The JournoFinder Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about JournoFinder in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
JournoFinder
The Insider’s Guide
Journalist database with an AI list builder, news search and pitching
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among link building tools, read from JournoFinder’s own pages.
Made by JournoFinder · checked Oct 23, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from JournoFinder’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on JournoFinder’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.4
GPA, above 37 of the 50 other link building tools we grade
JournoFinder is a media database for PR teams and digital PR link builders. It searches more than a million journalist contacts by topic, outlet and location, finds the writers behind any news story or pasted article URL, and has an AI agent that builds media lists from a plain-English brief. Paid plans add email outreach from your own mailbox, alerts for journalist requests and breaking-news alerts for clients.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about JournoFinder, taken from its own pages and our grades.
The agent builds a list from a sentence, but there are filters, lists, alerts and mailboxes to set up first.
- 1
Best for digital PR on a smaller budget
JournoFinder searches over a million journalist contacts, builds media lists from a one-sentence brief and finds who wrote any story or pasted article.
- 2
Paid plans start at $119 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $119 per month for 1 user, billed annually ($189 billed monthly).
- 3
There is a free plan
Search journalist requests and get 3 daily email alerts for them. No journalist database, media lists or contact details.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Journalist search
Search a database the vendor puts at over 1,000,000 media contacts by topic, outlet, job title, location and language, including staff who are not bylined reporters.
- 6
AI agent for media lists
Describe the story in a sentence and the agent builds a vetted media list, judging each journalist on beat and reach; it also works from Claude or ChatGPT.
- 7
News, article and URL search
Search Google News in real time or any story to see who covered it, or paste article URLs, such as an Ahrefs backlink export, to get the writers' contacts.
- 8
A 2.4 GPA, above 37 of 50
That is against the other link building tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace JournoFinder 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.
JournoFinder at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $119 per month for 1 user, billed annually ($189 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial of paid plans, with journalists' contact details hidden until you pay
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- JournoFinder
- Category
- Backlinks & Link Building
- Our grade
- 2.4 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for digital PR on a smaller budget
JournoFinder searches over a million journalist contacts, builds media lists from a one-sentence brief and finds who wrote any story or pasted article. But the free plan only covers journalist requests, the trial hides contact details, the FAQ says there are no refunds, and monthly billing is $189.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | $119 a month billed annually for 1 user, above this category's usual top but short of its dearest tenth. Monthly billing is $189, and Team is $229 a month billed annually for 3 users. |
| Free plan and trial | C | A free plan that only searches journalist requests, with 3 daily email alerts. The 7-day trial of paid plans hides journalists' contact details, which is what you'd pay for. |
| Features | B | A database of over 1,000,000 contacts, an AI list builder, news, article and outlet search, writers behind pasted URLs, request alerts, reactive PR alerts and email outreach. It covers the digital PR route to links end to end. |
| Ease of use | C | No rating on record. The agent builds a list from a sentence, but there are filters, lists, alerts and mailboxes to set up first. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web only, with Gmail, Outlook and Microsoft 365 for sending, Slack for news alerts, and a connector for Claude and ChatGPT. No desktop or phone app. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who JournoFinder is for
- Fits if you pitch journalists every week and an enterprise media database is out of budget
- Works for digital PR link builders who want the writers behind an Ahrefs backlink export
Who it is not for
- Not for you if you want to check contact details before paying, as the trial hides them
- Watch out: the FAQ says no refunds, and the vendor's pages disagree on whether the trial needs a card
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $189 against $119 a month billed annually
- Tight if you build many lists, as media lists and active contacts are capped per plan under fair use
- Too light for reactive PR outside the US and UK, which its breaking-news alerts don't watch
Good to know
Good for
- PR agencies and in-house teams that pitch journalists every week
- Digital PR link builders working reactive news stories
- Small teams priced out of enterprise media databases
Worth knowing
- The trial hides journalists' contact details, and the vendor's pages disagree on whether it needs a card.
- The FAQ states that JournoFinder gives no refunds.
- Media lists and active contacts are capped per plan, under a fair use policy.
- Breaking-news alerts watch US and UK news only.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$119
A month to start. There is a free plan too
JournoFinder has a free plan. Paid plans start at $119 per month for 1 user, billed annually ($189 billed monthly).
Free
$0
Search journalist requests with 3 daily email alerts.
JournoFinder
$119
per month for 1 user, billed annually ($189 billed monthly)
The AI agent, journalist, news, article and outlet search, 100 media lists, contact export, 10 request alerts and news alerts for 3 clients.
Team
$229
per month for 3 users, billed annually
Everything in JournoFinder for 3 users, news alerts for 5 clients per user, shared lists, an activity log and a customer success manager.
The free plan
Search journalist requests and get 3 daily email alerts for them. No journalist database, media lists or contact details.
Trying it first
7-day free trial of paid plans, with journalists' contact details hidden until you pay
Read from journofinder.com on Oct 23, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save 34% with yearly billing
JournoFinder's pricing marks yearly billing 34% off: the one-user plan is $119 a month billed annually against $189 billed monthly.
Stated on journofinder.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Journalist database with an AI list builder, news search and pitching. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI agents, link outreach, journalist requests.
It covers the digital PR route to links end to end.
- Journalist search
- Search a database the vendor puts at over 1,000,000 media contacts by topic, outlet, job title, location and language, including staff who are not bylined reporters.
- AI agent for media lists
- Describe the story in a sentence and the agent builds a vetted media list, judging each journalist on beat and reach; it also works from Claude or ChatGPT.
- News, article and URL search
- Search Google News in real time or any story to see who covered it, or paste article URLs, such as an Ahrefs backlink export, to get the writers' contacts.
- Journalist request alerts
- Gathers requests for expert sources from social media and platforms such as Qwoted and Featured, with AI-matched alerts by email or instantly.
- Reactive PR alerts
- Add a client's domain and it watches breaking news in the US and UK, alerting you by Slack or email when the client has a credible angle.
- Email outreach
- Connect Gmail, Outlook or Microsoft 365, personalize each pitch with the agent and schedule follow-ups; replies from every team mailbox land in one inbox.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Slack
- Gmail
- Outlook
- Microsoft 365
JournoFinder is made by JournoFinder.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
37/50
Other link building tools it is graded above
JournoFinder'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 $119 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 33 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 51 link building tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. JournoFinder’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 8 of 50
- CFree plan and trialAbove 20 of 50
- BFeaturesAbove 39 of 50
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 50
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 28 of 50
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 45 link building tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. JournoFinder is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace JournoFinder 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 $1,428 a year.
What you could make
- Link outreach: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A network of journalists who post requests for sources.
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- It plugs into other products, Claude, ChatGPT and Slack among them.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. JournoFinder’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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Semrush AI PR Toolkit, Prezly, JustReachOut, Qwoted and Featured
The 5 tools JournoFinder is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 1.8GPA
Semrush AI PR Toolkit
Free trial · from $149/mo
Media database, pitching and monitoring, formerly Prowly.
- JournoFinder has a free plan. Semrush AI PR Toolkit does not, though it has a free trial.
- JournoFinder also covers AI agents and journalist requests.
- Semrush AI PR Toolkit also covers reports.
- 2.0GPA
Prezly
Free trial · from $120/mo
PR software for newsrooms, media contacts and email pitches.
- JournoFinder has a free plan. Prezly does not, though it has a free trial.
- JournoFinder also covers AI agents, link outreach and journalist requests.
- Prezly also covers reports and email campaigns.
- 1.8GPA
JustReachOut
Free trial · from $98/mo
Journalist search, pitch requests and link outreach in one tool.
- JournoFinder has a free plan. JustReachOut does not, though it has a free trial.
- JournoFinder also covers AI agents.
- 1.8GPA
Qwoted
Free plan · from $149/mo
Marketplace where reporters request expert sources and PRs pitch.
- JournoFinder also covers AI agents and link outreach.
- Qwoted also covers reports.
- 2.4GPA
Featured
Free plan · from $29/mo
AI assistant for PR that finds journalist requests and drafts pitches.
- JournoFinder also covers AI agents and link outreach.
- Featured also covers chat assistant, workflow automation and AI search visibility.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
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Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is JournoFinder free?
JournoFinder has a free plan. Search journalist requests and get 3 daily email alerts for them.
How much does JournoFinder cost?
JournoFinder lists 3 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does JournoFinder work on?
JournoFinder is available on Web.
Does JournoFinder offer any discounts?
JournoFinder publicly lists the following: Save 34% with yearly billing.
Does JournoFinder have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. JournoFinder is listed for Web.
Does JournoFinder have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. JournoFinder is listed for Web.
Is JournoFinder open source?
JournoFinder is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
What does JournoFinder integrate with?
JournoFinder's listing names Claude, ChatGPT, Slack, Gmail, Outlook and Microsoft 365.
Does JournoFinder have a free trial?
Yes. 7-day free trial of paid plans, with journalists' contact details hidden until you pay.
Who makes JournoFinder?
JournoFinder is made by a company of the same name.
What are the alternatives to JournoFinder?
The closest alternatives to JournoFinder in our directory are Semrush AI PR Toolkit, Prezly, JustReachOut, Qwoted and Featured.
How does JournoFinder compare with other link building tools?
JournoFinder's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 37 of the 50 other link building tools we grade, and level with 5.
Is JournoFinder good value for money?
ToolGPA grades JournoFinder C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $119 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 33 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of JournoFinder?
To replace JournoFinder you would be making a network of journalists who post requests for sources.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from JournoFinder’s own pages on Oct 23, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 23, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from JournoFinder's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by JournoFinder. Prices change, so check journofinder.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
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ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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What else is on toolgpa.com
- JournoFinder, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/journofinder
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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