--- title: MediaHQ Reviews meta_title: 'MediaHQ Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 79 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how MediaHQ works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.6 review_count: 79 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-14' parent_category: name: Public Relations (PR) url: https://www.g2.com/categories/public-relations-pr --- # MediaHQ Reviews **Vendor:** MediaHQ **Category:** [Media and Influencer Targeting Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/media-and-influencer-targeting) **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 79 ## About MediaHQ MediaHQ will transform your media relations. In one place you can build media lists, distribute press releases, pitch your story and read press release reports. It makes sharing your news instant and hassle free. ## MediaHQ Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find MediaHQ to be **very easy to use** , appreciating its intuitive interface and supportive team. (13 reviews) - Users value the **updated media database** of MediaHQ, enhancing their efficiency in managing PR tasks. (12 reviews) - Users appreciate the **quick and helpful customer support** provided by MediaHQ, enhancing their overall experience. (10 reviews) - Users value the **accurate and updated journalist contacts** of MediaHQ, simplifying targeted media engagement and improving efficiency. (9 reviews) - Users value the **ease of distribution** with MediaHQ, appreciating its customizable features and up-to-date media contacts. (8 reviews) - Media Contacts Management (7 reviews) - Client Service (6 reviews) - Users highlight the **efficiency** of MediaHQ, streamlining media contact management and press release distribution effortlessly. (6 reviews) - Journalist Networking (5 reviews) - Users value the **easy media list building** and scheduling features of MediaHQ, enhancing their press release efforts. (5 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find the **limited functionality** of MediaHQ frustrating, particularly with international coverage and mobile access issues. (4 reviews) - Users find MediaHQ to be **expensive** , with rising costs and limited usability diminishing its overall value. (3 reviews) - Users note the lack of **comprehensive media monitoring** features in MediaHQ, necessitating the use of additional tools. (3 reviews) - Users experience **data inaccuracies** in MediaHQ, leading to duplication of recipients and formatting issues in press releases. (2 reviews) - Users face a **difficult learning** curve with MediaHQ's email formatting, requiring frequent refreshers for effective use. (2 reviews) - Users experience frustrating **email issues** with MediaHQ, such as undelivered test emails and lack of alerts for errors. (2 reviews) - Learning Curve (2 reviews) - Limited Accessibility (2 reviews) - Limited Editing Capabilities (2 reviews) - Users experience **awkward list management** with media updates, manual entry, and issues with recipient duplication and accessibility. (2 reviews) ## MediaHQ Reviews ### 1. Great, useful service overall **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Performing Arts | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 02, 2025 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** The support team are amazing and very quick to come back when I have questions or queries. I enjoy using the list manager too and I like that duplicates are always filtered out when sending releases. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** I find the searchability on the dashboard quite glitchy sometimes- sometimes it's quite easy to find media contacts and other times, less so. Very inconsistent. I also dislike how glitchy the formatting on press releases can be when drafting - fonts, spacing, etc. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is solving the issue of having no centralised system to organise our media contacts. It's also helpful to mitigate sending individual pitch emails which is very time consuming. I also like using MediaHQ as a discovery tool - it makes it easier to find specific media contacts who cover specific themes or issues, geographic regions, etc. ### 2. Impressive, Always-Up-to-Date Media Database and Contacts **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 19, 2026 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** The media database is constantly kept up to date, and the depth of contacts is impressive. I also like the feed on the dashboard keeping users up to date on ongoing events. The platform is very intuitive and easy to use. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** I'd like to be able to add individual contacts to the recipients of a release, not just my lists. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mass releases to Irish media, as stated, the breadth and depth of its contact list is very impressive and makes issuing releases easier. ### 3. All Media Contacts in One Place, with Helpful Open-Rate Insights **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Public Relations and Communications | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 22, 2026 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** All of my media contacts are in one place, and the insights into how many people opened my press release give me a strong sense of how it’s likely to perform. The team is great and very knowledgeable about the product, and the onboarding process was seamless. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** Getting used to the email formatting took a bit of a learning curve for me. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** I need the ability to schedule releases to go out at certain times to different categories of people. Being able to do all of this inside Media HQ has been a game-changer for me. ### 4. MediaHQ makes communicating press releases easy **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Research | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2025 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** I love that MediaHQ manage and update media contacts. I also love that you get to see how well your press releases performed. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** It would be great if you had a media monitoring feature, to quantify how often your PR gets shared. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's helping me to reach a wide audience. ### 5. Pretty user friendly system with comprehensive database of media contacts **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Thomas D. | Research Communications Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2024 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** The database of media contacts is extensive and updated every day, which gives me confidence that my pitches and press releases are reaching the right targets. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** Manually updating media lists is a little frustrating and it needs to be done daily to stay on top of changes, which isn't always possible depending on workload and other commitments. Would be great if updates to existing lists could process automatically. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** It provides up-to-date lists of relevant journalists that I need to reach with different content. I support a huge diversity of researchers across many different academic subjects and it would be hugely time consuming for me to have to compile and maintain my own specialist lists without access to this database. ### 6. Media HQ Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2025 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** Very easy to use, really handy tool to find people's details within the industry, great for sending out press releases and giving you the stats after release. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** Nothing really - perhaps quick updating of contacts who have moved jobs or left the industry etc. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mass Press release distribution, Finding contacts for journalists ### 7. We find Media HQ to be a very efficient tool to distribute press releases and liaise with media **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 18, 2024 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** Having a readymade template for releases and being able to see what it will look like in inboxes is very helpful but having media lists to easily send material to is a game-changer in terms of time and efficiency. It is also great for getting accurate contact information. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** I find the search function limited sometimes **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** Before, we were working off email and that took time in terms in inputting addresses. Media HQ makes it quicker to do, and you get instant feedback on the open rate etc which is a bonus ### 8. Very useful and easy to use **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Róisín D. | Supporter Engagement Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 06, 2024 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** It is a very user friendly platform- easy to navigate. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** It would be gtreat to have a guides section i.e., a place where you can see best practices in communications and PR. For example, how often should press releases go out, what is the best language to land a pitch... **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps to send out our press releases and pitch directly to media. ### 9. Media HQ Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2024 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** Pre populated media lists that I do not have to manage. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** News Feed and that we don't get to use it as much as we'd like, meaning we have to update any lists we've created. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** Not having to manage and maintain own media contact lists. ### 10. Media HQ - Air Ambulances UK **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Glen P. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2023 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** MediaHQ offers plenty of helpful features, but one standout advantage is the media contacts lists. These lists provide a comprehensive and up-to-date database of media professionals and journalists which proves to be a fantastic resource. The ability to search and breakdown these lists into subcategories enhances the usability further. This feature allows you to narrow down your outreach efforts to specific geographic regions for example. ensuring that my message reaches the right audience. Having access to accurate and organised media contact information makes all the difference in our campaigns. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** One aspect that MediaHQ lacks is the absence of media monitoring capabilities. Unlike some competitors that combine media lists with media monitoring functionalities, MediaHQ focuses primarily on providing an extensive database of media contacts and outlets. While MediaHQ's main strength lies in its comprehensive media contacts lists and the ability to categorise them effectively, the absence of media monitoring is a slight limitation as this is what I would like to see. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** MediaHQ helps us find our correct media contacts which saves time. Trying to search for National news sites direct is a tedious process. Prior to using MediaHQ, our team sifted through newsdesks, conducting extensive research, and manually compiling lists of relevant media professionals and outlets. This process not only consumed valuable time but also introduced the potential for errors and oversights. ### 11. Media H **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Emma W. | Communications Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 11, 2024 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** I find MediaHQ really helpful in my day to day role. It is a great asset, easy to use and regular updates keep it updated and in line with emerging industry trends. The scheduling feature is really beneficial. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** The downsides are sometimes it can feel a little less personal then sending out via direct email account. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** MediaHQ helps to ensure we can contact the correct people at the correct time. This is really beneficial for PR campaigns. ### 12. I've been using it in my role with the National Gallery of Ireland **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Fine Art | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 04, 2024 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** I've found the platform easy to use and self explanatory. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** A problem I have encountered using the platform, which can be frustrating, is that if there is a mistake in the draft of a press release, like a field not being filled in or something, MediaHQ does not alert me to this. When I go to send a test email, it looks like it has worked but the test email never arrives. I would definitely find it more helpful if an alert came up saying 'Test email could not be sent because you have left a field blank.' **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's helping me to send a press release to hundreds of people at a time. ### 13. Very good experience, really helps with press releases and media contacts. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2024 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** Being able to schedule press release, the success rate emails following distributions. It's really easy to use and very user friendly. Being able to build individual lists is also a really good feature. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** Not every single jounalist is on it. Appreciate it's hard to have all angles covered but there are a few that aren't on it that you would expect there to be included. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** It hugely reduces bouncebacks which obviously means our press releases are delivered to more journalists. ### 14. Overall positive experience **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Claire R. | Radio Presenter, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2023 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** I think Media HQ is really esay to navigate and takes the hassle out of issuing pres releaes to large volumes of media. The list function is super helpful and saves a lot of time, while the updates implemented by Media HQ themselves are also very timely and informative - i.e. if someone changes role erc. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** Thankfully there aren't too many downsides that I have come across. One issue I have had is with copying and pasting content from Sharepoint documents into press release templates. For some reason it can say there are too many characters and can be a little glitchy, however when I encountered this issue and needed urgent help, the customer services team were excellent to resolve the matter quickly. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** Media HQ solves the problem of havign to send individual emails to a large number of recipients, which would not be logisitcally possible from a timing perspective. It allows to issue press releases to the media in a timely and effective manner. ### 15. Media HQ review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Thom M. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 27, 2023 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** Media HQ has one of the most comprehensive databases in Irish media, the constant updates tenure your lists are always current making pitches more accurate. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** There are few downsides but perhaps having to pay extra to export lists is a slight annoyance. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am very tight for time and often have many pitches to different audiences so Media HQ solves much of that by making many accurate lists that have landed consistent coverage for the range of brands I cover. ### 16. Streamlined toolkit for media engagement in Ireland **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 19, 2023 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** Media HQ gives the user instant access to personnel from across the media landscape in Ireland. It eliminates the need for excel spreadsheet management and updates - the team monitors comings and goings within the industry and updates their centralised list instantly. The service makes press release creation and issue easy and secure, and its reporting tools are excellent. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** As with all services that make life easier there is a cost attached, and the subscription costs at Media HQ tend to increase year-on-year. Additional user licenses also come at an extra fee. This can be a challenge for smaller and non-profit organisations whose communication budgets are usually tight and don't increase at the same annual rate. I would suggest the service delivers value for money only if it's used very frequently. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** Media HQ reduces the need for Communications and PR Managers to spend time sourcing and maintaining contact lists on offline databases. That detective work and maintenance is done for you. It provides a safe, secure way to issue press releases to up to 300 recipients at a time, and takes the guess work out of how many of those recipients opened and engaged with your release. ### 17. Good - though very expensive. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cathy G. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 22, 2023 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** The List Hub - very useful, read receipts. **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** The List Hub - sometimes the Media HQ way of compartmentisling does not makes sense. Getting the budget for the service. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** Comprehensive lists are very useful. ### 18. review mediahq **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Media Production | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2022 **What do you like best about MediaHQ?** easy to send press releases to multiple journalists **What do you dislike about MediaHQ?** It's a bit clunky to use. The cursor seems to move around a lot leading to mistakes or typos. I find integrating own contacts hard to do. slow to update data about journalists issues with accents on letters at times. **What problems is MediaHQ solving and how is that benefiting you?** it makes it easy for me to contact media directly ## MediaHQ Discussions - [What is MediaHQ used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-mediahq-used-for) - [View MediaHQ pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/mediahq/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=4§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-14+07%3A08%3A00+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=cfad0675-9c8a-4134-81b5-0ab16da318e3&secure%5Btoken%5D=ee6d12036891de5f0b17f61490e1593d17ec79fe07e95c80da5005fe6ae0f3d8&format=llm_user) ## MediaHQ Features **Diagnosis** - IP Address - Domains - Content - Policy Compliance **Identify** - Blogger Database - Blogger Search Engine - Selection Criteria **Content Creation** - Press Release Creation - Multimedia - Newsrooms - SEO **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - AI Text Summarization **Agentic AI - Press Release Distribution** - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance **Database** - Media Database - Contact/Campaign Management **Tracking** - Processing Time - Placement - Open Rate - Time to Open - Alerts **Manage** - Import/Export - Automatic Follow-up - Multichannel Outreach - Product Tracking - Content Scheduling **Content Distribution** - Distribution - Contact List - Social Sharing - Analytics **Outreach** - Media Distribution - PR Planner - Social Media Services **Reporting** - Campaign Performance - Domain Reputation - Brand Reputation - Blacklist and Whitelist **Results** - Curation - Reports and Visualization - Campaign Analytics **Reporting** - Response Desk - Impact Measurement **Agentic AI - Media and Influencer Targeting** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance **Agentic AI - Email Deliverability** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making **User Rights/Roles** - Team Collaboration ## Top MediaHQ Alternatives - [Muck Rack](https://www.g2.com/products/muck-rack/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (493 reviews) - [Meltwater](https://www.g2.com/products/meltwater/reviews) - 4.1/5.0 (2,638 reviews) - [CisionOne](https://www.g2.com/products/cisionone/reviews) - 3.9/5.0 (1,322 reviews)