# Which press release distribution services stand behind their media list quality and coverage guarantees?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hi, comms and PR professionals on G2, this one's for you. Which press release distribution services stand behind their media list quality and coverage guarantees, especially before committing to a multi-year contract based on a pitch deck.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">What tends to separate a defensible claim from marketing copy:</p><ul>
<li>Media database accuracy that's independently verified, not just self-reported</li>
<li>A named methodology behind any published accuracy percentage</li>
<li>Reviewer feedback that lines up with the vendor's own claims, not contradicting them</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">A few on G2's<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/press-release-distribution"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/press-release-distribution">press release distribution</a> list are worth checking this way:</p><ul>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/muck-rack/reviews"><strong>Muck Rack</strong></a> (4.5/5, 520+ reviews): its media database is manually verified by an in-house editorial team rather than scraped and left unmaintained.</li>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/agility-pr-solutions/reviews"><strong>Agility PR Solutions</strong></a> (4.1/5, 400+ reviews): publishes a specific accuracy figure for its 1.1M+ contact database, though some reviewers report outdated entries worth checking against the current claim.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/mediahq/reviews"><strong>MediaHQ</strong></a> (4.6/5, 75+ reviews): reviewers specifically call out automatically updated journalist lists as a differentiator from static contact databases.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For anyone who's caught a media list claim not holding up: what tipped you off, bounce rates or just stale contacts?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p>

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## Comments
### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;I’d distinguish database size from usable contact accuracy. A huge media list is less valuable if journalists have changed beats, publications, or email addresses. For Muck Rack, Agility PR Solutions, or MediaHQ users, have you measured bounce rates or manually checked a sample of contacts before a campaign? I’d be especially interested in how quickly incorrect records were corrected once reported.&lt;/p&gt;

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