Anewstip vs JournoFinder (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, JournoFinder grades higher than Anewstip: 2.4 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
JournoFinder grades higher on value for money, features and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Anewstip
Journalist database searched by what reporters write and tweet
JournoFinder
Journalist database with an AI list builder, news search and pitching
Which one is for you
Pick Anewstip if
- Fits if you're a founder or small PR team building your own media lists
- Works for people who want to find reporters by the stories they've already covered
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you're staying free, as the free plan hides contact details and can't export lists or send pitches
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $200 against $160 billed annually, and Professional is $400 a month on yearly billing only
- Tight if you pitch a lot, as extra pitches are one-time packs from $59 for 500 on a paid plan
- Watch out: the 7-day trial bills you automatically when it ends unless you cancel first
- Skip it if you need coverage reports or an API, as reports are a separate product and the API is on the custom plan only
Pick JournoFinder if
- Fits if you pitch journalists every week and an enterprise media database is out of budget
- Works for digital PR link builders who want the writers behind an Ahrefs backlink export
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to check contact details before paying, as the trial hides them
- Watch out: the FAQ says no refunds, and the vendor's pages disagree on whether the trial needs a card
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $189 against $119 a month billed annually
- Tight if you build many lists, as media lists and active contacts are capped per plan under fair use
- Too light for reactive PR outside the US and UK, which its breaking-news alerts don't watch
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAAnewstipWeak | 2.4GPAJournoFinderFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DStandard is $160 a month billed annually ($200 monthly) for 1 user, which is where this category's dearest tenth starts. Professional is $400 a month, yearly only. Early-stage startups and solo PR pros can apply for $99 a month for up to a year. | C$119 a month billed annually for 1 user, above this category's usual top but short of its dearest tenth. Monthly billing is $189, and Team is $229 a month billed annually for 3 users. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan for 1 user with search, 2 lists of 100 contacts and 2 alerts, but it hides email addresses and phone numbers and can't export or pitch, which is the part you'd pay for. The 7-day trial bills you automatically when it ends. | CA free plan that only searches journalist requests, with 3 daily email alerts. The 7-day trial of paid plans hides journalists' contact details, which is what you'd pay for. |
| Features | CSearch across an index it puts at 200 million articles plus tweets back to 2006, 800,000+ journalist profiles, lists that update themselves, tracked email pitches and alerts. The gaps the listing names: coverage reports are a separate product, ClipCoverage, and the API is only on the custom Partners plan. | BA database of over 1,000,000 contacts, an AI list builder, news, article and outlet search, writers behind pasted URLs, request alerts, reactive PR alerts and email outreach. It covers the digital PR route to links end to end. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Searching is simple, but you build lists, set alerts and keep an eye on a monthly allowance of pitch points before pitching pays off. | CNo rating on record. The agent builds a list from a sentence, but there are filters, lists, alerts and mailboxes to set up first. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no desktop or phone app and no integrations on record. The API comes only with the custom-priced Partners plan. | BWeb only, with Gmail, Outlook and Microsoft 365 for sending, Slack for news alerts, and a connector for Claude and ChatGPT. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | finding reporters by the articles and tweets they've written | digital PR on a smaller budget |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Anewstip and JournoFinder. How we grade
Price against what you get
Anewstip starts at $160 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. JournoFinder starts at $119 a month and scores 2.7.
JournoFinder scores higher and starts $41 a month lower. Of the other link building tools on the chart, 24 score higher than Anewstip for less, and none scores higher than JournoFinder for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Anewstip also covers email campaigns.
- JournoFinder also covers AI agents and journalist requests.
At a glance
| Anewstip | JournoFinder | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $160 per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly) | $119 per month for 1 user, billed annually ($189 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | 1 user, search, 2 media lists of up to 100 contacts and 2 alerts. No email addresses or phone numbers, no exports and no pitches. | Search journalist requests and get 3 daily email alerts for them. No journalist database, media lists or contact details. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of Standard and Professional; billed automatically when it ends | 7-day free trial of paid plans, with journalists' contact details hidden until you pay |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Anewstip | JournoFinder |
| Price read from | anewstip.com | journofinder.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Anewstip
- The free plan hides journalists' email addresses and phone numbers, cannot export lists and cannot send pitches.
- Professional is billed annually only; Standard is the one plan that can be paid month to month.
- Extra pitches are one-time pitch point packs, from $59 for 500 on a paid plan or $79 on the free plan.
- API access is limited to the custom Partners plan, and coverage reports are a separate product, ClipCoverage, with its own account.
JournoFinder
- The trial hides journalists' contact details, and the vendor's pages disagree on whether it needs a card.
- The FAQ states that JournoFinder gives no refunds.
- Media lists and active contacts are capped per plan, under a fair use policy.
- Breaking-news alerts watch US and UK news only.
Key features
Anewstip
- Search by articles
- Find reporters through what they have written, across an index Anewstip puts at 200 million articles, filtered by author, region, language and date.
- Search by tweets
- Find media contacts by what they have tweeted since 2006, filtered by source, place, date, topic and an influence score.
- Journalist and outlet profiles
- Search more than 800,000 journalist profiles and 200,000 outlet profiles by name, title, outlet, topic, country and language.
- Media lists
- Save contacts to lists whose details update on their own. Paid plans can export lists and see email addresses and phone numbers.
- Pitch
- Email personalized pitches to a media list and see opens and clicks. Each email uses one pitch point from the monthly allowance.
- Alerts
- Email alerts when new articles or tweets from media contacts mention your brand, a competitor or any keyword.
JournoFinder
- Journalist search
- Search a database the vendor puts at over 1,000,000 media contacts by topic, outlet, job title, location and language, including staff who are not bylined reporters.
- AI agent for media lists
- Describe the story in a sentence and the agent builds a vetted media list, judging each journalist on beat and reach; it also works from Claude or ChatGPT.
- News, article and URL search
- Search Google News in real time or any story to see who covered it, or paste article URLs, such as an Ahrefs backlink export, to get the writers' contacts.
- Journalist request alerts
- Gathers requests for expert sources from social media and platforms such as Qwoted and Featured, with AI-matched alerts by email or instantly.
- Reactive PR alerts
- Add a client's domain and it watches breaking news in the US and UK, alerting you by Slack or email when the client has a credible angle.
- Email outreach
- Connect Gmail, Outlook or Microsoft 365, personalize each pitch with the agent and schedule follow-ups; replies from every team mailbox land in one inbox.
Plans
Anewstip
Free$0
1 user, 2 media lists of 100 contacts and 2 alerts. Contact details, list exports and pitching are locked.
Standard$160
per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly)
1 user, 1,000 pitches a month, 20 media lists of 1,000 contacts, 20 alerts, contact emails and phone numbers, and list export.
Professional$400
per month, billed annually
Up to 5 users, 5,000 pitches a month, unlimited lists of 5,000 contacts, unlimited alerts and help from a PR consultant.
PartnersCustom
Unlimited users and pitches, with access to Anewstip's APIs.
JournoFinder
Free$0
Search journalist requests with 3 daily email alerts.
JournoFinder$119
per month for 1 user, billed annually ($189 billed monthly)
The AI agent, journalist, news, article and outlet search, 100 media lists, contact export, 10 request alerts and news alerts for 3 clients.
Team$229
per month for 3 users, billed annually
Everything in JournoFinder for 3 users, news alerts for 5 clients per user, shared lists, an activity log and a customer success manager.
Ways to pay less
Anewstip
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
Anewstip's pricing page lists Standard at $160 a month billed annually instead of $200 billed monthly, a 20% saving.
- Startups
$99 a month for solo PR pros and early-stage startups
New customers with up to $1M in funding, or solo PR pros and teams of 5 or fewer, can apply for $99 a month for up to a year: 10 media lists and 500 pitches a month.
- Nonprofit
Discount for eligible nonprofits
The pricing page FAQ says eligible nonprofits can get a discount by contacting Anewstip; no figure is given.
JournoFinder
- Annual discount
Save 34% with yearly billing
JournoFinder's pricing marks yearly billing 34% off: the one-user plan is $119 a month billed annually against $189 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Anewstip or JournoFinder?
As of Oct 23, 2026, JournoFinder is cheaper to start with: $119 a month, against $160 a month for Anewstip. Anewstip starts at $160 per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly), and JournoFinder starts at $119 per month for 1 user, billed annually ($189 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Anewstip or JournoFinder?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Anewstip and JournoFinder have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.