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Alternatives to Muck Rack
22 news tools sit alongside Muck Rack in this directory. Below is what separates each from Muck Rack on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 11
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Muck Rack starts at
- On request
Why people look past Muck Rack
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Muck Rack entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Muck Rack carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 11 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The all-in-one platform for newsletter creators
- Can be used without paying; Muck Rack cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $43/month, where Muck Rack does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
- 4 tiers to Muck Rack's 2.
Organize, read, and share content you care about
- Can be used without paying; Muck Rack cannot.
The content reader for power users
- Can be used without paying; Muck Rack cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $7.5/month, where Muck Rack does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
- 3 tiers to Muck Rack's 2.
Real-time analytics for publishers
- Publishes an entry price of $1000/month, where Muck Rack does not.
- Sold on a quote model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to Muck Rack's 2.
Free open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS, with no subscription, no ads and no feed limit
- Can be used without paying; Muck Rack cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to Muck Rack's 2.
Subscription RSS and social feed reader for Apple platforms, with a separate one-time Classic version
- Can be used without paying; Muck Rack cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $10/year, where Muck Rack does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than subscription.
- 3 tiers to Muck Rack's 2.
Every Muck Rack alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muck Rack (this page) | On request | Subscription | 2 | |
| BeehiivThe all-in-one platform for newsletter creators | Free, then $43/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Muck Rack |
| FeedlyOrganize, read, and share content you care about | Free | - | - | vs Muck Rack |
| InoreaderThe content reader for power users | Free, then $7.5/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Muck Rack |
| ChartbeatReal-time analytics for publishers | $1000/month | Quote | 1 | vs Muck Rack |
| NetNewsWire | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Muck Rack |
| Reeder | Free, then $10/year | Per user per month | 3 | vs Muck Rack |
| ConvertKit | Free, then $33/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Muck Rack |
| Ghost | Free, then $15/month | - | 4 | vs Muck Rack |
| Google News | Free | Free | 1 | vs Muck Rack |
| Free | Free | 1 | vs Muck Rack | |
| Buttondown | Free, then $9/month | - | 2 | vs Muck Rack |
| Artifact | Free | Free | 1 | vs Muck Rack |
| GlobeNewswire | On request | Usage-based | 4 | vs Muck Rack |
| Apple News | $12.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Muck Rack |
| CrowdTangle | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Muck Rack |
| Brightspot | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Muck Rack |
| EIN Presswire | On request | Usage-based | 3 | vs Muck Rack |
| Feedbin | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Muck Rack |
| Cision | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Muck Rack |
| Agility PR Solutions | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Muck Rack |
| Arc Publishing | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Muck Rack |
| Ghost CMS | $18/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Muck Rack |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Muck Rack badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (11)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Beehiiv , Free, then $43/month
- Feedly , Free
- Inoreader , Free, then $7.5/month
- NetNewsWire , Free
- Reeder , Free, then $10/year
- ConvertKit , Free, then $33/month
- Ghost , Free, then $15/month
- Google News , Free
What you would be giving up
Muck Rack is most often brought in for finding and pitching journalists from a media database, monitoring coverage and measuring pr results. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Muck Rack is broadly right and the question is cost, the Muck Rack pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the News category lists everything the directory holds, and best news tools ranks them.
Muck Rack runs on web, browser-extension. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Muck Rack alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Muck Rack?
- 22 other news tools are listed in this directory, led by Beehiiv, Feedly, Inoreader, Chartbeat. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Muck Rack?
- 11 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Beehiiv, Feedly, Inoreader, NetNewsWire, Reeder.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Muck Rack?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Muck Rack?
- Muck Rack is most often brought in for finding and pitching journalists from a media database, monitoring coverage and measuring pr results. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Muck Rack?
- None of the news tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Muck Rack alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, News, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Muck Rack against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Muck Rack covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every news tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the News category, 22 tools beside Muck Rack. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.