Critical Mention vs Prowly

Critical Mention8.9Visit Prowly8.5Visit

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

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Prowly #7 in PR Software 8.5/10 7-day trial Free trial✓ 2 of 2 features Visit Prowly

• Critical Mention fits best

  Teams focused on cross-media monitoring

• Prowly fits best

  Small and mid-size teams managing ongoing PR

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Side by side

Feature	Critical Mention 8.9/10 Visit ↗	Prowly 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.5
Ranking	#3 in PR Software	#7 in PR Software
Best for	Teams focused on cross-media monitoring	Small and mid-size teams managing ongoing PR
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	—
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	7 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Features Critical Mention 0/2 · Prowly 2/2
Media monitoring	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Social monitoring	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
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	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.	Combines journalist search, media-list building and contact management Creates and distributes releases and publishes branded newsrooms Monitors online and social coverage with campaign reporting
Cons	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.	Paid product with no free plan Available on the web only Focused on ongoing media relations, not one-off wire distribution
Our verdict	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 →	Prowly brings media research, outreach, publishing and coverage measurement into one cloud-based PR workspace. Communication teams can search journalist contacts, build media lists, create and distribute press releases, publish a branded… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 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.

• Prowly — where it wins

  • Combines journalist search, media-list building and contact management
  • Creates and distributes releases and publishes branded newsrooms
  • Monitors online and social coverage with campaign reporting

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid product with no free plan
  • Available on the web only
  • Focused on ongoing media relations, not one-off wire distribution

• Critical Mention8.9/10 · Pricing on request

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

  Try Critical MentionFull verdict →
• Prowly8.5/10 · 7-day trial

  An all-in-one PR workspace for media outreach, publishing and coverage tracking.

  Visit ProwlyFull verdict →