Brand24 vs Meltwater
One of twelve models named Brand24 first on the direct prompt; one named Meltwater. Both were named by all twelve models and Brand24 carries 41 labels and Meltwater 56, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Wrocław, Poland, founded 2011. Named in four categories this edition.
By Meltwater Group, San Francisco, founded 2001. Named in four categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 twelve modelsMeltwater
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Brand24 and Meltwater were named in the same answer eighty-one times, of the 122 answers naming Brand24 and the 208 naming Meltwater. In those answers Meltwater took the first choice eight times and Brand24 twenty-eight.
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 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |
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
1 of 12 modelsMeltwater was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Meltwater first, Brand24 an alternative
1 of 12 modelsBrand24 was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 12 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
Brand2431%#1 of 11Meltwater0%#11 of 11Meltwater57%#1 of 9Brand246%#3 of 9What the models said about Brand24
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“One cited warning is no mobile alerts.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“The research consistently highlights Brand24 and Prowly as the top budget-friendly choices” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Brand24 is the better pick if your priority is cheaper monitoring only” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Budget monitoring | Brand24, Mention, Awario | $29-$199/mo” Kimi K2 · negative 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 eight in this category shown.
“Meltwater is notorious for its aggressive auto-renewal clauses... they will legally lock you into another full year” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“rely on opaque pricing, aggressive contract terms, and bundling to maximize revenue... avoid the all-in-one suites” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Meltwater and Cision unless you have specific needs that outweigh their significant contract risks” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Enterprise PR + social in one place → Meltwater or Cision ... Standout Strength: Widest source coverage and best PR-social integration” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Often considered the industry leader for pure media monitoring... Best archive of TV, Radio, and Print news.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Meltwater | Enterprise brands needing deep social listening | 300K+ news sources, AI-powered insights” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative 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.