JustReachOut vs Pitchbox (2026): which should you pick?

Pick JustReachOut if

• Fits if you're a founder or small business doing your own press outreach
• Works for PR consultants pitching for a handful of client brands

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you pitch a lot, at 100 email sends a month on Starter, with more quoted only by email
• Not for you if you want to try it without a card, or try a yearly plan at all, as the trial is for monthly plans only
• Skip it if you need mass emailing, press release distribution or an export of the journalist list
• Pricey if you want it done for you, as White Glove is $1,997 a month and Jumpstart is sold only yearly

Pick Pitchbox if

• Fits if you're an agency running link building for many clients and can commit for a year
• Works for in-house SEO teams that pitch publishers directly instead of hiring out

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you're one person, as every plan is a year's commitment and Pro alone is $2,520 a year
• Tight if more than 2 people pitch, as Pro has 2 users and 2 mailboxes
• Watch out: recurring campaigns, email rotation, Slack and the API start at Advanced for $420 a month
• Not for you if you want to try it yourself, as trials only come after a demo with a product specialist
• Pricey if you pay monthly, as expert onboarding then costs $2,000 to $4,000

JustReachOut

• The 7-day trial covers monthly plans only and asks for a credit card.
• Email sends are capped from 100 a month on Starter; more sends, brands or users are quoted by email.
• There is no raw export of the journalist database, no mass emailing and no press release distribution.
• The Jumpstart Program is sold only yearly and White Glove only monthly, at $1,997 a month.

Pitchbox

• Every plan needs a one-year commitment, whether billed monthly or annually; cancelling keeps access until the term ends.
• Pro has 2 users and 2 mailboxes; recurring campaigns, email rotation, Slack and the API start at Advanced for $420 a month.
• There is no self-serve trial: trials are arranged after a demo with a product specialist.
• Expert-led onboarding costs $2,000 to $4,000 by plan on monthly billing and is included with annual billing.

JustReachOut

Journalist search

Search a database the vendor puts at over 700,000 journalists, with manually verified email addresses and a view of how responsive each one is.

AI pitch writing

The AI pitch engine reads a journalist's recent articles, summarizes them and drafts a personalized pitch from your story angle.

Journalist pitch requests

Requests from journalists looking for expert sources are pulled from six outside feeds into one list, searchable by keyword or category.

Podcast and guest post outreach

Find podcasts looking for guests and publications that take guest posts, then pitch them from the same account.

Broken link building

Search blog posts in your niche by keyword for broken links, then email the site owner to suggest your page as the replacement.

Automatic follow-ups

Schedule follow-up emails that go out when a journalist or site owner has not replied to the first pitch.

Pitchbox

Prospecting

Search by topic, keywords, competitor sites or advanced search operators, filter by SEO metrics, and get sites back with contact details found and verified.

AI personalization and replies

AI reads each prospect's site to draft a personal pitch, and an AI Reply Agent can answer and negotiate replies. Both are on every plan.

Email sequences

Multi-step follow-ups with conditional templates, holiday scheduling and one-click unsubscribe. Rotating sends across mailboxes starts at Advanced.

Deliverability monitoring

From Advanced, a built-in MXRight service scores each mailbox daily and watches more than 80 blacklists.

Link partner CRM and inbox

One inbox for every mailbox and client, with follow-up reminders, out-of-office detection that snoozes a thread, tasks and pipeline stages.

Link monitoring and reports

Checks won links are live, indexed by Google and pointing at a healthy page: 1,000 to 10,000 links by plan, with white-label client reports.

JustReachOut

• Starter Outreach$98

  per month for 100 email sends, billed annually ($147 billed monthly)

  1 team member and 1 brand, with the AI pitch engine, journalist search, verified email addresses and every outreach tool.

• Advanced Outreach$165

  per month for 300 email sends, billed annually ($247 billed monthly)

  2 team members and 5 brands, plus an AI weekly email briefing.

• Ultimate Outreach$331

  per month for 1,000 email sends, billed annually ($497 billed monthly)

  5 team members and 10 brands, plus a narrative-building session and follow-up calls with the JustReachOut team.

• Jumpstart Program$417

  per month, billed annually

  Advanced Outreach plus two story sessions, five campaigns set up for you and all pitches sent for you in the first month. Annual only.

• White Glove$1,997

  per month, billed monthly

  Ultimate Outreach plus five campaigns run by JustReachOut's PR staff, monthly story sessions and a dedicated Slack channel.

Pitchbox

• Pro$210

  per month, billed annually ($300 billed monthly)

  2 users, 2 email accounts, 2,000 outreach emails and 25 campaigns a month, 1 workspace and 1,000 links monitored.

• Advanced$420

  per month, billed annually ($600 billed monthly)

  Unlimited users, 6 email accounts, 5,000 emails a month, 25 workspaces, email rotation, deliverability monitoring, Slack and the API.

• Scale$825

  per month, billed annually ($1,200 billed monthly)

  Unlimited users, 20 email accounts, 25,000 emails a month, unlimited workspaces and campaigns, approval workflow and Looker Studio.

• Enterprise PlatformCustom

  For large companies: single sign-on, a service level agreement, vendor security review, private training and dedicated support.

JustReachOut

• Annual discount

  33% off with yearly billing

  JustReachOut's pricing page marks yearly billing 33% off: Starter Outreach is $98 a month billed annually instead of $147 billed monthly.

Pitchbox

• Annual discount

  Save 30% with annual billing

  Pitchbox's pricing page says annual billing saves 30% against monthly payments: Pro is $210 a month instead of $300.