Meltwater
Quick answer
Meltwater is a media, social and AI-signal intelligence platform for PR, communications and marketing teams. It covers Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X, Reddit, YouTube, news media, blogs, forums, review sites and podcasts, ingesting 1.3+ billion documents daily across 240+ languages. Features include AI Visibility Tracking, the Mira AI assistant, trend detection and media relations outreach. API and MCP integrations are on Enterprise and Agency plans. Pricing is not published and there is no self-serve free trial, only a human-guided demo.
Best for
PR and communications teams that need broad media, social and AI-signal coverage in one suite.
Not for
A small team that wants a published price or a self-serve trial, since Meltwater offers only a guided demo.
Facts
Pricing
Not publicly published.
From Meltwater's website, checked Oct 2026.
Free plan or trial
No self-serve free trial; only a human-guided demo
From Meltwater's website, checked Oct 2026.
Sources covered
Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, news media, blogs, forums, review sites, podcasts
API / MCP
API & MCP Integrations on Enterprise and Agency plans; robust API access for consumer intelligence data export
How MarketHQ compares
| Feature | MarketHQ | Meltwater |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free (paid from $29/mo) | Not publicly published |
| Free plan or trial | Free tier, no card required | No self-serve free trial; only a human-guided demo |
| Sources covered | Hacker News, GitHub, RSS, Stack Overflow, Dev.to, Lobsters, Reddit, LinkedIn, YouTube, X, Perplexity, Product Hunt, Broader web crawl, Bluesky | Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, news media, blogs, forums, review sites, podcasts |
| AI engines tracked | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek | Not published |
| API / MCP | Yes, on every paid plan | API & MCP Integrations on Enterprise and Agency plans; robust API access for consumer intelligence data export |
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- Mention: Small marketing teams that want one broad mention feed across the web, social and news.
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- Prowly: A PR team that wants pitching, media monitoring and AI-citation targeting in one toolkit.
- Pulsar: A global brand that needs audience intelligence across many languages and regional social platforms.
- Signal AI: Enterprise risk, reputation and comms teams that need licensed premium media data and entity-level analysis.
- Synthesio: Enterprise research teams that want consumer intelligence across social, search and ecommerce signals.
- Talkwalker Alerts: A team that only wants free alerts for brand, topic or competitor mentions, delivered by email, RSS or Slack.
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Sources
- Meltwater: https://www.meltwater.com (checked Oct 2026)