Editorielle vs ResponseSource (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, ResponseSource grades higher than Editorielle: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
ResponseSource grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Editorielle
UK newsletter of journalist requests for businesses and PR agencies
ResponseSource
UK journalist request service with a press release wire
Which one is for you
Pick Editorielle if
- Fits if you're a UK small business or expert after editorial coverage
- Works for brands in beauty, fashion, food, home and travel
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try before paying: trials need a promo code, and the terms give no refunds
- Tight if you want requests the moment they're approved, at £5 a month per instant category
- Watch out: the Elle pitching assistant is a separate monthly add-on with no price on the pricing page
- Skip it if your team uses different email domains, as Team members must share one company domain
- Watch out: prices are in pounds and exclude VAT, and no dollar prices are published
Pick ResponseSource if
- Fits if you're a UK PR team after national, regional and trade coverage
- Works for consumer brands answering journalists who want products to review
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your market isn't the UK, as its pages describe UK media only
- Pricey if you cover several sectors, as each is a separate yearly subscription from £625 plus VAT at 20%
- Watch out: the price varies by sector and only the £625 floor is published
- Pricey if you also send releases, as Press Release Wire is extra, from £85 a release
- Watch out: the Vuelio media database on the same page is priced only by quote, and the trial is arranged by form or phone
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAEditorielleFair | 2.4GPAResponseSourceFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B£10 a month before VAT for the newsletter and unlimited pitches, which even with VAT stays under the $20 where this category's cheapest quarter starts. Instant alerts are £5 a month per category on top. | B£625 a year and up per sector, before VAT, and one licence covers a whole office. Split across a team of five that's about £10 a head a month, inside this category's cheaper quarter. On your own it's about £52 a month per sector. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing free: no free plan and no public trial, as trials come only with promo codes, and the terms say no refunds are given. | CNo free plan, but a free one-week trial of the enquiry service, arranged by form or phone. |
| Features | CA daily request newsletter, click-to-pitch, 12 instant categories, a team dashboard and the Elle pitching add-on. It does the request job fully, but that's a smaller job, and Elle's price isn't on the pricing page. | CModerated requests from national, regional, trade and consumer journalists, 25 sectors, delivery filters and an office-wide licence. It does the job fully, but only for UK media, and the press release wire is priced on top. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record, but there's nothing to set up: requests land in your inbox and you pitch from the email with one click. | BNo rating on record, but enquiries arrive by email, already checked by a moderation team, and you narrow them with delivery filters. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb and email only, with no integrations on record. Pitches go only from the email addresses signed up. | CWeb and email only, with no apps, integrations or API on record. |
| Best for | UK journalist requests by daily email | UK journalist requests for PR teams |
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: Editorielle and ResponseSource. How we grade
Price against what you get
Editorielle starts at about $13.22 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. ResponseSource starts at about $68.86 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Editorielle starts $55.64 a month lower. Of the other link building tools on the chart, none scores higher than Editorielle for less, and 2 score higher than ResponseSource 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
- ResponseSource also covers reports.
At a glance
| Editorielle | ResponseSource | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | £10 per month, excluding VAT, billed monthly | £625 per category / year and up, billed annually (excluding VAT) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | Free one-week trial of the Journalist Enquiry Service, arranged by form or phone |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Editorielle Ltd | ResponseSource Ltd |
| Price read from | editorielle.com | responsesource.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Editorielle
- Prices are in pounds and exclude VAT; no dollar prices are published.
- The terms state that no refunds are given, and there is no public free trial; trials come only with promo codes.
- Pitches only reach journalists from the email addresses signed up, and team members must share one company domain.
- The Elle pitching assistant is a separate monthly add-on whose price is not on the pricing page.
ResponseSource
- Prices are in pounds and exclude VAT at 20%; each sector category is a separate annual subscription whose price varies.
- The service covers UK media; the pages do not describe requests from other countries.
- Press Release Wire is priced separately: from £85 per release, or £675 for 10 and £1,050 for 20, with extras such as video from £40.
- The Vuelio media database sold on the same page is priced only by quote.
Key features
Editorielle
- Daily request newsletter
- Every weekday at 12pm UK time, members get the day's requests from journalists at publications such as Forbes, Grazia and the Daily Mail.
- Click to pitch
- Reply to a request from the newsletter; the pitch goes to the journalist's inbox and any answer comes straight back to yours.
- Instant categories
- Pick any of 12 categories, such as beauty, business, finance or travel, to get requests round the clock before they reach the newsletter, at £5 a month each.
- Elle pitching assistant
- A paid monthly add-on that spots relevant requests and drafts a pitch from your profile, sent to your inbox to approve, edit or decline.
- Team dashboard
- Manage the plan and add colleagues from one dashboard, with up to 100 team members on the Team plan.
ResponseSource
- Journalist Enquiry Service
- Requests for expert comment, case studies, interviews and products to review arrive by email from UK print, broadcast and online journalists.
- Moderated requests
- A quality control team reviews each request before it goes out, and delivery filters narrow the feed by request, media and sender type.
- 25 sector categories
- Subscribe only to the sectors you work in, from Business & Finance to Travel; each category is priced separately.
- Office-wide licence
- One licence covers an entire office, so a whole PR team can see and answer the same enquiries.
- Press Release Wire
- Sends releases to UK journalists and news desks, hosts them in a customizable newsroom indexed by search engines, and reports on release and newsroom views.
Plans
Editorielle
Individual£10
per month, excluding VAT, billed monthly
The daily newsletter, an individual dashboard and unlimited pitches. Instant alerts cost £5 a month per category.
Team£15
per month for a team of 2, excluding VAT, plus £5 per extra member
Everything in Individual with a team dashboard for up to 100 members, who must share one company email domain.
ResponseSource
Journalist Enquiry Service£625
per category / year and up, billed annually
Moderated journalist requests by email for one of 25 sectors; the price varies by category, and one licence covers a whole office.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Editorielle or ResponseSource?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Editorielle is cheaper to start with: about $13.22 a month, against about $68.86 a month for ResponseSource. Editorielle starts at £10 per month, excluding VAT, billed monthly, and ResponseSource starts at £625 per category / year and up, billed annually (excluding VAT).
Which has a free plan, Editorielle or ResponseSource?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Editorielle nor ResponseSource has a free plan. ResponseSource has a free trial.
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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.