Muck Rack vs Mention
Eight of fourteen models named Muck Rack first on the direct prompt; zero named Mention. Muck Rack was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Mention by thirteen and Muck Rack carries 50 labels and Mention 33, so the shares are not directly comparable.
New York City, United States, founded 2009. Named in one category this edition.
Named in five 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
Muck RackFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMention
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Muck Rack and Mention were named in the same answer forty-three times, of the 133 answers naming Muck Rack and the 124 naming Mention. In those answers Mention took the first choice six times and Muck Rack nine.
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 | | | | | |
Muck Rack Mention first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Muck Rack on the left and Mention on the right.The direct prompt
Muck Rack first, Mention not the choice
8 of 14 modelsMention was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 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
Mention17%#3 of 11Muck Rack8%#5 of 11Muck Rack30%#1 of 13Mention11%#4 of 13What 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.
“(Approach with Financial Caution)... you should still be cautious about their sales structure and technical requirements” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Tools such as Muck Rack and BuzzSumo are strong for tracking your own coverage but lack robust competitive benchmarking” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Muck Rack — be cautious if you need deep monitoring/reporting, especially for paywalled or niche coverage.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend starting with Muck Rack (if journalist outreach is priority) or Brand24 (if monitoring and sentiment are priority)” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Muck Rack offers the best balance of journalist database quality, monitoring depth, and pricing” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Muck Rack and Agility PR Solutions - strong for mid-sized PR teams, online + print monitoring, PR CRM and outreach in one.” Muse Glimmer 30B · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about Mention
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“it now starts at ~$599/month — it's no longer a viable option for small budgets.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Mention is now enterprise-only, so it is no longer a limited-budget choice.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · hard negative
“Now ~$599/month (discontinued cheaper plans in 2026)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Respona (for outreach) and Mention or Awario (for monitoring) are excellent choices” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd pick Mention for most small teams, because it is explicitly positioned as affordable” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Add Mention ($29/month) if you want real-time social + news monitoring in one place” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget 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.