Relevance, not noise
Articles are grouped into stories and scored against your topics, markets and exclusions. Model-generated assessments are labelled as such.
News monitoring via MCP · free
The news that matters, connected to your AI.
Monitor up to 10 supported news sources every six hours. Explore relevant stories, sources and available journalist information in Claude or Codex.
What PressRadar does
A news desk that reads for you.
PressRadar collects articles from the outlets you choose, matches them against your profile and makes them available to your AI assistant as a tool.
Details with provenance
Author information and public professional contact details appear where available – always with the page they came from. Email addresses are never guessed.
Your notes, your workspace
Your AI agent can store your own notes, contacts, social profiles and interaction history in your private workspace. Your data takes priority.
Three steps
From interests to briefing.
1. Set your interests
A short questionnaire: role, industry, topics and keywords, exclusions, markets and languages, and your goal – PR opportunities, industry monitoring, competitor news or research.
2. Choose sources
Pick up to 10 news sources. One source is one publisher website; subpaths and aliases of the same publisher count once.
3. Connect your AI
Connect Claude or Codex with your personal workspace API key and ask for relevant news whenever you like.
What a request looks like
A briefing, as your AI might put it together.
Every name, outlet and story below is fictional and shown for illustration only.
Your question to the AI
“What’s new since yesterday on hydrogen subsidies in Austria and Germany?”
Illustrative example – not live dataget_story · search_news
Your morning briefing
Profile: communications · energy · DACH
Beispielzeitung · Business
Exampleland launches new funding scheme for green hydrogen
Three reports from two sources grouped into one story. Deadline and funding volume are named.
Model assessment (Gemini): Fits your goal “PR opportunities”: industry companies are invited to comment.
- Relevance
- High
- Author
- Erika Musterfrau
- Source
- beispielzeitung.example/autoren/musterfrau
Musterstädter Kurier · Regional
Musterstadt utility tests electrolyser in industrial park
One report; pilot operation announced for spring.
Model assessment (Gemini): Regional link to your market; a competitor is mentioned by name.
- Relevance
- Medium
- Author
- Max Mustermann
- Source
- kurier.example/team
The Example Gazette · Energy
Hydrogen subsidies spark debate among European regulators
English-language report; no public contact details found.
Model assessment (Gemini): International context on your topic; weaker market link.
- Relevance
- Medium
- Author
- Jane Example
- Source
- gazette.example/staff/jane-example
The free plan
Clear limits, stated plainly.
PressRadar is free. To keep it that way and keep it reliable, these rules apply:
Starting catalogue: major publishers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, plus English-language publishers from the UK and US. We can support almost any publication – just request it.
- Up to 10 sources
- One source is one publisher website. Subpaths and aliases of the same publisher count once.
- Every six hours
- Your sources are collected on a fixed six-hour schedule – not a real-time feed.
- Supported websites only
- Not every website can be monitored. We validate every source automatically using feeds, sitemaps and sample articles.
Source status
- Active – Being collected.
- Checking – Validation in progress.
- Unsupported – Uses no slot – you can request support.
- Blocked – The website does not allow collection.
- Needs review – We are taking a closer look.
Compared
Where PressRadar fits – and where it doesn’t.
Meltwater and Muck Rack are comprehensive, paid PR platforms with large maintained journalist databases, multi-channel monitoring, analytics and outreach. PressRadar is deliberately narrower: free online-news monitoring for your AI.
| Feature | PressRadar | Meltwater | Muck Rack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free news-monitoring MCP offering | Yes – a free news-monitoring MCP server. | Meltwater MCP is generally available to Meltwater customers as part of the paid platform. No free offering is advertised – verify with vendor. Verify with vendor | MCP is listed as a product innovation; the platform requires a paid subscription per its pricing page. Verify MCP access details with vendor. Verify with vendor |
| AI-assistant integration | Works with Claude or Codex via MCP using a personal workspace API key. | Per vendor, Meltwater MCP connects AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT to Meltwater data; plus the Mira AI assistant and an API. | Coverage Analyst answers questions “in Muck Rack or via MCP” in preferred AI tools; specific assistants aren’t named – verify with vendor. Verify with vendor |
| Journalist / contact database coverage | Not a comprehensive maintained journalist database: author info and public professional contacts where available, always with the source page; emails never guessed. Store your own notes and contacts via MCP. | Per vendor, 800,000+ journalists, bloggers and media contacts worldwide, continuously verified by a research team and AI. | Editorially maintained media database with verified profiles (digital, broadcast, print, podcasts, newsletters, social); “hundreds of thousands of updates every year” per vendor. |
| Pricing model | Free plan. | Tailored quotes, no public prices (Starter, Pro, Enterprise, Agency); mostly annual contracts, demo instead of a self-serve trial. | Custom proposals, no public prices (Starter, Standard, Premier) plus add-ons; paid subscription, free tools only for journalists. |
Free news-monitoring MCP offering
- PressRadar
Yes – a free news-monitoring MCP server.
- Meltwater
Meltwater MCP is generally available to Meltwater customers as part of the paid platform. No free offering is advertised – verify with vendor.
Verify with vendor
- Muck Rack
MCP is listed as a product innovation; the platform requires a paid subscription per its pricing page. Verify MCP access details with vendor.
Verify with vendor
AI-assistant integration
- PressRadar
Works with Claude or Codex via MCP using a personal workspace API key.
- Meltwater
Per vendor, Meltwater MCP connects AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT to Meltwater data; plus the Mira AI assistant and an API.
- Muck Rack
Coverage Analyst answers questions “in Muck Rack or via MCP” in preferred AI tools; specific assistants aren’t named – verify with vendor.
Verify with vendor
Journalist / contact database coverage
- PressRadar
Not a comprehensive maintained journalist database: author info and public professional contacts where available, always with the source page; emails never guessed. Store your own notes and contacts via MCP.
- Meltwater
Per vendor, 800,000+ journalists, bloggers and media contacts worldwide, continuously verified by a research team and AI.
- Muck Rack
Editorially maintained media database with verified profiles (digital, broadcast, print, podcasts, newsletters, social); “hundreds of thousands of updates every year” per vendor.
Pricing model
- PressRadar
Free plan.
- Meltwater
Tailored quotes, no public prices (Starter, Pro, Enterprise, Agency); mostly annual contracts, demo instead of a self-serve trial.
- Muck Rack
Custom proposals, no public prices (Starter, Standard, Premier) plus add-ons; paid subscription, free tools only for journalists.
Reviewed: 2026-11-06 · This comparison is based on publicly available official vendor information as of 2026-11-06 and may change at any time. All trademarks belong to their respective owners; PressRadar is not affiliated with Meltwater or Muck Rack. Please verify features and pricing directly with each vendor.
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