Featured vs Qwoted (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, we pick Featured: it is second in our ranking of link building tools, and it grades higher too, 2.4 against 1.8.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Featured 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.
Featured
AI assistant for PR that finds journalist requests and drafts pitches
Qwoted
Marketplace where reporters request expert sources and PRs pitch
Which one is for you
Pick Featured if
- Fits if you're a founder or expert answering journalist requests for press mentions
- Works for agencies watching HARO-style requests for several clients
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, at about 2 to 3 opportunities a week
- Watch out: plans differ only in daily AI allowance, and workflows wait in a queue until it resets
- Not for you if you want pitches sent for you, as it drafts them and you send them
- Pricey if a big team needs it, as Team Pro+ is $1,199 a month on yearly billing, and prices exclude tax
- Skip it if you want earned media only, as it also sells paid article placements and press-release distribution
Pick Qwoted if
- Fits if you're an expert who wants press quotes without hiring a PR agency
- Works for PR agencies placing several clients in news stories
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, at 2 pitches a month, requests 2 hours late and no rollover of unused pitches
- Skip it if you draft pitches with AI, as its terms ban it and even light AI editing can get a pitch flagged
- Not for you if you'd rather pitch by email, as every pitch has to go through Qwoted
- Pricey if a team shares it, as team features and white labeling need the custom-priced Teams plan
- Watch out: the pricing page doesn't say whether Pro's $149 a month is billed monthly or yearly
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAFeaturedFair | 1.8GPAQwotedWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CLite is $29 a month billed yearly ($39 monthly), between this category's cheaper quarter and its middle. That buys 5 times the free plan's AI use. Pro is $79 and Pro+ $239, and prices exclude tax. | DPro is $149 a month, and the page doesn't say whether that's billed monthly or yearly. That's the start of this category's dearest tenth, for 35 pitches a month, and team features need the custom-priced Teams plan. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan with every feature and no card, but a small daily AI allowance. Featured's own example is 2 to 3 opportunities a week, which is a taste rather than a routine. | CThe free Basic plan gives you a profile reporters can search, alerts and 2 pitches a month. Requests show up 2 hours late, though, and unused pitches don't roll over, so you'll hit the wall fast. |
| Features | BJournalist requests pulled from HARO, Connectively, Substack, X and LinkedIn, a chat that finds podcasts, bylines and awards, scheduled workflows, media monitoring and a check of how AI chatbots describe your brand. It covers the whole job. | CReporter requests, expert profiles in a searchable database, alerts, pitch intelligence that shows how crowded a request is, and an events and awards list. It does the journalist-request job fully, but that's a smaller job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You ask in plain English, but you'll set up your expertise and workflows, and once the daily allowance runs out, work waits until it resets. | CNo rating on record. You build expert profiles before pitching, and the rules are strict: pitches go through Qwoted only, and even lightly AI-edited ones can get flagged. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Results go to Slack or email, and an MCP server connects it to Claude, Cursor and VS Code. | CWeb only, with no apps, no integrations and no API on record. New requests also come by email. |
| Best for | finding press openings and drafting the pitch | answering reporters who need expert quotes |
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: Featured and Qwoted. How we grade
Price against what you get
Featured starts at $29 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Qwoted starts at $149 a month and scores 2.0.
Featured scores higher and starts $120 a month lower. Of the other link building tools on the chart, none scores higher than Featured for less, and 22 score higher than Qwoted 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
- Featured also covers chat assistant, workflow automation and AI search visibility.
- Qwoted also covers reports.
At a glance
| Featured | Qwoted | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $29 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly) | $149 per month (billing basis not stated) |
| Free plan | Every feature, including Featured Chat and journalist request matching, on a small daily AI allowance; Featured's example is 2 to 3 opportunities a week. | Basic plan: a profile in the database reporters search, real-time alerts and a daily email of requests, and 2 pitches a month, with a 2-hour delay on new requests. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Featured | Qwoted, Inc. |
| Price read from | featured.com | qwoted.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Featured
- Every plan has the same features; plans differ only in a daily AI allowance, and workflows queue until it resets.
- Team Pro+ costs $1,199 a month billed annually ($1,499 monthly); Enterprise is billed by usage at API rates.
- Besides earned media, it sells paid article placements and press-release distribution through newswire partners.
- Prices exclude applicable tax.
Qwoted
- Free accounts get 2 pitches a month and see requests 2 hours late; unused pitches do not roll over.
- Pitches must be sent inside Qwoted; pitching its requests by email breaks the community guidelines.
- Qwoted's terms ban AI-written pitches, and its help center warns that even light AI editing can get a pitch flagged.
- Team features and white labeling need the custom-priced Teams plan; the pricing page does not say how Pro is billed.
Key features
Featured
- Journalist requests
- Matches live source requests from HARO, Connectively, Substack, X and LinkedIn to your expertise, sorted by deadline, and drafts a response.
- Featured Chat
- Ask in plain language for podcasts, writers, publications taking bylines, speaking slots or awards, and get a list with pitches drafted.
- Workflows
- Scheduled searches that keep watching for new opportunities and deliver results to Slack, email or the app.
- GEO audit
- Checks how ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini describe your brand and which sources they cite.
- Media and competitor monitoring
- Tracks mentions of your brand, people and competitors across news, blogs, podcasts and YouTube.
- MCP server
- Connects Claude, Cursor, VS Code or your own agents to Featured's opportunity search and workflows.
Qwoted
- Media requests
- Reporters post calls for expert sources or products, and you answer them with a pitch sent inside Qwoted, with read receipts.
- Expert profiles
- Set up profiles for yourself, your clients or your company's spokespeople; they appear in the expert database that reporters search.
- Alerts
- Real-time alerts and a daily email flag new requests that match your experts' topics; free accounts see new requests two hours late.
- Pitch intelligence
- Shows how many pitches a request has had, how many were read or answered and who is pitching. Free accounts see it only after pitching.
- Events and awards database
- Pro and Teams list industry events and awards in one place as further PR openings.
- Team tools
- On Teams, several people can represent and reply for the same expert, with white-label branding, an admin dashboard and weekly activity reports.
Plans
Featured
Free$0
All features on a small daily allowance of AI usage, for trying the platform. No card needed.
Lite$29
per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly)
For one person: 5 times the Free plan's AI usage, plus workflows across saved opportunities.
Pro$79
per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
5 times Lite's daily usage, for running several workflows and regular drafting.
Pro+$239
per month, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)
20 times Lite's daily usage, for agencies and power users handling several brands.
Team Lite$159
per month for up to 25 members, billed annually ($199 monthly)
One shared usage pool, an admin dashboard showing each member's activity, shared workflows, central billing and SSO.
Team Pro$399
per month for up to 25 members, billed annually ($499 monthly)
5 times Team Lite's shared pool, priority processing, admin controls, team analytics and priority support.
Qwoted
Basic$0
2 pitches a month (5 shared by a team on the free plan), with new requests shown after a 2-hour delay.
Pro$149
per month (billing basis not stated)
35 pitches a month with no delay, pitch intelligence before you pitch, opportunity research and the events and awards database.
TeamsCustom
Unlimited pitches, several people representing the same experts, profile view alerts, white labeling, weekly reports and premium support.
Ways to pay less
Featured
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
Featured's pricing page lists a 20% saving on annual billing: Lite is $29 a month billed at $348 a year instead of $39 a month.
Qwoted
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Featured or Qwoted?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Featured is cheaper to start with: $29 a month, against $149 a month for Qwoted. Featured starts at $29 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly), and Qwoted starts at $149 per month (billing basis not stated).
Which has a free plan, Featured or Qwoted?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Featured and Qwoted 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.