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No pricing available
$139.94 Per Month
Meltwater
Star Rating
(2,516)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.9% of reviews)
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No pricing available
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Star Rating
(3,363)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (64.9% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
$139.94 Per Month
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AI Generated Summary
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- G2 reviewers report that Meltwater excels in its Share of Voice analytics, which users find particularly valuable for translating data into clear, executive-ready reports. This feature, along with consistent customer support, makes it a strong choice for businesses focused on media monitoring.
- Users say that Semrush stands out for its user-friendly interface and comprehensive SEO tools, making it accessible for users of all skill levels. Reviewers appreciate the intuitive design that allows for quick onboarding and effective use without a steep learning curve.
- According to verified reviews, Meltwater's automation features are a significant advantage, as they help users track and monitor company mentions across the web without manual effort. This automation is highlighted as a time-saver, enhancing daily usability.
- Reviewers mention that Semrush offers a robust set of features for backlink audits and keyword targeting, which are essential for effective SEO strategies. Users find these tools to be comprehensive and beneficial for improving their online presence.
- Users highlight that while Meltwater provides solid support, it sometimes faces challenges in meeting specific workflow needs, with some reviewers noting configuration difficulties. This can impact the overall user experience for those with unique requirements.
- G2 reviewers indicate that Semrush's implementation process is highly rated, with many users praising the ease of setup. This contrasts with Meltwater, where some users have expressed a desire for a more streamlined onboarding experience.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Meltwater
No pricing availableSemrush
Pro
$139.94
Per Month
For freelancers, startups and in-house marketers with limited budget. Run your SEO, PPC, SMM and content projects with 40+ advanced tools and know your competitors’ traffic sources, rankings, social media results & more.
- 10,000 results per report
- 3,000 reports per day
- Display advertising research
Free Trial
Meltwater
No trial information availableSemrush
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
7.9
2,150
8.8
2,655
Ease of Use
7.8
2,184
8.3
2,683
Ease of Setup
7.8
1,161
8.6
1,880
Ease of Admin
8.1
932
8.6
1,351
Quality of Support
8.6
2,075
8.5
2,330
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.4
938
8.7
1,330
Product Direction (% positive)
8.0
2,132
8.8
2,561
Features by Category
Metrics
Not enough data
8.4
446
Not enough data
8.2
435
Not enough data
7.9
417
Not enough data
7.7
389
Not enough data
7.4
377
Not enough data
7.5
371
Not enough data
7.4
373
Not enough data
7.5
384
Not enough data
7.2
370
Reporting
Not enough data
8.0
427
Not enough data
8.2
419
Not enough data
7.8
401
Not enough data
7.7
399
Not enough data
7.9
395
Not enough data
7.6
374
Not enough data
8.1
411
Other
Not enough data
7.7
387
Not enough data
8.1
400
Not enough data
7.7
389
Not enough data
8.0
392
Not enough data
7.4
358
Not enough data
7.0
336
Not enough data
7.6
355
Agentic AI - Digital Analytics
Not enough data
6.6
45
Not enough data
7.3
46
Not enough data
6.9
45
Not enough data
6.9
43
Administration
Not enough data
7.7
369
Not enough data
7.4
353
Not enough data
8.5
408
Not enough data
8.3
397
Social Analytics
7.8
525
8.8(won by 1.0)
295
7.7
513
8.5(won by 0.8)
274
8.0
518
8.7(won by 0.7)
281
6.8
376
8.2(won by 1.4)
248
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
7.5
394
8.1(won by 0.6)
217
7.1
425
8.0(won by 0.9)
213
Reports & Dashboards
7.7
544
8.4(won by 0.7)
277
8.0
565
8.8(won by 0.8)
286
7.9
481
8.7(won by 0.8)
271
Feature Not Available
7.9(won by default)
210
Agentic AI - Social Media Analytics
Feature Not Available
7.3(won by default)
22
Feature Not Available
7.2(won by default)
22
Feature Not Available
7.7(won by default)
22
Feature Not Available
8.0(won by default)
22
Feature Not Available
7.9(won by default)
22
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Listing Management
Not enough data
8.6
246
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
241
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
244
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
257
|
Verified
Performance
Not enough data
8.3
264
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
272
|
Verified
Local Search Optimization
Not enough data
8.9
608
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
555
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
529
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
537
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
520
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
587
|
Verified
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.5
581
Not enough data
8.6
585
Agentic AI - Competitive Intelligence
Not enough data
6.9
76
Platform Data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
536
Platform Content
Not enough data
7.3
473
Platform Reporting
Not enough data
8.0
548
Not enough data
8.3
556
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.5
107
Not enough data
8.1
104
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
96
Not enough data
8.4
107
Content Planning
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
100
Not enough data
8.7
110
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
8.5
82
Not enough data
8.7
83
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
6.4
12
Not enough data
6.7
12
Other Features
Not enough data
8.3
108
Not enough data
8.8
94
SEO Auditing & Monitoring
Not enough data
8.7
1035
Not enough data
9.1
995
Not enough data
8.8
876
Not enough data
8.9
923
Agentic AI - SEO Tools
Not enough data
6.6
181
Not enough data
6.7
183
Not enough data
6.7
186
Not enough data
6.7
180
Not enough data
6.6
181
Not enough data
6.6
174
Not enough data
6.8
178
SEO Content & Rankings
Not enough data
8.2
1535
Not enough data
9.1
1717
Not enough data
8.8
1596
Not enough data
8.2
937
Not enough data
8.5
903
SEO Reporting
Not enough data
8.9
1677
Not enough data
8.6
1026
Not enough data
8.3
987
Not enough data
7.8
846
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.8
411
Not enough data
6.8
401
Content & Collaboration
8.1
238
8.8
194
7.4
211
Feature Not Available
7.3
202
Feature Not Available
7.5
203
8.1
182
8.0
228
Feature Not Available
7.6
212
8.2
167
Social Management
8.3
280
8.7
237
7.8
267
8.8
231
7.4
237
Feature Not Available
7.9
275
8.5
229
6.5
208
7.9
203
7.1
208
8.0
179
7.3
100
7.8
149
Agentic AI - Social Media Management
5.8
24
7.8
15
6.0
24
8.0
15
Feature Not Available
7.7
15
Feature Not Available
7.6
15
Feature Not Available
7.8
15
Feature Not Available
7.7
15
6.2
23
7.9
15
Media Channels
7.3
638
Feature Not Available
7.2
660
Feature Not Available
8.5
734
8.5
120
Geographic Coverage
7.8
706
Feature Not Available
8.3
715
8.2
106
7.6
637
8.1
98
Reporting
8.2
711
9.0
137
8.1
698
Feature Not Available
7.9
693
8.9
125
7.9
717
9.0
135
Agentic AI - Media Monitoring
6.3
83
7.2
15
6.3
81
7.7
15
6.2
80
7.2
15
6.3
81
7.2
15
Feature Not Available
7.2
15
Generative AI
6.5
288
8.1
23
6.6
283
8.1
24
Platform Interoperability
Not enough data
8.4
80
Agentic AI - Social Media Advertising
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
6.0
5
Not enough data
6.3
5
Not enough data
6.3
5
Social Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
98
Campaign Management
Not enough data
9.0
97
Not enough data
8.7
95
Not enough data
8.6
95
Not enough data
8.6
88
Not enough data
8.6
89
Not enough data
8.5
91
Not enough data
8.5
87
Not enough data
8.4
89
Not enough data
8.3
88
Not enough data
8.5
92
Not enough data
8.4
90
Not enough data
8.0
86
Not enough data
8.3
88
Targeting
Not enough data
8.6
91
Not enough data
8.5
86
Not enough data
8.5
85
Not enough data
8.6
85
Platform
Not enough data
8.4
88
Not enough data
8.7
96
Not enough data
8.9
94
Not enough data
8.9
95
Not enough data
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.6
90
Not enough data
8.4
84
Not enough data
8.5
86
Not enough data
8.5
89
Grammar Tools
Not enough data
8.5
25
Not enough data
8.9
28
Not enough data
8.2
24
Writing Support
Not enough data
7.8
26
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
7.6
26
Not enough data
7.8
26
Software Availability
Not enough data
8.5
26
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
7.3
26
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
6.4
6
Audiences
8.0
46
Not enough data
7.3
44
Not enough data
7.0
42
Not enough data
7.4
42
Not enough data
Data Analysis
7.5
42
Not enough data
8.1
45
Not enough data
8.1
43
Not enough data
7.9
43
Not enough data
Administration
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
43
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Audience Intelligence Platforms
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Data collection
Not enough data
7.7
198
Not enough data
8.1
225
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
215
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.5
197
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
215
Segment Trending
Not enough data
8.6
248
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
234
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
241
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.3
202
Analysis
Not enough data
8.3
234
Not enough data
8.6
256
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
216
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
8.7
264
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
242
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
215
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
236
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
211
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
208
Agentic AI - Market Intelligence
Not enough data
7.2
34
Not enough data
6.8
33
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.5
143
Not enough data
7.7
127
Not enough data
8.4
147
Platform Data
Not enough data
8.2
133
Not enough data
8.3
138
Not enough data
8.6
150
Not enough data
8.3
133
Agentic AI - Operational Risk Management
Not enough data
6.9
18
Monitoring & Listening
8.1
804
Not enough data
7.3
704
Not enough data
8.2
520
Not enough data
8.3
524
Not enough data
7.8
489
Not enough data
7.8
478
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Social Media Listening Tools
6.5
84
Not enough data
6.5
85
Not enough data
6.2
82
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Data Management & Analysis
6.9
779
Not enough data
7.9
790
Not enough data
8.0
483
Not enough data
7.8
465
Not enough data
Influencer Marketing
7.8
203
Not enough data
7.8
205
Not enough data
8.0
209
Not enough data
7.7
199
Not enough data
7.4
196
Not enough data
6.9
162
Not enough data
7.4
170
Not enough data
8.0
199
Not enough data
7.9
200
Not enough data
7.7
185
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.7
148
Not enough data
6.7
134
Not enough data
6.3
115
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Influencer Marketing Platforms
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
5.5
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.0
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
7.7
236
Publishing
Not enough data
7.7
238
Social Media
Not enough data
7.6
239
Planning
Not enough data
7.9
363
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.4
146
Not enough data
7.2
142
Not enough data
7.2
141
Not enough data
6.6
139
Not enough data
6.4
136
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
7.2
48
Not enough data
7.0
48
Not enough data
7.2
48
Not enough data
7.1
48
Not enough data
7.2
49
Not enough data
7.3
48
Not enough data
7.2
48
Generative AI
6.6
155
Not enough data
6.7
152
Not enough data
AI Visibility & Tracking
Not enough data
7.9
77
Not enough data
8.0
89
Sentiment & Brand Analysis
Not enough data
7.9
70
Not enough data
6.3
58
Competitive Benchmarking
Not enough data
7.3
61
Not enough data
7.6
70
AI Content Optimization
Not enough data
7.7
65
Not enough data
7.8
69
Reporting & Alerts
Not enough data
6.8
60
Not enough data
7.7
72
Database
7.9
484
Not enough data
7.9
414
Not enough data
8.0
389
Not enough data
Outreach
8.1
429
Not enough data
7.5
146
Not enough data
7.7
349
Not enough data
Reporting
8.5
478
Not enough data
8.3
361
Not enough data
8.1
409
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Media and Influencer Targeting
5.8
20
Not enough data
6.0
19
Not enough data
6.0
19
Not enough data
6.0
19
Not enough data
6.0
19
Not enough data
User Rights/Roles
7.7
305
Not enough data
8.0
326
Not enough data
Tools
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
668
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Metrics
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
658
Not enough data
8.2
644
Not enough data
8.0
585
Not enough data
7.7
583
Not enough data
8.9
720
Agentic AI - Content Analytics
Not enough data
7.4
59
Not enough data
7.6
60
Not enough data
7.6
60
Not enough data
7.7
60
Not enough data
7.6
61
Marketing Operations
Not enough data
7.7
392
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
417
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
403
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
382
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Campaign Activity
Not enough data
8.3
396
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
435
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
365
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
380
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
407
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
357
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Marketing Analytics
Not enough data
7.1
59
Not enough data
7.5
59
Not enough data
7.1
59
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Meltwater and Semrush are categorized as Social Media Analytics, Social Media Suites, Social Media Management, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), and Media Monitoring
Unique Categories
Meltwater is categorized as Audience Intelligence Platforms, Social Media Listening Tools, Influencer Marketing Platforms, Media and Influencer Targeting, and PR Analytics
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Meltwater
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Semrush
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
15.6%
Public Relations and Communications
14.8%
Non-Profit Organization Management
6.7%
Higher Education
5.5%
Information Technology and Services
3.1%
Other
54.4%
Marketing and Advertising
29.4%
Information Technology and Services
8.8%
Computer Software
8.0%
Retail
3.7%
Internet
3.7%
Other
46.4%
Discussions
How do I make Meltwater work for our organization?
3 Comments
AS
I find it helpful to make customized reporter/influencer lists (based on geography, issue, etc). Makes it easy to do rapid-response outreach.Read more
How much does meltwater cost?
2 Comments
CS
Depends on the exact tools within the platform you want to use and size of organization. We are a very small marketing team of a public library, so our cost...Read more
How soon will sysomos and meltwater fully be integrated?
2 Comments
FA
Hi Janay. Sorry I don't know the answer to that question. Hopefully a Meltwater rep or someone else can answer it. I suggest simply contacting Meltwater...Read more
What is Semrush used for?
4 Comments
KS
It is an all-in-one software that helps marketers get insights from the data and helps in doing keyword research, content marketing, and campaign management.Read more
Does SEMrush have a free plan?
3 Comments
BB
Yes they have a free plan where you can add 1 website.Read more
What can SEMrush do?
3 Comments
SR
SEMrush can help you to optimize your website for search engines, including keyword research, site audits, and link building. It offers a variety of features...Read more
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