Editorielle vs Source of Sources (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Source of Sources grades higher than Editorielle: 2.8 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Editorielle grades higher on features. Source of Sources grades higher on value for money and the free plan. 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.
Editorielle
UK newsletter of journalist requests for businesses and PR agencies
Source of Sources
Free email list of journalist queries looking for expert sources
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 Source of Sources if
- Fits if you want press mentions and don't want to pay anything
- Works for journalists who need an expert quickly, since posting a query is free
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to search or filter queries, as the site describes no search or topic filter
- Too light for PR teams that need a dashboard, tracking or an archive of past queries
- Watch out: one off-topic or salesy reply to a reporter gets you removed, with no appeal
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAEditorielleFair | 2.8GPASource of SourcesGood | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | ACompletely free for sources and journalists, with no paid plan at all. The site asks you to donate to animal charities instead. |
| 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. | AEverything is free: up to three emails of queries a day, with no paid tier holding anything back. |
| 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. | DOne narrow function: an email of queries, up to three times a day. The site describes no dashboard, search or archive of past queries, and no way to filter them by topic. |
| 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 sign-up asks only for a name and email address, and queries land in your inbox. There's nothing to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb and email only, with no integrations on record. Pitches go only from the email addresses signed up. | CEmail only, with no app, integrations or API on record. |
| Best for | UK journalist requests by daily email | free journalist queries by email |
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 Source of Sources. 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. Source of Sources has no paid plan and scores 2.0.
Editorielle scores higher, and starts $13.22 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other link building tools on the chart, none scores higher than Editorielle for less, and none scores higher than Source of Sources 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
- Source of Sources also covers link outreach.
At a glance
| Editorielle | Source of Sources | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Starts at | £10 per month, excluding VAT, billed monthly | Free |
| Free plan | None | Everything is free: sources get journalist queries by email up to three times a day, and journalists post queries through a web form. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Editorielle Ltd | Jessa and Waffle, LLC |
| Price read from | editorielle.com | sourceofsources.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.
Source of Sources
- Queries arrive only by email; the site describes no dashboard, search or archive of past queries.
- Sign-up asks only for a name and email address, and the site does not describe filtering queries by topic.
- One off-topic or salesy reply to a reporter gets a source removed from the list, with no appeal.
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.
Source of Sources
- Query emails
- Up to three emails a day collect queries from journalists, broadcasters and bloggers who need an expert to quote.
- Direct replies to reporters
- Sources answer a query by emailing the journalist directly; nothing sits between the two.
- Reporter submission form
- Journalists file a query with its outlet, category and deadline; it goes out in the next mailing, usually within a few hours.
- Verified journalists
- Queries from an outlet's own email domain go out faster; a first query from a personal address is held until the journalist's identity is checked.
- Urgent queries
- A journalist with a deadline under four hours can ask for the query to be posted on Threads straight away.
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.
Source of Sources
Free$0
Media query emails up to three times a day for sources; free query submission for journalists.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Editorielle or Source of Sources?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Source of Sources is cheaper to start with: it is free, against about $13.22 a month for Editorielle. Editorielle starts at £10 per month, excluding VAT, billed monthly, and Source of Sources is free.
Which has a free plan, Editorielle or Source of Sources?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Source of Sources has a free plan. Editorielle 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.