Eight of twelve models named Muck Rack first on the direct prompt; four named Agility PR Solutions. Muck Rack was named by twelve of the twelve models and Agility PR Solutions by eleven and Muck Rack carries 53 labels and Agility PR Solutions 28, so the shares are not directly comparable.
New York City, United States, founded 2009. Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category 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.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Muck Rack and Agility PR Solutions were named in the same answer forty-two times, of the 131 answers naming Muck Rack and the 48 naming Agility PR Solutions. In those answers Agility PR Solutions took the first choice four times and Muck Rack eight.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid: Enterprise platforms like Meltwater, Cision, or Muck Rack” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Other options include Muck Rack, Meltwater, and Agility PR, but they are more expensive and may be more suitable for larger companies.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Its journalist database skews toward business, technology, and trade press, and it lacks strong competitor benchmarking.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Muck Rack is a media relations platform ... popular with mid-market agencies and in-house teams that prioritize media relations workflow efficiency” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Widely considered the most modern and intuitive UI... Highly recommended if pitching and relationship management are your main goals.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“identify Agility PR Solutions and Muck Rack as the two strongest contenders for the mid-market segment” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Agility utilizes a highly rigid annual contract with a 90-day auto-renewal notice requirement” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“but they are more expensive and may be more suitable for larger companies” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“MODERATE CAUTION” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend starting trials with Brand24 (best value) and Agility PR Solutions (best for AI-enhanced features)” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Agility PR Solutions ... widely regarded as the best mid-market-focused platform” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“The best PR and media monitoring platform for a mid-market B2B company is Agility PR Solutions” Llama 4 Maverick · direct 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.