Nexis Newsdesk vs Isentia

Nexis Newsdesk9.1Visit Isentia8.7Visit

Higher score Nexis Newsdesk #4 in Media Monitoring Software 9.1/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 6 features Contact LexisNexis

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Isentia #7 in Media Monitoring Software 8.7/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 6 features Visit Isentia

• Nexis Newsdesk fits best

  Mid-market and enterprise communications teams

• Isentia fits best

  Teams needing broadcast monitoring and mobile reporting

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Side by side

Feature	Nexis Newsdesk 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Isentia 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.7
Ranking	#4 in Media Monitoring Software	#7 in Media Monitoring Software
Best for	Mid-market and enterprise communications teams	Teams needing broadcast monitoring and mobile reporting
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	—	Not published
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Mobile	Cloud, Mobile
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Web, iOS, Android
Support	Phone, Email, Live chat, Docs · 24/7	Email, Docs
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Nexis Newsdesk 1/6 · Isentia 1/6
Broadcast monitoring	Not published	Not published
Print monitoring	Not published	Not published
Online news monitoring	Not published	Not published
Historical archive	Not published	Not published
Coverage reports	Not published	Not published
Sentiment analysis	✓	✓
Our review
Pros	Monitors news, social, blogs, forums, print, TV, and radio Combines sentiment analysis, alerts, dashboards, and exports Mobile apps support searching, analysis, and sharing	Monitors social, online news, print, television and radio Voice-to-text and embedded playback bring broadcast coverage into reports Mobile app supports saving, searching, sharing and reporting
Cons	Pricing requires a custom quote There is no free plan TV/radio and news archive coverage start with Premium	Pricing is handled through a sales quotation rather than self-serve plans No plan limits are specified for comparing expected usage Monitoring is limited to the six listed social networks
Our verdict	Nexis Newsdesk brings media monitoring and social listening together for PR, communications, media intelligence, reputation management, and marketing teams. It tracks news, social networks, blogs, forums, comments, print, TV, and radio,… Read the review →	Isentia brings social, online news, print, television and radio monitoring into a cloud-based media intelligence platform. It is aimed at communications, marketing, government, agency, legal and research teams that need to track coverage… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Nexis Newsdesk — where it wins

  • Monitors news, social, blogs, forums, print, TV, and radio
  • Combines sentiment analysis, alerts, dashboards, and exports
  • Mobile apps support searching, analysis, and sharing

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a custom quote
  • There is no free plan
  • TV/radio and news archive coverage start with Premium

• Isentia — where it wins

  • Monitors social, online news, print, television and radio
  • Voice-to-text and embedded playback bring broadcast coverage into reports
  • Mobile app supports saving, searching, sharing and reporting

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is handled through a sales quotation rather than self-serve plans
  • No plan limits are specified for comparing expected usage
  • Monitoring is limited to the six listed social networks

• Nexis Newsdesk9.1/10 · Pricing on request

  Cross-media monitoring, analytics, and mobile access for communications teams.

  Contact LexisNexisFull verdict →
• Isentia8.7/10 · Pricing on request

  Monitors social, news and broadcast coverage with analytics, alerts and mobile reporting.

  Visit IsentiaFull verdict →