--- title: Meltwater Reviews meta\_title: 'Meltwater Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 2668 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Meltwater works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 2668 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-10' parent\_category: name: Social Media Marketing url: https://www.g2.com/categories/social-media-marketing --- # Meltwater Reviews & Product Details Visit Website Meltwater empowers companies with a suite of solutions that spans media, social, and consumer intelligence. Since 2001, we’ve helped organizations harness the world’s data in real time to fuel smarter decisions, stronger performance and sustainable growth. By analyzing nearly 1 billion pieces of content each day and transforming them into vital insights, Meltwater unlocks the competitive edge needed to drive results. With 27,000 customers, 50 offices across six continents and 2,200 employees, Meltwater is the industry partner of choice for global brands making an impact. We activate the power of data so businesses can make smarter, faster decisions. With the most robust dataset across media, social, consumer trends – and now insights into how large language models (LLMs) shape brand visibility – we give companies a complete view of the conversations, behaviors, and signals influencing their markets. Our powerful AI turns this breadth of data into actionable insights, empowering teams across PR, communications and marketing to confidently drive strategy. -- Mira Studio (AI-Powered Media, Market, and Brand Intelligence Assistant) Key features - Natural language querying - Automated insights - Structured reports - Trend-spotting and explanations with suggested actions - Integrated throughout the full Meltwater Platform - Integrates with Copilot and Slack What is Mira Studio? Mira Studio is Meltwater’s conversational AI teammate for media, market, and brand intelligence. Mira Studio helps PR, comms, and marketing teams cut through complexity and reduce time spent on manual analysis, with prompt-driven reporting, briefing, simplified data exploration, and real-time answers. Who uses Mira Studio? Teams that need quick and shareable insights while reducing manual time spent digging through data. Mira Studio converts Meltwater data into summaries, visuals, and provides explanations through natural language interaction. Get to the why of what’s happening, not just the what. -- Media Intelligence for PR (Media Monitoring and Analysis Platform) Key capabilities - Monitor 6M different media sources - Unlimited search - Real-time alerts - Journalist identification - Competitive benchmarking - Unified, shareable reporting - Predictive analytics for mention forecasting - Brand-level sentiment What is Meltwater Media Intelligence? Meltwater’s media intelligence platform monitors and analyzes earned media coverage through tracking brand mentions and narratives across news, print, broadcast, podcasts, and social media. This enables faster response times to trends or feedback through real-time awareness of message penetration, emerging risks, and consumer sentiment. Who Uses Meltwater Media Intelligence? PR and comms teams use Meltwater Media Intelligence to strengthen PR strategies with accurate measurement of brand impact across media sources. With journalist outreach capabilities within a single platform, PR efforts are streamlined for better results. -- Social Listening and Analytics Key capabilities - Monitoring 200B+ social conversations - Analysis of 300M+ social profiles - Influencer identification - Shareable reporting across earned, owned, and paid social - Brand-level sentiment and predictive analytics for brand measurement and forecasting - AI agents for Boolean search creation and management - AI-powered insights summarize brand and topic narratives - Access to Meltwater API What is Meltwater Social Listening and Analytics? Meltwater social listening and analytics is an integrated platform providing monitoring and AI-powered analysis for billions of social conversations. Connect consumer insights to social strategy and marketing campaigns for a seamless approach to brand promotion, quicker crisis response, and powerful competitor insights without data caps. Who uses Meltwater Social Listening? Marketing and social teams in charge of consumer, competitor, and industry insights. -- Influencer Management (Klear – Influencer Relationship Management Platform) Key capabilities - Database of 30M+ global creator profiles - AI-driven influencer discovery and recommendations - Influencer vetting and brand safety analysis - AI-driven outreach and relationship management - Campaign management and creator collaboration tools - Performance benchmarking and ROI tracking - Competitive influencer intelligence What is our influencer management solution? Klear is Meltwater’s influencer discovery and influencer relationship management solution. Vet, manage, and measure influencers and campaigns at scale from within a single tool. AI-powered influencer recommendations improves targeting accuracy, providing better matches and influencing better ROI. Who uses our influencer management solution? Marketing, PR, and Influencer teams use Klear for implementing and scaling their influencer campaigns. Outreach, gifting, payment, analysis and reporting can all be managed through our platform. -- Enterprise and Professional Services Key capabilities - Analyst-led insights and reporting - Custom data configurations - Enterprise-grade support and delivery What is Meltwater Enterprise and Professional Services? Customized intelligence solutions and professional services from Meltwater experts supports large enterprises with advanced or bespoke requirements. This service provides complex data analysis and reporting that go beyond standard product workflows, and ensures fast and accurate delivery for high-stakes or large-scale intelligence needs. * * * Product Website Meltwater Seller [Meltwater](https://www.g2.com/sellers/meltwater) Discussions [Meltwater Community](https://www.g2.com/products/meltwater/discuss) Languages Supported German, English, French, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese (Simplified) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Amy Caton Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/meltwater/pricing) ## Meltwater Integrations (13) What do users say about integrations? Verified by Meltwater [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Audiense ](https://www.g2.com/products/audiense/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") ChatGPT ](https://www.g2.com/products/chatgpt/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Facebook for Business ](https://www.g2.com/products/facebook-for-business/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Google Workspace ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-workspace/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Instagram for Business ](https://www.g2.com/products/instagram-for-business/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Klear ](https://www.g2.com/products/klear-klear/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") KLEAR ](https://www.g2.com/products/kizeo-klear/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") LinkedIn Groups ](https://www.g2.com/products/linkedin-groups/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Microsoft Teams ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-teams/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") PMG Platform ](https://www.g2.com/products/pmg-platform/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Slack ](https://www.g2.com/products/slack/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") WordPress.org ](https://www.g2.com/products/wordpress-org/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") X (Twitter) ](https://www.g2.com/products/x-twitter/reviews) Show More ![Vanmorais m.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vanmorais m.") VM Vanmorais m. Marketing Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/5/2026 "Great for Media Relations, Needs Better Excel Integration" 4/5 What do you like best about Meltwater? I like Meltwater's media database and the data about reach. It helps me a lot in media relations across multiple countries by driving me to the most important media, contacts, and relevant data from my outreaches. It is also handy for doing our reports and managing our brand voice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Meltwater? The integration between Excel data and Meltwater is very difficult, and I was not able to use personal contacts to be evaluated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Meltwater solving and how is that benefiting you? Meltwater provides valuable media data, reports, and insights into brand value. It helps with media relations across countries by connecting me to important media contacts and relevant outreach data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![BYUPR I.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "BYUPR I.") BI BYUPR I. Student Director of Technology Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/1/2025 "Meltwater has proven to be a valuable tool for our student-run PR firm." 4/5 What do you like best about Meltwater? Meltwater is user-friendly and provides in-depth social listening data with minimal effort. The dashboards are sleek, intuitive, and easy to navigate, and our lab has consistently been able to pull actionable insights from the platform. With access to a wide range of sources, from social media to news outlets and blogs, Meltwater makes it easy to monitor and analyze media in real time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Meltwater? While Meltwater itself is a strong platform, it can be frustrating when Meta data is incomplete or inaccurate, limiting a full understanding of online conversations around certain topics. Additionally, some AI features, such as sentiment analysis, aren’t always fully reliable, so we caution students not to rely on them exclusively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Meltwater solving and how is that benefiting you? Meltwater helps us monitor online conversations in real time, which allows us to better understand audiences and provide recommendations to clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 12/8/2025 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Lynsey J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lynsey J.") LJ Lynsey J. Digital Content Creator Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/5/2026 "User-Friendly Social Listening with Room for Enhancement" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Meltwater? I like the easy-to-read dashboard in Meltwater and how everything is condensed into a user-friendly experience. I also find it helpful in keeping up with the number of hits and the customer sentiment around my company’s name. The initial setup was easy, with an invitation link that allowed me to access the platform without hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Meltwater? I wish I could use the GenAI product within the app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Meltwater solving and how is that benefiting you? I use Meltwater for social listening, allowing me to track what people and AI say about my brand. Its easy-to-read dashboard and user-friendly experience help me monitor hits and customer sentiment efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Alan W.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Alan W.") AW Alan W. CEO Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/1/2026 "Meltwater Delivers Most of the News We Need for Industry Newsletters" 5/5 What do you like best about Meltwater? I get 60% of the news I need to create our industry newsletters from the Meltwater service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Meltwater? There are times when the server goes down at what seems like the worst time but that is maybe once a year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Meltwater solving and how is that benefiting you? Gathering news is the biggest benefit for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Toni F.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Toni F.") TF Toni F. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/5/2026 "Simplifies Social Media Posting, Promising AI Features" 4/5 What do you like best about Meltwater? I like the ease of not having to post on different sites multiple times, thanks to Meltwater's posting features. The ability to get an overview of brand metrics and popularity is valuable to me. I'm also interested in the gen AI features as they look promising. We chose Meltwater over Hootsuite because it offers a broader reach and more capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Meltwater? We are having some trouble with getting posts to run after review. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Meltwater solving and how is that benefiting you? Meltwater lets me post content without having to do it multiple times on different sites and provides a nice overview of brand metrics and popularity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ML Monique L. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/5/2026 "My company has been using Meltwater for years and it has allowed us to have more impact!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Meltwater? The costumer service is top notch and they are always ahead of the times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Meltwater? I wish we could have team access so all could use it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Meltwater solving and how is that benefiting you? Meltwater is showing me and my team to be more strategic and learn when and how to pivot. It also allows us to show our tangible impact to the leadership of our organization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Nitish K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nitish K.") NK Nitish K. Digital Marketing Manager Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/25/2023 "One of the better ORM Softwares Out there!!" 4/5 What do you like best about Meltwater? Sentimental Analysis, and realtime alerts for any potential snowballing effect of a mention of the brand on social media. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Meltwater? Ai integration and reporting for C-level stakeholders Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Meltwater solving and how is that benefiting you? Immediate alerts about our brand mentions, & also we do competitor tracking by the same. We are the 1st ones to know industry happenings & that gives us an added advantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 7/24/2026 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Daniel W.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Daniel W.") DW Daniel W. Head of Marketing 1/12/2026 "Effortlessly Enhances Media Monitoring and Releases" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Meltwater? I really appreciate how easy Meltwater is to use and the breadth of functionality it offers. It's great that it includes publications in other languages, which is really important for us since we have so many students from diverse backgrounds. Meltwater saves my team and me time, making us more efficient. We can use it for multiple tasks instead of juggling different platforms and paying multiple subscriptions. Knowing about articles written overseas because of the multiple languages supported is very valuable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Meltwater? The onboarding process was a little complicated with lots of different emails with different links and sections in them. If there was a centralized hub or platform within Meltwater for onboarding that stepped you through everything, I would have found it easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Meltwater solving and how is that benefiting you? Meltwater streamlines approving and sending press releases, offering professional polish. It helps us stay updated on media mentions and competitor insights. It saves time, enhances efficiency with broad functionality, and supports multiple languages, keeping us informed about international articles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite DO Dipin O. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/5/2026 "Powerful AI Insights with a Great UX and Mira is functionally exceptional" 5/5 What do you like best about Meltwater? I like the UX design and the fact that you don't have to use boolean for social listening and insights. Mira is one of the most powerful AI connects on the app that is very useful and helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Meltwater? The processing and dashboarding can be more optimized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Meltwater solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps me find KPI's for stakeholders and leadership that matter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Automotive](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Automotive") UA Verified User in Automotive Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/3/2026 "Meltwater Turns Complex Media Data into Actionable Insights" 5/5 What do you like best about Meltwater? What stands out to me about Meltwater is its ability to transform complex media and social data into actionable insights. I like that the company combines technology, AI, and customer focus to help businesses make smarter decisions in real time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Meltwater? If I had to pick one thing, it would be the learning curve that can come with such a feature-rich platform. But I see that as a natural challenge of a powerful product rather than a major drawback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Meltwater solving and how is that benefiting you? Meltwater helps organizations cut through information overload by transforming media and social data into actionable insights. This benefits me because I believe better decisions come from better information, and I enjoy working with solutions that create measurable business impact. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about Meltwater? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Meltwater ](https://www.g2.com/products/meltwater/discussions/new) ![Sarah L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sarah L.") SL Sarah Lefaive • Last activity over 2 years ago Describe a time when using Klear for an influencer campaign. What were the results? 2 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/describe-a-time-when-using-klear-for-an-influencer-campaign-what-were-the-results) GU Guest User What is Linkfluence used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-linkfluence-used-for) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/meltwater/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Return on Investment 14 months ### Average Discount 13% ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/meltwater/pricing) ## How much does Meltwater cost? Data powered by [BetterCloud](https://www.bettercloud.com). Estimated Price ### $$k - $$k Per Year Based on data from 20 purchases. 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