GTM AI Index
Index Marketing PR › Muck Rack vs Semrush AI PR Toolkit
PR and media monitoring · September 2026 Edition

Muck Rack vs Semrush AI PR Toolkit

Eight of twelve models named Muck Rack first on the direct prompt; one named Semrush AI PR Toolkit. Muck Rack was named by twelve of the twelve models and Semrush AI PR Toolkit by ten and Muck Rack carries 53 labels and Semrush AI PR Toolkit 38, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Muck Rack

accepted challenger

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

Semrush AI PR Toolkit

accepted challenger

By Semrush, Boston, United States, founded 2008. Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share24%20%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate17%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels5338A 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.Muck Rack vs Awario · 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 modelsSemrush AI PR Toolkit
Direct81
Paraphrase372 against Muck Rack
Comparative20
Budget-constrained023 against Muck Rack
Scale-constrained10
Negative204 against Muck Rack · 2 against Semrush AI PR Toolkit
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 Semrush AI PR Toolkit stood in it.

Muck Rack first, Semrush AI PR Toolkit an alternative

8 of 12 modelsSemrush AI PR Toolkit 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

Semrush AI PR Toolkit first, Muck Rack not the choice

1 of 12 modelsMuck Rack was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarSemrush AI PR Toolkit alternatives: Brand24, Cision, Meltwater

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

1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
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
Semrush AI PR Toolkit leads by twenty-two points.
Semrush AI PR Toolkit27%#2 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
Semrush AI PR Toolkit20%#2 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Muck Rack leads by four points.
Muck Rack4%#4 of 9
Semrush AI PR Toolkit0%#– 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 Semrush AI PR Toolkit

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

“Poor real-time alerts | Useless for crises | Hourly tools like BuzzSumo, Prowly, CoverageBook” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“It is online-only and is not suited for broadcast coverage.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Go with Prowly ... It is the most practical and high-ROI choice for a growing mid-sized B2B marketing department.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The research consistently highlights Brand24 and Prowly as the top budget-friendly choices” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“The best press outreach and media monitoring tool for a mid-sized B2B company would be Prowly.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase 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.