ResponseSource vs Source of Sources (2026): which should you pick?

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Source of Sources

• Free$0

  Media query emails up to three times a day for sources; free query submission for journalists.