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PR and media monitoring · September 2026 Edition

Muck Rack vs Awario

Eight of twelve models named Muck Rack first on the direct prompt; zero named Awario. Muck Rack was named by twelve of the twelve models and Awario by nine and Muck Rack carries 53 labels and Awario 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Muck Rack

accepted challenger

New York City, United States, founded 2009. Named in one category this edition.

Awario

accepted challenger

founded 2016. Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share24%16%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate17%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels5314A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Muck Rack reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Semrush AI PR Toolkit was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. Muck Rack vs Semrush AI PR Toolkit · Semrush AI PR Toolkit vs Awario

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

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Muck RackFirst choices, of twelve modelsAwario
Direct80
Paraphrase302 against Muck Rack
Comparative20
Budget-constrained083 against Muck Rack
Scale-constrained10
Negative204 against Muck Rack · 1 against Awario
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Muck Rack and Awario stood in it.

Muck Rack first, Awario not the choice

8 of 12 modelsAwario was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Muck Rack alternatives: Brand24, Cision, Meltwater, Mention
GPT-5.4 miniMuck Rack alternatives: CisionOne, Meltwater
Gemini 3.5 FlashMuck Rack alternatives: Meltwater, Propel PRM, Semrush AI PR Toolkit
Grok 4.1 FastMuck Rack alternatives: Agility PR Solutions, Brand24, Semrush AI PR Toolkit
Mistral SmallMuck Rack alternatives: Brand24, CisionOne, Onclusive, Semrush, Semrush AI PR Toolkit
DeepSeek V4 FlashMuck Rack alternatives: Agility PR Solutions, Meltwater, Semrush AI PR Toolkit
Qwen 3.7 FlashAgility PR Solutions, Muck Rack alternatives: Semrush AI PR Toolkit
Kimi K2Meltwater, Muck Rack alternatives: Brand24, Mention, Semrush AI PR Toolkit, Talkwalker

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Llama 4 MaverickAgility PR Solutions alternatives: Muck Rack, Semrush
GLM 4.7 FlashXAgility PR Solutions alternatives: Muck Rack, Semrush AI PR Toolkit

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarSemrush AI PR Toolkit alternatives: Brand24, Cision, Meltwater
MiniMax M2.5Agility PR Solutions, Brand24 alternatives: Critical Mention, Mention, Respona

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Awario leads by sixteen points.
Awario20%#3 of 11
Muck Rack4%#5 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Muck Rack leads at mid-market.
Muck Rack24%#1 of 13
Awario16%#3 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Muck Rack leads by four points.
Muck Rack4%#4 of 9
Awario0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Muck Rack

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

What the models said about Awario

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Lowest rated among common monitoring tools (3.9/5 on G2)” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Awario is the cheapest fully-featured listening tool on the market. ... Choose Awario if you have a micro-budget and want the most robust ... listening tool possible.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“The best PR and media monitoring platform for a company with a limited budget is Awario, which starts at $29/month” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Frequently recommended as best value for small businesses... then upgrade to Awario ($29/mo)” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.