Ahrefs
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Backlinks, keywords and competitor research
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Reporters.io
A journalist contact database for building PR media lists
Free plan availableSEO & Marketing
from $35/moVisit reporters.io
What Reporters.io is
Search a database of more than 100,000 journalist profiles by beat, outlet and region, and read each reporter's profile and coverage. The free plan searches journalists and outlets and shows public profiles; Connect adds contact details such as email addresses and social profiles, plus CSV export; and Professional adds geo and beat filtering, saved media lists with notes, and a REST API and MCP server for tools like Claude Code and Cursor. Yearly billing costs up to 30% less, and it does not offer refunds.
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Free plan
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Ongoing free tier published by the vendor. Limits vary by plan.
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Where Reporters.io sits on price
Entry prices across SEO & Marketing, cheapest first.
- HyperGSC$15
- Sitebulb$18
- Pack Leader$24.99
- Ahrefs$29
- Ubersuggest$29*
- Reporters.io$35
- Arvow$39
- Surfer SEO$49
- ShareOfAsk$49
- Rollouts$50
13 of these 14 prices were read from the vendor's own pricing page; the rest are marked * and are indicative. The median is taken across the 13 verified prices in SEO & Marketing. 6 more tools in this category have no monthly price and are not plotted. Showing the 10 cheapest.
Reporters.io pricing questions
- How much does Reporters.io cost?
- Reporters.io starts at $35 a month on its Connect plan, billed monthly. That figure was read from reporters.io's own pricing page on 8 November 2026.
- Does Reporters.io have a free plan?
- Yes. Reporters.io publishes an ongoing free tier — not a countdown trial. Limits vary by plan, so check what the free tier covers before you commit.
- What is Reporters.io used for?
- Search a database of more than 100,000 journalist profiles by beat, outlet and region, and read each reporter's profile and coverage. The free plan searches journalists and outlets and shows public profiles; Connect adds contact details such as email addresses and social profiles, plus CSV export; and Professional adds geo and beat filtering, saved media lists with notes, and a REST API and MCP server for tools like Claude Code and Cursor. Yearly billing costs up to 30% less, and it does not offer refunds. People mainly use it to find journalists to pitch, build pr media lists, get journalist contact details.
- What are the best alternatives to Reporters.io?
- The best-known alternatives in the same category are Ahrefs, Semrush, Screaming Frog, Moz Pro. Ahrefs starts lower at $29 a month. Ahrefs, Semrush and Screaming Frog publish a free plan.