StoryOpsCompare media monitoring
Cision alternative. Start with the evidence.
Weigh what you need from monitoring, reporting and outreach before you decide what replaces your Cision subscription.
Separate monitoring from your outreach requirements.
A coverage briefing and a journalist outreach programme are genuinely different jobs. StoryOps brings collected coverage, AI analysis and response work together in one workspace, so a briefing is a few clicks away, not a research project. Evaluate your contact database, distribution and broadcast requirements on their own merits before you switch.
| Your decision | StoryOps | Cision |
|---|---|---|
| Core workflow | AI-analysed coverage, source-linked reports and response work — all in one workspace, ready as soon as you add an organisation. | CisionOne advertises print, online, TV, radio, podcast and magazine monitoring, plus journalist outreach and social offerings — a wide net if you need every one of those. |
| Published pricing | Public and free to start: Free $0, Solo $49/month, Team $99/month. USD. | Pricing is provided through a consultation for the selected solution. |
| Coverage fit | News, web, social, video and parliamentary sources, all source-linked. Licensed print and broadcast clips aren’t included — pair with a clipping service if you need those. | Confirm exactly which source lists, licensing and reporting formats are in your quoted package. |
| Before switching | Add one organisation you know well, free, and see the coverage StoryOps actually surfaces. | Check the features and contract terms your team currently relies on. |
Checked 21 September 2026 against Cision’s own published product and pricing pages — a scope comparison, not a benchmark of coverage quality. StoryOps has no affiliation with Cision.
See the briefing you’d actually send.
A usable briefing needs a clear reporting window and evidence you can trace back to source. This is a real report preview from the product, showing exactly how it handles a case with limited prior coverage to compare against.
The organisation is fictional demo data — it shows the report format, not a real monitoring result.
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See exactly what’s covered.
Source availability depends on what you configure and the access each source allows — confirm your specific outlets before you switch, it only takes minutes.
What’s covered
News and RSS feeds, web coverage, X, Reddit, Bluesky, Lemmy, YouTube and TikTok — plus review sites and Irish or UK parliamentary records where you configure them.
Every coverage report links back to its original source, and report types can carry different kinds of evidence.
What’s out of scope
LinkedIn and Substack aren’t native sources yet, and StoryOps doesn’t include licensed print, TV or radio clips — pair it with a clipping service if your reporting needs those.
It’s built for monitoring, analysis and response, not as a journalist database or press-distribution tool — and every AI finding is there for your team to check, not to publish unreviewed.
Start with one organisation, free.
A subject is any person, brand or organisation you track. Prices below are published in USD.
Free
$0 / month
1 tracked subject
Solo
$49 / month
5 tracked subjects
Team
$99 / month
20 tracked subjects
Monthly prices in USD. Every signup starts on Free, no card required — check current plan details and any additional-subject pricing in the app before you upgrade. View current app pricing.
Questions worth asking before you switch
- Do our reports actually require licensed print or broadcast clips?
- Does our team need journalist contacts and press distribution, or just coverage and analysis?
- Which monitoring and reporting tasks can we validate on one tracked organisation, free?
See your own coverage today.
Add the one organisation you know best, free. Check the sources yourself, and see if the briefing is one you’d actually send.