teams focused on cross-media monitoring

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Side by side

Feature	Cision 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Critical Mention 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.9
Ranking	#1 in PR Software	#3 in PR Software
Best for	PR teams needing broad media monitoring	Teams focused on cross-media monitoring
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Mobile	Cloud
Platforms	Web, iOS	Web
Integrations	4 integrations	2 integrations
Features Cision 0/2 · Critical Mention 0/2
Media monitoring	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Social monitoring	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Media database size	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Release distribution	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Coverage sources	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Report exports	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Combines traditional media and social coverage analysis. Monitors major social networks, blogs, forums, and online news. Supports alerts, scheduled reports, publishing, and report exports.	Monitors online news, broadcast TV/radio, social, podcasts, and licensed content. Real-time alerts plus sentiment, share-of-voice, and audience-value metrics. API access with customizable dashboards, reports, charts, and graphs.
Cons	Pricing is provided after consultation rather than through self-serve plans. Historical-data availability varies by media type and package. May be broader than teams seeking only social post scheduling.	Pricing requires contacting sales rather than showing plan amounts. Named integrations are Google Analytics and Slack via RSS. Archive search covers up to 26 months of historical coverage.
Our verdict	CisionOne brings media intelligence and social listening together for public relations, communications, and marketing teams. It monitors conversations across social networks, blogs, forums, online news, and other media sources, so teams… Read the review →	Critical Mention is a cloud-based media monitoring and social listening platform from Onclusive. It is aimed at public-relations and communications teams, along with marketers, agencies, brands, and public-sector organizations. The service… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Cision — where it wins

  • Combines traditional media and social coverage analysis.
  • Monitors major social networks, blogs, forums, and online news.
  • Supports alerts, scheduled reports, publishing, and report exports.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is provided after consultation rather than through self-serve plans.
  • Historical-data availability varies by media type and package.
  • May be broader than teams seeking only social post scheduling.

• Critical Mention — where it wins

  • Monitors online news, broadcast TV/radio, social, podcasts, and licensed content.
  • Real-time alerts plus sentiment, share-of-voice, and audience-value metrics.
  • API access with customizable dashboards, reports, charts, and graphs.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales rather than showing plan amounts.
  • Named integrations are Google Analytics and Slack via RSS.
  • Archive search covers up to 26 months of historical coverage.

• Cision9.3/10 · Pricing on request

  Broad media and social monitoring with publishing, reporting, and team alerts.

  Visit CisionFull verdict →
• Critical Mention8.9/10 · Pricing on request

  Broad cross-media monitoring with real-time alerts, reporting, archives, and API access.

  Try Critical MentionFull verdict →