Anewstip vs Roxhill (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Anewstip and Roxhill share a 1.8 GPA, and only Anewstip has a free plan.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Anewstip grades higher on the free plan. Roxhill grades higher on value for money and features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
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
Roxhill
Media database and monitoring platform for PR teams, sold by quote
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 Roxhill if
- Fits if you run PR in the UK and want a media database and monitoring under one login
- Works for lifestyle PRs pitching regular slots in UK magazines
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to see a price first, as the annual fee is only quoted by sales
- Not for you if you want to try it first, as no free plan or trial is on record
- Tight if you're on Core with 1 login: distribution and historical search start at Boutique, and spokespeople analytics at Enterprise
- Watch out: extra logins and reports cost more, on top of the quoted fee
- Too light for working from a phone app, as there's no native app, only the database in a phone's browser
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAAnewstipWeak | 1.8GPARoxhillWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CNo price is published: the annual fee for the database and monitoring is quoted by sales, in bands from Core with 1 login to Enterprise with 5, so the price is only given on a sales call. |
| 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. | FNothing free on record: no free plan and no trial, and getting started goes through sales. |
| 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. | BJournalist search with bios and pitching preferences, an AI Journalist Assistant, release distribution, alerts for moves and media requests, 2,000+ UK lifestyle slots, monitoring and spokespeople analytics. It covers the 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. It's a large platform with lists, alerts, Smart Folders and reports to set up before it pays off. |
| 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. | CWeb only, used in a phone's browser rather than a native app, with no integrations on record. |
| Best for | finding reporters by the articles and tweets they've written | UK PR teams wanting database and monitoring |
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 Roxhill. How we grade
Where they differ
- Anewstip also covers link outreach.
- Roxhill also covers reports and journalist requests.
At a glance
| Anewstip | Roxhill | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $160 per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly) | Not published |
| 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. | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of Standard and Professional; billed automatically when it ends | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Anewstip | Roxhill Media |
| Price read from | anewstip.com | Not confirmed |
| 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.
Roxhill
- No prices are published: an annual fee covering database and monitoring is quoted by sales.
- Bands are Core with 1 login, Boutique with 3, Enterprise with 5, and Premium by arrangement; distribution starts at Boutique.
- Historical search starts at Boutique and the spokespeople platform at Enterprise; extra logins and reports cost more.
- There is no native mobile app; the database runs in a phone's browser.
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.
Roxhill
- Journalist search
- Find journalists by topic, sector, keyword or company, with profiles that include bios, recent articles, social posts and how each one likes to be pitched.
- Journalist Assistant
- An AI assistant inside the database that reads journalist profiles to suggest pitch angles, draft briefing notes and explain what each writer cares about.
- Press release distribution
- Design, schedule and send releases to saved lists, with contacts who opted out flagged across shared lists and reports on opens, clicks and unsubscribes.
- Alerts and media requests
- Custom alerts for journalist moves, headlines, social posts, forward features and media requests, on a schedule you set or on the dashboard.
- PR opportunities directory
- Search over 2,000 regular lifestyle slots from more than 100 UK outlets, filtered by section, outlet or category.
- Monitoring and spokespeople analytics
- Coverage sorted into Smart Folders, AI metrics, stakeholder newsletters, and share-of-voice comparisons of your spokespeople against rivals.
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.
Roxhill
Pricing could not be confirmed. See roxhillmedia.com.
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.
Roxhill
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Anewstip or Roxhill?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Anewstip starts at $160 per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly), and Roxhill has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Anewstip or Roxhill?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Anewstip has a free plan. Roxhill does not.
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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.