Compare Buzzscribed to the alternatives

Most PR tools help you send pitches. Buzzscribed helps you run your operation and prove what you delivered.

The core difference: PublicAddress, Muck Rack, Cision, and Agility help you find journalists and send pitches. Buzzscribed helps you prove what happened next. One platform that tracks the full journey — pitch to coverage to client report — with Barcelona Principles measurement built in.

Feature Comparison

See how we stack up against the competition.

Feature Buzzscribed PublicAddress Prezly Muck Rack Agility PR Cision Telum
Find & Pitch
Media Contacts Included BYO
Media CRM
Professional Email (SendGrid) Your email* N/A
NewsWire / Media Portal
Media Monitoring MW**
Email Open/Click Tracking
Prove Your Results Only in Buzzscribed
Barcelona Principles Measurement Industry First
Campaign & Coverage Scoring (AI)
SMART Objectives (AI-Assisted)
Download Tracking (per journalist)
Client & Talent Portals
Award Entry Preparation
Built for PR Practitioners Only in Buzzscribed
Full Interview Workflow
Campaign KPIs & Retainer Planning
Resource & Project Planning
Pitch Call Tracker
Email Group Relay
Sales Pipeline (Kanban) replaces Trello
E-Sign Agreements replaces DocuSign
Surveys & Research replaces SurveyMonkey
Reporting
Reporting Advanced*
Social Media Reporting
Pricing & Transparency
Free Tier 14-day trial
Price Industry Leader $0 free forever $200/user/mo ~$140 AUD/user/mo Contact sales Contact sales Contact sales ~$667 AUD/mo
Published Pricing
Month-to-Month (No Lock-in)

* Automated Barcelona reports, branded templates, drag-and-drop canvas designer.
** Meltwater integration requires your own Meltwater subscription.
Comparison based on publicly available information as of February 2026. Features change frequently. Verify directly with each provider. Spot an error? Let us know.

* Automated Barcelona reports, branded templates, drag-and-drop canvas designer.
** Requires your own Meltwater subscription.
Based on publicly available information, Feb 2026. Spot an error?

50-70% cheaper than alternatives

All prices in AUD. Competitor pricing verified February 2026.

$0
Buzzscribed Free
Every feature included
$200/user/mo
PublicAddress
Contact database only
~$140/user/mo
Prezly
BYO contacts (not included)
~$500/mo
Medianet
Database + distribution only
~$667/mo
Telum
Database only, no workflow

How Buzzscribed Compares

Detailed comparisons with every major PR platform.

Buzzscribed vs PublicAddress

PublicAddress is an Australian media database with email pitching. It sends emails through your personal Microsoft or Google account, which means your business inbox handles bulk sends.

Buzzscribed uses dedicated email infrastructure (SendGrid) that keeps pitch campaigns separate from your day-to-day email - no throttling risk, no deliverability issues. Beyond pitching, Buzzscribed tracks journalist engagement at the individual level, manages interviews through to published coverage, gives clients their own real-time portal, and measures results against the Barcelona Principles.

PublicAddress stops at "find, pitch, track." Buzzscribed continues to interview, coverage, proof, and client reporting.

On price: PublicAddress charges ~$200/user/month. Buzzscribed starts free with every feature included.

Buzzscribed vs Prezly

Prezly is a PR CRM and pitching platform. It does not include media contacts - you bring your own, typically via a separate Medianet or Telum subscription.

Buzzscribed includes journalist contacts at every tier, including the free plan. Journalist Intelligence discovers journalists from live Australian news sources, builds AI-generated profiles, and keeps data current automatically. No separate database subscription required.

Prezly also lacks client portals, interview workflow, Barcelona Principles measurement, talent scheduling, and retainer tracking. Buzzscribed includes all of these.

On price: Prezly costs ~$90-140 USD/user/month with no contacts included. Buzzscribed starts free with contacts included.

Buzzscribed vs Muck Rack

Muck Rack is a media database with journalist discovery and monitoring. Pricing is sales-only with annual contracts.

Buzzscribed focuses on what happens after you find the journalist. GUID-based tracking proves which journalists downloaded your content - not just who opened an email. Live client portals, interview workflow management, Barcelona Principles measurement, and branded reporting connect your outreach to published results.

Muck Rack tells you who to contact. Buzzscribed proves what happened when you did.

On price: Muck Rack requires a sales conversation with no published pricing. Buzzscribed publishes every price and starts free.

Buzzscribed vs Medianet

Medianet provides Australian journalist contacts and press release distribution to newsrooms. Once the release is distributed, Medianet's job is done.

Buzzscribed picks up where distribution ends. Run campaigns, track journalist engagement at the individual level, manage interviews through to coverage, and prove results with Barcelona Principles measurement and branded client reports.

Some teams use both - Medianet for distribution reach, Buzzscribed for workflow and proof. Others find that Journalist Intelligence reduces their need for a separate database. Either way, Buzzscribed is free to try alongside existing tools.

On price: Medianet costs ~$500/month for database and distribution. Buzzscribed starts free with full workflow included.

Buzzscribed vs Cision

Cision is an enterprise platform for large agencies. Pricing is sales-only with no published rates.

Buzzscribed is built for teams that want full workflow without enterprise complexity or enterprise pricing. Interview scheduling, client portals, talent management, Barcelona Principles measurement, and branded reporting - all included from the free tier. Every price published. No annual lock-in.

On price: Cision requires a sales conversation. Buzzscribed publishes every price and starts free.

Buzzscribed vs Agility PR

Agility PR provides media database and distribution capabilities. Pricing is not published.

Buzzscribed focuses on managing the relationships you build, not just selling contact lists. Track journalist engagement with your content, manage campaigns through to coverage, and prove results with data-driven Barcelona Principles reports. Retainer planning, Gantt charts, and capacity management are built for agency operations.

On price: Agility PR requires a pricing request. Buzzscribed publishes every price and starts free.

Buzzscribed vs Telum

Telum is an APAC journalist database. It provides contact discovery but no campaign workflow.

Buzzscribed combines journalist contacts with the full campaign lifecycle - pitching, tracking, interviews, coverage, client reporting, and Barcelona Principles measurement. Use Telum for APAC-specific discovery, then bring everything into Buzzscribed for management and proof.

On price: Telum costs ~$667/month for database access. Buzzscribed includes contacts and full workflow, starting free.

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