Brand24 vs Meltwater
Two of fourteen models named Brand24 first on the direct prompt; one named Meltwater. Brand24 was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Meltwater by fourteen and Brand24 carries 40 labels and Meltwater 67, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Wrocław, Poland, founded 2011. Named in seven categories this edition.
By Meltwater Group, San Francisco, founded 2001. Named in ten categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the PR and media monitoring page.
By framing
Brand24First choices, of fourteen modelsMeltwater
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Brand24 and Meltwater were named in the same answer 103 times, of the 181 answers naming Brand24 and the 341 naming Meltwater. In those answers Meltwater took the first choice eight times and Brand24 twenty-six.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | |||||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | | |
Brand24 Meltwater first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Brand24 on the left and Meltwater on the right.The direct prompt
Brand24 first, Meltwater not the choice
2 of 14 modelsMeltwater was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Meltwater first, Brand24 not the choice
1 of 14 modelsBrand24 was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Brand2432%#1 of 11Meltwater0%#11 of 11Meltwater46%#1 of 8Brand244%#4 of 8What the models said about Brand24
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Pricing escalates quickly; reported issues with social listening accuracy” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Limitations: Less comprehensive than enterprise solutions” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Brand24 and Google Alerts are the most budget-friendly choices, with Brand24 offering more advanced features at a reasonable cost” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“best value option is usually Brand24 or Mention, with Brand24 often the stronger pick for pure media monitoring” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Meltwater
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“one of the most frequently criticized platforms in the PR community... The "Relentless" Sales Culture... The Auto-Renewal Trap” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Why to avoid: ... Many users feel it is "overpriced" and that it offers "no semblance of quality monitoring results"” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid for mid-market: Enterprise heavies like Meltwater/Cision (powerful but pricey, $10K+/month, overkill” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Choose Meltwater if you need the broadest coverage, AI visibility tracking, and comprehensive media intelligence across all channels” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Meltwater leads the category conversation and owns breadth, integrated intelligence, and crisis-monitoring credibility.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Meltwater: Strong on global media intelligence and analytics; best for media-heavy organizations” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.