# Anewstip review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Journalist database searched by what reporters write and tweet

Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Anewstip is a web-based media database for PR people and founders. It finds journalists and outlets by searching the articles and tweets they have published, then lets you save them to media lists, email pitches with open and click tracking, and set alerts on new coverage. A free account can search, but contact details, exports and pitching need a paid plan.

- **Category:** Backlinks & Link Building
- **Made by:** Anewstip (since 2014)
- **Website:** https://anewstip.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you're staying free, as the free plan hides contact details and can't export lists or send pitches.
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026

## Pricing

As of Oct 23, 2026, Anewstip has a free plan, and paid plans start at $160 per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** 1 user, search, 2 media lists of up to 100 contacts and 2 alerts. No email addresses or phone numbers, no exports and no pitches.
- **Free trial:** 7-day free trial of Standard and Professional; billed automatically when it ends.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 1 user, 2 media lists of 100 contacts and 2 alerts. Contact details, list exports and pitching are locked. |
| Standard | $160 per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly) | 1 user, 1,000 pitches a month, 20 media lists of 1,000 contacts, 20 alerts, contact emails and phone numbers, and list export. |
| Professional | $400 per month, billed annually | Up to 5 users, 5,000 pitches a month, unlimited lists of 5,000 contacts, unlimited alerts and help from a PR consultant. |
| Partners | Custom | Unlimited users and pitches, with access to Anewstip's APIs. |

Read from https://anewstip.com/plans/ on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Anewstip before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 20% with annual billing** (Annual discount): Anewstip's pricing page lists Standard at $160 a month billed annually instead of $200 billed monthly, a 20% saving. Source: https://anewstip.com/plans/
- **$99 a month for solo PR pros and early-stage startups** (Startups): New customers with up to $1M in funding, or solo PR pros and teams of 5 or fewer, can apply for $99 a month for up to a year: 10 media lists and 500 pitches a month. Source: https://anewstip.com/early-stage/
- **Discount for eligible nonprofits** (Nonprofit): The pricing page FAQ says eligible nonprofits can get a discount by contacting Anewstip; no figure is given. Source: https://anewstip.com/plans/

## Key features

- **Search by articles:** Find reporters through what they have written, across an index Anewstip puts at 200 million articles, filtered by author, region, language and date.
- **Search by tweets:** Find media contacts by what they have tweeted since 2006, filtered by source, place, date, topic and an influence score.
- **Journalist and outlet profiles:** Search more than 800,000 journalist profiles and 200,000 outlet profiles by name, title, outlet, topic, country and language.
- **Media lists:** Save contacts to lists whose details update on their own. Paid plans can export lists and see email addresses and phone numbers.
- **Pitch:** Email personalized pitches to a media list and see opens and clicks. Each email uses one pitch point from the monthly allowance.
- **Alerts:** Email alerts when new articles or tweets from media contacts mention your brand, a competitor or any keyword.

## Good for

- Founders and small PR teams building their own media lists
- Finding reporters by the stories they have already covered
- Watching what journalists write about your brand and rivals

## Worth knowing

- The free plan hides journalists' email addresses and phone numbers, cannot export lists and cannot send pitches.
- Professional is billed annually only; Standard is the one plan that can be paid month to month.
- Extra pitches are one-time pitch point packs, from $59 for 500 on a paid plan or $79 on the free plan.
- API access is limited to the custom Partners plan, and coverage reports are a separate product, ClipCoverage, with its own account.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. Anewstip finds journalists through what they've written and tweeted, then lets you build media lists, pitch them by email and set alerts. But the free plan hides every email address and phone number, Standard is $160 a month on yearly billing for one user, and coverage reports are a separate product with its own account.

- **Value for money: D.** Standard is $160 a month billed annually ($200 monthly) for 1 user, which is where this category's dearest tenth starts. Professional is $400 a month, yearly only. Early-stage startups and solo PR pros can apply for $99 a month for up to a year.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan for 1 user with search, 2 lists of 100 contacts and 2 alerts, but it hides email addresses and phone numbers and can't export or pitch, which is the part you'd pay for. The 7-day trial bills you automatically when it ends.
- **Features: C.** Search across an index it puts at 200 million articles plus tweets back to 2006, 800,000+ journalist profiles, lists that update themselves, tracked email pitches and alerts. The gaps the listing names: coverage reports are a separate product, ClipCoverage, and the API is only on the custom Partners plan.
- **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. Searching is simple, but you build lists, set alerts and keep an eye on a monthly allowance of pitch points before pitching pays off.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no desktop or phone app and no integrations on record. The API comes only with the custom-priced Partners plan.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Anewstip's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among link building tools

- Anewstip's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 2 of the 50 other link building tools we grade, and level with 10.
- It stands best on free plan and trial (C, above 20 of 50) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $160 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 38 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 24 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/link-building

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Anewstip you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 38 of the 50 other link building tools grade higher. It costs $1,920 a year.

- You could make: Link outreach: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

**Tags:** Link outreach, Email campaigns

## Alternatives

- [Muck Rack](https://toolgpa.com/tools/muck-rack): Media database, pitching and coverage monitoring for PR teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anewstip-vs-muck-rack)
- [Semrush AI PR Toolkit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/prowly): Media database, pitching and monitoring, formerly Prowly. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anewstip-vs-prowly)
- [JournoFinder](https://toolgpa.com/tools/journofinder): Journalist database with an AI list builder, news search and pitching. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anewstip-vs-journofinder)
- [Roxhill](https://toolgpa.com/tools/roxhill): Media database and monitoring platform for PR teams, sold by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anewstip-vs-roxhill)
- [BuzzStream](https://toolgpa.com/tools/buzzstream): Outreach CRM for link building and digital PR. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anewstip-vs-buzzstream)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026:

- https://anewstip.com/plans/
- https://anewstip.com/
- https://anewstip.com/plans/pitch_points/
- https://anewstip.com/early-stage/
- https://anewstip.com/aboutus/
- https://anewstip.com/clipcoverage/

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