Featured review (2026): is the free plan enough?
AI assistant for PR that finds journalist requests and drafts pitches
Our verdict
Second of our top three link building tools
For: Founders and experts earning links through the press
Featured matches journalist requests from HARO, Connectively, Substack, X and LinkedIn to your expertise, finds podcasts, bylines and awards through a plain-language chat, and drafts each pitch for you to send. The free plan has every feature on a small daily AI allowance, about 2 to 3 opportunities a week, and Lite is $29 a month billed annually ($39 monthly). It is second because it works only on press openings, not outreach to sites you pick; it drafts but does not send, workflows queue once the daily allowance runs out, and it also sells paid placements.
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Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for finding press openings and drafting the pitch
Featured finds journalist requests, podcasts, bylines and awards that fit your expertise and drafts the pitch for you to send, from $29 a month on yearly billing. Every plan runs on a daily AI allowance, so workflows queue once it's used up, and the free plan's allowance comes to about 2 to 3 opportunities a week.
Who Featured is for
- Fits if you're a founder or expert answering journalist requests for press mentions
- Works for agencies watching HARO-style requests for several clients
Who Featured is not for
- 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
Why Featured gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyLite 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.
- CFree plan and trialA 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.
- BFeaturesJournalist 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.
- CEase of useNo 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.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb 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.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Featured's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/featured#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/featured.svg" alt="Featured: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Featured stands among link building tools
Featured's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 37 of the 50 other link building tools we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on features (B, above 39 of 50) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 15 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 51 link building tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Featured’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 8 of 50, level with 26
- CFree plan and trialAbove 20 of 50, level with 22
- BFeaturesAbove 39 of 50, level with 11
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 50, level with 43
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 28 of 50, level with 22
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 45 link building tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Featured, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Featured you would be making a network of journalists who post requests for sources. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 37 of the 50 other link building tools we grade. It costs $348 a year.
What you could not
- A network of journalists who post requests for sources.
- An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- The same prompts asked of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI answers every day, and the answers kept.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Featured’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Featured?
Featured is a web-based PR assistant from the company that owns HARO and Connectively. You ask it in plain language for journalist requests, podcasts, bylines, speaking slots or awards that fit your expertise, and it finds them and drafts the pitch for you to send. Scheduled workflows keep watching and deliver matches to Slack or email.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
Featured pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Featured has a free plan, and paid plans start at $29 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $29 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly)
- 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.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | All features on a small daily allowance of AI usage, for trying the platform. No card needed. |
| Lite | $29per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly) | For one person: 5 times the Free plan's AI usage, plus workflows across saved opportunities. |
| Pro | $79per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly) | 5 times Lite's daily usage, for running several workflows and regular drafting. |
| Pro+ | $239per month, billed annually ($299 billed monthly) | 20 times Lite's daily usage, for agencies and power users handling several brands. |
| Team Lite | $159per 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 | $399per 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. |
Read from featured.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Featured before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 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.
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Common questions
Does Featured have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Featured is listed for Web.
Does Featured have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Featured is listed for Web.
Is Featured open source?
Featured is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.