--- title: iQ media Reviews meta_title: 'iQ media Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 21 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how iQ media works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.2 review_count: 21 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-06-21' parent_category: name: Public Relations (PR) url: https://www.g2.com/categories/public-relations-pr --- # iQ media Reviews **Vendor:** iQ Media Group **Category:** [Media Monitoring Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/media-monitoring) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 21 ## About iQ media With unprecedented data and research functionality, iQ media equips every marketer, public relations, advertising and broadcast media professional with better data and deeper analysis for smarter media intelligence that goes beyond simple media monitoring. We overlay each of your most important KPIs in one simple visualization, and sync that data directly with the exact moments your brand is seen or heard on every screen. The software is designed to better measure share of voice and ROI of media investments. iQ media software is able to effectively analyze brand sponsorship in a way no other vendor has been able to do before. The software is both intuitive and easy-to-use. Our customers can see a longitudinal pattern spanning back as far as 2010. They have constant access to their own data, which is retrievable within seconds. We capture, index and make searchable over 15 hours of live television content every minute—whether speech, video or brand images—in real-time from over 1,000 cable networks and broadcast television stations across 210 U.S. DMAs, Canada, the U.K., Europe and Latin America. The transformed video content and associated data is integrated with Twitter, audience data, website activity and first-party data such as sales, to provide brands and programmers with a holistic view of audience engagement. ## iQ media Reviews ### 1. iQ Media **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tara F. | Technical Support at Student Computing Services, Higher Education, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 15, 2018 **What do you like best about iQ media?** I liked how detailed the results were, and how much data it provided. We were able to do search results on our client and all of its competitors, and see exactly how many articles it was mentioned in, how many times per article, what outlet it was featured on, how many hits it got, and the media value of the article/outlet. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** I did not like how it could sometimes be broad, and it didn't explicitly tell you how to narrow down your results. For example, I searched for one of our clients named Albert, a technology company, and when I first searched, I had over a million results and most related to Albert Einstein, which was obviously not very helpful. **Recommendations to others considering iQ media:** I highly recommend using iQ Media if you want to find data and statistics about an online platform or outlet, with specific measurements on your client or keyword. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** We solved problems relating to giving our clients data about how much they are getting out of our work. We get our clients a lot of press, and iQ media allowed us to specifically and explicitly show our clients just how much and how often their name is getting seen by the public on the outlets we get them on. ### 2. Good Media Monitoring Platform **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Broadcast Media | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 09, 2018 **What do you like best about iQ media?** A large selection of markets and channels. Gives you the CC and ratings numbers conveniently placed on the left side. Searching for something specific is also really easy. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** Slow navigation through the shows. Making everything flash based is annoying when the page crashes and you have to research. Cutting clips and retrieving them is also inconvenient. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** When I need to search something in various markets quickly, I usually turn to IQ ### 3. Pretty good **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alyssa L. | Associate, Paid Social, Marketing and Advertising, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 13, 2018 **What do you like best about iQ media?** Love the set up and work flow, makes tracking my media so easy **What do you dislike about iQ media?** Took a lot of training to fully onboard my team and myself **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** Trckjng paid and earned media across local markets ### 4. Highly Recommended **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ayushi A. | Intern, Higher Education, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 27, 2018 **What do you like best about iQ media?** Provides data for various industries to analyze and to find the potential pool. Good customer support. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** Expensive to buy and sometimes you may not find the results satisfactory. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it for marketing purpose. ### 5. Basics for monitoring coverage **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Public Relations and Communications | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 12, 2018 **What do you like best about iQ media?** A few features are really helpful in PR, share of voice and competitors comparatives for example give a broad image of the state of a company in the news. Usually used for tracking coverage and monthly/quarterly reporting **What do you dislike about iQ media?** Not being able to compare the same company as a trend over time in the same graphic **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** General view of coverage for reports ### 6. I use it to find news stories where my company has been mentioned. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anisha J. | Global Insights Intern, Entertainment, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 23, 2017 **What do you like best about iQ media?** The best feature of iQ media is its wide data base. No matter how old or recent the clip is or how big or small the broadcaster is, I have almost always found what I was looking for. Sure, there have been a few instances when I haven't been able to find a certain clip but overall its a great database. It is also fairly early to use. i had thought editing a clip would be hard but it is super easy and quick. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** Search options could be simplified. You need to search in a certain way using ", someone who is new to it might not be able to figure this out on their own. Sometimes it is difficult to find clips even though they have been on air. And lastly, the way the website looks is a little jaded, it feels old. It can also be really slow sometimes, I don't think it was my internet connection because other websites used to work just fine. **Recommendations to others considering iQ media:** It will be really useful if you are keeping a track of all your media mentions (TV). They have clips from almost every channel, show and network. However, the website might not feel fancy like most websites do nowadays. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding our media mentions and easily keeping a track of all our media coverage. I could easily find whatever news story I was looking for, clip it and email it at the same time. I especially appreciate the feature which lets you email the edited clip instead of making the user download it. ### 7. My thoughts on IQ media **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stephanie J. | Owner/Operator, Public Relations and Communications, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 26, 2018 **What do you like best about iQ media?** Its thorough, easy to use, helps produce results **What do you dislike about iQ media?** Nothing,its a great product for those in PR **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** Press release distribution, press release info ### 8. IQ Media **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legislative Office | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 30, 2018 **What do you like best about iQ media?** Very comprehensive product, great archives to find whatever I am looking for. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** Layout can be a bit confusing-- I only ever really use one search tab. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** Media monitoring, archival research ### 9. Strong analytical data **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew B. | Photographer, Media Production, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2018 **What do you like best about iQ media?** The program is simplistic and easy to read all of the information of your choosing. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** The program can be slow, delayed, or not displaying the most current information. While what it shows is still relevant, it’s not always up to date. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** I’m able to solve when to share information and how to do it. We benefit by having a larger audience. ### 10. iQ media gives you exactly what you need **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 09, 2017 **What do you like best about iQ media?** The ability to use different mediums (social engagement, tv advertisements, grass roots campaigns) to track engagement of our various campaigns and the ability to measure up against other companies. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** I find it difficult to navigate through much of the data/analysis section, but once I figured out where I wanted to go, I just bookmarked that very link. **Recommendations to others considering iQ media:** Be very clear when pulling your data about what you want so that you don't get bogged down in the things that you don't need. There's a LOT of data available. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are boosting posts in various places and sending out postcards at the same time, but we were never really sure who was seeing our messages if anyone, and if they were actually reaching the audience we wanted to. We were able to narrow down the very place that every one was coming to and focus more campaigns on which one had the most reach. ### 11. Great customer service! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Administration | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 28, 2017 **What do you like best about iQ media?** Truly customer focused and not pushy about always trying to upsell you on other features. Contact was straight forward which was appreciated. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** Nothing! I am happy so far with the service. One thing I would like is to be able to customize the look of my alerts more. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** Immediate access to news coverage. Ability to send press releases to targeted audiences. ### 12. Optimization of my marketing campaign **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aleksandr I. | Producer, Motion Pictures and Film, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 07, 2018 **What do you like best about iQ media?** Fast response. Those guys definitely know what the do **What do you dislike about iQ media?** They agreed to work within our budget but I think they slightly overpriced **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** They optimized budget of my advertising and marketing campaigns ### 13. IQ Media Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Public Relations and Communications | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 08, 2017 **What do you like best about iQ media?** I like how they have the capability to send me streamlined reports every morning with TV, print, online, blog and social media coverage. I also like how it gives me direct links to see the story and the impressions and publicity values. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** Coverage has to be in the markets so if it's not then we miss coverage. **Recommendations to others considering iQ media:** Customer service will really help you with your needs and replies very fast. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** The business problems we're solving with IQ media is showing results for our hard work pitching media. It's also hard for just one person to organically search for coverage every day so IQ helps put everything into one place. ### 14. Awesome Platform For Measuring Media Impact **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Broadcast Media | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 29, 2017 **What do you like best about iQ media?** I enjoyed that you were able to track your brand, demographics, and media type. The ability to see all of those variables on one screen is extremely valuable. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** I disliked the sponsorship measurement tool. I didn't feel as though it met my needs. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** I've used it to help me track my branding. What I've realized is how different my brand was actually measuring versus how I thought it was doing. IQ Media opened my eyes to the areas I needed to improve on. ### 15. True self-service **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 13, 2017 **What do you like best about iQ media?** Iq media completely empowers me to grab all the data and build the reports I need. Interface is completely user friendly but when I need to reach out to them, their customer service is awesome. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** Tv stations are spotty and sometimes there is missing content **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** Proving ROI on pr efforts, producing clean reports to give to my superiors ### 16. Get the Results You Really Need **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2017 **What do you like best about iQ media?** Clearly seeing our PR efforts' impact is great. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** Was a bit confusing to navigate initially. **Recommendations to others considering iQ media:** None **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** PR bottom line, paid media ads ### 17. Takes Awhile To Get Use To **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Political Organization | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2017 **What do you like best about iQ media?** There is endless stuff to find on iQ media. But that is about it. For example; you can find hits from all the different news networks. You can also find stuff from cable shows as well. If you want something from TNT its there. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** The overall look and feel of the site. Outdated and its very hard to comprehend and use. The site looks like it hasn't been update or given a new looks since it was launched. **Recommendations to others considering iQ media:** I think IQ media is good to use for its content but will take some time to navigate and to understand how to use. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are trying to improve media and its relationships with political leaders and organizations. ### 18. iQ Media Review **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Public Relations and Communications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 19, 2017 **What do you like best about iQ media?** The links and information for clients and their industries **What do you dislike about iQ media?** Didn't find it as helpful as other monitoring tools **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding media placements ### 19. IQ Media **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Public Relations and Communications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 13, 2017 **What do you like best about iQ media?** I have utilized IQ Media as a clipping service for media. I love that they provided me with breakdown of coverage from summary to impressions. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** I can't say that at this moment I dislike anything of the service. IQ Media has met my standards for what I needed out of the service. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** Benefits I'm realizing is now I have less emphasis on my own google searches knowing IQ Media captures majority of coverage. ### 20. IQ Media **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Public Relations and Communications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 12, 2017 **What do you like best about iQ media?** IQ media is an immediate tool in a crisis. It helps us quickly identify the scope or potential scope of an issue. **What do you dislike about iQ media?** Learning curve was difficult at first. I had to attend a few sessions to get the hang of it. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's very helpful for collecting data over time and for tracking improvement or change. ### 21. Glad we switched to this emerging, innovative company for media intelligence **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 22, 2015 **What do you like best about iQ media?** I was so excited when we switched from our previous media monitoring vendor to iQ media. iQ media told us that their product focuses on media intelligence vs just simply media monitoring and they were not kidding. This software allows me to go back further in time. I get instant access to the media content from the exact date and time that I need it from. The reports are beautiful. I can share them as is to the executive team and with our customers. Not only does iQ Media help my company better analyze media, social media, broadcast spend, brand sponsorship, etc. - it also helps us show our clients that we are successfully getting their content and brand the coverage they demand. I found the previous vendor (Cision) we worked spent more time telling us how much better their product was, than demonstrating that this was true. The account team is always available when we have a question, the software runs seamlessly and it was the best decision my company made when they switched to iQ Media **What do you dislike about iQ media?** I am mad that my company didn't find iQ Media before we started working with Cision. iQ media cares more about their customers and gives us individual attention with a more intelligent and intuitive solution. **Recommendations to others considering iQ media:** Definitely do your research and see a demo. You will be able to see for yourself how much better the iQ Media platform is. The staff are incredible responsive and helpful. **What problems is iQ media solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are better able to demonstrate ROI for our customers and correlate share of voice back to their investment. 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