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Media intelligence and social listening platform for tracking brand and news coverage

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  • Deployment Cloud Based
  • Starting price Custom
  • Free trial Not offered
  • Best for SMEs, Agencies, Enterprises

What is Meltwater?

Meltwater is a media intelligence and social listening platform that monitors news, social media, podcasts, and broadcast content across more than 240 languages, helping marketing and communications teams track brand mentions, competitors, and emerging conversations. It offers Starter, Pro, Enterprise, and Agency tiers, but does not publish fixed prices; every contract is custom quoted based on sources monitored, regions, data volume, and number of users.

The platform uses AI to summarize coverage, detect sentiment shifts and potential crises, and surface prioritized insights instead of raw mentions. Meltwater does not offer a self-serve free trial, but prospective customers can request a guided demo. Most agreements run on annual contracts with a minimum 12-month term.

Key Features of Meltwater

Meltwater lists 9 documented features, including Media monitoring across news, print, broadcast and podcasts, Social listening across X, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and YouTube and Sentiment analysis and spike/crisis detection. The list below covers what the product does rather than how it is marketed.

  • Media monitoring across news, print, broadcast and podcasts
  • Social listening across X, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and YouTube
  • Sentiment analysis and spike/crisis detection
  • Share of voice and competitor tracking
  • AI-powered insights and automated reporting
  • Influencer marketing tools
  • Media outreach and journalist database
  • Custom executive dashboards
  • Coverage in 240+ languages

Meltwater Pricing

Meltwater lists 4 plans without published figures. Pricing is quoted on request.

Essentials/Starter

Custom

small teams

Core media monitoring tools for brand mentions, news coverage and industry trend tracking.

Suite/Pro

Custom

scaling teams

Typically reported in the $15,000-$40,000/year range; broader source coverage and analytics.

Enterprise

Custom

global enterprises

Enterprise-grade features and support; reported average around $69,648/year.

Agency

Custom

agencies managing multiple clients

Multi-client management features; pricing quoted individually.

Meltwater Specifications

Meltwater is available on web app and has iOS and Android apps. It offers an API.

Deployment
  • Cloud Based
Billing cycle
Yearly
Desktop
  • Web App
Mobile
  • iOS
  • Android
Languages
  • English
Built for
  • SMEs
  • Agencies
  • Enterprises
Support
  • Email
  • Phone
  • Live Support
  • Training
Integrations
Slack, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, HubSpot
Public API
Yes
Free trial
No
Free plan
No
Runs in browser
Yes
Customisable
Yes
Website
meltwater.com

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Meltwater FAQs

No, Meltwater does not list prices publicly; every plan is custom quoted based on sources, regions, data volume and users.

Meltwater does not offer a self-serve free trial, but it does offer a free human-guided demo.

Most Meltwater agreements are annual contracts with a minimum 12-month term.

Meltwater monitors over 400,000 traditional media sources, 200 million+ online publications, major social networks, 20,000+ podcasts and broadcast content.

Yes, Meltwater AI powers sentiment analysis, spike detection and automated summarization across the platform.